And he is home safe!!

Last Email from the mission

Moses 1:39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

"It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which,if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree helping each other to one or the other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all of our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit."- CS Lewis

Last email in the mission, it crazy how fast it all goes. The mission really does come to an end with mixed emotions, at times i feel like it cant really have been two years and at others it feels like i have done this my whole life... But I can sincerly say I gave it my best and I wont be coming home sad. I feel satisfied with my offering, I gave it what was needed of me and in the process I matured alot. The mission is not the best two years of your life, its the best two years FOR your life. A missionary can see how God really does change, improve, mold, and carry His children to their destination - Exaltation. 

I have seen Gods hand in the lives of a lot of miserable people, me being one of them. I have seen the power of Jesus Christs atonement and I have felt Gods love for me and for others. 

Jesus Christ lives, my whole mission I have seen a lot of dead ceramic Jesus statues on the cross (the more horrific and mangled and bloody Christ looks the more people like to put it in their house, it's sad) and people wonder why they don't receive the blessings they need. Christ is not a morbid dead body that we should worship, if we focus so much on His moments of humiliation and death then we have missed the point. Obviously I'm not trying to disrespect the death of Christ in any way His death is essential to our eternal progress but it is the resurrection that is His victory and should be our focus. Christ lives, and loves us. He is an all powerful being that can save us if we will just humble ourselves  and shut up and do what He asks. I know He lives.

I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, I have read it in Spanish 6 or 7 times on my mission and every time I have found the power and the wisdom of God that can and has changed me. The purpose of it is to bring people to Christ, who in turn brings us to our Father, a Father that offers us eternal life, glory, progression, and happiness.

I know that the family can be eternal, that we are here to be a part of and form relationships and bonds that are meant to last forever, and will if we will obey God. I'm grateful for the family that God has given me and that we have the promise to be together forever. 

Don't think I'm sad or feel like I'm taking steps backward in coming home. I learned what was needed on my mission, and I am ready to keep taking steps forward in my life. 

Elder Roberts

Fruits of the Gospel

Lifes good. We're having success in the area, gonna baptize this week and the next one. I also got a letter from Fam. P. (in Tlahualilo) and they told me that a man we baptized there is the new branch president. That's pretty cool haha. To be honest nothing too special happened this week. I'm feeling good. Had a good birthday, the C. family got me a cake and whatnot.