July 28, 2014 ~ Petergof :)

I feel like probably all of my emails are going to have a similar title cause I just really can't get over how much I love this area!! 

Today we are in the city, going to Nevskyi Prospect and so for internet right now we are in some internet club and there are hardcore gamers all around us and I can hear them talking to their other online gaming people through their headphones and it's hilarious.  Mom and Dad thank you for not raising me to waste my time on such useless activities that would make missionaries laugh if they were to ever end up in an internet club with me.

Now on to our awesome week!  I met for the first time the new convert who was baptized in february (he's been working a lot and hasn't been to church yet since I've been here).  He is so cool!  He's 21 and his 18 year old brother was with him and he is super cool too!  We had a nice little meeting with him and he showed us his home and stuff on his phone (he is from Uzbekistan) and told us some cool stuff about his country.  It was really a miracle cause we were able to meet with them twice this week.  We have been calling him and the ward members have been calling him for the past few weeks and he never answers.  But on tuesday he sent us a text and said that he got sick at work and went home after lunch and wanted to meet.  (I only found this out the next day cause I was on a split in Gatchina(!) when that happened.  Then on thursday we were on the bus to somewhere and he and his brother were on the bus, so we met with them again that night!  Right after an interesting meeting with a former investigator.

Also I got to meet one of our investigators this week (finally) and he is super cool!  He's from Belarus and is studying here.  He's a super nice guy who is really open and really wants to know truth.  We had a cool meeting with him last night and the senior couple from Canada.  We got to talk about some cool stuff and he really seems interested to keep meeting.  (I guess this was like the 4th or 5th meeting).  Should be meeting with him Tuesday!

This week I have met tons of really cool people on the bus.  And gained yet another testimony of how the spirit can soften hearts. I got on the bus and started talking to this older guy who was standing right infront of me and when he eventually found out I am from america he started talking really loud and a little bit hostile. (So awkward cause the bus cunductor was sitting literally right next to us).  But after a few minutes he calmed down and we had a really pleasant conversation.  I can't even count how many times that has happened to me, where I start talking to someone and they are not happy about my being there or whatever, but then we keep talking and we usually end laughing and stuff.  I have seen so many times how in the course of just a few minutes people have gone from super agressive and angry to really nice.  It's always so cool to see and I am always impressed with how the spirit is really able to soften people's hearts.

There were lots of really cool things that happened this week besides that, but those were probably the highlights.  

This week is going to be even better!!!

Elder Robison