What up fam?
How are things going with you all? Things are going good here. We just got done with our meeting with Elder Oaks which was really cool. I was also transferred, and I’m back where I started in Ilheus! And I’m with my boy Elder Jones in the area Nelson Costa. It was cool. We are pumped to baptise até o pó!
About the Christmas package, I just want a bunch of sunflower seeds. Beef jerky is always a plus, and whatever else you wanna surprise me with. But it doesn’t need to be much. Stick deodorant is always nice too. By then I will be needin it. Oh man I had forgotten how hot Ilheus is. I’m sweatin my tushy off here. But it’s good.
We are super excited to work with the other elders here too. They seem excited. We have lots of news (new investigators) and good families we are working with. Elder Oaks was way cool. He is funny. He and his wife shook our hands. She was also really cool. He talked about a lot of things but like he said, the best part is all the other ideas and inspiration that comes while he was talking. It’s obvious to tell that he is a SPECIAL testimony that Jesus Christ is our Savior and that He lives.
I sent a CD with Elder Weaver that he said he would give to you guys. (Elder Weaver returns home tomorrow!) That’s so funny - we had heard that Katy (Elder Weaver’s sister) was dating Elder Simons. He is super funny and from Seattle. I love him, but everyone is teasing him about it.
Things are going well. Elder Vitelli and I left lots of good news with baptismal dates for him and his new comp so I hope they all go through. I also got a lot of letters from you Mom. Thanks. I love them. I just got done reading them. You guys are the best. I hope you know how much I am learning about life and about Christ. The mission is so hard but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I know Jesus Christ is our Savior and our Brother. I’m now understanding just a portion of the debt that I am in to Him. I love the Book of Mormon ... there doesn’t exist another like it. I know that we are here to do a little of His work and I don’t have too much time left but I’ll run til the end. Thanks for the support and the prayers. They help a lot. Love you all. Take care,
Elder Anderson
Friday, October 22, 2010
Here are a couple pictures of our last baptism and my new suit.
October 20, 2010
So this week it’s gonna have to be short cause I sent two pics and a voice message. But thanks for your e mail. I loved it. Sounds like you’re all doing so well; except, Justin, laziness is no excuse not to write your brother who has been in Brasil for a year and 5 months. All I wanna do is mess around and hang out with you so you better at least write me a good e mail.! But I love you all. This week was good. We are super excited to see Elder Oaks and see all my buddies from Weaver’s group before they leave. They are all my boys. Love you all. Take care
So this week it’s gonna have to be short cause I sent two pics and a voice message. But thanks for your e mail. I loved it. Sounds like you’re all doing so well; except, Justin, laziness is no excuse not to write your brother who has been in Brasil for a year and 5 months. All I wanna do is mess around and hang out with you so you better at least write me a good e mail.! But I love you all. This week was good. We are super excited to see Elder Oaks and see all my buddies from Weaver’s group before they leave. They are all my boys. Love you all. Take care
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Dear Family,
The internet here is being extremely slow this week, so I don’t think the pic will send but I’ll try next week. I did get my package. I thought I had told you all last week but I guess not. Sorry. Yeah I got it. It’s pretty much all gone now but thanks so much. You have no idea how much a package means to a missionary. It’s like a little bit of America in a box and there is nothing better than that.
The girl we baptized is doing well. She walked an hour to the church to get confirmed because they didn’t have money for a bus so I was pretty impressed with that. The family is doing good, just that their dad is still drinking and smoking. We’re trying to help but his situation is a toughy.
We took a 17 year old girl to church last Sunday and she sat with this woman named Mary and loved church. We went by her house Sunday after church to see how she liked it and to give her a lesson and her mom said,” she isn’t here she is at church...” and we thought crap she went to another church. But turns out she was at choir practice. They invited her and she wanted to go. When we went there yesterday, she showed us her sheet music for her solo she will be singing and she was wearing a CTR ring. Ha! So we’re pretty excited about her. We marked her baptism for the 23rd. I hope all goes well. She really wants to. She watched the Joseph Smith video and cried. I hope her mom doesn’t interfere because that always happens with me!
We still have the sisters in our district. Sister Davenport is going home here with Weaver. She is from Washington too. She lives kinda by Doug, I think, over there close to Oregon. I’ll think about school (going back to BYUI in the fall) and pray about it but I think it would be good to go there ASAP. I am glad that I’m learning a new language. I only study in “Port” now. I like it a lot. I was thinking only in “Port” but now that I’m with Elder Vitelli, I have been speaking more English. It had been about 6 months that I was just with Brasilians. More than that actually. So my English was all messed up but it’s getting better. People tell me that I speak pretty good Port but I need to study more.
Today we helped a guy who was doing some test. I don’t know what it was but we went to a college and sat in a sound proof box and he recorded us saying some phrases in English and in Port. It was kinda cool. He bought us milk shakes after at least. Oh and yesterday we woke up at 5: 50am, to some loud noise in our room. It turned out to be a 6 inch moth attacking us. Elder Vitelli screams, “it’s a bird..” I ran and got the broom and after a 20 min battle, we killed that sucka! Then we couldn’t get back to sleep. It stunk but it was funny. I’ll try and send a card with Elder Weaver. (We asked Tim if he could send a memory card home with Elder Weaver with some pictures on it.) But, I gotta go.
Love you guys,
Elder Anderson
The internet here is being extremely slow this week, so I don’t think the pic will send but I’ll try next week. I did get my package. I thought I had told you all last week but I guess not. Sorry. Yeah I got it. It’s pretty much all gone now but thanks so much. You have no idea how much a package means to a missionary. It’s like a little bit of America in a box and there is nothing better than that.
The girl we baptized is doing well. She walked an hour to the church to get confirmed because they didn’t have money for a bus so I was pretty impressed with that. The family is doing good, just that their dad is still drinking and smoking. We’re trying to help but his situation is a toughy.
We took a 17 year old girl to church last Sunday and she sat with this woman named Mary and loved church. We went by her house Sunday after church to see how she liked it and to give her a lesson and her mom said,” she isn’t here she is at church...” and we thought crap she went to another church. But turns out she was at choir practice. They invited her and she wanted to go. When we went there yesterday, she showed us her sheet music for her solo she will be singing and she was wearing a CTR ring. Ha! So we’re pretty excited about her. We marked her baptism for the 23rd. I hope all goes well. She really wants to. She watched the Joseph Smith video and cried. I hope her mom doesn’t interfere because that always happens with me!
We still have the sisters in our district. Sister Davenport is going home here with Weaver. She is from Washington too. She lives kinda by Doug, I think, over there close to Oregon. I’ll think about school (going back to BYUI in the fall) and pray about it but I think it would be good to go there ASAP. I am glad that I’m learning a new language. I only study in “Port” now. I like it a lot. I was thinking only in “Port” but now that I’m with Elder Vitelli, I have been speaking more English. It had been about 6 months that I was just with Brasilians. More than that actually. So my English was all messed up but it’s getting better. People tell me that I speak pretty good Port but I need to study more.
Today we helped a guy who was doing some test. I don’t know what it was but we went to a college and sat in a sound proof box and he recorded us saying some phrases in English and in Port. It was kinda cool. He bought us milk shakes after at least. Oh and yesterday we woke up at 5: 50am, to some loud noise in our room. It turned out to be a 6 inch moth attacking us. Elder Vitelli screams, “it’s a bird..” I ran and got the broom and after a 20 min battle, we killed that sucka! Then we couldn’t get back to sleep. It stunk but it was funny. I’ll try and send a card with Elder Weaver. (We asked Tim if he could send a memory card home with Elder Weaver with some pictures on it.) But, I gotta go.
Love you guys,
Elder Anderson
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
October 6, 2010
Hey Family,
So here are a couple of pictures first off. One is Elder Vitelli and me. We hiked up to this huge Jesus on a cross that overlooks our whole city and the other one is me with a girl in my ward here that got her mission call to Temple Square. She is really funny and left about a week ago I think. She would always make fun of me.
I just bought a really sweet suit. I’ll take a picture with it and send it next week. We did get to see all of Conference. It was really cool. I do miss hearing their actual voices though, even though Elder Scott and a few others translate their own which is pretty cool. And it’s funny cause some of them have really strong accents.
Our baptism did go through! It’s about time. Stuff always happens to ruin our baptisms but it was really cool. Elder Vitelli and I get along super well. I love him. We work super hard but we are always joking too, so it helps the days not seem as long. He is really funny and a good missionary.
At conference I saw Elder Weaver but Elder Jones is now in Ilheus so I didn’t see him. Elder McDonald is in our zone. Elder Morris (remember, he was my comp once upon a time) is training him in Brumado so I’ll see them about every other week for district meetings. He seemed like a good kid. He speaks Portuguese like a pro. Pres. Vecchi asked him to read something in Port at the conference and afterwards he asked “did you go to the same CTM that they all went too?” and Elder McDonald said “yeah”. Pres said “well then, they’re getting better.” It was funny.
Elder Oaks will come the 25th or 26th I think. We will have our transfer that same day. I’m super excited. It should be really cool with everyone there.
Sounds like you guys are using the pool a lot. Can’t wait to be the ultimate gladiator. (We told Tim about a game Justin invented in the pool where the winner has to get the other persons ankle out of the water. He named it Aquatic Gladiator.) Even with 2 years without practice, I’m sure I could man handle you weenies; I’m just a little afraid of Mom.
The house must be crazy with the boys living there now. (Jared, Kimberli, Monty and Jakob are living with us for a couple of weeks while they are moving to a different apartment.) Send kisses to them for me. Well this week was good. We’re working like crazy. I hope all is well with you guys. Love you.
Take care.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Hey there family!
So, this week we had another training meeting in Salvador. That’s why I’m writing you today. I got back this morning. It was pretty wild but it was fun and we learned a lot. At the end of this transfer we will have a meeting with Pres. Oaks up in Salvador... but it’s a secret ok? I’m really excited.
Sounds like Justin’s date actually went well. Maybe he is a ladies man after all. Kimbo and Jared are moving again? Wow!! They better not still be there when I get home. Monty and Jakob can though. So… they hadn’t received my package yesterday (at the mission home) but maybe they got it today. The lzs (zone leaders) are coming home tomorrow so maybe they will have it. Thanks for sending it.
So, my suit is kinda worn out. The suit jacket and the pants are now different colors and President wants us to look good for Elder Oaks coming. So I was wondering if… for an early Christmas present, you could give me some $ to buy a new suit. This p-day I will go shopping and see what we’re looking at but if I could buy a new one that would be nice. Next week I can have more details.
So this last week we got a call from someone telling us that they know a family that was baptized but went in-active that live on the other side of the world. So we went to visit them and she said she had been praying for the missionaries to pass by her house. Well, we talked with her and her husband and they have a really tough situation but we took them to church Sunday and their 2 daughters and we are going to baptize their 10 year old daughter. It should be cool. We’re really excited and so are they! They are a super humble family and they love the church, they just fell away a little bit. They’re excited to come back. I know the Lord watches over us. Elder Vitelli and I have been working our buns off literally so hard to find some good baptisms and then out of nowhere the Lord helps us out. It’s funny because we are knocking so many doors and talking to everyone in the streets and the Lord blessed us with a baptism that didn’t even come from all of our hard work. But I know it’s because of the work that this happened. I know the Lord knows us and blesses us.
I hope you’re all well. I love you all. I can’t wait to see you all again but I don’t want my mission to end. It’s weird but I hope you’re all good. Take care.
Love,
Elder Anderson
So, this week we had another training meeting in Salvador. That’s why I’m writing you today. I got back this morning. It was pretty wild but it was fun and we learned a lot. At the end of this transfer we will have a meeting with Pres. Oaks up in Salvador... but it’s a secret ok? I’m really excited.
Sounds like Justin’s date actually went well. Maybe he is a ladies man after all. Kimbo and Jared are moving again? Wow!! They better not still be there when I get home. Monty and Jakob can though. So… they hadn’t received my package yesterday (at the mission home) but maybe they got it today. The lzs (zone leaders) are coming home tomorrow so maybe they will have it. Thanks for sending it.
So, my suit is kinda worn out. The suit jacket and the pants are now different colors and President wants us to look good for Elder Oaks coming. So I was wondering if… for an early Christmas present, you could give me some $ to buy a new suit. This p-day I will go shopping and see what we’re looking at but if I could buy a new one that would be nice. Next week I can have more details.
So this last week we got a call from someone telling us that they know a family that was baptized but went in-active that live on the other side of the world. So we went to visit them and she said she had been praying for the missionaries to pass by her house. Well, we talked with her and her husband and they have a really tough situation but we took them to church Sunday and their 2 daughters and we are going to baptize their 10 year old daughter. It should be cool. We’re really excited and so are they! They are a super humble family and they love the church, they just fell away a little bit. They’re excited to come back. I know the Lord watches over us. Elder Vitelli and I have been working our buns off literally so hard to find some good baptisms and then out of nowhere the Lord helps us out. It’s funny because we are knocking so many doors and talking to everyone in the streets and the Lord blessed us with a baptism that didn’t even come from all of our hard work. But I know it’s because of the work that this happened. I know the Lord knows us and blesses us.
I hope you’re all well. I love you all. I can’t wait to see you all again but I don’t want my mission to end. It’s weird but I hope you’re all good. Take care.
Love,
Elder Anderson
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