Well it looks like I am going to be here until August. I actually don't know that for sure but it is very likely. But for this transfer at least I am staying here in Valiente with Elder Morales. He is getting closer and closer to going home and he has told me that although he doesn't like it he is thinking more and more about going home. So this transfer I think we are going to sit down and make a few goals and try to find ways to always stay busy because there is sooo much potential here! This branch is so close to turning into a ward and I want to be here when it happens! No matter what happens with my companion I won't let it effect me and I will keep working even harder. I already have a ton of plans in mind that are going to help us so much! I am PUMPED for this transfer!!
As for everything else in life it is all normal. My branch president today invited us to play basketball which was super fun! I mean normally when you play here it isn't super fun just because almost nobody actually plays just because either I am with a companion who only plays soccer or we are in the DR with people who only play baseball. But today it was super fun because there were a few people from the ward who actually played a lot and so we got to play a ton and it was super fun!
Other than that this week was pretty basic! We were supposed to have a baptism this past weekend of an awesome 20 year old kid who we were on the point of dropping but then randomly showed up to church and so we kept working with him. But his mom is a pastor for another church so she doesn't approve of it and because he still lived in her house and he respects her so much he said that he is going to have to wait, but we are going to keep working with him and I can't wait until he can get baptized! He is super awesome! The area here literally has so much potential! We are working with like 4 different families and always finding more. I am still trying to figure out how to be the best missionary I can be and learn how to be led by the spirit more but I think little by little I am figuring it out.
I am studying charity a lot. I think that if you could sum up all of General Conference into one sentence it would be that we all need to have more charity. I felt like it was the topic of the whole conference so I am really trying to study a lot about it. It is interesting because charity, although it is something we need to work on in our own lives to develop more of it, it is also a gift that we can ask for, just the same as faith. Actually faith and charity can be compared a lot. As Moroni teaches us we need to pray to the Father with all the energy of our heart to be filled with charity, therefore it is a gift that can be given to us, the same as faith. But something interesting is that charity, the same as faith, will grow even more when we put it into practice. Once we have what we ask for we need to do our part to keep it or else we will lose it. It has really helped me a lot in my work here. I keep trying to see everyone I meet as our Father in Heaven sees them and I find that I am being more and more concerned with helping them just because they are children of God. Charity is awesome and everyone should study it and then send me what they find out!
Also I finally made the Chili here and it turned out amazing! Not as amazing as mom's obviously but still super good! I made it in the house of my branch president because his wife saw it on pinterest and wanted to try it. When she asked what it was I told her it was like my version of a certain type of dish they make here called sancocho. But the problem is that they literally eat rice with everything, like EVERYTHING. So she decided that this would go well with rice.... Oh dominicans... But it was still awesome!
I will try to keep yall more updated on all of the people and investigators that I have here! They are all super awesome! I love my mission, I love being here in the DR, I love Spanish, I love this gospel and I love all of yall! Have an amazing week!!!
Love,
Elder Robertson
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| I finally made the Chili here that my Mom sent the ingredients. |
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| My companion enjoying my Mom's chili recipe. |
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| No more chili. But still plenty of rice, of course. |
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| This is a little friend we had outside our house this past week. |
