End of 2009, Beginning of Something New!

So as the year comes to an end, i can reflect back and i can see what successes there were and i also can see where i could improve on. I've never been a big fan or supporter of new years resolutions, but i think i have a couple things that i can work towards, so i've got an idea of what i can do to better myself. We had a pretty good week, despite it being christmas and everyone going places.
i of course loved the phone call!! BOOYAH!! it feels really weird though (no offense) but it's especially different and surreal knowing that in 16 days i'll be flying home! CRAZY!! I am very excited about going home but i also am sad to leave california : ( i'm sure todd knows the feeling! But we were able to have a lesson with MOlly on christmas and that was great!! youll never believe it but i sang in front of her with my comp because we were picking out songs for her baptism and she doesn't really know any so we sang some good ones so she could decide! ha i hate singing!! or at least when i was in primary i hated it but now it's not so bad, as long as it does'nt have a ton of high notes! But it went well! thanks so much for all the gifts, and all the food and stuff! the ward took care of us so it was good! Molly also had her baptismal interview and she passed with flying colors! she also texted us today saying that she bore her testimony to her family, but it was the first time bearing her testimony!! it was so exciting! and she said her family should be there at the baptism!! So truly the lord is blessing our ward and our mission!! I look forward to the upcoming things that are happening, and these last two and one half weeks!
Keep the snow there for me, tell it to hold on for a little longer! haha
i know taht miracles are done in our day and age!! Molly is proof that the gospel does bless any and all who follow and live it! I love seeing the blessings of the gospel fill the lives of people!! how grateful i am for the blessings our heavenly father has given me! i love him and our savior!! i am grateful for the time that i've been given to be here in cali, it has transformed my life!! i love you all!!! Be safe, pray always, and remember hakuna matata!!

love
elder robison

Merry Christmas!

SO this was a pretty good week!i do apologize for last week's emai. the computers were acting all funny and it was really busy and ya, just not the funnest to stress about email. But Our investigator with a baptismal date for the second of jan. is so completely awesome! her name is Molly and shes solid! she's come to the FHE activities every monday, she goes to all three hours of church, and keeps every single one of her commitments! I love teaching her! she is so positive and upbeat! she has an incredible testimony and it's been the funnest to teach her! i know that the Lord has blessed her so much and she's a blessing to me because she is part of my patriarchal blessing! it says (without saying too much of it) that i will meet and baptize those who will become life long friends! I am so grateful for the blessings our heavenly father has given me over these past 2 years! Truly this is the work of the miracles!
We went on two exchanges this week and they were fun! and before i forget, grandma, i got the letter and package, we had our zone conference and i got them there! our zone conference was really fun too! i got to bear my testimony at the end because that's a tradition is the "veteren" missionaries get to bear their testimonies so that felt really surreal, but even before that we had our 2 hour x-mas part of the zone conference and it was so much fun! pres. dressed up as a skinny santa and we did a white elephant! i feel that i had the best gift: i got a picture of a girl that was writing me but stopped like a year ago and i put it in a little tube and put a post-it on the picture and it said "she was writing me but stopped. Maybe you'll have better luck!" hahaha but i made a poem that i can't share now but when i get home i will but it was so much fun! i am very excited at this time of the year, except that i don't have snow this year : ( but next year, right! and when iget home ill be able to go skiing!! BOOYA!! We do have a breakfast set and i'll be calling dad around 8ish to 9ish and i'll call mom after at grandmas, right? i do have the phone numbers so i'm very very excited about taht! I love you all so much!! i am so grateful for the past two years, for the scriptures, for the church, and most importantly my savior who came into the world for me! I owe my life to him! I love him and know he lives and directs this church!

i cant wait till christmas then 19 days after that! i got my "trunky papers" and i'll be flying in at 3:48 so i'll be leaving california at 1 from burbank.

love
elder robison

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Another Eventful Week!

So another eventful week for me. It all started with the transfer call telling me that elder miller and i were going to be working together again for the next (and last) 6 weeks. We had one elder leave from our apartment but it was a good move, he was pretty negative and always was singing songs that weren't hymns so he was not only being distracted and also distracting me/others so now we have a new elder that came out with elder romeril. He's been an interesting guy...he has 2 lightsabers that he likes to use, i guess. he swings it around and such so if we ever have any intruders then i know i'm safe because he will fight them off with his lightsabers! ha
We got to go down to ventura on thursday night for ZLC (zone leader council) and were able to spend the night at the mission home! that's always fun! we woke up, had a good "sunrise devotional" from pres. murri and then we went to the ventura stake center to have our big round table discussion. Then back to bakes. We had a good week of lessons, despite being gone for most of friday we still got like 21 lessons. on saturday, we had members from another ward introduce us to a girl named Molly. She's about 19ish and she's single adult but we taught her and set her with a baptismal date for the 2nd of january! so i'm pretty excited about that!! she is great! totally open and friendly, and the KErn river branch (YSA) really needs her! She also came to all three hours of church and even went to a "break the fast" dinner after so she mingled with a lot of the members and it was so great!! I love being able to teach people who have been prepared by the Lord! there are elect out there and i know it!

before i forget, i need to know where people will be for christmas, like for my phone call. If everyone will be gathered or seperate...so let me know so i can begin to make plans. also, decide on a time(s) for me to call..ok? thanks! i know that the church has been restored and this is the lords true and living church, once again brought back and run through a living prophet! how grateful i am that christ is leading us, to be able to live with our families forever!
i love you all so much!!

love
elder robison

Transfers...the last!

What is going on, everybody??!!! So i'm sure that you were just as nervous for transfer calls as i was. There are 180+ missionaries in the mission and it takes a lot of time for the assistants and pres. Murri to make those calls so we get the calls between 6:30 and 12ish so it's never a set time, so it sorta plays on your nerves but we got ours pretty early, like around 8ish. but President called from the mission office and when he calls you know you are getting transferred but if the assistants call then you are staying together but pres. said that it was going to be a short phone call but that elder miller and i are staying together for another transfer, so i'll be finishing my mission in bakersfield!! good thing this city is awesome! ha I call it the "BakersFIELD of dreams' haha so our zone is getting mixed up too! we are now going to have a different district and we have to travel 30+ minutes to go to district meeting but it's all good. We now have a 2 district zone instead of a 3 district, so it's a bit different but oh well. I am pretty excited about this transfer. Elder miller is a hard worker and we get along well. We teach in unity and i'm glad to ahve him by my side because i feel so much more confident. I am sad i will not get to serve in Camarillo 3 but God wanted it this way.
It is very sad to see elders minnick, winspear, england, and a bunch of others go home but they finshed what they were called to do. They fulfilled their duty, and i've still got six more awesome weeks of serving my mission!! I know it will try me, it will push me to the max but i know i'll be able to grow from it!
This past week went really well. We were on track for teaching 20 lessons but we feared that thanksgiving would put a wrench into what we were doing but we actually ended up teaching 2 lessons on the street, which was 2 more that we expected! We had a really good dinner too! i piled it all up on my plate!!! you all would be so proud of me! i ate like no body's business! and the turkey - awesome! I never have been the biggest fan of white meat because it's just always so dry but this white meat was SO YUMMY!! it was not dry at all! So needless to say i really loved it! i love sweet potatoes or yams, whatever they are. and i forgot to mention last week but e. miller and i were asked to give talks on missionary work, so i didin't have very much itme to write it but it turned out ok. I didn't sweat as much as i did in east bakes, but still had a little perspiration, so elder anderson (austin) can relate to sweating! haha him and i are sweat buddies ahah random...we had a good week though. i appreciate all of your love, concern, prayers, and thoughts! i really will miss all of you this holiday season but i am trying to give our savior a present this christmas: a person dressed in white baptismal clothes! so i'll work hard to do that. I love you all so much! have a great week! Kris, i hope you feel better! and paul, i'll pray for you, bro! I love you all!! Much love from (once again) bakersfield!

love
elder robison