Hey Yall!!!

Written April 25, 2016

well this week was so dope.

we started to joke around about awkward people and now we are super awkward with the missionaries just to be funny haha  everyone thinks were retarded but it’s so funny to us haha

I’m sure the last thing I said didn’t make any sense to you guys but what eves

umm... on Saturday we had an activity with the young men and young women, we made pizza and they watched a movie. it was awesome, everyone enjoyed themselves. including us because we got to eat more than usual and didn’t have to be walking a lot haha

we had a lesson with an investigator who was Christian but he stopped going to church and now him and his wife are having problems because he doesn’t want to give up the things of the world. so we have been talking to him and he is slowly but surely changing. they invited us to eat with them on Friday and didn’t make it to church but I’m sure they will make it soon. 

another guy who we visited who really just likes to talk and he said that he loves when we go over because he can only be sincere with us. and that makes him happy. and he told us he’s confused because he doesn’t think God has a plan for him. what a gimme haha he’s really cool

anyways that’s my whole week in short words but I love you all!!!

Elder Anderberg

Temple Week!

                                                                              Written April 18, 2016

The best week of the whole transfer is helping people get prepared for the temple. in the interviews we learn a lot about the members. it’s a great opportunity to get to know how they really are and not just how they want to show they are. I don’t give the interviews but to focus on their needs my comps helps me understand them even more. we’ve found the biggest needs of the branch through them and now we are progressing.

 the biggest need is love. something that I think we all need a little bit more of. it’s an amazing opportunity to be here and know the needs and how we can apply them. we are trying to do everything to help the people here and I’m sure it will work out this time. I’ve learned not to judge and that that’s a big part of love. we don’t know what others are going through or why they do things/make decisions they do. but us judging them is only going to make things worse and not help them. WE CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE! ITS A CHOICE. BE THE DIFFERENCE IN SOMEBODIES LIFE TODAY!

so anyways we had the best attendance at the temple this week since I’ve been here. and I had the amazing opportunity to be the guide of a brother here. he was endowed with power from on high. it was awesome it was in English because he speaks better in English. what a great opportunity. I have so much more love for that brother. he’s awesome.

I love being here. it makes it easier having a cool comp he said that because we are always making funny jokes that we should make a missionary video and it would be so funny. we have invented so many and it’s so funny that I feel like I’m going to die.

anyways I love you all!!! have a great week!!!! 

Elder Anderberg

Conference Week!

                                                                                         Written April 11, 2016

Your all going to say that conference week was last week but it was actually this week for the branch because we had a branch conference!!!

We doubled the attendance that we usually have!!! it was awesome the spirit was so strong I was crying like a baby. first we had some members give their testimony’s. 

Then my comp gave a talk about faith and then we sang as a choir the song when there’s love (primary song) and then the Pres. of the mission gave a talk. It went so good and I think everyone left edified. We were so excited about it also. and then we paid for some members to make food for the whole branch because there were members from out of town and they were going to have a long ride home but we had them make it for everyone so it went great.

Also we had a zone meeting and we did skits about how missionaries shouldn’t act and then we talked about how they should act and it was way funny but the conference was way good. They told me to be an actor when I get home.

Well I gotta go but I love you all!! have a great week!!!

Elder Anderberg

PS thanks all yall for the bday wishes

Conference

                                                                                                April 4, 2016

Oh my goodness, this week went by so fast. we totally are working three areas trying to get them to go to a conference that we are going to have in the next week and we’ve been planning for like a month and the Pres of the mission is going to come and were going to see what’s going to happen with these areas that we have been working in. But we have to get everyone there and try to help them understand why it’s important and then find the bus to take them and take out the money that we need to and make sure that everyone is going to go. It’s so much we have to do and then we still have to do mission work! but it’s cool. We still kick butt over here.

So a cool experience. This week I was looking for a better way to talk to people. so we were in a taxi and we got a bald taxi driver.... So I told him "wanna know something really cool about the resurrection?" and he said "tell me something really cool about the resurrection" and I said "well we will all have hair..." and waited and then I thought he was going to get mad because he paused and then busted out laughing hahahha He rejected us to visit him so I know now what not to do.... hehehehe

So this week was great and next week will be even better!!! I hope everyone had a great conference and learned something!!! 

I love you all!!!!

Elder Anderberg

one week splits

                                                                                                  Written March 21, 2016

This week my comp was training another Missionary to be the Branch Pres so I went and I took his place for a week. this area was so cool. honestly I feel in love with the people there and the members. I guess I do that with every place I go but this area wasn’t so big so it was a little bit easier. I was pumped to be there.

totally licked a dinosaur bone.... not many people can say they did that! my tongue totally got stuck! IT GOT STUCK! AND I DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND WHY!!! BUT I DONT EVEN CARE BECAUSE I LICKED A DINOSAUR BONE! 

anyways I also got attacked by a cat but then I played with it. and we did some service and my comp for the week was way funny, it was a cool week and way fun. I learned a little more on the guitar.

oh my gosh my comp walks so fast! I was sweating just to get here with him! it’s better to just jog all day! I’ll tell you all one thing. I’m gonna lose weight this month. because he also wants to eat healthy. ugh... it’s cool though. maybe I won’t be so freaking hungry all the time and I’ll be able to learn how to control it or at least but things in the stores that are healthy.

anyways I’m doing really good. it will be a fun little rest of the time here. I love you all!!!! 

Elder Anderberg

Cambios!

                                                                                          Written March 14, 2016

ok well the big news is that my comps got transferred and my new comp is named Elder Raya. he’s really cool and plays the guitar! he said he’s pumped to teach me! he also knows a lot about the mission and will be able to help me progress a lot! I’m really excited

this week we split up and I went with a member who was an ex missionary. he was really cool and helped me find a different way to teach and we helped a guy who has a bunch of weed in his back yard that he wanted to show us. he is reading the book of Mormon and said he is going to come to church the next week. this week we will put a baptismal date with him for April. I’m excited to be able to help him. 

also the services were awesome again in Yahualica. we got to gives talks again because........... well.... I forgot to assign oops hahah but I gave a talk about trusting in the Lord and that repelling is related to trusting in the Lord that the person beneath you will stop you if you fall. we trust in the Lord that he tied the rope right at the top and if we start to fall for a mistake that we do then the person below like Jesus Christ will help us stop, regain balance and keep going until we meet the goal. I knew the Lord would give me something to talk about. I have just been praying lately and he has been putting things in my mind to talk about even if I have something prepared it changes. it’s been so sweet and I love being in this area.

 anyways I love you all I hope that everything is going good!!! 

Elder Anderberg

Sick

                                                                                                   Written March 7, 2016

Well this week was kind of a bummer as my comp got real sick and he couldn’t work or even leave the house because they said it was really contagious (don’t judge me for not knowing how to spell that word... I didn’t even know when I could speak English fluently) so I didn’t get sick and my comps either but we just had to sit in the house and ya know how I was complaining about how I was just so tired it totally got rejuvenated! woo! 

then in the weekend we had to stay up late so I’m tired again.

anyways on Saturday we held mutual and it went all good we made pie and it was fun.

and then on Sunday we had services and we had an attendance of 7 and everyone got up to bear their testimonies it was so cool and one of them was an investigator! sooo cool! the spirit was so strong. I love this area so much.

then we went with a family and taught them how to teach the less actives and try to help them open up about the things that are hard in their life so we can help them!

it was a very fast week so not a lot to say...

haha I love you all!!! 

Elder Andy