Semana 18, Noviembre 2014

Semana 18

Taco Count for the Week:  6

Total Taco Count:  Over 206

Editor's (Mom) Note - SPOILER ALERT!!  Since Paige 

was transferred this week many things are "out of whack."

Cords were packed to download pictures.

Taco count went awry.

We'll do better next time.  :)  Thanks for your patience.

SALUDOS DESDE CULIACÁN!!!

It happened... my first real change in the mission!

It´s weird everything that goes through your head when you are going to change!

Saturday we had our stake conference, and President was there with us=)

It was actually really cool, we finished the conference and all huddled around and we were able to listened to our changes as a zone... WITH President!

We only had a little bit of time to run around and say goodbye to everyone.

I was doing fine with everyone... until I said goodbye to Carmen (my first convert).

She is going through some really nasty stuff right now and when we hugged for the last 

time we both just lost it!!

I cried again when I said goodbye to Hermana Ruiz=(

But I have left my first area and am where the Lord needs me to be=)

Tuesday it rained and rained and rained some more...

ALLLLLL day long it rained!

We found out the next day that we weren´t suppose to leave. Oops.

We spent the whole day drenched from head to toe!

Walking around with the water up to our knees=)

I took a warm shower for the first time in Mexico.

It was the most enjoyable shower I have had in my entire life! hahaha

We had interviews with president Velez Saturday morning!

It was my first interview with him... I didn´t even have one when I got here=)

IT WAS AWESOME!!!

I have never felt the spirit so strong in an interview before. 

His testimony is SO strong!

There are a million things that I want to tell you about but we are leaving so hopefully next week=)

Hope you all have a great week=)

Sending all my love from Culiacan, 

Hermana Robinson

Semana 17 Octubre 2014

Semana 17

Taco Count for the week:  6

Total Taco Count:  200

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

A tad late... but it still counts!!

We spent the ENTIRE week celebrating!

Not necessarily Halloween, but there were a bunch of birthdays, too!

Different members and one of the missionaries.

We had a bunch of Asados... SO YUMMY!!!

With cake at the end of every one=)

Halloween isn´t as cool in Mexico... let´s be honest.

BUT

Día de los muertos is pretty dang awesome!

Our president told us we needed to organize a big project as a zone to contact on 

Saturday and Sunday.

It was so cool!

Let me explain a little of what goes down on this day... Everyone and their dog piles in the car and goes the the cemetery.

They all gather in front of the graves of friends and family and do a bunch of different things.

Some pray and cry, other have fiestas and mariachi bands and who knows what.

Outside the cemetery there are tons of people selling different flowers and giant pictures of Christ and balloons, etc.

So here´s what we did=)

We set up a giant booth thing with a huge diagram of the Plan of Salvation.

Some missionaries stayed and contacted at the booth while the rest of us all went inside to contact people=)

We sang hymns, painted tombs, chopped grass with a machete, cried with them, consoled them, explained the Plan of Salvation,

carried dozens of buckets of water, started fires, and whole bunch of other stuff!

We spend all day Saturday, and half the day Sunday!

IT WAS SO COOL!!!

The beginning of the week was filled with different problems... we ended out in the hospital for two days. My companion had some problems.

She was prescribed two more days at home.  During the two days I went out with one the young women in the ward the is preparing for her mission=)

It´s super weird having someone following your every move! haha

It´s hard to explain all the things that you experience with the companion you have.

This week was definitely a rough one for my comp.

I love her like crazy! I´ve never laughed so much with someone=)

I definitely lucked out=)

We have transfers next Monday.

Which means... I don´t know where I will be nor who I will be with this next Monday!

FUN FUN FUN=)=)

Love you all!

Enjoy the Fall weather for me=)

Miss you!

Con Amor,

Hermana Robinson

Semana 16 Octubre 2014

Semana 16

Taco Count for the Week:  8

Total Taco Count:  194

It was easily the greatest yet hardest week I have had in the mission!!

I don´t know how it´s possible. haha

We had a big Family History activity with the whole stake...

It turned out AWESOME!!!

This is a family from our ward! The Dad made a giant collage of all their pictures.

He walked around the chapel gathering everyone to come and look at the pictures.

He was SO proud.
 It was cute.

Sunday we had the primary program=)=) This is easily one of my favorite Sundays of the whole year! It always has been!

Our attendance was through the roof! All the primary invited their friends to come to church on Sunday to see the program and after we had a lesson with them about missionary work. =) 

But all there friends brought along their families! We met a lot of new families that

 want to hear about the gospel=)

We were walking down the street one day and I heard something weird behind me...

I turn around and this little guy was following me=)

I don´t know how many ducks I am going to try and save in this life. haha

We took it to a members house. They now have a pet duck.

This is the third time I have done this.

First a cat.

Then a bunny.

Now a duck!

So the reason this week was super amazing and super hard at the same time?...

Well, a couple weeks back there was a leaders conference in Culiacan. Since my companion is the Sister Training Leader, she went to it.

We had a zone conference the following Saturday and it was there that we 

read a story from President.

It´s a 40 day 40 night challenge. it´s called ¨Purificarnos¨

It´s related to when Christ fasted for 40 days and 40 nights.

It is easily the most spiritually challenging thing I have ever done.

My comp and I are doing it together.  We only have two weeks left in this transfer 

and we aren´t sure if we will be able to finish together.

Which adds a whole other spin to it! haha

I have never felt the spirit like I have this week.  I have never been so tested before in my life!

I honestly can´t really describe it.

I know I haven´t really given much infomation about what it is that I am doing. 

But I will continue to explain through the weeks. =)

I invite you all to share your testimony this coming Sunday=)

Con amor,

Hermana Robinson