Hello everyone! I hope that you all
got to enjoy conference!! I know I sure did :) Even if I watched half of it in
Spanish, it was awesome. Okay....so a big surprise happened to me last Monday
and I was kind of sad about it: We had changes in the middle of the six week
cycle. I will not get to finish my training with Hermana Sutton. Yes, it was a
huge surprise. I am now with Hermana Ramirez in an area called Rio Nilo. I
suppose the reason it happened was because I was very happy and comfortable
where I was and the Lord saw fit for me to stretch myself. Yeah, it hurt a lot.
I know that God knew what he was doing when he made Hermana Sutton and I
companions because she has taught me so much and I really miss her already. It
is okay for now; we already have some things planned to do when we are all done
with our missions. Still, it was a huge surprise because we weren't supposed to
have transfers for another 4 weeks. But hey, my Spanish is taking off like
wildfire since that is pretty much all I hear now. (I lost my human interpreter
ha-ha. Now I am going to have to rely hardcore on the Holy Ghost.). Thanks so
much for the package! I got it this week and I love the music! Great job Dad!!!
THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH!!
Okay so our miracle for the week. I
was super sad about changes and really wanted to go and see a few investigators
we had before I left. One of them is named Hermana Patlan. She refused for a
while to be baptized, but completed all of her compromisos and always was at
church. Her husband is the only member in her family, and he is the sweetest
guy on the planet. Anyways, they have a 20 year old daughter with autism, so we
have been teaching Hermana Patlan and her daughter together. (And they have 8
other children, holy!) I think it helped that she saw our love for Juanita (the
20 year old) and it helped us gain her confidence. Anyways, even though she
refused the invitation to be baptized the first few times, we didn't feel like
we should stop teaching her. So we kept on going and really broke down the
doctrine to a primary level. She can't read very well so we read with her.
Really, the key to people is loving them...so we did just that. One day we
invited her and her husband to accompany us to a lesson...I remember watching
them walk towards the lesson together and I knew that she would be baptized, I
just knew it!!! So about a week later, we went to go say goodbye on Monday
before I left. When we got there, she said, "Sit down!! I have something
to tell you!" So we sat down and she tearfully told us, "I want to be
baptized." I LOST IT! I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! This woman used to run from the
missionaries and now here we were 30 minutes before I was leaving the area
watching a miracle. She hadn't even told Hermano Patlan yet, so we had her got
get him to tell him. I told her that this was exactly what I needed that day
because I was going to be changing areas. It was my miracle. I know that I
won't get to see her be baptized most likely, but that doesn't matter to me.
The important thing is that I know she finally made that choice and I know she
will do it and I know I was a tool for the Lord in helping that happen. What an
honor it is to be a missionary! Her date is set for October 18. Yeah, I am
going to come back and visit that family after my mission. :)
Okay conference: I cannot pick my
favorite talk. But I can share a few of my favorite lines :) "A personal
testimony is the quest of a lifetime." –Uchtdorf, and "Spiritual
questions deserve spiritual answers." -Andersen. I really felt that one
theme of the conference was gaining a personal testimony and strengthening any
testimony that you have. I know I probably missed a lot of it since I watched
it in Spanish, but that's what I got from it. Did you know Richard G. Scott
speaks Spanish? I always knew he was one of my favorites ha-ha. And when they
announced the number of missionaries I was like, "Hey! I am one of
those!!!!!" So that was cool. And I really liked that talk with the 6 things
to do; I can't remember who gave it. It was a nice smack
in the face don't you think? I like when people are straightforward like that.
Make sure you guys review the talks online since they will be there this week!
Anyways, I really love you all so
much! I sure miss you guys, why do you have to be so awesome?? Ha-ha. But it's
all good out here, stretching, but good. I am growing in my testimony and am
certain that God loves each one of us. He is so aware! I have really felt his
love even when I have felt utterly alone...which is actually really ridiculous
because we are NEVER alone. I love you all soooooo much!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
Con Amor Para Siempre,
Hermana Anderton
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