August 11 2014

Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:37 AM

Well im taking advantage of the extra time we have waiting to eat lunch, bear our last testimonies and then get on the bus to the airport. My suitcases are packed, my goodbyes have been said and im ready to come home! I will be boarding my plane in a few hours, ill see you all so soon!

I love you all so much,

Elder ROBERTS

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August 08 2014

Date: Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 1:29 PM

Well, its time to finally write my last email as a missionary! I am not sure if we will have any time next week to write so ill just make this one count. I jsut want to say that I am so proud to have served the lord as a missionary, I am very happy and eternally greateful for my mission. It has changed, edified, taught, and built me into the man the lord wanted me to become. I still have much to learn but I feel that my learning and progress skyrocketed here in the mission. It is amazing and humbling to look back and see the changes he has made in me. I am very excited and optimistic for the future and cant wait to see you all. I hope all is well, I pray for you daily and I know it will be a very bitter sweet moment leaving my chilean home and family to reunite with my other family. I love you all so much and wish I could repay you for all you have done for me, for your prayers, letters, emails, packages, and support- I am eternally greatful for each of you. I couldnt have done it without you. It looks like the lord is ready for me to go home, but I will always be his missionary, and I will always carry a plaque in my heart with his name on it. I am thankful to have seen so many miracles and to have witnessed the lords tender mercies for the people he loves so much here. I am also proud to say that I am finishing strong, each week they ask us to do 140 contacts as a companionship which can be hard to do, this last week we did 201 contacts and we found 10 new investigators-what blessings. well, I love you all, and I will see you very soon. Take care, and pray for my father along with me please.

Until we meet again...

Elder Roberts

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July 28 2014

Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:53 AM

Well I am slowly getting more and more trunky haha, its so hard to keep yourself 100 percent focused and forget that ill be home in two weeks...It has been emotional and a wierd feeling, I dont think I will really comrehend it until im am in the airport. I am excited to see you all! We are still working hard and are experiencing many changes in the mission due to the new mission president. This week they completely changed our schedule and now permit us to eat dinner each night and a lot of other big changes which will be fun for theses last two weeks. All is well and we are seeing miracles daily. I feel at times like the Lord blesses us too much ha, but I know he loves us all so much, I would do the same to my children.Yesterday I had to give a 15 minute talk in church and it made me realize- It is important to always progress and improve little by litte each day- just like the savior said - be ye perfect even as I and your father in heaven are perfect. It is amazing to really imagine and think of our true potential-Sons and daughters of a god, the all creating, all knowing, and all powerful being. You have royal blood inside you-so live up to your potential and progress! I am so greatful for my mission and to see personal prophecy be fulfilled in my setting apart and in my patrarchal blessing. It is truly amazing.

I love you all so much!

Elder Travis Roberts

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July 21 2014

Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:14 PM

Family and friends, this week was an amazing week for us here in Corona Sueca. We have been working hard and being diligent and it has been paying off. I knew before the mission that I would have rewarding experiences and feel full of joy and happiness as I would serve, but yesterday that promise was truly fulfilled. We arrived to church with a new family we had found and during the sacrament meeting the child went insane and I was doing all I could to calm him down and play with him and was praying so hard that the parents would still have a spiritual experience, after a while they decided to leave because they felt bad....So I was a little sad, on top of that my companion has had bad stomach pains this week and it just seemed like a disaster yesterday. Later in the day we had Camilo Paredes (Recent Convert) come with us to give a blessing and I knew when I saw him that he has something bothering him on his mind. He asked if we could walk and talk......These were the words he said to me " Elder Roberts, today in sacrament meeting I felt very strongly that the Lord wants me to serve a mission, I went home the second hour to tell my parents my decision and they were so disapointed in me because they are not members and dont understand, also I am 22 years old and am in the middle of my studies.....what do I do?" We sat down in a park on a bench and I began to express how much the mission had blessed and changed my life. It all ended in tears as we read D&C 31 together and we were all so full of the spirit. He said "I know god spoke to me, and I know what I must do" ......My whole body was FILLED with the spirit and never had I felt so satisfied with the work I had done in my whole life. Through 8 months of hard work here in this sector, the Lord truly gave us a HUGE Miracle, seeing a young man reject the gospel, to being baptized, confirmed, called as young mens president, recieving the priesthood, going to the temple, and now-willing to sacrifice it all for a mission. GOD LIVES, I know it with out a doubt in my heart. I Invite all of you to do the same as Camilo, and always follow the impressions of the holy spirit.

I Love my mission.

Elder Roberts

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July 14 2014

Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:42 AM

Well another week down! Time is going so quickly! I cant believe that Ill see you all in 4 weeks! I am pretty excited for that. So just an update, my health is doing a lot better now, I went to the doctor again and he gave me a couple new things to try for my asthma so im now his test subject haha but I feel much much better. Everything is going well here, we woring as normal, finding people and seeing miracles. This week we had a huge miracle. So I dont knw if you remember but Victor (Our investigator) has been in the hospital for months now and finally on tuesday they gave him a 1 week home release! I gave me the biggest hug and began to cry telling me of the countless experiences in the hospital that have changed him and helped him grow closer to god, and guess what! For the irst time in the 8 months that I have been here HE CAME TO CHURCH! and he loved it! He enters the hospital again today but wow, through his trial he has changed and now their future is looking very bright with future marraige plans and baptism plans for him and gina so that they can join their family in the gospel! It was a very heart touching experience for me to see a changed man and to see how the lord always has a plan even when we think he doesnt, and his plan is always out of love for us. We also found many awesome people this week who are very prepared and who need the gospel so badly. It was just a great week.  All is well with my companion, we are best friends and we get a long great. I miss you all- To be honest these last weeks are the hardest part of my mission, truly enduring to the end and ending strong. But so far so good :) Love you all!

Elder Roberts

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July 07 2014

Date: Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 9:40 AM

Well another week over and another week closer to the end. It has been hard knowing that I will be home so shortly, it has been something that satan definetely uses to try to make me not focus myself 100 percent - BUT I am doing just fine, this week even though we were in the house for 3 days due to my sickness we still worked really hard the remaining days and took out the trash! It was a great week, it went by really fast. All is well with me companion and I, we get along very well and have a blast together, Today after internet we are going bowling woo! So this week President Videla got here and starting changing a few things, it is amazing to see how different the mission feels now with a new president, its a little wierd getting used to some of the changes but it is definetely inspired of god. He is a very funny guy and their main concern is that the missionaries are happy, so thats awesome!

Yesterday was very spiritual in sacrament meeting, we were able to get 7 less active members to attend and 2 investigators, and 9 recent converts. It was an amazing feeling hearing one convert bless the sacrament for the first time and to see another pass the sacrament. WOW People DO CHANGE! 

As usual all is well, my portuguese is coming but very slowly because I have been focusing in helping my companion learn spanish, but when I return I hope to learn it more fully and even more languages! 

I am eternally greatful for the changes the Lord has made in my life in such short time. These truly have been the best two years for my life!

Love you all, see you soon!

Elder Roberts

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June 30 2014

Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM

So this week was great until friday....First of all I had a killer birthday, it was a blast and we even found a family of 4! I ended up getting 3 cakes and a lot of "Happy birthdays" thank you all! So on friday night I got really sick- I had a fever of 103 and a cough, Saturday I still had a fever and the cough was deeper in my lungs, then on sunday the fever continued and so they came and rushed me to the hospital instead of church ha and I finally saw a doctor. He gave me about 6 different medications to take for the next 5 days and he told me that I cant do anything for at least 3 days. So it has been a little rough, but it is just another trial to learn from and to grow stronger. I am doing better now, the fever is gone, I just feel very tired and have a deep cough. Other than that all is well, we are finding new people and Felipe who was recently baptized was confirmed yesterday, recieved the priesthood, and gave a talk! Its very great to see peoples progress and see how much they can change.

Well this email is going to be a little short, I need to rest!

Love you all,

Elder Roberts

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