Wednesday, November 28, 2012

November 20, 2012


November 20, 2012

Let me tell ya, The church is TRUE! The gift of tongues is VERY real and the gift of interperetation of tongues is too. I'm amazed about how much I'm learning and so quickly. Although i still struggle plenty and i have to work hard, the Lord had blessed me and I am very grateful.

Our investigator, Lin Jie Mei, is now our teacher, Sister Morey. We aren't teaching Lin any more. Now we are teaching He Jie Mei and Pan Di Xiong. We had our first lessons with both of them yesterday. Our lesson with He Jie mei went really well. I'm not so sure about the lesson with Pan Di xiong. I'm not sure how I can help him--especially with limited Chinese. After we met with him i felt really inadequate, but last night i dreamth that we need to teach him about Christ and that Christ took on all the sins AND pains of the world. We're meeting with him again next monday.

Another cool thing. As a district, we pondered some questions that investigators may ask about the first lesson. Then we answered them. I came up with the questions "Why hasn't God reached out to the people of Asia before this dispensation?" This is the answer I came up with. Ezekial 34:6,11-13 and Alma 26:37. It's not an answer, but it's a step in the right direction.

I really am learning so much about the gospel and about Chinese. I wish i had time to share all of my experiences, but it would take far too long :( I'm keeping a fairly thorough journal though (I think).

Based on talks and discussions we've had recently, I have decided to start focusing on this: I can learn to put off the natural/selfish man by turning outward and toward Christ so that I literally can become a new person in Him. This means service and constantly trying to live my life as closely to His as possible. I feel really good about this.

For my service project yesterday we cleaned sinks in the bathrooms in our building.

Okay my roommates and I have the best time together. I live with Sister Ganowski, Sister Burrows, and of course Sister Latimer. We pretty much laugh for a solid 20 minutes every night and it's AWESOME! Speaking of everynight. Being in the mtc is exhausting, but powerful. Everynight i go to bed thinking "There's no way i can do this again tomorrow." Then i wake up in the morning thinking "There's no way I can do this again today." Yet everyday, I find the strength to press on. (:

Okay I want to tell you about the Elders in my district.
Elder Monson-- He has red hair. He's not related to the prophet. He LOVES music. He plays the trombone.
Elder Gibson-- He's brilliant. He knows the scriptures SO WELL. He was homeschooled so he graduated high school when he was sixteen.
Elder Broeder-- He is the oldest of the elders. He has such a strong testimony and he always makes everyone feel awesome about themselves.
Elder Senkins-- He's from Latvia. He's learning Chinese based off of English, which is His second language, so I can imagine how overwhelmed he might feel.
Elder Keime-- He's from Florida. He always has the best comments. Plus, he LOVES his sisters. It's precious.
Elder Heaton-- He always makes fun of me. His Chinese is really good. He's really tall and when he plays 4-square he hops around like a monkey so we call him houzi. (which is monday in chinese).

Every gym time I play 4-square with Elder Heaton and Elder Monson + a handful of other elders. It's the best. When i first started, i was okay but they would all go easy on my. If anyone ever got me out with a dirty play, Elders Heaton and Monson would take it upon themselves to get vengence. After a week though, I've gotten much better and some of the elders see me as a force to be reckoned with. It's true. I'm the 4-square champion of the world.

I have no way of sending pictures from the MTC. It's tragic. So i may not send anything until the end of January. We'll see what I can do. Also, I can't call home on Christmas. Sorry :(

Sacrament meeting is crazy here. Every week we have to prepare a 5 minute talk in chinese on an assigned topic. And we are called up randomly to speak (two missionaries per week). It's SO stressful! Except I wont be called until the older generation of missionaries leaves the mtc.

I'm making all kinds of new friends here. The MTC really is the best. Everyone is so happy all the time and just thrilled to be doing the work of the Lord.

Today I went to the temple to do initiatories with Sister L. After I changed, I noticed Grandma Anderson getting a drink of water. I called out to her, but she didn't hear me. By the time I realized I should just walk over, she was walking out so I couldn't  chase her down. Sad day :(

She also sent me a bunch of pictures yesterday. It was a big tender mercy! Thanks (:

Okay I have minutes left and I've finished almost everything on my list. I'm sending a letter home too.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is in two days. It'll be so weird not to be home. We are going to hear from a handful of apostles though. They feel bad that we're not at home so they visit us. Lol. It's a nice gift. According to my roommate (who is related to Elder Holland), Elder Holland is supposed to come on Thursday. SO GREAT!

Okay that's all for now. I'm going to send a letter and find a way to do pictures too. The Church is true! I am so happy here and I love you all my heart (:

Love always,

Sister Anderson

Ps. Brothers. I'm serious, write to me (:

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