No More Count-Downs...

May i ask for one favor? Until it gets to like 2-3 weeks away, don't remind me too much of how much time i have left. I do appreciate your concerns and excitement to see me and the feeling is mutual but it is quite distracting. I do know how much time i have left but just for the next few weeks keep it on the down low. Sorry if that is too frank but it will help me a lot. Thanks so much!
This week went by ok. We did teach a lot of lessons and had an ok week. We unfortunately didn't pick up any new investigators but we're still working on it. The weather is great! it's sitting around 70's so that's always a great thing! i am so jealous that it's going to be snowing in utah!!! i wish it would snow here but then again no one knows how to drive in weather that different that 70-100 degrees with blue skys. We had ZLC (zone leader council) this week and that was fun! The last two have been a little more fun but oh well. We got to travel down to ventura with the south bakes elders and usually when we get there we all go outside on the patio and sit and talk and it's so much fun but this time no one did! so they totally broke tradition! but i got to see elder platt (who is now the senior zone leader in thousand oaks), elder england the man!! i also saw elder lindley, elder giles(was in our zone two transfers ago), and a few others. SO we talked about how we can be better as a mission and so we had some good ideas going. i really cant' recall all that we talked about but hopefully you got the email i forwarded...with a bunch of us in suits! i can't pull it up on this computer...but i'm still doing good. i am staying happy and really trying to always look on the brighter side of things! it does help so much! i know that our attitude affects all! I feel so much better when i am joyfull and it helps me to help others more! so all is well in this part of zion! i hope you all stay warm and enjoy the snow for me!!

lots-o-love from bakersfield!

love
elder robison

ps:grandpa robison, since you do track stuff (like with BYU and such) can you tell me how the BYU track program is? we have a less active 17 year old who is thinking of going to BYU for track! so tell me a little about the program...thanks!