You know that you've been on a mission for awhile when...

Well hey there everyone!  How are things going?  Things are going great here!  I'm back in St. David!!!!  I'm so glad to be back and there is A LOT of work to be done.  I loved being in Tucson.  It was so hard, but so so good.  I learned so much while I was there and really grew to love the people there.  (right before Sister Rodriguez left)

One of the people that Sister Howard and I were teaching got baptized on Saturday!  Yes!  I got permission to call Sister Howard on Saturday and get the down low about it all.  She said that after he was baptized he got up and bore his testimony about how everything is possible through Christ and how the Church is true.  I guess that it really touched our other investigator Jennifer and now she is so excited to get baptized and her kids are going to join her as well!  Testimonies of recent converts are so powerful! 

I can't remember if I told you last week or not, but when I had my interview with President he told me that I didn't belong in Tucson, but that I belonged in St. David.  I quickly agreed and am glad to be back.  St. David just seems like home.  I love small towns! 

So as my subject says, I came to a realization that I'd been out for awhile this week.  Sister Mackay and I were talking to our new companion Sister Curlee and she mentioned something about an "I-Pad."  Well naturally Sister Mackay and I just assumed that since Sister Curlee is from New Hampshire she had an accent and meant to say "I-Pod."  I guess that we were wrong.  Oh well. 

So yeah, I'm in a threesome again for a bit.  We don't know when Sister Mackay's companion is going to be able to come out so she's with us for a while.  It is so fun!  Sister Curlee is a hoot!  She is 4' 10'' and so funny.  We're having a lot of fun together.  She's only been out for one transfer so it's fun to learn from her and for her to learn from us.  It's kind of refreshing to have someone new with us.  New missionaries just seem so fresh and excited about everything.  I love it!  She's also really really good at Spanish so I'm thankful for that.  


(Rattle Snake in Tucson at our house! After they cut off it's head I got to hold it, but it started squirting blood all over me and Sister Howard didn't have time for a picture. I got to keep it's rattle!)

We're working really hard at filling up the teaching pool right now.  We've run into a problem that isn't really a bad thing... all of our investigators have gotten baptized.  While we were teaching them we were trying to find new investigators but had little success so now we are doing all that we can to find new ones. (When we met our friend Damon he would drink at least 16 beers a day and now he's sober. His favorite thing to tell us is that he's "too blessed to be stressed".

We're going back to what we did when we got here:  service.  We're going to do all that we can to boost the members and than they'll find for us.  Member involvement is everything!  We're also excited because this week is girls camp and there are at least 4 potential investigators going up so we're praying that they have really spiritual experiences while at camp and come back ready to be taught!  I'm sure that it will happen!  We have so much potential here in St. David and in Tombstone and I'm I'm excited for the miracles that we'll see this transfer!  We have a lot of work in front of us, but we're ready to get it done and to see the miracles!  I completely expect them to come.  I always think of that movie "Field of Dreams."  If we build this area people will come and our teaching pool will fill.  Kind of lame analogy, but I think about it all of the time. 

Anyway, that is about all that is going on here.  I love serving a mission!  I've never been so happy!  It was amazing yesterday to hear 2 of our recent converts bless the Sacrament and for another to pass it.  When I see things like that it makes everything worth it and makes me so happy.  The Gospel is a gospel of happiness.  I know it!  When we live it and do what is right we can be confident that we will be happy.  I love you all!  The Gospel is definitely true!  Have a great week!  
Love Hermana Anderson 

We thought you'd find some humor in Melissa's response to our cat Mitzi's death. I'm sorry about Mitzi, but I know that she is in a better place and is teaching her brother about the gospel and helping to call him to repentance. That cat needs all the help he can get! (As you recall there was no love loss between Melissa and Rusty)