Mexico City - Week #52

hey all,

i hope everyones doing well. im doing good, thanks for asking ;) this week was a good one.. we had some really exitosos days. the only problem was that not very many people made it to church on sunday.. theres always this week though. 

im really looking forward to elder Christofferson coming this miercoles! its going to be such a beautiful meeting. i cannot wait! one of the 12 apostales of Christ is coming to talk to us! its the same as if luke, matthew, or peter were to be talkingwith us. so awesome! we are in the process of finding news like always haha. we are teaching about 5 different families but each one has the impediments keeping them from progressing. just need to continue helping them learn though. i think this next month should be pretty successful. anyways, thats about it for the week. i love you guys and hope you have a good day and week! xoxo bye!

Elder Anderson

Mexico City - Week #51

hey all, 

this week went well. the highlight being that we went to the puertas abiertas del templo. it was awesome! i felt so good in there. i cannot wait to do sessions there when it opens in septiembre. i know it well help me a lot! gerardo, one of our investigadores, finally prayed to know if the things we taught him were true. it was hard for him to start praying because he didnt really believe in God. we finally got him to pray one night before he went to bed and he said when he started, he heard someone say his name. he said he thinks it was his father who passed away a couple years ago. then, when he finished the prayer, he felt super tranquilo  and really peaceful. he told us he recieved his answer! he has a baptismal date for the 5th of septiembre. the other investigadores didnt make it to church unfortuantely. but theres always this week. im still loving my area. we are having good lessons and all around success here. good stuff! anyways, i love you guys so much and miss you! have a great week everyone! xoxo

Elder Anderson

Mexico City - Week #50

hey guys, 

i have some amazing news!! Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the quorum of the 12 is coming to our mission to talk to us on august 26!! one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ! im so pumped! its going to be amazing. pres stutz has already sent us stuff to study and we will be fasting when he talks to us and everything to invite the Spirit to testify to us. it is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience! im so excited!

anyways, the work is going good. 3 new investigadores came to church this week which was great. weve had lots of good success in this area so im happy to be here. i will keep you guys posted on the progress of these investigadores. i will say that all 3 have very many doubts haha. 2 are a couple with a kid, not married, catholics. the other is namesd gerardo and is finsihing up his studies at UNAM (university in mexico city). he has studied in philosophy so he has a bunch of crazy questions but is very open to the Gospel. right now we are trying to help him understand that God exists and to build his relationship with Him. its kinda tough but rewarding.

my toe is doing a lot better now thankfully. i have another appointment meircoles with the podologo and hopefully it should be the last one ever. fingers crossed.

thats about it for the week. thanks for all the emails and evrything! i love you all and hope you have a great week!! xoxox

Elder Anderson

Mexico City - Week #49

hey all,

this past week has been really great. we were able to get santiago in the water. unfortunately, his son was one month shy of being able to baptize him. santiago didnt want to wait lol. it was a good experience anyways because his son and his daughter were able to give talks about his baptism and confirmation. i think he had a great experience. right now, we are in the process of finding news like always. i dont think ive ever explained how exactly we find new people to teach but first, its with references from the ward or salt lake. they dont come in very often though so we usually go to our next source, contacting. when we need to find new people to teach, we go out talking to people in the streets or knocking doors. one out of every 10 or so accept a cita with us and about 1 out of every 10 of the ones who accepts the citas gets baptized. right know, we are really gunnin to find a whole family to convert. to be completely honest though, everything is based on the Lords time. if he wants someone to be found, he shows them to us. i have seen countless experiences of it and i know it to be true. 

apart from the work, we went to teotihuacan yesterday which was why i wasnt able to write. it was a super neat experience! i have lots of pictures to send you guys. our tour guide was LDS and gave us the tour using the Book of Mormon. it was really cool. many people believe that whenn Christ came to the Americas, he came to teotihuacan and that it was  temple one day. very fascinating.

but yeah, thats about it for the week. i love you all and hope you have a great day and week! nos vemos!

Elder Anderson

Mexico City - Week #48

hey guys,

i thought i sent you all the general earlier but i guess not. this past week was great. had lots of exito. ana maria and encarncaion are continuing strong. they are super converts. we have a baptism planned for this saturday for a man named santiago. hes a great guy. actually, when i got to the capilla for the first time in this area, he was there and i had always thought he was a member until his sister told us that he wanted to start taking the lessons haha. he has 2 kids who are members and his son will prolly be baptizing him this saturday. its been a neat experience with him.

i had (hopefully) my last procedure done on my toe thursday. it went ok. its just in recovery right now. should be all good to go from here on out. sorry this is a short one but im doing well and i hope you are all doing well as well. i hope you all have a great week! love you guys! xoxo peace out!

Elder Anderson

Mexico City - Week #47

hey guys,

great week this week. we finally got ana maria in the water along with encarnacion. hes the one that reminds me of papa. i baptized ana maria and my companion baptized encarnacion. was a really sweet experience for the both of them. they are both super converted to the Gospel which is awesome.. ana maria is so strong. all of the family of ana maria came to here baptism and afterwards, we had a party at her house. her family now calls me her padrino because thats who they call the one who baptizes you in the catholic church haha. it was a neat experience in all. last night, we went back to ana marias house to teach her entire family as well. we taught them all the restauracion. its was a good lesson. very spiritual. everyones hearts were touched by the end of it. now we will just start the process with all of them. poco a poquito haha. 

we had thinly-sliced chicken breasts veggies and refried beans served with tortillas and salsa yesterday for lunch. i cant remember anything else from the week. maybe the pics will refresh my memory haha. sorry. i love you guys so much. thanks for all the love and support you throw my way. have a fantastic week! xoxo

Elder Anderson

Mexico City - Week #46

hey guys,

this week was good, unfortunately, we didnt have the baptism of ana maria.. she needs a special interview with the prez. because of something she had done in her adolescent years.. im sure you can guess what.. but its all good cuz she is scheduled with the prez for miercoles. she will get baptised this saturday with another old dude we are teaching named encarnacion. pretty funny name eh? i thought so anyways. 

apart from that, i cant remember what else.. oh we made a lil fire behind our house and burned my shirt for the year mark. then we ordered pizza. dominos of course because the mexican pizza tastes like garbage. double the price   but hey im a gringo and as far as that goes here in mexico, i got loads of money! (according to what all the mexican people are trying to tell me) im still waiting for that supposed payday to come though lol.

thats about it. i got some good pícs for you guys though. i will send them rightr now. have a great week everyone! love you all! xoxo

Elder Anderson