Dear Family,
This last
week has been full of contacting. We´ve had a couple days when all we´ve done
is contact and it´s been good. We have met several people we are really hoping
will read, pray and progress. I feel I have become more confident in contacting
and in speaking the language. as far as the language is concerned, it really
helps to look back to where I´ve been and see how much progress I have made in
just 8 months. I still don´t understand a lot but I feel I can basically say
what I need to say and understand nearly everything with a little help.
I´ve done
so well budgetting lately that I treated myself to chinese food today at lunch.
kinda expensive but it was sooooo good. sesame chicken yum.
hey is the
blog still going? I know everyone is crazy busy and there may or may not be
time to keep it updated.....
so exciting
about Devin and Andrew! can´t wait to see pictures.
We have one
progressing investigator right now and she is 12. her sister is a recent
convert of about 5 months. She always reads always prays nearly always comes to
church, and has a testimony that is slowly growing. She has a baptismal date
for the 10 of november! Her name is Chana, well I think that is a nickname, I´m
not sure what her real name is......I think I´ve only heard it once....
I am happy
although the work is slow gonig right now due to the fact that we have a lot of
new people we just contacted and several people who have stopped progressing
for various reasons....trying to figure out the best way to get people animated
about coming to church and acting in general.
I think
this Christmas is going to be difficult, I have felt a little homesick as I´ve
seen decorations and christmas stuff appearing in stores. This is my first one
away from home, away from family, and away from snow......The best remedy for
homesickness is work so I´m gong to work hard.
I read the
miracle of forgiveness a little while ago and everyone in the world needs to
read that book! I want to read Jesus the Christ too the only trouble is finding
the time to squeeze that in with everything else I´m doing and studying.
My old
companion Elder Jensen did indeed finish the mission and he lives in Rexburg
and I gave him a package to deliver to Nikelle which has a memory card with
nearly all the pictures from my mission on it so she will be making a trip to
Utah to deliver that soon after the package is delivered by jeremy (elder
Jensen it´s weird to refer to him by his first name).
The work
goes forth like a stone cut out of a hill and will continue to do so until the
coming of Christ.
Elder
Robinson
cool stats-
there are approximately 7,000,000,000 people in the world 55,000 of which are
missionaries. thats 0.0000079% of the worlds population. we are very few in
number and the opportunity to be a missionary is incredible and something that
many people do not have the opportunity to do. Also in the history of the world
there have been 1,400,000 missionaries in the history of the world. Cool stats.
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