Week of October 28

wow this month has been amazing!!! we had 0 possibilities of baptism. and we baptized 3 people. Jorge y Josefina were baptized! i cant describe the joy and the love i felt for them in this moment. i never thought that they would get baptized and well guess what, they were. Guillermo is a huge miracle with only 1 asistance of church got baptized. our presidente gave us permission. so Guillermo, Jorge, and Josefina all got baptized on the 25 de oct.

 

i am not training, but i do have a new companion. and i have to tell her where to go. hopefully ill get us where we need to go. i am so grateful for this time in my mission. the joy i feel is something that i cant explain. i hope to keep learning how i can be a better representante de jesucristo. this is a huge responsabilidad. i know that this gospel is true and changes the hearts of people. I'm changing and I'm seeing the people i teach change. I'm still in Padua. wish me luck i don't really know much of my new companion right now. love you all and miss you!!! Pray always.

 

Hermana Anderson  

Week of October 21st

this week has been full of surprises and milagros(miracles). Jorge and Josefina are getting baptized this week!!!!!!!!!! ahh i am so happy for them. ill be honest when i first taught them i never thought that they would be getting baptized. i know that the Lord is in this word. this happened because of Him not because of me or my companion. on Saturday we went to the temple with them but sadly its closed. but all is well because they're getting baptized.

 

Gillermo was also going to be baptized but not this week. i don't know what happened but he went early to the church for his baptismal interview. and we never saw him and he never saw us. we waited and waited and never saw him. he waited also and in the rain. when he thought that we didn't show up he was very angry with us and didn't want to go to church. we went to his house to invite him to come with us to church. but he was so mad and annoyed that we weren't there. but we were there. so i don't know what happened. but whatever it is, its for the best. 

 

also Monday i will be finding out if I'm getting a new companion. i might even have to train and I'm so nervous. but i know the lord gives us trials to strengthen us. oh and my English is going down the drain. I'm not very good at explaining everything in English haha oh well. i love you and and thanks so much for the letters!!! you all can still dearelder me!!!! send me something i love hearing from all of you.

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this week i have had my ups and downs. i have been learning all of the things that i need to be, to be a trainer. i don't know if I'm going to have to be a trainer. i honestly don't want to be. but i bet its going to happen because its something that i need to change. i know that padre celestial gives us trials for the best. its definitely hard in the moment but in the end it is for the best. i know that this past month i have changed. and i will be changing more and more because i have a lot to change. 

 

i love my investigadores and my companion. Gillermo this week came to church with us. he is so cute, his desires to follow Christ is amazing. he really wants to get baptized already from our first visit. Oscar we gave him the program to stop smoking. if he follows all of the steps he can stop smoking in 1 week. i pray for him constantly because if he takes this step he can be baptized. 

 

Jorge y Josefina came to church again! i love them so much. we had an amazing lesson the other night. their question was why couldn't i have more children? we showed them a video about Emma smith. the spirit was so strong. i cried and i told i don't know how you feel because i haven't had children. but i know that you two can be happy through this gospel. they have baptismal date (fechas). i love seeing their faith grow and just seeing them progress. I really do care for all my investigadores and i want all the best for them.

 

i know that this gospel can make everyone happy. Help us through anything. i am so grateful for this opportunity to be here. its super super hard but it is so worth it. love you all!!!

 

 

Week of General Conference

Hola!!! Todos las personas!

this week has also been a great one. what can i say i feel like i learn something new every week. I'm going to learning my whole mission. This week was also hard because we had to have investigadores with fechas in order to watch conferencia on sábado. We didn't have any with fechas on sabado so i did not get to watch it that day. But i was very happy that Jorge y Josefina went! They dont have fechas but we are going to make it happen. we have a visit with them en la tarde hoy. 

 

I did get the chance to watch conferencia en Domingo fue muy bueno! Muy espiritual. Yo pienso fue muy sobre matrimonio y también la plan de salvación. a lot about marriage we must never forget that just because the world is making laws about same gender marriage. it does not mean the the laws of God have been changed. Dios created  man and woman for a reason. the plan of happiness y como nosotros need to keep the mandamientos and live them. Endure to the end. I love how presidente Thomas S. Monson expressed his sweet love for his esposa, Francis. I felt the spirit so strong and just really loved conferencia. I did get to watch it in English. 

 

Milagros do happen! if you pray for a miracle and have faith, and if it be His will. It will be given unto you! I have a great testimony of this. this week we prayed for a milagro and we got one. Hermana Garcia, has been inactivo for 2 years and she came to conferencia but thats not all. her dad came!!! and he is not a memeber. i am so happy! i hope that you all are doing well. i love being a misionera es la mejor!