Semana 36 - Marcha 2015

Semana 36 - Marcha 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  13.5

Total Taco Count: 403.5

Today has just been the greatest day!!!

All week long it has been stormy and rainy then SUPER hot, 

then cold and windy.

The weather can´t make up it´s mind.

But this morning it was PERFECT!! =)

I was a little grumpy but then we ate and I felt better and was super happy=)

Plus, I found out that Hermana Christensen and I are going to have 

another transfer together!!!

Wahoo!!!!

We screamed, and jumped around, and hugged each other... like girls do=)

Today I said goodbye to Hermana Ruiz=(

She has finished her mission and is headed home...

It was hard to say goodbye.

I am really sad but at the same time super happy for her!!

Our Zone Leader also finished his mission this week!

We had our ceremonial "burial" with cake and farewells!

I have learned a lot this week! And it was a good week for 

motivation in the right direction!

We have two baptisms this week=) One is of a little girl from a family that we reactivated and the other is an investigator that we have been working with almost since when I first got here in November!

The little girl is just the cutest thing I have ever seen and when we ask her about baptism she always says

"I want to be baptized and follow Jesus Christ to be pure and clean!"

but she has the softest littlest voice that melts your heart everytime you talk to her=)

She is super prepared and her family is really excited about it too!

The other has been a battle for months!

If you want the whole story you will have to ask me one day! It´s a good one!

We had a lesson with him on Sunday that was actually really good!!=)

I am excited to see everything fold out this week=)

We also had Stake conference this week here.

Saturday was my favorite!!

for the first hour and half we talked purely about MISSIONARY WORK!!!

my comp turned to me and asked me why we don´t have as many talks about missionary work in Utah. Haha!

It was so special=)

It was the kick of motivation I needed!

I love leaving conferences and being so enthusiastic to contact to the world!!

Hermana Christensen and I are going to have the greatest transfer in the whole entire world!!

I just want to testify that I know this church is true, I have the opportunity to see evidence of it EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!

Being a missionary has it´s own basket of surprses=)

But it is the most incredible thing I have even been a part of=)

I love you all and thank you for the support I feel!

It´s what keeps me going!

con todo mi amor,

Hermana Robinson

Semana 35 - Marcha 2015

Semana 35 - Marcha 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  14

Total Taco Count:  390

Well this week things were back to normal!!

It was sad because the baptism that we had planned has been postponed a few months=(

They went to get married and found out that he needs to get divorced first!

She was really upset. But it was good to see that she quickly became positive about it and accepted that she had to wait!

We have transfers this coming week... rumor is that nothing is going to change.

but you never know.

I have to tell you how much I love H. Christensen! She is super special=)

If we get to be companions another transfer, it means I will be her last companion!

This Monday H. Ruiz will finish her mission=(

It´s really weird to think about her going home! Goodbyes are the worst!

We have been working with a lot of families lately...

That is a miracle by itself!

They are the most spiritual lessons but at the same time, 

the second we start teaching them Satan feels like it is 

the perfect opportunity to invade their lives. 

Super frustrating. hahaha

Keep us in your prayers!

This week one of our investigators asked us if we could teach him in English.

Without thinking I told him yes!

I was hysterical! Neither of us can speak English anymore!

For the first time in a long time I was super nervous in the lesson!

It was actually a really spiritual experience and we both left smiling=)

But it was definitely the most difficult thing I did all week long!

This picture is a picture of my favorite little girl in the whole world!!! she is my best friend!

She makes me laugh until I cry. =)

I gotta run=)

But I love you all!!

Hermana Robinson

Semana 34 - Febrero/Marcha 2015

Semana 34 - Febrero Marcha 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  8

Total Taco Count:  376

Well it happened... I am officially on the down hill slope of my mission.

Let me just take a deep breath!

It feels completely surreal. Everyone tells me,

"Just get ready for the time to flyyyyyy by."

I already feel like time is going by too fast! I don´t know what 

I am going to do if it starts going even faster!

I had a little moment to myself the morning of the 28th.

I dedicated some time in my personal study to read about missionary work=)

I reflected on all the miracles that I have experienced, 

all the people I have met, 

and the joy I have had in the past 9 months.

I started thinking about all the possibilities of what is to come in the future.

I was filled with the spirit as I thought about how much I love the mission=)

It was small and simple but a moment I will always remember.

When I went to my desk in the morning my cute comp had decorated for me=)

She´s just the best=)

This day was interesting, we felt like we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off.

Actually, the whole week felt like that.

There was a problem with the government and it ended out effecting a lot of things this week.

We made various trips to the offices to help the other Hermanas that were here for their Visa but then weren´t able to do anything and had to stay here.

BUT... you know what that means...

SLEEPOVER!!!

One of our investigators was planning to get married to be able to be baptized on Saturday.

But, with the system down we were hopeless.

We decided to continue with the Baptism of her daughter=)

It was such a special day=)

She has been prepared for a long time and when the day finally arrived you could see it! She was so happy=)

We have the wedding this week and we will have her baptism this Saturday!

There are a lot of people in my mission that are really special to me! But I can honestly say that these two have a special slice of my heart.

It honestly hurts knowing that I won´t be able to be so close to them forever. 

 

Side note:

I don't know if you have ever tried to warm the water in a baptism font...

It´s not as easy as you might think!

I have a picture I want to share =)

It makes me laugh.

One day we were looking for former investigators.  We got there and about 5 minutes after the girl we were looking for came home.

She had just gotten back from the store and had a bunch of materials.

She looked us deep in our eyes and asked us if we could do a 

HUGE favor for her!

As the two little missionaries that we are we perked up for the 

opportunity to serve!!

She explained that she lost her job and has found a new job.

But she needed models to practice on! Hahaha

Different kind of service but when we told her "Sí"

She jumped up and down with joy!!

She asked me if I wanted day makeup or night make up...

ummm...day please.

It turned out really well! I don´t look like me! But she did a really good job=)

My companion went after me and I got talking to one of her friends and when I looked over to my comp in the chair I about lost it!!

This was the finished project:

 

Hermana Christensen got the night look. =)

We also went to ride bikes today=)

We got the double bike!!

Time is short for this week.  I love you all!  The Gospel is true...

share it!

con amor,

Hermana Robinson

Semana 33 - Febrero 2015

Semana 33 - Febrero 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  6

Total Taco Count:  368

Okay I am just going to climb down from cloud 9 real quick and 

let you know how I am doing=)

This week was in...creeedible!!

It was the most successful week I have had in the mission. 

HANDS DOWN!

I would like to share a few of the experiences I had=)

We had so much help from the members! That made the biggest 

difference, we were running from appointment to appointment every day!

But my favorite day in particular was Saturday!

This day we had a lot of plans to teach the Plan of Salvation.

This lesson is one of the hardest lessons to teach, for me.

This lesson covers a LOT of doctrine! and depending 

on you as a missionary and depending on those you are teaching, 

there are about a million different ways to teach it.

We started in the morning with one of our investigators that is going to be baptized this coming Saturday=)=)

The spirit was so strong in the lesson. As she asked us more and more questions, I loved watching the look in her eyes as we responded!

The words, the scriptures, all of the answers that she was looking for just flowed through our mouths!

100 percent the spirit=)

Later, we went to eat with a Sister that was baptized about 3 years ago. She has two sons who aren´t members.

The older son is always there when we eat and likes to listen, too.

We finished eating and began to share the lesson.

We taught COMPLETELY different!

We had the plan laid out in front of him.

We explained everything and he had ALL of his attention 

glued to the plan!
His eyes would start at the beginning and follow all the way to the end... and stayed glued there for a while.

Then they moved to the beginning and did it all over again!

As we were finishing the lesson and as my companion was testifying 

I could feel the spirit tingling through my whole body!

I knew this was his time 

and that we needed to invite him to be baptized.

He was hesitant at the beginning and found himself 

examining the plan again.

He looked up to us with a very serious look on his face, 

but with so much light in his eyes 

and shook his head and said 

"sí."

The last lesson was with a family that we have been teaching=) 

I love this little family with all my heart!!

We focused this lesson more on our life on earth and the Atonement.

They were hanging on every word that we said!

There process has been difficult... and they are passing through 

a lot of difficulties.

But I know this was exactly what the needed=)

Sunday came and it was the greatest miracle of all!!

We broke our personal record of investigators in sacrament meeting=)

I can´t even tell you how amazing I felt!!

At the end of the meeting one of our investigators came up to us.

He had a baptism date but fell through...

he has struggled dropping some of the customs he has in his life.

He told us he didn´t want to be baptized because he didn´t feel ready.

We made a big decision as missionaries to only be there to 

help him receive a testimony.

We hardly teach him. His conversion process has been completely 

through the Book of Mormon.

He told us,

"I'm ready to be a member of the Church. 

I want to be baptized."

We have everything set up=) His baptism will be in March=)

This week I have learned a lot about the Plan of Salvation, the plan that God has for us as His children.

If you know me, you know I´m not a big fan of making decisions.

But that´s exactly what this life is, it´s a time to grow 

and to use the agency He gave us, 

to make the decisions that are going to help us go home.

We don´t know what the future has in store for us.

But I know that God loves us and has given us the Gospel to guide us!

My time is getting short... 

So I need to run.

But remember how much I love all of you!!

Hermana Robinson

P.S. We had a free day in the mission and so we had lots of activities all day long!

We played soccer, basketball, and volleyball in the morning... But we didn´t go=(

We went bowling with President in the afternoon! (I won=)) (the trick is in the skirt)

Then ended the day seeing 

MEET THE MORMONS

with piiiizzzaaa!!!=)

It was an awesome day=)

Oh oh oh!! and we found a little restaurant that had GORDITAS REALES!!

it´s my favorite food in México=)

My family away from home went to D.F. and brought us back fresh Krispy Kreme doughnuts=)

Semana 32 - Febrero 2015

Semana 32 - Febrero 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  11

Total Taco Count:  362

Editor's Note:  This is what I received in way of an update.  I was 

thrilled to see Paige was getting the first rest since May 28th.  :)  

No "official" update....but I'm sure we can 

cut her slack for that and enjoy the fun pictures.  

"I am on early today because we have a 

free day in the mission!! 

Wahoo!! 

We broke the record as a zone for

 number of baptisms in one month and 

President promised us a full day free!! 

We can see movies and go to the beach 

and a bunch of other stuff that 

normally isn't permitted! 

We have a bunch of activities planned so I will 

be doing that the rest of the day=)"

Con Amor!

Hermana Robinson

Semana 31 - Febrero 2015

Semana 31 - Febrero 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  7

Total Taco Count:  351

So this week is going to be short and sweet=)

just like the mission.

I can´t even tell you how much I already love my new companion!!!

She reminds me SOO much of... me!!

She is my long lost twin=)

Everyone thinks we are related not JUST because we look alike,

but everytime we go to talk, we start saying the same thing!

Plus, she is a Lake Powell nut like me so that makes me happy=)

There were definitely a lot of interesting things that happened this week.

good and bad...

We had two of our baptisms fall through for this coming week=(

It hard to see so many people come so far and then in just one day everything completely changes.

 

But we were able to find a new family=) They are all amazing! They come to church as a family and say there favorite part is when they kneel and pray as a family!

The family is so important to our Heavenly Father! He has given us so many ways to strengthen the family!

Family prayer is just one example, we also have the counsel of family home evenings=)

I told you it would be short and sweet!

gotta run=)

Hermana Robinson

Semana 30 - Enero/Febrero 2015

Semana 30 - Enero/Febrero 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  34  (Wow!  Don't Judge...

It was a week FULL of tacos)

Total Taco Count:  344

We had transfers this week!!=)

Hermana Inisetra was sent to a different ward but she is still here in Culiacan so I will be able to see her=)

My new companions name is Hermana Christensen! 

Everyone only has amazing things to say about her!

She is my first non-Mexican companion.  She is from Draper and all 

the stories are true!

She is awesome... from what little time we have had together.

Yesterday while I was in the offices waiting for Hermana Christensen we had about two hours to kill.

Hermana Iniestra recommended that we have interviews!

It was actually a really great idea=) Interviews with President are always so uplifting=)

The last week in transfers are always a little different.

But H. Iniestra was determined to leave everything in order when she left, so that`s exactly what we did!

The best part of the week was when we recieved a message early Thursday morning.

We woke up and H. Iniestra started screaming because one of our investgators was going to be home from D.F.

and wanted us to prepare everything for his baptism. We had his interview and programmed everything for his baptism on Saturday! 

We had another family that was baptized in the ward as well=)

There was SO many people in the baptism and most of the people had to wait outside...

It was really hard to get pictures because everyone was trying to take photos at the same time.

These are what little pictures I have of all of us together=)

I am really anxious for the new transfer! We have a lot of new 

goals for the area!

So many of our investigators are progressing and are total angels!

I am seriously so blessed to be in this area and serving in this ward.

These people mean the world to me!!

I know the time is so ridiculously short on a mission. I feel it every day.

But I am working in the way that I hope will make my Heavenly Father proud.

President and I talked a lot about what it really means to be a 

representative of Jesus Christ.

It´s not an easy task! In any way, shape, or form.

But it changes you completely!

He is the greatest example that we have, and we have made the decision to follow Him.

 

I love you all so much and thank you for all the support I feel from each of you!

con amor,

Hermana Robinson