12-21-2015
First week in Alaska

Hey everyone!
So one week down in Alaska!! I know everyone wants to know where in
Alaska I am. I'm in the most geto place you can go. I'm in North
Anchorage in a place called Airport Heights aka "Geto Heights." It is
the poorest part of Anchorage. There is a ton of crime and drugs here!
Anchorage is like a normal small city except it's cold and dark! The
sun comes up around 11 and goes down around 3:30. My trainer/companion
is Elder Juarez. He is the only Canadian here haha. He's super smart
and loves sports so that's nice. He actually played pro hockey! Cool
huh? 

Anyway I love it here! Never seen a more beautiful place in my
life! The people are super nice and feed you good! My first day was
crazy! So my trainer didn't know I was coming that day so he had a
packed schedule that night. So when he picked me up we had 5 lessons
back to back. That was nuts! But my first one was the best! So we went
to this ladies house named Sarah. She is on date to be baptized. She
is a little 60 year old Eskimo women. So we walk in and first thing
Elder Juarez says is that this is my first day. Well Sarah was eating
fish head with her hands. She pulls out an eyeball and says "eat it to
be a true Alaskan." So we had all these native people around us trying
to get me to eat it. So me being me of course I eat it! The taste
wasn't to bad but when I bit down it popped! Ya gross but worth it hahaha!

 So by the end of my first day I help teach 5 lessons and eat
one eyeball! Crazy first day!! I already love the people here!
Although a lot of them struggle with drugs and stuff I can see the
saviors atonement working in them everyday. People our so welcoming here at least so far.

 Today for P-day we got special permission to go an hour out of our zone to a Alaska wildlife park! It was sooo awesome!!! The people that took us our professional photographers so I got some awesome pictures! No bears tho:( they are all asleep. There was a wolf, a lot of moose, buffalo, elk, and a ton of great views! I love how beautiful it is here. I don't understand how anyone can not believe in God out here. There is no way a Big Bang created all this beautiful land! Oh and Christmas here is on a new level! They go all out here. Our Christmas is a packed day. I can't wait :) Christmas with some awesome families!! Ya baby! (That's for Bruce) Anyway I hope everyone has a great and safe Christmas. Remember your savior this Christmas! Remember what makes this holiday possible! Remember to celebrate the saviors birth! Love and miss you all! Please send me emails so I can email you. Love to get pictures too! Merry Christmas everyone!

-Elder Barney

DEC 18th 2015




Tell Tyrel I love him and I'm proud of him. Tell him and Morgan CONGRATS!!!

Dec 14, 2015


Hey mom and dad! I made it here in Alaska. Missed our flight in Seattle but we still made it. Lot's of mountains here and it's super cold! I love it here already. 

Mission President and his wife.
Brother & Sister Robinson

12-9-2015

More Pics from the MTC

doing laundry 

MTC Zone

MTC Companion

Two Elders in MTC Zone, they play Rugby.

Got the tee-shirt now I need to go to Alaska.

12-9-2015

What about your flight plans?

I got my flight plans the other day. We leave for Alaska at 3:30 am Monday morning. We fly to Seattle first then we land in Alaska at noon. I can't wait! I know why i am speaking English, no way can I spend more then two weeks here.




What has been your best part at the MTC or this week?

Best part of the week was Sunday walk to the temple.

It felt like a prison break. Kinda like "Oh fresh air!!" I have learned so much about the gospel and how it can change lives. I leaned that my first investigator is me. I truly love my savior and his gospel. I can't wait to get out of this place and go share it with Alaska. I miss all of you and want everyone email. Oh, and i loved my package and so did everyone else. Another elder here loves the packers so thanks so much for the up date. That is soooo awesome! GO PACK GO!!!   

12-9-2015


So have you seen Kelsey?


I just saw her 10 min ago. I see her all the time. She is so awesome to talk to. She is doing so great! She looks sooo happy. I get to say bye to her tonight at dinner.

12-9-2015

First week at the MTC / MTC Companion

So I have finished my first week in the MTC. Not going to lie it was probably one of the hardest weeks of my life but at the same time the best. I had a lot of ups and downs. I came to truly love my companion. He is a little different but he has such a big hart! He is from Vegas and is 24 years old. My favorite story about him is one time we were walking out of dinner and I noticed he had some fruit in his pockets and i asked what he was doing. He told me he was going to blend them up.I said i didn't know they had blenders here and he told me that there wasn't he brought one! haahhahah! Yup you read that right! He brought a magic bullet blender! Man I love that guy. Such a goof! Me and him think different but it really started to come together in our lessons these past couple days. Me and my district think different but they are all really nice and mean well. I met some elders in my zone that have been here for three weeks. They left Monday and yesterday. I know that the lord had them here an extra week to help me. No way I could of done it with out them. One of them came like my best friend here at the MTC. Elder Laws, he left for North Dakota at 2am this morning. He is such an awesome guy! He is a cowboy from Ceder City so of course we hit it off. Another one is Elder Whipple. He LOVES to push buttons so naturally we hit it off too. Of course we almost came to blows at some points but he is a great friend. He left for Chicago Monday morning. I will truly miss those Elders! They reminded me of my friends from home!