Christianity

This week was good, a little slow but super good!
We taught Ralph Rodriguez with Bro Austin Monday night and that was great! But we tried to contact him on Saturday and couldn't. SO that was sad, we were hoping he would come to church.

Wednesday while knocking on doors we knocked on the house of one of the ladies we met at the food pantry about a month ago. She is a really nice older lady, didn't seem interested in the church but she invited us to her church and we decided we would go, cause it was that night. It was the First Christian Church! We went and it was great, super nice people! All 15 of them were probably over 80, except their pastor. I have never been there for another churches communion and they were having communion that night. Really interesting and a great experience. We were able to get to know a lot of them, introduced ourselves, and got to know the pastor pretty well.

Thursday we had our District Meeting. We have a lot of young missionaries in the District and we’re all in tough areas, so finding is something we all do a lot. So I decided to train on finding and making it more effective. Also different things to try in their areas and things to help the spirit guide them to who is prepared! Also a lot on going out and making friends and teaching them the Gospel! And to invite everyone to Baptism! We also changed it up a little bit. Since the brethren received revelation to meet in a council for the first Sunday in third hour of church. That made me receive revelation to have District Meeting as a council. Making it more of a discussion. I think it went great!

Also had exchanges with the Zone Leaders in Indianola, that was fun and we got to go play ball with the branch there at the Middle school so that was a ton of fun!
Friday we had dinner out in Blockton, IA. So we went out there early in the day and worked the small town all day until dinner. We found some great people and picked up a part member family.

Yesterday we had church and we got to speak! They texted us Saturday night and said they forgot to assign speakers so we got to speak haha. That was fun! I talked all about John 21: 15-17 about gathering the sheep and member missionary work! After that Bro Allen took us out to some of the surrounding towns to visit less actives or people whose record have been moved to the area. That was a success! Then we went to the Stake Priesthood meeting in Des Moines and that was super amazing! The spirit was so strong and the talks that were given were amazing! Lots of how to become better men, Priesthood Holders, and bringing Christ into Marriage. haha There was a great talk on that! Didn't really apply to us missionaries but it was awesome!

Things are going great out here and my testimony is building! We continue to have great experiences and good times! I love the work and am striving to have no regrets! Everyday is P day!! (Positivity day)

Love you all!
Elder Anderson

Some things we see while knocking on doors

Awesome sign that said go away unless you're giving out beer, so we brought him Root Beer!

Sadly he wasn't home but we will try again!

Exchanges!

Transfers

Well I stayed here in the Lenox area and got Elder Williams! He has only been out for 3 months, so he just finished up being trained. He came from Kirksville Missouri and Elder Lamborn went to Kirksville Missouri. I was also called to be a District Leader.

Last Monday the Leon Elders, Elder Crook who is from Salem came here on exchanges! I went with his Companion Elder Alton and we had a good time! Elder Crook and Elder McCabe the only other Elders in the mission that were from Salem went home last week, so I am the only one now! At least that I know.

Thursday I picked up Elder Williams and we went home and got to work. We found 3 New Investigators and one was Ralph Rodrigez, a really nice man who let us in. We had 2 lessons with him last week, one on Thursday when we found him, and another on Saturday! He was supposed to be at church but didn't show. We have a lesson planned with him for tonight so we will find out.

Friday we had District Meeting and that went great, we have a good District. There are four companionships, the Zone Leaders, and the Sister Training Leaders.

The mission is going good, it is a lot of fun. I learn so much everyday! I love studying from the Book of Mormon everyday it strengthens my testimony! I love you all!

Elder Anderson

Freezing Rain

This week was a Roller coaster!

So last Sunday night I got a call from Elder Decker, he is serving back in my last area Cedar Rapids. He told me that Reggie Cartee got permission to be Re-Baptized!! She found that out on a Saturday and the next day her and Mike flew to Logan, Utah so her Dad could Baptize her! Crazy! I am so happy for her! And that will help Mike quit smoking and get Re-Baptized because she has the gift of the Holy Ghost!

Also if you guys remember when I was in Marshalltown teaching Luis Mora he was dating a Member that lived in Honduras! He went to Honduras and got Baptized and then Married her! Super cool! I am so happy for Reggie and Luis and how I had the opportunity to teach them and help them come unto Christ!

So some highlights from the week:
Tuesday was a really slow day and DJ and Tandy had to cancel Ribs and games that night for some reason and we haven't been able to contact them since! We are so sad but we hope we can get back over there. Then Elder Lamborn got a prompting to go by the first person he ever gave a Book of Mormon to, she lives out in Lenox which is 30 minutes away. But we followed the prompting and she was actually home! We talked to her for awhile and gave her another Book of Mormon cause she lost the other one! haha She said she will come check out our church soon! She lives pretty close to the church building. She is 92 and is still driving! She gets around really well!

Wednesday we went to Centerville, Iowa for a triple blitz, where 3 companionship’s hit the area hard. It was a lot of fun! I went with E Gardiner and we found 3 new investigators! The next morning when we went to leave we were told not to by President because of the Freezing rain, it was super cold with a super bad wind. And everything was ice! So we blitzed that area again. We were able to help them out quite a bit!

Friday was District meeting and we got to watch the Funeral for the Prophet Thomas S. Monson! I am gonna miss him so much, he set such an amazing example for us all and grew the church greatly! I know him to be a prophet of God! If you didn't watch the funeral I encourage you to do so! Watch it for Family Home Evening or something! It was awesome!

Saturday we spent time rounding up all of our investigators and trying to get them to church! We were able to see a few people but no one came to church! :( Church was great though, I love Branch Council! I have been trying to bring things that I saw were successful in my other areas to this Branch. Which has been great! I think this branch is starting to do really well with the 4 new families. Now we just need to get Investigators to church!

Love,

Elder Anderson

​​​​​​​​our Church Building that's in a house!

A really cool frozen lake we went to when it was randomly like 45 degrees one day!

me with a cool wall. haha

some deer sausage we got from DJ steele from a buck he killed

Some beautiful ice skating =)

Another lake and a bit colder! 

Iowa Weather

Yo everyone! Hope y'all had a good holiday season and set some good New Year's resolutions!
So this week we spent a lot of time going by former Investigators. Since it was so cold they didn't want us knocking. But it warmed up pretty quick, it’s like 35 now. Super nice. So I will just talk about some people we found.

DJ and Tandy and their family! So they used to have missionaries come over a lot and they loved them and would have them over for dinner and what not. But they stopped going because apparently some missionaries came and told them they couldn't come anymore because I guess he wasn't progressing or something. They told him that's what their District Leader told them. haha I don’t know why you would say that to someone investigating the church. Anyway we went by, he let us in, and is super nice. Right off the bat I saw some big bucks on the wall and started asking him about them. We talked about hunting for awhile, he and his wife had shot some good bucks. Then his wife and his son Johnny came home and we had a good spiritual discussion. DJ is an ex marine Sniper, Cop, and is now a Rocket Scientist! haha super cool. We believe he needs forgiveness from the lives he took at war. But they fed us dinner and he showed us some awesome card tricks haha. They are so cool and they invited us over for tomorrow night. There having DJ's famous ribs and it's game night! Super excited.

Also found Lindsey and Nathan and their little family. They had the missionaries over a couple times and ended up not being interested. But it had been a few years so we decided to stop by and see if they are prepared now. We went by the address but no one was home. But I decided to look at their teaching record again and it said 404? So we decided to knock the houses around there and the first house was them! She let us in and told us, she really needs it now and has been thinking about it. Didn't meet Nathan but we should be going back this week.

We also found Kari and Kris and their 4 kids! We found them just knocking in Corning, Iowa about a half hour from Creston. Their really cool and wanting a church to go to! Hopefully we can get over to them this week too!

Update on Tim and Tammi. They are going through a tough time with their family. They have an abusive son who doesn't have any respect for his Mom. We set up an appointment and went over with the Second Counselor in the Branch Presidency, because he knows them. So that’s super cool, but we walked in right after an argument or something and Tim was leaving. So that was sad, pray for them, they need the love. I think their so cool and I think their son is awesome. He is like in his late 20's and needs to grow up and be on his own. They are super great I'm hoping we can help them.

We’re still teaching Rich and hoping he can get the work schedule changed up so he can come to church. And he needs to quit smoking. We’re gonna teach him the Stop smoking workshop this week.

Super awesome week, we saw a lot of success and found some awesome families! We're seeing great success finding people going through former investigators. There’s still a lot to go by, so we have a lot of work to do and have a very busy week this week! But I am super excited!

Love you all! Go to Church and read The Book of Mormon everyday! Even if your "not a church goer" haha. That's something we heard a lot this week and it bugs me! So many people aren't "Church goers." But we go because it is so important to partake of the sacrament and feel the spirit at least once a week!

Love, Elder Anderson

2018!

Hello everyone, I'm short on time so I'll make this quick. Last Thursday was Interviews and that took most of the day, after that we went on exchanges with the Leon Elders and went and did some knocking in Lamoni, IA. It's a big place for the RLDS or Community of Christ, as you can see by the name. So we talked to a lot of them and it is really awkward trying to invite them to hear our message. They pretty much now it, but don’t. Really weird.

Friday we helped a lady move in Lamoni, and that went well. We then did some knocking at the College Dorms and that was fun. 

Saturday we were back in our area and did service at the Food pantry and did some finding, but had to be in by 6 because of New Years.

Sunday it got to about -20, but they didn't want to cancel church so that was good! All the other churches around canceled. Glad we were able to partake of the Sacrament. Also went early to shovel snow at the church. Then the Zone told us to stay inside if it was below -3, and we were at -1 at that time. We weren't allowed to go knocking though. So we went and shoveled snow for less actives and members, and did some try bys. Also had to be in at 6 that day.

Monday on New Years Day we had an all day P-day with the Zone! So that was a blast!! We basically balled all day! Yesterday we had another Zone Conference, and it was good we heard a lot of good trainings, and had a good time! I hope everyone has an awesome week! And an awesome 2018!
Love, Elder Anderson

Amish parking & the Amish Store in Lamoni. We also saw a lot of Amish riding their horse & buggies

Zone Pday 1-1-2018

White Christmas

Hello! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I'm pretty glad that this is my last Christmas away from home. Definitely missed home. But now I can say, I'll be home for Christmas! So today is our P day because Monday was Christmas and they let us have P day today which is nice.

Last Monday we got to play ball at the YMCA with Austin Bloyd, he is in the Branch and has been a little less active even tho he is only 15. In the town of Creston where he lives there is a lot of racism. He is African American and he has gotten death threats and everything. It’s so bad that he has to get home schooled now. So we have been trying to lift his spirits. We had a great time playing ball with him, he is pretty good too so that was fun.

Tuesday we had a Christmas Zone Conference, basically just sang songs and heard some training's on the birth of Jesus Christ. That took up our whole day, long meetings.
Wednesday we had a lesson with our investigator Rich, he is about 65 and works at Mcdonald's. Nice guy, and he works on the weekends so he can’t come to church right now. We'll see where he goes.

Thursday was exchanges, I went with Elder Baldersten, that was a lot of fun. Elder Baldersten is from Utah and we have served around each other for over 6 months. Friday we finished exchanges and weekly planned and did some finding.

Saturday we did service for the Creston Food pantry and that was great! They fed us lunch too! Also did a round up to get people to church but no one showed! It was only an hour too! But it snowed 5 inches that night so they probably got scared! Also was my Dad's Birthday so Happy Birthday Dad!!

Sunday we went to Church then went out to Blockton Iowa and had lunch at a get together with a members family. Pretty much their entire extended and immediate family makes up the city of Blockton so they were all there. That was fun and they sang some karaoke! Then we went to the Bloyds for dinner, and had a good time there.

Monday we got to sleep until 9:30 so that was great, but I couldn't even sleep that long, I’m so used to getting up at 6:30. Then we went to the Bloyds again for lunch and played Clue, then we went to the Branch President’s house, and got to Skype home! It was great to see the family. That was fun but ended up being really hard. On that skype call home I heard that my Uncle Dan had passed away. It was such a shock it was hard to take. I loved my uncle Dan so much! I'm so sad that he had to go so soon, but I know he is in a better place now and will help us from the other side. I love and miss him and the Floyd family is in my prayers.

I love that I get to take the Plan of Salvation to all these people and bring to them comfort by letting them know that they can be with their loved ones forever and will see them again. There are so many people that believe after this life, it's all over. A lot of the time when we’re out knocking, that is the first thing I tell these people, is that Families can be together forever in happiness! Because it is so true and people need to know that.

I love this Gospel and the comfort and happiness it can bring to us. Especially the Book of Mormon, that book can heal us, as we ponder it's words every day it will heal us and bring our lives joy!
I love you all and your all in my prayers!

Love, Elder Anderson

With President and Sister Badger

Its freezing!

Lots of these signs marking where the saints went through, and lots of these towns I cover are from people who decided to stop, and they lived where they stopped, and now there towns. So lots of church history.

This is where we live and that's our car! haha

Merry Christmas!

I can't believe it is already here again! It doesn't feel like it though, we’ve been having good weather for a while now and the sun is still shining! Normally it is grey and cloudy for months out here in winter. But I guess it's not here yet. No snow yet either.

Well I'm getting used to the area. This week we spent most of our time going by members or Former Investigators and then Knocking all around their houses. We were able to pick up 12 new investigators, so we will see where they all go! We are excited for a couple of them. Also did service at the YMCA and a food pantry. That was fun.

Our Zone here is pretty cool but we never see them besides at District meeting. Church was good, we had a lot of people show, so it was a full house! Literally, it was because we had a branch potluck, so that got out all the less active families. ahaha.

We’re still lighting the world by giving plates of cookies to random people haha. Elder Lamborn loves to cook and bake so he makes me good food! He makes cookies and what not and we will take them out and put them on peoples doorsteps and run! haha

That’s about it for this week, at least that's all I can remember! I did finish the book of John and I loved it! I learned a lot from it, definitely helped me grow closer to my Savior. I encourage you all to strive to grow closer to your Savior by lighting the world this week! Spread the light and love of Christ!

#lighttheworld #MerryChristmas

Love, Elder Anderson

The Boonies

Yes they finally did it, they sent me to the middle of nowhere! Haha I am in the Lenox area, we live in Creston, IA. Super small town. And we cover tons of super small towns all around here, but there all like 45 minutes away. We drive a 2017 Toyota Corolla, our apartment is super small. It was hard adjusting to this place since I came from Cedar Rapids, but it's growing on me.

It was hard saying goodbye to everyone:

Monday I kinda wrapped up training Elder York, and did some work. We talked to a Basher and Elder York kinda lost his temper, he was like slamming the Bible on the table and stuff. Haha pretty funny.

Tuesday we went and said goodbye to Camron, then later that day we got our transfer calls! Then we had a good lesson with Rosie and said goodbye. She cried and it was sad! Also said goodbye to Reggie and Mike, the excommunicated couple we have been working with, their so awesome and I’m gonna miss them. They have come along way and Reggie sent in her letter to the 1st presidency to hopefully get re-baptized!

Wednesday we played a lot of pool with the Zone at a members house, that was fun. Then we had my last Ward Coordination meeting and dinner with the Espinosas. Also went to Red Robin and Camron got us free milkshakes and a mud pie to go! Love that man!

Thursday I got here and visited the Branch Mission Leader and the Branch President. When I got here I called them and got lucky I was able to get to know both and hear about the Branch and what kind of help it needs. Yesterday we went to church in Lenox. They meet in a small house! haha pretty different! but cool.  

Love you all! Elder Anderson

Goodbye to the Ward mission Leader Bro Sherwood

Me and my new companion Elder Lamborn

Nativity

This week consisted of Last Monday, we went to a cool state park with big cliffs and the Cedar River. Tuesday we went on exchanges, I went with Elder May he is super fun, we had a lot of fun together. We even went and got cheap blankets from Walmart and went and put them on peoples porches and knocked and ran off. We set up his GoPro in the bushes next to the peoples door and so we have them on video! haha it was awesome. We could tell the people were super thankful. On one door some kids came out and thought it was awesome, and they yelled "YOU EASTER BUNNY!!" haha It was super funny!

On Wednesday we had apartment appreciation day, a day the mission has set aside to clean the apartments all day and donate all the left behind clothes and what not. So that was crazy, but our apartment is way clean now! That night was ward coordination and it was Rosie's first time, but she did awesome and told some stories about how she is already sharing the Gospel! SO awesome!

Thursday was District meeting and Zone lunch. That took up a lot of the day but we had some time to find a new investigator and go by some of our Investigators. Also, we had Dinner with THE Sis Thornbloom! Friday we spent time with Cameron, had lunch and a lesson! He is still awesome and said he is gonna take us on a vacation out of the country when we get home! Haha I can’t wait for that he is awesome! Only had about 15 minutes to go finding this day but we found a cool New Investigator that was friends with the Bishop’s daughters! That night we had a great lesson with Rosie and we showed her the Restoration video and the spirit was so strong and everyone in the room felt it! Then we went to Applebees with Sis Krsek. She is awesome and takes us out to eat every week! After that we went to the Nativity at the Stake Center. So at the church they have about 800 nativities set up, mainly on tables, lots of small ones, and they are all sooooo cool! But the main one is about life size and used to be in a popular store in Downtown Cedar Rapids, and a lot of the public loved it. However it got damaged in the flood in 2008, but Church members took it in and fixed them all back up and now they have them on display every year! So tons of the public comes to this awesome event! And while you look at the nativities, there are choirs and bands playing. I even sang in the choir for a little bit of it, and an awesome bell band from the Methodist church in town! So tons of non members come out to the event, and there has been a lot of miracles and stories of people telling everyone about it, and feeling the spirit so strongly there. We got to share the gospel with a lot of the people there! Over Friday and Saturday there were about 1500 people that went! Such an awesome event to get people in the Church building to feel the spirit there!

On Saturday we spent a lot of time at the Nativity talking to people and showing them around. Sunday was great as always! We got another Potential Investigator that lives in a mansion! haha And had 2 dinners, I ate way to much at both of them! The Second one was Filipino food, super good but I can still smell it on my jacket. haha.

Tomorrow we get Transfer calls and I am most likely leaving! I love it here so much and don't wanna leave but I will do what the Lord wants me to do! I'm excited to see what happens! Because the wards are all changing on Dec 17th and lots of missionaries are gonna be leaving this area so we will see who stays. I love this Gospel and I love being able to serve the people of Iowa. I love getting able to share this Unique message with people every week!

Love you all! Elder Anderson

Palisades State Park!

Nativity at the church

Thanksgiving!

This week was great, we stayed busy with lessons and member meals.

Wednesday night Elder Alton and I were on exchanges and we went and had an awesome lesson with a sick Less Active family. After that we went knocking for a little bit but, had no success, and I told him we should go apologize to the guy we made mad. Lol So last Sunday when we were Mansion Knocking we knocked on one and the guy wasn't interested. Then as we were driving out we took the wrong road and went down to this guy’s pond and had to back up and drove on his grass a little bit and when Elder York got out to back us, the guy was up at his house yelling at us to get the truck out of there. So we did and he came to the road at the top and cussed us out and took a picture of our license plate. He told us that the ground is really soft down there so we made huge ruts. We didn't feel like we did, it was dark so we couldn't see if we did. We wanted to go and apologize to the guy the next day but Elder York and Elder Decker were not wanting to. They said he will be super mad at us still, or there is no point in doing it. Idk why they thought that. But Wednesday night we went back and apologized. We got let into the mansion and talked to the guy and he was happy to see us. He said there were no ruts and he smiled and laughed and it went great. After that we felt soooo good it was awesome! The other guys felt pretty dumb after we told them.  

Thanksgiving day we had Breakfast with Sis Thornbloom then went and played ultimate frisbee with the zone. Then had dinner, then another dinner, then another dinner! haha We were so full! It was all good food tho! After that I called up some Investigators and got them to the Church so we could play basketball and burn some calories! That went great, and felt great!

On Saturday we were able to attend 2 awesome baptisms for the Zone! One was for a 13 year old boy who’s dad finally let him get baptized after 2 years. Missionaries that taught him and had gone home came back for it. It was a full house and was awesome!

Yesterday we had a good time mansion knocking! Talked to some great people and even got a potential investigator haha. Also, yesterday Rosie received a calling to be a Ward Missionary!!!!! So awesome! I’m so happy she gets to come to the Ward Coordination meetings now and will share the Gospel with all her friends and Family! I love this work!!

Yesterday we got an awesome Investigator to Church and he bonded really well with the members! It was awesome, we are seeing so many miracles out here and I love it. Transfers aren’t for another 2 weeks, so that’s good!

Love you all! Elder Anderson

Another Day in Ohio

This week was great! Monday was a good normal P day of Basketball, Soccer, and Ultimate Frisbee with the Zone. Monday night we had Dinner with the Oneil’s. Bro Oneil is in the Stake presidency, it was awesome he is sooo smart. He pumped me up to work even harder, he told some awesome stories too and he let us ask him any questions about the Gospel. So of course I asked "where is the sword of Laban?" haha He said "maybe in heaven maybe on earth, I like to think it’s somewhere on earth though"  pretty good answer haha. He was a super cool guy.

Tuesday we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders, I went with Elder Clark, pretty weird kid. I had a terrible headache and started to get a cold, pretty weird/ off day.

Wednesday we went to lunch at a care center with some old ladies from the Ward, their old but they are so awesome and so nice. One of them gives out cards that say things like "you are terrific" but you only get it if you are. haha She gave one to our investigator at church so that was awesome lol good thanksgiving food tho. Also took out Bro Clark to work with us, he is an older African American convert of about 5 years and he is so awesome. He brought his baptism picture to show to our investigators and bare his testimony. Man it was great having him out with us!

Thursday was Zone Conference back in Davenport! That was fun and we got some Whitey’s!! So good, and we went and visited Sis Hirst, the nice lady from the ward that always had us over! That was cool to visit an old area.

Friday was great we visited with Camron and had a great lesson on Families and Temples. I love that Pamphlet and the Learning and Serving in the church one, they really help! Afterwards we spent some time with Camron and his Best friend and his super funny brother. They are all so much fun and they went and got us some good Italian food! That evening we had an awesome lesson with Rosie helping her learn more about the Temple and Family History work. We had the Stake family history lady and her husband there to help us teach her. It went great, Rosie is excited to go to the Temple. Also, Rosie is soon to be called as a Ward Missionary!!! I’m so excited for her!

Well other than that it was a normal weekend and rounding up our investigators for church.  

Love, Elder Anderson

Zone Conference

Whitey's!!

Rosie Merritt

What a week! To keep things short, we kept things very busy with lessons, finding, and biking.  

MIRACLE We got back in contact with Alexis and David. Apparently they were pretty sick for a while. We had an awesome lesson and brought Bro Espinosa with us! Bro Espinosa is a stud and a Returned Missionary and from Ecuador! He even wants to have Alexis and David over for Dinner at his house with his wife, and show them their wedding video so they will want to get married asap! We’re super excited for that.

MIRACLE Rosie got BAPTIZED!! It all went so well, we got all the talks and everything assigned and it went awesome! The spirit was so strong! Elder York got to Baptize her and I got to Confirm her! Such an awesome experience and opportunity! Rosie loved it!   

MIRACLE Our Investigator Quincy that we just found last week came to the Baptism and Quincy and is on date for Baptism on Dec 2nd! He is so cool!

Also had interviews on Friday, which I love cause I love the Badgers! President was able to give me some advice on how to help the excommunicated members we are working with, Mike and Reggie. They are so awesome! He is a returned missionary and used to be the Elders quorum President, both raised and from Utah. Been away from the church for over 20 years. But they are really close, but he picked up smoking, and it is holding them back. Reggie is his wife and they got married in May. Since he is an RM, he pretty much knows all the answers so that is why I asked President because I was stumped. President told me to teach the Word of Wisdom very spiritually. The thing he needs is the spirit. I will let you know how it goes. They seemed pretty exhausted, Apparently president only got 4 hours of sleep. haha but I am very grateful for the work they do for us! They are awesome!

It has been an awesome week, especially seeing Rosie get Baptized and Confirmed! I have loved being able to teach her. The first Sunday we were here we met her and that week we started teaching her! I bore my Testimony on how thankful I am for the great Ward here and their involvement with the Missionary work. I'm very grateful for Sis Garner wanting us to teach her! All of it has added to and built my Testimony! I LOVE THIS GOSPEL!

Love, Elder Anderson

Rosie is on the right in the middle, and Sis Garner is next to her. Love them both so much!

I started a new tradition of Knocking Mansions every Sunday!

365 Days??

1 Year down already! I can't believe it, it has been such an awesome experience! I LOVE MY MISSION! I have learned so many things out here that I would have never learned back home! I'm so grateful for this great opportunity! And I still get one more year! :)

So this week on Monday it was beggar's night, idk what that means just the night before Halloween I guess. So they grounded the cars at 6 on Pday. We didn't have any appointments or member meals, so they told us to stay in and we were on exchanges, so I got to cut the other 3 Elders hair! Haha They all turned out pretty good! The next day was Halloween! We had Zone exercise and went to Ihop with the Zone! Knocked a little bit, it was funny to be out knocking on Halloween evening, the first thing we would say was Trick or Treat! Haha That was fun! And then Sis Krsek from the ward took us to Olive Garden! YUM!

Wednesday we did a lot of work, went by a lot of people and taught a lot and knocked a lot.

Thursday was my 1 Year mark! We had Zone Exercise and District meeting and a great lesson with Rosie. Then went to a great restaurant to end the night! And burned a shirt! haha

Friday and Saturday was more work. We lost contact with Alexis and David, idk what happened we have called, texted, and gone by but haven't gotten anything. We sure hope all is well with them they are so cool! We also balled on Saturday morning which is always way fun! This weekend was stake conference and it was awesome! Some GREAT talks on retaining Recent converts! And Family History and temple work! Rosie was there and she loved it and she passed her Baptismal Interview! She is getting BAPTIZED this Saturday!

Last night we went to a members and they fed us soooo much fried steak! I think I'm sick but it was good! Also had Waffles this morning with Sis Thornbloom the coolest old lady that still moves like she is 30. We helped her clean her gutters by holding the ladder for her!  haha She is awesome!  

I love you all! The Church is true! Elder Anderson

Elder Anderson

With Cory Rice, my home teacher from back home, at stake conference

One year down