Here are the highlights for the week:
On Tuesday was my last transfer meeting of my
mission. I am staying here in Escardo with Hermana Belt! Hermana Aguero
had cambio which was sad, but the new hermana is way nice. This was the
transfer meeting where I gave my testimony in front of the whole
mission. I was feeling nervous and all, but then when we all got up on
the stage and sat down, and I saw Hermana Madsen get up to bear her
testimony, it just hit me. I started with Hermana Madsen in the MTC, so
to see her get up to bear her last testimony really made me realize that
this is it! This is my last transfer as a servant of the Lord! I, who
usually don´t get all emotional, started crying when nobody else was
crying! When I got up to bear my testimony I will still kind of
emotional, but I bore my humble testimony that this is the true church. I
know that Joseph smith was a prohpet of God and that the Book of Mormon
is true. I have seen countless times in my mission that if the
blessings don´t seem to be coming, they are just right around the corner
and we need to have faith in a bright future. I have learned that the
family is the most important thing, and that I have the most wonderful
family. I bore a simple but sincere testimony and as I listened to the
other testimonies of my friends who have served along side me for almost
a year and a half, I felt a calm and peaceful spirit. It was a great
spiritual booster to be able to give my all this transfer.
Celso has kind of gone A wall for the last 2
weeks... we have no idea where he went to! Hermano Juan didn´t come to
church for the first time in 2 months yesterday so we´re worried about
him and Eliane. We haven´t been able to find them yet. We had a miracle
this week when we met up with the elders and they passed to us and
investigator they had who lives in our sector. His name is Jesus, and he
is the only person in his family who is not a member. He told us he
finally just felt like it is his time, and his family is thrilled that
he is taking that step. We are going tomorrow to verify if he will be in
town on the 16th to have his baptism. It was a blessing to be able to
teach him!
Last night we had a charla with Elder Uceda,
who is the President of the area of northern South america. It was for
all the young people in our whole mission, and it was awesome cause I
got to see friends from my previous wards! I saw Angel who was baptized
in February, and I got so excited to see him that I was kind of bouncing
up and down haha. It was just so great to see him active and happy in
the church. I also saw Natalia and Mauricio, two of my good friends from
Miraflores. It made me so happy to see my good friends, but it also
made me realize how hard it´s going to be to say goodbye to them all.
BUT I´m not thinking about that yet...
Well, sorry there´s not much time! I love you
all! Please tell grandma Jean thank you for writing and I loved her
letter. I will write her back next week. Thank you so much!! Chau!
Con amor, Hermana Anderson
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