Faithful readers, family and friends,
If you follow this blog, you are invited.
Elder Robarts will be flying in on United Airlines flight 103 expected to arrive at the Sacramento Airport Terminal B at 2:08pm Friday, April 29, 2011. Anyone who would like to is welcome to come welcome Elder Robarts back.
If the weather is good, everyone is welcome to come to a picnic at Tahoe Park - probably around 4pm - after we greet Elder Robarts and take him home to exchange luggage for food. Potluck contributions welcome, but not required.
If the weather is wet or cold, Mom will take Elder Robarts and his immediate family to an all you can eat (yet to be chosen). (Friends and extended family are welcome to come on their on dime.)
Andrew plans to participate in the Mormon Helping Hands Project at Golden Empire Elementary School Saturday morning April 30 beginning at 9am. A good opportunity to serve and socialize.
Andrew has private plans for the rest of Saturday and Sunday. Well, he will be attending his home ward, Perkins Ward which meets at 1 (3001 Wisseman Dr)
Everyone is invited to an Open House 7pm Saturday, May 7 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sacramento Cordova Stake Center 3001 Wisseman Drive. (potluck finger foods welcome, but not required)
Then Andrew is on to the next phase of life as a young adult -pursuing education, employment, etc -and will be making most of his own social arrangements. : )
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011
Dear Home,
I'm not trunky.
Recently, Elder Brock Peery, who was serving as our District Leader until recently, went home. His parents drove up to meet him here, in Canada, and because of how the transportation worked out, my companion and I were there to meet them. Elder Roth and I had just finished an hour or two of pulling chunks of cement out of a room in a member's basement, so we were wearing jeans and T-shirts. xD That's not what missionaries normally wear! xD Unless they're doing service, that is. =)
I love doing service. ^^
I'm not trunky.
"FREDDIE" GOT BAPTIZED THIS SATURDAY!!!!
I'll attach pictures for sure. ^^ It was such a joy to be able to help Freddie accept the gospel. (I really should ask him if it's okay for me to use his real name. When I get home, I'll share really names, but since this is online.... I don't know. =S)
Anyway, that was very exciting. ^^ And it's also super exciting that General Conference is coming up! I'm SO looking forward to listening to the Lord's prophets! I wonder what they'll tell us. =)
AND! The tradition lives. -grin- My first GC in the mission was great. ^^ I was serving in Prince Albert with Elder George, Elder Butterfield and Elder Clarine. And we had ice cream. ^^
My second GC, I was in the Oakwood area of Saskatoon with Elder Brown. We organized a Zone-Wide ice cream party. That went alright.
Third, I was with Elder Sheffield and Elder Hall in Pendygrasse Area of Saskatoon. Our apartment was a mess, but we had all the missionaries over anyway. It was kind of a pandemodious event.
This time, I'M calling the shots. This is MY Ice Cream party. We're doing it in the church's kitchen (I wonder if I can see about getting that booked). We're all going to just eat ice cream, hang out, and have a good time. None of this throwing-balls-at-each-other nonsense. None of this everybody-pitch-in-a-little stuff (I made sure I'd have enough money to just buy all the ice cream and stuff myself ((And I keep the leftovers!!! =D ))). This time, everything is going to go smoothly.
I'm looking forward to this. ^^
Love, your not-trunky missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
I'm not trunky.
Recently, Elder Brock Peery, who was serving as our District Leader until recently, went home. His parents drove up to meet him here, in Canada, and because of how the transportation worked out, my companion and I were there to meet them. Elder Roth and I had just finished an hour or two of pulling chunks of cement out of a room in a member's basement, so we were wearing jeans and T-shirts. xD That's not what missionaries normally wear! xD Unless they're doing service, that is. =)
I love doing service. ^^
I'm not trunky.
"FREDDIE" GOT BAPTIZED THIS SATURDAY!!!!
I'll attach pictures for sure. ^^ It was such a joy to be able to help Freddie accept the gospel. (I really should ask him if it's okay for me to use his real name. When I get home, I'll share really names, but since this is online.... I don't know. =S)
Anyway, that was very exciting. ^^ And it's also super exciting that General Conference is coming up! I'm SO looking forward to listening to the Lord's prophets! I wonder what they'll tell us. =)
AND! The tradition lives. -grin- My first GC in the mission was great. ^^ I was serving in Prince Albert with Elder George, Elder Butterfield and Elder Clarine. And we had ice cream. ^^
My second GC, I was in the Oakwood area of Saskatoon with Elder Brown. We organized a Zone-Wide ice cream party. That went alright.
Third, I was with Elder Sheffield and Elder Hall in Pendygrasse Area of Saskatoon. Our apartment was a mess, but we had all the missionaries over anyway. It was kind of a pandemodious event.
This time, I'M calling the shots. This is MY Ice Cream party. We're doing it in the church's kitchen (I wonder if I can see about getting that booked). We're all going to just eat ice cream, hang out, and have a good time. None of this throwing-balls-at-each-other nonsense. None of this everybody-pitch-in-a-little stuff (I made sure I'd have enough money to just buy all the ice cream and stuff myself ((And I keep the leftovers!!! =D ))). This time, everything is going to go smoothly.
I'm looking forward to this. ^^
Love, your not-trunky missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Elder Robarts' travel itinerary !!
CHURCH TRAVEL CWT DATE 14MARCH11
50 EAST NORTH TEMPLE ST AGENT VH/NO BOOKING REF ZMPH4I
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84150
TELEPHONE: 801 240-5111 GOODRICH/AUSTIN GLE 153282-R
FAX : 801-240-5115
MISSIONARY TRAVEL
CANADA WINNIPEG MISSION
SERVICE DATE FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE
_____________________ _____ ______________ ______________ _______ ______
UNITED AIRLINES 29APR WINNIPEG MB DENVER CO 807A 925A
UA 6730 FRIDAY J A RICHARDSON DENVER INTL
W ECONOMY
RESERVATION CONFIRMED 2:18 DURATION
FLIGHT OPERATED BY UNITED EXPRESS/SKYWEST
AIRCRAFT: CANADAIR REGIONAL JET
SEATS 03A/03B NO SMOKING CONFIRMED
UNITED AIRLINES 29APR DENVER CO SACRAMENTO CA 1239P 208P
UA 103 FRIDAY DENVER INTL INTL
S ECONOMY
NON SMOKING FOOD AND BEVERAGES FOR PURCHA NON STOP
RESERVATION CONFIRMED 2:29 DURATION
Monday, March 21, 2011
March 21, 2011
Dear Home,
How is it 1:45 already? Where has the time gone?
P-Day activity was great today. Since Elder Morse had gotten transferred, which is sad (but at least Elder Roth and I are both staying), we all played sports rather than UNO. Elder Felix, our new District Leader, is very good at sports. He won at Ratsmere (a dodgeball-type game in which you, personally, have to get EVERYONE out to win). It's not easy to win at that game. It usually lasts a long time, since every time someone gets knocked out, everyone that they took out go back in. It's fun. ^^
We also played Lightning, or Knockout, or whatever you want to call it, where there are two basketballs and the players take turns trying to make their shots before the person before you or behind you does. If the person ahead of you scores before you do, he passes his ball to the person behind you, but if the person behind you scores before you do, you're out, and you hand over your ball to the next player. That continues until there's only one man left standing. It's fun, too. I usually do pretty well at that game. =)
So, anyhow, Freddie is going to take his Baptismal Interview in the next few days, so tonight, Elder Roth and I are going to go over the questions with him again and make sure he's ready. He is ready, though. Super-ready. We just want to make sure. =) We're excited for him. =)
We're also excited for General Conference. This is going to be our last General Conference before we go home, so I'm anxious to see what the Prophets and Apostles will say. Hopefully, a few of them will have a few pointers on what a person should do with the rest of his life. Personally, I'm leaning towards A) getting a job, B) taking a year or two of General Education and maybe a writing class or two, while C) trying to get some good, solid career advice. I'll be attending church with my family for the first while (whether that's going to be a short while or a long while), but after a (short or long) while, I'll probably (or at least 'possibly') be switching over to a Singles Ward. Getting married is part of my long-term goals, and the first few steps involve meeting female people my age, despite how frightening as that is. It has to happen. Throwing in a little humor and perhaps an exaggeration, I'm a pretty good actor; I could probably trick some unfortunate soul into marrying me. She'd have to be blind, though. Despite the Accutane I've been taking, my complexion still isn't the best, and as we saw with the Govenator pictures, my face is way too red. And my hands turn purple when they get cold. Personally, I think that's pretty cool (I'm like a lizard!), but everyone else is worried that my hands are going to freeze off, so I keep them in gloves with handwarmers (when it's cold enough to even wear gloves, that is).
Wow, rereading that last paragraph, I've realized that I was just going off on a long string of tangents. =/ Maybe I shouldn't be a writer. If I can't keep my thoughts and words organized, how can I expect anyone to try to follow them?
I leaned back and saw a TV the size of the one in our living room. How long has that been there? o_O
Then I looked over my shoulder and saw someone doing some very complicated-looking math. I hate math.
I should probably get going. My companion is probably done by now. And I'm just rambling anyway. No one wants to read stuff like this. I'm just going to sign off now before I waste any more of your time.
I felt like I should throw in something spiritual and inspiring I learned from my scripture study. Don't be like Zoram from Alma 30. How's that?
Love, you boring missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
How is it 1:45 already? Where has the time gone?
P-Day activity was great today. Since Elder Morse had gotten transferred, which is sad (but at least Elder Roth and I are both staying), we all played sports rather than UNO. Elder Felix, our new District Leader, is very good at sports. He won at Ratsmere (a dodgeball-type game in which you, personally, have to get EVERYONE out to win). It's not easy to win at that game. It usually lasts a long time, since every time someone gets knocked out, everyone that they took out go back in. It's fun. ^^
We also played Lightning, or Knockout, or whatever you want to call it, where there are two basketballs and the players take turns trying to make their shots before the person before you or behind you does. If the person ahead of you scores before you do, he passes his ball to the person behind you, but if the person behind you scores before you do, you're out, and you hand over your ball to the next player. That continues until there's only one man left standing. It's fun, too. I usually do pretty well at that game. =)
So, anyhow, Freddie is going to take his Baptismal Interview in the next few days, so tonight, Elder Roth and I are going to go over the questions with him again and make sure he's ready. He is ready, though. Super-ready. We just want to make sure. =) We're excited for him. =)
We're also excited for General Conference. This is going to be our last General Conference before we go home, so I'm anxious to see what the Prophets and Apostles will say. Hopefully, a few of them will have a few pointers on what a person should do with the rest of his life. Personally, I'm leaning towards A) getting a job, B) taking a year or two of General Education and maybe a writing class or two, while C) trying to get some good, solid career advice. I'll be attending church with my family for the first while (whether that's going to be a short while or a long while), but after a (short or long) while, I'll probably (or at least 'possibly') be switching over to a Singles Ward. Getting married is part of my long-term goals, and the first few steps involve meeting female people my age, despite how frightening as that is. It has to happen. Throwing in a little humor and perhaps an exaggeration, I'm a pretty good actor; I could probably trick some unfortunate soul into marrying me. She'd have to be blind, though. Despite the Accutane I've been taking, my complexion still isn't the best, and as we saw with the Govenator pictures, my face is way too red. And my hands turn purple when they get cold. Personally, I think that's pretty cool (I'm like a lizard!), but everyone else is worried that my hands are going to freeze off, so I keep them in gloves with handwarmers (when it's cold enough to even wear gloves, that is).
Wow, rereading that last paragraph, I've realized that I was just going off on a long string of tangents. =/ Maybe I shouldn't be a writer. If I can't keep my thoughts and words organized, how can I expect anyone to try to follow them?
I leaned back and saw a TV the size of the one in our living room. How long has that been there? o_O
Then I looked over my shoulder and saw someone doing some very complicated-looking math. I hate math.
I should probably get going. My companion is probably done by now. And I'm just rambling anyway. No one wants to read stuff like this. I'm just going to sign off now before I waste any more of your time.
I felt like I should throw in something spiritual and inspiring I learned from my scripture study. Don't be like Zoram from Alma 30. How's that?
Love, you boring missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
Monday, March 14, 2011
March 14, 2011
Dear Home,
I was so busy writing to you about UNO last week (today, Elder Morse had over a hundred cards in his 'hand'/DECK near the end of the game. Elder Roth had close to 50. I had gone down to three cards, but then Elder Morse played a Victory Lap card and pretty much won the game. We didn't get to officially finish, though. Oh well.)
ANYWAY! I spent so much time talking about UNO last week that I completely forgot to tell you all about Freddie! (names have been changed) Freddie is great! He's from China. He delivers pizza, and one night, he delivered pizza to a member of the church and made a new friend. Then, that friend told him about the gospel, and Freddie is super-excited about it! He wants to be baptized by the end of the month (Just in time for General Conference!!!! I'm so excited!), so Elder Roth and I have been meeting with him almost every day, teaching him everything that a member of our church needs to know. (For example, we've taught him about tithes and fast offerings, and pretty soon we'll be showing him a tithing slip and teaching him how to fill it out.) He is GOLDEN! He's so excited about being baptized, and we're all excited for him. He's going to be a great member of the church. He invited his roommate to come to church with him, and he did! Freddie is the best!
My companion is done Emailing already. (How does he type so fast?) I should probably get going before he gets bored. Plus, we need to go grocery shopping, and I have a letter that I hope to finish writing today. Busy, busy.
Love, your not-writing-very-much missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
I was so busy writing to you about UNO last week (today, Elder Morse had over a hundred cards in his 'hand'/DECK near the end of the game. Elder Roth had close to 50. I had gone down to three cards, but then Elder Morse played a Victory Lap card and pretty much won the game. We didn't get to officially finish, though. Oh well.)
ANYWAY! I spent so much time talking about UNO last week that I completely forgot to tell you all about Freddie! (names have been changed) Freddie is great! He's from China. He delivers pizza, and one night, he delivered pizza to a member of the church and made a new friend. Then, that friend told him about the gospel, and Freddie is super-excited about it! He wants to be baptized by the end of the month (Just in time for General Conference!!!! I'm so excited!), so Elder Roth and I have been meeting with him almost every day, teaching him everything that a member of our church needs to know. (For example, we've taught him about tithes and fast offerings, and pretty soon we'll be showing him a tithing slip and teaching him how to fill it out.) He is GOLDEN! He's so excited about being baptized, and we're all excited for him. He's going to be a great member of the church. He invited his roommate to come to church with him, and he did! Freddie is the best!
My companion is done Emailing already. (How does he type so fast?) I should probably get going before he gets bored. Plus, we need to go grocery shopping, and I have a letter that I hope to finish writing today. Busy, busy.
Love, your not-writing-very-much missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
Monday, March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011
Dear Home,
I currently personally own 5 UNO decks.
I used to own Zero UNO decks, then the rule changed. The rule used to be 'No Board Games! No Card Games! EVER!!!' but then the rule changed to 'You may play games on P-Days.' I promptly bought myself an UNO deck.
Then I found another one. It had been left in a missionary apartment, and I (stole) adopted it. I drew a few dots on some of the cards in one of the decks, so I could easily split that UNO deck into two regular playing card decks, good for all other games.
Several months later, I saw a Disney Princess UNO deck. ... I only bought it because it has DRAGON cards! Really!
I found a Toy Story UNO deck, and thought I'd try it out. It's pretty good, but there's no Mr Potato Head! WHY is there no Mr Potato Head?? They have Wheezy the Penguin! They have STINKY PETE, for crying out loud!!! But NO MR POTATO HEAD. They even covered Hamm TWICE! It would have been SO easy to replace any one of those with a Mr Potato Head, but nooooooo, they just couldn't let that happen, could they? They had to leave him out.
But it really doesn't matter. I'll get over it.
But anyway, the fifth deck. This is a version of UNO that I have played and loved before, with my family. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Why do I care about UNO now, while I'm on my mission? Because Elder Morse doesn't play sports. Elder Roth, my companion, isn't crazy about sports. I'm more crazy about UNO than I am about sports. Therefore, every Monday, while the other missionaries are playing basketball, Elder Morse, Elder Roth and I play UNO. We mixed the Princess Deck and the Toy Story Deck together to make one SUPER CRAZY UNO DECK. We've been having LOADS of fun! But you know what would make it even better? The fifth deck. CARS UNO!
I had to look everywhere to find a Cars UNO deck! It wasn't in Superstore. It wasn't in Walmart. But I tracked one down in a ToysRus. Yes, I went to a ToysRus on my mission. Don't judge me. I bought it last week. We were going to play with it this week, but guess what? All the missionaries in Regina went bowling instead.
Oh, well. There's always next week.
Love, your Card-Shark missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
I currently personally own 5 UNO decks.
I used to own Zero UNO decks, then the rule changed. The rule used to be 'No Board Games! No Card Games! EVER!!!' but then the rule changed to 'You may play games on P-Days.' I promptly bought myself an UNO deck.
Then I found another one. It had been left in a missionary apartment, and I (stole) adopted it. I drew a few dots on some of the cards in one of the decks, so I could easily split that UNO deck into two regular playing card decks, good for all other games.
Several months later, I saw a Disney Princess UNO deck. ... I only bought it because it has DRAGON cards! Really!
I found a Toy Story UNO deck, and thought I'd try it out. It's pretty good, but there's no Mr Potato Head! WHY is there no Mr Potato Head?? They have Wheezy the Penguin! They have STINKY PETE, for crying out loud!!! But NO MR POTATO HEAD. They even covered Hamm TWICE! It would have been SO easy to replace any one of those with a Mr Potato Head, but nooooooo, they just couldn't let that happen, could they? They had to leave him out.
But it really doesn't matter. I'll get over it.
But anyway, the fifth deck. This is a version of UNO that I have played and loved before, with my family. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Why do I care about UNO now, while I'm on my mission? Because Elder Morse doesn't play sports. Elder Roth, my companion, isn't crazy about sports. I'm more crazy about UNO than I am about sports. Therefore, every Monday, while the other missionaries are playing basketball, Elder Morse, Elder Roth and I play UNO. We mixed the Princess Deck and the Toy Story Deck together to make one SUPER CRAZY UNO DECK. We've been having LOADS of fun! But you know what would make it even better? The fifth deck. CARS UNO!
I had to look everywhere to find a Cars UNO deck! It wasn't in Superstore. It wasn't in Walmart. But I tracked one down in a ToysRus. Yes, I went to a ToysRus on my mission. Don't judge me. I bought it last week. We were going to play with it this week, but guess what? All the missionaries in Regina went bowling instead.
Oh, well. There's always next week.
Love, your Card-Shark missionary, Elder Andrew Robarts
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