Getting Slowly Less Creative with Titling Things

It's true, I am.

Aside from that, things are going pretty well. The ice has all melted for the most part, and it's starting to get warm. Today it's going to get up to a brisk 37 degrees F! 

Game Night was a big success on Friday, which was super nice because we've been thinking of cancelling it for a while because not a lot of people were coming anymore.

Recently I've been trying to find ways to make my language study better, and then I realized that I just need to do something that's fun and can provide me with direction to study things that I haven't had a reason to before. I realized that that is harder than it sounds. Then I realized, what the heck, maybe I'll just write myself a book in Russian! I mean, I know how to speak alright, but I have no clue how to do literary Russian! So, I've enlisted the help of Elder Peterson. We're going to write 2 stories, and every week we'll trade off so the other one can continue that story.

I'm also slowly getting more jacked since I finally started to work out in the mornings at the beginning of this month. Pretty sure I'll never be ripped. But, hey, might as well try for it.

So, that's my week.

Peace!

Elder Robison

What Is This?

So, first off, I found a thing this week outside of our branch building

I don't know whose this is... but it's metal...

Other than that, we got a new sister this week! Her name is Sister Horne, she's from Canada. She's pretty cool.

This week I made some pretty major changes to half of the language tests, which means that I have to totally overhaul the grading system. Manually. one person at a time. It takes forever. That's why I make Elder Fuller do it for me.

Woo! Forced labor!

Not sure what else to write about. We went to an English club on Saturday. That was fun. It's a small group, it just started. We go because there are no native speakers there, so they like to have us. It's nice. Everybody always asks tons of questions about who we are and why we're here, so it always turns into a discussion about the Church and what we believe in.

I found out that I'm going to start school on September 11th! Pretty cool.

Anyway, That's all for me. Peace out!

Elder Robison

The Fourth Book of Robison

The Fourth Book

of

Elder Robison

-

His service and ministry in the

city of Dnepro

-

An account written by the hand

of Elder Robison

Chapter 25

Elder Robison goes forth with Elder Balyas - The people are desirous to learn the English language - They are taught English, and then are taught about mortality - The work of learning Russian is carried forth by Elder Robison and the elders that serve in the office. February 6-12, 2017.

1 And it came to pass that I, Elder Robison, did go forth with my companion, Elder Balyas, to teach the people according to their desires to learn. And the people, not being desirous to learn of the church, did seek that we would teach them in the language of my fathers.

2 Therefore, we did go invite them to come unto us, and we did teach them in all the ways of the language of my fathers. And they did tell us the tales and legends of their people in the language of my fathers. 

3 And now, it came to pass that after they had received sufficiently the learning of the language of my fathers, they were desirous to know more of the church, in particular those points of doctrine concerning the reason that man is subject to death of the body.

4 And so, we did teach them many things for their benefit, that they might know that this life is given to us that we may learn to choose the good from the evil, and that were it to be so that man never died, then he could never be redeemed, but that he must remain in an imperfect body, subject to the trials and pains of mortality.

5 And it came to pass that I, Elder Robison, did say unto them: behold, this we know; that man is subject to age and to death. Therefore, why question ye this point? It is wisdom in God that we are to be subject to these things for a time, that we may learn.

6 Behold, God knows that man will die. He knows the number of man's days upon the face of the earth is short. Therefore has He given us the scriptures, and the words of the prophets; or rather, His words, which are given unto us by the prophets.

7 Yea, and he giveth us these things that we may know the things that man must do in the time he is given, that man may learn good from evil, and that he may be saved at the last day.

8 And it came to pass that after I had spoken these words unto them, we did leave them for a time.

9 And not many days later, they did return to us, again desirous that they might learn the language of my fathers, and that they might learn more of the church.

10 And it was so that we did teach them according to all of their desires.

11 And, having taught them, we did leave once more to our homes.

12 And I, having been given responsibility for my brethren that I should teach them in the language of the land in which we dwelt, did labor abundantly in the office with Elder Ustin, and Elder Fuller, and Elder Balyas, that we might correct the many errors that were discovered.

13 And having fixed these errors I did begin work on a new test, yea, a foundation, upon which a new missionary might build his knowledge of the language more fully.

14 And now, seeing that my writing is sufficiently lengthy, I do make a close of my words unto you, my friends. 

Yeah, sometimes I get bored. Nothing that interesting happened this week, so I figured I'd just do this instead of writing that nothing interesting happened. It was entertaining, for me at the very least.

Peace out!

Elder Robison

Break It Open With Your Head

This phrase is heard so often in my district, it's ridiculous. The reason behind it is that if you place your finger directly on top of an apple and then slam your head onto your finger as hard as you can, you can break the apple clean in half. We apply this logic to many things.

This week was pretty dragged out. I don't honestly remember what all happened this week. I was in the office a lot, sorting out a bunch of things for the language program. Elder Fuller got his Christmas package at last, there was lots of cool stuff inside. Transfers happened. Most of the mission got moved, except for me and Elder Balyas. Elder Jensen left, Elder Cannon left, Sister Savran left... Well, she's actually still going to be here, Stister Bolingbroke doesn't have a companion because the sister she's supposed to be training has visa problems.

That was basically my week. Nothing too exciting. Hope you guys had a good week!

Peace out!

Elder Robison

Sister Savran got ahold of the shaving cream that came in Elder Fuller's package. 

This is a delicious, overpriced resteraunt called "Suitcase". It sounds cooler in Russian, trust me. I may not look excited, but that's because I'm really tired. I didn't get to sleep at home very much this week, I was staying at the AP apartment a lot.