I hope that you got my letter in the mail before today letting you know that pday is today instead of yesterday just this week. Since this week is Thanksgiving they pushed up zone training from Tuesday to Monday.
Zone training was awesome! I always love the opportunities I have to talk one on with President Walker. He interviewed Sister Rodriguez right before me and when I came in the room he said "Sister Anderson, you have been doing amazing work. The difference between Sister Rodriguez before you and now is night and day." That felt really really good sometimes I wonder if there is a difference but I know deep down it's there. We discussed the possibilities for next transfer and I told him that I'm good for one more here. So unless the Lord or I tell him otherwise in the next two weeks, I'm staying.
It was really good to be able to just talk to him. During the interview we talked about how I need to step up my Spanish. I've been thinking about this a lot lately and am now trying to only speak in Spanish for most of the day. Its hard but fun and I know that this is the only way to progress.
This week was really good. We had a record number of 5 investigators at church! I've really come to see that commitments are the way to see who is the elect and who is not. If people aren't willing to make and keep commitments then they are not willing to progress. Elder Kikuchi asked us all to pray to double and triple the number of baptisms in our mission. Well, it looks like we'll be having a white christmas out here because so many people are progressing!
Oh, my exchange to Anthony was just what I needed. It got me refocused and was really fun. President said that he's going to arrange more for me.
So we have this investigator named Maria Elena Pechaco. She is amazing! She is scheduled to get baptized next week but we'll see if she can be done smoking first. This lady is so funny. She's so dramatic. I've heard her say more than once to her 30 year old son "Who's more important, God or your friends!?!" She almost became a nuns when she was young but she wouldn't conform to what the priests and other nuns expected.
Speaking of nuns, we went to an investigators house the other day and there was a nunn there. This investigator, Maria Guadeloupe (90% of women are named Maria) was being really secretive and we haven't been able to talk to her since. I think it was the first time I've seen a real nun.
One of my new favorite scriptures is Alma 37: 36-37. I've tried to follow the council of this scripture and council with the Lord in everything. I've seen a lot of amazing results. Elder Kikuchi asked us all to have a sacred grove experience every day after reading the Book of Mormon for a half hour. I've found that this is an amazing time to be still and know that He is God. This time is spent in prayer, meditating, revelation and inspiration. I love it!
I would just like to invite everyone to find a quiet place every morning and to have your own sacred grove experience every day. I know that it will bless your lives a ton. Well, I better go. I hope that you all have an amazing week and Thanksgiving. Eat a lot! Have fun! Thanks everyone for your love support, and prayers! I love you all!
Love, Hermana Anderson
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