Serving the Lord in Samoa: Merry Christmas!

This last week was awesome. Junior got baptized, I am super excited for him. He is cousins with Penny who we baptized last month, we are going to try and bring both of them to the temple next week.

So on Monday all the missionaries on this island sang at this huge concert in Apia. It got televised to all of Samoa and everybody has been watching it. So we are practicing the day of and President called me and my companion over and 2 other elders and told us we were going to do the Nativity Scene. So it's basically this huge festival and we were going to dress up and stand in this nativity scene. I was pretty hyped actually because we were still going to sing. We sang in our costumes in the very middle and we stood out so much. I was on national TV here in Samoa, our bishop recorded it and I got a 5 second shot of just me singing. So I am basically famous here in Samoa. For our costumes we had to have fake beards so they put butter all over our face and then coffee grinds on top of that. It felt so disgusting. It was a fun time, the pictures are below.

I ate some really bad tuna a couple days ago and yesterday I felt horrible, I threw up at our district meeting so that was fun. I feel better now though I just needed to get it all out of the system. Also, we got a new companion, so we are now a trio. He is from here is Samoa and doesn't know English so that is really good for me and learning this language. He is just waiting for his visa so he can go to the Philippines. He is a really cool dude.

I am so excited for Christmas! I love Christmas time and the opportunity we have to remember the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Not only to remember his birth, but his life. I am so grateful for what he has done for us. I know it is only through Jesus Christ that we can return to live with our Heavenly Father. I know Jesus is the Savior and Redeemer of the World. I hope everyone takes the opportunity this season to remember him and to serve others. I hope everyone has an awesome Christmas!

Elder Roberts