Happy 20th Birthday to Me!

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FAMILIA Y AMIGOS!!

Happy 20th Birthday to me!! (On Tuesday) Crazy... when did I get so old? And then again.. I feel like I am way older than 20 years old haha. 

This week was good! I am seeing some progress in the Spanish and ahh the best part of this week was that my companion and I (the other was on splits) were walking through a park where we passed an older man who was sitting on a step facing a wall... I turned around and started talking to him and asked him how he was and what not. He didn{t say much, but I just felt so warmed to him. He reminded me of an investiagtor I had in the MTC. I didn{t care about the spanish or anything, I just wanted to help him feel loved. We talked to him a little about the church and gave him a pamphlet about the Restoration and then sang a hymn. We made a return appointment to teach him at his home. A few days later we visited him and stood outside his little home and taught him a little more about the gospel.. he still didn{t say much, but he had the cutest smile when I asked him if he would like to strengthen his relationship with God and feel of his love. A few days later we stopped by again and asked if he would come to church on Sunday, to which he replied "yes" without hestiation. He has problems with his leg so we arranged for a member to pick him up. Sunday morning he walks into church all cleaned up... I was beaming. He had that cute smile again when I asked him what he thought of church. He doesn{t say much at all.. very timid. We will teach him again this week and I hope and pray with all my heart he feels the love of the Savior in our words. I am so self conscious of my spanish, but if I can help him find the truth, I dont care. 

We had another woman accept baptism also this week who we are very excited about. She is very accepting of everything and I am hopeful for her, although I don{t really teach with much clarity haha. It{s the same with one other woman too, but her husband apparently is against it.. so we{re going to try to teach him this week too. Prayers for these sweet people please!!

Well in the way of me this week, I am learning a lot about prayer. I was going to insert some quotes from conference talks that I loved but I just realized I brought the Spanish Liahona instead of English... oops. But seriously.. I pour my heart out every day and my companions probably think I am just a cry baby haha (okay I don{t cry that much, but those of you who know we well know I don{t cry that much, so this feels like a lot). I am just trying to work on forgetting myself becuase it is only through the service of others that we will find true happiness.

I am out of time unfortunately, and Mom, please be patient with how little I update ya{ll. I try so very hard and it breaks my heart I can{t communicate more because I miss you so much and wish everyday I could just call and talk to you, but know that although this is hard, I know with time it will all me well worth it. Sometimes I have to tell myself that 80 times a day, but know that I am well!! 

Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I will make sure we have some sort of fun.. even if that means I just speak in English the whole day because well.. its my birthday. :)

Love,
Hermana Roberts
P.S. I forgot to mention that we eat tortillas with like... everything. And lime.. and salsa. I actually love things spicy and I do like the food here. It doesn{t vary too much, but hey, at least its good! Please please please still love me if I come home fat.......

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