Monkey meat is GROSS!

April 1, 2013

HAPPY LATE EASTER, I forgot to put it in last week.   I  hope you all had fun during spring break. Thanks mom love you guys, I cant get the pics to show up over here I don't know why.  No packages yet, I have received two dear elder letters.  Hey you will have to start putting Liberia for dear elder so it gets here and that Liberia address,  I would start putting that on my packages.   At the bottom of the address put West Africa forgot to put that on there too, packages usually take 3 to 4 months to get here maybe longer, letter usually take 3 to 4 weeks or maybe 2 it just depends.  Yeah I need an umbrella and maybe a jacket,  I want my black Hurley hat too :) I will make a list of things,  yeah it rained here twice, both times at 1:00 a.m. but it sounds like a jet engine forever. Its  hard to get to sleep but I manage.  I love it here we are gaining investigators like crazy and its getting hard to keep up with them,  we already have 39 investigators from last week and are planning on 9 baptisms this Saturday.   We also have 25 baptisms planned for this month so far, so yeah the field is being harvested over here.  We plan as a district to have many baptisms,  I cant say,  but we are the leading district in all of Liberia.   That guy never did get baptized that day he will this week though, his family kicked him out of the house cause of his faith in god and Jesus Christ we are trying to do all we can for him right now.  I know that every mission is different and we don't measure success by numbers.   Its by how many are truly converted and if you do your best.   We wont be able to watch conference I'm so sad about that we might get it in the ensign or something 3 weeks later.   Oh well I guess, I'm really going to  miss priesthood session a lot its always on my mind lately.   I've been fighting a cold the last 4 days its been so tough but my father in heaven has been giving me strength and I have noticed it.  I notice everyone's prayers for us as missionaries.   I  have got the worst accent now its hard to speak American now I have to  try really hard and most the time I cant haha funny stuff.  We had a Easter program it was so sweet the lady's dance over here so funny but the music is so so so sweet and nice and relaxing, other than by our apartment were we fall asleep to American/ reggie music :) I cant explain the food over here they have the most amazing bread and when it comes to sweets they go all out with some of the things I have tasted blow my mind.   I ate monkey the other day it was gross :) dog and cat taste the same really gamey lol you have to ask before you eat it I'm trying everything.  Its hard out here,  the living conditions are tough but with god as our leader and father all is possible, as a district we have felt satan's presence grow stronger and stronger here in Africa, but we have been crushing his efforts.  His power is every where,  we got to make sure we do all we can to make sure he doesn't beat us personally, we all represent heavenly father and Jesus Christ.  Do what god would do and he definitely will choose the right, I love you all friends and family,  I miss you all a lot, I'm going to  be home sick for two years but I have been given to much to waste it and go home, I love you MOM, Dad, Ivy and Benton I pray for everyone every time I pray. Have a great week hope Andrew gets better I know how it feels to be sick, and hope Keaton and Tevan and every one is all doing good. peace Out!  

President and Sister Roggia