Week 43

Dear Everyone,

This week was great! We worked super hard and saw awesome results because of it! We had some great exchanges and great lessons. The work here is moving forward and it's amazing to be a part of! It amazes me how the Lord leads us to people who He has been preparing for us. He leads us to people who have met with missionaries before and he leads us to people who have forgotten the testimonies they once had. We were lead this week to so many people. It's amazing how looking back you can see just how guided the events of your day can be. I know this is His work, not mine. It feels good to do our best to bring about His will in our area. Something that I've been trying to keep track of is my personal progression. As a missionary I keep track of a lot of other people's progression and it can be easy to lose track of my own. That might sound kind of silly but I think I'm struggling with it right now because Heavenly Father needs me to learn it and make it a habit for the rest of my life. Actually, if anyone has suggestions for how I can keep track of my progress that would be awesome! But so far I think I'm realizing how crucial the role of prayer is. But not only praying but remembering what we pray for and working to do our part to bring about what we pray for. I don't have much more time to write today but I wanted to share one thing that made this week great. We have been teaching two girls over the weeks that I have been here and they are sisters. We have struggled to connect with them sometimes but this past visit we had with them we had a really good lesson about what we as missionaries do and why we do it. Most importantly we talked about what that means for them. We had a member about their age come and teach with us at the lesson too and that was great. They came to church yesterday and they said they liked it and they learned a lot. And then at the end of the day, the older of the two girls posted a picture of the Book of Mormon on Facebook and said it was the best book ever! And she said it made her cry! Elder Broadhead and I were so happy to see that it meant enough to her that she would post about it! We are seeing amazing things happening in this area. The work really is moving forward! Be a part of it! I hope everyone has a great week this week! Feel free to tell me about the things you learn! Thank you for all your prayers and emails!

Love,

Elder Anderson