LAST EMAIL!!!

For any that do not already know: Craig will be returning on March 14th at 9:20 am to Sky Harbor Airport, flying Southwest Airlines. Anyone that would like is invited to be there to welcome him home. And he will be speaking the following Sunday, March 18th in our ward sacrament meeting at 9:00am (Church building on Brown Rd. East of Power Rd.)

Good afternoon!

WOW! THIS IS SOO CRAZY!!!!!!!!!

Well, I can't believe it either; my time is up and we'll see each other in 2 days..... This will be short considering we'll have tons of time to visit and hangout etc. that I do not want to ruin the experience of sharing stories in person!!

Haha wow, so the time has flown by! I can't begin to describe what's gone on in a period of 2 very, very, short years! If I think hard enough, it does feel like just yesterday things were being packed and hidden for a while.

That Wednesday plan sounds fantastic! Would I be able to wear a cub’s jersey?

Thank you for the update on Sacrament Meeting! That helps to know what the other topics are so I can have a better feel for what I should say....

Thank you for your love and support! It’s truly been a unifying and trying experience for all of us in one way or another. I’m grateful for those challenges though and know we are only made stronger through the power of the Atonement! I KNOW IT'S ALL TRUE! IT REALLY IS!!!

Thank you for everything! We will visit in 2 days back in phoenix!

Love elder Craig Roberts

8 more days

Good morning!!

yes, ready or not it's closer and closer every day which turns to
weeks then it's the end and you're home again.... it's a strange
feeling yet a excited one and something I’m not sure how to describe
other than, again, a bitter-sweet experience.... I’m grateful for the
time I’ve had to serve and the way my testimony has been strengthened
being away from home etc. I’m going to miss New Jersey immensely!

That’s not good that the flu is going around.... you're all always in
my prayers! I hope you feel and get better or are better today! I
think there was something going around at the beginning of this
transfer but we're all doing well now.

I hope today goes/went well for the game etc.! Will they be doing
another lunch and have your family throw out the 1st pitch again on
the 14th?? I know everyone will be healthy before I go home.

I’m really excited to go to the temple again in mesa! I’ll be going
frequently as I pray and fast and figure out what I need to do to get
going.... we'll be talking about all that anyway when I get back. I’ll
miss the Manhattan temple but I’m grateful I’ve been able to go there
and do work for the dead.... I need to do the best I can to make sure
I can go at least once a week (of course more often than that as soon
as I get back) and continue to learn and grow in the gospel.

Well I hope this email finds you before you go to the game! I love the
church. I know the gospel is true. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else
or doing anything else than this right now! Thank you for your love
and support in all things!

So this past week has been pretty productive. We’ve seen the mercy of
the Lord in our work this week and brothers and sisters have
progressed a ton since I first came in. we had 4 investigators to
church which is AMAZING! And all of them will be baptized soon! They
are all working to resolve any conflicts and make sure they are 100%
worthy to be baptized! I’m excited and grateful for them and their
testimonies!

I’m going crazy right now thinking about this week and the craziness
we will have..... I go to the temple on Wednesday. Thursday we clean
our apartment and we weekly plan for the next week. I have to go to
the mission home or office one day for my final interview (they may
save it for the last night seeing as how my pres. isn't here yet and
he really wants to do the interviews etc..) and we have some other
things occurring that will take lots of driving time too..... It’s
going to be a crazy packed week! And we already have like 10 or 12
lessons planned for the week...... it'll be a good last week in the
mission.

So when I go home remember I’ll need to be released so pres. whimpey
needs to know and we need to have a time set etc.... I don't know if
that's taken care already or not but it's something I thought of. Also
do you have all the info of what gate I’m flying into etc.??

Anyway I love you all. Thank you for everything!! Have a great week!
Enjoy the last week of school etc.! I hope you all feel better and get
better! I’ll keep you in my prayers!

Love elder Craig Roberts