The Letter Y'all've been waiting for...

Y'all've - definition: You all have. (It's a double conjunction)

I want to start this letter out with a joke:

Chiste: ?Cual es la diferencia entre una fruta y una novia de un misionero?

Respuesta: Una es pera y la ortra no espera.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! oh, you didn't get it? Ask someone that speaks spanish.

Kristi R. Judd and Craig Martin (if you get married I'll use your new name too) I have some exciting news - Brother Petersen (Elder Petersen as you both knew him) teaches at the MTC and I met him. He said he knew you both from the Mission. I knew he wasn't lying when he said "Kristi." Anyways, it was fun to meet someone that knew my family.

From the letters I've recieved it sounds like most of you back home are starting your gardens. This is great news to me because I too have started tending a Garden. Sometimes it is refered to as a vineyard, but whatever it is, it's white and already to harvest so I'm just here thrusting in my sickle.

Good News: One of our teachers, Hermana Padilla (Pronounced Paw-dee-ah), is getting married.

Bad News: She is no longer our teacher because she left to get married.

This is a bummer because she was a really good teacher. She really knew the Spanish language and the Gospel. We really liked her. Anyways, she is gone and now we only have one set teacher, so half of the time we are the foster class, getting passed around to a different teacher each time. Its okay though because we get to learn different things from different teachers. We should get a new set teacher in a week or so. I'll keep you posted.

More good news: I have started using gym time to run everyday. I run 3 miles everyday we have gym. The track I run on is a rectangle and has 10 laps for a mile. If you have ever run on a track like that you will know that it isn't very fun, but I enjoy it and it is keeping my healthy. You are all probably wondering at this point: "How much weight has Elder Roberts gained?" Well, first of all, that is a very rude thing to ask, but because you did, I'll answer. Nada. Nada means nothing in spanish. (It also means he/she/it swims which will be important to remember as you will read later.)

I need to make something clear, because apparently it has caused some feelings of guilt in the family. I was joking about having to sneak cookies into the MTC. Cookies are allowed. I was simply making a joke about how it appeared that mom was trying to sneak them in by wrapping them in my scripture case in bubble wrap. It was just funny to me. I'm sorry if this chiste (joke) may have caused anyone (mom) to feel guilty in any way.

A missionary thought: The church is true, don't be afraid to share it. This seems pretty obvious, but really, think about how happy it has made your life. Don't you want to share it? I love you all!

I want to end my letter with a joke:

Chiste: ?Que hace una pez in la agua?

Respuesta: Nada! (See above explanation of the word "nada")

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! get it? get it? hahahahahahahahahahahahha

Love,

Elder Roberts