Hello friends. I will be another 6 weeks in Lasam HAHAHA. Which will add
up to 7 and 1/2 months total. HAHAHA.That is more than a quarter of my
mission, HAHAHA. Elder Roberto is transferring before me, HAHAHA.
It rained and I slid down the hill on my puwit (on accident)
But
this week was really good cuz we had 9 Investigators at church!!!
FINDING WORKS! All you other missionaries should give it a try haha. I
am kinda annoyed I am still in Lasam but happy at the same time cuz our
work is exploding and I am crazy stressed and tons of people are
interested and tons of people want to be baptized and its crazy. I think
that is why President hasn't transferred me yet, so I can keep doing
what I am doing. My area is the top finder and also has the most
baptismal dates. All you other missionaries JUST FIND. IF YOU GET
REJECTED SO WHAT. This transfer or in the last 6 weeks, I have found 199
investigators total, and we only have 20 baptismal dates. Not everyone
will accept the message. Find and filter. Walk down a street and CRY
REPENTANCE TO YOUR AREA! PRETEND LIKE YOU ARE ENOCH! Enoch was such a
ferocious missionary that the people in his area called him " A wild
man," and "all men were offended by him."
32 And the Lord said unto Enoc
34 Behold my Spirit is upon y
37 And it came to pass that En
38 And they came forth to hea
39 And it came to pass when t
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promise you will have success if you LOVE GOD more than you fear men,
and open your mouth and invite all to come unto Christ. FEAR NO MAN.
That is what Enoch did and he got a whole entire city translated and
taken to Heaven because of it. The Lord will put words in your mouth
like He has for me. I carry around a Book of Mormon while finding and I
just open it up and read any verse that pops into my head while I talk
to people. I talked to a newly wed girl that was sitting on a curb the
other day and she told us that her first child died after birth last
month. She is Catholic so of course they have their beliefs about
baptism. I asked her if she wanted to know what happened to her child
even though she wasn't baptized and she said yes, so I opened right up
to Moroni chapter 8 which talks about how children are alive in Christ
and go straight to Heaven. I watched tears come to her eyes and she said
we could definitely come back and teach more to her and her husband.
That is all it takes. Just walk up to people without even knowing what
to say, with a blank mind. Say hi and introduce yourself, and have faith
that the Spirit will put words in your mouth as you open it. Get to
know them and listen to them and just wait and see what the Lord gives
you to say. If you have faith that He will fill your mouth, He will. I
experience it everyday.
But
anyways this was a good week, and we had 3 baptisms in Lasam. It was
awesome and the water was super warm even though it was raining. It was
super muddy and we had to walk way far to get to the river, so everyone
including me fell and got all muddy haha. Our investigator who I
baptized is Sister Roselyn Latawan, she is 11 years old and from a part
member family. She was so happy and she couldn't stop smiling after she
got baptized and even on Sunday when she got confirmed.
Tomorrow i will meet my new companion so we will see how that goes. I hope he is
ready to work until he can't stand because that is what I will be doing
and NO ONE will stop me. I fear no men, including other missionaries
haha.
SO
I am having some serious technical difficulties right now and my
computer just wiped 1200 pictures from the entire first year of my
mission from my camera card. :,( Plus my camera is broken. I bought a
flash drive and copied pictures from Elder Sivo so I could show you guys
the pics. I guess it is just the one year mark thing. Brand new year,
brand new missionary, brand new everything, starting from scratch haha.
LAME!
I love you all!
-Elder Andersen
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