7/11/2011 Letter- "This week has been the best week of my mission!"

Hey familia,

    Wooooooooooooooow. That's a ton of things that have went on this week. I feel so bad for my bro. I hope he can recover soon. That sucks about his ankle. Tell him to keep his head up and don't let himself think he can't come back. Work hard to get back stronger than before. For me, this week has been the best week of my mission! That was until I heard about everything going on at home, I feel bad for having so much joy, ha ha! But we have a baptism this weekend and 2 more next week. So we are working a ton! I love the feeling of success. I have felt sometimes in my mission that I am failing but my Heavenly Father has helped me a ton. I want to tell you about 2 experiences from this week. First, we went to a hospital to bless a sister of one of our investigators. It was very spiritual and I was able to bless her. After the blessing, I felt like I was going to pass out. I ran outside and had to sit down and really calm myself down. My comp asked me what had happened. I had no idea, I just felt as though all my strength was gone and I could not stand or anything. It was really weird but such a strong experience. The second experience is we talked to a lady we were planning to baptize and we challenged her to pray right then, while we were there, to see of the Libro de Mormon was verdad (true) and to see if Joseph Smith was a prophet. During her prayer, on our knees, I felt the spirit so strong and after she said amen, no one moved, we just sat there for 5 minutes. We all felt the spirit and then she said, "It's true." It was the coolest experience I have had on my mission. And she is getting baptized this week. I'm stoked but I hope it all goes well. I love you all and keep praying for guidance. If we want to talk to God we must pray and if we walk God to talk to us, we have to read the scriptures. I grow stronger in His service. I love you all.

Your Elder Anderson