And then, Saturday and Sunday were District Conference (like Stake Conference but we are only a district), and a member of the Seventy was there and I got to shake his hand and talk to him a little bit which was cool. He's from the Philippines and spoke too much Tagalog but I am slowly but surely understanding more and more Tagalog. Hopefully by the time I get home, I will know how to speak it as well. Thats my goal anyway. I have gotten to a point where I don't need to super focus on Ilonggo, so Im ready to focus on another language(:
But anyways, then Saturday we moved houses, which with the help of the AP's and office elders, it was pretty fast. 3 hours to get all our stuff out and situated into the new house. They were awesome. It has been a weird adjustment but definitely the new house is nicer and safer. We are just working to get rid of the cobwebs right now. And then next week, its 99.9% sure that I will be transferring so I am trying to prepare myself for that. Its crazy to imagine I can be on a mission in a new place cause I have almost been here for 6 months. Crazy stuff. Next week on Monday will be my 7 month mark. Time is going so fast. Especially when I love love love my companionship. Life is happy. Life is good. And I am excited to see where the Lord takes me next week. I trust in Him completely.
I had a super awesome, spirit-filled personal study yesterday. I was pretty down on myself as a trainer that I was failing and wasn't being good enough for my trainee. JamJam went to get baptized again on Saturday at the beach and was scared again so, once again, she did not get baptized. Sister Tagpuno took it pretty hard so I spent the day trying to comfort her when I was down myself. I just felt like all my work being exactly obedient has led to a lot of failures and I didn't quite understand it very well. But then I read in Preach My Gospel about a "successful missionary" and I was reminded that people still have their agency. And then I read about Abinadi and Ammon how they were both SUPER successful missionaries, even though their efforts were in different timings. Ammon's success was seen right away by baptizing tons of people. But Abinadi's success was seen after he died and people were converted through only one of Abinadi's conversions. So, he didn't get to see in his lifetime, any baptisms come from his missionary efforts, but he was still successful because he did his duty to God and people after him were blessed.
I quickly related it to me how I may not get to see all the fruits of my efforts here, but as long as I am doing what's right, my efforts will NOT be wasted. People's lives WILL be changed because of my service here. That's a promise of God. So I just need to keep doing my part and He will do His in HIS timing, not mine. I also read my patriarchal blessing which was the biggest comfort and I am promised so many amazing things if I will just continue to serve and be an example to those around me. I am so thankful for personal revelation and the scriptures and just all of this gospel. It brought me so much comfort in a time when I really needed it. I felt Heavenly Father saying that He is proud of me, which is a feeling that I've been longing for. I am working my tail off here, giving my all, and finally, I got assured that Heavenly Father is more than proud with my efforts. He answered my long-given prayers yesterday. Man, how true is this church!!
Sister Robertson
 |
| Sunday Best |
 |
| My district with our fish that you can't see that we cooked (: lunch on the beach yeah! |
 |
| Me being artistic at artistic diving :) |
 |
| "The district" my famm |
