Hello there!
Since mom asked for a letter this week, I guess I'll write one. ;) I don't really have much to say, so I'm sorry about that.
It was fun to skype you all on Thursday!!!!! I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone. The holidays are always tough as a missionary, so I'm grateful they flew by! It's just hard because no one wants to schedule time for us to come over, which is slightly depressing.
Like I told you in person, we cleaned out our teaching pool. It's kinda cool to be starting from scratch just in time for the New Year though! We've been finding and are going to be finding like crazy in the next upcoming week to find people to teach. Having no one to teach is a little disheartening and I can't WAIT to find em!
Sister Christensen goes home on January 8th. She's such a trunky mess. ;) hahaha just kidding. We actually set really high goals this week and are going to work harder than we have all transfer! She's an awesome missionary because she has so much love, loves to work but is so chill at the same time. We always have fun together!
Last night we had a few door slams. They were my first since coming to Ashburn, so I guess I can't complain. One of them was a less active lady. She opened the door with a big smile, looked down at my name tag and before I could even say hello she said, "Don't ever come back here again!" and closed the door. It was so sudden and caught me off guard that I couldn't help but laugh a little. It was harder for Sister Christensen though. Also, our number one potential investigator that we had really high hopes for was really passive aggressive about setting a return appointment with us. We knocked on her door and she had her mom answer for her so she wouldn't have to talk to us. From the doorway I could see her standing in the kitchen, so I said hello, but she just half smiled back and walked away.
Our faith is just being tested right now.
Later we called our ward mission leader to give him an update about our day and I told him, "Hey, we've had so much rejection that it's our turn to have a super cool miracle happen!" It just feels a lot better to be optimistic.
OH hey! I love being a sister training leader! This morning, a set of sisters came to our apartment for studies. During companionship study after we were done practice teaching, one of them asked, "I know this is a little off topic, but I have a few questions for you." She then went on to ask about some of the rules she was unsure about before she asked what she could do to feel like she is giving her ALL. So I was able to help her redefine her definition of success! I'm glad I was able to help her :)
Anyways. That's all for this week folks!
Keep reading the Book of Mormon!! ;) love you all!
Love,
Sister Anderson