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Hey guys,

I’m leaving Kadoma! Saaaad, I’m gonna miss that place! I made some
great friends there. And what makes it even sadder is that we were
supposed to have 5 baptisms last Sunday but they all got delayed to
next Sunday so I can’t see any of my converts get baptized. It’s okay
now, because I’m in Bindura! This place is like… the same. It’s hot,
dusty and really small. My area is called Trojan. It’s a mining
community on a hill, it looks really, really cool. I’ll send some
pictures next time. Well the work here is kind of tough because Trojan
is pretty far from the chapel and there are hardly any members who
live there. Also my companion and I are brand new and so we don’t know
where to go or who to see! Pakaipa!

Well not much can be said, my time is limited since I couldn’t write
to you on Monday. On Monday I played golf one last time with Brother
Jakarasi! Soo cool. I’m really gonna miss that family. I think I’ll
just sum up my entire Kadoma experience with a few pictures.

I’m entering my final stretch! 3 transfers to go!

Much love,
Elder Robison

Blessings

Hey guys,

Well it’s been a pretty good week. We had lots of lessons, extended
lots of baptismal dates, we had a marriage, we had a baptism, and I
got to speak to you guys yesterday! Blessed. It’s been a very good
week and it ended on a good note. Today we even played golf!

Maybe I can start with the marriage. Brother and Sister Chirenda
finally got married on Saturday. It was a great success, and it went
exactly the way they wanted to. I’ve actually never seen Brother
Chirenda so happy. We had a few members show up and it was just really
special. Their baptism will be next week. We’re praying that they will
be ready by that day.

After the marriage on Saturday we visited a member’s home with our
District Leader to do an interview for her 9 year old son. Nkululeko
Shumba (Liberation Lion). He got baptized yesterday. He’s a super cool
kid who knows English really well so he made things very easy. His mom
is a very devoted member and loves teaching her kids the Gospel. She
has another 5 year old and a 1 year old. Next is her husband! We’re
trying to land some time to meet with him so he can be united with his
family at church.

After all of the success we had a bit of a lackluster turnout at
church, but it’s okay. I’ll still be patient with our work. I know
we’re doing our best and that’s all the Lord requires. Then I was able
to skype you guys! Sorry if I wasn’t able to answer all of your
question’s, I guess you’ll just have to ask them in person when I get
back hehe.

Today was another golf day. I should be grateful for that blessing
haha you’re right. It was kind of an off day until the last two holes.
On the last two I had a par 4 and par 3, Woohoo! That felt super good
after a long and disappointing day. It included a few cool putts from
far away.

I know most of this email you already knew but I guess it’s a good
overview in writing. Looking forward to this last week of the transfer
then on to my 15 transfer as a missionary… yikes.

Much love,
Elder Robison

Crazy Lady!

Hey guys,

So some weird stuff has been happening around here for the last few
days. First off we teach a huge group of kids then in the middle of it
this large man busts through the crowd then grabs one kid by the
shirt, gives him a few beatings then throws him in the car. I was kind
of nervous and it happened so fast. I asked the kids who that was and
they said it was that boys, girlfriends dad. It turns out that kid
beat up his girlfriend and the dad wasn’t very happy about it (not
cool).

Another crazy thing happened the very next day when we were coming
down a turn we normally turn on when this crazy lady see’s us. We try
turning left then right as she was approaching to get out of her way,
but she wouldn’t let me pass. As she got to the car, she put her hands
on the hood and started shouting at us. She then starting beating the
car so I started reversing fast. I saw she was running so instead of
reversing I decided to go forwards. I skidded in to drive then turned
out of the way on to another road and she kept running at us haha. It
was so insane, we didn’t know what the heck was going on. No damage to
the car or to ourselves, so it’s okay haha.

Not minutes later when we got out of the car, we parked at a familiar
street. Soon all these little kids started running at us like they
always do shouting “Murungu!” I didn’t think anything of it. Then one
of them asks me to lift him up in the air, so I did (which was a
mistake, because if you do it to one, you have to do it to all of
them) and they all start chanting “Again! Again! Again!” it was really
cute. My companion has a video of all these kids chanting. I wish I
could send it but the file is too big :(.

In this email I really want to let you in on some of the new people
we’re teaching. One of them I have to tell you about is Brother Semba.
Cool dude! He’s like 60 years old, and accepted everything we had to
say. Piece of cake! He’s just so humble and teachable, he’s
incredible. We didn’t waste any time and invited him to be baptized on
the 28th of May, he said “That’s too late Elders, my wife and I need
to be baptized now!” We need to teach him some things, but he’s
totally ready. People keep walking in on the lessons, and he’s just
inviting more and more people to hear us teach. Seriously cool guy.

There is also another amazing lady we are teaching called Sister
Chauruka. She recently went through a divorce and is facing some tough
times trying to raise her kids. She’s been going church to church
thinking they could solve her problems. She was doing this until the
night we met her. She was very against our message, and what we had to
say. I think I’ve told you about her before, but we calmly answered
all her questions and asked her to pray about the Book of Mormon and
about Joseph Smith. Well that’s what she did! And you know what, she
got her answer! After reading the BoM with her one night she just
paused and looked at us then said “guys, I need to get baptized. I’m
tired of going church to church I just want to stay in this one.” As
we’ve been preparing her for baptism we’ve been teaching her a few of
the commandments. She’s had some issues but at the end of each lesson
she just says “guys, all I know is that God wants me to be baptized.
What ever it takes I’ll just do it whether I like it or not” soo
coool. I love her determination and conversion to the Lord. She did it
all by herself, so proud of her. This Gospel truly changes people, and
can turn their hearts to God. Our inside motto with SIster Chauruka is
“trust God”. Her experience reminds me of what I read a few days ago.
In Alma 19 this is the story of when Ammon converts all those
Lamanites, including the king Lamoni. After they arose, being filled
with so much of the spirit this is what happened. In Alma 19:33 it
says…

“And it came to pass that when Ammon arose he also administered unto
them, and also did all the servants of Lamoni; and they did all
declare unto the people the selfsame thing—that their hearts had been
changed; that they had no more desire to do evil.”

Many more people we’re teaching, and miracles are happening every day.
Just yesterday we extended 5 baptismal dates! So crazy! We now have 11
on date to be baptized in May.

I love the work, and the people I’m working with. I feel so blessed to
be where I am.

Much love,
Elder Robison

Life

Hey guys,

Life is good! Real good! Everything just seems to be good right now. I
don’t know, I mean I just feel very content, healthy, and happy. The
Lord continues to pour out his blessings upon us and we find new
people to teach everyday. We found 2 more pastors! Ugh, I’m seriously
getting so tired of these bible pastors who think they know
everything. They take up so much of our time. We don’t even really
argue. We just go through our message and then he just starts
interrupting to tell us we’re wrong because he thinks otherwise. It’s
difficult, but kind of funny at the same time. Like obviously they’re
wrong and I have scriptures to prove it but we just listen. One of
them after the lesson thought i was mad at him and he got scared
because of my size haha. Just last night one of them walked in the
room as we we’re teaching one of our investigators. After our lengthy
discussion he told Elder Billings that he saw him in a vision! He said
just the other night he dreamed he saw Elder Billings. He said in the
dream he saw Elder Billings was sick, and he went on to explain some
pretty weird things. After explaining his vision he said he was
worried for us and our well being, and tried to convince us that we
were in trouble….. Pfff hahahahaha. We don’t know what it means, but
I guess we’ll find out.

So yesterday we actually had a baptism! One of our investigators named
Charles. He’s a stud and was so prepared for that day. He plays
soccer, he dances, he writes music. So talented and so cool. He has
dreads too! My whole mission I’ve always wanted to baptize someone
with dreads haha. It was a great baptismal service and he was very
happy to finally make it this far. We’ve been working with him for a
long time so we were both so happy for his accomplishments.

Well some pretty exciting things are happening in our zone. Mbizo Ward
is getting split soon, Kadoma is getting a new branch in town, and
Chegutu will split before the end of June! The work here is really
moving! Our zone members are working so hard to reach their goals, and
people seem to almost literally be flocking. Last week at zone
conference we were commended for our efforts by the Stake President in
Gweru. Miracles really do happen. My joy can best be described from
the Book of Mormon. In Helaman 6:3 it says…

Nevertheless, the people of the church did have great joy because of
the conversion of the Lamanites, yea, because of the church of God,
which had been established among them. And they did fellowship one
with another, and did rejoice one with another, and did have great
joy.

Today we’re going to Harare for MLC. My 15th since I’ve been on a
mission. I’m finding such joy and peace in my work. It’s literally the
most satisfying thing I’ve ever taken part in. Definitely something to
be remembered.

Much love,
Elder Robison

In it, to win it.

Hey guys,

Well  few things happening in this small town of ours. Firstly we started teaching our gym trainer aka Mr. Zimbabwean. We gave him a book of mormon a while back and he was reading it! He has some question’s so we started our discussions… So sick! A few other things is we finally got the Chirenda’s to agree to be married! They will be wed and baptized on the 13th and 14th of May. Finally getting things going around here. We’ve actually been teaching a lot of families lately. Call me crazy, but we want real growth here. Well we’re actually going to have a baptism next week for two of our youthful investigators, and it looks like all of the couples are gonna have to wait for May. We also had 3 less-active couples attend sacrament meeting last Sunday. Pretty cool, since that’s been what we were working on too.

Last week was a little bit of the same old but there are a few funny experiences. There is a less-active mama who we’ve been trying to support, but nothing is working. Finally one day we took a member with us about her age to go and see her. When we approached her gate we saw the door shut and heard it lock! Her teenage daughter and little son were sitting out side and we asked where she was. The daughter said she’s not around then the little kid just points his finger and shouts “Ari Kunyepa!” You’re lying! She’s here! She’s here! He then bursts through the door and in to her mother’s bedroom then drags her out hahaha. He’s like 4 years old. She came out really embarassed but it was okay we had a good laugh about it. I don’t know if she’ll ever come back but let’s hope for the best.

Well more teaching last week. We met with the pastor and apostle last week again. Mediocre lessons, but they committed to read and pray. We actually met ANOTHER pastor, and we ran in to and started teaching the first pastor’s associate pastor! What the heck! Is everyone a pastor! The last two I mentioned were much more humble and we actually have some hopes for them. I mean seriously though this whole pastor thing haha. Last week one of our investigators told us he doesn’t want to be baptized anymore. It turns out he’s insane, he’s like 16 and told us he thinks he’s a prophet and he can do what he wants hahaha.

Last week there was an ET and Elder Condie has now joined the ranks of the Kwekwe Zone. He’s 6’6″ and is from Lehi, Utah. He went to a private school so doesn’t know anyone I know but he’s a pretty cool guy. He also likes basketball so already we’re in good books.

Another rumor about the church I heard last week was the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, meets in the “Latter parts of the day” haha. Someone legitimately asked if we meet in the morning or evening for that reason. Yeah, people here think we’re satanic hahaha.

Well I’ve got a busy schedule ahead of me this week. Interviews in Chegutu, Kwekwe, and Kadoma. Zone conference, Mission President’s interviews, preparing people for baptism. it’ll be fun!

Much love,

Elder Robison

Mixed Signals

Hey guys,

So to start off my email before I forget I want to tell you about a pretty funny story. Last night in our area we were heading back to our car when some little kids saw us. There were about 5 of them and they were not older than the age of 3. All of them looked a little bit scared of me, so I made a scary face and put my arms out like I’m the cookie monster going to eat them. All of them ran away except for one. She just looked at me, smiled, then ran straight for a gigantic hug hahaha. Whoops! She thought I was giving out hugs that night, super cute. Then the other kids saw how cool I was and we got in a huge group hug in the middle of the street. It kinda just reminded me of Monsters Inc. for a sec haha. I felt like Sullivan. Priceless.

It was a slow week for sure. Not a lot happening in the area. We’re still working with a lot of different couples and individuals. Yesterday was interesting though. Except for the fact that I got tackled by a bunch of kids, after church we taught a pastor, then an apostle hahaha. Yeah did I tell you? We’re teaching an apostle. Both seem to be a little hardhearted, but always willing to learn more and seek for the truth. I don’t like wasting my time, but it’s nice to have  a bit of a challenge sometimes. Both the Pastor and the apostle expressed to us they seek for the truth. Wherever it may be, if God reveals that it’s in our church, then they will follow.

Well it was kind of a boring week except for Easter. I can tell you of an experience that I told Mom about. I’ll just copy and paste haha. Well Easter was in full swing here in ‘babwe. It’s a massive holiday for the whole country. It’s really quite something actually, I;ll tell you. On Friday it was Easter Friday right? When Jesus was crucified. Friday morning as we head to our area, on the main road we see what looks like a mob of people. There was police and everything. It turns out it was just a Jesus March celebrating the death of the Savior. At the front of the group of people there was a man holding a massive cross on his back haha. It’s so funny how literal people can take scriptures here. In John 2:6 it says  “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” I’m guessing that was the purpose of their march haha.

Another cool thing happened actually. About 4 weeks ago we ran in to a guy named Tichauna. He’s the older brother to a former investigator, works at the main shops, and is about 20 years old. 4 weeks ago we got in to a great discussion with him as he wanted to know more about the church. We got in to a 45 minute lesson and it went great! We then asked him where he lives and he stays in the other Elder’s boundaries! Aww, “Oh well it’s the same church” is what I thought. We handed him over to the other guys and he progressed so fast! He came to church 3 times and was baptized yesterday. I felt so privileged to be a part of all that. He was just sooo prepared. He’s actually a renowned rapper in Kadoma and everyone knows him as TPM (don’t ask me what that means). Every time we pass his shop we say hello, and I’m just reminded of how the Lord really is preparing people for us in the world. We just have to do our part and reach out. I’ll put a picture below.

Well that was my week, not too exciting, but I hope it suffices.

Much love,

Elder Robison

4 Transfers left…

Hey guys,

Well like my title suggests today was transfer day and I’m staying! It
also means that I have 4 transfers left! Crazy right? I just read
Trevor’s email and he’s left with 3. Also what is up with everyone
growing up so fast?! I’m afraid when I get home none of you will be
recognizable. I’m pretty sure I’ll be the same way though. I’m not the
same 18 year old that hopped on the airplane in 2015… it’s now 2017
by the way. I’m kind of lucky though, a lot of my zone members are
really young on their missions so I’m still kicking! I haven’t kicked
mule mode since the windy’s!

Well it was a busy week. Not a lot of missionary work done due to all
of the meetings and general conference viewings, but I’ll share a few
experiences that I had. There was one young mom we were teaching last
week that surprised us with a visit to church on Sunday. My companion
met with her on exchanges with Elder Tsotetsi and she was kind of
upset. A lot has been happening in her life and she feels like she’s
been mistreated. She’s looking for direction in her life and thought
she would find it at church. When she was visited by Elder Tsotetsi he
bore powerful testimony of the power that Christ has in our lives.
When I and my companion came on our return appointment she explained
to us that all of her anger was replaced with indescribable feelings
of peace. She said when Elder Tsotetsi bore his testimony she just
knew in her heart what she had to do now. We gave her a date to be
baptized that very moment. The spirit was so strong and was confirming
such truth to her soul. Very tender moment.

We also had another great visitor come to church this Sunday. His name
is Avias. He’s a paraplegic from the waist down, and an Elder in his
Roman Catholic church. After hearing about our message of the apostasy
and restoration, truth just resonated in his heart. His faith was
enough for him to roll his way all the way to church last Sunday. His
faith was so great, as he listened to the Prophet and his apostles he
said he just knew this was true. It took great faith to leave his
responsibilities at his church. His friend used to always pick him up
on Sundays to go to church in his car and he said to him last Sunday
“Nope, I can’t go with you anymore, I’ve found the truth.” Cool guy.
He loves the Book of Mormon, and I’m excited for his baptism on the
30th of April.

Lately we’ve been facing some challenges with unity and functionality
in the branch, and it’s really been slowing down the work. Although we
have so many people to teach, it just is so hard to get them in the
waters of baptism because of problems of this and that. Our most
progressing investigators all can’t be baptized in the month of April
which means we won’t reach our goal. I’ve tried to come up with
solutions to the problems, and things are okay but it’s a little bit
slow. You know me haha I’m a little impatient. As I was contemplating
what to do I my mind turned me to the scriptures. I dunno ’bout you
guys, but for me revelation always comes through scripture. I found a
scripture that gave me the quite assurance that “what I was doing was
enough”. Although I won’t maybe see the end result of my labors, what
I’m doing is helping. If I just do my part I should be happy. In D&C
64:33 it says “Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are
laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things
proceedeth that which is great.

Well that about sums up my week. Still in Kadoma, still loving it.
Still loving the Lord’s work, never getting tired.

Much love,
Elder Robison

More golf, more baptisms…

Well like the title suggests, we went golfing again and we had another
baptism. This time there was six of us so it was a little bit slow, but we
went with the same Rastafarian caddy so it was chill. My chipping game is ON POINT. I had three pars last week. One of my chips even went in the hole!
This time I wore sunscreen (the same sunscreen that I brought from home that
I haven’t finished yet) so I didn’t get burned like last time. I went with
my classic joggers and superman shirt look and totally rocked it with my
vans… so professional.

Anyways we also had another baptism for Pauline Piki. It’s the niece
of one of our recent converts. It was a good baptism and she was
confirmed the following Sunday. She doesn’t speak much English,
because she actually speaks Ndebele. It was a real difficulty teaching
her, but she prevailed.

Last week we also had a lot of exchanges, including with the
assistants. Really solid guys who really understand and love the work.
My previous, previous companion in the office is still there. It
always makes me smile when I see him. He’s definitely someone I’ll
have to keep in contact with when I get home. As well as exchanges
with the Assistants we went on more exchanges with some Elders in our
zone. I went with Elder Campbell, and this is his first transfer in
Zimbabwe. It being his first transfer I think he was a little bit
nervous to go on exchanges with me haha. It was all good though, he
did a good job, He’s actually from Iowa, which is kinda cool.

By the way at church I totally gave everyone fire. Lately there has
been some pretty heartbreaking disunity in the branch. Our last
session was men and women combined and President Chiwaka gave me some
minutes to talk in front of everyone. I gave them some stories about
some less actives because they didn’t feel like a part of the branch.
I then shared a scripture from 3 Nephi 12 When Jesus Christ says “Ye
are the light of the world”. It was pretty sweet. Although it was kind
of fire, it was the right time and it was done out of love. They all
appreciated my contributions.

Last week we met with lots of different interesting characters. We met
some LONG time less actives and a few individuals who flat out
rejected our message and anything to do with the Book of Mormon,
pretty interesting. There is one boy who we met last week who was
really interested, and when we came for the second time his mom was
there. She’s very young and it looks like she’d gone through some
tough times. At first she was very critical of our message, but as we
calmly explained and answered her questions she recognized some
truths. She goes to PHD Ministries which is run by a false prophet
named Prophet Magaya. We invited her to come to church and to learn
more and to our HUGE surprise she came! It was so wonderful as we saw
the Lord calming her storm, and touching her heart.

Another family we’ve been teaching came to church, all 4 of them. I
was so happy to see them. Like the mom in the last paragraph, this
family has faced huge difficulties recently and really needs some
help. I am so convinced of the healing power from Christ. All of these
families have been through some hard times, and had skepticism’s about
the church. We calmly expressed our love for them and the healing
power of the Atonement. This is what this gospel is supposed to do. So
many people are satisfied with their lives and think they don’t need
anything else. These special individuals are coming to the light, and
I can see God’s hand in their lives as they learn more about this
restored gospel, and it’s restored truths. Thinking about these
families always reminds me of a certain scripture.

Luke 4:18 says…

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”

Man I love that scripture, it’s so true. I love my Savior, he’s there
for me in the good times and in the bad. I know he can heal these
broken families and individuals, and I love so much to be a part of
it.

That was my week. Pretty cool I guess. Next week is the last in this
transfer. Each transfer is 6 weeks and after this week I’m left with 4
transfers out of 17 in a whole mission… so crazy.

Much love,
Elder Robison

PS I found the worlds smallest lizard like you see in that picture.

Maxin’ and Relaxin’

Hey guys,

Sorry for the lame subject line. Does anyone remember where it’s from? hehe. Anyways this week was pretty solid we did lots of work and found lots of people waiting to hear the restored gospel! We didn’t see a lot of our old investigators, but quite randomly we found a lot of new investigators. Really as we just faced fall throughs we would just turn around and contact the next person we see or even ask the person who is there if there’s anyone else we could see. I could just see the Lord’s blessings pour out upon us as we endured our journey doing the Lord’s work. To a great surprise when we tallied our new investigators at the end of the week, we counted 25 new investigators. It felt like any other week, but like I said I think the Lord knew our struggles and now we have a lot more individuals and even families to teach.

This past week we were working in a part of our area called Waverly. It’s quite big, but it’s a little bit far from where the chapel is so not a lot of people are able to come to church. There are a few members who stay there and one of them is someone I have to tell you about. His name is Brother Jongwe. Probably one of the most hilarious and converted individuals you have ever met. When we get there he was preparing some sadza for him to eat. When he see’s us he just stands up and says “Ah! Elders of Israel! Um… uhh… Okay! No matter the food! Let’s bring souls to the Lord!” Sooo funny. He’s just someone who looooves missionary work. He took us to see tons of people who were ready for the restored gospel. Between appointments he’ll just stop people on the street and be like “Elders! This is my brother (not really his brother, but that’s what he calls everyone) he needs the restored gospel!” He’ll just stop them and then explain who we are then tells them to give us their contacts haha, it’s so funny! And so helpful too because it makes it easier for people to listen if their neighbor is testifying of the same stuff. He’s even memorized our number and gives it to people he see’s. We get random phone calls all the time now. It’s so awesome! As he’s walking down the street in front of us, I’ll just hear him say to himself quietly but triumphantly “Glory to the Lord”. That’s his favorite phrase! Glory to the Lord. When we see someone and start teaching them. I’ll explain a scripture, or start to testify of the first vision and then you’ll just hear “You see! That’s how it is! You see!” It’s just hilarious. When someone isn’t there for an appointment he’ll say “no matter! Let’s go fishing”. I could just go on and on.

Well I think you know now the kind of people we work with. I can probably tell you about one family that we’re teaching called the Takawira’s. Just a humble baba looking for truth. He was actually just a street contact, but when I explained what we do he got really excited! When we went to his house we gave him a Book of Mormon and upon our return he read the first 10 chapters of 1 Nephi! He then explained the contents of what happened as if he was actually there! We immediately extended a baptismal date and he accepted! Along with a visit to church on Sunday! Just goes to show that God is gathering his elect. Very prepared man. We are trying to work with the wife now, wish us luck!

Well though the week was eventful. That’s about as much as I could pack in to this email. Those were probably my highlights. Still strong, and still putting our trust in the Lord. Please keep sending me pictures!

Much love,

Elder Robison

With Patience Comes Understanding

Hey guys,

Well it’s been an eventful, but stressful week. Lot’s of teaching, but never in my whole mission have I faced so much disappointment. What I thought was a good week ended up to be very trying. We have so many people on date for baptisms, but they just fail to come to church! We only had like 2 come to church, and one was just visiting from Kwekwe. In my heart I felt so frustrated and impatient. Amidst all of this, at the end of our empty investigators class a member offered the closing prayer. As I was listening to his prayer his words calmed my heart. He thanked God for the souls that were here today, and for their sacrifice and desire for truth. I just had this overwhelming feeling of gratefulness for those we did have that day.

After church we just continued our work and saw a few more people who either failed to come to church, or heard from us for the first time. When we got home that night I pulled an old paper from my files in the MTC. It was an apostolic blessing invoked by Elder Bednar during a training broadcast. The blessing included waiting on the Lord. Not being so impatient. That we will trust in his promises, and wait for those blessings. Everyone works according to their own pace and I think I just need to accept that. My beating heart then turned away from it’s impatience and I felt an overwhelming feeling of peace. It’s kind of funny but this kind of reminded me of basketball. You’ll find that more experienced point guards are more patient and attack when the time is right. They make the right moves according to what they read from the defense. Well kind of like basketball I guess I could apply this to missionary work. Every one has different needs. An experienced missionary knows not to be disappointed when things don’t work out or they’re not progressing as fast as you want them to. We need to wait on the Lord and trust in His timing. With everything there is a purpose, and a reason. Our job is to just keep doing what we’re supposed to. Whether I plant seeds, or reap the fruits of my labor it matters not, save it those souls are saved in the Kingdom of God. In Psalms 27 (A psalm of David) it says…

14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Last week I explained these problems we’re having in our area in our regular interviews with President Mkhabela. He basically told me the same thing. He told me to be of good courage and never give up. Just keep trying with all discipline. He also said to continue motivating and encouraging the zone. Man I love my Mission President.

Well on the 26th of March I’m left with exactly 6 months of my mission. I’ve (technically) served a sister mission! Well time surely is flying and I feel like I sit in this internet cafe every other day but I’ll just keep pressing forward. Thank you so much for the motivation and inspiration to endure.

Wait on the Lord! Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.

Much love,

Elder Robison