Week 6:
Life really is like a box of chocolates (full of love hearts)!!!!!! Shout
out for mom and dad … Thanks for the
Valentine Treat box!!! You’re the
best!!!
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| The Valentines Treat box from Home Finally Arrived :-) |
But we'll begin with Monday again..... We did the same! We have a
pretty boring life!!! Card Games with Richterswil! Then nobody turned up for
Familie Heim Abend! So that was great!!!!!!
Tuesday we had District Meeting in Chur! It is
beautiful down there!!!! Then we had a Tausch with the DL! I was in Chur with
Elder Mongia! He's from Italy!!! And we had 2 lessons ALL in Italian, because
Chur has a lot of Ausslanders from Italy!!!! It took me back a few months to
those Golden Days where I had no idea what was going on!!!!! But even more so,
as I hadn't just had 6 weeks in the MTC learning the language!!!! It was
crazy!!!! But I spoke the little amount of Italian I could Ciao, Mi Chiamo
Anziano Robertson und so weiter!!!!!!! Life was interesting!!!! It was a fun
Tausch none the less!!!!! In other news this week.... I've dropped a hole on my
belt!!!!! I'm losing weight and that is not good!!!!! Hopefully this package
will soon sort that out, but it ain’t good!!!!!! I need to be putting it on,
not losing it!!!!
Wednesday we had a less active lesson with a Sister
who used to live in Gloucestershire! She has a daughter who is currently on a
mission in the states somewhere!!! She has a pretty cool family! Then our other
lesson fell out! But hey! It happens!!!!
Thursday was an interesting one!! We had a tausch with
the ZLs- weird! The ZL’s only tausch with the DLs and comp! So it was a little
odd, but we did it anyway! It was good! I worked with Elder Barber in
Schwamendingen! We had 2 lessons and they actually went really well! It's so
weird having so many lessons this week and actually getting to use some German lessons
finally! Then Elder Barber had a dentist appointment, which filled the rest of
the evening! It was a private practice, so who knows how much it costs..... being
in Switzerland!!!! And my Package was at the ZLs place, so I got it! Apparently
President thought it was for the other Elder Robertson, so brought it to his interviews!
But I have it now, and love the HP sauce and the Heroes and everything else
about it! It's the best package ever! Friday was just another day - weekly
planning, etc!!
Saturday we had a Finding Day in Richterswil!!! I
worked with Elder Bakewell, who was in the MTC with me! We had a lesson, which
was scary as; ‘cause he isn't confident in his Deutsch either, but it was
actually a really good lesson!!! We did it!!!! It was so fun just working with
him!!!
Then Sunday - not even half the ward were at church,
as there was a Schneeplausch, which is like a weekend thing that the ward have -
where they go somewhere and just do Snow Activities all weekend! Last year the
missionaries were invited and President Miles allowed them to go for it, but
this year we weren't! So that sucks!!!!! Instead, we only had probably just
about 1/3 of the ward at church! Then I had to teach the English Sunday School
class, which wasn't too bad, as it was in English!!!! And we had to speak in
Primary about the Atonement, which again wasn't too bad!!!!
It's been an alright week!!! Mission Tour this week,
so we'll see what happens!!!!!
Have a super awesome week!!!!
Week 7:
I have less than an hour to
email again today, as we have a district p’day planned!
So … for P-Day last week we
went to Rigi!! It was pretty awesome and the views were beautiful!
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| At Rigi |
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| Queen of Mountains - Rigi |
Tuesday was
just a normal day again! And then Gemeinderat in the evening! This one started
at 7.15pm and went on till who knows as we had to get back, so we had to make
our excuses and we left at like 9.20pm!
Wednesday was mission tour!
It was amazing! We all went up at the start and introduced ourselves and shook
Elder Kearon’s hand. It was hilarious how he had full on conversations with a
number of Brits, but the Americans and other Europeans was just shake,
introduce, go! Hahaha! So we had a nice little chat about life and which
Robertson’s - My Parents are!!!!! Sister Kohler spoke to us about Obedience.
How Obedience, never brings regret. It may be painful at times, as it was for
Abinadi, Nephi, even Our Saviour Jesus Christ, but it will never bring regret.
President Kohler spoke about Choice, Faith and Diligence. How we choose
everything in our lives and how our choices will impact those around us. Then
he shared a quote that went like "Consistent, Persistence in Faith and
Diligence." Then Elder Kearon took the rest of the Conference. He spoke
about a number of topics. "Look out; know who you are; serve others with
all your heart and strength and you will never be disheartened; never be
demoralised." He also mentioned how real knowledge comes from adversity.
How we need to be committing to baptism in the first meeting … how that is our
duty! Throughout, President and Sister Kohler were told to join in when they
have ideas and Sister Kohler compared us to a salesman. We aren't salesmen, but
when a salesman comes round and talks about a vacuum for instance, the one who
lets him in, expect at some point for him to ask them to buy the vacuum; just
like us, people expect us to ask them to do something; to join the church; they
may not want to accept it, but they expect it, so we need to be doing it. Then
Elder Kearon went on about "Attacking the Day" from 6.30am we need to
attack the day! Those first few hours before leaving the apartment are what
make or break the day. We need to use them and attack it. Powerful Morning
Prayer, dedicated Frühsport, knowledge filled studies, take a cold blast in the
shower if you need to wake up, and so on. But it was pretty awesome!!! And it
was great seeing people again! I believe I sent you the pics of me and Jake, me
and Elder Little and me and Sister Emmerson! Sister Emmerson was in my Golden
District and she lives in the Huntingdon ward, so the same as Pete and Carol!
She’s hilarious!!!
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| Zone Conference with my Cousin Elder Jacob Robertson |
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| At Zone Conference Catching up with my Trainer Elder Little |
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| With Sister Emmerson |
Then Thursday we had our
second DA of the transfer. So, we went to Family Girault and we had Lasagne!!!!
It was awesome!!!!!! Then not much really happened. Friday, I had a third
tausch with the DL! So I went to Chur with Elder Vasicek (MTC group) and we had
2 lessons - one in Portuguese (don't ask how we did it, cause neither of us
speak Portuguese!!!!) haha! And we found some awesome potentials!!!! And my
family got the Valentine’s pic! There was a dance in Chur Chapel and they had
already decorated for it, so we took a few pictures - why not hey?!?
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| Valentines at Chur Chapel |
Then Saturday - we tausched
back!
Sunday was church! President
told me to work with the members in my interview, so I decided I'm gonna invite
ourselves round, even if I just ask if we can come by to share a spiritual
thought for 10-15 mins! It worked, we have a few member appointments this week
and we can meet with members and start getting them involved in the work!!! We
also had a Stake GML and full time missionaries video conference last night!!!
And now we are on
Monday!!!!! YAY!!!!!! Transfer calls are on Saturday - so predictions
anybody???? And I'll let you know as and when!
We have to go in like 10
mins so I'm gonna say Ciao for now!
All my Love,
Elder Ammon Robertson xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
