Area Conference!!!!!

Well I had an amazing week. We work really hard and had much sucess. We are preparing many people to be baptized. The problem is that the families have got to get married before baptism. We are teaching many families but is hard for them to get married do to papers and documents. I pray that they can find all they need so that they can enter into the Fold of Christ. We have such a great message to share. It is a beautiful message of peace and love. I know that if we share our testimonies often with people not of our faith, they will begin to be prepared. I know that that angels will prepare them. We dont do the preparing. The Holy Spirit and also divine angels work unceasingly with them. As it reads in Doctrine and Covenants 84 verse 88. God is on our right and our left, and his angels are round about us. This we we had the opportunity of hearing from our mission president, President Almonte. I really love Zone Confrence. I feel such an excitment to work super hard and also I recive a spiritual uplifting. I love hereing from my leaders. They are great men. I hope I too can follow in their footsteps adn example. In this confrence we really focus on how we present the 1st lesson which is The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are to present the lesson in  5 minutes. We are to teach withe the spirit present and also with power and authority. I hope I can be as the prophets of old and in our day. I hope I can continually develop my faith adn christ like attributes. I also was given the pleasure of having a great interview with President Almonte. We had a great conversation and I asked some personal questions too. As far as I know now, I will stay with Elder Barnhurst. He is such a great companion. We love working without resting and coming home tired every night. It is such a blessing to be with a missionary such as him, who enjoys the work adn is willing to learn. I hope I can shed my pride and become more teachable and humble. I know that through diligent prayer I may recieve that desire. We also had Area Conference. This was broadcasted all throughout the Carribean. It was also translated into 6 languages. It was transmited from Jamaica. Those present were President Henry B. Eyring, David A Bednar, Neil L. Anderson, Daniel L. Johnson ( President of the Carribean and also 70), and Sylvia Allered. It a most joyable conference. I felt so uplifted during and after. They all really foucused on being truly converted and developing Christ like attributes. David A. Bednar said that our testimonies wont be sufficent in the last days. And that we need to be converted and spiritually active and awake. We just need to do the simple day to day things and also go to the temple to keep super strong. President Eyring talked much on the familiy and that we need to be Clean, Diligent, and Pray. I was greatly blessed to be able to hear and hear modern day prophets and apotsles. It is amazing. They are teh same as the ancients. THey live and walk with us. If we dont do as they guide we will not recieve any blessings and also we will be held accountable for that. We also went to the botanical gardens today. It sure was fun. I will have to send many photos in a little because time is short here. We saw so many cool things. The gardens were beautiful. It reminded me about waht the Garden of Eden was like. I felt such a peace there. But mostly I enjoyed being with my freinds.  So overall I have had a great week and am loking forward to another great week serving the Lord.

 

I know that God speaks to us to day. He speaks in many ways so we need to be really in tune. It is as a radio. If we are not focusing on what we need to be foucusing to we wont hear the message. Even as we slightly turn the dial, the message becomes distorted adn then is lost as another pops up. I also have a testimony that when we think of something or someone we need to act upon that IMPRESION. God speaks!!!!!

 

Well some cool story that I have this week is that after writing my email last week I witnessed a drive by shooting. No one got shot but it sure was scary. We were about to leave when some guys on motors can by and started shooting. We shut ourselves inside the internet place and stuck it out for a while, and I mean awhile. I said to the others I wasnt leaving becasue I still nedd to get married. ahhahaha. But nothing to worry about, all is well here. No one was shot and it is really calm here now.  Also we were in a lesson and our investigators son walked up to our investigator and started peeing on her leg. It was hilarious.

 

I love you all and wish the best to you and your families. You mean so much for me. I love each and everyone of you with much love.

 

 

Elder Spud Anderson