What A Week!!!!

Well as always I´m pumped and ready to work. We work really hard during the week and were rewarded with a baptism. Regalado Morrillo Cabrera was baptized. He is a great man with much faith. He really worked hard for this baptism. As a district we had 4 baptisms.  We invited the President of the mission to come to the baptism. He and his wife came and it was a great experiance. On friday we had the privleadge of going to the Temple. It was amazing. We also had the opportuniy to have Presidente Almonte their to in the session with his wife. I really love to be with him and learn from him. HE really is called of God. We also had interviews with the President on tuesday. HE told me exactly what I´m going to do for the next 2 transfer to finish the mission. HE told me that I am going to be the Presidentes Helper or ¨Ayudante¨  in the country zones. I will also be that, with another new missionary. I will be training for the 3rd time. Also I wil be opening a new area by Barahona. Right next to Haiti. I might also need to be the Branch President out there. All this is subject to change but he is already getting the house ready out there and is it is written on his transfer list.  I hope that I can be a great missionary and continue to help others come unto Christ. I love this work It is so amazing. I am so blessed to be here and for being a Missionary in the host that exsists today. I love all of you so much for your support and comforting words of inspiration and knowledge. I hope that I can live up to the 2 names that I carry. The first JESUSCHRIST and the second ANDERSON. I love you all and wish the best of luck to you all.

 

 

Elder Spencer Anderson

Sorry!!!!!

Sorry everyone the power went out as it usuallly does. Our internet center tells us about 20 secends before the batteries go out. Well Everything is perfect here. We are going to go to the Temple this Friday so Im really excited. I wish all of you the best and hope that you can all keep living the life well. We have too much great stuff in our life to make us sad. It really shouldnt happen. I love you all.

Bye

Elder Anderson

Whats UP!!!!!

HELLO EVERYONE,

 

Im doing great here in the Dominican Republic. I love being here it is amazing. SO many great things have happened to me. I have been so greatly blessed. This week we will have a baptism of a man I started teaching in my first transfer here in Hato Nuevo. He has about 4 months waiting to get his papers so he could get baptized. He has shown such great faith. I got to got light is leaving

Un mensaje para ti.....

Hey Everyone,

Im having such a great time here in my mission. Im so grateful to get up everyday and preach this glad message. Im so blessed with so many things it is hard to express it. I know that God exists and that he loves us. WE ARE HIS CHILDREN. It is a little hard to realize in this mortal life but as we read the scriptures and pray it all makes sense. Jesus Christ lives and is the head of the Church. It is his and he leads it is guided by a prophet how hears him and who recieves much needed knowledge. Even as it goes down the organization to our Bishops and members it is perfect. God is not a dead God that lives through the Bible but he talks with men today. He has sent his powers gifts, and priesthood to worthy men today to do his will. I now know really why were here on Earth and I invite all of you to look for the anwsers too. This week has been great. We are teaching so amazing families. This week we had a mix of things that happened to them. ONe familiy had a new baby boy, another seperated from her husband, another is getting married this next week. Many things have happened and I know that this week we will recieve more blessings. I remember one day we probably had one of the worst days together, it seemed as everything went wrong, so we stuck with it adn prayed hard. The next day we had an excellente day and did much to further the work. We are also teaching a great man. He is a little crosseyed man that has a huge heart. He is 45 adn lives alone. He never had a wife and always lived with his mother to look out for her. But sadley she passed away about 4 years ago. He loves the message though. He is read much in the Book Of Mormon and loves it. We reads and tells us exactly what happend. He has also given up drinking and coffee to fulfill woth the Word of Wisdom. We will put a baptismal date with him this week. We are working really hard trying to build up this ward. We are very close to the ward and are making corrections and changing the way we do things in the ward. We have schuduled visits with members everyday this week to visit investigators. It is amazing the disposition of the memebers to help in the work. We are not only going out with the leaders of the wards but also we are going out with the people who need a little help. Doing that with really help edify the church at its roots. We are also doing little 1 or 2 minute visits with active and less active members. We hope to get them excited about being members and remind them of what great blessings they have. I love this work so much. I hope I can become a great missionary as teh ones in the scriptures. Sure I wont do as much as them but I know that I have tried my best. I love my opportunity I have been given to be a representative of Jesus Christ. He is why we live. He is why we live the way we do. AS we living in this world we are not of it. I hope YOu all have great week adn that you all can always have huge smiles and love life.

Elder Spud Anderson

Hey All

Well Im staying here in the same area with the same person. Elder BArnhurst and I are really doing well and we expect many great things to happen here in HAto Nuevo. We are really trying to work hard and we are really doing a great job. We are teaching many families but they either dont have their papers or money. It is really hard and very stressfull. I just wish they coud be baptized. It is up to them though and their faith. We can only do so much. I pray that they can get everything prepared. I am lovingnary. As I saw another group go home I really put it into my mind to finish super hard. Im really trying to take advantage of the time I have here to help others and also to become more knowledgeable. Here are the people we are teaching:

 

The Families

 

Porfilio and Iselsa

Carlos and Alejandra

Carlos and Yabell

Esteban and Luci

Leonidous and Nena

 

Also we are teaching other people

 

Junior

Frank

Regalado

 

They all are great and are in their own ways progressing. We are always getting new and also getting rid of investigators. I hope that we can get these famlies to get married. Nothing more is really new. Our house is very fun. Right now Im reading the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith. It is amazing. It has really helped in my testimony and also in our teachings. I love you all and wish you all a great week.

 

 

Elder Anderson

!Que lo Que!

Hey everyone,

 

We had a great week teaching many families and men. We do need to marry 4 families so they can be baptized. But we havent had too much progress. I pray that they can be able to get married and eventually be baptized. Im so grateful that I was sent to this area. It has been do great to me and the work still goes forth. Many members are helping us and most of our investigators have friends in the church. Well today we will get transfer calls. I know that whatever happens the lord is in charge. I now have 3 complete transfers left. Im just entering my 3rd to last. So im really pumped to work super hard and work diligently. This last week I recived a think about it letter. This letter asks me what airport I want to land into and also if Im getting picked up. When I recived the letter I almost started to cry and my whole body just slumped over. Ithen started to yell a little and was ticked of. I dont know why but I really love this place.

 

A cool story this week is that when we were teaching a lesson outside under a tree, something hit my head. I thought it was either a bug or a leaf. So i left it unnoticed during the lesson. Elder Barnhurst saw something on my head during the lesson but waited afterwards to hit it of. When he swatted it it smeared. It turned out to be some bird poo. ahahhaha. It was ugly.hahah

 

Elder Spencer Anderson

 

Ill tell you next week what happened with transfers

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

All is well in Zion.

I can´t be happier. I´m a missionary. I love tehy opportunity I have to train too. I hope that Elder Barnhurst can become a great missionary. I´m trying my best to teach him the right things so that he will stick that way as he leaves me. He has such a love for the work and desires their salvation. It has been a great blessing that he has been with me to remember why we really are here. We have learned so much together. We have been working non stop this week adn have had much success. We are teaching some really cool families and we hope that they will keep going. We are really close to putting a baptismal date with another family. I just hope that they can get all their papers quick. They are an elect people. They have accepted the entire Gospel in a week. They are a familiy of 5. We have also made contact with many new families. This week we had much fun and had great experiances. I think we are going to fast this week for our investigators. We really need the help of the Lord. I know that if we fast we will recive the help of the Lord. We just need to humble ourselves. Sorry this week I didnt say too much but It has really been the same. This next week we will have Zone Conference and Interviews with the President. Im really looking forward to that. I love getting spiritually uplifted so that I can change and get better. Thats why we are here on the Earth. We are here to learn. I hope that I can become more like my Father in Heaven and as his son Jesus Christ. I love reading the scriptuers and especially in Doctrine and Covenants. Its all there. We have so many testimonies and information. If we can but follow them we can find ourselves in the Celestial Kingdom. I love you all so much and pray that ye may all have an enjoyable week.

 

Quidense

 

Elder Anderson

Mis Queridos Hermanos

Que lo Que. jejeje. Bueno, Estamos muy excelente. Hoy yo recibí una llamada de un investigador. Él fue a buscar sus papeles para ser casados. ELLOS VAN A CASARSE! Su esposa y sus tres hijos van a bautizarse este sabado. YO sé que el ayuno que hicimos, fue un milagro. Ahora bien, esta familia será una familia muy excelente en la iglesia. Ya paguen su diezmo y sus ofrendas de ayuno. Han leído el libro de Mormón y Leales a la Fe. Es una familia super. Tambien Un hombre de 40 años será bautizado para ayudar en el Sacerdocio. Tambien una señora que fue una referencia de una familia. Hemos tenido mucho exito con las referencias. Hemos decidido de hablar con cada persona en la calle, y yo digo todas. Yo sé que milagros estan pasando aqui porque somos obedientes a las reglas y tambien al consejo de nuestros líderes. Pero tambien esta semana fue un poco difícil. Hemos botado a muchos investigadores. Pero yo sé que es nesesario de hacerlo. Cada persona se arodillará su rodillo un día. Solamente hemos sembrado una semilla en sus corazones.  Ahora hemos planeado lo que vamos a hacer de mejorar. YO sé que esta es la obra del señor y que somos representantes verdaderos del Señor.

 

 Hey Everyone, I hope you enjoyed some spanish. I just felt like writing a little bit in it. Well we had a great week last week. We really help the work roll on. We are being so blessed for all the things we are doing. We are really focusing on the details of the work and really doing everything the way it needs to be done. Elder Barnhurst and I have a great relationship. We really are working hard adn he is really developing into a great missionary. Every night we ask ourselves if we came home tired. If we hadn´t we need to repent. So we have been working super hard. When I lay my head down at 10. 30 I wake up at 6. 30 like nothing happened. I sleep super hard all the way through. We also changed the word  CONTACTS to TOUCHED SOULS. We love working and this saturday will be a huge day for us. We ill baptized a familiy of 5 and 2 other people. We are also to marry the familiy of 5 this week. We have been so richly blessed. But this week was a little hard as we had to drop many investigators. They just weren´t the Elect of God. But we have planted seeds in them so missionaries down the road will help them to be baptized. But we kept our heads up and looked to God and to what he had in store for us.

 

I love you all and wish the best for you. I pray for you every night.

 

Elder Spencer Anderson

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