Dear Family and friends,
This week has been a bit of a slump for us. :-( super bummed about that. But in other news we are staying in Lawrence for this next transfer! Our
district leader, one of the elders whom I serve with in the Lawrence 2nd ward/University
ward and one other elders are all leaving. We are getting a super strict
district leader for our district (they are splitting our district in half
because it's so big), but I think we need it. A lot of the missionaries
have a hard time following basic rules, which super gets on my nerves, but it's
not my place to say anything, so I think a strict district leader is just what
we need. I hope people listen to him. He is rather tiny. (he was/still is
till Wednesday one of our zone leaders).
We are super excited for James to get
baptized this Saturday! Sister Payton is so happy she could die. She tells me
that on a regular basis. I am worried he isn't serious enough about it
because he didn't come to church this week(Super Bowl Sunday), but sister Payton says it should be
fine. I sure hope so. We have taught him everything but keeping the Sabbath
day holy and he seems down with everything so far- Even paying tithing.
So that’s a good sign.
2 weeks ago I gave my first talk/testimony and I did fine, I gave
a 5 minute testimony in sacrament meeting. Everyone said they liked it
and the Elders made fun of me for comparing life to jumping into a pool of Jello
blindfolded, but whatever. It makes sense that way to me.
Thanks for all the words of
encouragement, Sister Payton even told me she is awful at giving complements so
I don't get them that often. Not that I should need them, because I don't, but
it still was nice. All she has ever told me is that once my hair looked
nice and that I work really hard to do my best to be my best and she admires
that. The rest of the time she kind of looks grumpy, but it's like how I
have a grumpy thinking face but I'm not grumpy? Her face looks grumpy all the
time but she's not grumpy. I think. So thank you :-)
Jamie Koger wrote me and told me she was looking
for an internship. I hope she finds one! One of the elders here knows her, and
I remember talking to her about her friend "Matthew" and how she
should date him, because he is from Thousand Oaks Ca. too. Now it is weird
that someone I talked with her about is serving in Lawrence with me.
You asked what Frontierland is, well, Frontierland
is the western half of the state where it is all farm land and cows and flat as
flat can be. They call it Frontierland. I think that's what it is at least.
This side of the state there are hills and trees and TONS of factories,
like the head quarters for Payless Shoes, a Frito Lay factory, a M&M
factory and a bunch of others I forgot about. But Topeka area is a big factory
city. No joke. And I think there are a few in Lawrence too. I am worried for
when I get transferred from Lawrence because here we have clean and nice homes
we go into, and normal people, like what I am used to, and relatively normal
food. I have heard tons of horror stories from all the other places because
most of Kansas is rather hickish. But it isn't here. It's nice. And it has
hills! But I will deal when the time comes.
I forgot that we had a fabulous time at the Topeka Temple a week ago and here is the picture to prove it.
I heard all of
CA was fasting for rain from Sister Bassett. And a lot of members are
doing history up on Mormon Island during the dried up period of lake Folsom.
Dad should at least tell people one of his ancestors was a part of that and was
one for the 6 guys there when they discovered gold. It’s our family’s claim to
fame.
Here is our whole group at the temple
I am jealoussss.
It is CRAZY cold here! It hailed and snowed and now we have this ice snow
on the ground and we all praying to not fall and die as we walk on the ice. It’s
always an adventure. Not to mention I lost a glove, so I need to buy new gloves
today. So that's super fun. But, hey, it's always an adventure!
Love to you all.
Sister Robyn Cramer
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