Typhoon Queenie

Friday, November 28, 2014

Hey I just wanted to email you guys and say that I am okay. We had a decent typhoon hit us.  We don't have electricity but we are doing fine.  We are trying to help people build some houses.  Only one person died and our house is totally fine.  If you hear anything don't worry. We are good.  Love you

Love Carson

Email from Elder Lewis to his family

#70 Taught lots of cool people

Monday, November 24, 2014

Hey everyone,

This week has been awesome.  We got to teach a lot of cool people.  It was a lot of hard work but very worth it.  I also played your song for a less active to hopefully help soften his heart.  It went pretty well.  We also had a sweet fireside from President Tanner for Thanksgiving.  Got to see Elder Benjamin.  We are doing a lot trying to help the leadership here so that they can actually do their callings.  The stake president came and tried to help us.  The leadership here is nothing like back home. It makes the worst bishop in America look like a champion. The people don't really have that much drive all the time.

Love

Elder Roskelley

#69 Happy Birthday

Monday, November 17, 2014

Hey everyone,

So this week has been great.  We have been able to find some great new investigators but unfortunately we had to drop one too.  We are starting to see more and more progression in our area.  We have really been working to try to improve the functioning of the branch.  Saturday, the day of my birthday, was a very hard day for us. . I loved the video you sent, but we did not have power the whole day and it was just a hard day of work.  There was a lot of blessings but a lot of hard times too.  We didn't get to teach that many people and we had a couple of people that just wanted to debate us.  It didn't go very well.  The awesome thing was though that we had an awesome day on Sunday.  We taught a lot of people and I made fun of my comp a little bit.  We had good fun with that.  Tuesday I was actually on splits with another Elder and it was really fun.  I have been learning so much from the people that surround me.  I have also been learning so much about myself.  I hope all is well at home. We did have something funny that I will tell you. One of the ladies we were talking too said that she would love it if she could have my nose.  It was an interesting compliment.  

Love,

 Elder Roskelley

Celebrating my birthday

#68 Interviews with Pres Tanner

Monday, November 10, 2014

Hello everyone,

We are doing awesome.  This week has been pretty cool.  We had interviews with President Tanner and then my comp got sick.  I was able to go on splits and try to help out some of the people in our district.  We had some great lessons with our investigators but none of them came to church.  We are still working on helping the branch.  We are actually in Tagbilarin right now and I am going to get my shoes fixed. All in all it is great but I am really tired.  I love you all.  

Love

Elder Roskelley

Sister Knox knows Elder Lewis' mom

#67 Day of the Dead

Monday, November 3, 2014

Hey everyone

This week was decent.  We had some really cool things but we did have some hard days.  With all saints’ day or day of the dead  here a lot of people were at the cemeteries.  Yesterday I had to do a baptismal interview and that went okay.  I couldn't pass the candidate immediately but I have a follow up interview.  Saturday we did a lot of tracting and taught a less active family.  Friday we found some new less actives that are also part member families.  We have some really good potential there.  The other days we had some pretty good lessons and Wednesday was my comps birthday.  He turned 19 so for the next couple weeks we are both nineteen.  P-day we played some b-ball and that knocked us out.  We slept so good that night.  All in all it was pretty good.  

love

 Elder Roskelley

I also made some potato chips.  I haven't got a package yet but I am expecting it next week or so.  We still live in the middle of know where.  It is kind of like our house back home. 

This is why we were a little later, it did this is like 2 hours