Love you all,
Elder Anderson
Pictures - Saying goodbye to Mason City Iowa:
Monday, May 28, 2018
Hello
Hey things are great, my b-day was great. I got transferred to Indianola and its great too! They called me to be a Zone Leader, so that is weird. I'm adjusting, super sad I left Mason City. I could have stayed there for a lot longer and loved it. Don't think I'm gonna be able to email much today because of Memorial Day, so know that things are good. I'll email next week.
Love you all,
Elder Anderson
Pictures - Saying goodbye to Mason City Iowa:
Love you all,
Elder Anderson
Pictures - Saying goodbye to Mason City Iowa:
Monday, May 21, 2018
Street Balling
This week was one of the best!
Tuesday we were on exchanges in Ft Dodge and we got the idea to get posters and write on them, "honk for Jesus" and "free Book of Mormons", "free Bibles", "Jesus loves you". We all went out to the road and started holding them out. And the people loved it! We got soooo many honks and gave away a lot of Book of Mormons and Bibles. Also got a lot of middle fingers and cuss words!
Wednesday we had a great District Meeting. I gave a training on being creative in our finding opportunities! Also had our traditional ice cream at Culvers night with Astrid and Evan. They invited a couple friends that we have met at the Y while playing racquetball. One of them brought his mom so we talked to them a little bit about the gospel.
Thursday we had Hampton over for exchanges! I was with Elder Christensen from Salt Lake. We had a blast, we all got the signs back out and went and stood in the median of a good highway and got TONS of honks. And we gave out more Bibles and Book of Mormons and pass along cards! Then someone called the cops on us, and he came out and talked to us. He thought that we were standing in the middle of the road stopping people but we weren’t so we were all good. He just took some info and left.
Friday we finished exchanges, then went to the Farmers market with Astrid and Evan!! The Farmers market was not as big as we thought so we walked through downtown and found an awesome place for some good food! I love spending time with Astrid and Evan!
Saturday was crazy, so earlier in the week we ran into a guy that said he needed some money for gas. I had 3 dollars on me so I gave it to him and made him promise he would be at church. Then Saturday we were going by to find him and make sure he was still good to come. We found him and he was a lil drunk with a lot of friends. I started talking to one of his friends about Basketball and he was talking trash like he was the best around. So I told him to meet me at the nearest park. So he did, we started playing, I won the first game. Then he won the second game, then I won the 3rd game. So he had to come to church for 4 weeks. But he was not sober, so he was getting very angry. Every point I got he would get more mad. He started cheating his way out of things. It was a super physical game, we were playing no fouls. I got a cut lip, his hand was bleeding. Eventually he ended up winning. But there was a few times we were arguing face to face. He was an african american, way bigger than me. His friend had to calm him down. Anyway after that he was calm and we talked to him. He said he had the chance to take scholarships for sports but he chose the streets for drug dealing. He showed us all his stab wounds, and his finger was being held on with stitches and he had like 12 staples in the back of his head. All from fights breaking out.
We also are undefeated in the pickle ball club here. We're hoping to play the Mayor soon! Crazy week, we have 4 investigators on date for baptism! 3 were there at church yesterday! I love this missionary lifestyle! Transfers are this week!
Love you all!
Elder Anderson
Tuesday we were on exchanges in Ft Dodge and we got the idea to get posters and write on them, "honk for Jesus" and "free Book of Mormons", "free Bibles", "Jesus loves you". We all went out to the road and started holding them out. And the people loved it! We got soooo many honks and gave away a lot of Book of Mormons and Bibles. Also got a lot of middle fingers and cuss words!
Wednesday we had a great District Meeting. I gave a training on being creative in our finding opportunities! Also had our traditional ice cream at Culvers night with Astrid and Evan. They invited a couple friends that we have met at the Y while playing racquetball. One of them brought his mom so we talked to them a little bit about the gospel.
Thursday we had Hampton over for exchanges! I was with Elder Christensen from Salt Lake. We had a blast, we all got the signs back out and went and stood in the median of a good highway and got TONS of honks. And we gave out more Bibles and Book of Mormons and pass along cards! Then someone called the cops on us, and he came out and talked to us. He thought that we were standing in the middle of the road stopping people but we weren’t so we were all good. He just took some info and left.
Friday we finished exchanges, then went to the Farmers market with Astrid and Evan!! The Farmers market was not as big as we thought so we walked through downtown and found an awesome place for some good food! I love spending time with Astrid and Evan!
Saturday was crazy, so earlier in the week we ran into a guy that said he needed some money for gas. I had 3 dollars on me so I gave it to him and made him promise he would be at church. Then Saturday we were going by to find him and make sure he was still good to come. We found him and he was a lil drunk with a lot of friends. I started talking to one of his friends about Basketball and he was talking trash like he was the best around. So I told him to meet me at the nearest park. So he did, we started playing, I won the first game. Then he won the second game, then I won the 3rd game. So he had to come to church for 4 weeks. But he was not sober, so he was getting very angry. Every point I got he would get more mad. He started cheating his way out of things. It was a super physical game, we were playing no fouls. I got a cut lip, his hand was bleeding. Eventually he ended up winning. But there was a few times we were arguing face to face. He was an african american, way bigger than me. His friend had to calm him down. Anyway after that he was calm and we talked to him. He said he had the chance to take scholarships for sports but he chose the streets for drug dealing. He showed us all his stab wounds, and his finger was being held on with stitches and he had like 12 staples in the back of his head. All from fights breaking out.
We also are undefeated in the pickle ball club here. We're hoping to play the Mayor soon! Crazy week, we have 4 investigators on date for baptism! 3 were there at church yesterday! I love this missionary lifestyle! Transfers are this week!
Love you all!
Elder Anderson
Us out with the signs
Us in the street with the cop
Astrid and Evan and us at the Farmers market
Monday, May 14, 2018
Happy Mothers Day!
Hello,
This week we had,
Zone P day in Ames.
Zone Conference in Des Moines, we got trained on how to best use our Smartphones.
We did service at the Food Pantry.
We helped a member open her Restaurant and she gives us free food there once a week!
We knocked on a lot of doors.
Found 7 New Investigators.
3 Investigators at church.
Justin and his Cousin Shaundy Mae was there. Turns out Shaundy Mae is 9 so we're hoping to baptize her the same day as Justin!
Mary, one of our New Investigators was there too. Next week she is bringing her mom!
Skyping the Fam was awesome!
We played more Racquetball with the Escobars. Astrid and I keep going at it and it is back and forth. We also went to lunch with them. I love that fam!
Love you all!
Happy Mothers Day to all the women out there!
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Love,
Elder Anderson
Monday, May 7, 2018
Escobars
Hello!
I'm gonna keep it short this week!
Tuesday we had Area book appreciation day so they told us to stay in all day and work on putting all the papers in the area book onto our Phones! Luckily Astrid took us to lunch! Glad we have her!
Wednesday morning we were on exchanges with the Hampton Elders. Elder Richardson and Elder Christensen. We were playing ball at the church and Elder Richardson rolled his ankle really bad so we spent some of the day in Urgent care! Wasn't very Urgent! He is good now tho. That night we continued our Wednesday night tradition with Astrid and Evan Escobar of getting Ice Cream! That is always fun!
Thursday we spent some time helping a member set up her restaurant that is opening soon. That was a lot of work. Just racking leaves and cleaning everything up! Then we had a lesson with Justin and we got Astrid to come and she was AWESOME. She brought tons of drinks and snacks for all the kids. They love her!
Friday we had interviews in Ft Dodge. Saturday we rounded up our investigators but then no one came on Sunday! Super sad! Next week tho!
We got out and played the Escobars in Racquetball again! Their a lot of fun! And I finally beat them all! Well I finally beat Astrid, she is good but I beat her 2 out of 3 times!
Love you all! Elder Anderson
Enjoy the vid of us balling on a bunch of guys! We challenged them all to meet us at the park, and they did! There were like 20 guys watching and placing bets on who would win! haha
I'm gonna keep it short this week!
Tuesday we had Area book appreciation day so they told us to stay in all day and work on putting all the papers in the area book onto our Phones! Luckily Astrid took us to lunch! Glad we have her!
Wednesday morning we were on exchanges with the Hampton Elders. Elder Richardson and Elder Christensen. We were playing ball at the church and Elder Richardson rolled his ankle really bad so we spent some of the day in Urgent care! Wasn't very Urgent! He is good now tho. That night we continued our Wednesday night tradition with Astrid and Evan Escobar of getting Ice Cream! That is always fun!
Thursday we spent some time helping a member set up her restaurant that is opening soon. That was a lot of work. Just racking leaves and cleaning everything up! Then we had a lesson with Justin and we got Astrid to come and she was AWESOME. She brought tons of drinks and snacks for all the kids. They love her!
Friday we had interviews in Ft Dodge. Saturday we rounded up our investigators but then no one came on Sunday! Super sad! Next week tho!
We got out and played the Escobars in Racquetball again! Their a lot of fun! And I finally beat them all! Well I finally beat Astrid, she is good but I beat her 2 out of 3 times!
Love you all! Elder Anderson
Enjoy the vid of us balling on a bunch of guys! We challenged them all to meet us at the park, and they did! There were like 20 guys watching and placing bets on who would win! haha
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