Oh man, it's been the craziest of crazy weeks!
We're officially been trio'd for a month this week, and it's just the weirdest
thing. This transfer is going by with lightning speed and it's wigging me out!
But alas, we had a magical celebratory time, full of a double month mark
(because my dear comps came out at the same time, how adorable!) and a glorious
Valentine's day- I'm in love! I'm decided officially that Valentine's day is my
second favorite holiday, because it's all about love and nothing will ever beat
out Christmas. And, turns out, Valentine's day brings oodles of unexpected and
delightful mail! Whoda thunk!?! My heart is just so full, and I'm feeling
absolutely content and joyous- it's just been a beautiful week!
Gotta love the random explanatory paragraph that
always sneaks its way into my emails, haha. It's the only way to
justify my cheesy beyond cheesy subjects! I shouldn't feel the need to, because
this week has been really great! So much has happened! Crazy times for all the
days! I think I'm going to do that thing where we all act like it's Monday and
ignore the fact that it's actually Tuesday- ain't no body got time to write
about Monday as well! And, fair warning, next week is going to be another weird
Tuesday p-day because of Zone Conference...but then two weeks down the road
we'll be back to norm! Huzzzzah!
Okay, on with the email! I'm getting all tangent-y
and weird today, because I love you all and miss you and want to just chat all
day...but we gotta get to the crazy stuff that actually went down this week!
It's been a beautiful one, but I'm slightly overwhelmed to crack open my
journal and remember all that actually happened- this is going to be a wild
ride! All I know is that my heart is profoundly more full of love than even I,
loving to a fault, Sister Robinson is used to. I could burst at any given
moment!
Monday was pure bliss, as per usual, with just the
general p-day adventuring and thrifting. We even found crazy but surprisingly
delish black cherry cola cherry cordials (because we're fancy ladies, dontcha
know) that filled our day with more joy than anticipated. I love a good p-day!
We cleaned the apartment like pros and checked the mail...to find the highly
stickered and delightful letter meant to go to my sweet familia back in the box
because it had too many puffy stickers on the envelope, haha! The day of
reckoning has finally come! It was pretty hilarious, and I was only sad for a
sec until I realized how truly funny it is. I stuck that sucker in a fresh and
only minorly stickered envelope...lol. I'm such a rebel!
We dined at the Rice's on Monday night, and I gave
the FHE lesson- high stress! We chatted about the Book of Mormon and hope, and
it was really sweet. I've been realizing, as we've testified away about the
Book of Mormon this week, that I've understood that amazing little book so much
more while on my mission- that I've become more completely converted to this
gospel by that simple daily study alone. I'm hanging out in Mosiah lately, and
it's just amazing- and I'm getting it in ways I never have before! All those
weird questions about the actual storyline I've had forever are actually
getting answered...it's just the greatest! I'm such a strong proponent of daily
scripture study- it truly does make a difference!
But anyway, beautiful dinner with the Rices! We ate
fish tacos (the leftovers of which are getting ranker and ranker by the day...I
can only eat so many delish fish tacos!) and took adorable tripod pictures- I
love them so much!
Yikes, I totally just did some fancy typing magic
and sent that first little bit- looks like you're going to get mass amounts of
Sis. Robinson emails today, haha! Let's all just ignore that and move on,
lol.
We tried all the people after our Rice dinner, even
tracted for a spell, before coming back to homebase and commencing nightly
planning. Such a beautiful day!
Tuesday was equally beautiful (somehow, that word
has become my adjective of the moment- I don't even know)! We studied in the
morn and headed out to see our dear Barb. She was running off to Bismarck, so
we chatted for a sec with her and Scott, took some adorable selfies, and headed
back to eat some lunch.
We taught Bobby after our blissful lunch hour...and
it was AMAZING!! We chatted about the Book of Mormon and committed him to
read and pray...and then he offered the closing prayer! It was such perfection
and I thought I might die of joy as we all kneeled together and prayed. He
totally prayed about us, and nothing brings me more joy than an investigator
praying for you. GOOOOODNESS, it's a beautiful time!
We hightailed it over to Bro. Lee's after our
glorious Bobby times, and he TOOOOOTALLY read the Book of Mormon!! It was
seriously the greatest- and I'm learning a thousand times over that nothing you
say makes a difference in the lives of your investigators. It's the Spirit that
does the converting, and you just have to be humble enough to bring the Spirit
and pray that they will be touched. Suddenly, when it becomes more about
humility and less about your abilities as a missionary, miracles like Bro. Lee
and Bobby happen. It's just incredible!
We also taught Tiffany on Tuesday and invited her
to church...but come Sunday, no show. I think she's ready but it's still
uncomfortable to do something you've never done before...one day, one day!
Falicity and Hailey did give us Valentines, though, so I think we're in!
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| Tiffany's super cool tattoo (turns out, she's just as cool as I always suspected!) |
Wednesday was also crazy, man oh man! It was just a
day of tender mercies, and it was the greatest of all the days. Saturday is a
close contender, but Wednesday may be the greatest day winner this week. It was
just perfection!
We kicked off the day with studies, and headed out
at ten to take a media hour- pure bliss! I watched Johnny Lingo, naturally, and
Tabitha Dunkley came running up to me right when you see the gorgeous-all-along
Mahana with a craft to give me- pretty much the greatest moment of my whole
mission! I've decided that I'm going to watch Johnny Lingo as often as
possible, because it brings unparalleled joy to my heart. It's the best movie
ever!
In the midst of our lunch hour, while journaling
away, we got a knock on our door and found two perfectly timed Valentine's day
packages, one from the Luker fam and one from my dear Heumann family! It was a
blissful time all around- shoutout to Lithia and Tim for being the greatest and
adding even more magic to our Wednesday!
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| the dear Heumann package! |
We taught Ashley after our package reveries, and it
was great! We watched "Mountains to Climb" and chatted about the
Atonement...so good! We had a quick Dairy Queen break after our Ashley times,
because her life is full of drama and we needed a little breather, haha. I got
a Red Velvet blizzard, and IT WAS AMAZINGGG!!! Such a good blizzard! It was all
cream cheese-y and perfect- I'm in love!
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| crazy blizzard times |
Goodness, I love those Wielands. They remain a
fave! We ate chicken casserole and had a beautiful late week FHE about
Valentine's day- so much love in my heart for those gorgeous people! Bro.
Wieland expressed multiple times his genuine concern about my tired mug, and I
assured him that we're just crazy busy- it's the truth! General exhaustion is
the true sign of a successful missionary! We laughed lots and ate delish sugar
cookies- I love that fam!!
We randomly tried Adrienne after dinner, expecting
to be shoo'd away...but we ended up answering her questions about missionary
work and setting expectations. It was so sweet!
Thursday was a little sad compared to our week as a
whole...just planning and generally crabby Sis. Robinson. The usual. We dined
at Dairy Queen, because Sis. Cline was going to feed us but had to head outta
town last minute...so she gave us some moolah and told us to party hard. We had
just enough for three chicken strip meals at our favorite eatery- it was pure
bliss! That was the highlight of our Thursday, because we didn't have much
success trying people that night. Wah wah.
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| a DQ selfie over chicken strips |
We got back to amazing times all around on Friday,
which started off with lovely studies about love and riding with Sis. Whitley
to Dickinson. Such a party! Walmart times and district meeting were great (I
finally found the whiteout I like, huzzah!!), and sweet four year old Olive
Whitley gave us a cute little Valentine and bag of kisses once we got back to homebase-
so adorable!
We dropped our groceries and got so much glorious
mail-- I got a card with a PRINCESS PUZZLE from my dear Sis. Finlinson AND a
perfect Valentine's card from my wonderful Grandma!! It was a beautiful
time...and Sis. Boyack got the fanciest of all Valentine's packages from her
grandparents...it was full of candy and pears, from some fancy people website!
So much package bliss this week!
We had a quick Bobby lesson about prayer and
overcoming addictions before heading out to Center and eating with the Towe's-
it was glorious! I love that fam!
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| the cute pineapples the Towes gave to us after dinner (the one with the long stem we named Flint Lockwood, lol |
Saturday was the craziest day, man oh man. We
decided to trek out to Hebron and see all the people there...so after wonderful
studies, we packed lunches and drove. We took a car lunch hour, jamming out to
"Redeemer" all the while, and first saw Betty- it was amazing!
We had decided to explain the Book of Mormon a
little more to Betty...turns out, she's been reading it consistently and
already knows it's true! What the what! I was pretty shocked, but we read
Moroni's Promise with her and parts of the Introduction- it was so sweet! Yahoo
for crazy Betty times!
We ran over to the Parsons' after that, where we
taught the First Vision and they testified about how prayer has affected their
lives. It was pure perfection, and we were also able to answer some of the
girl's questions about the Plan of Salvation. I love that family so much!
We ran back to homebase after our crazy Hebron
times that ultimately weren't as crazy as we anticipated and found two more
glorious packages waiting by our door! What a crazy week of mail! Sis. Boyack
got one from her fam, full of chocolate and tea (which is just so adorably her,
man oh man), and I got one from Jeanelle!! I totally wasn't expecting anything,
and I practically died when I saw the return address!!!! Such a wonderful
surprise!!!! It was full of belated Christmas presents, and my joy was just the
most full ever- I love me some Jeanelle mail! When I opened the candy cane
Joe-Joes, I seriously started crying. It was mildly ridiculous, and my
companions probably thought I was crazy...THEY ARE TRULY HEAVENLY AND I NEEDED
THEM IN MY LIFE!!! There were also such goodies as Star Wars mascara, various
fancy stationary, a fresh pack of EMOJI STICKERSSSS, nail polish, and adorable
Valentine's day Jamberries. So, conclusion is that Jeanelle is the
greatest human being of all life, even if her Christmas package became a
Valentine's package. I still love her!
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Me and Jeanelle's perfect package- pure bliss!
And also, the Redford's Christmas present was slipped
in the bottom...OH MY GOOOOODNESS, SUCH PERFECTION!!! I never knew I needed a
personalized notepad with Brad Redford's face...BUT I TOOOOOOTALLY NEEDED
IT!! I love to that it makes no sense to everyone else, but it kills
me everytime I look at it- such a dream!
But anyway, we headed over to our Lee dinner in the
highest of spirits, and it was a blissful time! We taught about keeping the
Sabbath day holy, and committed to come to church for all three hours- AND HE
TOTALLY DID. GUYS, IT WAS AMAZING. We also read Mosiah 5:2 and chatted about
conversion, and it was so sweet to testify that the gospel truly changes our
natures and our hearts- it has definitely changed mine! I am a different person
that who I came out as, and I am so grateful for that. The gospel makes you
better...all you have to do is let it!
We also a quick Gayle visit before picking up our
milk and eggs and chatting with our dear Roundys about unicycles and temples.
Such a beautiful Saturday!
Our Sunday was also a perfect time- Happy
Valentine's Day! I was minorly disappointed that the Branch didn't bring their
Valentines a-game and make Sacrament all about love...but Sis. Wieland brought
red velvet cake to Relief Society and balance was restored! That woman is a
total dreamboat, man of man.
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| adorable Sis. Wieland cake in Relief Society |
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| My valentine from Sis. Luker (yup, she totally bought Inside Out Valentines! I love her so much!) |
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| fresh V-day snow |
We also saw Barb on Sunday, and exchanged
Valentine's cards all around- all my dreams are coming true! Scott
even made us all cards, and it was so tender. He stamped a classic
"Friends Forever" in each of our favorite colors- such attention to
detail! I love that crazy man!
We dined at the Black's, who are quickly becoming a
fave- they're just the cutest people ever! We had Sunday roast and they bought
us each little boxes of chocolate- and you know I made them take a tripod
picture with us, haha!
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| We've got us and the Rices (one serious and one adorable, haha) |
Oh man, such on point emailing this week! Expect
for the bit when I emailed a little too early, lol. It's just been a beautiful
time, and I'm jazzed to see what this next week brings! It's already been
amazing!
I am grateful for each of you, and I love you so
much- thank you for all you do! Have the greatest week!
Love, Sister Robinson
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