Catriel Cejas baptism!

Elder Himebaugh, Elder Roberts, Bishop Mancuso, Gustavo, Hermano Kostiouk, Hermono Valdes,

Little bro (2 yrs), Ariel (Dad), Juan (Little bro with broken leg) and my main man Catriel Cejas

Watsup? Besides the United States Huhuh lol.

We Baptized Catriel Cejas yesterday, the 10 yr old and he chose me to do the baptizing. It was pretty sweeeet! We did it right after church and the confirmation. Haha we had to go search for them in the morning. He and his 2 lil bros, dad and Gustavo, friend of the dad, came! It was funny, while I was in the water and Catriel was coming he was like, "No it's too scary." haha The water was a lil high and he was lil timid but after like 4 min of talkin him into it we did it. He wanted to be close to the rail so I kinda baptized him facing the stairs and him right by the handle hahaha. Funny kid. I love him.

Just found out like 6 min ago via email the name of our new mission president ..Manuel Parreño he's 53 yrs and is from Pau Gasol's home country Spain!  Wahoooo we have a latino wahooo! That was pretty cool news!

Comp's doin good. Last time I think I put that he has like 6 months, he has almost 8. He's only a transfer behind me. He loves speakin in eng :( haha I always keep reminding him to speak espn lol. But it's all good.

b4 church yesterday we went thru our book with invest in there and the bishop looked at all the names where he lives and I guess there are quite a few people that have been to church a lot, but for some reason they haven't been baptized. So tomorrow when we work in ¨lomas del golf,¨ its like a lil neighborhood where bish lives, we'll be passing by a bunch of houses and hopefully we can find some people to baptize in a few weeks.

We found an awesome inv on like Wednesday. Her name is Monica Bravo and her sis y bro-in-law are members and she always sees the missionaries at her sis house (in different city) and so she is interested in our message y actually cried after the closing prayer.

Kinda had a slow week in finding people to teach ha and comp is lil frustrated bout that. So i'd cheer him up, "Don't woorrrry, it's all good. Just have to keep chugging." Marta didn't attend church. She's always hard to find at her house. But we're tryin.

Wheat Thins won the dunk contest awwww yeaaahh..k I'll stop talkin bout ball :)

With Elder Cano, in the past transfer, we found a ton of people and now we're trying to get them baptized. I have faith that we can get some more soon.

hmm can't find me in Liahona. That's weird idk maybe you can search the internet like Missionary activity in Olavarria. hmm I'll take a pic and show it to you if i can figure this photo thing out in this computer place.

Espñ is doing good. Stuff seems to come out more smooth now. It's pretty cool and sometimes I can say the words I want to if like I was speakin in Eng.

It's been pretty cloudy and lil cold this week. uh oh Autumns coming.

It's pretty cool, lately I've been reading more like any cool story from the liahona or teachings from Pres Kimball and stuff like that. I like learning bout the gospel.

I haven't gotten the package cuz I guess we don't get mail the week after transfers. So tomorrow I'm like 100% sure haha.

Congrats Jodi and Sim! It's the big week!

Oh almost forgot. I  gave my 1st blessing for the sick. We were walkin and across the street where an hermana lives she was yelling, "Elders Elders," so we went over and she was like, "My stomach hurts and I can't keep anything down." So she asked for a blessing and she chose me cuz she knows me more.  So I was like sweet ok. And she's less active in the summer cuz she always works on Sundays and cuz she feels sick. But in the prayer I felt prompted to say that you can feel better and take the sacrament each week and it seemed a lil weird to say it cuz she just got done telling us that she always works. So I followed the spirit and said it and right after the blessing she was like, "Can you guys bring me the sacrament tomorrow (sun)?" It was pretty cool.


I know this church is true and I love preaching the gospel.
Keep goin to church and hangin in there. You're never alone!
Love Elder Reginald Grant Roberts
Now I'm goin to try and send fotos.

New Companion - Elder Himebaugh from Utah

Hola buen dia todo bien como andan

This week (end of last week) was the ending of transfers and my boy Elder Cano has been transferred to where? Olavarria hahaha! But he's in the other area where Elder Muñoz was. He's like 5 to 10 min in taxi from where I started. It was kinda weird cuz he only had 4 months here in Mar del Plata, and everyone will be missing him here. The members love him cuz he's like a big kid haha and also he will be Zone leader in my old area. So he was pretty pumped up about that.

My new comp is from UT. Elder Himebaugh, Hime bah. Or I might start calling him Hansbrough.  He has almost 7 months in the mish, but b4 the mish he studied espñ in HS and college and was in the advanced espñ group in MTC and had a latin comp and everything there so he's pretty much fluent which is pretty cool. So that's the big news. He's from Sandy, went to Brighton. When he got off the bus this morning I saw his pillow case and it was a Utah Jazz one. I dig that. It was a good 1st impression haha. He's a big sports fan, but we won't talk about that much, pinky promise. He went to BYU and loves Jimmer Fredette and of course teach me how to jimmer ...watsup Sim..haha. Oh speakin of Sim I got their invitation for the wedding. It is awesome! I haven't got your package mom. But I will tomorrow almost guaranteed. Elder Stewart, my boy, was transferred to MDP, but another zone. So I'll get to see him a lil probably. I was at the terminal bus place when my boy, Elder Thomas was leaving to go to Bahia and then to go home to S. Ogden.

It is raining, Dad, but not like a ton. We were supposed to have the baptism of Catriel yesterday, but they had to go visit the brother of the Dad in jail, so not everyone would be able to come. I think it is lil bitter sweet, cuz if we did bapt him yesterday haha he'd be the only one from his fam to attend. So we're thinking either Sat or Sun and so the fam can attend. There's like 5 investigators in that fam that all smoke. So we'll have to work with them on that. But they're good people. Catriel is a capo haha. At times we have to remind him not to say bad words haha.

Dang Sub, how does it feel to have the surgery? It sounds painful! You'll have the cast on for this whole transfer, 6 weeks. Can you walk at all or all crutches? The bro of Catriel broke his leg the other day and it kinda looks like they got some plastic stuff and put it over his leg haha. Hopefully your cast is better than that.

How's the weather there? Hope it doesn't snow.

Our investigators are doin pretty good. Yesterday an investigator attended church (Marta). Kinda funny, earlier in the week we saw her at the bus stop and we were like, "Hey when can we pass by?" And she did the, "You know I'm busy. I think I have no time for you" excuse haha. But then one of the hnas (sis) in the ward called her and invited her to church and she showed up and we were like sweet. Comp bore his testimony. When he went up there he had a hymn book and was like ¨I'm going to sing..nah just kidding¨hahaha. He just read from the book. I'm defiantly going to take some of his style from him. Everyone loves him cuz he's hilarious. Like the other day hahaha we were at the house of a member and one of the daughters returned from EFY in Buenos Aires and she was talkin bout it haha but no one else was listenin ha but I was like, "Hey, I am." And then comp was like, "Yeah, but he doesn't even understand." hahah Then was sayin how (how do i say it?) like say okay can we end with a prayer or a scripture or somethin way off topic hahaha. It was more of a you had to be there moment. haha I don't even think I explained it well, but whatever haha.

Another funny moment with Elder Cano. I may have told you, but we were in a lesson and we were teachin a big ole guy that didn't have a shirt on and this guy is funny also and the guy asked, "Do I need to where a shirt and tie etc for your church?" And comp was like, "No, it's not necessary, it's for respect etc. But at least you need to put on a shirt." hahahaha We all got a good laugh out of that.

With this new transfer it's a new beginning again. This transfer I'm going to be workin on being more charitable and Christ like and totally lose myself. We all have weaknesses and those are some I need to work on. haha It's not like I don't do them haha, but I just need to improve them.

Espñ is going pretty good. I just need my comp to always speak in espñ haha but i always do. It's fun! I hope this week is awesome for everyone or in other words is ¨Linsane¨ haha.

Bueno Flacos gracias por su tiempo hasta un semana y ahora yo necesito encontrar una logar donde podemos esperar por el colectivo (Bus).

love u all smile siempre
Love
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts
I'm going to make like a tree and get the heck outta here hahahaa.

Look for me in the February Ensign (or Liahona)

Buenaaas!

It's good here. Weather is nice and warm haha.

1st off I want to mention I'm in the February addition of the Ensign (Liahona en espñ) there is a lil part that says something like missionary work in Olavarria and there is a big picture of like 25 of us. It was my very 1st Saturday in the mission when that happened. I'm in front row with Elder Thomas. I have a yellow tie and I'm right next to a man who looks like a bum hahaha. That was pretty cool to see.

We had a good week in finding new people to teach. But only one came to church. An old man, 83 yrs, named Ruben. He is the grandpa of an investigator that we found this week. The investigator is Damian and Elder Knutson and I found him. He said to come by another day. Then we walked by his house the next day (((((with Elder Knutson) and he said, ¨I want to learn about the bible in English.¨ He said it in English, so we were like, "Ok we can teach to in English." So we both taught lesson 1 in English and it was weiiiiird! haha my English has gotten worse, which is good. At times I'd start talking in espñ without known lol. It was pretty cool. My 1st lesson in English lol. We're planning on a baptism this week for Catriel, the 9 yr old. I think havin at least one of the fam members with the holy ghost will be good for them. We're planning on Saturday! Catriel's cool kid. His eyes are as blue as the sky haha.

Comp returned from the conf for the leaders and he was sayin how there will be in the next 3 transfers 68 new missionaries and only 28 going home hahaha with 5 new areas. So watch out. I may be training soon. Who knows!

We were walkin the other day and we both heard music and it stood out cuz it was American music. And we were like hey it's 50 cent haha. So comp let me do the door contact to a 19 yr old teen man and i was like, ¨Hey u like 50 cent? Me too!¨ and b4 I got done explainin who we are he's like, "Wanna come in?" haha it was cool. I think when I mentioned 50 cent it kinda lightened up the mood and he became more acceptive haha. He's Jhonatan (ya, that's how they spell it) Cool guy.

This week my mission call celebrated a year! Wow time flies! And Elder Thomas has one week left until he heads back to Ogden. Speakin of Ogden, when we went into this shopping place for groceries today, the security guy was like, "Where u from?" I said USA then Utah and he was like really? I lived in Ogden for 5 years. What for real? He went to school at Weber State and has a brother livin in Layton. He recognized Tooele when I said that Stansbury Park is by Tooele. So that was sweet. He said he really wants to go back and he had some friends in school that served missions but he was like I have my religion etc…We'll work on him haha. I've met like 3 people that have lived in UT and the rest in Miami.

Thx for the letters and prayers. I could feel them good this week thx for all.
Love
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts

Investigators come to church! Witnessed boxing!

Watsup

hahaha we are writing way early today. It's like 7 in Utah and hope you write b4 I get off lol.

We're writing early cuz comp is going to a leader meeting thing in Bahia and he leaves at 3 Argytime and it's 11 right now, so we have to email now.

We finally had investys in church. They're Ariel 32 y Gonzalo 24 y 3 sons of Ariel. One is 9 and he's assisted church like 2 wks ago. He's the kid that we talked to and got all his directions, etc cuz his friend brought him. Ariel y Gonzalo are friends and their life has been pretty hard and is hard for them and they really want to change their life around. On Saturday night we passed by their house and we went with Hno Kostiouk and he's kinda like an Argy Coach Harris. He can get you pumped up about stuff and he, I think, really made them want to assist church. The church is exactly what they need. They don't have jobs. They're goin to have to move soon, cuz there livin in the house of the parents of Gonzalo and the mom said they can stay there til the other people move in, in like 2 days, and so church for them is kinda like the only thing they have goin for them.

We started out the church day with no inv and comp was kinda down and the Bishop and I, who's awesome, was like, "Don't lose faith," and the inv showed up during the 2nd class. Sac is 1st here and they went and sat down in the sac meeting of the other ward cuz they're sac meeting is last. So we sat with them in that meeting.

haha we had another inv show up yesterday and we didn't even know til today that he showed up. We passed by his house yesterday and we said something like, "Hey you know, we missed you at church" and he was like, "I went to your church, what are you talkin bout." haha comp and I are like, "Are you sure?" "Yeah yeah I'm not lying." And also this guy is kinda weird/drunk haha and so comp and I didn't really think much of it cuz he's pretty wack lol.  So today we're with Elder Muñoz, my calarco, and they're in the other ward in the same building and they were like, "You guys had an inv show up for a lil bit yesterday, but he left." So it turns out that he did show up lol.

I'm going to be with Elder Knutson til Wed morning and his trainer is Elder Thomas, my trainer. And also Elder Thomas is almost done with his mish. He ends next week. wowo time flies! I remember when he was like, "Wow I can't believe I have been out 1yr 5 months" and now he's almost done.

I got the package from Paul and Karen. Thanks for that! It's awesome!!

haha funny story. Right after we got done emailing last week we were walking and these 2 motorcycles go by and they kinda honked at each other. (The drivers were both like 20 yr old men with their girlfriend's with them.) And so we keep walking. I just thought they were friends saying watsup and like 20 more sec of walking we're kinda at a corner and both the bikes are parked and hahaha I see one of the guys doing like a Mohammed Ali boxing dance kinda showin off and the other guy is kinda following him and the dude is just like dancing and I'm like SWEET they're goin to do a lil boxing match. (Here teens box for fun, so I didn't really think of it seriously like they were goin to fight.) So we're still watchin and walkin haha and the dude that was doin the Ali dance laid out the other guy who is actually taller haha. The girlfriend of the guy, that was getting his butt kicked, was like,"Stop stop!" and kinda kicked the other guy hahaha. It was pretty cool cuz you know I'm a fan of boxing and turns out it was a real fight haha hahaha. I'll never forget the guy dancing lol. That was classic! I wanted to keep watchin and you know maybe be the ref like, "1..2..3 winner!!!" lol but we kept walkin like we should. And also they did it in some random persons front yard haha haha. Random things you see in Argyworld.

What else hmm I just love seein Ariel and Gonzalo tryin to change their lives and become better people. You can see it in them, that they wanna stop being who they are. And no doubt the church will help them.

My espn is doin good. I just got an email so I'm goin to read it real quick.

Love,
Elder Reginald Grant Roberts