So I'm super crammed for time because I have to stinking gut the apartment I'm in because it's a travesty and one it's nasty to live in and two it's a horrible example of a zone leader's apartment. So I am now in the Hanford 1st ward which is an ENGLISH WARD!!! It's so weird.... I don't serve Spanish anymore haha. I am with Elder Speer. He is from South Carolina. He's legit. He's one of the smartest people I've met on my mission. It's super fun because our conversations are always super awesome. We're able to really talk about some really cool things. He also created websites before his mission and likes computers so we mesh well. We are working crazy hard though. My body is exhausted!!! It's a good exhaustion though. I love it. I feel for really the first time that I'm giving the Lord everything. I know that that should of happened sooner but literally we are so busy and going 10000 mph that there's no room for anything but missionary work. We eat dinners in the car a lot because we're having to run all over the place! It's crazy but crazy good!
This past week was insane because we had a lot of meetings and had to help with all of the new missionaries. But we were still able to have an effective week and find 5 new people to teach! Which last month this area found only 1..... IN A WHOLE MONTH. So that was good to start getting more people into the teaching pool. It was awesome to be able to meet so many new people. It is super weird to be in an english ward... first of all because it is actually organized and well run. That's new for me haha. As well as the fact that english people are way different than spanish people. They are super busy and always have a million things to do and don't just chat with you. It's crazy how much of a culture shock it is for me serving in this ward. And I know that's backwards because I grew up in an english ward and it is my first language. It's just been the first ward that I've served in as a missionary.
Sorry this letter isn't super long. it will be longer next week I promise. I just want to end with my testimony. I know that my Savior lives. I know that he suffered for me and for everyone so that we can go back and live with our Father in heaven. I know without a shadow of a doubt that that is the sole purpose that I was sent on a mission. I am here to be able to understand better and to experiences the incredible blessings of the Atonement so that I can learn to use it for the rest of my life. More importantly, I was sent here to help others be able to access it. There is no other way right now that anyone in my ward boundaries can fully access the Atonement except through Elder Speer and I.. That's a huge statement but it's true. The only way one can fully access the Atonement of Jesus Christ is through baptism for the remission of sins by somebody who holds the proper authority from God. The only way that someone can enter into the waters of baptism (besides 8 yr olds of members) is through the missionaries. It's why what we do is so important. It's why I am so humbled and inadequate for this calling. It's why I am so grateful that the Savior did what he did so that He can help me be able to help everyone around me. I love being a missionary and I love the opportunity I have to help these people. Thank y'all for everything that you have done and do that helps me be who I am and has helped me come on a mission. It really is the greatest thing ever. I love y'all so much and hope that y'all have an amazing week!!
Love,
Elder Robertson
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