Another Week Down, Not a Ton Left!

Hello from the sunny south side of bakersfield. it got sorta warm here the past week and i had to take my bike in to get it repaired. the back tire was loose and i couldn't fix it but itshould be better now. I miss elder romeril so much!! i never thought how much i'd miss him! he became my best friend! We had so many amazing memories together, all of them i will cherish forever! I also miss e. kimble too. As i said good bye to him at transfer meeting i teared up. I didn't think i would but i did. I love him so much, he taught me so many neat things and i look forward to the day when i see him again. That's the one hard thing about the mission is saying goodbye to best friends! it's just like before i came out, with all the goodbye's to family and friends. A lot of missionaries have become life long friends. Elder ridlon (sorta like the drug ) is from india but was adopted at one and lived on the east coast for most of his life like georgia/florida, maine, and maryland. He also lived in utah i believe is salem or spanish fork but he went to spanish fork high.. HE's a nice kid buti'm having a really hard time adjustingto him. he is, and this is being honest and bold, but he's really femmy...i don't mean to sound rude but he is. I did have a hard time adjusting to elder batemon when we were first put together but i adjusted and loved the kid so hopefully i'll be able to not look atthe small things and learn to love him for who he is. elder kings new comp is cool though. i knew him wheni was in ojai, so we get along. The next 5-11 weeks could be a real patience tester to me but we'll see. please keep me in your prayersso i can develop my patience and love every minuteof my mission. I am sorry this email is so short. i am going to go play basketball and my mind is running at a million times a minute. Also, paul, good luck on your mission . Don't have any regrets and work your hardest and the time will go by faster!! i know god loves you and will help you get over obstacles you will face! read the book of mormon for answers! and rememeber Hakuna matata - it means no worries! l love you all!!!
love, elder robison

Lots of Changes, Lots of Stress!

So every 6 weeks we have our phone calls from either the mission president or the assistants. if the AP's call then you know you are staying the same but if president calls then you have a change coming. WEll, after much pain and torment, we finally got our call. Unfortunately elder romeril and myself will no longer be companions. he is getting transferred to oxnard to be follow up trained and i am getting a new comp. that came out in february. I'm not follow up training but i'll be his third comp. He is elder ridlon and i think he's from maryland. he's like middle eastern so i'm not sure what it will be like. i have been very nervous though. i dont even know why i am so nervous. Maybe it's because i was hoping either to stay with romeril or get transferred. But i know that God did this and so it's for the best. there will be something i'm going to get out of it. elder kimble will be flying home in two days.it's pretty sad! elder minnick will be gone too. he's been transferred to santa maria to be a zone leader. I will miss him a lot! elder king is the only one left of us four. i will be praying for charity and for love, so i can get through this transfer (actually the next two). Man, i just need to vent for a minute...ha sorry...i'm very nervous, i don't know what 's going to happen, i don't want to not get along with my new comp. but heavenly father will be hearing a lot from me over the next few weeks.our investigators are few...we finally have gotten a hold of lizbeth and we have an appt. on friday. i will see how that goes. we alos dropped off a Book of mormon to a media referral so that is to be determined. Pray for me that i will be able to stay happy and i won't become down and depressed. i just need to remember to stay focused and positive. This is going to help me out in my life, in the future!!
i lov eyou all so much and pray that heavenly father will continue to bless you all!! with all my love!
love,elder robison

This week has been...well...sorta full of interesting stuff...it's sorta boring though. Ok, well not really interesting though. We were able to teach 16 lessons and so it was good. man, i am so distracted haha there is like 6 missionaries in the room and there's a millions stories going on and so i am so like out of it, so i am so sorry that this email sucks. ha we aren't unfortunately going to have to push both baptismal dates back but we're really close with lizbeth. we did a fun missisonary activity with the primary from the spanish ward on sat. and payment was the biggest burrito ever made (dinner on sunday) from the primary president. so i love you all so much, my prayers go out to all of you!!
love,elder robison