Happy Mothers Day

Well first off, happy Mother's Day to my mom and two of my sistes (Marissa isn't a mom yet ;)) and to every other mom out there! Y'all are my idols and heros.

This week was a super fun week! We started off the week with going on exchanges. I was able to go with the legend himself, Elder Christensen! He is such a beast of a missionary! We met with Daniel while on the exchange and it was a super good lesson. We talked about the word of wisdom and how we must obey it in order to feel the spirit. He said he drinks tea once a week and that's it.... yeah we told him if that is all that he drinks then he can give it up and he was like "yeah........." so hopefully he does! Then we talked about a baptismal interview and he has one set up for this week and hopefully it helps him realize that he knows it's all true. He came to church yesterday too and he just loved it!

We also met with Sister Luo and her daughter but it was a pretty short lesson. We were going toshare the Plan of Salvation but they didn't read the Book of Mormon in between lessons so we just read with them. She also brought one of her Christian friends to meet us. After reading the Book of Mormon they said that it is so much easier to read and a lot more applicable to our lives. SO TRUE! I am so grateful that we have to the Book of Mormon to help us in our lives. It truly brings us closer to Christ. So hopefully they will read this time. But they are still doing well :)

Yesterday in church we had to speak about our mothers. I was soooo nervous. We are out on the streets talking to everyone all day and I don't get nervous. But there is something about that pulpit that makes my knees quiver. We were supposed to speak for 10 minutes... I guess I went for 16... I didn't even notice until I sat down.

Life is good here! We played baseball on Saturday morning and it was a blast! We did a little bit of in and out and then a little bit of BP. We were just in heaven haha.

This week I finished reading the book of Alma. Every time I read the end of Alma I am just amazed at how awesome Moroni, Helaman, and Lehi are. They are just so faithful in the Lord and are just so so so righteous. Every time I read about them, I want to be more like them. But in reality, I want to become more like our Savior.These men knew who they want to be more like and that is Jesus Christ. I know that as we strive to become more like our Savior, that we will do just that. So may we all do something everyday that would bring us closer to Jesus Christ.

Love

Elder Anderson