Sister Brittany Robertson: Week 12 - I cried the whole week

I am soooo excited to watch general conference this weekend! Of course, because technology rules the world, word traveled veryyy fast, and I hear, within an hour of the announcement, about two-hour church. This only strengthened my testimony of the truthfulness of Russell M. Nelson as prophet. He is constantly receiving revelation for us and is so in tune with the spirit!! He is awesome! And I am excited to see how that changes the gospel-centered family on Sundays and throughout the week! It will be cool to see that implemented while I am on my mission!

So this was a week of sadness but so much happiness! So today, I said goodbye to my beloved trainer, Sister De Leon. I cried this whole week! We were a mess! We went to do weekly planning yesterday, and we, instead, did weekly crying. Not much planning occurred. Hahaha it was quite a girly cry fest. I don't know what I am thinking getting so close to foreign people who live across the world! Makes my heart ache!! But I know that we will be friends forever, because missions are amazing like that. Missions truly are forever.

But as for the week of happiness, Sister De Leon and I set a goal to find one new person to teach everyday, or else we can't go home. We wanted her last week here to be awesome. So we set that goal and totally easily accomplished it! It was so cool to see that when we set goals that are within God's goodness, He will help us accomplish them. There was one day, we almost didn't go home, but the first person we opened our mouth to, accepted the first lesson and asked us why we walk around. I got to bear my testimony that I am here walking around in a third world country, because I know this gospel is true. I know this gospel is the only true way to happiness and that every person on this earth needs this gospel. I started crying cause I love this gospel so much. It was such a powerful testimony and hopefully we will be able to teach him again. He works a lot that makes him need to travel everyday for hours and hours. But anyways, it was sooo cool to see the miracle of the Lord working in our work as we found new people to potentially save for eternity. I love this gospel so much and don't want to think about where I would be without it! It is just too good to not have! Truly, I could talk forever about how amazing this gospel is!!!

Today was transfer day, so I am in Bacolod today, so I have fast internet!! Yay!!! I got my new companion and she is from Mindanaw Philippines and her name is Sister Melgaso! It is ALSO her last 6 weeks here in the mission so I will yet again be sending my companion home. I will be leading the area so I am excited about that! She seems super sweet and I am excited to see how the Lord needs me to serve her! I know every one of my companions is who the Lord wants for me! So I am excited to learn lots from her these next 6 weeks.

This week, I finished the Book of Mormon AND Jesus the Christ!! I read Jesus the Christ in 24 days and The Book of Mormon in 2 1/2 months. I love both of those books so much. Like sooo much. I loved reading about my Savior and learning more about all his miracles and sacrifices for us that he did. The most astonishing thing to me that I learned while reading the 735 page book called Jesus the Christ, is just how selfless our brother, our Savior is. He went through the most horrible kinds of torture again and again and mocking and hatred, and yet, he failed not to look outwards and find opportunities to serve. After he went through the most deepest and darkest pain in Gethsemane, he healed one of the guards ears that had been cut off under Peter's anger. He healed a guard that was taking Him to His death. That is so amazing and I want to be like that.

There are countless stories in the Book of Mormon about how charity and obedience brings exaltation and obviously disobedience and pride bring damnation. Without charity, we cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. Without charity, it is as if we are nothing. That is so powerful to me. I want to become more like my Savior by becoming more charitable. I want to, when people hurt my feelings and treat me horribly, turn outwards and serve them. I did that once here about a week ago, where I was feeling angry feelings and wanting to be heard, but instead I got up, wiped my tears, and asked how I could help and found different ways to serve. I immediately felt happier and my tears were dried up and replaced with happiness. I know turning outwards, no matter how much justice you want for someone else's wrongs, will bless you immensely. Try to think about how Jesus would act in that situation and the answer will always be "turn outwards." I love this gospel and if you are not reading the Book of Mormon everyday, DO IT. And if you have not read Jesus the Christ, DO IT. NOW.

I love y'all so much and I am so so thankful for my wonderful family that will be with me forever and ever through the Atonement of my wonderful Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

Love,

Sister Robertson

Our last week together

My new companion

In the striped pink shirt, is one of our new investigators. And then the rest are people we already teach. We taught four different lessons in one hour!

This was us with shiny eyes because we just cried hahaha. Our last night together :(

Branch president and his wife

Matoy and us! He is a fisherman and its really hard for him to come to church because of prime fishing time but he did!

Our Sunday Best

Another one of our new investigators. Her name is Lordes and she feels happy during our lessons

Our cute branch threw a going away party for Sister De Leon!

Our cute new investigator Ben Daito. He is a pastor and so so active in our lessons

this is me doing my wall sit while peeling potatoes hahha. So I usually read Jesus the Christ while I do wall sits every morning or the Book of Mormon, but this morning, Sister De Leon needed my help with breakfast so I helped her while doing my wallsit hahha. I have gotten up to a 3 1/2 minute wallsit!!!!