Michigan at last!

Hi family and friends,

How’s it going?  Things are good here!!  Well my first area that I'm serving in is called Bay City.  It is more north.  It is pretty here but very poor.  I never realized it before now how well off we really are.  There are very few members here but the ward is great.  They made me feel like I'm at home.  Well my first day out I met my comp and he is great. He has only been out 6 months but knows what he is doing.  He is from Mississippi.  So after I got to my area we went to go teach a lesson to some investigators and that was crazy.  We mentioned the word Satan and the guy flipped and stared to defend the devil. 
        

There is an older man in the ward that is great.  We go over to his house every other day to check up on him because he has cancer. He has so much cool stuff.  He has over 400 guns.  He has a sword that the case is made from human skin that is from Christ’s birth crazy!!! I got a picture with it but it won’t let me send it.  So I will try later. 

On Friday and Saturday we went to a festival that was it the town called the River of Time.  It had war re-enactments from a lot of different wars.  The ward here did the Mexican American War and we were the Mormon Battalion.  So all weekend I was dressed up as a Mexican, so that was funny.  We got a lot of appointments doing that.  We are going to go talk with them this week. 

On Saturday we were driving back to the River of Time and the car in front of us pulled out in front of another car and hit them.  We were the first ones on the scene.  Crazy.  No one was badly hurt but an old lady was holding her chest. The lady that hit them was drunk.  I'm not in Utah that's for sure!!  I can't believe what it would be like to go to a different country because I was in shell shock at first. 

The ward is great. There is a man named Brother Schindler that is awesome.  He has taken care of me.  The members feed us well.  We got 2 dinners last night.  The people here are very poor it is sad to see. 

Love you all!

Elder Robson Fletcher

Elder Robson Fletcher

4720 Orchard Manor Blvd.apt.8

Bay City, MI 48706

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Last Letter from the MTC. Now it is time to be a REAL Missionary

Hi Family and friends how's it going? 

It has been great here!!!!  Well I can't believe that I am leaving tomorrow it is so crazy!  The last week has gone by so fast I can't believe it!!  Well I am done with the MTC experience and I am ready to go out into the field and talk to everyone.  I've grown to be a talker here.  I have grown so much here it is crazy.  I'm not the same person I was 3 weeks ago.  I am sad to hear about things that are going on at home and wish I could be there. I pray for you every night and morning so I know things will workout like things always do!!  Oh my gosh I can't believe what the changes that have happened at home since I've been gone.  I love the news I hear from everyone it is so great, I just love it!!!! 

So I my comp and some of the other people in my district left this morning it was sad to see them go.  It was crazy. It was like leaving my family again.  I love them so much!!  We didn't have anyone leave because they couldn't handle it.  We had a tough group of people with very strong testimonies.  So I'm leaving tomorrow at 4.  I am going have to wake up at 3.  So I am not looking forward to that, because I have a hard time at waking up at 6:30 but I will do it!!!!   I am going to be a real missionary now.  Being at the MTC doesn't make me feel like a real missionary. I have the tag and everyone calls me elder but, I just feel like I'm at school.  I am so glad to be done with classes because 6 hrs of class and 2 hrs of studying is kicking my butt.  That has been the hardest thing.  Some days I feel like I'm a little kid with no attention Span, but it has been great! Well I'm out of time I will talk to you later and tell you how the real mission field!! 

LOVE YOU ALL!

 ELDER FLETCHER    

On the Journey

What up family!

How’s it going? Thank you so much for everything. This week was awesome!!!!! I got so many letters.  It’s the best thing in the world haha!!!  It’s only been 2 weeks but if feels like I’ve been here for 2 months haha. But it's all good haha!!  Well I didn't even make it 2 weeks without getting sick. I got sick on Saturday because my comp got sick on Friday. I had to take care of him and he got me sick. So we all share the love here!!! All but one person hasn't gotten sick yet in my district but it will be any day now till they get sick. Haha I just love it haha!  I gave my first blessing on Friday to my comp.  It was a faith and spiritual experience that I don't know how to explain!!  I got a blessing on Sunday and I'm better now. I'm not going to lie, going to class and being sick sucks.  I am really enjoying it here it is way fun here.  I'm finally getting along with my comp.  He still is a fun sucker but I'm trying to losing him up haha.  

Oh yeah I got my flight plans.  I leave Wednesday the 21st at 7:30 am so I'm supper excited to get out of to see the real world.  Haha.  I get to talk to real people and not just role plays.  Sometimes it is hard to feel the spirit when teaching because we know that it is our teachers!!  But that's all good.  It has helped me improve and apply what I've learned when we practice and teach about 3 to 4 times a day!!  My comp and I were teaching a real investigator in the teaching center this week and I had the most spiritual experience ever.  I've never felt the spirit so strong. It was awesome.  He knows that the gospel to be true but he's afraid to commit to a date because bad things happened to him last time, so he backed out.  I shared with him how I got scammed and that Satan tried to stop me from going on a mission.  But the lord provided for me in so many different ways.  I told him that when he does decide to get baptized again that even when Satan tries to stop him again. The Lord will bless him and the Lord will provide for him.  We were all crying, it way some crazy stuff and I LOVED it haha.  That’s about it haha.  THANKS EVERYONE FOR HELPING ME BE OUT HERE. I COULDN'T DO IT WITH OUT ALL OF YOU!!  I AM TRYING TO WORK HARD AS I CAN SO IT WILL BE WORTH ALL THE MONEY YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING IN FOR THIS. Love you all!

 Write you soon.

LOVE ELDER FLETCHER  

What up Family!

What up family I am doing well!!  The MTC is a lot different then I thought it was going to be!  Hey mom can you forward my emails to gena and linnea, jim and melinda and barbra and grandma and grandpa? Thank you, I don't have their email addresses.  So I am the only one in my district not to get a letter which I kind of feel bad about but its all good I understand that everyone is too busy.  So my district is AWESOME all but my comp!  He drives me crazy but I am trying to overcome it!  He is going to Indiania so that's weird so there are 7 of us going to michigan and 5 going to Indiana.  I'm not going to lie the first 2 days sucked so bad I thought about coming home but just to let you know I didn't and  it is a lot better now.  I love it after we started gym and got some teachers it is a lot better now!  OH my gosh i can't believe how hard it is to get up at 6:30- I am such a baby haha!  My district is so funny I have never luaghed so hard and so much if I didn't have the comp I do now I could stay for 2 months and not care.  My comp is 22 and graduated from University of Washington with a BS of Physics wow he is such a nerd haha.  I didn't think it would be this hard to be with someone all the time but it is getting better I had a long talk with him yesterday so it should improve soon.  Um I kind of forgot my fingernail clippers, tweezers, my suit hanger, and my bball shoes.  So if you could send that soon that would be great.  Yesterday I was playing bball and I have two big blisters on the end of my two big toes which sucks but oh well I love bball.  I think that is it. Oh can you send ME my emails through DEAR ELDER.com because they print them off and put them in the mail box and its free so I have more time to write because we only have 30 min in the MTC but thats only in the MTC.  Oh and they print them off and send them that day.  So yeah I am doing great its awesome here but am excited to get out.  


Love you all, Elder Fletcher