Sorry I am writing way earlier than I usually do! Today is the Independence day of the Dominican Republic, which by the way is super weird and nothing like the awesome 4th of July, 'merica! Plus they kind of celebrate it the way we celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes and everything but yeah! The streets are super dangerous for missionaries today so we had to cut p-day short so we could get a little bit of work done before we have to head home early!
Okay! Now I finally have some stuff to talk about!!
The first is I want yall to (virtually) meet M****, H****, and R****! (A picture will be included if I can upload it!) These three were nothing less than what I would call a miracle! So a little back story is that Elder Garcia and I prayed hard and put a goal at the beginning of this month and we both felt very strongly that if we did our part, the Lord would bless us with 4 souls that we could find and they would enter the waters of baptism this month. So the first one happened the first week with N**** but then after that the area just went dead. We were working so hard and trying to find people but with very little success and we weren't seeing very much support from the members. So basically the whole month was just a bust and super disappointing but we weren't letting it get to us because we were determined to make our goal, although we had no idea how and decided we had to settle for... wait for it... a miracle. So in the last week of the month our Elders quorum president said he had three references for us of the kids who have been going to church for over six months. We went over and met them and they were so prepared and just waiting on permission from their dad (who lives in Haiti) to get baptized and they finally had it and were super excited to get baptized and wanted to do it as early as possible! They are so awesome and were such a blessing in my life!
However, I wont be able to spend a ton of time with them because transfers came, and I am being transferred again after just one here in Villa Fransisca. I am actually kind of happy about it because there have been a few problems here with some of the members, just drama stuff. But I am going to a part of the country called Las Americas, although I don't think it is going to be much like America. :P My ward is called valiente A! My companions name is Elder Morales! I don't know him but everyone who does says he is really awesome! He is going home when President goes home here in a couple months so he doesn't have a ton of time left, but I am still going to be senior companion... what? I am interested to see if he is still down to work hard or just wants to coast through these last couple months. I am hoping that he is a hard worker because I could learn so much from him because he has so much experience! I don't know why but I am just super pumped for the next little while to see what it has in store for me!
That's about it! This week has been super amazing!! I love this place and I love this work so much!! I hope everyone has an amazing week!!
Love,
Elder Robertson
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| A baptism this week that I consider a miracle. |
