Hey!!
I am so excited to write you today. During the week, I am always thinking of the things and experiences I'm going to write to you and share with all of you. There are so many things and experiences I want to tell all of you, but I will limit it to my favorite momentos! :] I am so happy you all were able to go to Grandma Rose's birthday party! I know for a fact that it meant SO much to her. I really do.
This week has been great! We are at that point where we have hit the halfway mark and will be leaving here in a short time which is so crazy! It will be so weird to actually live in the "real world" because we are at the MTC all of the time except for when we go to the field for gym or to the temple on p-days. We joke around and call the outside world "babylonia" it is weird though because I haven't been in a car since I arrived. I think that's probably the longest amount of time I've ever not ridden or driven a car. I love all of you so much and thank you for your letters and e-mails!
The last three days my companions and I have made it our goal to only speak spanish. Yes, only spanish! We were trying to before, but it wasn't working out for us.. we kept slacking on it. This time we made it our goal and if we don't do it, we can't read our letters or cards. That's probably the best motivation because cards and letters are EVERYTHING here. We do have set times where we can speak in English, so we can actually get our thoughts and feelings across like during companionship study, inventory, and today since it's p-day we've been speaking in english. It's hard, but it's the best way to really learn fast. I'm feeling a lot better about it because I know that I'm doing everything I can.
Funny moment(s) of the week: Yesterday in gym we were playing kickball with some elders. One of the Elders was running to home base and Hma. Stephens really wanted to get him out. For some reason she kicked the ball at him to try and get him out and it hit him smack dab on the side of his head really hard. He fell to the ground because it hurt him and all of the rest of us fell to the ground laughing!! Haha. Sad that we found it so funny, but it really was. Another funny thing is that because we've been speaking in spanish a lot of the times we can't figure out what each other is saying or we don't know what's going on. Yesterday I realized that Hma. Eborn had cut her earrings to be shorter because they were too long and in the morning I was like you cut them?! (but it was in spanish) and she said yeah. Later in the day Hma. Stephens was looking at Hma. Eborn and it was during companionship study so we were speaking in english at this point. She was like "okay, what of your hair did you cut exactly?..Your bangs? Or all of your hair?" Haha, and we were like "what?" and we realized she had thought we meant that she had cut her hair when we were talking about her earrings. I don't know it was funny. It gives you a glimpse of what life is like when you can't speak english and are trying to speak spanish. Let me tell you, we are a lot more quiet when we are just speaking spanish!
Favorite moment: A general authority of the seventy came and spoke to us on Tuesday night. His wife is a convert to the church. He had her tell her story of how her and her family were converted by two missionaries in England I think? She told us the Elders names that she will never forget because they brought such happiness to her family's life. One of the missionaries was there and got up and bore his testimony! 60 years later they still kept in touch! I was in awe that he was here to share his side of the story of the day they found that wonderful family who later were all baptized. I felt the spirit so strong! I am so excited to go share this message with the people of Santa Rosa!
Miracle moment: The first few weeks here, I couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed with the language. When we teach the "investigators" (who are just volunteers, but speak spanish) I want to be able to express my feelings and what I know to be true. When we teach in spanish, I didn't feel like I could do that because I don't know how to say it. Now that we have been speaking all spanish as a companionship, I feel SO much better. I have this new motivation and enthusiasm for the spanish language. I love speaking it, I really do even if I can't say a lot. I have faith and I know that I will learn. I'm learning everyday. Sometimes I get frustrated when I don't know how to say something to my companions, but it just is a motivation to learn how to say it. So, that would definitely be my miracle moment(s) of this week. We all have been doing so good at it, but it's through the help of our Lord and the gift of tounges.
This past Sunday, I said the closing prayer in sacrament for our branch which consists of about 5 or 6 districts. And it was in spanish of course. I later had an Elder who is from Honduras tell me that he understood everything and that I'm doing really good. That helped me feel good! :] Hma. Eborn and I have also been learning a little piano from Hma. Stephens. Just a little! It's been really fun though.
That's about all of the really great things I wanted to share with you. I hope that you all know that I love you so much. I think about you all of the time and how great and amazing you all are. I have learned how critical the Holy Ghost is in our lives and how great a gift it is that we have as members of the church! We are so lucky to have it!
Moroni 10 is a great chapter on that! I encourage you all to read it!
Heavenly Father loves you and so does our Savior Jesus Christ. Always remember that! I love being a missionary and being a representative of Jesus Christ. It truly is an honor.
Con mucho amor,
Hermana Robinson
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