This was a busy week! right after emailing last week, Elder Brown and I got on a bus to Quito (around an hour and a half north) for Verifications. it's for the recent arrival missionaries basically just seeing how we are doing and going over the health and safety stuff again. it was good, but we didn't get back home until tuesday night! One really cool thing, I got to see my cousin Elder Mooney while we were there! He goes home in a a couple weeks so we only had a this one chance to see each other before he left!
Wednesday afternoon, Elder Brown, Pugmire, Medina and I headed into Ambato (about an hour and a half south) for our interviews with the president and my first zone conference! The conference was really good, lots of awesome things. this last month, the mission got 96 baptisms, and before that we have never been able to get above 70! so so cool to be here for that!
Something that Hermana Barlow (Mission presidents wife) said is "Be the missionary that your mom thinks you are" so dont worry mom, I'm doing my very best!
Yesterday at church, Elder Brown and I were waiting for a family of 3 to show up, who have said for the last few weeks that they were going to come to church. but they didn't show up. during sacrament we were both a little down, but after it finished and we looked around the room, we saw them in the back! we were so excited! we went and talked to them and while we were talking to them, another one of the families we have taught came over to us! we were going to drop both of these families this week because they haven't been coming to church, but such a miracle that we had 6 people at church yesterday!
Other highlights of my week:
Today I bought two sweaters all by myself. I know, I am such a big boy.
Today I also ate a meal that is supposed to be for two people to share.
I had to make a new hole in one of my belts because I guess I am getting skinnier
Love you all!
Elder Roberts
Here I am with Elder Mooney
We got to sleep at the house of a couple Elders in Ambato for zone conference
Elder Pugmire and Elder Roberts slumber party round 2
The meal for two (two burgers, two drinks, chicken leg, chicken wing, curly fries)
Fashion show in one of my new sweaters. also, we rearranged our house. the table is for us to eat meals and stuff at, but we only have two chairs so we have to pull them over from our desks
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