Semana 54 - Julio 2015
Taco Count for the Week: 8
Total Taco Count: 585.50
Well...my 9 months in Humaya has officially come to an end=(
This transfer is the definition of the word Bitter-Sweet.
It honestly hurts me knowing that I have to leave.
This ward and these people have completely touched my heart.
One day we were taking the bus from one end of our area to the other.
As I watched out the window I sat thinking about the time I have spent here, totally depressing, I know.
I just love these people so much!
I have had the opportunity to be here for Christmas,
New Years,
my half mark, my year mark,
and my birthday.
I have had 3 INCREDIBLE companions!!
Starting with my dear Hna Iniestra=)
My best friend/sister Hna Christensen!!
and my beloved HIIIIJA Hna Perez=)
I think more than anything the transfers were the hardest for Hna Perez...
Saying goodbye to your Mama is always hard=(
When they told us the transfers she cried really hard.
She was worried about her new companion
But she still kept her sense of humor through all of it!
Through tears she looked up at me and says, (in complete seriousness)
"HERMANA WHAT IF SHE HAS A STICK UP HER BUTT??
WHAT, AM I GOING TO DO??"
I just about died laughing=)
Because that is EXACTLY how you feel your first transfer.
Man, I am gonna miss her.
But the good news is that is will be going to......
wait for it........
LOS CABOS=)=)
It is the treasure of the mission!
The coolest part is that I will be serving in the same ward that
Hna Christensen served in=)
I am currently still here in Culiacan, in a threesome, poor thing Hna Perez.
It makes it even harder on her.
But I will be flying out tomorrow morning super early.
My comp is Hna Mejia... That is literally all I know about her haha
But I will fill you in next week=)
This week was a special week!
I was able to see so many blessings that are coming to those
that are accepting and living the gospel.
A few weeks ago I sent pictures of a baptism and talked a little about the family.
I have completely fell in love with this family!!
I have spent A LOT of time trying to active them... with no luck.
The mom is stubborn.
The youngest (recent convert) is AMAZING!!!!
She goes to church without caring what her family says.
She fasted for the first time this week and was really nervous to do it.
Her and two friends started the fast together and she was the only one that endured to the end!!!!
She is reading the Book of Mormom cover to cover... and soaks up EVERY word!
She says that she is preparing to go on a mission=)
Yesterday Her older sister came to church with her.
MIRACLE!!
She had to leave after sacrament to go to work...
When we stopped by in the afternoon she shared the coolest story=)
She said that she had to be to work by 11, sacrament finishes at 10.
it takes about an hour to get there.
She waited and waited for her bus but it never passed by!
At 10:28 her bus finally passes...
She still had another bus to take after and was completely convinced that she would be late.
When she got on the second bus that normally takes more than 30 mins to pass by her work it was already almost 11.
She got on the bus and left, got off and went RUNNING into work to clock in.
When she entered everyone was sitting around super casually and asked why she was in such a hurry?!
She began explaining how late it was and
when she turned to point at the clock...
she had arrived 5 minutes early to work.
When she explained it she kept saying
"I don´t know HOW it was possible... the bus took only 8 minutes!!"
She was amazed by the experience=)
I told her...
"That´s what you get for going to church"
As we left the house walking she walked with me and thanked me...
for teaching the truth to her little sister, for helping her see
the important things in this life.
She told me she felt different while she was sitting in Sacrament meeting.
She told me that she made the decision that she was going to go to church every week and be there for her sister.
She knows her family won´t be able to pay for a mission for her sister,
but that she was going to start saving.
She wants to pay for her mission.
I promised her lots of blessings, left her with my testimony,
shed some tears, and we hugged it out.
Another family that we have been teaching made the decision
to be baptized this week=)
I was convinced that I was going to stay the 9 months because I would be able to baptize "my family"
But that´s not the way the Lord had it planned=)
But, something even more beautiful is having the opportunity to help a family get to know the gospel.
I have about a million pictures... but I wont bore you with all of them=)
But I will send more next week of Beautiful San José=)=)
I love you all so much!!=)
Hermana Paige Jean Robinson
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