Jan 17th 2011 "New Sector"

Hey, everything is going great here in the new sector. a little crazy trying to get on the ball with everything. getting to know the leaders and some members. but i have to say i am very impressed with how the ward functions here. the best i have seen in my whole mission. i miss people in san fran but i was ready for the change. somehow it always works out like that. we finished teaching one of the investigadors that the last missionaries left and he got baptized this weekend, it was pretty hectic getting everything prepared when we dont really know anyone, but luckily the organization here is pretty good. his name is eduardo, and he is way awesome, so excited to be baptized , excited for everything the priesthood. he is 30 years old and lives with some friends. he has been out of work for a couple of weeks so we could teach him everyday and now that he got baptized he has all these job interviews this week. sooo cool. the house is cool here, but we are actually looking in to moving into an apartment. 10x nicer and cheaper if you can believe. we sound some this week and we are going to talk to the office today, should be cool. im glad ryans birthday dinner went well. sounds like a lot of fun, im just glad i wont have to miss it next time. ooo we had tacos too on saturday, this awesome return missionary and his wife made them for us. pretty sweet welcom. i cant believe kara has 27 weeks. i am really glad that all went well in your training and that you certified. that is so neat. im sorry i have been blowing it with writing grammy, but i promise i will have it ready next week. just tell her that i love her and that she needs to continue to read pray and go to church to be able to overcome these trials. i really am so grateful for her effort and she needs to recognize that god is grateful too. i hope your lesson goes well mom, dallin h oaks is amazing its hard to go wrong. ha. im stoked that you continue to ski, that means by next season you will be able to rip it up with me. but i hope you guys have a great week. all is well here.

Love you guys!

Elder Roosendaal

Jan 10th "Leaving San Francisco"

Well, ive got some news. me and Elder Mathews are out of san francisco leaving elder davis alone with elder layer. I got "whitewashed" into cobarruvias with... Elder Ramirez, the same ramirez that used to be in san fran. and im district leader again. crazyness. just so you know whitewash is when two elders get send to a new area without knowing anybody. not even eachother, except for our case. ha. but im stoked. we are going to work like crazy, we already had a lot of chemistry when we were in san francisco. the house is pretty nice. not nearly as nice as my last one but its got its benefits. except i had to buy a chair to study in today. we are living with two other elders, byers and torres. they are way cool and we have a ping pong table in the house. should be fun. it was crazy saying good bye to everyone in san fran. i was there for sooo long. the members are really great people. y el idioma està bien. no se preocupe mamà. yo puedo hablarlo suficiente. thats sounds like a great experience you guys had. i look forward to that oppurtunity to go to the temple with you. its been tooo long. i hope all is well this week. i will pray for you mom especially.
love
elder rosendahl

Jan. 3rd 2011- "Nice talking to you at Christmas"

Well good times, it was very nice talking to you all. a nice surprise to hear from nic smith. new years eve was fun, a lot of fire works actually, shaking the windows in our house. we hung out with the same elders as we did at christmas, played all kinds of games. im sorry you guys arent feeling so well. but im stoked that you are skiing now mom, it will be fun to go together next year. we are in the last week of the change and it appears i may be leaving san francisco. signs indicate yes. so i should be writing you next monday from my new sector. we will see. im kind of bummed because we are working with some really awesome people here. but i know there is a lot more ahead. that is great you are the relief society teacher, there is no greater calling in the church then that of a teacher. please take advantage of it, take the time to study the lessons doctrine profoundly and you will find great joy in your work. seriously. i felt so overwhelmed in the beginning of my mission i felt like i had 0 teaching skills. nothing, just memorize and repeat. but i have learned so much from others and from the example of the savior, the greatest of all teachers. he gives us so many great examples in the new testament. i encourage you to study it also. i hope you guys have a great new year, full of recognizing the lords hand in your lives.

I love you

12/13/2010- Hot Weather and Christmas Phone call!

Hi dee ho! Im doing just fine. surviving the heat, its hot but it seems like it went a few nothces down from insanity recently, not sure what happened. earthquakes throwing the world into all kinds of crazy weather. i can not believe that shaun is leaving on a mission, that seriously makes no sense in my brain. i happy for him though. him and his dad will have fun chattin. thats cool taylors almost back. as for the christmas call, we can do it anywhere between the 25th and 27th, we are still trying to figure out where we are going to do it, but i will see if we can do it christmas morning at that time, because that would already be the afternoon here. i should have the details next week. and our christmas eve party is going to be awesome, me and elder mathews and another elder have a part with our guitars, there is going to be a big devotional in the afternoon with a bunch of musical parts and stuff. so we need to practice, pretty neat eh. should have some good pictures and video. thats cool you got to meet sister hugo. even though i dont know her. they do have a pretty crazy story with her mission and all. we heard it here alot. work is going good. we are kicking but, talking to everyone here in san francisco. there are some really great people and here. im truly trying to cherish each day but time just flies like crazy, i havent been able to keep up with my journal for a month now. its a big bummer, but seriously it feels like there is no time. but excited for this time, lots of miracles happen, when everyone is focused on christ. i hope you all have a great week.
love
Elder roosendaal

12/6/2010- Starting to look like Christmas!

Hey guys, all is well. elder mathews is doing better. im doing good. all the new people are great. Elder layer is the new guy in our house. from arizona he is very chill. Reminds me a lot of steve. Im not district leader this change. we are starting to get back on the upswing on the work side. we have really great investigadors but with many many challenges. We are slowly working with them all and it is well. and what a blessing that you were able to keep your job, i know that the lord has blessed us all abundantly in this time. and i know that there is much more to come. are house is slowly getting christmased out. we have a little tree. a big christmas banner with photos of christ , my stocking from last year and my ornaments of my friends and family are on the tree. even though its 90 degrees outside. its starting to look a bit like christmas. all is well, the work of the lord can never be frustrated, only that of men. Love you all take care!

Thanksgiving 11/29/2010

wow sis, sounds awesome, happy thanksgivin to you. man you guys are getting hooked up with the goods. man im starting to show why am i not gettin hooked up, ha. jk. but seriously, new years resolution, get ripped for the return. ha. im so happy for you guys it sounds like you are having a lot of fun. especially that the u owned byu , great news. it was a very diferent thanks giving here on the mish, in chile, all the holidays kind of blend together here. but we do what we can to enjoy them, but this christmas is going to be great, rented out soccer stadium with tennis courts basket ball, everything, bbq. yeah. its actually on christmas eve i believe. i really hope you get to go to new york. it is an awesome place, i loved it, and would love to return, i dont know why it has such an affect on me but it always has. but i hope all goes well for you guys as christmas sneaks on in. have a great week.

11/15/2010 Christmas coming up?

Hey no worries, its a bummer there sick, its crazy to imagine a snow packed yard right now. thanks for searching the priesthood line, its wierd how fast christmas is coming up. should be a pretty sweet one here. elder Carlos Amado from the area presidency is coming the 16 17 and 18 to tour our mission. and for the 25th, the mission is renting out a soccer stadium to play games and get everyone together (i think that is). so should be interesting as we get more details. sadly this week has been very little in progression. We had to go to santiago to check on the numb part on elder mathews leg, then he ended up having a very bad panic attack on our way back. and he has been going through waves of them all week, so we have been in santiago and our house, everyday. but luckily i got to do some splits with the other elders in our house to get out and work and check on our investigadors, but very little. So continue praying for him as he fights his way through this. Elder Wade and Davis had 3 baptisms this week end. a teenage girl named katy, and this awesome couple named juan and patricia. they are amazing people. their baptisms went really well. and next week is changes, i imagine i will be with elder mathews a change longer till he stables out a bit, but normally it would be my time to go. i got the package! thank you , everything i wanted it to be! the microfiber towell is awesome, so missionary friendly. the photos were neat, moms hair looks really good. plenty of red vines to keep us happy. but thats pretty much all that has really happened, we got zone conference tommorow. always fun, and yeah doing very well. i hope you all get better and have a good week.

con cariño

elder roosendaal

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