Monday, April 20, 2009

I Got a Refresher Course on How Hot "Bakes" gets!

Greetings from the infamous area of bakersfield! Boy, it was warm the past couple days! I was SO WARM yesterday!! We had a boring meeting with all the missionaries and the ward mission leaders and the room was packed and it got so hot and so i did what i do best and just was sweating bullets! a little embarrassing but oh well. But! BUT, we did have a great sabbath, meaning we got our investigator named dennis to church! it's the first time in over 50 years he's been to church! He was looking sharp too! heis a funny old guy who has really begun to progress. He really loves his wife who passed away some time ago and really wants to be sealed to her and he also, even though he's not a member (yet) he's already trying to share teh gospel with his neighbor!! He's so awesome! This week elder romeril and i have a goal to teach 20 lessons! we've been slowly improving each week and this last week we got like 13 i think but we have goals and plans to get 20! it's going to be a good week! Romeril and i are really having a great time! we've really developed a fantastic relationship with each other so yet again, i have been blessed with a companion who i've gotten along with! we havent' fought and that makes me super happy! I only will have a few more comps and then DONE! To day i believe we are going bowling with just us four in the apartment so i'm pretty excited about that! Hmm....let me think of what else i can write about. I think the ward is slowly warming up to me/us. WE've met a few more families and they seem to like us but missionaries in the past havent' really been the best so it's been tough gaining back the member's trust. SO the summer approaches fast with no chance of it being delayed so i have to bust out the sun screen again and sweat through the heat but hey, if i gotta be in bakersfield twice in my mission it might as well be in the summer so i can have the experience and stories, right!? Elder Bobo will be going home in 3 weeks...actually like 2 1/2 actually and elder kimble 8 1/2 so it's super sad to see them go but they've served and they deserve to see their family! My hopes are still high, i'm very grateful for my companion, our apt. padmates, and the gospel. I love the book of mormon and i am so eternally grateful for our savior Jesus Christ. I'm beginning to read (only on our preparation day studies) Jesus the Christ and it's been amazing!! i love him so much and i can't even begin to grasp how much love he has for all of us!! I know he is the way! i'll close with my good buddies' line he wrote me in his last letter (elder TOdd Ulrich) "The church is true, the book is blue!" i so testify to that too!Love,elder robison

No comments:

Post a Comment