Middle hair parts

Monday September 10th, 2018

This week has probably been the biggest blur so far. We did a lot of things but it’s so hard to remember, but I will do my very best.

Lets see, so probably the biggest news of the week is Elder Ginn got a concussion. It has been a learning experience for all of us to say the very least. It happened last Saturday when we were playing basketball. No good. We have all been taking turns staying with him at the residence while he is trying to recover. Lots of prayers and fasting have brought us close this week as a district and a zone.

The new elders in our zone have opened up a bit more which is really nice. They are all pretty funny and have great spirits!

We played volleyball with them this week. It was our zone against theirs! Now no one is very good and so it’s very entertaining. Can see a lot of different personalities come out when we do things like that together.

I’ve been trying to work really hard at everything this week. Luckily I have a lot of people around me trying to do the same thing so it makes it a bit easier. I can't say enough how thankful I am for my district and zone! They are all so hard working and here for the right reasons.

Needless to say we still have some fun. One day this week we all decided to do our hair the same to help us feel more unified. I really think it worked;)

This week I was blessed a lot to be patient and trust in the Lord. My time at the MTC has been really great so far. Made it to half way sometime this week, which is really strange. As much as I would love to go out and start teaching I’m so thankful for the plan God has for me.

At times this week I felt like I was falling into a trap. A trap of being too comfortable. I have new challenges everyday especially with the Chinese but things just seemed a bit predictable. At one of our devotionals one of the speakers was talking a little bit about this. How we are where we are, when we are, for a reason. That hit me really hard. I was able to realize many more blessings in my week after that, all the little things that I wasn't thinking about before. God's plan for us is better than any plan we can come up with for ourselves.

So my challenge or invite for this week is to be patient in the Lord's timing. I know that He will bless you in ways you can't think of. I know that as we are patient we can see His will more clearly and because of that can make the most out of our time.

Another huge blessing I saw this week was in teaching lessons. My Chinese is still bad but I do my best to just focus on having the Spirit and being really happy. It has gone pretty well. Great reminder of how the Lord works because really I’m not the one teaching! So thankful for that. ha-ha.

So my name in Chinese is Mao Zhang Lao. It just means Elder McRoberts. But anyway it’s really strange to hear my name in English and its even weirder to hear my first name. Takes me a second to respond when its not Mao zhang lao haha cause I don’t realize it’s me people are talking too.

We have got to the point where we can guess what the meals are going to be so that has been pretty fun as well. They have a nice variety of food that is alright but we all have days that we like more than others for sure. One night this week we had cereal and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner because the MTC has so many missionaries right now and we had to get back to class. And because we didn't want to wait in line for an hour cause we all get hungry rather quickly ha-ha.

This week school started at BYU so we got to watch a bunch of people move into dorms. We could also hear the football game. The outside world seems so strange these days.

Anyway last night after the devotional we went to one of the "movies". We watched Testament. It was really good. It’s about Jesus Christ and his life ministry to all people. At the end it said something that I am so very thankful for! More than words can describe. It said, " Jesus Christ came to earth, and he will come again!" I know that this is true. It was a great reminder to me to live the very best that I can at all times. It gave me so much joy that I have the opportunity to go and share that message with others!! I’m so very blessed.

I love you all so much! Thanks for all the support! Have a great week:) 

Elder McRoberts 

So we all decided to do middle parts for some zone bonding with the new elders this week. Think it turned out great!

So this is the great man who gives us tickets to sit upfront at all

the devotionals. He is actually the best! Love him so much

 Me and the comp after class walking to the residence hall. He is the best!