Anna Katherine Robinson

Anna’s Last Words as Presented by Liz Campbell at the Funeral and Memorial Services Called of Him – Anna Robinson sacrament talk Sometimes I never thought I would be able to serve a mission for the Lord, and now I am serving my second mission. I didn’t think it would be possible because……Sometimes I think am broken. There are many things in my body that don’t work just right. Sometimes I ask myself “Why me why did this have to happen to me?” I bore my testimony a couple years ago while I was on my last mission. A brother in the ward there came to me after sac. Meeting and said to me; “it is alright you didn’t do anything wrong; you had an interview with your Heavenly Father before you came down here from Heaven; and you accepted this challenge in your life.” IN THE OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL CONFERENCE ELDER RANDY D. FUNK SAID “Think of the good that comes from broken things: Soil is broken to plant wheat. Wheat is broken to make bread. Bread is broken to become the emblems of the sacrament. When one who is repentant partakes of the sacrament with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, he or she becomes whole.8 As we repent and become whole through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we have much more to offer the Savior as we serve Him.” I know that our Heavenly Father will magnify my obedient efforts. April 2013 General conference RICHARD G. SCOTT OFFERED THIS ENCOURAGING COUNSEL: “When we obey the commandments of the Lord and serve his children unselfishly, the natural consequence is power from God—power to do more than we can do by ourselves. Our insights, our talents, our abilities are expanded because we receive strength and power from the Lord.” He went on to say, “We can live forever with our loved ones; that in the end, we will have glorious, perfect, and immortal bodies, unburdened by sickness or disability; and our tears of sadness and loss will be replaced with an abundance of happiness and joy, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.”10 At first when we arrived here to the Ensign Ranch I thought I wouldn’t have very much to do; I thought I would be worth-less. At first I had to find things on my own to do and, then 2 trees fell from the wind so I cleaned up the broken branches away from the trees so they could see where to cut the branches. Then 3 weeks into being here Brother Hallows asked Sister Robinson and I to do some spring cleaning by washing all the windows on the Ranch. I wasn’t sure how many windows there were; but I knew there are a lot of windows; we said SURE! We will do it! I just counted all the windows on the ranch last month and I counted 152. Then Memorial Day weekend came; and people started to come and the slip n side was opened. We really got very busy. I never worked that hard in my life, 6 days a week 9 hours every-day. I was down at the slip n slide, I loved it but by the time we were finished at dinner time, I was ready to fall into bed. Brother Hallows noticed how good a worker I am I kept busy all summer long. I am grateful to be an instrument in the Lord’s hands and also to be a member of his kingdom! The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – Day Saints!!!!!! President Dieter F Uchtdorf General Women’s conference last month said: “Heavenly Father is constantly raining blessings upon us, but it is our fear, doubt, and sin that like an Umbrella, block these blessings from reaching us.” My heart desires to be married and have children. Like my patriarchal blessing says: “I bless you that you will have a good husband and I bless you that you will have children.” My uncle is a patriarchic I keep telling him my blessing promised me that I will have a husband and children. He tells me “it may not happen in this life time, it may be in the next life, you will know when it is the right time.” Elder Packer from April 2014 general conference gave me a promise as he said: “Those who do not marry or those who cannot have children are not excluded from the eternal blessings they seek but which, for now, remain beyond their reach. We do not always know how or when blessings will present themselves, but the promise of eternal increase will not be denied any faithful individual who makes and keeps sacred covenants. Your secret yearnings and tearful pleadings will touch the heart of both the Father and the Son. You will be given a personal assurance from them that your life will be full and that no blessing that is essential will be lost to you.” There are many times I feel I am not good enough. I was volunteering for 7 months at Deseret Industries right before I came here. Sometimes I felt I wasn’t working fast enough for them; but they all come-up to me said; “WOW!! Anna you are one of our best workers here, why haven't you applied to work here? I was planning to do that but stopped and thought; Oh it wouldn’t work-out to start to work there then in short time needed to quit to go on a mission; so I stayed as a volunteer, until I came here to the Ensign Ranch. But when I worked there at Deseret Industries, my heart went out to the people who don’t have anything clothes, shoes, or comforts, especially after an earthquake, hurricane or tornado. I start to think in my mind WOW!!!! What great things we as the church do for other people not only the members of the church, but non-members all over the world that need our help. Even though I feel my body is broken, my spirit is strong, and by small simple things I made a difference. I feel that I have done my best; by doing what the Savior has required from me to do. I let my light shine and my spirit stay strong. Testimony . . . {I wonder if the reason Anna connected with others so easily was because she knew she was broken, but she also knew that her Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ loved her and we felt their love through Anna. Anna knew that she wasn’t her true self here – that all of us are so much more than we appear in this life – and when we were with her, she helped us see ourselves truly. We sometimes try to hide our brokenness and we forget that we too are loved – just as we are – by Heavenly Father and Jesus. Maybe being broken is what makes us beautiful.}