Semana 4 y 5

Editor's Note:  Paige was in Culiacan last week on her Prep Day so this post covers both weeks.  

Taco count for week 4 = 5

Taco count for week 5 = 5

Total tacos consumed thus far = 39

Now, on to Paige's letter!:

I have two weeks to write about!!

So much has happened...

BUT FIRST!!!! I have to share the adventures of the day!!!

Today is the last Monday that Hermana Ramirez and I have together  :(

So we celebrated by waking up at 4:00am (wahooo) 

& ran all over Mazatlan seeing everything that she wanted to see:)

We went with some members from the ward and hiked to a lighthouse:)

Then to the AQUARIUM!!!!

My favorite:)

Sealed with a kiss

This pic is for my grandma

I feel like this past week has been completely backwards and upside down.

My companion is the Sister Training Leader so every week I go with other sisters.  This week it happened twice.  Plus the day that I went to Culiacan.

Lot´s of time separated.

My personal favorite was Thursday.

How long have I been here?...

Just over a month.

The day H. Ramirez went to Esquinapa I was solo.

More or less.

I had one of the young women with me all day.  It made things pretty interesting.

There was a man in the street that was holding a machete.

I honestly didn´t think anything of it!

So, I started to walk towards him to introduce myself, the church, all that good stuff:)

My companion for the day just STOOD there!

"No, No we can´t"

We got passed all the awkward moments and sat down to have a lesson.

He pulled a mattress around the corner and offered for us to sit.

OOOOOHHHHHHH.....

It was then that I understood why this girl I was with did´t want to go talk to the crazy homeless man that was holding a machete! 

He also doesn´t know how to read.

Makes things interesting:)

She explained to me after how she was so scared to talk to him at the beginning.  But that he was such a nice person and has so much faith and has been looking for a way to improve his life.  But feels like no one cares.  Then we came along and started talking to him.  He said we were the answer to his prayers.

I can´t even put into words how it feels when someone says that.

This sister is preparing for a mission herself and it was so cute to watch her get all giddy about everything:)

Saturday... not the best day.

We have an investigator that has been doing SO well!!! Seeing her testimony grow and how she has changed so many things in her life, she went to EFY with the other youth in the ward and bore her testimony at the beginning of this month.  She is AMAZING!!!!!

Her baptism date is this Saturday.

We went to her house on Saturday and her parents don´t want her to be baptized and says that she has to wait until she is 18 years old.  The worst part was watching how it affected her.

We went to visit a less active member after, and he explained to us how he felt he was pressured into being baptized.

Talked about a dagger to the heart.

He said he didn´t know if this was something that he really wanted.

We went to go visit two other investigators and they have been going to church for months have felt the spirit so many times!! Love the gospel but refuse to be baptized.

By the time we got home both of were just beaten down!!

We are both determined and excited to make this week much better since it's 

Hermana Ramirez´s last week in the mission.

Getting a new companion is going to be interesting...

I still need to write President and want to talk to family so I must go...

But I want to thank you all for the love and prayers!

The church is true:)

Con Amor, 

Hermana Robinson