Hey Family,
Sorry I don’t have any pictures this week because I loaned my camera to the Assistants for one day but I’ll get it back tomorrow.
This week was really good. Elder Morris and I baptized the coolest man - 24 years old. He is so cool and so excited about the gospel. It’s so nice when a normal, cool person just gets its. But things are going good here.
I forgot to make your voice recording Dad. Sorry. I’ll try and remember for next week. Thanks so much for the pictures. Monty is so big and has so much hair now! I miss him so much. I can’t wait to play with him when I get back.
Wow today is the 8 month mark ... I can’t even believe it. Before we know it, it will be a year. It’s insane and its just going by faster and faster. When you just give it all you’ve got the time just flies. Morris and I were talking and we are the most tired we have ever been in our lives. Every day we’re just beat, but were the most happy also. It’s really a miracle to see the changes in people’s lives. It’s truly a deep connection you make with people when you bring them to the gospel. I miss all my baptisms from the other area a lot. I just hope I can see them again. The mission sucks just for the fact that you leave your family ... you get to Brazil and just make more family... and then you end up having to leave them too!!!! But it’s also the best part about it - you get to make more family. I love these people and I love you guys too.
Oh and wow, weenie man (Justin’s nickname)is getting big... and he looks just like Sheldon. That’s scary, but take care. I love you all so much. Next week ill have pictures.
Love ya
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
January 20, 2010
Hey family!
How are you guys doing? I’ll start by answering your questionsfirst. I’m sure there is a post office here. I just don’t know the area that well yet, but for sure there is one here so I can back up the pics, and send them. I don’t know the house address but it’s really close to the church and the beach, so that’s nice! You can probably send letters to the house when I find out the address but packages should all be sent to the mission home, I think. When I was in Salvador, I didn’t have any letters or packages but my buddyElder Jones is now in the office and he called me and said I now have two packages waiting there in the office. He said one looked like a man chewed through the corner. Ha! So he pulled a mini candy cane out and ate it while I was talking to him! What a punk.
It’s just Elder Morris and me living in our house. It’s really small but its perfect. We don’t need a big house. I like our house and it’s so close to the church. That’s nice, and it’s close to a center where there are lots of shops and stores, so it’s nice. My district is just Elder Morris, Elder Sanderson his new comp and me. He is training him. So we’re all American except one. Elder Sanderson and I are the oldest! but I like Sanderson a lot. He is such a good guy and a hard worker. Our branch is pretty weak... we have about 20 active people, but we’re working on that. The members don’t really trust the missionaries here but Morris and I have been doing everything right and talking to them and serving them and I think we’re gaining the trust back so that’s good. I’m feeling good about the work Morris and I are doing here.
I don’t have too much time left but things are going really well. Pres. Vecchi is coming in about an hour to do interviews. I’m excited to see him. Elder Morris is the man. He is still learning things ...well, I am too. That’s for sure, but things are going well. I can’t get my investigators out of my head. They’re all I can think about all day and then I dream about them. Man, I just wanna have a break. Ha! I’m always worried something will happen or they won’t go to church. Ha! It’s stressful but I love it. I’m tired but so happy. I can rest in a year and 4 months. I can’t believe it was a year ago I was at BYU-Idaho. It’s crazy how fast time goes. Next week I’ll have 8 months in the mission. Wow.
Oh another thing is I have really received the gift of tongues. I’ve never been able to talk like I am now - not even close. Some people have asked if I’m Brasilian, which is a miracle. Last transfer lots of people couldn’t understand me and I couldn’t talk very smooth. It was so choppy and this transfer, I have received so much help. It’s really been a miracle. So, thanks for your prayers and everything. They are helping so much, I love you all. Somebody kiss the monkey man for me.
Love, Elder Anderson
Hey family!
How are you guys doing? I’ll start by answering your questionsfirst. I’m sure there is a post office here. I just don’t know the area that well yet, but for sure there is one here so I can back up the pics, and send them. I don’t know the house address but it’s really close to the church and the beach, so that’s nice! You can probably send letters to the house when I find out the address but packages should all be sent to the mission home, I think. When I was in Salvador, I didn’t have any letters or packages but my buddyElder Jones is now in the office and he called me and said I now have two packages waiting there in the office. He said one looked like a man chewed through the corner. Ha! So he pulled a mini candy cane out and ate it while I was talking to him! What a punk.
It’s just Elder Morris and me living in our house. It’s really small but its perfect. We don’t need a big house. I like our house and it’s so close to the church. That’s nice, and it’s close to a center where there are lots of shops and stores, so it’s nice. My district is just Elder Morris, Elder Sanderson his new comp and me. He is training him. So we’re all American except one. Elder Sanderson and I are the oldest! but I like Sanderson a lot. He is such a good guy and a hard worker. Our branch is pretty weak... we have about 20 active people, but we’re working on that. The members don’t really trust the missionaries here but Morris and I have been doing everything right and talking to them and serving them and I think we’re gaining the trust back so that’s good. I’m feeling good about the work Morris and I are doing here.
I don’t have too much time left but things are going really well. Pres. Vecchi is coming in about an hour to do interviews. I’m excited to see him. Elder Morris is the man. He is still learning things ...well, I am too. That’s for sure, but things are going well. I can’t get my investigators out of my head. They’re all I can think about all day and then I dream about them. Man, I just wanna have a break. Ha! I’m always worried something will happen or they won’t go to church. Ha! It’s stressful but I love it. I’m tired but so happy. I can rest in a year and 4 months. I can’t believe it was a year ago I was at BYU-Idaho. It’s crazy how fast time goes. Next week I’ll have 8 months in the mission. Wow.
Oh another thing is I have really received the gift of tongues. I’ve never been able to talk like I am now - not even close. Some people have asked if I’m Brasilian, which is a miracle. Last transfer lots of people couldn’t understand me and I couldn’t talk very smooth. It was so choppy and this transfer, I have received so much help. It’s really been a miracle. So, thanks for your prayers and everything. They are helping so much, I love you all. Somebody kiss the monkey man for me.
Love, Elder Anderson
Thursday, January 14, 2010
January 14, 2010
Hey family!!! So Pres said we could get on the internet today and tell you guys about the transfer.... So two nights ago I traveled 8 hours to Salvador and got there at 5:30 AM. We stayed there all day and found out where people are going and with whom. And then I got back on a bus at 8:00 O’clock that night and traveled 13 hours until I finally arrived in my new area..................... Porto Seguro - the prettiest place in Bahia is what everyone says, and we are allowed to baptize in the ocean here on the beach but we have to hurry because they’re building a baptismal font! But I'm so excited my companion is an American, Elder Morris. He lives in Utah. He is really cool and we’re really excited to work here. Today I’m just kinda getting to know the area. It’s a huge tourist area and has some really pretty beaches, but the branch here is really weak - only about 20 active people and from what I hear they just don’t exactly get it how the church runs and stuff. So this should be interesting. There’s not a stake here because there isn’t a ward - only 3 branches here. The other branch that’s close to us - my buddy Elder Sanderson was called as the branch president!!! It’s always been missionaries in charge of it but I thought that was really cool. He is in my group - like my CTM group - crazy huh. But I’m really excited to work with him and to strengthen this branch. Our house is so small... but it’s actually kinda nice. It’s not too dirty - well the bathroom is just covered in mold but we’re gonna clean that and then the rest is actually pretty nice... for Bahia that is. But my companion is really excited to work with me and I am with him too.
(We also found out that Tim was called to be Senior Companion and District Leader and he comments about the combined inexperience of himself and everyone in his district. )
...haha, and with an American (companion) who only has two transfers here so this is really gonna be interesting. But I’m excited. Me and Sanderson (the Branch Pres) are the oldest two in our district. It’s just me and him and our younger companions but at least his is Brazilian, but he also is running a branch ha. But I’m so excited, except for the last 3 days I spent in the same clothes and the last two nights I spent on busses. That was miserable. But I’m so excited. I haven’t taken any pictures yet but I will, and send them next week.
Love you guys. Take care.
Hey family!!! So Pres said we could get on the internet today and tell you guys about the transfer.... So two nights ago I traveled 8 hours to Salvador and got there at 5:30 AM. We stayed there all day and found out where people are going and with whom. And then I got back on a bus at 8:00 O’clock that night and traveled 13 hours until I finally arrived in my new area..................... Porto Seguro - the prettiest place in Bahia is what everyone says, and we are allowed to baptize in the ocean here on the beach but we have to hurry because they’re building a baptismal font! But I'm so excited my companion is an American, Elder Morris. He lives in Utah. He is really cool and we’re really excited to work here. Today I’m just kinda getting to know the area. It’s a huge tourist area and has some really pretty beaches, but the branch here is really weak - only about 20 active people and from what I hear they just don’t exactly get it how the church runs and stuff. So this should be interesting. There’s not a stake here because there isn’t a ward - only 3 branches here. The other branch that’s close to us - my buddy Elder Sanderson was called as the branch president!!! It’s always been missionaries in charge of it but I thought that was really cool. He is in my group - like my CTM group - crazy huh. But I’m really excited to work with him and to strengthen this branch. Our house is so small... but it’s actually kinda nice. It’s not too dirty - well the bathroom is just covered in mold but we’re gonna clean that and then the rest is actually pretty nice... for Bahia that is. But my companion is really excited to work with me and I am with him too.
(We also found out that Tim was called to be Senior Companion and District Leader and he comments about the combined inexperience of himself and everyone in his district. )
...haha, and with an American (companion) who only has two transfers here so this is really gonna be interesting. But I’m excited. Me and Sanderson (the Branch Pres) are the oldest two in our district. It’s just me and him and our younger companions but at least his is Brazilian, but he also is running a branch ha. But I’m so excited, except for the last 3 days I spent in the same clothes and the last two nights I spent on busses. That was miserable. But I’m so excited. I haven’t taken any pictures yet but I will, and send them next week.
Love you guys. Take care.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
January 12, 2010
Hey family,
I’m using the internet today because tomorrow I will be in Salvador!!! I’m getting transferred.!!!! Yay! I’m not sure what area or who will be my comp though. Pres is just taking all the missionaries that will be transferred to Salvador and were gonna have a big meeting with the guys leaving and the new guys coming in and all the guys being transferred. It’s cool, but stinks because no one knows who will be who’s companions and what areas we will be in, ha but it will be a big surprise. I’m not sure if we will get to write again this week so you might have to wait until next week to find out where I am and with whom! But I’m excited - just me and Elder Palmer from my group that are being transferred so me and him will get a bus tonight at 10 pm and ride it for 8 hours to Salvador. That part stinks but oh well. Love you guys.
Take care!
Hey family,
I’m using the internet today because tomorrow I will be in Salvador!!! I’m getting transferred.!!!! Yay! I’m not sure what area or who will be my comp though. Pres is just taking all the missionaries that will be transferred to Salvador and were gonna have a big meeting with the guys leaving and the new guys coming in and all the guys being transferred. It’s cool, but stinks because no one knows who will be who’s companions and what areas we will be in, ha but it will be a big surprise. I’m not sure if we will get to write again this week so you might have to wait until next week to find out where I am and with whom! But I’m excited - just me and Elder Palmer from my group that are being transferred so me and him will get a bus tonight at 10 pm and ride it for 8 hours to Salvador. That part stinks but oh well. Love you guys.
Take care!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
January 6, 2010
Hey family! glad you guys got my letter sorry it wasnt before christmas and sorry I haven’t written many. I hope my next area will have a post office in it.
Yeah almost for sure I will be transferred to a different area. My comp isn’t going to the office so I’m almost positive he will stay here and I will leave, which I’m excited about. I like this area but it’s still my first area and I’m excited to go to another so my mission will feel like Brazil Salvador Sul and not Brazil Ilheus, ya know.
...Elder Howard called me and said a bi polar woman freaked out on him and was calling him all sorts of bad names and talking dirty about the USA and it was his birthday ... ha but things are good. We’re all really excited for this transfer so we’ll see...
Sounds like your all doing well. I’d love to plan a trip with Uncle Joe and Brian. Me and Brian e mail every week. I love that guy. (We talked about a horse trek after Tim’s mission with his uncle and cousin.) And a project car would be really fun (We also talked about working on a project car when he gets home.)... I really, really miss working with my hands a lot ... I just feel helpless without any tools here. But I’ve started a collection. I have found two screw drivers and an allen wrench in my house ha. And I got to use a guys tools and fix the drinking fountain at the church so that was fun ha.
Oh little Monty sounds like trouble but fun also. Give him loves for me. I love you guys; take care. And about the sweat shirt (He saw a Christmas picture where his sister was wearing his favorite sweatshirt.) it wasn’t a big deal. If someone needs to use one because it’s cold or something, no problem. I just figured she had stole it ha so don’t sweat it. I’m sweating enough here for all of us! Anyways, take care.
Loves!
Hey family! glad you guys got my letter sorry it wasnt before christmas and sorry I haven’t written many. I hope my next area will have a post office in it.
Yeah almost for sure I will be transferred to a different area. My comp isn’t going to the office so I’m almost positive he will stay here and I will leave, which I’m excited about. I like this area but it’s still my first area and I’m excited to go to another so my mission will feel like Brazil Salvador Sul and not Brazil Ilheus, ya know.
...Elder Howard called me and said a bi polar woman freaked out on him and was calling him all sorts of bad names and talking dirty about the USA and it was his birthday ... ha but things are good. We’re all really excited for this transfer so we’ll see...
Sounds like your all doing well. I’d love to plan a trip with Uncle Joe and Brian. Me and Brian e mail every week. I love that guy. (We talked about a horse trek after Tim’s mission with his uncle and cousin.) And a project car would be really fun (We also talked about working on a project car when he gets home.)... I really, really miss working with my hands a lot ... I just feel helpless without any tools here. But I’ve started a collection. I have found two screw drivers and an allen wrench in my house ha. And I got to use a guys tools and fix the drinking fountain at the church so that was fun ha.
Oh little Monty sounds like trouble but fun also. Give him loves for me. I love you guys; take care. And about the sweat shirt (He saw a Christmas picture where his sister was wearing his favorite sweatshirt.) it wasn’t a big deal. If someone needs to use one because it’s cold or something, no problem. I just figured she had stole it ha so don’t sweat it. I’m sweating enough here for all of us! Anyways, take care.
Loves!
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