Busy Missionary

Letter from 6/23/14
Dear Robinson Family,
    I am sincerely sorry bout being so bad at writing letters! I just counted up the number of households we try to talk to every week and it's 55, we average between 12-22, depending on the week. So we have been super busy. This area was booming for the first transfer and a half. We figured out last night that the work here has been going down the chutes lately. The attendance has gone down tremendously. We had like 25 people at Sacrament, then a ton of people left after Sacrament. It has been tough.
   But, how have y'all been? I was so jealous when I saw the pics of y'all at the family reunion! Colty looks like a stoner, haha! Sam does look like he is getting the hang of riding pretty good! Any time I see a dirt bike, how I miss it so much! Dad, sell my bike because the first thing I want to buy when I get home is a 450! And the next thing will be a truck. Did Wyatt ride the 250 this weekend, though?
   Bryce Holyoak is in the Colorado Springs mission, not Ft. Collins. When does Matt leave? Tell me as soon as Caleb gets his call. I am so excited to hear where he is going!
   I got a kick out of when you said Riss is trying to get along with her frenemies. IDK why, but it just tickled by fancy. When I was going through the reunion pics, I showed the other 3 missionaries the pic of Rissa's B-day and the one she is pushing up her eyebrows and she looks like some kind of troll or gremlin. It was pretty funny!
    So are y'all going to northern Idaho for the 4th of July? If so y'all are LUCKY!
    So what are the plans for this summer? Anything else fun and exciting?
I love y'all!
Keep on keeping on!
Elder Cade Joseph Robinson

Thanks again to the Logan's for the pictures!!

 



Have You asked Sister Bigelow how she feels about that, haha?!

Thanks for the Pictures though!

So you should get me sister cooks email address so i can email her so i can get shannons email as well!

It does sound like yall had a real busy week!

Have yall heard from elder Hancock? I tried emailing him last week but i didnt get anything back.

So I do plan on writing another letter tonight but first we have to run to chinle to do some grocery shopping then we have to run to round rock to put some people on date for baptism then i will write you!

How did Sister Cook get Elder Tucker stuff? He was a goof ball! Haha. He trained Elder Christensen Who trained Elder Kay. Haha!

Anyways! I will give you a run down on the week When i write the letter!

Love ya

Elder Cade

Navajo Burgers

Hey Mom,

That sounds like yall had an awesome weekend! I will definitely write those people back as soon as i get the letters! 

Thats a bummer yall got a flat tire but its a good thing it all worked out! 

I was so jealous yall got to go dirt biking we had a lesson with a lady on thursday and she was talking about her sons dirt bike and his bow and how much fun he has with both of those and internally i was like ' Baaa! Someones probably up saving our spot right now for the weekend!' But, I am glad yall had so much fun! 

So a couple fridays ago we had Elder Carlson of the second Quorum Of the 70 Come do a mission tour and we got to Hear from him from Like 900 to 500 and that was way cool but this last friday we had a Chinle Az Stake fireside where Pres. Batt was there along with Elders Teh And Gay From the first Quorum of the 70! And that was way sick! Elder Teh is awesome and hilarious. Other than that we had a pretty awesome week besides Bobby is being a little poophead! He really Rubs me the wrong way sometimes!

We had a sweet night of softball at The tellers house Who are these amazing Recent converts and after wards we had a "CookOut" And these are my new favorites they are called Navajo Burgers! It is basically 2 Hamburgers in a frybread! Soo Good! I will send you how to make fry bread too!

Any ways all is well here Love ya!

Elder Cade

P.s. My camera broke this week so idk what you want me to do bout that. Let me know!

Shorter and shorter emails and still no letter!

Hey Mom,

So I am in farmington right now... But i am staying in round rock with E. Cook. We are just up here cuz the other elders truck has been peeing tranny oil all over our church parking lot they are getting a new truck.

Thats good that yall enjoyed uncle Carl's funeral! 

Thats awesome yall went to Gmas And Gpas for a weenie roast that sounds so fun right now! 

That is super awesome sam had a good day At roaring springs

What is riss gonna do for work if the Deckers move haha!?

You Could have both the sisters write me and i wouldnt mind too much haha!

I am so jealous yall have the fam reunion coming up where are yall going this year? 

I have been craving a good dirbiking ride lately but i end up just day dreaming bout it haha! 

well Love ya 

Elder Cade

 

 

 

 

Thank you again, Logan's, for the pictures!

New Investigator

Hey Mom.

This week has been crazy! We have done so much service! It has been nice to get out of the white shirts and ties though! The highlight of this week would be a new investigator finding us that has been being taught in mesa and is like super prepared to be baptized! Bobby had a hard week this week though, He wants nothing more than being baptized but his past holds him back. He may have gotten in a little trouble this week that will be a hinderance to him!

That is a real bummer that the work has slowed down that much for you guys and that you will have to start sharing a set again!

That is a real bummer that the Nuzios are having such a hard time! 

The  weather here has been pretty nice, it hangs in the mid 90s and peaks at about 100. Its gonna get warm!

That is awesome that Sams friend wants him to go to roaring springs. I want to go! 

Its great to hear yall are doing good! Things are going pretty great down here in the land of Lehi's seed too! I love it. I cant wait to show yall some of the things that really bring the Book of Mormon to life down here! 

Thank you a ton for the package last week It was Perfect!

Love Ya

Elder Cade

Hot, hot, hot

 



Email from 5/26/14:
Hey mom

Not too much new and exciting this week. It rained the past couple of days. Thats fun. it gets so muddy. I almost ran into a fence yesterday then almost got stuck that little Tacoma has a hard time sometimes. 

I will try that Google drive thing here in a minute.

Thats good that You had a good time with Jolee! 

That is hilarious that yall went to logan the 4 of us elders have been talking about usu alot. Elder Hirschi says i need to make it to that fall semster right after i get home. We will see because that would mean i would probably have to come home a few weeks early.

That is funny you got sun burned. i have got straight up baked a few times but now i have tanned up enough that i dont get bad anymore. 85 doesnt sound so bad im sure we have 100 here a long time ago.

That is awesome that sam is going to Boise. he will have so much fun!

That is sweet that Aub gave the lesson especially L2. That is the one i have the hardest time teaching because it covers so much!

That is what we struggle with most is getting the members to be missonaries out here we have a few weekly meetings where we (the missionaries) discuss how to help them help themselves.

Did you get you Bday present i sent you?

If you havent already sent that Package you were talking bout a couple weeks ago i have a few requests.

1 My Zippo 2. Those grey slacks 3.A Durable Water Bottle 4. Ephraims Rescue And 5. A new pair of jeans.

Please and thank you.!!

Love ya

Elder Cade

 

Making dinner for the Logan Family

(thanks Keshawna for the picture!)

Email from 6/2/14

Haha. Every single one of yall has asked me about mushrooms! I havent made any since i have been out and. I left the magical seasoning in cortez.

The pictures are sweet. I miss those guys so much! Haha i just told all the elders here with the pic of Tyler and Lexi. Thats my best friend and his sister who is my future wife.

Dotty is huge! And that challenger is sick! And Boise looks like yall had a ton of fun. Did dad fit in the challenger?

I am sincerely sorry about not writing letters it is so busy here. We squeeze every ounce of P-day we can because The weeks are so hectic and stressful here and I will probably not get one written today, because we are headed to Farmington today. Speaking of which could you put some dinero on my card. I am going to see a chiropractor today. My Back has been bothering me pretty bad for almost a month now. Sister batt said the guy probably wont charge me cuz he is a member But just in case he does. Missionary medical wont cover it unless it is doctor ordered.

That is so awesome that The western days parade was good! I forgot about that!

Is school up?

The music from last week did work! Thanks for that!

My Favorite experience this week, Is actually a pretty regular occurence, But when we run into someone and they say we are an answer to their prayers. We found a less active who seems pretty promising and his wife and children arent baptized but he wants to get reinvolved with the church!

Thats ok about the Pants thanks for lookin though!

Love ya mom

Elder Cade 

Yes, Mom is a slacker and didn't post last week's email :)

First off, let me just say that Mother's Day was phenomenal! It was wonderful to sit and talk with Cade and know that he is still Cade! We all had such a good time, especially getting to hear about what he's doing, since his emails are pretty non-informative a lot of the time!

Email from 5/12/14:

Yeah just about every one I tell gets a good kick out of that one.

That is pretty cool school is almost over. That means i am sneaking up on my year mark pretty soon! 

Sam will have so much fun on his Boise/ Father-sons day! I think mine was like that too! I miss camping pretty bad!

Tell sam that I love him too!

Its pretty funny the dog bit him this morning though! haha! Where did she get him? 

Well Mom hope you have a wonderful Mothers day/ Birthday week! Dang how old are you getting anyways? 

Love You Butt tons!

Elder Cade

Email from 5/19/14:

Mom.

I am sorry I didnt get you B-Day Present sent on time I am sending it today though! And the Google drive thing didnt work again! So the Piggy Back Email Almost Kinda worked. I will Reply Back all to you this way and i think it will be easier. if I replied to the other one i think it would have only gone to sam.

So I am excited to see the video! Grandma And Riss had been bugging me since before i left for those pictures! So the story on the raccoon It was a members pet in Cortez it was freaking hilarious. I dont know what dogs you are talking about but the donkeys hang around the church here all day so i thought i might as well chase them! They are real asses though! That is sweet that Rochelle Graduated! Tell her i said congratulations! I was pretty stinking excited to talk to Colty too though! He didnt know who it was at first though haha!Grandma told me bout grandpas knee that is a bummer but he reassured me he will be ready to go hunting by the time i get back though then i told him we have to go to Cortez To slay some of those massive Bucks and he said "Ok Ill save my money" Haha. 

Love Yall!!!!!

Elder Cade Robinson

For some reason, I'm not able to upload the video to the blog, but you can see it on my Facebook and Cade's Facebook page if you would like!

Two emails and a letter

By the time I realized last week that I hadn't posted Cade's letter, it was closer to just wait for today's email and hope that he graced us with a letter, too. And he did!

Email 4/28/14:
Hey Mom,

So answers for Q's:

1.I do still wear my CTR ring

2.I bought extra large scriptures for my morning studies because my eyes dont like to work in the morning!

3. I bought those scriptures from the Lds distribution center.

That is so cool that Sam is doing good! 

So in response to your Chastisement. Things are so great down here the work is exploding down here we are averaging like 5 new investigators a week and twice this transfer we have found 9 in a week. We set 4 people on date for baptism yesterday alone. The people are so receptive we just have to do our part as missionaries and people will come unto Christ. Stake and Zone conferences were so great this week! We got to see President Batt 3 times this week. And that is always a spiritual Nitros boost! I went on exchanges with our DL in Lukachukai. Which is so pretty! It reminded me of Idaho. The dl is also from Nampa So we went on a hike for our morning exercise and it was great!

So that is my week in a nut shell! 

Keep me up to date!

Love ya!

Elder Cade Joseph Robinson

 

Letter dated 4/29/14:

Mom,

   Canyon de Chelly was way fun! Bishop's daughters showed us all the likes and stuff (Facebook) and I knew like everyone. It was hilarious! That is crazy it is almost girl's camp time! I swear I just got out here and this transfer seems like it was a week long! I am so super excited for Sam! I didn't even know but I guess I had subconsciously been stressing for him. But now that you have told me he is ready to do better a huge relief just overcame me! So when do y'all pick up Dotty? How is Oreo doing? How do you think she will do with an addition? So today we went to Lukachukai again to have a district activity. We all grilled and then just chilled. The other missionaries in the district are Elder Sorenson (Texas), Elder Peterson (Colorado Springs), Elder Jones (Nampa) and Elder Manunaleuha (Hawaii). They are all so cool and I love them. Transfers are this week. I'm pretty sure I am staying, but I'm not sure about Elder Cook. He has been here 4 1/2 months now. I guess we will see soon. Well, I'm off to bed!

Love ya!

Elder Cade Joseph Robinson

P.S. The post office is closed here on Saturdays.

 

These are some fun pictures from the Bishop Logan's family. The first picture is from the hike in Canyon de Chelly and the second is from the post-Stake Conference Burger King run.

 

Email from 5/5/15:

Hey mom,

  So we will probably skype over at the Logans. And it will probably be like 6 or 7 o'clock. Either I or someone else will call you sunday morning or saturday night to let you know.

  So what pictures are you talking about? i got 2 pictures and i have no idear what the second one is!

  So how has Oreo been Grouchy with her? Like Snappy Or just ignores her?

  That is awesome about Tyler W and Sam C!! Its crazy to think that they are back already!

  Time flies out here though!

  It is weird to hear/read about all the people getting married and stuff though. I kind of expect everything to be on pause while im gone but it doesnt quite work that way.

  That is real weird that Riss might come down here! Tell her to be prepared to be real hot!

  So For transfers E. petersen is leaving. But he is going just to a bordering area. But he was a ticking time bomb he was here since we came out. 9 months! Everything else is the same in our trailer though. I get my favorite ZL back E. Christiansen. And E. Kay is Going to Dilkon With E. McCarrey. And E. Kay is now the DL over There.

I warned E. Cook That all of my previous Comps have become DLs now. But he didnt seem real worried.

  Fast sunday was real good that was maybe the best testimony meeting i have ever been in! One of our investigators bore his testimony he really wants to be baptized but he cant because he is on parole. But we still work with him eventually he will get off. 

  Well I will talk to you in a couple days!

Love ya mom 

Elder Cade Joseph Robinson