August 14, 2013 "P-Day Santiago"

Dear Family,

it´s p day santiago and it has been a very sweaty crazy rushed day. We´ve ran around like beheaded chickens trying to get everything on our lists done which we did not.....there is just never enough time or money to do what you want to do......unless you´re a cheese head in Wisonsin that has Grandma Rekow and all the members cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner. man I´m so jealous about some of the things in his mission. A lot of the time I don´t eat breakfast or dinner because I´m busy studying, dead tired or there´s just no money....

Life is good. still sun burned. I would try to use sun screen but it is so hot that there is really no time when I´m dry enough to be able to put it on.....I´m so tired of being red!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

is there some kind of sun screen/tan lotion that I could try that might help me be any other color other than pink or red?

As of yesterday I officially have less than 6 months left in the mission and I´m kinda freaking out! I feel I have so much to learn still and so much  to do! It´s definitely true that it takes about 2 years to become a good missionary and then when it´s over the mission is over and therefore are prepared for mission work back home. Justice you better be ready for me in 6 months cuz here I come. Don´t worry I´m not gonna go all crazy R.M. on you but I´m going to try my hardest to help you in any way I can and be your friend.

Thinking of goals and things I want to do and accomplish in these last 6 months of this adventure and I really have a strong desire help many come unto Christ.

Hold Fast. Keep the faith.

Elder Hunter Allen Robinson  (I have to type out my whole name now because there are 2 of us now ya´know?

August 7, 2013 "Walked to Death"

Dear Family,
 

Licey is a HUGE area. on Saturday we walked what seemed like the entire area but I know it wasn´t because I still haven´t seen the whole area yet and I´ve been here for 3 weeks. My legs are constantly tired and I´m walking like gumby every time I get to the house at night.

We are trying to find some new people to teach and are brainstorming ideas to help the members get excited about church and to not be sunday members.

It´s really sad to have investigators that attend church, read the scriptures, and have the desire to be baptized but are unable to due to their marriage circumstances...we have 2 investigators, that are dying to get baptized and are ready but can´t because they are not married and their husbands are not the least bit interested in learning about God or the church and are even less interested in getting married...

And then there are just the investigators that we have no idea what´s going on: we can´t find them or haven´t talked to them in over a week, or they are ready but for whatever reason just don´t want to be baptized right now...so we´re at a stand still for now with several people.

Time is really flying.

well the internet center people are kicking us out because they gotta close so I guess that´s it for now.

Elder Robinson

July 31, 2013 "The Water is Back Baby"

 July 31, 2013

Dear Family,

On thursday they got to the point where they could connect the water to our house again so we spent the morning deep cleaning the house and it was great! We now have water and I can now bathe myself out of a bucket in peace.

On Thursday or Friday Elder De La Cruz called me to tell me that Victor´s baptism might get called off because as Elder De La Cruz reviewed the baptismal interview questions with him he discovered that he had participated in an abortion some time ago. In cases such as these the investigator usually needs an interview with the mission president but Elder De La Cruz called Pres. Douglas and told him the situation and Pres. Douglas simply asked him what he thought. Considering all the factors and especially the fact that Pres. Douglas had had an interview with Victor on Sunday Elder De La Cruz told him that he felt good baptizing him. so Pres. Douglas gave the green light.

So on Saturday july 27, 2013 Victor diaz loreno was baptized by the first counselor in the branch presidency-Franqueli Quiterio. Victor had originally asked me to baptize him but Elder De La Cruz helped him choose Franqueli instead. Which I´m happy about because it´s always better to have a member baptize investigators so they can have that support. I would have done the same thing. Although I´ve helped a few people get baptized I personally have only baptized one person-enmanuel luna july 7, 2012- and I´m okay with that. if I can help every investigator choose a member over me that´s a win win for me because the member has the spiritual experience and connection of baptizing that investigator and the investigator will always have that member by their side.

it was really cool to see the folks of Conani again.

we played basketball this morning and I played 3 hours straight. feels good to run! i was an idiot and didn´t put on sunscreen that I had brought with me so now I´m reder than a tomato and some dominican guy actaully yelled at me ¨hey americano don´t go out in the sun as much!¨ I guess I never learn... I´m always pink but now I´m bright bright bright red......it hurts...... you never notice while you´re playing and it´s only afterwards that you regret or rather I regret my foolishness...

crispy