Pictures!

Happy Anniversary!!

   So as for Thanksgiving, we do have a place to go. As for other meals, we get fed enough! So don't worry about it! Thank you for the money though! As for now, the one Christmas album will be good. I might ask for more later, though. Thank You!!! 

   That is awesome Tyler did so well on his farewell! Haha, I am gonna get Jeremy yet!! 

   Did Grandpa get his other knee done? 

   Why are grandma and grandpa having dinner at the church? 

   Prime rib sounds so good right now! I am pretty sure the last time I had prime rib was a year ago at Thanksgiving with the Balfours! 

   So we had a pretty eventful week. Or the last half of it anyways! 

   I came down with a cold. But I am almost all the way over it now. We were able to teach some awesome people. We are preparing an older man for baptism. He has had a hard life, but he is making a change for the better now. He is in a wheelchair, I imagine because of a stroke, and he is on dialysis 3 times a week! He didnt make it to church this week because of dialysis because of the holiday but he should be able to make it from here on out! 

   Thursday E. Sobczak and I tag teamed District meeting. That was cool! Then I had exchanges with Elder Collins, who was in my MTC district. That was a lot of fun! Friday, we switched back and had lunch in Gallup, and I saw Terry Yazzie from Many Farms. That was super cool! But when we got home, we were doing our weekly planning and our neighbor, Sister Benn came over and asked us if we could run her and her granddaughter to the hospital. I told her we weren't supposed to but, if she couldn't find anyone else, we would. So we went next door and asked 15 min later and they hadn't found anyone yet, so we loaded them up and headed down. Her granddaughter has ovarian cancer and was in a lot of pain, so she took way too many pain pills and was on the verge of overdosing, but we got there in time. When we got back my concience was killing me, so we called Pres. Batt and told him. Saturday we got a new truck, 2015 Nissan Frontier! That night, our branch president called us and told us he called Pres. Batt and that he needed us to come to a funeral type thing at 9:30 pm. so we did, but the body was late getting there so we didn't get home till about 1 am Sunday morning. It was weird! Yesterday we had a branch Thanksgiving Potluck! That was a ton of fun! It was a good week! Hopefully this one is better!

Love yall!

Elder Cade

 

P.S. for Christmas, If possible a nice pair of Nike BYU sweats would be nice it gets kinda chilly down here!

Elder Van Ry

Elder Geimann

Elder Hirschi

Zuni Valley

Snow Storm

Our new truck

The wood burning stove in our house.

Our house

 

The Log Wins

Hey Mom!

    Exchanges were good! Ramah is like 20 miles away from Zuni. It was really fun being able to go out with Elder Sobczak again. It was kinda weird but cool! He keeps saying how proud he is that I am his DL, but I think he is just happy he got released. He also makes it sound like he really enjoyed being DL. I thought this time we would be on a more even playing field with like teaching and stuff, but he is still leaps and bounds ahead of me. It is ridiculous! 

   It has been hanging out in the 20s here as well. Yesterday we got our first snow! But I am freezing out here coming from the AZ desert. 

    What did Bishop have to say? 

    That is stupid that they lied to Ryan! 

    That is a real bummer that the sprinklers are freezing up on dad! 

    Tyler seems super excited for his mission! It's good that he is getting ready to go here soon. 

   So for my Christmas list so far I have come up with: Brown dress shoes, A brown belt that I can put a Buckle on, some ties and a couple more long sleeved white shirts. How is that for a list?

Oh, and could you upload some Country Christmas music along with any other kind of Christmas music. We listened to Christmas music all day yesterday just because it snowed haha! Colton would be proud! 

   The box did make it the week before last. Sorry I didnt tell you, I forgot! 

   Our week was pretty good! Interviews were on Wednesday. Thursday was District meeting and exchanges. And Friday I hit 15 months. Saturday hauled wood but the guy's chainsaw didn't work so we did all the chopping with axes. I was pooped! And I got beat up by a couple of the logs! Sunday we visited a lot of people. Yeah that was our week in a nutshell! 

Sorry I didn't bring my camera. I will have to try to print one off and send it in the mail!

Love ya Mom!

Elder Cade

Finally some communication!

Letter from 11/7/14:
Hey Mom,
  My week was good! The work was kind of slow, but it was good. I am already starting to love Zuni. It is awesome!
  I haven't got my box yet but the Elders in Many Farms forwarded it, but it hasn't quite got here yet. I am really hoping I get it tomorrow (Tuesday).
  Halloween was good. Like no one wanted to see us, but we had a lot of fun at our branch party! We didn't have a district party. One area is 1.5 hours away from us, so we only get together when we have to. And we have to get permission from Pres. Batt now anytime we want to have a district activity.
   All the pictures looked really good! Elder T and I got a kick out of the one where you guys cropped my face on to Chewbacca, haha! Halloween looked like a blast for y'all! I can't believe Averi is old enough to be baptized! That's just crazy!
   That's cool Bro. Oler is coming down. We will have to see what we can work out. Is he planning on seeing Caleb too? Because he is on the complete opposite side of the mission!
  I am going to really have to think about what I want for Christmas. I really don't know. So how are y'all gonna do Christmas now that we all know?
   I am pretty sure we are in the same time zone. And, yeah, we do daylight savings! It stinks because no one wants to see us after dark but it's dark by 6 o'clock! Dumb!
  I will be sure to send some pictures next week!
I love ya!
Elder Cade



Hey Mom!

   Sorry last week I didn't get an email to any of yall! I hope the letters were okay! 

    I do love it here in Zuni! It is a ton different from Round Rock and Cortez. It is super interesting! 

The Baptism interviews went really well! They both passed and got baptized just this last Saturday! It was for another set of missionaries, though. I can't interview people for my own, or there may be some biased opinions, as you might imagine. That is like the best part of being a DL is the baptismal interviews! They are so fun and spiritual. Those were my 4th and 5th interviews. 

    Did I tell you that I got to confirm one of the little girls I interviewed in Many Farms? That was awesome! That family was so prepared! The only thing that held the mom back from being baptized was getting married to a man who was already a member but he didn't want to! Sad deal!

   That is crazy that there have been so many new people move into the ward this last year. Is it even close to the same as when I left?

That is awesome that Brad came HTing! That was super cool that dad was able to relate that parable to him, too! That is a super good one!

I had written down some ideas for Christmas but I left them at the house. I will let you know next week. 

   Well, not too much happened this week! It was good but the work is still a little slow. We are really working on getting that picked up! We had exchanges with the ZLs last Thursday that was good. This week we have exchanges with the Ramah Elders, so I am going to go to Ramah on Thursday with Elder Sobczak.  We will see how that will go! Oh, and we have interviews with President Batt on Wednesday. I am pretty excited for that! 

   Well I hope you have a great week! 

   Thanks for reminding me how little time I have!!!! NOT!!!!

Love Ya!

Elder Cade

Zuni

  That is pretty awesome that Elder Van Ry's Mom said that! It was really fun being able to train him! I hope I get the chance to train someday again, because it is a blast!

  My new comps name is Elder Timoteo. He has been out for 3 months now and he is from Vegas. He has been in Zuni the whole 3 months he has been out. The house is nice. It's actually a house instead of an trailer. We have only fired up the stove a couple times though, it is an adobe house so it is like super insulated. The walls are like 2 feet thick, I swear! We go out with a member to haul our wood. We will probably go out sometime this week to get some wood. 

   The Zuni rez is a lot different. For one, it is like a town instead of everyone being so far spread out! The language is completely different. I am sure there are other things, too, but I have only been here for less than a week.

   What Did Ryan find out with his MRI's and stuff? No one has told me anything!

Elder Sobczak was never a ZL. Elder Kay is the only one of my comps who is a ZL and that just happened last week! E. Sobczak just got released from being a DL. I asked him what the secret was so I could get released, too, but he just told me that he had been a DL for 11 months and I guess that his time was up! When I saw Elder Kay, I commenced making fun of him for being called as a Zl, but he just looked at me and said that I was next, then we could serve together again. That shut me up. I don't want to be a ZL, but it would be cool to serve with Kay again!

   That is awesome the girls' concert was good! Aub's costume is pretty Bomb! What are the other kids dressing up as? 

   I am going to call the Round Rock Elders here in a minute to see what they did with my box.

I don't really have any cool stories yet here. I am sure I will have some soon though! 

Love ya!

Elder Cade

 

 

Aub, 

So what I have been up to this week is; on Monday I had to go say goodbye to everyone in Round Rock! Like everyone. I swear I knew like the whole community! It was rough. Then on Tuesday we went into Gallup and did the exchange! It was hard turning the area over but the Elders there will do a great job! Then we came into Zuni. This place is freaking gorgeous! I feel like I am in like Mexico City sometimes. The houses are built like something you would see in the movies in like a South American continent. My new comps name is Elder Timoteo. He is a huge goof ball from Vegas! It has been a blast the whole time I have been here with him! Haha! Then the rest of the week was just a normal missionary week! Thursday was weird having District meeting with my trainer in the district! But so far it has just been a blast out here in Zuni. Supposedly the Zunis are some of the closest people to being Nephites there are! Pretty Cool!

Thanks Aub! Love Ya,

Elder Cade

Transfer!!

Mom,

   So crazy story! I got a call from a 208 # on Thursday and I was like what the heck? But there are a couple of senior couples in the stake from Idaho that try to get a hold of us every now and then so I answered... and Tyler was on the other end, that goof! He had saved my # from Mother's Day and called and told me where he was called to! Haha! That goof! But I talked to Jeremy for a second while I was on there then we ended it, haha! 

    That is crazy Lexi got engaged, though! Is that kid a member? 

    I am getting transferred!  I am going to The Zuni Reservation, down towards Gallup, NM! Which is super sick! I will be in the only missionary house in the United States where I will have to burn wood for heat in the winter!! I am super stoked! I will be DL again and I will actually be Elder Sobczak's DL ,which will be super weird!! Good-byes have been hard. I am going to miss a ton of people here! Some people have given me more jewelry. I got a sweet necklace! And a dang cool silver and turquoise key chain dealio! Elder Hirschi is going to Farmington. Then Elder VanRy and Elder Geilmann are staying.

    No word on ward leadership and it is sure hurting us. It seems like the ward is falling apart!

    I will go pick up my box in a few minutes. Thank you foo sending that and for the Lindsey Stirling album.

    That is a real bummer about all your missionaries! What are you gonna do now?!?! Half your kids left you! Was Hancock a ZL in twin? How the heck did all that work? 

   Thanks for rubbing in the TX Roadhouse haha! Elder Hirschi is moving to a place where there is one and I am so jealous! 

   How did my implanted pic fit into family pics this time? That's good they turned out well!

Well I have to go get things all packed up! 

Love Ya!

Elder Cade

Elder Robinson's new address:
Po Box 1086

Zuni NM, 87327

Goodbye to the Logans

Mom,

I am glad you liked the pictures on FB! It was rough helping them move! I hope they settle in nicely in Globe! We haven't got any news on ward leadership. Hopefully we find out this week! 

That is sweet McKadee got to go hunting! Its hilarious that she has eyes like Craigy! Did anyone get anything? Who all went?

That stinks that Sis. Bigelow is transferring! Are you just heart-broken that Hancock is leaving though?! Haha! Isn't fleck a ZL? How is he training if he is a ZL?

Thank you for the new Piano Guys album! I am excited to listen to it! 

Our transfers just got set back so that we are back on our regular schedule so that everyone will go home on their assigned day! 

Zone Conference was great! We talked about a ton of great stuff! I really enjoyed Meet the Mormons! Go watch it!!! It is amazing! 

As for iPads you will actually know when I will get it before I do! They will send you an email telling you where to order it and how much it will be and such! 

Have fun in IF for pics! Make sure to stomach some extra Texas Roadhouse for me! Make sure to send me some of the pics!

Tyler is pretty excited to get his call I guess! He is a Goof!

Tell Averi Happy Birthday for me! I got her Baptism invite on Thursday! 

That will be funny all of you running around on Halloween! 

In that package can you also send me a couple t shirts and my camo fleece jacket, and a small fleece blanket?

Thank you!!!!!!

Love Ya Mommy!!!!

Elder Cade 

So much thanks to the Logans and for always taking care of our missionaries! We wish their family the best in their new endeavor!

Hey Mom!

 First thing is first. Sorry I have been a slacker at writing lately. I have been kinda overloaded the last few weeks! Trainer, DL, Bishop moving, try to get an activity in on P-day, then work my butt off the rest of the week!

 Conference was really good! I took a ton of notes! I'm gonna need a new notebook by the time Tuesday is over with! I don't really know what talk was my favorite. Maybe Elder Bednar's at the very end! We just ate a ton for new conference traditions, haha!

 I have been here for a long time, haha! We were talking about that at the Logan's! They didn't realize till like half way through that I was there last time too.

 We don't know who the new Bishop is yet. There hasn't been one called to our knowledge!

 That is nice y'all had the Sisters over for conference!

 Is Dotty always in trouble, haha? How does she get in and out? She doesn't fit through Oreo's door does she?

 I will get those pics! When do you need them by?

 Cinnamon rolls sound amazing, haha! That sounds like an awful good tradition to me!

 I am thinking BYU might be it! I will need you to work on my application for me, please! When you have done all you can on there let me know and I can get President Batt's permission to fill out the rest, and then he will write out my Ecclesiastical leader recommendation for me. Hopefully he can make that look really good! And then I will need dad to really work on my highlight video so I can send that in, too.

 So exciting news as of Tuesday[tomorrow] (zone conference). We will know when we get our i Pads [before end of the year for sure], and we will watch Meet the Mormons. I am pretty dang excited!

 Whats up with either of my sisters not emailing?

 Well, whats new up north?

 

Love ya Mama!

 Elder Cade Joseph Robinson!

 

 

P.s. I am also seriously thinking about extending for 30 days! Just to let you know!