Schooled by an 18 Year Old

Dear Family and Friends

Another amazing week in Jackson!!!  We are having many miracles here and really enjoying it here. I had a lot of fun this week on tradeoffs.  The 18 year old missionary is a champ; he would have put me to shame when I was 18.  He is really good at solving a Rubik cube.  He was trying to teach me how to solve it faster and I was just not getting it.  It was so funny ha-ha. We have been trying to get to know the ward a lot more and we are having great success with it.  I think I know the names of half the members.  

We have had a lot of opportunities to teach again this week and keeping very busy.  We started teaching a part member family that the kids haven't been baptized and it is really fun teaching kids.  They just soak up everything and you get to have fun with them.  It is great.  We are hoping to get them to church in the upcoming week.  Oh one cool experience we had this week was we were out door knocking and on a lady door step we taught the restoration.  When we got do with the first vision she said that is the most beautiful story she has ever heard.  We are meeting with her again on Wednesday.  I can't wait, she is so prepared.  I love you all and look forward to seeing you all soon.  

Love,

Elder Robson Fletcher 

Look Alike Companion

Dear Family and Friends!!!

This week I picked up Elder Kofoed and dropped off Elder Campbell.  Elder Kofoed is from American Fork and is pretty cool.  It has been pretty funny while we have been door knocking a couple people asked us if we are brothers because they think we look alike.  I don't think we look that much alike; we are just both short and have the same color hair. People think it is funny when we tell them that we only have known each other for just a couple of day’s ha-ha.  

We have had a lot of success this week and have a lot of fun.  It was so hot the first part of the week and I was so glad that our apt. has central air!!!!  We got to meet with the lady that is in her 80s again this week and she is amazing!!!  She invited us to help out at a food pantry at the church that she has been attending.  I have never been to a church like that before.  It was a mega church; it had a coffee shop and a small story.  It was very interesting to see.  

I am excited today I get to go on a trade off today with a missionary in my district that is 18.  He was teasing me about how old I am the other night when we were on the phone.  He just graduated from high school last month.  Thank you so much for all of the letters and the support.  I love you and miss you all!!!  

Love,

Elder Robson Fletcher 

The Power of the Book of Mormon

Elder Fletcher and his companion sporting their superman attaire!

Dear Family and Friends,

This Week has gone by so fast.  We had a lot of things to do this week and had lots of success.  We got to teach more lessons this week than I have ever had on my mission; it was great.  We really didn't have time to go door knocking because we had so many appointments.  We taught an 82 yr. old lady that we were able answered all of her questions with the book of Mormon!!!!  Then we got to teach another family that we answered all of their questions using the book of Mormon.  This week has really been a testimony builder of the book of Mormon.  Almost every question that we were asked we got to answer it using the book of Mormon.  It really has helped me see what a blessing it is to have in our life and how grateful I am that I was introduced to it in my child hood instead of having to wait to find in later in life.  

So many people have asked me when I am coming home so everyone knows I will be coming home August 28th.  I will be picking up my new comp today and it is very weird to think that he is my last comp.  Jackson is doing really well and excited to see what happens my last transfer.  I am so excited because one of the missionaries that I trained is going to be in the other area of Jackson and I will get to see him all the time.  I love you all and thanks for all the Birthday wishes again.  

Love,

Elder Robson Fletcher 

Happy 4th of July!

Dear Family and Friends,

I hope you all had a great 4th of July last week.  We had a really good 4th of July!!!! On the 3rd is when they had the fireworks here and they were really good.  It was awesome we got to stay out till 11 both nights ha-ha.  It was so funny it felt like it was so late and it was only 11.  On the 4th we had a ward breakfast and played games after ward, it was really fun.  We played volleyball for about 2 hours and it was awesome.  It was a short net so it was just my size ha-ha.  

I got to go to Charlotte again this week and it was so great!!!  I love Charlotte and miss it a lot.  I got to visit with so more of the members that I loved while I was there.  I got two referrals from the members in Charlotte for the Jackson area.  They were really great people.  We got to meet them on Friday and Saturday.  One of the referrals we got I met on tradeoffs last October she is awesome. I love you all and miss you all!!  Thanks for all the birthday wishes

Love,

Elder Robson Fletcher 

Different and Hard

Dear Family and Friends,

Well this week was a little different and hard. Last Monday I found out that I lost my grandpa and I went on tradeoffs to one of my last areas.  We were going to go see one of my favorite members there that wasn't doing very well and I found out that night he had passed away.  It was hard but I was able to go to his viewing.  I found out from the missionaries that are there now that the last picture he took was of me and him.  That really touched my heart.  The second picture is of me and Brother Andersen.  

The week went by so fast!!  Tuesday I was in Charlotte and then Wednesday I was in Jonesville.  One it was so cool I got to give a baptismal interview on Wednesday to a lady that was 77 and she has wanted to get baptized since she was 9!!!  She said the last two times she tried to get baptized the pastor died so she was worried that she would never get to be baptized.  

Yesterday we got James to church and he really enjoyed it!!!  It has been great to see how James is progressing and changing.  

Well I love you all and talk to you next week!!  Have a happy 4th of July!!!  

Love,

Elder Robson Fletcher