Man I love the 4th of July. I am super not excited to spend it here because they obviously don't celebrate that day here in the DR. I am going to miss the parades and fireworks and everything and that makes me sad but it's okay! I am going to have my own little party here! We are actually having interviews with our new mission president tomorrow so I will be with a bunch of Americans and we will be all Americany together so I am excited!
Man I can't believe it is already July! The month of mom's birthday and the month Matt gets married!!!! That is insane! I am sure everyone is going crazy trying to get everything ready! When are the invitations going to come out? I want one!!
We went to the temple this past week and it was amazing and I love the temple so much and want to go allllll the time when I get home! Elder Slack sent me a picture of the last picture we took together with President Corbitt because my camera sometimes just decides to delete the picture right after it takes it!
There isn't a ton to report on as far as the progress here in Valiente goes. We have quite a few very promising investigators! We actually counted in our weekly planning and we have 28 people who have potential! It is insane how much the Lord is blessing us and our mission. It has been super hard because we have felt a lot of opposition with everything that has been happening with the change of leadership in the mission but we have been seeing all over the mission that the Lord has been blessing all of us to find the people who are prepared to hear this amazing message! We definitely have our work cut out for us this next six weeks!
I got the package yall sent and it is super perfect! That tie is perfect! My companions also thank yall haha. It is crazy how much you take some things for granted and don't appreciate them until they are gone. Being here in this country has really changed my perspective on so many things. I never really appreciated the fact that all of my life I grew up with nice working warm water showers. Or that the power always is there (shout out to dad for both of those for always paying for them.) But it really is kind of odd being here. Basically I have come to the conclusion that, unlike Matt, I will never be living anywhere except for the good ole U.S.A.
I have recently started a study of the great apostasy. If you really want to confirm your testimony about the restoration of the gospel, study the apostasy. The need for a restoration was so great that there is no way it didn't happen like that. If anyone has any insights on the apostasy I would love to hear them! It is a huge focal point for me here on my mission because everyone, I mean everyone, wants to know why there are so many churches. There are no laws for establishing churches here so literally you can not walk two street corners without seeing a church. Most people just go to a church because it is close to their house but everyone wants to know why that is. When people understand how true the apostasy is and especially the falling away of Priesthood power on the Earth, the realize how big of a need there was for a complete restoration. It has really been strengthening my testimony a lot to study about it, both on the spiritual and temporal side of things.
Well because of an uneventful week there weren't any pictures... I will try better this week!!
I love yall!!!
Elder Robertson
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| Our last picture with President Corbitt |
