No such thing as a bad day in the mission

I´m convinced there´s no such thing as a bad day in the mission. I mean, yeah there´s those days where all of our appointments fall through and no one wants to listen to us, but what a privilege it is to be working in the work of the Lord, to be walking with Christ by our side trying to do and say the things that He would do and say. The people didn´t always accept His teaching, it wasn´t always easy for Him, so why should I ever expect it to be easy for me. And I´m learning that the joy of seeing someone accept the Gospel is waaaayyy more rewarding than whatever rejection we might receive. Remember the reference I mention last week, from our recent convert, well, she came to church this week! And she also took us to visit one of her friends who has been struggling with a lot of different family problems. The Gospel applies to EVERYONE and EVERY SITUATION. When we teach, these people just light up and get the biggest smiles on their faces with tears in their eyes and there´s nothing better than seeing someone feel the Spirit for the first time. It makes me feel even more blessed that I´ve had the blessing of the Gospel all my life. We should never ever stop recognizing the blessings of the Gospel and the Spirit in our lives.  

So I received the best compliment this week....we were talking with this guy in the street and when my companion said she was from Peru, he asked me if I was from there too, and then when I said no, he said, ¨So you´re Mexican then?¨ hahahaha he said my Spanish was too good to be American. We were laughing about that all week. We then invited him to our English classes we have every week, and he came! I love teaching English. It reminds me of the MTC when I was trying to learn Spanish for the first time. 

So Hermana Tupouniua and I completed 8 months in the mission this last week...what better way to celebrate than by eating 8 tacos. The guys at the taco stand were a little surprised when these 4 girls were asking for 32 tacos...and then we were even more surprised when we actually finished all of them. 

Well, everything´s going well down here in Salvatierra. We´re working hard, having fun, and enjoying every moment. Oh, also, Hermana y Elder Anderson (our relatives) arrived in the mission this last week! It will be fun to have some more Anderson´s here in Mexico.  

Gracias por todo,

Hermana Anderson

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