Aug 29, 2016

Hey everyone!!

How was your week? I hope that it was good. Our week was great, we had our open house and dedication of the new Suhum building on Sunday. Not only was it a beautiful service, it was so nice to get it done, because now we dont have any distractions. During the dedication I realized something; I realized just how sacred chapels really are. The prayer that is given for chapels is just as beautiful and sacred as the prayer for the dedication of a temple. In all honesty, it showed me just how sacred chapels really are in the eyes of the Lord. We should hold them in as high esteem as temples. Even though meetinghouses are used for different reasons than the temple, they are extremely sacred none the less. I think that most of us just see meetinghouses as places of gathering. They are much more special and deserve much more respect and reverence. This is just something small that I was reminded of by Pres. Heid who came and spoke at the building dedication. All this week all of the missionaries in the Koforidua zone helped get the word out about the building dedication here in Suhum. I saw a lot of my friends, including Elder Kohler, so that was nice. We were able to add 7 people to our teaching pool this week, so that was awesome! Overall it was a productive and fulfilling week. I hope that you all have a great week! I love all of you.

                  

Love,

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Elder Travis J. Roberts

Ghana Accra Mission

August 22, 2016

Hey everyone!! How are you doing? I hope that your week went well. Our week went pretty good. We were very excited because we had the baptism of Joshua, so that was very nice. We had it at the new building here in Suhum and it went really well. We also had the All Africa Service Project (its like Mormon Helping Hands in the US) on the same day as the baptism. Here in Suhum the missionaries and members went to the hospital and trimmed some trees and just cleaned up in general. 

This week we are preparing for the open house of the new church building here in Suhum, so there is a lot to do before this coming Saturday. Overall things are going pretty well here. We are still working with Bro. Adam and Bro. Andrew. Its slow going, but we are hoping that they will be able to be baptized soon. We had a big rainstorm here yesterday, but its kind of hilly here in Suhum so it didn't flood or anything. 

I can't believe come September it will already have been 3 months since I got here! It really is a nice place. Also 9 MONTHS BABY!!!! We are movin right along! It is so weird because it doesn't feel that long and I see so many of my friends turning a year already. The time really does fly! I love my mission so much. I love the gospel and know it is true! I love all of you!

Love,

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Elder Travis J. Roberts

Ghana Accra Mission

This is a picture from my last zone conference, one of the other missionaries put it together.

Aug 15, 2016

Hey everyone!

How was your week? I hope that it went well for you all. Our week went good. We had some decent success this week.We were able to see most of our investigators. The real exciting news is that we will be having a baptism on Saturday! It is Joshua, the boy I mentioned last week. He is 15 and is related to the branch president. He has been coming to church for a while now and said that he wanted to get baptized, so we were not going to hesitate on that! That was the real highlight of the week. 

We had some fun today as a zone. We met together and played some soccer and b-ball. It was a really fun activity, I was able to see a lot of my friends. Next Saturday all the missionaries will be doing service projects. The zone leaders decide what we will be doing, I will tell you next week what we end up doing for our area. I really am so thankful to be serving a mission. It has really blessed my life and I have seen blessings in other peoples lives as well. If you are thinking about going on a mission, do it! You will not regret it. It is the best experience ever. I love you all so much. Have a great week! Below are some pics from today by my bud, Elder Koronikalu.

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Elder Travis J. Roberts

Ghana Accra Mission

Aug 1 & 8, 2016

Hey there everyone!!

I hope that you all have had a good 2 weeks! Sorry this is late, but I had a lot going on! The last couple weeks have gone good! We have really just been getting our investigators ready for baptism and helping them understand the doctrine. 

I have been really happy here in Suhum. I do have an idea as to when I will leave though, so I am sad about that even though its a while from now (probably December or January). I love the work up here. Saturday went well, even though Bro. Adam and Bro. Andrew didn't get baptized. Fortunately there was someone from the other area that got baptized and we were able to enjoy seeing that. We have been able to extend a baptismal date to Joshua, a 15 year old boy who has been coming to church for a while. A lot of the people we wanted to set baptismal dates for weren't around so we didnt get to do that, but all is good. We will hopefully do it this week. We have been helping a lot getting the new church building here in Suhum ready to go. Its a really nice building and I know the members will be blessed by having it here. Today for P-day we had meat pies (basically empanadas) and Fanice (ice cream) for our meal here in Kof town, it was really good.

I had an interesting experience this past week. For about a week and a half I had been looking for my razor cord. I had misplaced it and couldn't find it. I never had any time to look for it until a few days ago. Then as I really started searching for it I became more and more upset and frustrated that I could not find it. After looking everywhere I got upset and felt angry and defeated. I gave a tap to my bed frame and sat down on the floor in defeat. All of a sudden a voice in my head said "check the drawer you are sitting next to". I was going to say no, but then I thought, sure, why not. I've got nothing to lose. To my complete suprise as I pulled the drawer out I saw the cord. I was stunned and then went very silent and still for a while. I knew at that point what the Lord had just done, I had been humbled. I was so determined that I could find it by MYSELF that I didn't think I needed the Lord's help. I was once again reminded that even in the small things we need the Lord's help. We should never forget to call on His name. Even when we don't think we need to. I am so thankful for this experience because it reinforced to me that I need to always remember the Lord no matter what. I give this same charge to all of you as well. Never forget the Lord and His almighty power. It is a real thing. I love you all and hope that you have a good week.

Sincerely,

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Elder Travis J. Roberts

Ghana Accra Mission