Week 13 - The mosquitos here are killer

As for this week- WOWOWOW I LOVE GENERAL CONFERENCE!! I was on a high yesterday from all the revelation and truth that was talked about in Conference. The white screen in our building was broken on Saturday, so that meant 8 hours of conference yesterday. In four hour blocks. So yeah. That was a lot of sitting. But I literally soaked it allll up. I loved loved loved the theme of taking upon us the name of Christ. Seemed like every other speaker spoke about it. It was especially special for me as a missionary because we literally wear His name on our chest and general conference was a beautiful reminder of why that is so important to truly take upon us His name every moment of our lives. I loved reflecting on what it means to truly be a disciple of Christ and how I can represent Him in everything that I do. I loved Elder Holland's thoughts on forgiveness as well. Of course, I have no big issues with forgiveness right now but it was just such a good reminder about how much Jesus Christ went through from the persecutions to the hatred and He still found it in His heart to forgive every one of His persecutors, so if He can do that, we can easily do that as well.

I also just love how boldly President Nelson spoke of the name of the Church and we offend Christ if we use nicknames. As missionaries esp, we need to use the full name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and honor His name through that. I love general conference so much and am sooo thankful for our modern day leaders that receive revelation for us all. I wish I could just write about every single talk but really I don't have time for that, but know that I would if I could!!! There were so many times that I just sat there thinking- wow this is the true church and there is no way it couldn't be. We have true leaders of our church with the power of God to receive revelation for us in modern times. I know that with all of my heart. If you have not watched all four sessions of conference- drop ANYTHING you are doing and GO DO IT!! You will be so blessed. Whether you are a member of this church or not, there is comfort and guidance in the words of the leaders of this church. They truly speak for Heavenly Father.

To answer your question, yes, the mosquitos here are killer. I get TONS of mosquito bites everyday. I am constantly itchy and constantly worried about getting Dengue fever cause so many white missionaries get it here. The bug bites here are so much worse than in America. They grow as big as my palm and don't go away for days. I try not to itch them so I won't have scars, but sometimes I will wake up scratching them without realizing. And for that reason, I have a huge two-inch burn on my leg because I itched it so much in my sleep. I use bug spray everyday but still get bit TONS its super annoying but I try to stay positive still(:

As for other questions you've asked, the bathrooms are really gross and I try to avoid at all costs any other bathroom except the one in our house and the ones in the churches cause they are usually cleaner and have toilet paper unlike any of the other ones. I usually do feel clean after my showers but it doesn't take long for me to feel dirty again. If I ever scratch my legs because of bites, I get a ton of dirt in my nails no matter if I just showered or not:/ But its all good. I love it here nonetheless. And no I will never think about cutting my hair end of story(: And it has been superrrr hot this week but today it is raining a ton so yeah(:

Other than that, not much happened this week. It was super sunny and I got a nice missionary tan line on my arms so thats positive cause I expect to come home black(: But I love y'all so much and love every Monday that I get to hear about your lives! Keep up the happiness!

Love,

Sister Robertson

Here is REY!!! Sister De Leon and I waited for him EVERY night for THREE WEEKS and he never showed up and then finally our persistence and diligence paid off! We found him and have taught him twice since! SUCH A MIRACLE I LOVE THIS WORK

Excuse my nastyyyy leg and my nastyyy foot, I hadn't yet washed off the layer of dirt from the day, but here are just a few of the MANY bites I have on my legs. Oh and they leave scars also so thats fun. Ive never been so itchy in my life!

I bet you are all sick of sunset pictures so ill just attach one this week