5 MONTHS :)

Heeeeellllllllllloooooo.

 

Well i am currently crying from laughing so hard at the Halloween pictures hahahaha. I honestly about died when i saw the picture of mom! That is HILARIOUS.

 

This week was a liiiittle better, We have been trying to go to all of the part member families in our ward and less actives to get referrals. The only things is that hardly anyone has answered! Sheesh this is the longest and biggest test of patience i have ever had! But clearly i am still not patient enough :)

 

This week at our zone meeting.. we all set our monthly baptism goals. We don't have any investigators that we could even talk about baptizing so it was pretty rough. We were all talking about miracles and how we need to set our goals high so that its a goal and not something comfortable. So after a good 15 minutes of trying to push the promptings away that i was getting.. we raised our companionship goal to 2 baptisms this month. This is a complete and total act of faith. I feel like i am walking in the dark right now. But the day before, a ward member texted us and told us that she has a friend that wants to take the lessons, and we have a few other potentials that we could hopefully count on to be baptized. It was a super spiritual meeting with our zone and i am totally counting on the Lord with this one. We have been praying harder than i ever have before for people to be put in our path that actually want to hear the gospel. It seems like everyone we talk to "already has Jesus" or has been "saved". Its pretty annoying because they dont even give us a chance. We did talk to this one guy, Mike, outside his house and we talked about the restoration a little bit and he said he was interested. We kept in contact with him and have tried to set up appointments with him. He even almost came to church but he was afraid because he is black and he didnt think there are black mormons.... hahaha. Anyway, we fasted all day Sunday for more investigators. For just someone to teach! After church was over, Mike texted us and said he was talking to his brother about being a mormon and they both want to learn more! Mike said he even wants to become a member :) I think that is the first time that i have really seen the effects of fasting so quickly. It was really an answer to our prayers and we are still praying that we actually get to meet with him this week!

 

Other than that there is not too much to report. OH okay so we have a set of elders in our ward too, right? One of them is going home the end of this transfer and he is super creepy. I told my district leader, the one who is a good friend from my last area, and he told one of the APs and he had to talk to him about it. Super awkward. This elder would always just text me and ask what we were doing or weird things like that that he shouldnt be asking. Hahaha as im saying all this you are probably thinking that is no big deal and i would never complain about someone texting me before.... but now that i am a missionary its all different! im a freaking weirdo now with boys and i hate it. its so awkward to be around them! (hope you're happy dad)

 

We had a breakfast devotional at President Plocher's home. He is in the mission presidency and his home is suuuper nice. they are in our ward and i love them! His friend spoke to us that was actually the former mission president in Jaden's mission, Lima Peru Central? Maybe im wrong but he was awesome. He told us there are three simple things we need to do to be better missionaries. 1. Know the Book of Mormon is true. 2. Pray for your desires 3. Have a firm testimony. I loved those. They are obvious but it is good to be reminded. It was really good and fun to be with everyone :)

 

Oh i also got to go on exchanges with Sister  Pack! She is a Sister Training Leader now so they go on exchanges with all the sisters. it was THE BEST day ever. I miss her so much and i laughed so hard. Harder than i had in a long time so that was really good :)

 

I am going on my 11th week without a solid investigator. Talk about rough sauce. It has been super super hard but i just know that i am here for a reason. President Smart emailed me back from last week and told me he was very inspired to put me here so i know that there is a reason. I just have to find it. I am again walking in the dark and looking toward the Lord for my light. I know that He will take care of me and that everything will be okay. I need you all to stop praying for me, but to start praying for the people here that i will talk to. They need your prayers more than i do. Pray that their hearts will be softened. Thank you all so much for the letters! I loved all the letters from all my homies and from  the cute girls in primary! That made my week! I was so happy to get that and now it is hanging on my wall :)

 

I miss you all so much but in about a month we will be able to skype! Thats so exciting! Be ready for a lot of tears :)

 

Love you all and have a good safe week!

 

Sister Anderson :)

 

p.s. Dont kill me, i forgot my camera cord again.. I even took a bunch of pictures! But i will for sure bring it next week! :)

 

p.s.s. but the pictures that i sent are from another sister, Sister Todd. She is a life saver :)

 

p.s.s.s. i forgot to tell you.. the car we have is a brand new 2014 chevy cruz. i LOVE it. its super nice!  But i do miss being on my bike! I dont like getting in and out and in and out all the time!