Semana 62 - Setiembre 2015

Semana 62 - Setiembre 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  6

Total Taco Count:  623.50

Days Remaining:  72

It has been another great week In San Jose!!

We had a few challenges...

BUT NOTHING GETS US DOWN!

I want to share my favorite part of the week.

It was yesterday.

I am so lucky that I am in Mexico right now!

We had the opportunity to go to the Rededication of the Mexico City Temple!!!!

IT. WAS. INCREDIBLE!

It was the closest thing to the temple that I have had in what seems like too long.

Saturday was the cultural celebration=)

It made me so crazy proud to be here in Mexico.

I love this country.

These people.

And everything else included!

I learned SO much.

Little things that I had never really paid attention to.

Then Sunday we went to the rededication.

We were going to go the the 8:00 session... So we left at 6. to get there early.

It was POURING all morning and so the roads turned into rivers.

We didn´t make it on time=( 

We decided to wait till the 11:00 session so we went exploring to see what we could find in San Lucas.

We went to the Marina and everything was FLOODED.

I have never seen so much water before.

We got stuck.

The water got so high that we couldn´t pass in the car.

There were parts that people were trying to pass by walking and the water was up to their hips!

One guy even got taken away by the current and ended up in the ocean.

Don´t worry, he was fine.

It was just one of those crazy moments!

Then we went to the rededication=)=)=)

For the past few months I have had a question.

I have always wondered but accepted that maybe I just wasn´t suppose to know.

Well I got my answer yesterday.

Elder Holland was talking...

I know... he is just incredible=)

He shared how he had the same question in his life.

That he had always wondered!

Then he gave me my answer.

So clearly and profoundly!

The spirit was so strong from the second we walked in the doors from the moment we left=)

I will never forget it!

After in ALL the lessons that we had... WOW!

They were all so powerful=)

I love coming from a spiritual high and then teaching.

With all the challenges that we had this week, it was a great way to start a new week!

Love you all!

Hermana Robinson

Semana 61 - Agosto/Setiembre 2015

Semana 61 - Agosto/Setiembre 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  12

Total Taco Count:  617.50

Days Until Mission Ends:  79

WEEK OF MIRACLES!!

It almost makes me sad that things have been so rocky this last transfer.

I will be honest, I feel like all my excitement left.

I was constantly hearing how nobody would progress here.

I don´t blame my companion.

But, I do know that being two "newbies" is what this area needed.

I am still getting to know everyone and, well, my comp even more so.

Our excitement has been ridiculous this week!!

AND WE HAVE FOUND SOOOO MANY ESCOGIDOS!!=)

I almost didn´t believe it.

Let me share some experiences=)

We stopped by one house because we had an appointment, it was kind of weird.

She came and and greeted us and opened the fence.

they live in a "territory" and the family all builds a house and they all live together like a big happy family, but with different houses.

We were expecting to have the lesson with her but then she left to her house, walked in, and shut the door.

Okay.

We waited kind of confused but then out came her sister in law.

With 3 chairs!!

We sat down and started the lesson.

OH MY GOSH!!

I taught her once when I first got here and everything was normal.

I asked what she remember from the last appointment...

That´s when everything came out.

She told us that she has been praying every single night to know if it´s true.

She has been looking for her answer ever since this day.

One of her friends from the University is Mormon and has been talking with her.

She told us how she wants to feel her answer.

She wants it to be true.

=)

I felt prompted to pull out a Book of Mormon.

That is literally all I did.

Tears filled her eyes.

She looked at me and said...

"You have that book?!"

I was a little confused.

She told us how much she LOVES the Book of Mormon.

She started sharing the story about Joseph Smith and the golden plates and the pioneers and how courageous and valient the whole story is.

I asked her how she knew all of this.

She explained that before she met with missionaries and they taught her 

many things.

She always studied and read her Book of Mormon.

But it was destroyed in the hurricane because she lost her house

 and then never knew.

She was so happy to recieve a Book of Mormon again.

We explained that in reading this book she would be able to find her response=)

Before she said she never had the desire that she has right now.

Her dad recently died.

She wants to be with him again.

She wants her Eternal Family.

Earlier in the week we met a girl in the store.

Haha, I know right...

We put an appointment and went later in the week.

We got there and nobody answered so we left.

Then we went to another house and they didn´t answer either.

So... we went back!

Nothing.

We left... but felt we had to go back.

We walked by and her dad was outside. =)=)=)

We told him to go and get her!

She was "sleeping"

We sat down and she got right down to business.

She asked us,

"So what do you guys believe, anyways?"

We explained and asked what other questions she had.

She is one confused girl.

She brought out just about every question in the book.

As my comp and I listened we just smiled!

We had the answers to all the questions that she was asking.

She explained that she was confused too because nobody would answer her.

Or they would just tell her a scripture and yeah, that was it.

We took the time to explain the Plan of Salvation.

WOW!!

The spirit was so beautiful=)

I have never had a lesson flow so smoothly!

My favorite part of the whole lesson was her prayer at the end.

I just remember her saying,

"Father, thank you for sending the sisters to answers my question in a way so simple and easy to understand.  

I don´t feel so confused anymore."

There is no way to explain how I felt in that moment.

I could share another million stories but I am out of time.

Hermana Castillo and I are growing a lot.

She pushes me.

I LOVE IT.

I push her too...

SHE LOVES IT 

we are growing like crazy=)

Sending my love from San Jose del Cabo BCS

Hermana Robinson

Semana 60 - Agosto 2015

Semana 60 - Agosto 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  4

Total Taco Count:  605.5

OKAY.

I have so much that I want to say!!!

This week has been awesome=)

It has also been so ridiculously crazy HOT!

There was one morning that we left the house early because our day was FULL of appointments.

That´s always the best.

Well, ALL of the appointments fell through in the morning.

We spent a good four hours walking around in the sun.

The worst part is that the day before my umbrella broke,

and the week before I ran out of sunscreen.

I took a picture of the sky because it just really could not have been worse.

Not a cloud in the sky.

I was basically walking in Cancer. haha

Here is the picture to prove it.

that line was not there before.

With it getting so hot that also means that we are getting closer to hurricanes.

It´s been almost a year since Hurricane Olid hit Los Cabos.

Everyone is a little nervous but we are learning prepardness=)

In other big and exciting news...

TRANSFERS!!!

Is it just me or did this transfer fly by?!

Well I finished my two glorious weeks as District Leader.

It was fun while it lasted=)

I honestly feel like President turned the whole mission upside down!

It is a lot more exciting for me because now that I am an "oldie" I know a lot of the missionaries.

That means transfers are a little more interesting=)

ANYWAY...

Hermana Mejia left to Culiacan (I totally called it)

It was really difficult saying goodbye to her=( 

It always is.

I think I just get really attached to my comps.

But HERMANA CASTILLO is here with me now=)

She´s been on the mission about 4.5 months now.

She is just the cutest thing ever!!

She is from Puebla.

I told her yesterday that I think she is the Mexican me.

She reminds me of myself in so many ways.

The way she talks.

The way she eats.

Even the way she picks stuff up.

She is my Mexican Mirror.

=)

Don´t make fun of my hair-do we came running to the airport with the "top down" and I never made it in front of a mirror before she got here.

AAAAND the most exciting of all=)

I have been called to be the "Líder Capacitadora"

We called it Sister Training Leader in the MTC.

I am in charge of all the sisters in the zone.

I get to go on exchanges and I have to make sure they are being obedient and their house is clean and all that good stuff!

I am super excited for the transfers=)

The weirdest part is that I am pretty sure these were my last transfers.

The odds that I will be changed again are very slim =(

At the beginning of the mission I remember being overwhelmed 

at the idea of all the possibilities.

Now that I am getting closer I can almost see how things are going to end.

I am ready to get down to work and make these last 3 months the best of the entire mission!!

Yesterday the Elders had a baptism and I think it was one of my favorites=)

He is a youngin,´ he is 14 years old.

But, he is the most dedicated youth I have ever met!

It started with Sundays.

He would always get there about an hour early to help clean and set up.

Then he would go and sit and the steps outside and wait for the Elders to get there to help him with his tie.

isn´t that adorable?

Then we heard this story...

Seminary started about two weeks ago.

He was really excited to start attending!

It starts at 5:30 in the morning.

Well what he does is wakes up extra early to get ready because he walks about 4 miles to get to seminary.

WOW.

Then we found out that he doesn´t even have an alarm clock.

He told us when he wakes up and looks outside and if it´s still realllly dark, he goes back to sleep.

He judges the time based on the light.

He is so worried about being late that he normally get´s there about half an hour earlier than he should.

I had a few minutes to talk to him before his baptism.

He was dressed in all white and sitting thinking.

I could see his mind was racing so we sat to give him some words of encouragement.

The things that he shared with us were so sincere and true.

It came straight from his heart.

The service was really beautiful!

I love you all=)

con mucho amor, 

Hermana Robinson

Semana 59 - Agosto 2015

Semana 59 - Agosto 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  9

Total Taco Count:  601.50

Due to communication troubles there is not a blog this week.  :(

There are, however, these two pics:

Semana 58 - Augustio 2015

Semana 58 - Agosto 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  2

Total Taco Count:  592.50

                            So today was a day FULL of adventures!!!!

We have a member in our area that works for National Geographic... 

He does special tours of all the hidden secrets of Los Cabos!

WELL, he invited us to go on one of his tours...

We spent the whole day out exploring finding new secret spots=)

I have about 200 pictures but I will share just a few.

The waterfall was my favorite spot!

Absolutely stunning!

He also taught us the history of Mexico and a lot of other countries 

but the best part...

He meshed the history with the Book of Mormon!!!
I am finishing Alma right now and it was almost like he was describing everything that I have read!

Then being somewhere, where you can imagine it all happening

.... SO COOL!!!

  

In other big and exciting news I was called to be District Leader for the last two weeks of the transfer.

I´m not entirely sure why... but I am happy to do it!

I had to call on Saturday and ask for numbers, and tomorrow will be my first District meeting=)

The area that I am in is still getting use to Sister Missionaries.

The other day someone came running up to us and said...

"ELDERAS?? ELDERAS??... MUJERES?!"

We spent some time explaining to them that we aren´t elderas... 

But it makes me happy to see people get so excited to see 

sister missionaries=)

We have been working a lot with one investigator.

I talked about her the other week, she is the one that went a whole day 

without drinking coffee.

Well, maybe I was lacking some faith but I was expecting her to tell us 

that she drank coffee again.

When we asked her she acted surprised and said,

"Of course not... ever since my blessing I haven"t drank a drop of coffee!"

She is going STRONG!!=) 

She is preparing for her baptism!

Keep her in your prayers!!!

This week has been a lot better!

The beginning of the week was a little rough but then we had 

one day that was perfect.

I was super happy when we got home and took a picture to prove it.

I think it got us both excited to get to work=)

Ever sine that day things have been a lot better!

Just last night as we were getting home someone came running,

 chasing us down!

My comp told me it was a former investigator that they had 

stopped visiting because he never received his answer.

He was so anxious to have us come by to talk some more!

He wanted us to accompany him home to talk.

We explained that is was late but asked why he was so anxious...

He began explaining how he had received his answer 

and had been looking for us because he needs to know 

what to do to be baptized.

We were both shocked!

It just shows how powerful the answers we receive from our Father really are.

How they motivate us to do the right things=)

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Hermana Robinson

Semana 57 - Agusto 2015

Semana 57 - Agusto 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  2

Total Taco Count:  590.50

Well this week has been a little better=)

Poco a poco.

I gave a talk yesterday in sacrament meeting and I think it really helped me.

I felt a love for the ward that I haven´t felt yet.

It gave me hope.

I talked about testimonies=)

It is one of my favorite things to teach... that and eternal life!

One sister came up to me after and gave me a huge hug and thanked me.

Then ran away... I think she liked it? haha

OHH!

So this week we had a WEDDING=)=)

Well the Elders.

But, the couple asked us to be witnesses!

She has been going to church for over 10 years and has never been able to get baptized because she wasn´t married.

WELL she got married and baptized the same day=)

It was a really special day for her!

We have been working really hard with one investigator that is progressing beautifully=)

She is struggling with the word of wisdom and can´t drop cofffee.

She explained how she just didn´t feel like she could do it.

We stopped by with the first counselor and he gave her a blessing=)

The next day when we went to visit her she told us that she didn´t drink any coffee in the morning!

It was so cute how proud of herself she was=)

She told us she was so surprised because,

 "That man really does have the power of God!"

That was the first time in over 30 years that she has gone a 

whole day without a cup of coffee.

I LOVE PRIESTHOOD POWER!!

In other big news... Our house got painted!

Our Landlord asked us what color we wanted. we told him LILAC

a nice pastel nothing too bright. He agreed and told us when we got back in the night it would be painted.

This is what we came home to:

I love you all so much!!!

Hermana Robinson

Semana 56 - Julio/Agosto 2015

Semana 56 - Julio/Agusto 2015

Taco Count for the Week:  0

Total Taco Count:  588.50
(Pictures did not download this week) 

This might be a little short this week=)

I feel like this whole week was a blur!

I still feel like a fish out of water, but I am learning little by little.

Our area is huge.

We had to go somewhere and I asked if it was close enough to walk,

my comp questionably nodded her head.

(End of the month so money is short.)

I asked her to tell me how far.

She started explaining that we would walk for about 30 minutes 

then turn the corner and walk the distance of two golf courses 

then pass a few neighborhoods and we would get there.

Uhhhhhh... so we should take the bus?

Yes.

It has been so ridiculously hot this week!!

Not even that the temperature is that hot but we sweat like CRAZY

... it´s really gross.

Yesterday we went to visit a sister that was hospitalized.

She is 92 years old, and the family says it is just a matter of time 

until she goes=(

We went with the Elders and they gave her a blessing and we sang hymns.

It was so tender.

We all left the hospital podering about everything.

I have learned a lot about my relationship with MY Heavenly Father.

Knowing and believing that we are His children.

It's a really basic concept... but I have depended a lot on this 

relationship this week.

There aren´t very many people that know every want and yearning of our hearts.

There aren´t many people that will be there for you in any given second.

But He really is our Father.

He loves us.

He wants us to be happy.

He wants to help us.

I love my Father and I know He lives!!

Love you all=)

Hermana Robinson