Sister McCall Anderson: Patience child …

Hi Family :)

Okay first... NO letters this week!? What's up with that? I died a little inside every time we checked the mail and I had no letters :( I guess you all forgot about me or something........

Anyway..... Guess what? We are having THREE baptisms on Saturday! I know, shocking right? Big miracles keep happening.

So Hector is awesome and agreed to baptism. He is in his early 40's and is so innocent and sweet. He is a very prepared investigator and I am so lucky to have been able to teach him!

Also.... SKYLAR AND SHAYLEE SAID YES! It's like we are in a relationship with them and I just got a new boyfriend or something haha. That's how happy I was! It was pretty interesting.. We were having our companionship inventory.. and Sister Nelson and I were... kind of arguing about things. We both kinda got frustrated with each other and had to talk it out. I'll be honest, I was a mess. I was basically bawling my eyes out. Sister Pyper could tell we were both frustrated and she said a prayer that we would be able to work things out and that we would get some help.. We all lost it during that prayer. BUT literally.. one minute later Shaylee texted us and said she wanted to be baptized on the 24th! More tears, yes. That whole day I was a mess. Immediate answer to our prayers.

The very next day, we had a lesson with the Edwards. As we were riding over there, I asked what we were even teaching them. We hadn't had time that week to plan a lesson so we really went in there blind. We were just going to teach Shaylee about baptism. Well... The Lord thought differently.... The whole lesson was focused on Skylar. Somehow it got transferred over to him and we told him it was the Spirit that was speaking through us. Shaylee told us that we were like her family, her big sisters, and again I started crying. Mostly because I miss you all and I love her so much. She is the sweetest girl and that just meant so much to me.. Anyway. I was very emotional the whole lesson. I was talking to Skylar, telling him why I was so emotional. I told him that I could feel the love that the Savior has for him and that He has so many things He wants to bless him with but He can't since he hasn't been baptized yet. He told us that he knew that his mom would love him either way and that he would be blessed for following Christ. Again, this was all the Spirit talking.. I told him that his sister is stepping up and setting that example by being baptized.. So, I looked at him straight in the eyes, and said "Skylar, as a representative of Jesus Christ, I'm asking you to be baptized with your sister on the 24th." He paused, took a deep breath, and said "yes. I will." More tears :)

I have been so blessed to teach this incredible family. I know that they were prepared for me and that we were able to teach them because they had been so prepared. I am so heartbroken for them because their mom is so against it, but I'm so proud of them for doing what they know is right. Please pray for them that they can stay strong this week against their mom and the adversary.

With Jerry, he was out of town this week so we didn't get to see him. We are going over tonight and having someone give him a blessing because he is going to have a lot of surgery's coming up. We are hoping we can get him baptized before the end of the month, and before he has his surgery.

We had interviews with the President this week which was really nice. He is a very inspired man and gave me some pretty good advice. This week, both my companions told me that I need to be more patient.. nothing new... But I have really been praying for more patience. I decided to fast on Sunday for it as well. It was pretty cool because in Sacrament meeting, all the talks were about prayer and about patience. The speaker said "If we pray for more patience, the Lord wont just give us more patience. If we pray for more patience, the Lord with most likely give us a trial that will help us eventually have more patience." (Hence, everything that happened this week) It was cool to get a direct answer like that. I know that the Lord is giving me hard things to go through to gain more patience. I know I didn't get any letters this week cause I needed to exercise my patience :)

We also went on exchanges this week with the Sister Training Leaders. That was nice to get a new insight on things and learn how to do different things.

I'm glad that I have been able to exercise my patience this week, but please pray for me. I am honestly struggling. This week I had a hard time being motivated, despite all the good things that happened. I don't know what was wrong this week but I need some motivation. I know I will be able to get through this but this transfer has been a lot different than last...

I'm glad that I get to constantly grow closer to my Savior. I'm glad He trusts me enough to do His work and to bring His children back to Him. It's so rewarding when someone realizes that what we are teaching is true, and that they need this in their life. I love helping people in this way, and we keep running into people that tell us we are angels and that we are doing so much good in the world. It always feels good to hear that from complete strangers!

I love you all so much. I'm so grateful our family is eternal and that I can spend forever with my best friends :) Have fun this week and hopefully you haven't forgotten about me ;)

Peace and blessin's

Sister Anderson :)