another exciting week in the mission field:)‏

First off the pictures 1 is of the baptism of Princess she got baptized this past weekend:) 2 is Sister Murdock and I with the valley in the background.

this week went by so slow but so fast now that it is over. Time on the mission is a interesting thing. what i do at the beginning of the week seems so far away when i get to this point of writing about the week. things that happened at the beginning of the mission seem like years ago. and the are not 4 months marked on the 30th. Crazy how time fly, but stands still in moments too. this week we took our investigator Kattie to a baptism to see one before hers and we were dropping her off at her apartment and she asked us if we could end the night with a prayer. never in the history of my mission or the other sister that was driving us mission has that ever happened it made everything so much better. It was a long week we did not get in to many homes and when that happens out in the AZ sun it makes it really hard. I have a nice cross on my feet because i a tan so much already, and a few other odd missionary tan lines like on my hands from biking and my hands wrapping around the handle bar so some of my figures not seeing sun. LOL We had a few interesting appointments this week and made for some good journal entries:) Not much other then that happened, Sister Murdock is completing her 1st half of the 12 week training program this week:) She has survived 6 weeks of the mission. She is a great companion, we get along so well together. By the way Chay Hemstreet got married this past Friday, my first friend on the mission to get married it was kinda weird:)

Love, Sister Robinson

March 19th

well I got a little dehydrated this week but things are great know. I learned that Kattie and investigator is the same person that Sis. Burton and I stopped to visit my 2nd week in the field and told us she did not want to join the church and now about 3 months later after she came to us. she has a baptism date and is getting baptized in April the lord prepares people. we just have to find them at the right time. Had a sister training meeting on Wednesday it was good we went for a hike and got to know all the sisters in the mission there are 30 of us. got to see hermana Brown and the sisters i came out with. it was so fun. the work is moving along quick email this week. here is a picture of the phoenix temple in the works.

 Love,

Sister Robinson

Another week comes and goes‏

I just want to start out saying.

THIS IS GOING BY WAY WAY TO FAST.

 

I can't believe we are about half way through another transfer. I blink and i miss a transfer (transfers are 6 weeks periods). this past wee after emails we got a referral from bishop webster and told us to get on it fast no waiting around so we did just that had a lesson on our pday and meet this lady her name is Katie she is amazing she went with us to both sessions of stake conference and she is amazing that is all i can say. Sister murdock extended her FRIST baptismal invite to Katie (GO SISTER MURDOCK) and the spirit was so strong that first lesson and is so strong every lesson we have had with her. We meet another referral that we got last week on Tuesday her name is Rosa she moved her and her husbands boss is LDS and he referred her name and we meet her and she had been having the lessons from elders in her last area. She too is amazing he is married and has 4 kids 2 of which are baptismal age and one that is blind. they are an amazing family:) we also had a lesson with a lady and her daughter that i have been trying to get into see since my first week here and that lesson fell through. But persistence pays off in the end:) Thursday i had a Leadership Training meeting which was from 10am - 4pm, so Sister Murdock and i went on a temporary exchange she went to deer valley and i went with one of the sisters that was going from deer valley and it was so cool we got to go to the temple site for the phoenix az temple because we meet in the church building that was right next to it. :) it is so cool and I am so excited for it to get done. I will be coming back for it:) the meeting was a long day but learned lots of great things that are going to help the missionary work continue to roll forward:)Friday we had district meeting and weekly planning because I ha that other meeting on Thursday. but that night we had a lesson with Camille she is a recent convert that got baptized on the 24 of February:) and then had a lesson with Princess who is 8 and her aunt is Rita and we baptized Rita's daughter Patience on the 31st of December and new we are teaching Princess and i must just say it is hard to teach a person that does not know all of the lds vocabulary and then to add a 8 year old that does not know a lot of large vocabulary that you can understand and we share with older investigators. teaching her is hard. We find ourselves putting our thinking/ creative caps on when teaching her. For example we meet in the park on Saturday and taught the plan of salvation on the side walk with sidewalk chalk (will be hopefully getting pictures soon). Princess is going to be getting baptized on the 24th of this month and we are supper excited for her. this Wednesday we have a sisters training meeting which means all the sisters in the mission come together and have training...... which means....... I GET TO SEE HERMANA BROWN AND THE SISTERS THAT CAME OUT WITH ME:) so excited for that got to run have a great week and remember keep an "EYE SINGLE TO THE GLORY OF GOD"

Love,

Sister (Dani) Robinson

week of March 5, 2012‏

Well hello again, another week has come and gone. We did a lot of finding to build our pool of potential investigators again. We meet with a referrals on Tuesday and then found our that they had bedbugs on Thursday..... GROSS. We did not get them though thank heavens. Bed bugs are really bad out here everyone talks about bedbugs and it is so gross. I pray every night that I never get them here. Last Monday my companion Sister Murdock from Texas who has only been out on the mission since February 22nd got her 5 day old bike jacked and the walmart when we were getting food. lucky we had an extra bike sitting around that she is now riding. me and my bike well lets just say that i have warn out my crankshaft i have used it so much. We are teaching this way cool guy he is blind and in a wheelchair because he has only one leg. He is so cool he told us that we could more then likely convert him the first night we meet with him. have a return appointment on Thursday. YAY. Had to buy a new camera because my other one fell out of my book bag and broke but good thing is i still have all my pictures :) I have a leadership training meeting this Thursday and it is all day. sometimes i really dislike meetings I just want to work and bring people to the living water. But i guess we have to have these trainings as well to become better missionaries :) I got a hair cut this morning because my hair was getting a little to long. it is still a good length though. it is fun to be a trainer and watch the missionary grow, i bet it is a little like being a mom and watching your kids grow, but in a faster view and way. We had this man this week get really upset with us and called us unkind words and it was really sad to here because it is kinda of what Christ went through and with people mocking him and calling him names. It gave me a new understanding and gratitude for the Savior and all that he has done for us. well got to run hope you enjoy the update:)

Love and miss you all,

Sister robinson