Hey everyone! It sounds like you're all doing really well! Anderson clan, thanks so much for all of the letters! I loved reading them! Also, thanks to everyone that has been writing me. Sorry if I haven't written back yet, I'm really behind in writing. You may be wondering what my subject is referring to. Well, I've decided that you know that you've been in the Arizona Tucson Mission awhile when you have to put on your winter coat for 70 degree weather. Monsoon season has arrived and I love it! I just love the downpours. Don't worry, I learned last year the proper safety procedures for monsoons. I just love watching a downpour and seeing the streets flooded. It's great!
So this week was another awesome week! We had zone conference and it turns out that there will be a lot of changes in missionary work. The missionary department has changed a lot of things up. We're now only having zone conferences and interviews once a quarter. This leaves room for a lot of other things such as leadership meetings, sister conferences, etc. They're changing things up so things are done more on a month to month bases rather than a 6 week to 6 week basis. We'll still have 6 week transfers but everything will be more monthly. I'm really excited about this because it seems like it will help us focus on our purpose more. Also, we'll be seeing a lot more of President and Sister Walker because they'll be coming to district meetings and showing up to go to lessons with us and what not. It's pretty exciting! They also informed us that we'll be going to the temple in a few weeks as a zone! I can't wait! It will have been over a year since I've been to the temple and I'm so excited about feeling the peace and joy that comes from being in the house of the Lord. Also, next month we'll be having our first ever mission conference! Since the mission is now smaller we can all get together and meet! Having a mission conference is so cool but even cooler is that a member of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles, Elder Christofferson and quite a few members of the 70 will be there teaching us! I'm so excited! The missionary department has also decided to start a media campaign in our mission. It will be such a blessing to our mission and we'll see so many miracles from it. So yeah, as you can see, there are a lot of really awesome things going on in this mission! I'm so excited to be a part of it and to see the miracles that will be coming. We've been working so hard to be obedient and diligent missionaries and we're starting to see quite a few miracles. We didn't have a whole lot of success numbers wise this week but we definitely did in other aspects of the work and we have so much potential this week. Here is a list of some of the miracles that we saw:
• we had our first successful coordination meeting with one of our ward mission leaders
• There is a girl that has been very disinterested in joining the church. She comes every week and knows that it is true but hasn't wanted to meet with us. Well, she's agreed to start meeting with us!
• There are 2 teenage girls who's mom hasn't allowed them to join the church. They've been coming every week for years and their mom has finally taken away the rule of not being able to be baptized! We talked with the mom and she said that we can meet with her daughters on Tuesday!
• One ward who has kept missionary work on the back burner since before we got here has had a mighty change of heart. They've decided that it is their turn to have success with missionary work and the bishop is lighting a fire underneath the ward council. He's realized that missionary work must be a priority and he's willing to do all that it takes to have success.
So as you can see there are a lot of really good things going on in this area and I'm excited to be a part of it! This town had an awesome 24th of July celebration! There was a parade with 14 entries from the different wards in it. It was pretty funny. Before it started the 3 of us were walking down the street talking to people and it was so funny because people were clapping for us. It was so funny. It is way cool to serve in an area that has so much pioneer history. I always try to think of David P. Kimball, the person that the town got its name from and one of the 3 boys who carried the pioneers across the Sweet Water River. He left an amazing legacy and I wonder what kind of legacy I'm leaving. We can learn so much as we look to the past at our ancestors. The pioneers were so amazing. They left everything for the Gospel. Are we willing to do the same? I know that as we are willing to do the same we will see the Lord's hands in our lives more than we could ever imagine. He's waiting to bless us, we just need to do our part. I hope that you all have a great week and think about the legacies that you're leaving. The Church is definitely true and I'm so thankful to be a part of it. One of my favorite scriptures is Mosiah 2: 41. It talks about the blessed and happy state of those that stay true to the Gospel. The Gospel really is the source of happiness. Wickedness never was happiness but Christ is. Find ways that you can be happier. Look to God and live! Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Anderson
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