WOW! Another week flew by!

Here i am again, sitting in the internet area of CSUB, writing my weekly email to all of you. It seems like it was a day ago when i was writing last week. Time has begun to go by like no body's business!!! haha So things are still pretty good! I am still loving life!! it's so much fun to be with Elder England!! he is the man!! we are always laughing and making jokes but at the same time we are working really hard. So here's some sweet news! we have a guy named Andres Herrera and he's got a baptismal date for sept. 5th....well not any more....why? because he called us last week saying he wanted to be baptized saturday!!! we had to get him interviewed so his name could be announced in church so he's scheduled for this saturday!! I'm so pumped!! he's such a cool guy! he's 23 and is dating a member! i'll send pics soon (hopefully, if i can ever find some spare time). IT's pretty exciting!! We also have another guy with a date who is dating one of the YSA branch presidency's daughters (and we actually found out they are married. They secretly got married but we didn't know) so we have to turn them over to the elders who cover their area so we won't be baptizing him but we pretty much just did all the work! so i'm ok with it though because the elders we're handing them over to are my favorite elders in my district and maybe even our zone! so i'm not too bummed. So it's all going for the same cause, the same reason!
I love being a missionary! i only have 5 months left and it's sorta sad. i am looking forward to being able to hang with the family again and play in the snow but i will miss hanging out all day with awesome guys like Elder England!! I have learned a ton while being out here! My testimony has grown so much and i love the gospel. I love going to church and i absolutely love reading the scriptures!! The book of mormon is the best!! i have learned how to be a better person because i read that book but not only read it but also apply it. As nephi says, we need to liken the scriptures to ourselves. And i need to vent a bit so here we go. It's ironic, the world we live in. The zone leaders, who are supposed to be the example to all in the zone, happen to live with the most dis-obedient elders in the zone!! Elder Cook and Elder Denninghoff are who we live with and they've caused elder england, me, and also President Murri so much stress!! i have seen how much obedience pays off! There is a reason why there are rules for missionaries!! I havent' always been perfect at keeping all of them but there are special blessings when you are exactly obedient. These two elders don't get that. Elder England and i have to occasionally do "cook and denninghoff" checks during the day which is where we go back to the apartment to see if they are still there, because the only time they should be there is for one hour for lunch and one for dinner! Well, 90% of the time we go and check they're there!!!! it really frustrates me seeing how they don't understand the purpose of missionary work. They don't understand that if they're just hanging out in the apt. all day and not "inviting others to come unto christ by helping them recieve the restored gospel" (Preach my gospel, pg. 1) then they're not doing their job. They don't get why they even came out on a mission. I really wonder about their desires because from their actions it seems like they could care less about people and they're out here just so they can say they served a mission. There is a few scriptures in D&C 121 that talk about how many are called but FEW are chosen. Why are few called? because they have their hearts set upon things of the world and that PERFECTLY describes our room mates. They are always talking about movies and everything BUT things that pertain to missionary work and things that help direct our thoughts TOWARDS the savior!!! It's sad to see how they're wasting heavenly father's time. There could be obedient missionaries here, working hard but they choose to still stay out here even though they're reasons are wrong. I am sorry that i had to vent but if i held it in any longer i might explode. So moral of the story: listen to the prophet, listen to your priesthood leaders, and always be obedient!!! SOme missionaries i know pretty much have openly rebelled against what pres. Murri has come out and told us to do and that makes me angry because they don't get teh principles of obedience, faith, and revelation. I will, from this point on, always do my best to be obedient to ALL what heavenly father tells me to do!! i know why i'm here and i know what will happen if i obey him!! Lets quickly apply the scriptures to my situation. Sometimes elders obey what pres. murri says to do but soon after, within days, they fall into old habits of disobeience. it's just like laman and lemeul. they were sometimes obedient and the majority of the time they weren't obedient. From reading the scriptures we see what happens to a civilization of people who are not obedient. It is my hope and prayer that we can always liken the scriptures to ourselves and see what we can do better to be more like our savior Jesus christ!! I love you all! thanks so much for your support and love

Love,
elder robison