September 1, 2014 - WOW! Posted THIS WEEK! It's a MIRACLE!!!!

Last night I got a phone call from the assistants to the president. They told me that I'm going to be training a new missionary! Jinkies! Transfers are this Thursday. But at least that means I'm going to be staying here in Haymarket for a while longer! It also means that Sister Lamborn is leaving me. She is my bestest friend. Literally. We have gotten to the point where we don't even have to speak and we know what the other person is going to say in any given situation. She is so much fun. We just laugh all the time and I haven't ever been upset with her. So it will be really hard to see her go. I just love her so much! I cried myself to sleep last night because of all the emotions that were running through my body! I'm nervous and excited to train and sad and excited for Sister Lamborn to go to a new area. She goes home in November... so I'll be sad all over again. But she lives at Bear Lake UT and is going to Utah State, so I'll be able to play with her again when I go back to school.

 

This week was good but tough. I like to think that I'm building character. It's hard to see how rejection builds character in the moment... haha. We did find a someone to teach though! Her name is Aya and she's from Mongolia! We just chatted with her for a little bit about God and Jesus Christ and when I invited her to be baptized, she had no idea what that was!!! When I asked her if she'd be baptized if she knew it was true and she just blankly stared at me and said, "what's that". It took about five whole seconds before I said anything. Not because I thought she was dumb or anything. Not at all! I was just SO thrown off at her response....I mean everyone's answer to literally every question that I ask them usually is, "I'm Catholic" Hahahaha. so we just stared at each other for a bit before I spoke again! Hahahaha! It was a really funny moment! But she is THE sweetest ever and said we could come back and teach her family! WOOO!!!!!

I always have funny moments with dogs. Literally everyone in VA has a dog. So the phrase, "Wow! Everyone and their dog is at the store today" is terrifyingly accurate. The more I'm around dogs, the more I do not enjoy them. At all. We met a HUGE dog...I took a pic with it. It's on my blog post that I just published...but it took everything in me to touch that thing and then smile with it. Also, last night we met a man who was sitting on a patch of grass while his dog walked around him, eating the grass. Yes, it was eating the grass. The man said something about how he thought his dog might be sick or something...and then right after we shared the first vision, the dog thought it was okay to throw up right in front of me. Twice. Thank you little canine. After it was feeling better, it decided that I would be fun to lick. Yeah, not okay with me! Yuck! Haha Haha! 

 

We went to a New and Returning Member fireside last night with our less active that we've been working with named Lei. It's a REALLY cool fireside to go to because we get to see people that we once served around before. We don't get to find out who is actually speaking until we get there, and there were two people that Sister Lamborn had met at the beginning of her mission. She found one lady in Alexandria and taught her the Restoration in a McDonalds and then passed her over to some elders because the lady didn't live in her ward boundaries. Sister Lamborn had never seen that woman again until last night, when she was bearing her testimony of the restored church and sharing the story of her conversion and baptism!! It was such a neat experience!!!

 

I think it is SOOOO COOLLLLL that Brendan was the honorary baseball kid! What a miracle!! I'm so grateful his name was picked and that he got to do that! I really think that's awesome!!! 

I hope you have a great week and that no one has any more freak accidents or doctor's visits!! Haha! 

 

I love you SO much!!

Sister Anderson