I am glad that you are
all alive and safe...not gonna lie I was really worried about you guys at Lake
Powell one night...but I prayed super hard and I knew you would be safe.
Sometimes I would get really sad that I wasn't there with you...but then I
remembered that I am in England so who needs Lake Powell? I can go to
Lake Powell my whole life...but only once can I serve the Lord.
This week was full of ups and downs. As you saw we
were able to go to the temple this week again and that was one of the best days
of my whole mission, if not the best day of my whole mission. Here is the
story:
So you may remember Chris Mitchell from Brighton, he would
help me teach all the time there and became one of my really good
friends. Saying goodbye to him was one of the hardest goodbyes I had in
Brighton. Well Sister Dimond is one of the sisters who taught and
baptized Chris a year ago, he was actually her first baptism. So he
decided he was going to go through the temple on June 20 like 6 months ago...so
when I heard that I was being transferred to Taunton with Sister Dimond he
literally shouted for joy...he leaped up and over his chair...no joke.
But the only roadblock was that the day he was going through was 3 days after
transfers so we weren't sure if we would still be together, and the rule is
only the missionaries who baptize the member can be there for the temple.
So Chris prayed all last transfer that we would stay together as well as Sister
Dimond and I, and prayers are answered. We had a hard time finding a lift
to go up to the temple and we weren't sure if we would be able to go, but
everything worked out and we found a member to take us up. It was such a
surreal moment to be sitting in the temple with all the members from Brighton
that I had grown to love so much. Seriously sitting in the chapel before
the session made me realize how much I loved all those people. And then sitting
in the Celestial room with all of them was one of the most spiritual moments of
my life. The spirit I felt this time in the temple was unlike anything
else. It was such a happy moment for me. I was able to see Elder
and Sister Dean, Lewis, Chris, Bishop Mitchell, and so many others who I love
so much. We were in the Celestial room for almost 2 hours just taking it
all in. It was so amazing and I am so blessed that I was able to
go. It meant a lot for Chris as well. Wow, it was just such a good
day, one I will always remember.
This week we also had Zone Training up in Bristol.
Sister Dimond and I were asked to give a presentation on extending baptismal
dates early and retaining them...cause I guess we are good at that or
something...so we spent a lot of time preparing for that the early half of this
week. We gave our presentation and everyone in the zone keeps calling us
telling us all these miracles they are seeing from applying what we talked
about...it is weird. But our presentation went really good. And I
just have to say, I love the Bristol Zone so much. I am really good
friends with a lot of the missionaries in this zone and it makes everything so
much better! We had to say goodbye to President and Sister Millar that
day as well...that was really sad. I just barely felt like I had gained a
relationship with them and felt like I could be normal around them, and now
they are leaving. It was hard and will be hard to see them leave. We meet the
new president next Thursday so that is exciting...
Here is a miracle story (sorry if I told you last week...)
So there is this less
active couple in the ward who we are best friends with, literally. They
are really close to our age so we spend P-days and stuff with them. He
came home from his mission early for different reasons and they have been
married for almost a year. Well we have become really good friends with
them and they used to never let missionaries share a spiritual thought or
anything related to church with them in their home for different reasons, but
Sister Dimond and I have just been super bold and pushed our way in. We
found out this week that neither of them have read their scriptures for 3
years, since he came home from his mission. So we made a deal with them
that if they started the Book of Mormon and texted us every day what they
learned, then we would do the same thing. So we are doing that now and
they are reading everyday. They are coming to church again as well, even
teaching gospel principle. I know I tell you all the time, but READING
THE BOOK OF MORMON IS SO ESSENTIAL. Please read the Book Of Mormon, you
guys should start a group message in the family and share what you learn
everyday...it really helps.
I don't really remember much of what happened this week
besides that...I will send a lot of pictures today, sorry I never send any
anymore, we email on our ipads and I have no way to get them on my ipad...but I
am on a computer now so you will get some.
Sister Robison
xxx
 |
| Guess Where I Went This Week???? |
No comments:
Post a Comment