New Companion and Staying in Charlotte

Dear Family and Friends!!

So it sounds like you all had a fun weekend with all the snow. I am glad that I wasn't home for that. The weather has been okay here.  It did get cold today. Sunday was way nice and then it got cold, but no snow yet.

All is good for me no complaints. My comp got transferred last night. I don't get my new comp till Thursday because I will be training.  I am just waiting with another missionary until we both get are new comps. We have to wait till Thursday because they won't get to Michigan until tomorrow.

Oh yeah the library was closed yesterday.  I was kind of sad but it is all good now. I don't have too much new stuff to talk about. I actually can’t remember much of what happened. It is all just blending together.

Oh yeah I forgot my companion’s bike got stole last week so we have been walking everywhere.  It was kind of funny because we were talking about why no one would steal his bike because it didn't work to well.

I can't believe that it is almost Thanksgiving!!!! Time is going by so fast I really can't believe it. I really can't wait for Christmas though.  I am going to be in Charlotte for Christmas so I am excited about that.

Oh before I forget, I just found out that because of the MTC time for the new missionaries got shortened by a week, that means our missions will be shortened a week too. So I will be home a week earlier than I thought. Well that is all about it. Love you all till next week.

Love,

Elder Robson Fletcher

PS I realized that I sent the wrong zip code so my address is:

328 Brackett St
Charlotte, MI 48813

Great Investigators and Mind Blowing Talk!

Dear Family and Friends,

Let me see what happened this week, I can't believe that it is Monday already.  Time is going by so fast. So Tuesday my comp got sick so we weren't able to do much.  There is something going around and I haven't got it yet.  I am praying that I don't. I haven't gotten sick in over a year and I hope that it stays that way.

I hope you all had a great Halloween!! Oh Halloween we went and helped an inactive member put up his Halloween decorations.  We couldn't be out working past 5 so we got to spend the rest of the night out with one of the families in the Branch. We had dinner and played games.

So we pushed back Kristy and Danna's baptism back a little bit so they could get all of their family there. They are both doing awesome. We had a cool experience yesterday before church.

One of the former investigators called us and asked us if she could get a ride to church yesterday. We got her a ride and she came to church.  Long story short she said she wanted to get baptized so we are going over on Thursday to talk about a date for her to work towards. We have really been blessed here.

We had Zone Conference on Saturday that was amazing.  Here is a talk that I guess that you could say blew my mind you should check it out. http://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/02/the-good-samaritan-forgotten-symbols?lang=eng. It talks about the symbolism of the Good Samaritan. Oh yeah before I forget, we have transfer calls on Friday so I will find out if I get a new comp next week. Well Love you all!!!! Thanks for all the prayers.

Love, Elder Robson Fletcher

Taco Bell, Southern Food, and Ice Cream...Yum!

Dear Family and Friends,

Well another great week has past by in Charlotte. Well on Tuesday I got to go to Jackson again on splits and that was fun. I got to go to Taco Bell!!! Man I love Taco Bell, really can’t tell you why but I do.

Anyways, not a whole lot is new here we are still teaching Kristy and her daughter and she is doing great. We taught the Word of Wisdom with her on Friday and she gave us the rest of her cigarettes and is working on quitting. Oh yeah me and Elder Adams took pictures of us throwing away the Cigarettes, it was pretty funny. I will have to send you the pictures.

OH my favorite part of the week was we went to an engagement party for one of the member’s grandson, and they served southern food.  That was the first time I have had that before. The other side of the family belongs to some southern Baptist church and they were singing some song. Man did they know how to sing. Oh yeah and the other picture I am sending is at Mooville it is an ice cream shop and a dairy farm. It is the best Ice cream in Michigan. So I am having problems getting my camera to work on this computer so I will have to send you the pictures next week. Love you all and Happy Halloween!!!

Love Elder Robson Fletcher

Minivan Missionary

Dear Family and Friends,

Well not a whole lot has changed since last week. So last P-day we went out golfing with two of the less actives in the branch and that was a lot of fun. That was my first time golfing, the only bad thing was that it was a little cold.

On Tuesday we had a way awesome lesson with Kristy and her daughter, they both are awesome. They both are going to get baptized on the 10th next month and we are excited.

On Wednesday we had a pretty cool lesson with a lady named Heather.  It was interesting because we were teaching about faith and she said that she didn't know if there is a God.  We challenged her to pray to know that he is there. So we are going to follow up on that this week.

So now we are driving a minivan and it is pretty funny. I never thought I would be driving one. It is not my favorite. There are only 3 in the whole mission and I got stuck with one. Oh well it is a lot better than walking so I am not going to complain too much ha ha. So I am actually getting kicked off of the computer right now.  Love you all talk to you next week. All is well here so don't worry.

Love,

Elder Robson Fletcher

Great New Area

Dear Family and Friends!!!!

Well I had another great week!! This week I got to go on splits to another area in the district.  I got to go to Jackson. Jackson is sweet and is a pretty big city. So on Wednesday we got put on car rotation so we didn't have the car most of the week so that was a little different. My comp Elder Adams has never been without a car so he has been freaking out a little bit. He kept saying that he has to learn how to plan all over again because if an apt falls through he can’t just drive to the other side of town.

So we have an Awesome Investigator named Kristi and she has been progressing really fast. Last week we set a date with her for November 10.  We are going to see where that goes.

We ran into the Saint Church of Christ’s Bishop this week at the hospital.   We talked to him for a good 30 minutes and learned a lot about the split off groups that happened during the Nauvoo time. He was actually a descendant of Brigham Young. He invited us back to church so we are going to try to go again soon.

So it was kind of weird.  I taught Elders quorum yesterday.  It was my first week of church here.  I didn't know anyone and kept forgetting their names, but I felt like the lesson went well. Oh it was funny so I had to make my comp breakfast on Friday because I lost a game of Go Fish. He was telling everyone about it. Well that is pretty much my week. I will talk to you all next week.

Love,
Elder Robson Fletcher

New Missionary Age will Help the Mission

Hey Everyone!! 

Well I am now in Charlotte and it is awesome here I love it.  I am already in the swing of things and having fun.  So my new comp is Elder Adams and he is awesome and we are having so much fun.  He is from Spanish Fork and has only been out 3 months but is already a great missionary. It is going to be an awesome transfer together. So I didn't get to meet most of the branch this Sunday because of General Conference but the people I have met are really cool and really made me feel welcomed. 

So everyone asked me what I thought about the age change for missionaries and I was so shocked!!!  At first when President Monson started talking I thought maybe we were getting called home ha-ha J/K, that would have been even crazier.  My mission president said that it will help our mission out a lot and in the next year we will be getting a lot of new missionaries especially more sister missionaries. 

It is kind of crazy so my trainer is now my Zone Leader here and it was funny we were talking about the good old days ha-ha. OH I almost forgot so yesterday before conference we went to a different church.  It was called the Saint Church of Christ.  It is a break off group from the RLDS church and it was interesting to go to.  It was very similar but the only thing is they don't have any authority.  They were asking us a lot of questions and wanted a copy of our Doctrine and Covenants.  They wanted help getting a bishop store house going because they know it talks about it in D&C.  They were such nice people and they welcomed us back anytime.  We are hoping to go back soon.  The only problem is that our Churches are at the same time.   I really don't know what else to say this week because I am new to Charlotte and don't really know too much of what is going on. Well Love you all till next week!!! 

Love, Elder Robson Fletcher

Transfers Tomorrow!

Dear Family and Friends!!!

Well it was my last week in Kalkaska so that is sad. I am getting transferred to Charlotte, MI. I am actually pretty excited about that because the comp I have now, Elder Lee, was trained there and loved it.  So it should be fun.

Oh we had an awesome week! We had a lesson with one of our investigators named Sandy. She is awesome. We talked about faith because last week when she came to church one of speakers talked on it.  She kind of didn't understand the principle so we went over that with her.  We really focused on The Book of Mormon. She really wants know for herself if it is true or not.  That was great.  

We started teaching a part member family this week that is very interested. The husband has been inactive for about 17 years and wants to get his kids baptized. It is going to be kind of sad that I won’t be here to teach them anymore.

 Oh so this week we got some Ghost Peppers (a chili pepper previously recognized by Guinness World Records as the hottest pepper in the world) from a guy that we ran into (he also is the one that grew the giant pumpkin that I am standing next to). So that is not the smartest thing I have ever done haha. I took a video of it but it was too big to send on the e-mail. So the first picture is with Sister Wysoki (one of my favorite people), second if of Torch lake, 3rd is me and a 1200 lb pumpkin, 4th is me at Elk Lake, 5th is Elder Lee me and Brother Chowhan, one of the coolest guys you would ever meet, Last one is Rachel, Spencer, me, and Bro Kreger. Well that is about it I will write you next week when I am in Charlotte!! Oh my new address will be:

 328 Brackett St

Charlotte MI, 28813

Well Love you all and talk to you soon

Love,
Elder Robson Fletcher!!!!!
 (Some of the pictures didn't load....sorry!)