Well hey there! Its so good to hear from all of you! I love reading your letters! Tommy, I would appreciate hearing more from you. I'm your big sister and need to know what's going on in your life! Dad, thanks for sending me those articles about BYU football! I loved them and will be cheering in my heart this Saturday! I can't believe that I'll be in the same state as the big game. It seems like I'm as far away as possible from it. Also, thanks for the booklet. I've only read a little bit so far but I really like it. Thanks for the package! I sure love getting mail and packages! It just warms my heart every time I see them.
To answer your question Mom, we are moving a week from today. So if you send something in the next few days to my current address I'll get it.
That is amazing that Elder Ballard spoke in the 4th ward! What an amazing opportunity to have.
That's great that you got to do baptisms on the first day of the temple being open! I LOVE the temple and think about it every day. I wish people could just realize how important the temple is. I'm so excited for there to be a temple in my mission next year! I crave the temple.
This week has been great! I've learned and grown a lot. Sometimes I feel like the mission is the refiners fire. We are tried as much as we can withstand but afterwards we can see how much we've grown in a short amount of time
Our investigators are doing well. Unfortunately they don't seem to care about keeping commitments at all. They can't progress if they don't keep them. I'm praying to find new ways to try to get people to be motivated to keep commitments. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. One of our investigators is named David. He is 71 and has known about the Church since he was a child. Oh, he is the one that lives outside of the auto shop. Well, he is finally getting baptized! He's keeping his commitments! When I saw him at church yesterday I almost started to cry. You have no idea how hard it is to get people to church around here. Its just not a priority to most people. I'm trying to change that. With the Lord it is possible. Everything is possible with the Lord.
So here in El Paso there are tons of ice cream vans. Like you hear them all day every day. I was thinking about it... Ice cream vans are such an odd idea. They play creepy music (here the vans are all really old and out of tune) and try to lure children to them by giving them sweets. Isn't that something we are taught to always stay away from? It's an odd concept in my opinion.
I've also been thinking a lot about the way we all live our lives.
My boss, Janice wrote me this week and reminded me of a great quote we have in the office. It says something like "Do I live the Gospel mundanely or passionately?" This is a good question. I want to live it passionately. I think often we get into a routine. The Gospel and its teachings become comfortable to us and just the way we live our lives. It's important to have Christ's name written on our hearts. To give Him everything that we've got. I'm trying to find ways to do this better. I think that as we live the characteristics in Preach My Gospel chapter 6 we can become more passionate about the Gospel. I'm currently working on charity. I think that when I have more charity I will be able to live the Gospel better.
Well, I sure love you all! Have a great week! To all of my BYU chums good luck with the first week of school! Gooo Cougars! The Church is so true!Love, Hermana Anderson
(Last week Melissa her companions and two other Hermana's in the area went to the zoo on there P-day. The middle photo is of Hermana Anderson and her companion, the last photo is all 4 Hermana's at the zoo)
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