Change is in the Air...

Change has certainly come and plopped itself on my doorstep! I have some very sad news: i am no longer with elder england!! : ( : ( : ( I am really bummed about that! We became BEST FRIENDS!!!! We worked hard, laughed harder, and developed a strong friendship! We got our monday morning transfer call from President Murri and he said that Elder England was being transferred to santa barbara to keep being a senior zone leader for a younger missionary who is a zone leader as well but is really young. So i'm super bummed to see him go but i know it's what god wanted. I trust him and president Murri and i know that they control and bless this mission. my new comp. is a short (i mean really short) curly, red-headed guy from idaho falls, ID. he is elder Miller and he's not too bad. We haven't hit it off like elder england and i did or even Winspear but you can't win them all, right? he's a hard worker and he is really young. He's only been out like 10 months and now he's a zone leader, so that's good on his part. But, despite my sadness for my boy E. england leaving, i have been bumped up to Senior zone leader so like all the responsibility is in my hands. It will be a little more stress but it will give me a lot of experience with leadership and how to deal with people. We got half of our district moved out and so 4 new elders came in, one is a greenie from Alpine, UT and knows you grandpa Robison!! he is elder barrus!! i guess he's in your ward and of all places he came not only into my zone but also my district!! hahah cool, huh? Also, real quick, i met Jene beal from Manti and so he said he knows you Mark and Mary!! ahaha even smaller of a world! he said he knows you too kris! he married a member up here (debbie) and we stopped by and met them (i hadn't met them before and decided to stop by just to see if they were active or not etc...) so that's pretty cool and teh coolest part is that Sis. Russell from College heights in East bakes was a key role in the conversion of debbie so that was cool!!!
i also remembered another sad thing: elder winspear and minnick got released as zone leaders... so now i won't see them when we have a big meeting with all the zone leaders. Elder winspear will be white-wash training in morro bay and elder minnick will be white-wash training in delano.....BUT delano is in our zone!!! BOOYA!!! so i get to talk to him each night because he's the district leader up there so he reports to me each night to tell me that everyone is in safe etc...So that's pretty sweet! Winspear and minnick and england only have 12 weeks left! i will be so sad when they all go home but winspear and minnick will be living together in provo so that's sweet! and england will probably be going to U of U so not too far away!
We are still trying to find more people to teach because all of our investigators we baptized so we're on the hunt.
I get to go down to ventura tomorrow night for a sleep over in the mission home so we can be there in the morning for ZLC (zone leader council) so i'm pumped for that because we're car pooling with elder rogers (from camarillo) and elder wood (who came out with me) so that'll be a party!
I am constantly learning a lot and appreciate the time i have to serve in this mission. It has been so hard, it's ridicilous sometimes, but i know that God supports us in all that we do. he sent his son Jesus christ to be OUR savior, to be MY savior! i am humbled by that and am so grateful for teh atonement of Christ. I only have 18 weeks left (who's counting though, right? ha : ) )to fulfil my purpose so i have to really get moving! I know i was sent to cali for a reason, i believe that some of my comps. are that reason, even teh bad ones (not naming any names ha ) but i feel like this was the best choice i've ever made. i know this church is true and i love it! i love reading teh scriptures! i feel so much peace when i read because the pages are jam-packed with power!!! I feel i have developed a stronger love for people, regardless of who they are and i know and recognize taht i still have a long way to be perfect but i'll work on it.
i appreciate all of you who have made my mission come to pass. i am deeply grateful for all the prayers that have been shot up my way, they have comforted me when i go through rough times. YOu all are the best, i love you all so much and hope that your week goes well! I wish you all well, till next week.
Much love from the beautiful city of bakersfield!!!

love
elder robison

ps: i think it is beginning to cool down. the hottest yesterday ( i think) was 93-ish so we'll see. maybe in a month or two we'll see if bakersfield actually cools down. hopefully it will happen sooner than later!! but it's all good. and to finish off here's a funny thing president murri said " Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting a tomato in a fruit salad" haha Love you all lots!!