First off, when people told me it was culturally diverse up
here man oh man were they right. My ward consists of Filipinos, Asians,
Canadians, and East Indians.Its crazy. But my ward here is incredible. They are
so missionary minded and so excited to have Sister Missionaries. But I'm
getting a little ahead of myself.
First some fun facts about Canada:
1) the spiket on the drinking fountain is on the left side
instead of the right. I know that that is totally random and seemingly
irrelevant, but they are actually incredibly hard to drink out of.
2) Everything is in k's here instead of Miles.
3) They put the Canadian flag on everything. Like even the
big McDonalds sign has a Canadian Maple Leaf, as if to remind us like Hey you
are in Canada, not America.... you know in case we forgot.
4) They still celebrate the 4th of July and thanksgiving...
they just call it something different. And they make sure to celebrate it
before we do in America. The days here are July 1st, and October 12th or
something like that.
But still, Canada is way cool. It's freezing, and rains
every second. But other than that it's great.
My Mission president and his wife are just incredible!!!!
They remind me a lot of Bishop and Sister Peel back home (: So thankful for
them. President Burt is just incredible, and I know that without him I wouldn't
be able to do this mission. He is just so so awesome. Man oh man, mission
presidents are definitely called of God. My new Companion is Sister Wright
(momma her dad is from Idaho so we really could be related). She is from Utah (
as most missionaries here seem to be). SHE IS AWESOME. So so loving and has
helped me adjust a lot to this new mission life. Don't get me wrong, the MTC
was great, but nothing like this.
We are assigned to Surrey, Canada (3rd Ward). We live in our
Bishops basement (everyone has a basement apartment here). The ward is AMAZING.
We are white-washing the area. Which basically means that we start from
scratch. Generally you go to an area that your companion has just been in, that
way you know the area, the members, and already have some good progressing
investigators. But President has done a lot of white-washing this last transfer
to get things going in Canada so a lot of my group is in the same boat. Our
ward hasn't had any sisters there in a while, so they are so so good to us. And
glad to have some sister back. They really are so great, and until now I have
never realized just how important it is for members to be missionary minded and
to support and love and feed their missionaries. So challenge for all of you
back home:
Take care of your sweet missionaries serving in your ward.
They need it. promise. And give them a lot of referrals. Brothers and Sisters,
its our responsibility as both missionaries and members to bring other unto
Christ. We are his hands here on earth, and if we really love him, we will feed
his sheep. There is a great talk by Elder Holland on that.
This week i have learned a lot about humility. i wouldn't
say that I'm generally a prideful person, not in the sense that I think that
I'm better than anybody, but sometimes I have a lot of trouble trusting
Heavenly Father and admitting myself to his will. And that's prideful. "He
is the Gardner here, and he knows what he intends us to be." So just let
go, and let him. Let him mold you into the person he needs you to be, and then
allow him to work through you to bring others unto Christ.
This week was hard, just adjusting to the new life style,
but I am so blessed. Blessed to be in the mission. Blessed with an amazing
companion. Blessed to have the strengthening and enabling power of the
atonement, and to be forgiven of my imperfections. Blessed to have such a
supportive and loving ward. When things get hard, whether in life, or for those
on/going on a mission, just find one reason to keep going. One thing to be
grateful for, and i promise you'll be able to get through it. I love you all so
so so much, and wish you the very best.
Love always,
Sister Robertson
Somehow in the mad dash to send out e-mails I forgot to
share our sweet miracle.
Yesterday, while knocking doors, we met Destiny. Not only
did she listen to us on the doorstep but she invited us in. (She's the first to
let us in). Me and Sister Wright taught her and her four kids about the
restoration of the gospel, and how the gospel of Jesus Christ blesses families.
It was amazing. We bore our testimonies of the Book of Mormon, and she accepted
one, committed to read the first chapter, and scheduled an appointment with us
for this Tuesday. Her and her family are amazing, and her desire to grow even
closer to Christ is a blessing. We love her. Unfortunately, her family is
actually from Nigeria, and they are leaving next week to go back home. But we
promised to set her up with some of the missionaries over there.
Aside from Destiny, we have had the opportunity to teach
some recent converts and less-active families. They are all incredible too. the
spirit is amazing, and I can't wait to continue to share the gospel with
others.
Love always,
Sister Robertson
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