Nov 21, 2016

Hey everyone!!!

How are all of you? I hope that you all had a good 2 weeks! I know I did! A couple weeks ago we had our quarterly multi zone conference! It was really good. I was able to see a couple of my buddies there, so that was nice. We heard from President Heid, Sister Heid, The AP's and zone leaders, everyone gave really good talks. Then all the districts performed skits, some of them were pretty good. Then Sunday we had our district conference. We heard form Vern P. Stanfill of the 70. He is a really funny guy. His wife is also from Orange County and gave me a high five while we missionaries greeted them. It was pretty cool. Then yesterday we had the all Africa broadcast from Salt Lake. Elder Stevenson, Elder Dube, Sister Stevenson and someone else spoke, it was a great broadcast and the Spirit was really strong. Then after the service we had our baptism, so we were super excited! Our whole district did them together...we had 6 baptisms in total! It was really cool! We baptized Rose, so we are really pumped about that! We also have so many referrals to go through, it's a great time to be in Suhum! I also found a really good new food. It is called a PB&B sandwich. A Peanut Butter and Barbecue  sauce sandwich! It might not sound appetizing, but it tastes good to me. I'm out of time, so I'll sign off for now. The gospel is true and I'm so glad to be serving here in Ghana. I love you all so much!

Elder Travis J. Roberts

Ghana Accra Mission

Nov 7, 2016

Hello everyone!!

I really think I need to change what I say for a greeting, but I am not sure, what do you all think? I hope that you all had a good week. Our week was actually really good. It was a normal week until Sunday. Yesterday we got 42 referrals in total! The branch president challenged everyone at church to give at least one referral. The members really came through for us. The missionaries in our apartment split the referrals, so we got 21, but still, it was crazy!! Our other investigators, Rose and Frank, are doing good still. Both are on track to be baptized this month, so that will be exciting. 

I have a multi-zone conference coming up this week. It takes us away from teaching, but I am looking forward to seeing everyone and hearing from Pres. Heid. We tried to make some fufu for lunch today at the apartment. It was edible, but it was mostly plantain. Plantain is not my favorite so I didn't eat any. Fortunately we are going to get pizza after we finish emailing, so its all good. It is hard to believe that at the end of the week I will have been out for one year. I have come so far and still have plenty to go. I dont have much time so I will keep it short for today. I love you all and hope you have a good week!!

Love,

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Elder Travis J. Roberts

Ghana Accra Mission

Oct 31, 2016

Hey everyone, happy Halloween!! How are all of you? I hope that you had a good week! Our week was pretty good. It has been a very busy week with lots of teaching. We are still waiting for Frank to get back from Accra. He is down there visiting his uncle, but he is in contact with the missionaries there, so all is good. We are also working with a sister named Rose and another investigator named Phil. 

I will say that the weather has been ridiculously hot lately. I forgot how bad Harmattan can be (the hot wind that blows from the east-northeast in the winter). It is a real scorcher, and with the humidity it makes it a thousand times worse,so yeah. We did get a new missionary in the apartment, his name is Elder Joseph. He is from Nigeria and he is a really good guy. 

Besides Frank another of our investigators will be ready for baptism this month. Her name is Rose, I mentioned her earlier in the letter. She is related to the branch president, but her parents aren't members. She said that she wanted to be baptized, so we are teaching her. Its really exciting to have the potential for two baptisms in November. I cannot believe that October is already over. It flew by so fast! I love missionary work and seeing the changes it can bring to peoples lives. I hope that all of you have a good Halloween and get lots of good candy, since I won't get the chance to get any here! Eat a Kit-Kat bar for me if you get a chance.

Love,

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Elder Travis J. Roberts

Ghana Accra Mission