Manahoana ny fianakaviako!
Let's
see... Geez I just don't know what to
tell you! Oh! Hah we found a way to infiltrate the system
and email without it being counted towards our minutes so that's pretty neat
haha. I may or may not be doing it right
now... Mihomay! It means laugh. Get it, cause I'm laughing? Yeah cool.
16 emails today (mostly from mom and dad) but yeah! Tsara be!
So yeah it's cool here being a missionary. P-Days are pretty much the only days we come
back to the main campus because we go to the temple and stuff. Last week we did some initiatories and
earlier today we did sealings! Sooo cool
to be able to perform that so people can be with their families forever! AAANNND on our way out of the temple last
week we ran into the one and only TYLER HAWS!
He said hi to us, told us good luck, it's fine. We're just celebrities and stuff. Whatever... P-Days are actually super
busy! Today we got up, planned our TRC
lesson, got breakfast, and then took the bus to main campus. I had a Dr. appt and he gave me some more
antibiotics so that's pretty neat I guess.
At MTC-West we do though have the luxury of going to Brighams landing on
PDay! So last week we went to this
cheese steak place, and jamba juice! WE
WERE MISSIONARIES IN THE REAL WORLD!!!
Everybody was saying hi to us, asking where we were going, staring at
our sheer awesomeness. It was
great! One thing i love about MTC WEst
is that it's kind of like we're in the real world! We cross a street to go to class and rain
tree everyday and cars are always honking at us and we just wave like,
"hey.... sup... yeah we're missionaries... no biggie." Anyways TRIAL OF MY FAITH FOR THE AGES! Last PDay we're at the cheeseseak place you
know getting food and such things and the TV is on.... I look... and
sportscenter is on... I look even closer.... CUBS VS WHITESOX highlights.... I
was dying! Weber was like... If you look
you're breaking the rules... What a noob right!
So he wouldn't let me watch CUBS HIGHLIGHTS! Which was fine... But then! The NBA playoffs highlights came on! AHHHHH!! But. I did not watch. So there you go. Are you proud? Good.
Anyways since last PDay it's been quite the week. Sunday was awesome but super sad. First off it was fast Sunday haha so it was
sooo long. At church it was testimony
meeting so all the greek district went up and bore their testimonies in
Greek... then Mead (best friend) was like.. so do I get a shout out? Haha so Weber and I went up and bore our
testimonies. I bore it on how I know
that the Lord is always there for me, gave my Greeks a shoutout and then...
bore my testimony in MALAGASY!!! WOOT WOOT!
Granted. It was super simple, but
it happened! So I was stoked. Instead of doing temple walk we do Wyview
walk where pretty much we just walk around ahah. Elder Rawle (who I've gotten close to lately)
and I walked around, sat at a bench and just talked. I really like talking. Haha it's just nice to reminisce sometimes
and not worry about Malagasy. though the
Malagasy is coming and i know i'll get it breaks are really nice haha. At dinner I talked to a sister Hallmark who
is heading to Alaska! She was super cool
and it was nice to talk to a sister.. not a girl. In the words of elder Mead and I,
"What's a girl? I don't know...
They're a myth...!" The devotional was like a reenactment of William
richards life so the guys was like telling the story of Bro Richards and Joseph
Smith in a first person way... It was soo cool, we sang praise to the man after
which was sooo sick! After we watched
the Testaments, but I felt the spirit soooo strongly when Christ helped the
father regain his sight and it was most definitely the spirit testifying to me
that my Redeemer truly does live and bless me everyday. After we got back and it was the Greek
districts last night, as I've said before they're all international and Elder
Mead is my best friend in the whole world here, and Elder Johannsen is up there
pretty high. The night before we were up
till like past midnight talking, and one of the Elders, Elder Rawle (another
best friend) had his parent deliver us pizza!! haha so yeah we had pizza
delivered to us at like 11:30 at night, Saturday night was great cause we just
sat, talked, chilled, exchanged war stories, and enjoyed each others
company! I loved it. so Sunday rolls around and we all have to say
our goodbyes. So now I know why girls
love doing photo shoots... We spent like and hour and a half just taking stupid
pictures with everbody and I loved ever second of it! After that we said all our goodbyes.. I most
definitely cried a bit saying goodbye to Mead and Johannsen, you already know
we were singing john mayer as I walked back to my room haha.
so yeah... Elder Mead is now in Greece, he said he might come to BYU
after so that would be sick! I love that
guy... He made me feel so comfortable and at home the first couple of
weeks. So yeah... Kinda really sad but
it's fine. I WILL BE IN MADAGASCAR 3
WEEKS FROM YESTERDAY!!! ASFSALDFJLASDJFAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! #pumped #cantstopmenow So yeah.
our teachers will tell us occasional stories about the mission,
different areas, how mada has doubled in members the past couple of years, how
the spiders the size of your face are super crunchy, how the rat lemurs will
crawl on the netting of your mosquito net at night, how we won't get the
language till like 8 months in, but how every second there is the best second
ever. I'm seriously stoked out of my
mind. I'm halfway there! Guys!
I'm a missionary! It's just cool
to like sit back, look down and see that nametag that says Elder Roush ny
fiangonan'ny JESOA KRISTY ho an'ny olomasin'ny andro farany. yeah its memorized! But holy crap! I love it!
Every day is the longest day of my life, but they're the shortest weeks
and it's the most rewarding feeling! The
lessons are starting to become about actually teaching the investigator (our
teacher) and not gettign the malagasy down, yesterday when we taught Henry
about baptism, the atonement and how it can help him get over his drinking he
said yes to baptism! I know it's not
real but Brother Sell our teaher who was playing as Henry as the investigator
said, "yes i'll get baptized as long as I always feel like this
after!" Sell said he actually felt
the spirit during our lesson! AHHH! So yeah... It's coming! I loved a scripture that Rahalay Burton
shared with us. 2 nep 25:23. With it he gave us this quote that is
amazing. "It is bye grace we
__________ after all we can do." It
is by the Saviors grace and mercy, we can find success as long as we give it
all we can do. I love that. Always make sure you go the extra mile in
everything. Don't get discouraged! Keep moving forward with faith and never look
back! Tiako Ianareo! I love you all! Mas To!
Be diligent
Fitiavana,
Elder Roush
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