Last Letter!!

"We are all baby gods"

^^direct quote from President Pack @ zone conference.

Holaaaa Familiaaa,

This week was gr8. We have seen great miracles with Erika and Orianna! This week when we visited them Erika was like "Hermanas, you need to teach Orianna about the Mormon commandments" (she was referring to palabra de Sabiduría because last week when she came to church we talked about it and Orianna is addicted to coffee) anyways we were a little bit hesitant but Erika was literally forcing it on us so we were like fineeee and we taught it and Orianna seemed to be fine with it! She keeps saying things like "so when I'm a Mormon, can I ? I can't?" And things like that! So hopefully they will get baptized here soon!

Zone Conference was so great. This time Pres and hermana pack just kept things really simple. Like we talked about the Jose Smith story, and I went back and reread Jose Smith historia and how the angel Moroni warned him that people would tempt him to use the gold plates for money, even his (poor) family, and dang, he just had things so hard but I like that one scripture that's like other than Jesus Christ, he's the one thats done the most for our Salvacion. Pres Pack also told us he wants us to go to every house and teach the restoration in lesson than 5 minutes, and my oh my how I love doing this, the spirit is so strong every time and in 5 minutes the only thing you have time for is the most important things, it's cool. We also talked about faith. At this zone conference there is ten of us going home so they applied it basically to our lives and how sometimes we just have to take a step in the dark, we might be scared, but we gotta do something! We also talked about who we are--children of God (see subject line).

I probably won't email next week so this is my last, so I will leave you all with my testimony. This week Jen emailed me and said she loves to read my emails because I always talk about miracles.  Well, that's probably the number reason I love the mission, because miracles exist, and we can see them in our own lives! Why? Because we have a Father in Heaven who loves us and as long as we are doing what we need to do and exercise faith we will be blessed. I know that Jose Smith is a profeta De Dios, that God and Jesus Christ appeared to him and through him, restored the true church. We can know this through the Book of Mormon, the word of God, another testament of Jesus Christ. As we study it, and apply what we learn we have the power of God in our lives. I know this church is true, and Christ lives. I'm very grateful for this year and a half to serve my Heavenly Father. I love you all, see you all very soon ((make sure it's not till Tuesday please aka stay far away from me Sunday night and Monday)).

Con mucho amor,

Hermana Robertson❤

Zone Conference :)

Last Pday in Canary Islands

Another catch up post...

 

July 3 2017

Alma 48:17

Holaaa Familiaaaa

This week was pretty great. Wednesday was a super good day. We ate  

with Catholic man, he made us some bomb fried chicken. It was super good, he made a ton though and he made us each so much, we're convinced we each at a whole chicken. After we shared a video about the important things in life, it was good. After we had a lesson with a JAS kid, he is friends with one of the JAS here, it was a good lesson. He is atheist but he says he's willing to read the Book of Mormon. After that we went to the church to have another lesson, the man ended up not showing up so our back up plan was to visit this less active family. Nobody has had success visiting them and the ward hasn't had contact with them all this year, but we felt like we needed to go. We did and we got there and there building was charred and there was a car just burnt out of its mind. Luckily, the door to the building was open((aka we could go straight up instead of having to doorbell them at the bottom)) and so we went up and lo and behold, they let us in. They explained what happened, how the night before in the middle of the night the car started on fire and how they all had to go to the roof and breathe through like wet rags and they said they were scared and that they need to start fulfilling with their convents and said would come to church!!!((sad news: they didn't come to church 😭)) Anyways it was huge miracle that we visited them when we did and huge miracle that we saw them. Just builds my testimony of planning and then following through with your plans, miracles happen. That was like the highlight of my week. Saturday night we had a little game night in the church with the jas and it was bomb, it was tons of fun. We have a new addiction! Around the world!! 🌎 where everybody has a ping pong paddle 🏓 and takes turn running and hitting it back and forth, it's super fun. Anyways it was a good night, but it makes me sad because i just love all these people and i don't want to leave them 😢 I'm thinking about moving back to Santa Cruz 🌊 🌴☀️❤ I'm literally so feliz right now!!!!!!!

 

Ok love you all have a good week!!!! HAPPY 4 TH OF JULYYY enjoy the fireworks 💥 🔥 today we had a little Fourth of July picnic with the campbells in the forest!!!! Also went shopping cause some bomb sales are happening, sorry.

Con cariño,Hermana Robertson🖤🖤🖤🖤

 

4th of July celebration

JAS (YSA)

 

 

 

July 10, 2017

 

Mormon 9:19

holaaa familaaa
 

MIRACLE OF THE WEEK: so this week we set up an appointment with erika and orianna at 430 and we went to their house and they werent home and we called and nodbody answered so we were a little dissapointed and moved on with our day and at 5:30 erika called us and was like where are you? arent you coming at 530 and *facepalm* because we literally at the doorway of our next lesson and the rest of our night was full. so thursday her other daughter that is 21 moved here from venezuela so she wanted us to come over friday morning to meet her and eat some hamburgers. right before we were about to leave erika texted us and was like its gonna be like 2 hours we have to go work on some paperwork, we´ll let you know when we are home. ok, no problem, she never texted us. how weird we thought. we tried calling her saturday to see what happened and see if she could come to church but no answer. dang. so that brings us to sunday, hj and i are standing at the door greeting people when erika and orianna and their other sister turn the corner!!!!!!!!!! we literally lost it. they were also ten minutes early which is a miracle in and of itself because not even the members can be on time, dang. week made.

also, week made when the Campbells took us and the elders and our ward mission leader all out to lunch after our little reunion saturday.

also week made when one of our lessons failed we decided to pass by some members and told us we came right when they need it and made us some of the best arepas of my life.

also week made at ndh. hj and i killed the lesson ((like always)) and then after the elders came in clutch with the game. so their was probably like 15 of us and we were all kneeling down around a ping pong table and you had to like blow the ball and if it rolled of the table in front of you were out, everybody loved it, it was hilarioussss. i will try to get some vids.

all in all, this week was one for the books. santa cruz is probably my #1 fav place in the world, yes the fact that its an island with beautiful beaches and forests and active volcanos is cool, also the perfect weather but most of all, what makes it #1 is the people. they are so willing to do anything for us, and me for them. i'm beyond grateful for my time year and i really am just going to try to make the most of these last two weeks. we have zone conference friday in another island friday which im excited for but i don't have time to be traveling right now. ok love you all!!!!!!!

Hermana Robertson🤘🌟🍍💜

 Beautiful Hermanas!

 

 

 

Moses 5:6

Hola Familia,

I just hiked 10 km through a desert mountain 🌵 for pday. When the elders invite you to go hiking for pday, say no. Jk it was fun, and it's fun to see more of the island but I'm literally gonna be dead the rest of the week.
This week was good, pretty tranquilo. We just did a lot of preparation for the talent show. It ended up to be super good, it was kinda frustrating because we didn't have a lot of ward support, like 3 weeks ago a member from the bishopric kinda chewed us out because their goal is 20 baptisms a year and we've only had two and he told us it's our fault because we aren't having enough activities to bring their friends and he didn't even show up to the talent show? Also the bishop and relief society president didn't come, so I'm kinda frustrated about that, but the people that ended up coming loved it. Anyway, rant over. Our skit was we did a loro park show, so one elder was a sea lion the other was a bird hj was a dolphin and I was an orca it was really funny, we basically just made fool out of  ourselves but the people laughed.
Another highlight of the week, Erika told us she has been reading the Book of Mormon! She read it and had a lot of questions but poco a poco she has been progressing. She told us that before with the missionaries she wasn't really interested but after everything with her dad she is interested and really like the way she feels when she's at church, or with us, or praying or reading the Book of Mormon. Hopefully we will continue to see progress in her!
That's about our week, sounds like everybody at home is staying busy and enjoying summer! It's gotten really hot here in Santa Cruz, prepare yourselves...

Ok, love you all!!!!
Hermana Robertson🌴☀️⭐️🌵🇪🇸🌎❤❤❤

 

Pday adventures

 

 

Catch up post - we've been out of town

June 12, 2017

Mosiah 12:1

👆🏽I think it's funny, do you get it??

Hola Familia!

Para empezar, tengo buenas noticas y malas... GOOD NEWS: I will finish my mission here in Santa Cruz!!!🌴☀️BAD NEWS: this is my last transfer😭😭😭😭

Second off, I'm literally crying because I literally feel like it's 100 degrees only to find out that it's only 68, hahahaha I don't get it, it literally feels sooo hot yet it's not...

Third off, my week was good, i don't remember what happened. Went to Gran Canaria for intercambio, did some fun service there((we waited outside a grocery store and begged people for food for the local food bank, hahaha, I was surprised at how generous everybody was!!!)) we met with one of Evelyn's friends named Sergio this week, he came to her baptism and told us he was looking for the truth and we were like hey, we can help. Evelyn has been sharing her experiences a lot with him, and he has some potential. We visited a menos activo this week and she made us arepas, yum, and she put papaya and milk in a blender and called it a smoothie and it was disgusting, aka life is pretty great but not perfect here on the islands. Also, got a new comp, ANOTHER BLONDE, sos send help, jk I'll be fine, hermana jorgenson from California, she's cool 😎 we will be homies. Life is good here in Tenerife. Sounds like the craziness of summer has already began...

well, see you all soon. Have a good week!!!!!!! Love you all!!!

Hermana Robertson❤🌴☀️⭐️🔥😎

 

Service!

 

District meeting - island style

 

June 19, 2017

Mosiah 27: 10

Holaaaa Familiaaaa,
It has been quite the week! First hermana j is the bomb!! We literally have sooo much fun together, we are ALWAYS laughing, it's the best. The only problem is we stay up way later than we should just messin around and so we are always exhausted, haha, I guess it's a good problem to have, also very fixable, we'll see, haha.
Second thing about this week, WE FINALLY MET WITH EVELYNS FAMILY. it was quite a miracle, ok ok I'll tell the whole story. Sooo, Tuesday we had a lesson planned with a single man, and we were going to meet in his house, aka we needed another women, Monday night i literally called everybody and nobody seemed to be able to help. Usually Evelyn can't help during the week but I thought I would give it try, I called she said ok. So we are waiting for her at 8 at the church like we had planned when she calls and tells us that she had just gotten home with her mom and was going to be late, like an hour late. Well great, I thought to myself but then I realized she said she was at home, with her mom and I was like well maybe instead we could come visit you and your mom? And she was like ok!!! And so we went and met with evelyn, her mom and dad and sister! And it was AMAZINGGGG. her mom is literally sooo spiritual. She did have a hard time accepting the Book of Mormon, she explained that she had found God and has a lot of spiritual experiences with the Bible. We explained to her that the Bible is very important and so are these experiences and how she can have even more reading the Book of Mormon, she accepted. We will see what happens when we follow up!!

Third, Erika and Orianna are not doing as well as we thought((the ones whose dad killed himself about a month ago)) sat orianna went to a jóvenes actividad and LOVED IT. her and her mom came to church the next day, Orianna is concerned for her grandpa and Adrianna((the young women's president) invited her to go to the temple with the ward at the end of July, but to enter the temple, she has to be baptized. Adriana came up to us after church explaining this to us, and then she was like I did something I don't know if it's bad or good, I invited her to baptism! She's like she didn't say no but she didn't say yes, so hopefully we can help Orianna progress towards baptism so she go to the temple!! The ward is very supportive of them so we will see what happens!!

We have a noche de talentos planned for this week and so stressed, we have so much to do this week, I hope it turns out ok! We have a really cool thing planned so hopefully things go as planned.

Ok, I'm sad because time is running out but feeling extremely blessed for the people we have to teach, serving in the beautiful island of Tenerife and most importantly for the opportunity to testify of my Savior every moment of everyday. Love you all, hope you are enjoying (the craziness of) summer!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

One last thing, the marriage jokes have already started LITERALLY FROM EVERYBODY and I'm already tired of it so if anybody makes any marriage jokes I'll freak out on you, you've been warned.

Ok, LOVE YOU ALL🖤🖤🖤🖤

From Santa Cruz,
Hermana Robertson☀️🌴⭐️🌎

 

Pancake Party

Black sand beach for Pday with Hermana Jorgenson

 

 

Mosiah 2:20

Hola FamilaaaaaComo están todos??? Pues este semana fue genial, de verdad. This week was very good.

Monday night, we passed by an investigator that we had kinda stopped visiting because it was too hard to find a women to come with us, but Monday we felt like we should visit him so we did, and his niece was there so we were able to visit him, he told us that the day before he wondered what had happened to us, and then he invited us over Thursday to make arepas, we found a member to come with us and had some good arepa and a great lesson, and Sunday he came to church!!! Sadly, he is moving in a short two weeks 😔 Tuesday was a little bit slow because it was festivo here in the islands, but Erika and Orianna invited us over for arepas, they were sooooo good. And then we read mosiah 24 and it was a really good lesson. Wednesday, nothing excited happened. Thursday, we ate with paella man, he made us some ribs, they were good. They also went and visited another island the weekend before and they brought us all keychains! So nice of them, we talked about the family and they ended up coming to church yesterday! Friday, there is this nice man that comes to English class, he's basically fluent in English and he invited us over to meet and eat with his man. Anddd we ate more arepas. After, we had a little party for one of the jas and he brought a friend and said we could start teaching him once summer started. Saturday, we played futbol and I scored a goal😏 and then we had a lesson with a less active and we talked about the sacrament, it went really welll she told us she was going to come to church but ended up not coming 😭 but yesterday at church was amazing. The spirit was soooo strong holy cow. And the there was like 10 non members at church in total between the members bringing friends and our investigators and like a ton of less active people decided to come and we filled the sacrament room and ah it was just perfect and I was so happy. And today for pday, elder Campbell took us to teide((the volcano))!!! It was sooo cool. You have to have a special permission to go to the top top, but you can take a thingy, como se llama, like a ski lift thing to almost the top and there are two little hikes you can do there and you can see like all of the islands and it's the highest point in all of spain 🇪🇸 see the 600000 fotos attached.

 

All in all it was a pretty good week. Well love you all!!!!!! Have a good week!

Hermana Robertson 🖤🖤🖤🌴🌴🌴☀️☀️☀️

HL & HR with Orianna, Erika & doggy

 

12000 feet up on Pday adventure with Elder Campbell

 

the Volcano

 

 

2 Nephi 29:6-9

Hola Familia-

First, SHOUT OUT TO MACY, 71 holy cow, 8th place nice! Only gonna get better next year. Second i want some Mauna Kea balls they look so cool, haha. Third this week was really good! I don't remember if I told you this but a couple weeks ago we woke up to a text message for an investigator that used to be taught but for whatever reason was stopped being taught, anyways the text message was like "Hermanas, my dad passed away, I'm really sad please pray for me." As this is a perfect opportunity to teach the plan of Salvacion and help bring peace into her life, we did everything we could to try to meet with her but she was too sad to stay at home so she was in the south, staying with friends for about 2 weeks. Then one day we were just walking and they were coming home from being in the south and they invited us over, we naturally just started talking about the plan of Salvacion and then we prayed with them and they told us how much better they felt, we keep constant contact with them because they(it's a mom and daughter) feel so much peace around us. They are amazing and I'm excited to see where things go with them. Mirela, she is also one of those investigators that was stopped teaching for whatever reason, the Campbells told us about her a while a go and we decided to try to get in contact with her, and we met with her this week! She is just the cutestttt she has such a strong testimony of the church and the Book of Mormon, the only problem is she works on Sunday, she basically provides for her family so it's hard for her, but one day. Do you remember super catholic paella guy? Well, this week we shared from the Book of Mormon and his wife was like ah the Book of Mormon is so true how could it be not? And then he was like yeah, I know the Book of Mormons true. And we all just sat there draws dropped, POCO A POCO. also, Evelyn is doing great!!! She wants to go on a mission!!!! We are still trying to work with her family, but fingers crossed for this week.

love you all tons!!!Hermana Robertson🖤🖤🖤

Pday was just chill, we just played games and I bought some cool sandals.

Beautiful Island

 

 

Mark 8:38

Hola Familia-

This week was sooo uneventful. Literally every single lesson we set upfell through hahaha. But on the bright side zone conference wasgreat!!! Juan got baptized and I had the best paella of mylife!!!!!!!!!

Zone conference, we flew out Wednesday night and we stayed with someHermanas there and then after zone conference we had interviews andflew back to Santa Cruz. Zone conference was really good. We talkedabout really basic things, like the dress and grooming standards andstress and the Holy Ghost. It was good, and good to see pres and Hermanapack and all other missionaries. We were eating lunch((some super goodlasagna the married couple missionaries made)) and hermana Campbellwalks up to me, her and elder Campbell were late so i asked whathappened, she explained to me that they had a horrible morning((and itwas horrible like woke up at 5 to catch a boat only they had ticketsfor so they got there and were like sorry we meant to call you but youcan take the boat at 10, which was a smaller boat that goes faster andso hermana Campbell got super sea sick, poor people)) but she saidthat her day had been made! She said she got the nicest, sweetestletter and I was like that's great, and she was like it was from yourparents!!! What goes around comes back around, I guess.

Juan's baptism. It was amazing, better than Evelyn's, no. But close.

Paella. Remember those one people I told you about? The super catholichusband. Well they made us paella 🥘 it was delicious.

Sorry this is soo uneventful, praying for a better week. Anyways, I'llexplain the scrip. This morning I read a talk by pres hinckley fromApril 1979 called and peter went out and wept bitterly. I think we alllook at peter and are like, seriously, how could he deny Jesus? He isone of his apostles! But we all do!! Everyday. As the talk explains, Ihope we can all have enough self disciple to chose the right andfollow our Savior as true disciples.
Love you all, have a good week!!!!!

Hermana Robertson🖤⭐️🥘🌴☀️☀️☀️☀️