Why isn't there a Kid's Day?

Remember when I was little and always asked ¨If there´s Father´s Day and Mother´s Day, why isn´t there a Kid´s Day?¨ Well here in Mexico, Kid´s Day is a thing, and so on Saturday everyone was walking around with there kids taking them to the park, the movies, buying them treats and everything for el día del niño. Nearly all our lessons that day were with old, lonely people that never leave their houses :) And so while I´m a little upset that I never got to enjoy kid´s day as a kid, I´m super excited for Mother´s Day this year! Last call home! 

But really, this last week was absolutely wonderful. 14 months in the mission and I feel like I´m finally figuring out how to be a missionary. We´ve been really focusing on helping our investigators to know how to pray and rocognize their answers. One of our investigators, Alicia, shared with us her incredible experience. Alicia prayed asking that if this really was the true church, the path she should follow, that her mom would be able to walk. Alicia´s mom has been sick for nearly six months. Her feet hurt and have become so swollen that she can´t walk, and the doctor´s can´t seem to find a solucion. Well, the other day, Aicia went to visit her mom, but when she got to the house, she wasn´t home--which is super strange considering she can´t walk, but when Aicia turned around, she saw her mom walking down the street. Alicia told us that she knows that that was her answer and that this church is true. We are now also teaching Alicia´s mom. 

I think one of the best feelings in the world is when someone tells you that you were an answer to their prayer. The Lord works in so many mysterious ways, and when we follow the promptings of the Spirit, it´s amazing to see how He uses us to complete His grand designs. It happened many times this week as we showed up to the homes of members, less actives, investigators, and even people we didn´t even know, and they answered the door with tears in their eyes, or sometimes complete shock as they recognized that the Lord had answered their prayers. One less active shared with us that the moment she said ¨Amen¨, we knocked. She had prayed to fell peace, to know that everything would be okay. She was worried because if she didn´t meet a required number of sells the next day, she was going to loose her job. We were able to share scriptures, pray with her, and we even felt impressed to promise her that she would meet her goal the next day. She came to church on Sunday and thanked us for being her ¨angels¨  and told us that sure enough, she had met her goal. There´s nothing quite like being on the Lord´s errand 24/7. 

I love this work so much. Every day my testimony grows stronger and stronger that this is truly the Church of Jesus Christ and we are doing His work.

Love you all so much!! 

Hermana Anderson

ignore the awful glare in my glasses, but here´s a photo with Hna Rita, Lucero, and the Elders!