July 2, 2012
" I'm in love with a clown" Sister K
Dear MOM and DAD, (and Paula, Randy, and Danielle)
Well
my week has been pretty average, meaning nothing hugely miraculous but
nothing hugely bad either and full of little miracles every day. It's
almost like we have so many mini miracles that I don't even notice them
all, I acknowledge they are miracles but it's almost normal. Which I
think should be the normal for everyone. God is a God of miracles and He
wants to bless our lives and make us happy, sometimes we just need to
ask and then always be looking for the miracles. I think that is a huge
part of why I see so many miracles now, I'm ALWAYS looking for
them because I know they are there! What a blessing to have the
knowledge I do of a loving Heavenly Father who ultimate goal is my
happiness, so I know when things are rough or a trial is not being eased
it's is because what I will learn for it will make me much happier than
having it taken away! (Perfect Brightness of Hope)
We had some really good meetings yesterday. We had
asked a couple members to bare their testimony on missionary work this
week and even though we weren't they the Bishop said that their were
quite a few who bore theirs and that the whole t talks about faith to be
healed and that doesn't always mean in a physical way. Healing is more
the emotional and spiritual and curing is all physical. People can be
physically cure and not healed and people can still have physical
ailments and be fully heal though the atonement of Christ. I just loved
that because I feel more often are we healed when we are not cured then
are we cured and healed. It was a really neat lesson. And then Relief
Society was all about miracles and was really good as well.
Serina is
struggling being active so prayers on her behalf would be wonderful. We
are meeting with Katie and Gabe this week so we're hoping it is a good
lesson. Still working hard, talking to everyone, and laughing all the
time. Sister K and I actually got in a fight this week but the cool part
was we were able to work though it and not have left over feelings. It
is amazing what humility, prayer, and the atonement can do. I'm so
grateful for my companion and I love her so much. She has been a huge
blessing of my mission!
I guess that's all I got!
Miss you Much, Love you More!
Love Sister Anderson
2 Nephi 31:20
The
pictures are for laughs and to prove we really do have fun! =D And we
did our hair the same that day too (even though you can't see it)
This is more just cuz. I would love to get hand written mail (Including
Paula... tell her I'm feeling unloved, it's been over a year since I've
heard from her, meaning it was in person last time... But I still love
her =D ) I also would love a letter from daddy... just so you know.
Thought I'd throw that out there!
June 26, 2012
Saving souls on sticky note at a time!
Dear MOM and DAD,
We found two new investigators
this week, and we're really excited about both of them. Gabe is Katie
boyfriend, Katie is a less-active in the ward. They are really cool
people and we're excited to teach them. We had a great first lesson and
just laid it all out there. Our purpose and expectation of why we were
teaching him and he's willing to read and pray, so we're excited! The
other is Rene' she is super familiar with the missionaries and loves
talking to them but says she has a problem with the Book of Mormon "I
live by the ten and that's all I need" but she committed herself to
reading the first BOOK of Nephi and to open her heart and ask if she
should read more, all before this coming Saturday. We are stoked to meet
with her on Saturday.
We're trying to work more with less-actives and
actually have been getting into their homes, that in it's self is a huge
blessing!
So even though it was funny when
people told my trainer that she was almost finished, when she had under 5
months left, I don't like it now. People tell me that all the time!!!
And it's not even that I don't want to come home but I don't want to get
trunkie and that does not help. So just a shout out on behalf of all
missionaries, don't say stuff like that, but focus on what they are
doing right now, when you talk with them. I know that's a huge help to
me.
We got to do a
double session at the temple this last week with a couple other Zones.
They were ASL sessions too, (meaning they had a separate screen with
someone signing on it) so I got to watch the whole thing in sign
language and I actually understood alot, thank you High School ASL! But
it was really neat spending so much time in the temple.
Well that's it for this week, we're still working had on finding people (even in 110 degrees) and the Lord is blessing us.
Miss you much, Love you more!
Love Sister Anderson
Pictures:
Thank you for the bubbles I love them
Sister K and I
Sister K took this because she says I'm always on the piano
June 18,2012
Learning lots
Dear MOM and DAD,
Well it turns out our investigators really aren't that legit but
that's okay because this week we receive 5 referral and we are pumped to
contact them. We taught Brandon but he really just wants to hang out...
we told him we don't hang out but that if he wanted the blessing
Heavenly Father was waiting to give him we'd love to teach him, so we
told him to pray about it and let us know at our next lesson. He hasn't
confirmed the next lesson, it was suppose to be today... so we're
thinking he's "not ready". But we were bold and planted some deep seeds,
someday when missionaries find him again he'll remember that some
missionaries taught him and he'll want to learn more and then get
BAPTIZED! Do you like my positive attitude? I got that from Sister
Parker when we were companions and Sister Parker trained Sister
Kranendonk so we are both trying to have an attitude like her. I really
have been blessed with my companions.
There are a lot of baptisms happening in my old area... well two
that I knew before so I'll get to go to them. And Menilik's mom met the
missionaries this last week (actually when Sister K was on exchanges in
that area so it was neat she could be a part of all of it) and invited
them for dinner on Sunday, she's not interested but I'm praying that her
heart has softened enough that Menilik will feel okay taking the
lessons before he goes up to school. That way Jason, the member who
referred him could baptize him and I could come because it's in the
mission. Pray for him, he is so prepare he just needs the courage to
move forward.
Though there still isn't too much
going on in the area right now were are seeing little miracles
everyday, even if it's that the heat isn't getting to us too bad, and
I'm learning so much. I feel the Lord is teaching me trust. I know that I
trust Him with many things but there is always more I could give and
I'm working really hard to give it all. I'm also being blessing with
learning Charity.. meaning that some people are harder to love than
others, but they are the ones who meed it the most. It will come. I've
been thinking back to the me before my mission and I really am starting
to see the changes I've made, I could put it down to anything specific
(though I could yesterday, I just can't remember today... oh well) I do
know I am a better person and more of the daughter Heavenly Father wants
me to be, I've got plenty to go but I'm glad that the Lord is blessing
me with some hind sight.
That's it for this week. Alma 38:5
Miss you much, Love you more!
Love Sister Karmin LaNae Anderson
PS The yard looks GREAT and I love the wood post awning! I love our home!
Also Dad I've been giving toys to
the senior couple for fathers/mothers day and they all say thank you,
everyone loves them and I love giving them and bragging about my papa!
June 11.2012
Investigators
MOM and DAD,
First thank you my incredible family
for my fun package! I loved it! Dad everyone loves your toys and I love
giving them. Sister Kranendonk has decided she want a bunch when she's
older and has kids, I told her you would love to teach/help her make
some, that my family loves to adopt new members.
So the last few days Sister K and I have been SOOOOO
warn out! Like dead tired, it was bad, laughing over the stupidest
things and looking like we had only got an hour of sleep... but it was
all good because we looked that way because we had been working HARD all
week. We work really well together and neither one of us mind talking
to people on the street because we both know that we are not going to
have to do all the talking and that our companion will back us up and
support everything we say. We have awesome unity with each other and the
Spirit (or "we"nity as our Zone Leaders would call it) and it really
has been the best transfer thus far! Definitely the most unity we've both
had with any of our companions.
Because we've gotten better at talking to everyone
we got 2 new investigators last week, from talking and then praying with
them. We not too sure how solid they are yet but we have return
appointments this week. It's just nice to have people to teach and to
feel like I'm giving my all. I'm pretty sure that I would be okay
if Sister K was my companion the rest of my mission, she's awesome!!!!
And we really do work hard in the work and to self improve.
We got to do more
service this week and that was GREAT! Things have slowed quit a bit at
the Visitors' Center because it being summer and all but I still love
being there and it is now a time to show the Lord that I can be busy and
focused even when there aren't alot of people.
I love hearing from you all and I hope all the fam is well. I'm so blessed to be in our family!
Miss you much, Love you more!
Love Sister Anderson
June 5, 2012
Working hard...or hardly working ?!
Dear MOM and DAD,
Well this week has been really good. We still
don't have much to show for it, but we have been working really hard! We
talk to everyone! (Even if that means pulling over a few block ahead
and walking back, kind of creepy, but that's missionary work) We do
service! We helped one of our ward mission leader plant some flowers, we
helped a family move out of their home, and we helped a a sister in the
ward with back problems clean her kitchen. You know me I love service!
Sister Kranendonk is a great missionary and I'm learning so much
from her! We set some goals of what we want to get out of our transfer
and we've been working hard on them. I feel like I've already learned so
much in the transfer and it's only been a week. We teach very well
together (meaning the spirit is the senior companion and we let him lead
the lesson) and we are getting very bold as we testify to people on the
street. It is going to be a great transfer. We've decided we want to be
friends, have fun, work hard and be unified in the work, and so far
we're doing pretty good!
We've been trying to do member lesson more so we can get to know
the members and we had a couple last night. It really helps our teaching
and reminds me why I'm hear (sometimes that is easy to forget when you
aren't teaching any one).
The pictures are as follows:
1-Sister McKee (from Duchesne) and me before she finished her mission
2-Just like college... taking apart beds (we had to move our beds around the apartment because we had an extra sister)
3-My flower I planted from a seed 3 months ago
4-That's how tall it is now (up to my waist)
5-It has like 8 buds on the one plant and this was after the second had bloomed
6-Sister Kranendonk and I
More
about Sister Kranendonk, she's 24 from Salt Lake City (by the airport),
graduated at USU (that will make Dad happy) in Family and Consumer
Development, she wants to be a counselor for families and children at
hospitals. She's amazing and I love her!!!
Glad to hear about the fun of family reunion (we should come up
with a clever name for it like The Anderson Family Annual Extravaganza,
that might not work because every time we gather it's an Extravaganza!)
Oh how I miss you all so much!!!!!! I have the best family in the world!
I guess that's it for now, get feeling better mom and tell dad not
to work TOO hard. Loves and kisses to everyone! (I sent Joey a card if
he didn't get it yesterday he should have gotten it today, but tell him
Happy Birthday from me anyway!)
Miss you MUCH, Love you MORE!!!!
Love Sister Karmin LaNae Anderson
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