Elder Robertson's Mission: Week 14

This week was interesting. So many meetings and service, but it was awesome! In Gilbert, there are opportunities to do service, but if you ask, usually they'll say no. But this past week we got around 12 hours of service! Not a lot for other missions, but a good amount for us.

We also had a great Thanksgiving! We had it at a family's house named the Lindsey's. We talked for a while and discussed Light the World! Someone in our ward also brought us to a Sushi place! It was amazing. これすしはおしいですよ! I'm not really a Camaro person, but he drove us in his Camaro SS 6 speed. It was pretty fun. He's been to Japan several times and he said it was a solid Sushi place. Nothing crazy, but a solid medium tasting Sushi. And covid! A missionary in our house got it! We're not sure how and where, but he's vaccinated. Thankfully we don't have to stay in the house for 10 days, just him, sadly. He and his companion won't have fun though sitting at home all day. I think they'll be trying to do lots of studies . Ssince he's isolating in his room, we're allowed to still leave. Crazy stuff! And shout out to my Uncle Sheldon, he's let me know that Japan will be closed for a month because of the new variant, Omicron. They could be still closed longer. But it doesn't really phase me, I was thinking 3-6 months anyway.

An area update. We're 4 weeks into our transfer here. We haven't taught a lesson. Everyone we have in our Areabook, is gone and too busy. We decided to shift our focus. So far it's working very well! We ask every family (the Spirit dictates, so there have been times that we don't) to pray about their neighbors and friends and come up with 1 name in 3 days. We missionaries will then follow up and talk about how praying went and who they thought of. The idea is, is that it involves members in almost every step. They pray, we work with them, they see that they're part of the work, just as much as us. It'll be great! We've asked around 4 people so far and we'll be following up in 2 days!

Last week we had an awesome experience! It was around 7:00pm and I had a language call that night. We decided we had time for one more person to visit and give a short message (member visit). We felt good about this family, but they were not there. Then another family, again, not there. We did it a third time! Again, no one. We're like, "We guess we're going home". We go down the street and see this guy and his wife trying to take a fridge off their truck. We stopped and helped! His name is Lorenzo and we talked for a solid 30 min! He talked about his life story and we talked about mission and church! He mentioned he hasn't been able to come to his church in a while and at the end, Elder Bodily asked him to come and he said he would! We got his number and we texted him the info and address. He didn't come yesterday as we talked to him Saturday night. So next week, we have our fingers crossed!

We also have an incredible stake! Awesome stake presidency and high councilors. Every week we meet with Brother Dennison. He's probably the most talented piano player I've meet in person. He played for us his arrangement of "Teach Me To Walk In The Light" and it took him a year to write it! Wow! We also have a great stake president named President Tinker and every Month we have Tinker Time. We go over to his house and have an amazing breakfast and a big correlation meeting with the missionaries in the stake. What a great man! At the end we got a stocking and he gave us fifty bucks and candy :). It's funny several people have given us money to pay for things, but we really don't need it, so it might be tipped or donated to something. Maybe Light the World! It's also nice to have the fifty extra dollars for haircuts :).

But yeah, Japan might be in a year, or 4 months. Either way, I'm excited to be here! And feel free to email me any questions or cool experiences! I can respond on Mondays :). Love you guys!

みなさんあいしています！

ロバートソン長老