6-27-2011 "I had some hard tests this week in my mission"

Hey Familia,

  Yeah so, me and my comp are GREAT. My comp is freaking awesome. He works freaking hard and is layed back. He is hilarious and I'm starting to be myself now as a misionero. He has already made my language and teaching better. It's really awesome all the things I have learned from him already. He teaches with power and authority and it has been awesome this week.We had 2 nuevos in the capilla. I have not had that my whole mission. So it was pretty awesome. My health is good and I feel stronger but I had some hard tests this week in my mission. My spanish was really really bad. I couldn't figure out why it was so bad. But I think it was a test and a challenege that my Heavenly Father wanted me to have faith in. So I asked for a blessing to loosen my tounge and after that everything else was great! It was a very spiritual moment in my mission. Also we had a funny moment where we knocked on a door and the guy said through the door, "what do you want." I said we are missionaries and have a message about families and how we can strangthen them through Cristo and he yelled back, "Im Satanico." (I'm Satanic) hahaha then I said well I'm going to write down your address and we are going to come back when you aren't a Satanico anymore! haha it was hilarious. I am glad the reunion went well, I still think dad should of whipped out the Book of Mormon, hahaha. Thank you all for your support and love. I'm not thinking about football everyday but this thought just popped in, that through weight lifting, running, throwing, swimming, and yoga or stretching, I can get what I want. But I know I can already see the blessings in my life I just need to focus on the Lord and do His will without saying why or anything like that. I won't give up on this dream but I know why I'm here and I'm going to do whatever it takes to grow in the ways He wants me to. I know our Heavenly Father loves us. Sometimes it's still hard because he has put tests in front of me to overcome but I know He is right there with me teaching me how to get through them. I love you all. I hope all is well and I will talk to you next week.

Your Elder Anderson