Hey Family,
I'm am sorry it's later, we had changes..
I GOT A NEW COMP HE IS MUY CHITO! Haha, chito means like cool or awesome. I'm staying in my area with my new comp and he is the leader of the district. So it's pretty awesome. He is Latino and his name is Elder Lopez. He is awesome, I'm so pumped to work.
Dang I just read about what happened. Holy freaking crap what is happening to Norman! I heard about all the crazy weather and tornados you've been having. That's crazy.
Well, I do not have much time because of transfers but I have been good. Everything is going by so fast and I dont know how to act. I have 5 months in my mish! WOW!My spanish is a ton better, Mexicans think I have been out for like 9 months because of my spanish. I have been blessed so much with the gift of tongues, it's ridiculous, and I have been so blessed in so many ways. Sorry I can not write a lot, next week I will bring my diario so I can write a huge one I promise. Today is just a little weird because we have to go pick up another elder and everything but sorry, I love you all. Talk to you next week. I hope all is well and that the weather is better. Love you all,
Elder Anderson
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
6/13/2011-"We are actually having a lot of success right now which is sweetness!"
Hola Familia,
Things in San Miguel are a lot better. I fixed the problem with my comp so things are better. We are actually having a lot of success right now which is sweetness! We are getting a lot of refrencias from the members and others so right now we have tons of people to teach. Also with knocking doors we have found some great people that I hope will accept the gospel in there lives and we can baptize them.
So yeah, the blender is a huge blessing, it helps me out in ways you can't imagine. We walk everywhere and it kind of gives me an extra boost in the day, so thank you momma. Sounds like you have been really busy. I hope connor is having enough time to live life and have fun, haha. The weather always...HOOOOOOOOOOT here! haha my skin actually matches my hair type, haha!
Well, time is flying freakin fast. It's kinda scary at times. But I just keep working so I can't really tell only when I really think about it. I am just blown away at the time. But my spanish is getting a lot, a lot better. I bore my testimonio en testimonio meeting. It was awesome! It was kind of scary but it went really good. I just keep working hard on it so I really have no problems. I'm getting to the point where I don't have to really think about what I'm going to say, I just say it but I need to get my mouth better so I don't sound so much like a gringo. I just keep praying and working and I know it will come. I love the mission and yeah, it's tough sometimes but I am learning a lot. For your talk on modesty mom, be straight up with them. It makes you look bad and the church look bad when people dress immodestly. When we are baptized we take the name of Cristo on us. To act as he acted, to say what he said, to help as he helped, and to represent our Padre Celestial like Cristo represented Him. That's my advise, if we want to follow Cristo we have to follow him in everything because he is our best example. But I love you all. I hope everything is great and know I'm working hard and growing more and more everyday. I love you!
I love you momma
Su Hijo
Elder Anderson
Things in San Miguel are a lot better. I fixed the problem with my comp so things are better. We are actually having a lot of success right now which is sweetness! We are getting a lot of refrencias from the members and others so right now we have tons of people to teach. Also with knocking doors we have found some great people that I hope will accept the gospel in there lives and we can baptize them.
So yeah, the blender is a huge blessing, it helps me out in ways you can't imagine. We walk everywhere and it kind of gives me an extra boost in the day, so thank you momma. Sounds like you have been really busy. I hope connor is having enough time to live life and have fun, haha. The weather always...HOOOOOOOOOOT here! haha my skin actually matches my hair type, haha!
Well, time is flying freakin fast. It's kinda scary at times. But I just keep working so I can't really tell only when I really think about it. I am just blown away at the time. But my spanish is getting a lot, a lot better. I bore my testimonio en testimonio meeting. It was awesome! It was kind of scary but it went really good. I just keep working hard on it so I really have no problems. I'm getting to the point where I don't have to really think about what I'm going to say, I just say it but I need to get my mouth better so I don't sound so much like a gringo. I just keep praying and working and I know it will come. I love the mission and yeah, it's tough sometimes but I am learning a lot. For your talk on modesty mom, be straight up with them. It makes you look bad and the church look bad when people dress immodestly. When we are baptized we take the name of Cristo on us. To act as he acted, to say what he said, to help as he helped, and to represent our Padre Celestial like Cristo represented Him. That's my advise, if we want to follow Cristo we have to follow him in everything because he is our best example. But I love you all. I hope everything is great and know I'm working hard and growing more and more everyday. I love you!
I love you momma
Su Hijo
Elder Anderson
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
6/6/2011- " I just keep my head up and work hard."
Hey Family,
So, we were suppose to have a meeting today but we really didn't have the meeting, we just played soccer. It was still fun. Things are good, I just want my companion to be changed. That's what I'm hoping for in 2 weeks. He just wants to go home and really hasn't taught me a ton. I have had to learn all on my own. He also has NO fe (faith) in the people here. I know I am here on my mission to learn the things I need to do in my life but still it's really hard sometimes. We had a baptism, which was awesome. She is an awesome girl that has a strong testimony about the church. But it seems like all our baptisms are free. That's why I want to work more to get investigators in the building but my comp doesn't have faith in them or does he want to work so it is rough right now but I just keep my haed up and work hard.
Nothing new has happened, the same old same old here in San Miguel. I have talked to most of my family so I don't have a ton to say in my long email, Only that I love you all and I hope the best for everyone. Thank you for all the support you have given me and the love you have shown me. I love you all. Also I'll be sending the package soon with the camera chip in it so you can have the pics.
I love you all,
So, we were suppose to have a meeting today but we really didn't have the meeting, we just played soccer. It was still fun. Things are good, I just want my companion to be changed. That's what I'm hoping for in 2 weeks. He just wants to go home and really hasn't taught me a ton. I have had to learn all on my own. He also has NO fe (faith) in the people here. I know I am here on my mission to learn the things I need to do in my life but still it's really hard sometimes. We had a baptism, which was awesome. She is an awesome girl that has a strong testimony about the church. But it seems like all our baptisms are free. That's why I want to work more to get investigators in the building but my comp doesn't have faith in them or does he want to work so it is rough right now but I just keep my haed up and work hard.
Nothing new has happened, the same old same old here in San Miguel. I have talked to most of my family so I don't have a ton to say in my long email, Only that I love you all and I hope the best for everyone. Thank you for all the support you have given me and the love you have shown me. I love you all. Also I'll be sending the package soon with the camera chip in it so you can have the pics.
I love you all,
Your Elder Anderson
5/30/2011- "It's like Football training, with the Spirit... I Can do this"
Hey Familia,
Sorry this is so short, we took a tour bus around the city today and it was awesome!
I hope everything is good in Ok. Things are better here so don't worry too much about me. I am still learning everyday what I need to do and have as a missionary. I am learning mas and more about the language and myself and the people around me. This experience is not like any other evperience I have had in my life. It's kind of like football training but with the mind and the Spirit and that you learn more and more every second of every day. I am grateful I am here. I am grateful I am learning more and more. Many members have told me my spanish is a ton better but I still feel I have a lot to work on so everyday I try to work on something that can help me speak and teach better. I have a baptism next week so I will be sending you the pic of it. She is really awesome so it will be cool. I hope everything is going good at home. Pray always. Without our Heavenly Father and our Savior's help we can't do anything in this life. Thank you for everything. Hopefully in three weeks I will have a new companion and a new start to my mission. Right now, it's a little hard to find people and to work but with the help of my Savior and this calling as a missionary I can do this. Thanks for everything.
Sorry this is so short, we took a tour bus around the city today and it was awesome!
I hope everything is good in Ok. Things are better here so don't worry too much about me. I am still learning everyday what I need to do and have as a missionary. I am learning mas and more about the language and myself and the people around me. This experience is not like any other evperience I have had in my life. It's kind of like football training but with the mind and the Spirit and that you learn more and more every second of every day. I am grateful I am here. I am grateful I am learning more and more. Many members have told me my spanish is a ton better but I still feel I have a lot to work on so everyday I try to work on something that can help me speak and teach better. I have a baptism next week so I will be sending you the pic of it. She is really awesome so it will be cool. I hope everything is going good at home. Pray always. Without our Heavenly Father and our Savior's help we can't do anything in this life. Thank you for everything. Hopefully in three weeks I will have a new companion and a new start to my mission. Right now, it's a little hard to find people and to work but with the help of my Savior and this calling as a missionary I can do this. Thanks for everything.
Love you all,
Your Elder Anderson
5/23/2011- Letter to Mom "Don't Worry"
Hey Mom,
Ok,... yes I was in the ER because I had a stomach infeccion. But I'm all good now. They just gave me a shot yea...a shot, in Mexico. I don't like shots in the States and I for sure don't like shots in Mexico. But I feel a ton better. Yeah, that's why I needed a little bit of extra money. But Really, I feel a ton better. I am eating a lot better and so don't worry too much. I've got the Lord on my side. My body is not my body for two years. Yes, I have to take care of it and yeah, I am not as huge as I was, but I am here teaching His Gospel so don't worry. About my compa, so I told Pres and nothing happened but I had a long talk with my comp and everything is good. He apologized and I am helping him with English and I told him that I really needed him to complete the work so I think that lit a fire in his tracero. So I think it's a lot better now.
I have a couple of favors....Ok one I need you to keep an eye out for a package I'm sending you next week ok, dos, I lost my oil holder...I feel terrible because it was Joseph's. I was walking and I looked down and I just had the top clipped to my pants not all of it. I feel so bad mom I really do. So if you could buy another one for him and maybe another one for me that would be awesome. But focus on him really, I feel terrible. Also my compa is buying me somthing before I leave and so I was thinking of getting him an Oklahoma jersey if you could send one of those that would be great too. I'm sorry to burden you momma. But other than that I'm good.
So I have another baptism on the 4 of Junio. I am pumped! And I will take pics so don't worry. I love you momma and thank you for everything. Te amo y te es el mejor mama en el mundo. Te amo
Su Hijo
Elder Anderson
Monday, June 6, 2011
5/16/2011 "Good times but hard times."
Hola Familia
So things here have been pretty good and sometimes bad. This week has been one of those weeks. The good part is, we baptized someone. Her name is Alicia. She can't hear very well and it is really difficult for her to communicate. Also, she can't read. We had to teach her things like tithing and chasity, screaming it to her. So I think we taught all the people in the City through our voices that Chasity is a good idea, ha ha ha. But no it was awesome to see how happy she was to be baptized and everything went well. Well, I have been gaining weight back by asking for more food at the members house and buying more food. I feel a lot bigger and stronger. With my excercise in the morning I feel a lot bigger and healthier and prepared to work. So don't worry about that. I am continuing to grow espirtually and physically. This week I also got to talk to the esposo of Maria. I baptized Maria's daughter Abeilene. But her son and husband are still not members and still have problems making commitments. But I got him to start reading the Book of Mormon. It was an awesome experience. I got to talk to him real sincerely and I told him if he would read only 3 to 4 verses a night and ponder about what they mean, he will be blessed and he started to read. It is an awesome experience to feel the Spirit when someone starts to act in Faith. However, also this week has had it's weird experiences. We met a guy while we were walking a borracho. He was drunk and he was high but wanted to hear something of Jesus. It was the weirdest feeling in the world to have a person, that the light of Christ is not there. And the Spirit hasn't been with him for a very long time. It was a very strange experience. We hurried and left though. I kept praying he would leave us alone so we could leave and he did so we pretty much ran away from him. Also this week has had it's problems. My companion is being way lazy. He is waking up at 7:15 or 7:30 and is always telling me what I need to to do and where I lack. Also he gets on facebook and other things so I reported him to the President and I hope this gets fixed. The area I am in is really hard to find people. We dont have a lot of investigators and the ones we do get, fall through. So it sucks. But it's the work. Everyday I learn something different. Something about myself or the people that are in the world. Everyday I want to continue to grow in my spanish. Some days I will wake up at 5:30, just to study. Yea it's a bummer that I don't get sleep but I gain knowledge that can help me teach the Gospel to those that need it in their lives and are ready to hear it. I am sending you pics of the baptism and some cool things I found. The buildings here are really cool and I found OU, whoop whoop. So I am sending those things to you. It takes awhile to send things so I don't send a ton but I am taking a lot of pics. But I love you all and I hope everything is going great. I think of you all and keep you all in my prayers everynight. This mission is hard, it's not easy to serve the Lord. But the Atonement of Jesus Christ wasn't easy. So I can't expect my mission or my life to always be easy. Everyday I want to improve something, either my spanish, my studying, or my scripture usage. It's about making goals and completing them. Thank you for all you do in my life. Thank you for the examples you all have been in my life and the way you have influenced me in my life to serve a mission. I love you all and hope all is well in Oklahoma. I will keep trying to work with my compaion but I hope we can get this fixed.
I love you all,
Your Elder Anderson
P.S Momma I have a gift for you I might be sending it next week or the beginning of next month. So keep an eye out for it.
Love you:)
So things here have been pretty good and sometimes bad. This week has been one of those weeks. The good part is, we baptized someone. Her name is Alicia. She can't hear very well and it is really difficult for her to communicate. Also, she can't read. We had to teach her things like tithing and chasity, screaming it to her. So I think we taught all the people in the City through our voices that Chasity is a good idea, ha ha ha. But no it was awesome to see how happy she was to be baptized and everything went well. Well, I have been gaining weight back by asking for more food at the members house and buying more food. I feel a lot bigger and stronger. With my excercise in the morning I feel a lot bigger and healthier and prepared to work. So don't worry about that. I am continuing to grow espirtually and physically. This week I also got to talk to the esposo of Maria. I baptized Maria's daughter Abeilene. But her son and husband are still not members and still have problems making commitments. But I got him to start reading the Book of Mormon. It was an awesome experience. I got to talk to him real sincerely and I told him if he would read only 3 to 4 verses a night and ponder about what they mean, he will be blessed and he started to read. It is an awesome experience to feel the Spirit when someone starts to act in Faith. However, also this week has had it's weird experiences. We met a guy while we were walking a borracho. He was drunk and he was high but wanted to hear something of Jesus. It was the weirdest feeling in the world to have a person, that the light of Christ is not there. And the Spirit hasn't been with him for a very long time. It was a very strange experience. We hurried and left though. I kept praying he would leave us alone so we could leave and he did so we pretty much ran away from him. Also this week has had it's problems. My companion is being way lazy. He is waking up at 7:15 or 7:30 and is always telling me what I need to to do and where I lack. Also he gets on facebook and other things so I reported him to the President and I hope this gets fixed. The area I am in is really hard to find people. We dont have a lot of investigators and the ones we do get, fall through. So it sucks. But it's the work. Everyday I learn something different. Something about myself or the people that are in the world. Everyday I want to continue to grow in my spanish. Some days I will wake up at 5:30, just to study. Yea it's a bummer that I don't get sleep but I gain knowledge that can help me teach the Gospel to those that need it in their lives and are ready to hear it. I am sending you pics of the baptism and some cool things I found. The buildings here are really cool and I found OU, whoop whoop. So I am sending those things to you. It takes awhile to send things so I don't send a ton but I am taking a lot of pics. But I love you all and I hope everything is going great. I think of you all and keep you all in my prayers everynight. This mission is hard, it's not easy to serve the Lord. But the Atonement of Jesus Christ wasn't easy. So I can't expect my mission or my life to always be easy. Everyday I want to improve something, either my spanish, my studying, or my scripture usage. It's about making goals and completing them. Thank you for all you do in my life. Thank you for the examples you all have been in my life and the way you have influenced me in my life to serve a mission. I love you all and hope all is well in Oklahoma. I will keep trying to work with my compaion but I hope we can get this fixed.
I love you all,
Your Elder Anderson
P.S Momma I have a gift for you I might be sending it next week or the beginning of next month. So keep an eye out for it.
Love you:)
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