Thursday, January 12, 2017

Gold

Well our week was very good this week. I just used that word too much but that's ok. Elder Nelson and I are having so much fun! We love being companions and we love being missionaries! 

For the sake of time and effort, I am just going to quote 98% of Elder Nelson's weekly email because I was going to say the same thing, but with a few changes here and there. Don't worry, he has no copyright:

Sister Guo, our super golden investigator, is still golden!  It is honestly the highlight of my weeks seeing her, because she has such a love of the gospel!  This week we taught the 3rd lesson and the Word of Wisdom.  When we were following up on her reading, she talked about Nephi killing Laban.  She said she was really confused at first, thinking, "why would God command Nephi to kill?  That doesn't make sense."  But then she said she read the next verse and realized how necessary it was for the benefit of the future generations.  It was super funny cause investigators wonder this all the time, but she found the answer by herself.  She then goes on to compare Laman and Lemuel the people of today.  Very wicked and evil.  She said she wants to be just like Sam, because he's a good guy, and Nephi is too much to strive for :)

Best part was when we got to the Word of Wisdom.  The first time we met with her, she mentioned how her boss had told her how we don't drink tea and coffee, and how she was willing to learn about Christ, but not do that part.  Well this week, as we were getting to the end of the lesson and getting around to the Word of Wisdom part, I had this thought, "don't worry about teaching it, she already knows."  That thought was 100% accurate.  She said she decided to start following it awhile ago!  Super cool!  I could go on and on about her, but that's enough for now :)

Needless to say, she is just ridiculously prepared. We sit down and she says, "Alright let's say a prayer and start the lesson!" "What are you going to teach me today?" We literally try so hard to not smile like idiots during the whole lesson.

Other investigators 的話, They are doing pretty well! We met with Brother Chen this week and he brought his brother with him to learn about the gospel. Even though Brother Chen has a hard time remembering stuff, we can tell he knows this gospel is good. Otherwise he wouldn't have brought his brother. We were going to teach the Restoration and invite him to be baptized but we felt like we should focus on the Book of Mormon and Jesus Christ. It went really well and they both really like this gospel.

Jesus is doing ok.. He makes delicious tacos! We went and taught the 3rd lesson with him this week and it was a little rough. He is clinging onto his catholic roots and seems to be having a hard time letting them go. We are really hoping that as we review the Restoration with him this week that it will clear things up and he can get baptized in February.

We met with a family from English class this week and they are super cool! They have two super energetic sons named Roark and York. classic. They were pretty cool though! They are willing to give the gospel a shot and see how it goes. Hopefully all goes well :)

A little low on time again but this week was just incredible. So many prayers were answered and so many miracles were seen! There were at least 5 random potential investigators that showed up to church yesterday and we got a referral from the Cui Hua elders for a very golden investigator and things are just looking up!

Don't forget the Lord hears and answers every single prayer. He loves us so much! Don't forget Him! Learn from the sad stories in the scriptures of the people that put Him aside. Always remember Him and you will be blessed. Be ambitious for Him and you will feel His hands holding you up in the trials of your lives.

I love you all! 

Love

Elder Anderson

有信心有辦法
A member gave us a whole bunch of food from Costco :) HEAVEN!

Every morning has been super foggy. We can hardly even see the building right in front of us

crappy picture put it's rather artistic if you think about it

After living for almost 20 years, I have finally found my people.... I feel so at home 



Scratch Train!


Our investigator from Mexico Jesus told us he was going to make tacos this week. We were not disappointed! Sooooo good!

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