A donde me mandes irè, Señor

I will soon be headed to my 4th area, with my 5th companion, all in
less than 6 months. I`ve always been the kind of person with a plan, I
mean, when I was 5 years old I basically had my entire life planned
out. And so, I don`t really like it when people mess up my plans..but
the Lord has been teaching me to accept change and go where he wants
me to go. I`m in Prados Verdes again for a few days and will soon be
headed to Salvatierra to work. Unfortunately, I won`t be training for
the rest of this transfer, but if all goes according to plan, I`ll
have the opportunity to train in Uruapan the next transfer. But I`ve
learned a lot of things these last couple weeks...a lot of patience,
love, and trust in the Lord. This work is an absolute joy and I
wouldn`t want to be doing anything else.
I had the chance to talk with the President`s wife, Hermana Egginton,
for a couple hours this last week. We were able to share some
incredible Spiritual experiences we`ve had in the mission and in our
lives and I was just so touched by the love she has for the
missionaries here and her ability to feel the Spirit. She talked about
how the things the Lord asks us to do are rarely easy, and for that
exact reason, they`re the things that most benefit us in this life,
the moments where we learn. That`s been so true in the mission. It`s
not easy, but so rewarding and a time of great growth. I`m starting to
see the fruits of my labors here in the mission field. While I haven`t
really been in any one area long enough to see baptisms, I`ve been
able to see the pictures and hear the experiences of the baptisms of
people I was able to find. I`m not sure if I wrote about the one time
during my training when we were walking and I felt impressed to walk
down a completely different street, but yeah, the woman we found in
that street was baptized a couple weeks ago with all of her family! We
might not always see the results of our work, but if we follow the
impressions of the Spirit, the Lord has a much grander plan than we
can see, and perhaps we might just be the means to plant the seed.
I LOVE YOU ALL! I appreciate your prayers and support and your
incredible examples.

Keep up the good work,

Hermana Anderson

P.S. I PROMISE I will send pic

Tropical Rainforests and Waterfalls

Mi nueva área es HERMOSA! Besides the fact that we have to hike up and
down hills all day, it´s absolutely wonderful and beautiful here. But
for reals, it´s a tropical rainforest mountain. Yesterday we were
eating in the house of a member at the very top of the mountain and it
started to rain...a lot. After an hour or so, it died down just enough
to hike down the pathway/waterfall to our our next appointment, but
not without tripping, slipping and sliding along the way. What
wonderful adventures we have here in the mission.
This last week was really good, and really hard. New area, new
missionary, new everything. I think more than anything, I learned that
I can do a lot of things I didn´t think I could do. Our Heavenly
Father knows our potential, and when we put our trust in Him, He´s
there every step along the way to help us reach this potential inside
of us. This week I learned a lot about diligence, patience and faith.
Being our first week in this area, we weren´t exactly sure exactly
where the investigators live, when they´re home, or what we should
teach them, but as we diligently sought these people, the Spirit
always lead us exactly where we needed to be and told us exactly what
to say. Yesterday, all of our appointments fell through and we were
standing on top of the mountain without any idea where to go. It was
then I felt very directly prompted to go the house of an investigator
that we had tried to visit 4 or 5 times earlier in the week, but
hadn´t had any luck. Of course, this time she was home, and how
excited she was to see us. She told how she had been reading the Book
of Mormon and praying and everything. The thing is, this woman can´t
even read! But for her that´s no excuse and she has been diligently
studying the scriptures with her family. Before we even invited her to
be baptized, she was asking what she needs to do to prepare herself
for baptism and her husband was asking about when they could be sealed
in the temple. THEY ARE SO PREPARED! So yeah, there´s a lot of work to
do in this area and I can´t wait to keep on climbing these hills and
finding these people to share the Gospel.
Alma 26:28-30
Pase lo que pase...¡la Iglesia es verdadera!
Les quiero MUCHO!!
Hermana Anderson

¡¡LOS CAMBIOS!!

Well, I guess the big news of this week is that I`M TRAINING!! I
received my new compañera today, straight from the MTC. Her name is
Hermana Bernal and I can already tell she is going to be a fantastic
missionary. We will be working in Uruapan, which, considering I`ve
never been there before in my life, I have lots of new things to
learn. I`m super excited though and I feel like it will be a great
experience to work and learn together.
This last week was one of the best weeks of my mission thus far. We
found a family of 9 and many other new people to teach. One of my
favorite parts of the mission life is to see how God leads us to
people to teach, people very very prepared. For example, yesterday
Hermana Campbell and I had about 30 minutes before our next
appointment and went to visit an investigator, but she wasn`t home. We
decided we should knock on a door and both felt inspired to knock on
this gray door. A little kid answered the door, and eventually when
his mom got to the door, she invited us in. We presented ourselves,
got to know her a little bit and started to teach the Restoration. As
we started to teach about the Book of Mormon, Hermana Campbell asked
if she had ever heard of the Book of Mormon. This is a question we
normally don`t ask because the answer is almost always no, thus, we
were all the more surprised when she answered yes. She then stood up,
went into another room and returned with the Book of Mormon in hand.
She said she had received the book nearly 4 years earlier from two
missionaries, but had only recently started reading it. There are no
coincidences in this life and the Lord will guide and inspire us if
we`re willing to listen. We will never know all the effects of our
work in this life, but the Lord knows, and this is His work. I`m
starting to see more and more of the fruits of my labors here in the
mission, and I`ve realized how important it is to plant seeds wherever
possible.
We don`t have a ton of time to write today because we were in
different training sessions all day today, but next week I`ll be sure
to tell you all about our new area and everything. Thank you for your
prayers, I truly feel strengthened by them.
Les Quiero,
Hermana Anderson

Hermana White and I by the Cathedral named Cathedral...original,huh? Morelia, Michoacan 

Noche de Hogar con el Barrio Prados Verdes... last night with Hermana Moncada

We had to say goodbye to Hermana Moncada as she finished her
mission and returned home :(

Fun and Fulfilling...

Primero--¡FELICIDADES A MI PRIMO TORBJOR! Looks like the Anderson fam is going to convert all of México if we keep up this trend. 

Bueno, pues, esta semana...

Nothing super exciting happened, but it was fun and fulfilling nonetheless. I had the opportunity to give a talk in church on Sunday, we had a fun zone activity where we ate tacos and pizza, we shoved each others faces in cake to celebrate Hna. Moncada´s last week in the mission, and we found a mariachi band in the street. But my favorite experience this week was while we were out tracting. It was late in the evening and we were exhausted from walking all day. We had one more address to find, but it seemed as though it didn´t exist. You have to understand that the addresses here in México are ridiculous. It´s the name of the street and a number...nada más. And more often than not, the numbers have absolutely no pattern or reason. The street we happened to be in this evening was extremely long. Halfway down the street we debated going somewhere else, but something told me to keep going, because you never know who might just be in the last house at the end of the street. We made it to the very last house on the street, and the spray-painted number wasn´t very clear. The front door was open so we decided to ask. The person we were originally searching for didn´t live there, but the woman invited us in anyway and we had an amazing lesson. Later in the week, we returned to visit her, and her daughter and son happened to be home too. We taught about the Restoration and were able to bear powerful testimonies of Joseph Smith and the First Vision. They all accepted baptismal dates and are now preparing to be baptized this next month. 

I know with all my heart that this is the true church of God. This work isn´t always easy, but so very rewarding. I don´t always feel adequate to do what the Lord has called me to do, but I know he will never ask us to do something in which we are not qualified. I love this work and I love my Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

I hope you all have a wonderful week and don´t forget to read your scriptures and say your prayers.

Les quiero muchisimo,

Hermana Anderson

Cake on my face gracias a Pepe

Eric y Angela en la capilla 

Noche de Hogar con la familia Rodriguez y Julio Y Pepe siempre

Walking home after a day´s work

Last comida con Julio y Pepe

Me and Hermana Campbell with the Mariachi & mira, we match.

Las Tres Nefitas

It was a another wonderful week with my wonderful compañeras. We went to Guadalajara for Leadership Counsel and had an amazing experience there. It`s a good thing I enjoy traveling...cause I`m pretty sure I`ve toured nearly the entire mission by now. We basically live off of the sandwiches and cookies they give us on the buses and endure the long hours by sleeping and reading the Book of Mormon. I`m officially reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish and hope to finish it by Christmas! I`m amazed by the power of the gift of tongues...5 months in the mission and I feel more comfortable speaking and reading Spanish than I do English! The mission is 18 months of miracles. 
This week we had companion exchanges (again) and Hna Buttars came with me and Hna Campbell...that means we had three really white American missionaries walking the streets of Mèxico. Haha needless to say, we received lots of stares...and then when they heard us speaking Spanish, well, we received even more confused looks and some even confronted us to figure out what we were doing. It made for some interesting conversations.
 After our divisions, we were trying to find someone to teach. We knocked on the door of one of our investigators, but no one was home. After nearly an hour of knocking doors, we were still without anyone to teach. I said a little prayer to help me know where we needed to go. Less than 5 minutes later we again passed by the street of our investigator, and I saw that her door was open. We went to her house again, and while she wasn`t home, her mom was and we had one of the most spiritual lessons I`ve had in all of my mission. We taught the entire lesson of the Restoration, she accepted baptism, and is super excited to read the Book of Mormon and pray. 
Other than that, I don`t have much more to say solamente que sè que esta iglesia es verdadera y que Dios siempre contesta nuestras oraciones. Dios nos ama y esta es su obra. Estoy bien feliz y espero que ustedes esten bien tambien.
Les amo,
Hermana Anderson

El Consejo de Liderazgo- Julio 2015 

Las Tres Nefitas (no es cierto) 

Con Julio y Pepe...los mejores miembros en todo el mundo

Comida con la familia Pinedo, Julio, Pepe, y los Elderes Nolasco y Dance

Nuestro Primer Consejo de Liderazgo. Con Presidente y Hermana Egginton