I have actually been thinking about B's mission call all week! That is super upsetting that she is going to get it today and I won't find out where she is going for a week! Maybe I can ask President for permission to just jump on one day and see! I can't wait to see where she goes! I am rooting for the DR :-).
This week was AWESOME!!! This week basically just shows how important members are in missionary work. So Yudelis rescheduled her baptismal date for Wednesday for family reasons. She was supposed to take a note with her on Monday to her school to give her a permission to leave early, she normally gets out of school at 7pm. (They kind of do school weird here in like two blocks where you either study in the morning, like from 7 to 1 or in the aftnernoon from like 1 to 7.) So we weren't able to pass by on Tuesday to make sure that she sent in the note, then Wednesday we went to the temple so we didn't get back until like 5-ish to the area. The baptism was scheduled for 7. We basically ran to her house once we got back to make sure that she was there and ready. When we got there we found a closed empty house. And nobody knew where they were. We ended up finding her dad and he told us that she was still in school. We didn't really know what to do because if she would have gotten back at 7 there probably wouldn't have been time to have the baptism because she lives pretty far away. But the dad was leaving and we didn't really know what to do.
Elder Arnold and I stopped and talked about what we should do. We ended up saying a prayer and we both got the feeling to call this one member whose name is Annie, she is a friend of Yudelis' mom. We called her and asked if she had heard from Yudelis or her mom and she said no. She then told us to give her a few minutes. About 10 minutes later she called us back and told us that we needed to go find them at a different house. It is a crazy long story of what happened but basically Yudelis had gotten out of school a little later than planned and her mom got back from her job late and they weren't near their house. And to make matters worse, no one remembered that there was a baptism even though we had announced it multiple times and reminded people. With a little more help from some members and their cars, Yudelis got home to change (all schools here have uniforms). During this time, two members with cars started running around and basically dragging people out of their houses (not really but they went looking for members) and loaded them up in their cars and by about 7:45 we were starting the baptism. Her mom showed up a little late but it was so awesome! We could feel the spirit there so strongly! Her mom isn't a member but we think that because of the example of Yudelis, we are going to be able to start working with her mom! It was kind of a crazy night but it was awesome! God is good!!
Like I said we went to the temple!! I love the temple a ton! One of the missionaries in my zone pointed out to me that it is the last time I will go with the mission. That was weird to me. I will have one more temple trip with president the weekend before I leave but that will be with like 6 people. But the temple here is so beautiful! The revelation that you can receive inside is insane. It truly is the house of the Lord.
I got the package!! Like any good missionary I did not wait until my birthday to open it :-). It is PERFECT! As always! Elder Arnold and I have already eaten most of it. I am saving the mac and cheese and the cake for my birthday, although I have eaten a little bit of the frosting already. You guys are the best!!!
There is so much work still left to do here! The branch is so close to becoming a ward!!! I am looking forward to working here for the next few weeks! The Lord is preparing a ton of awesome people! We just have to find them!!!!!
I love y'all a ton!! That Salt Lick looks so good! That will probably be the first place I want to eat when I get back.. RIGHT BEHIND TORCHYS OF COURSE!!! I miss BBQ so much. (whoever guessed that was right).
MAKE THIS WEEK AMAZING!!! (The best birthday present yall could give me is if each one of you invite a friend to church or share the gospel with them!)
ENJOY CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!
LOVE,
Elder Robertson
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| My last trip to the Temple until I go home |
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| Yudelis' baptism |
