Maayong gab-i para sa inyo!!
I hope you all had a great week full of happiness and love(: Sorry in advance because I do not have much to report on from this week. I guess that is what happens when one is transferred cause I don't really know the people yet and don't really know the area very well yet but maybe next week I will have more to report on.
My week was good. It was sad though. I had a pretty hard time adjusting to my new area from my last. I just really miss it and am really trying to focus on my area right now and help it the best way I possibly can. But I cried almost every single day this last week hahha it's been a hard adjustment as I said earlier. But I have seen a lot of tender mercies from the Lord here in this area and He is slowly letting me know and understand why I am here and what my purpose is here in this area. I am not sure if I will be in this area for more than one transfer or not which kind of bums me out too cause I recognize that I will be able to start a lot of things but not be able to finish them, but again, the Lord will provide exactly what needs to be done. I know I was sent to this area for a reason so I will just search for that purpose throughout this next 6 weeks. :)
This week was crazy with rain. Not sure if theres like a typhoon or something but the rain was WILD. There was one day, I think last friday, that Sister Regacho and I were walking from one appointment to the next and we literally heard the rain coming before it came cause it was moving so fast and so strong and so we pulled out our umbrellas and good thing we did cause it started POURING. But it didn't take very long for our umbrellas to be of absolute no use to us as the wind was crazy strong and so the rain was literally going sideways. We were laughing so hard cause we couldn't walk because the wind was pushing so hard against us. and our umbrellas were flying everywhere (surprised they didn't break hahha) and so we finally decided to step off and hide under some tall grass. So we waited there for almost 15 minutes being blown this way and that by the wind. So yeah, we were soaked and freezing. There was one member that lended some jackets to us and I totally wore it even though it looked ridiculous cause I was sooo cold! We came home after a few more teaching appointments and I got on the one long sleeve shirt I own here and the one pair of pj pants I own here and some socks and tried to warm up. Hahha it felt so silly to be cold in the Philippines but that's the truth. I get cold every night especially in the rainy season. I am totally acclimated to the weather here and I will totally die if I experience TRUE cold in America hahha. Cause it was probably like 70 degrees yesterday and I was so cold!
One scripture that touched my heart this past week was Alma 37:45. It was I think on Monday right after I had transferred and was having a pretty hard time and just sitting around trying not to cry. I got down on my knees and prayed for strength. I asked to be comforted and help know why I am in this area and how I can help. I asked for a way to feel better from my Heavenly Father and then I closed my prayer, opened my scriptures, and the first page I flipped to had this scripture highlighted: "And now I say, is there not a type in this thing? For just as surely as this director did bring out fathers, by following its course, to the promised land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise." It was no like grand miraculous answer that I received, but I received comfort just as I had asked for. I had picked up my scriptures for council, and the first scripture I read explained that if I rely on the words of Christ, they will bring me out of my vale of sorrow. That's pretty cool to me. Heavenly Father was and is aware of me and knew I needed that scripture. Not sure why I highlighted it in the first place, but I know I did it so I could read it that Monday. I love this gospel. I love the Book of Mormon cause it answers the questions of the soul. I was able to use that experience to bear a powerful testimony that night to a few sisters that needed a reason to read the Book of Mormon. I was able to share how the Book of Mormon, that very same day, answered the question I held in my heart. I think it touched them, and it certainly touched me. This gospel is true!!
That's all I've got for this week. Stay tuned for next week hahha. Sorry it was a boring letter but hopefully I will have some things to share next monday! Halong and stay safe over there! Love y'all to pieces.
Sister Robertson
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| right before i left and right before i cried a lot:( this is my second family! |
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| my familyyyyy. i miss them. |
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| some of the people we teach just had their baby!!! it is darling! |
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| A sweet family that we teach. The one with the minnie mouse on her shirt is a new person we just found that asked how she could join our church! the best! |
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| hahhah me in my ridiculous looking jacket that was way too big for me but i was so cold i didnt care!! |
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| this is how people cook in the philippines if you were interested |
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| this is the famous fruit called "durian" its known for being the smelliest fruit in the philippines. Its quite gross smelling and the taste isnt that much better to me hahha but others love it |
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| 1- this is one of our areas that requires us crossing this stream of running water and walking on veryyyyy slippery mud. 2- this is my companion after she had just slipped big time and was quite muddy from her knees down. The things we do for the work of the lord!! |
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| Leonil wore his jersey to church hahha i didnt even notice until after church and i was like aw thats pretty intense effort hahha |
