Edificando el Reino: Hermana Roberts en Saltillo, México

This week Ricardo and Vicenta went to the temple in Monterrey and sounds like they had a really great experience!! We had more success in finding new investigators this last week and I have felt really satisfied with some experiences we have had, but basically we are just going through the grind! I hope to leave my little greenie with lots of work to do once I am gone so we are getting things set up for the future weeks. Thats basically what we have been doing... lots of prep and set up for future success.  This upcoming week will be rather exciting. We have several Christmas activities going on, which is sweet they are all happening before I leave haha, and the best of all.... CESAR IS GETTING BAPTIZED ON THURSDAY!! Cesar is from my area in Zarco.. Alicia`s son. I taught him the majority of the lessons before I left last transfer and set his baptismal date with him my last day. The other sisters, including Hna.Murset, had to move it back a few weeks because he struggl...

You really would think that by now I would have come up with another way to address yall in these letters, but lets just all understand I am not a creative person... Hello fam!! This week really wasnt very interesting. We dropped some people and some other people dropped us. We contacted a little more than usual cause we dont really have many people progressing in the teaching, and the temperatures dropped.  I have been accussed as being extremely white in this area. This make up dealer was just like dumbfounded by the whitness of my skin and a member told me I am the most güera of all the americans he has seen here. He was technically referring to my hair color cause almost all the other american sisters have been brunettes, but yeah. He also asked me why I am so short. I returned the question.... cause hes shorter than I am. Haha I kind of forgot that I am short cause here I am totally normal height, but then you put me next to the american missionaries and I am like "oh...

Hello hello This week Vicenta and Ricardo were baptized!! I sent another email, which was actually my companion´s letter home, but it has the picture from the baptism. They were definitely prepared and the service was really beautiful. The preparation from this baptism was a little different from those in the past though.. We went over to the church saturday morning because the elders informed us that the font hadnt been emptied from the last several baptisms because apparently its broken and the water doesnt drain.......... the same water from 2 months ago was still in the font..... We tried to find another solution, but in the end the only option was to baptize in really dirty water, or empty the font by hand. I decided we wanted them to have a good experience.... so we got to work and the four of us (the two elders, my comp, and I) emptied the font with buckets. Back and forth from the font and the bathrooms, emptying bucket by bucket. It took about 2 hours, which I actuall...

Week 2 in Oceanía This week went faster than the last because I got to know the area better and was able to lead out. My poor companions, I generally have to be the leader to feel comfortable haha. We did have more success this week though and found 5 new people to teach. Plus we have 2 baptisms this upcoming Saturday for Ricardo and Vicenta. Although I arrived only a few weeks before their baptism, I, with Hna.Tejo, have done almost all of the teaching of the lessons. They didnt have much when I got here, but they felt ready for baptisms within the few days I arrived and so we set dates and have been working to get them prepared. Cesar, in Zarco, also set a date. I actually set it with him the night before I was transfered, for the 21st of November. He was really excited and has a strong testimony already, but the sisters there have informed me he hasnt made it to church the last 2 weeks due to work and stuff, so he wont be getting baptized the 21st. But if he goes the next ...

Hello hello Well here I am in Oceanía! Its not too far from my last area in Zarco, but I am in a different zone and stake. My zone (and stake) is called Valle de las Flores. The mission office is in my area, as well as President Rodriguez´s house. We should be eating with them this month. I share an area with the assistants and we eat with them several times a week. They are pretty fun and as I have heard, sometimes its a competition cause we dont have divisiones of the area.... we share it completely. My new companion is Hermana Trejo from Tlaxcala, Mexico. Its south of Mexico City and close to Puebla. She is 19 years old and has one transfer in the mission. She is a fantastic missionary and has lots of potential. Sometimes I dont feel like I am her trainer. Shes great :). I hope to be a good example to her and be able to pass on all of my exansive knowledge and experience and charisma ;) in this last transfer. We were able to set baptismal dates with two of their investigat...

Just call me STEP MOM Well we finished up the transfer strong and were able to still get about 30 lessons in despite the fact that Hermana Cano got sick and we were out for about 2 days. Not a lot of the new investigators we found last week are progressing, but there is one that is fantastic. Her name is Sandra and a mother of 4 kids. She was a contact we made right before we went home one night. (Work until the last minute my friends.) She isnt married, but does live with her.... pareja... I dont know how to say that. Its the father of her 2 youngest children. Hes not too interested in listening, but hes still kind and doesnt have any problem with Sandra listening. We just started the lessons with her this week, but took a lot of interest in the Book of Mormon and has already read several chapters in 1 Nefi. She has a lot of questions, but very willing to listen to our answers and as it looks so far is very accepting of all we teach. We still havent gotten to the Restoration throu...