Written June 27, 2016
What a great couple
of weeks! We have been working our butts off because everyone wants us to
visit them and then we have to find time to find new people to teach and we
have to teach the investigators that are close to baptism and then the ones who
were being taught but still haven’t gone to church. It’s super fun here and my
comp is learning so quickly
So two weeks ago. I
went to a meeting on Monday and Tuesday we received our comps in Guadalajara
and came to our area, got here at about 8:30 and unpacked a lil. Got a little house which is awesome in a
private neighborhood and there are guards that we pay 20 pesos a week. So you
can be calm mom.
We have been going
with the members and they give us some really, really tasty food. Here if I don’t
eat healthy at home or do exercise I will get fat haha so I’m doin that. We
just got done buying fruits and veggys and my backpack weighs like 40 lbs. haha
So the week after
that we went to the houses of a couple members and we taught them to say
prayers in English and they were all really excited. We taught a couple
investigators who have a while in teaching and they decided to set a date for
baptism the 9th of July. Only one of those dates is still standing.
This week we had to
go to Guadalajara and when we went we went in the most luxurious bus and sat in
captains chairs and the tickets cost 580 pesos and that’s almost all I had
hahaha so I just got money today. But on the way home President Egginton gave
us a ride because they were passing through. Super cool to be with him for a
couple hours.
We found a new
investigator, his name is Tony and he’s 21 years old. We went with him and he
said he didn’t believe in God. Then said that God is like an imaginary friend
but when you talk to him and call him God people don’t judge you. So we had a
lesson and when we told him about the first vision he said "Are you
serious?" and then when he said the last prayer it was a great prayer and
when he finished he said "whoa" and asked when we were gonna come
again. He is reading the Book of Mormon it’s just hard for him to get up and go
to church. But he is working on it. He accepted a baptismal date for the 30th
of July but it fell because he didn’t go to church but when he starts going to
church we will help him with another.
Anyways, it rains a
lot at night but not as much during the day. It’s a great place to be in the
mission field. I miss you all a lot but I’m having more fun over here haha. I
love this place and honestly Mexicans are awesome, they have big hearts and are
very respectful towards us. Except the guys who dumped beer on us last week...
you should probably disregard that comment mom hehe
In my studies
yesterday and today I read the talk "beware of pride!" by Ezra Taft
Benson. Everyone should read it. It’s a super big eye opener. We are all super
big sinnners in pride.
Love you all!!
Elder Anderberg
