Well, I finally did it! One year down in the mission! It definitely doesn't feel like I left so long ago! But it was one of the best worst weeks of my life!
The best thing that happened this week was Luzandry got baptized! She is the sister of the two kids who got baptized a few weeks ago! She has been really nervous about it all week but we kept inviting her to pray for strength and the entire day and the day after her baptism I didn't see her once without a smile on her face.
The down part about this week is I got pretty sick again. It started off with just a bad cold and then I had a fever so those days are always hard walking around especially when the sun is beating down so hard. But we did have a few really awesome experiences.
One day while we were out in the morning and nothing really seemed to be going right. All of our appointments falling and everything. I just wanted to go back home and rest so we could leave in the afternoon which is usually more productive. As we were walking back to the house I got a very small impression to go and contact this one street that I have been wanting to contact for a little while. I kind of ignored it at first and continued on home. Before we got there I had the feeling again and told my companions that we should go back (we had just come from that area) and they thought I was crazy. But we ended up going back and contacting that street. And all I am going to say is I have never been rejected more in my entire mission haha. We started just going house to house and one by one they were just turning us away and had no interest at all. I remember thinking when we were almost done, "Why did we come here?" but then we went on to the very last house on the street, contacted the lady in the house...and got rejected.
I won't lie I was a little discouraged but right as she said bye to us I called to her and just asked if she knew anyone that would be interested in hearing our message. She thought for a second and then directed us to a house that none of us saw and were going to completely pass it if we hadn't seen it. So we went there and we found a woman named Yanet who is sooo prepared to hear the gospel and really needs it in her life considering she is a mother of 5 and her husband left her. We haven't had the opportunity to meet her kids yet because they were visiting a family member for a while but I am so excited to start working with them and it was such a good reminder that the Lord is preparing a lot of people to hear the gospel and if we do our part, we can help bring a huge joy into their lives.
Today for p-day we got together with a few of the members of the ward and played basketball. It was a ton of fun and I really miss playing. I actually really miss playing on wood courts but there are a few scattered here and there so maybe one p-day we will head down to one of those.
As tradition here in the mission I burned a shirt for my one year mark. I am really lucky that there are a ton of missionaries who just leave a lot of clothes in houses before they go so I don't actually have to burn my own stuff :D
Thank you all for all the love and support! I miss y'all and love y'all but also know this church is true and love exactly what I am doing. I woulnd't want to be in any other place right now (maybe just if it was a little cooler here) Have an amazing week!!
Elder Robertson
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