eMail of June 21, 2010

Thanks, and Happy Father´s Day to Dad. The package came. So, Eric is leaving for the MTC. He will have fun I´m sure.

I´m glad to hear that everyone is happy and having fun. As for my side of the world, things are a little crazy right now. On Wednsday Chile won their first World Cup game this tournament, the first one they have won in 48 years. They played at 7:30 in the morning here and we were hearing fireworks and horns and trumpets nearly all day. Today again they won and there was a lot of celebration. Still every once in a while we hear horns and shouts and stuff. It isn´t as big as at first, but they are celebrating. As for the investigators we weren´t able to make any progress this last week. We only got to teach one and she couldn´t come to Church this week because of Father´s Day. She had to go to her parents´ house. We did get to teach several converts and less-actives. One convert came back to Church after months of inactivity. Things are moving slow right now but I can see that things will be much better later. All we have to do is keep working and doing our best. I must say that I am grateful to be here and to have had the opportunity to serve in this country. It is an amazing country and has a great deal of potential. I found out this last week as well that one of the brothers in our ward is an emeritus General Authority. He was a Regional Representative and the personal assistent to Bruce R. Mckonky years ago. Basically, what the first quorum of the Seventy is now, that is what he was a part of. It was interesting because you never would have known he was a general authority unless he told you. Well, I love you all and hope that you have fun at the reunion this next week.

eMail of June 14, 2010

No, I don´t know a Jackie Melton. She might be coming into the mission tomorrow though. Today were the transfers and nearly the whole mission stayed in their sectors including my comp and I. Only two Sisters are arriving but I don´t know who. As for Marc graduating that is great. That is wierd though. Time has flown by fast. As for my side of the work today we talked with a guy from Manchester, England. In that area at least. He married here and is living here now. It´s interesting as our Bishop here lived in England for many years too. Yesterday the first investigator since February came to Church. She´s 18 and lives with a friend that is less-active. We met her as her friend invited us over. They moved in together around 2 months ago. They were partners in an internship and are good friends. However, the less-active hasn´t been going to Church for years, and the investigator had to wake her up and bring her to Church. We are excited to see her progress even against those odds. The best part was when they got to Church immediately there were members that came and befriended them. They were going to go home right after sacrament but the members convinced them to stay another hour. As for the rest of the investigators there are several promising ones but they have yet to progress. Anyway I am doing great and am happy. It rained again last night, which it should be every day now. I miss the rain. Well, I hope that all of you continue to have fun and enjoy life. Congratulations to Marc for graduating! I love you all!

eMail of June 7, 2010

So, I will miss two Anderson Family reunions in a row then. No matter, I will be there for the next one. I´m glad to hear that Marc finished his eagle and everything. As for those who we are teaching right now there has been progress. Several of them read and becoming more interested in the gospel. One began to ask us about the requirements of baptism and everything. We have great hopes for them. I have learned a lot through the teaching experiences I have had last week as well. I have been working on trying to follow the Spirit more as I teach and have had progress. There were several times I began teaching and felt very clearly and distinctly what it was that I should share. Subsequently things changed and they are more receptive. This really is a great and a marvelous work. The Lord is behind it and it is Him that does it. I also finished reading the Old Testament this last week. I have now officialy read all the cannonical works. I still have to read the Book of Mormon during the mission, but I´m at the end of Helaman, in Spanish. Everything else I have read in the mission. I learned a great deal, but I think the main lesson I learned was that it is best to trust in the Lord and obey Him, over anything else. In fact the mission president gave us an interesting fact the other week. The Bible has 2376 chapters, and exactly in the middle is Psalms 118:8 which is half of 2376. The longest and shortest chapters in the bible surround it, and verse 8 says that "It is better to atrust in the Lord than to put bconfidence in man." Well, I am happy and having fun. I love you all and pray that the Lord will continue to bless and protect you.