August 3,
2012
Dear
Family,
Do not be
alarmed we got permission from Pres. Douglas to use internet today because we
did not get the chance on wednesday. I will talk about that a little
later.
On Friday
Elder Ferreras went home and Elder Jensen (Elder Ferreras dad in the mission)
came back to this area to help me learn the area and the members. He was in
Puerto Plata and will be returning there after this transfer to finish his
mission! He only has this and one more transfer and he is done! crazy to think
about. From what we have heard of Elder Ferreras he is doing well.
I have been
learning the area and trying to remember how to get to different peoples
houses. I am afraid many of the people that Elder Ferreras was teaching are
gonig to fall through the cracks and get lost because I do not know who they
are.......
Elder
Jensen is cool, he is american and from Rexburg, Idaho.
We have
several people preparing for baptism: one of them is actually one of the
investigators Elder Jensen was teaching when he was hear with Elder Ferreras 5
months ago. She is getting married soon so she can be baptised. But the crazy
part is that when Elder Jensen was here the first time she had a dream that
Elder Jensen baptized her but then he left the area......but now he is here and
will baptize her! Crazy....... We also have another woman that is like 85 that
has been exposed to the church a long time and has come to church for a long
time. And she wants to be baptized. Her daughter is a member and asked us if we
could do it and we were unsure because she is so old and not all there if you
know what I mean so we called Pres. Douglas to ask him about it and he said if
she has a testimony of joseph Smith, revelation and that the church is true and
if we feel good about it we can baptize her..... So we talked to her hoping she
could answer our questions appropriately. And she did! she talked a lot more
than we both expected and it was cool to see. When we told her that we could
like to put a baptismal date for august 11 she was so happy and so was her
daughter. And it just so happens to be her daughters birthday.
Now on
wednesday. WE had p day santiago and we had a long list of things we wanted to
do and not nearly enough of them were accomplished..... one of which was
emailing home and I love to write home but this is what happend: we went to the
mission home because Elder Jensen wanted to look for a box that one of his
previous companions had stored at the mission home so he could send it to him.
Well we got there and looked but didnt find it. But we did see tons of boxes
scattered around the house and it was because the boat that the pres. and sis.
douglas had shipped all their stuff from the states here had arrived that day.
We could see she was a little overwhelmed so we offered to help her unpack all
the boxes and put a few things in their respective places. So we helped for
like an hour and a half and it was good. We learned a lot of cool things about
Sis. Douglas: she is the president , founder, and creator of the Rising star
charity foundation which is now a multi million dollar organization. She has
had 2 documentaries made on her life one is called breaking the curse. GO WATCH
IT!!!!! and there may be a major motion picture made about her. she has won an
emmy award and a gracie award. and was named one of the 5 most influential
women in the world in 2008. Here name is Becky Douglas, google her and find out
about her amazing life and the amazing woman she is. The rising star foundation
is based in India I think, if not I know that she worked a ton in india with
leprosy patients. I dont have time to explain all the cool things. just look
her up.
Anyway. I
am doing alright. just trying to learn spanish and the area and how to teach
and bring others and myself unto Christ.
Kinda a
scattered brained one but I guess that is just me
Elder
Robinson
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