Tyler's Missionary Blog: 9/24/2012

Weldon Spring!!! It's fantastic!! :)

Alright, I have no idea how to start this email...So many things to talk about, and my mind is just bubbling as I try to get it all in order. I'll do my very best to express the joy, and excitement that I have for this new area!

First, my companion's name is Elder Hoffman. He is from Provo, Utah and is absolutely excited to be out on a mission! You should be the big smile that is always sitting on his face as we work! :) Oh my goodness, it's so fun!! We've been both completely lost with absolutely no idea where to go, or what to do, and so the adventure has really included us both, as I do my best to help Elder Hoffman learn what is the right thing to do, and what is the wrong thing to do. It's extremely difficult being that example when you have no clue on what the next step should be haha, but we are doing really well. We get along extremely well bytheway. We have had just an amazing amount of fun in what should be an extremely stressful time.

Oh and also, just to add to the Whitewash Training, in an area that was closed, I found out during transfers that I'm also District Leader of 4 areas! Oh boy, as you can tell, I'm going to be really busy this transfer. In total, my district covers Weldon Spring, St Peters, St Charles(Sisters), and San Carlos(Spanish Elders who are also whitewash training). We all are very close to each other, which is new to me...I've never been in an area where missionaries were really close at all, but the Zone Leaders live in our apartments, and the rest of the district lives within 8 miles away. Luckily, Elder Eells in San Carlos and Elder Luke in St Peters have been out for a long time and have been super helpful to me as I've tried to get my feet firm on the ground here.

Our ward is awesome! It's pretty big, and I'm super excited to be able to work with them...many of the members are excited to do missionary work and just love having missionaries. They were really upset when the area was closed so when we showed up, they were all very happy to see us! We've had a member dinner every night, so far, and we have enjoyed their willingness to have us around! It's been so fun :)

Also, can I say, it was such a blessing to be given that GPS last week! I would be so lost, if we didn't have it haha. I've been tinkering around with it and now I have all the people we need to visit all layed out in it, and it's just super easy to use...I couldn't have asked for a better time to recieve it, when I was lost, wandering around town.

Ok, so for the most part, we have had some pretty fruitless days as we have tried to get on our feet. We have been visiting some of the potentials and the Formers, and the invesigators that were here prior to the close. Some have moved, some are not interested, and some have invited us in, but nothing too dramatic yet. We also have been tracting, which has been fun to teach Elder Hoffman, but of course, it's also very difficult work. We did have an interesting experience though, that I want to share. We were weekly planning at the library, and the zone leaders were just leaving, walking in the parking lot. A young man, named Julian, walked up to them and began talking to them...They pointed him to us, because he was in our area. He came up and told us a little bit about him. He is a less-active member, 17 years old, who left his home in California to live with a girl. Well simply put, that didn't work out very well, so he was asking us how he could come back and bring God back in, and take the evil out of his life. We gave him a blessing and invited him to join us for dinner later that night; he agreed and went about his day. He then joined us for dinner, and had a really good time, but after dinner when he returned home, he found out that he was kicked out of his living space and since he has no friends or family in this area, he had no where to go. We got a hold of one of the members of the Bishopric, and he offered to take him in, and now they are helping him work towards getting the money to go back home! Now, if we hadn't been at the library when we were, or if the zone leaders hadn't left when they did, he would have never found us, and he definitely would be on the street at this point. God knew Julian, and he knew what he was going to need and knew that he would ask for the help if it was given to him. He was so happy at church yesterday...I can tell that he just knows that God loves him so much, and it's true. I was happy to have been in the right place at the right time.

Anyway, that was our crazy week! I'm sure there is things I forgot to share, but I will be sending pictures, so hopefully that helps get across all that is going on :)

I love you all! My new address is(for the apartment):

1614 Carnegie Dr

St Peters, MO 63376

Also, for future reference, if you send mail to the mission office, no matter where I am at in the mission, it will always be forwarded to the correct place, so transfers like this, wouldn't be too much of an issue, for anyone who is interested in that:

1850 Craigshire Dr. Ste. 205
Maryland Heights, MO 63146

Love you all! Have a wonderful week,
Elder Tyler Robinson