Pooler, Ga

Hi Family

 

Hey I am Living in Savannah Georgia now and have been called as a District Leader for Pooler(Savannah Motropolus). The offical change will not come for another week. My companyon now is serving as District leader but is on an extention and will be leaving in the middle of the transfer. Elder Corless is a hard working missionary. As usuall I have got to run. I love you all.

 

Ann Take care of that baby!

 

Christy I loved your letter.

 

Dad thanks for your advice.

 

Elder Robinson sorry i missed telling you Happy Birthday. So Happy Birthday!

 

Everyone else I thank you for your support. If i dont wright its because i really dont have time. Once i start serving as district leader i wont have time.

 

Again I love you all,

--
-Elder Robinson

Baptisum!

Mom and Dad

 

Dad, (you can keep this to yourself)

 

In responce to your friend all I can say is to keep trying. When i was reading your email all i was reminded of was the story President Monson gave about a missionary some yeas ago in California. He had an opertunity to meet with him in an interview as a young missionary where he found out that his perents had no suport for him on his mission. President Monson told him to write them every week with out fail. Eventualy they did write and tell him how prowd they where of him and what he was doing. His mother was preparing to be baptised the father had just been ordained a priest. 

 

Some times we have to simply press on. This war with the advisary will not be decided in one battle. Its a war of atrition. Fight it like one. Take every advantage you can, Fast, Pray Involve others and the Lord. One member told me some wise councel "Dont have your Mission be your Mission. Life is your Mission." Unfortunataly we can go to the scriptures and see how hard it is for some who once had the gopel and then fell away from it. But that dosent change anything. They still have there agency. Not even the dead are lost. 

 

Love you, sorry i dont have a simmple ancwer for you but I will give it some more thought and write again. 

 

HI Everyone, 

 
We had some Baptisums yesterday! Two of em! Whoo! Honestly they where a battle. Satin placed his traps everywhere we looked. Then also we had 9 investigators at sacrament! It was about all our small unit could handle but they did wonderfull. I had one of the siters come up to me and say I don't know how yall can be so optomistic but its great! Elder Ballard and I don't honestly know how we did it eather. All I can say is that the Lord will provide after all you can do. Honestly Elder Ballard and I have been teaching so much in our area we have not had time to find a suficent pool of new investigators. So if we dont get finding here we may dry ourselves out. As it is now we have four sold individuals on with a date and 2-3 more that are looking to it. I know that dosent sound like alot of people but it is when you are making daily contact with them and trying to make as much contact with 22 recent converts this ward has had, and making contact with less active members and... the list goes on. Growing pains our good.

 

Oh snap... I am about out of time.

 

uh loved yalls emails. they where great.

Amy and Dan- the Telegram was great to. I am thinking about fraiming it.

Friends- Some of yall our going out on missions here quick. Buckle down and hold on because Satin likes rocking our boat as much as we enjoy rocking his. :)

Fight hard and when you have nothing left dont wory about anything but holding on untill tomarow and then get back at it.

 

Love you all,

 

--
-Elder Robinson

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Spencer's letter for 10/04/2010.

Family!

 

We woke up and it was 45 degrees this morning. That's a shear contrast to one month ago!

 

Mom, Thanks for your email. I love you to.

 

By the way I loved Conference! It Was Great! In one of the emails I read someone asked me what my favorite talk was.(I think it was Christy that asked) I would have to say that it was in priesthood session on missionary work. There is so much work to do. To any younger cousins that my read this I will add my testimony to the brethren and tell you it is imperative that you start now to prepare for a mission. That's for the boys and girls. You younger girls may not actually serve a mission but that doesn't mean that you wont ever do missionary work and need that preparation as a spiritual shield in the years to come.

 

Here are some of my other thoughts about it.

 

The wonderful thing about the gospel is it is truth. All of it. Truth can not be changed or voted on as mentioned in conference. Because its true and we have learned about it it resonates in out minds. We all know that we can and should heed it. I would encourage you if you ever find you self kicking at the pricks to stop and just fix it. I loved the analogy to at conference about stepping over a newly varnished floor. It takes work to repent and to follow truth. A lot of work but it is so worth it. Moroni 10:32-33

 

I loved President Monson's talk on choice. We are responsible for ourselves to get to heaven. But we can not get to heaven with out having given all of our selves to God, his work and his glory. Ether 12:4 I can see the gospel changing so many peoples lives here in the south.

 

I loved what Elder Uchtdorf said about humility. Its not beating ourselves up. Its thinking more about others. It's so true.

 

Any way if you could follow all of what I just wrote then you know me better then I know myself. There have been so many thoughts running through my head since conference. That and my head often goes about crazy at night as a lay awake thinking about it all.  

-Ann- What email where you writing to?

 

-Christy- You are not forgotten. I love you to.

 

-Amy- I Loved the pictures of the kids and I am sure you will love conference.

 

-Dad- How was your Birthday?

 

-Elder Robinson- Hey thanks for the Spanish.

 

-Mom- Thanks for all you do for me and for others.

 

-Everyone else- We an army. An Army. My whole life I have dreamed of being in the military, learning how lead others and standing up for what was right. Well we where all born into that calling. We don't fight people we fight sin. We don't tear down, we build. We can not to repent because then we cut off our communication to God. In this war it is worth it to sacrifice everything. In this war we will have to. Look to the Savior in all that you do and change to become more like him. Rely on Him. Trust Him. Build that trust daily. Obey with exactness because you love him. Reach out to others because you love them to and you see them how God dose. None of us are perfect, I am far from it, but that's okay. I write this because I need these things.  I Thank You for your examples that have taught it to me.

 

I love you all.

"...The Time is far Spent there is Little Remaining..."

Hey Family

 

Can i simply say this...There is nothing like Missionary work. Okay my email could be over but all fill you all in on a few more details.

 

We had President interviews this last week. Ah I love President Bowman. He will not alow anything to take our focous off of what we should be doing... Baptizing! Retaining! and building the Kindom of God! Its great. It changes lives. It has changed my own.

 

So my companyon and i have been enjoying the rain the last few day's. I had some pictures i wanted to send you all but I forgot my camra. Oh well... next week right? President Bowman has us thinking about the work so much we forget about everything else. I simply want to say that time is passing so fast. If we didnt have the spirit to quicken our minds I dont know if we would get anything done. 

 

My companyon and I have been so blessed in this area. The people in Moultrie are so reseptive to the gosple. But its not enough. Every day I think of how I as a missionary and as a companyonship could do better. My companyion and I push ourselves to do more because we must. I would encorage you where ever you are at to do the same. None of us can comprehend the work that the Lord requires of us. But dont let that discorage you because He will help. He wants us to better. Let us all lift where we stand.  

 

Hey so Dad it's your Birthday on Saturday! And You are going to be 50! I can always remember how old you are because your 30 1/2 years older then me. Then Mom is two years yonger then you. Well I will sure miss you Saturday. Love you lots. 

 

Then I know of Someone else who has a Birthday tomarow! They should know I wish them a Happy Birthday! That Someone will also have to know that I read there letter this moring and that there responce will have to be a little belated untill I can write them again.

Something that our mission has been doing is trying to reconise everyones efforts in our behalf. So I wanted to take this oportuninty to Say Thank You. Everyone of you. Family and Friends, where it not for your suport in any way shape or form we missionaries would have it alot harder. As it is now we can Lift and be Lifted. So Thank You. 

 

Love you all,

 
--
-Elder Robinson

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Time - Where does it go? Does it even exist?

Hey Family & Friends

 

What ever happend to the consept of time? I thought time was on our side and it is...it just wish like Elder Robinson that it would stop every now and again.

the thing about time is that it wont stop. Nope. I talked to a WW2 Vetren the other day. You cant do that very often any more. He told us a little about his life and how he is now suffering from cancer. But he was at peace it seemed. He didnt let that hold him back from what he knew he needed to do. He in a sence knew how much time he had left and worked quickly and diligently to acomplish all that he had to do. Elder Ludwig, and his wife just whent home. He i a letter told us missionaries the samething. We only have so much time here on a mission and many of us don't comprehend  the work the lord requires of us. (Preach My Gospel Pg. 13 one of the quotes from the Presidents...) So we canot and should not fear the end, because it's not.

 

My week has gone by fast and so has the time i have had to email today. I enjoyed reading all of you emails though. Keep to the faith. There is always some way that we can inprove. Daily scripture study, jornals, service, prayer... you name it and then you find a way to do it :)

 

Love you all.

--
-Elder Robinson

Letter from Spencer, received 09/14/2010 ...

DATE 6, August 2010

 

Dear Mom & Dad,

 

            Hey I love you!  Wanted you to know that.  The work here in Moultrie is going great.  Except that we go stopped by an officer the other day.  Yea he got after us for not stopping on our bikes before we walked over the railroad tracks.  Yea, who has ever heard of that law?  Once he knew we where totally confused and frustrated, he started laughing at us.  (Turns out) he was a member from Thomasville, pulling our leg.  So then we had a nice chat about the work and he sent us on our way.

 

            Hey, we had two baptisms this last week.  That was wonderful.  We are working with three other individuals who are close to baptism as well.  All their names are Xavier Rogers & Betty Horace (who were baptized), and Roderick Spence, Isabel Rodriguez, and Lazedica Mock who are on with a date.  It's been an exciting area.

 

            Transfers were this last week.  My last companion, Elder Johansson, is now home, and my new companion from American Fork, is Elder Ballard.  (Mom his family actually lives half a block South of the Timpanogos temple.)  He is a great companion and is willing to work hard.  We should see a lot of progress in this area working together.

 

            It sounds like you both are working lots, I hope Mom will be alright working full time.  I know that our family is being watched over though.  There are so many blessings that come from serving a mission.

 

            How are Grandma & Grandpa doing?  Same with Grandma Dawn?  I am sure that by the time I get home it will be them and the grand children that will have changed the most.

 

            Well we are always in a hurry.  But I am glad I got to stop and write, even if it was short.

 

            Love your son,

 

            Elder Spencer Robinson.

The Wonderful Sothern Georgia town of Moultrie

Hey Family

 

Mother I loved the Email you sent out with the quotes and messages from your Regional Conference. I really enjoyed reading it.

 

So first of there are(is) a individual(s) writing me and asking some questions that I would like to answer for all yall. One question was why I wrote in an email or letter what exactaly was it I learned from reading "Our Heritage" a few weeks ago. Well My companion was simply not feeling well for several days in a row and so we had to stay in the apartment. He sleped most of the time trying to get better. I was bound and determined that I was not going to sleep at all with that time and was going to try and study. I tell you what I learned that I could sit I an chair all day. For me it was almost painfull at times. I dont like to sit by myself that long. Sometimes it is nice but thats on a mountain or when I am working on someting with my hands. It was as a sat and read from "Our Heritage" That I learned/remembered many of the trials that the early saints whent through. It was quite humbling for me as I realised that my having to sit in a chair all day for a few days was nothing to complain about. I cant say how dedicated I was to my studies the whole time but I did learn lots as I took advantage of the time I did have to study.

 

So beyond that general question all answer the rest of the questions to there respective party in individual letters.

 

-Elder Robinson and Dad, we have been runing into so many spanish lately. What is something i could brifly learn to say in relation to giving them a pass along card or something? -Thanks

 

-Mom, There was a Sister who sent us home with some food. Okay it made me miss home really bad. It was Roast and Mash potatoes just like you make it on Sunday afternoons.

 

For those of you that dont know I love my mother and father. They are everything to me. I was thingking after this event and some other things that came up in the week how much they have helped me to be here on a mission over the years. Where it not for the persitance of my mother in helping me at a young age to read and write i doubt that i would have made it to college, or through high school even. Serving here where there are so many people who simply don't seem to care about education has really opened my eye's. Everything i have done I can trace back to them and the church.

 

I love you all,

--
-Elder Robinson

 

"Discipleship is Not a Spectators Sport"

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