Hello
mi familia. So this week was weird. Transfers week is always
weird. My new companions name is Sister Ghalkhani and she is from
Germany. She has only been out on her mission 6 months, so this is her
second area and I am her 3rd companion. She is super sweet, quite and
soft spoken. She is very obedient, which will be really good for
me. I need to improve on being more obedient. But it can be
frustrating sometimes too. I always remember what President King told me
when I was getting set apart, that it is possible to be an obedient missionary
and have fun at the same time. My past 2 companions have borne witness to
me of that. We were obedient, but we were able to laugh and make memories
as we did the work, which helped get me through my first 2 transfers. We
were still obedient to the white handbook, but we were able to relax and enjoy
the time we have here. I keep talking about that with her so hopefully
she will start to laugh more and we will be able to have a good time.
There is a difference between being disobedient, being obedient, being
perfectly obedient, and being overly obedient. I know I can learn a lot
from her though. Everyone calls Brighton the Promised
Land, and I never really understood why, until now. She talks about her
old area and how different it is from Brighton. There were no other missionaries in the ward, it was a branch, no YSA, no one
to talk to, basically it was just them. Here, I am best friends with all
the YSA and missionaries, and I do have a really good relationship with a lot
of people in the ward, which I believe is okay to have, because we are here to
help strengthen the ward as well as baptize people. I can sit and carry on a normal conversation
with most of the YSA. We all know each other pretty well, and I guess it isn't
like that in most places in the mission. So there
you go, Brighton is the best. I don't ever want to leave, because I am
scared that when I do leave I will be put somewhere where it is only my
companion and I and no one to talk to or become friends with. That’s
scary. But with that said, this ward has a lot of work to do. Some of the people in
the ward aren’t involved as much with missionary work, so that is going to be a
big focus this transfer, getting to know these members and getting them
involved in the work.
Brighton
is also a hard place to serve because everyone in the mission looks at it and
sees that there are so many people here, we must be baptizing so much and
teaching so much, but the truth is they don't see the struggle it is to
actually find people to teach here. We spend so much time out talking to
people on buses and on the street, and hardly ever see success. It can
get very discouraging sometimes, but we keep praying in faith that we will see
a miracle soon. There are so many people here; you would think someone
would listen to us! That is a big struggle, and our whole district is
struggling right now trying to find people to teach.
We have interviews with President tomorrow, it will be my first one since I
have been here, and he has asked that we bring our area book and planners so he
can look at them. I have spent a lot of time this week sorting that out and getting it
organized. There is a lot of paper work we have to do as missionaries...
I’ll tell you about this week. Monday after Sister Stuart left (so
sad...) I was with Sister Sargysen for 3 days. She is serving in
Eastbourn and is the other sister in our district. So we spent Monday in
Brighton contacting referrals and street contacting, then Tuesday we went to
Eastbourn for the day. Nothing too exciting happened. We did start
talking to one lady on the street and she asked us where we were from, so I
told her I was from Utah and she said “Oh I have a sister in law who lives
there, she's a Mormon” and just kind of laughed like she was making fun of us,
so that was awkward. When we told her
that we were Mormon... she walked away and got on a bus...ha-ha
Wednesday
was our P-day so Sister Sargysen and I went charity shopping, they have so many
charity shops here, and they all have so many skirts for the 2 pounds! It
is the best. I got one that is pretty cute. Then I met my new
companion and we came back to Brighton to unpack and contact referrals.
Nothing
really happened the rest of the week. It was a lot of street contacting
and contacting referrals. We haven't had any new investigators for a long
time now, like the whole time I have been on my mission, so we are desperately
trying to find people to teach. On
Saturday the Chinese Elders had a baptism. A girl named Jessie got
baptized and she is the cutest girl I have ever seen. She is 3 days
younger than me and I love her so much. It was such a good service as
well. Baptisms are so cool; the spirit is always there so much. I love them.
At
church yesterday one of the ladies in the ward came up to me and sister G and
asked who the new missionary was...so I guess I need to show my face and talk
to more people in the ward so they will recognize me ha-ha. In study this
week I studied about the millennium. That
was pretty cool to read about. I studied the different resurrections and
the angels that will sound their trump...Tosin had questions about it, so it
wasn't a pointless study. The plan of
salvation is actually really fun to study, so much to be learned! I also
read Alma 5, if you need a good rebuking and reevaluation, check that chapter
out, it will do it. I read it and had a good realization of what I need
to do to improve my life and become more converted to Christ. I also set
the goal this week to read the New Testament on my mission, so I started
reading it; I am really excited for that. Sacred Time (study time) is my
favorite, I really wish we could just study all day; one hour is not nearly
enough.
Well
folks, that is just about it for my email this week. We have a lot of fun
activities this week in the ward. We are having a big Chinese new year
party Friday night which is supposed to be epic, so that will be fun.
Then Saturday there is a family history workshop that I think we are going to
go to...oh I checked out our family tree last week...our last name has like no
origin, it is from New Hampshire or something...weird. But we do have a
whole bunch of ancestors from England, which is cool, but not in my mission I
think...
I
love being a missionary, it is hard and this week was hard. I thought a
lot about home this week, especially with Sister Stuart being home...but I know
I need to be here. I just have to take it one day at a time and slowly
things will improve and as I try my very hardest I will be able to find those
in need of the gospel right now. I love you all so much and hope you have
a fantastic week!
So
there you go :) love you so much! Thanks for all your prayers; I know
they really do help in my week.
Love,
Sister
Robison :) xxx
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