Well this week was killer!
It was actually freezing this week. I am a walking ice cube. Aaaand the pathetic part is that it has only been like 60 degrees hahaha. I am such a wimpy. I sleep with sweats on and two pairs of socks.... and I'm still cold. Maybe I'm cold blooded? I am honestly worried for when I come home because I will literally freeze to death... Maybe I will just never come home :) Seems like that anyway. I really think being a missionary is how the rest of my life will go! I can't picture my life without being a missionary!
This week was good. We were SO close to reaching the standard of excellence (20 lessons a week, 7 member present lessons, 4 people at church and 140 OYMs) but only 2 people came to church so it was a major bummer. Those who get the standard, President Smart recognizes in his weekly email so it's always a little boost when you get to see your name on his email but.... not this week. But that just gives me a better reason to work harder this next week!
So we have some investigators I have failed to mention...
The Mintons: They are a part member family, he, Brother Minton is not a member and has taken lessons about a jillion times before. He always comes to church but he doesnt want to quit drinking (lame) but he is so close! They have horses, as does everyone here, and we feed them all the time. We are building that friendship with them and hopefully he can create that desire to join the church.
Adrianna: She is 10 and is planning on being baptized February 15th! Yay!
Matthew: Matthew is actually 8 years old. His family has been inactive for the last little bit and the APs told us that we can count him as an investigator because he will be 9 in February. So we are teaching him which is actually really fun because we get to come up with simple fun ways to teach the gospel. This week we taught him about the Godhead. He is all into every sport but right now for him it's baseball season. So we took baseball and related it to the gospel :) The head coach of a team is the one who has the master plan for the game, the assistant coach helps him under his direction, and the base coach stays with you at the bases and tells you what direction you need to go. So if you can guess... The head coach is comparable to Heavenly Father. He is in charge of everything and knows all of our "game plans" for life. Jesus Christ is the assistant coach because he works under the direction of Heavenly Father and he helps us along the way. The base coach is like the Holy Ghost because he is always with us telling us what direction we need to go. He sees things that we don't and knows what our game plan is as well. It totally put the Godhead into perspective for Matthew and he loved it! It was pretty cute. Sister Cho did all the drawings too so it turned out really well! It even helped me better understand the roles of the Godhead and how we can rely on Their help daily.
We have had fun trying to get used to neither of us training. That has been intersting but Sister Cho and I do get along, thank goodness. We balance each other out pretty well. She is quiet and dignified and I'm... not :) Haha it's good though. I think I am too much for her sometimes but it's all good. Just adds to the group that think I am a total weirdo.
Speaking of... We went over to the Graves for lunch this week.. and somehow we ended up doing chin puppets. Ya know where you put eyes on your chin and turn upside down? HAHA it was hilarious. I was doing it with Laura who is 10 and Brother Graves walked in and I'm sitting upside down on his couch... awkward... But it was really funny haha.
We are still trying to find find find. I am confident that there are people here for me to teach. I know it. I know the Lord has funny ways of teaching me and I just need to continue working on my patience and my faith, so I am grateful for that, but sometimes it would be nice for someone to just walk up and say they want to learn more about the church :) I can dream, right?
I studied about the Atonement a lot this week. In 2 Nephi 9 and Alma 7. They are solid chapters :) I prayed that I would be able to apply what I learned this week and sure enough Brother Minton asked a lot of questions about the Atonement and why Christ's death saves us. It was cool to see that prayer answered, and to be able to answer his questions because of what I studied that week. I am so lucky that I get an hour every day to study the scriptures, but that hour is not enough! I feel like I could study all day sometimes. Of course there are a lot of days that I maybe fall asleep while I am studying...... :) But regardless, everyday I have the opportunity to learn more about my Savior Jesus Christ. What a blessing!
I love you all and I am grateful for all your support and prayers. I have the greatest family!
Love you all and have a great week!
Sister Anderson
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