The Last Email

Hey you guys. Wow. It's over. I can't believe that these two years actually came and went. The mission has been full of ups and downs, and all kinds of in-betweens. 

I don't really have much to say. I'll see you guys super soon, I'm so excited to be together again, and to be able to talk, hug, laugh, and reminisce together. 

To answer your question mom, tomorrow, we'll go to the mission home and spend some time there. Wednesday, we'll go to the temple, and basically sit around all day, then Thursday, I'll come home. 

Wow, I just want to say thanks for all your love, your support, and your prayers. You guys really are the best family in the world, and I'm so lucky to have you! 

I love you all so much, and I hope that you have a great couple of days until I see you. 

See you on Thursday!

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Love, Elder Anderson

Last full week!

Hey Mom! This week was great! Happy Independence day to you guys too! It's such a blessing that we are from in the greatest country on earth!

It will be really interesting to feel the temperature and humidity difference when I get back.

This week was good, Jan Carlos got baptized on Saturday, but he was actually super sick that night and so he didn't come to get confirmed yesterday, but hopefully he'll improve and we'll confirm him next Sunday.

My best experience of the week was probably interviews with President. We talked for a while about the mission and about life, and I'm just really glad I have the mission president I do. He's a great guy, and just so full of love.

I'm sorry my emails are always so short, I promise that I'll make this last week count, and that I'll take advantage of every moment. I love you mom. Thanks for everything you do for me! I can't wait to see you guys! 

#10 days

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Love, Elder Anderson

July 2, 2018 ~ Week 99

Hey Mom! This week was great! Jan Carlos is going to be baptized on the 7th of July and we've started teaching a couple more of his friends. 

Thanks for answering my questions. I'll try to take anything home that I think that Hunter could use in his mission. Oh yeah. The pants I was wearing in that picture were some that bought in my first area. 

Lol.

My pants have held up fairly well, and I have one pair that ripped on the side, but it was on the seam, so it can be repaired fairly easily. 

I'll DEFINITELY be bringing my scriptures home, don't worry about that. 

Oh, fun fact about Yadhira, she's Sophia's twin. They share a birthday, and she's also nine!

That's great to hear about Jarrett's old area. I'm happy to see my area progress, and to be able to help out all of the recent coonverts here.

Thanks for everything mom! I guess I'll only email you 2 more times before I see you for real! I'm so excited to see all of you and to be together again. I love you guys so much!

I hope you have a great week!

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Love, Elder Anderson

June 25, 2018 ~ Week 98

Hey Mom! My toe is doing well. It doesn't hurt anymore, so everything is good there. That was actually the first time I've had to go to the doctor in my mission, so yeah, I've been lucky to have had really good health.

Yadhira's baptism went really well. We always have our baptisms on Saturdays. My comp and I plan on having 1 more baptism together, Jan Carlos, and then all of the news we get we'll prepare them for baptism at the end of July or the beginning of August.

Things are good here. I'm trying to make the most of my time that I have left here. But I'm also SO excited to see you guys and to be home! Haha, 24 days!!!

Sounds like you guys have been pretty stinking busy back home! I hope that you're not all too stressed out and that you really enjoy all of the activites that you're involved in!

Hey, quick question, do you know how much money I have in my savings account back home? Also, I'm trying to figure out what I need to take back home as far as the stuff I got for my mission. What do you want me to bring? What does Hunter need for his mission? Should I bring all of my pants and stuff back? Bedsheets? the umbrella?

Yeah, I took some money out because my card's gonna expire at the end of the month. I think I should have enough though. Thanks for putting that in though.

Nah, I'm pretty much good! Thanks for always thinking of and praying for me! I love you so much, and you guys are always in my thoughts and prayers! Love you so much, I hope you have a great week!

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Love, Elder Anderson

June 18, 2018 ~ Week 97

Hey Mom!

This week had its ups and downs. I got an ingrown toenail, so that wasn't super fun, but I went to the doctor on Tuesday and he was able to get some cotton underneath the nail, so it's fine now.

It's funny you should ask about me speaking in sacrament because I actually spoke yesterday in sacrament meeting, but I didn't know beforehand that I was going to be speaking, because I guess the speakers didn't show up to church, so the bishop asked me if I could speak about the plan of salvation. I was actually pretty excited because I like public speaking, so I decided to speak about the principle of agency and responsiblity. I felt like it went pretty well, and surprisingly, I got complimented a lot afterwards for my winged talk!

I also just had my last Zone Conference this week! Elder Raps and I talked about the importance of the informe de progreso (Record of progress?) It was good.

This week, Yadhira will be getting baptized, and on the 6th of July, a kid named Jan Carlos will get baptized. They're progressing pretty well!

Also, did you hear that they're starting to make a new hymnbook that will be the same in all languages? How cool is that?

I love you guys and I hope you have a great week and I hope that you and Dad had a great anniversary!

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Love, Elder Anderson

June 11, 2018 ~ Week 96

Hey! This week was good! Everything is actually the same in our companionship and house. (We just say apartamento) But yeah, things are good!

You´re welcome for the pictures! You can thank my comp, haha. We were able to go on a ward temple trip recently, and some of our recent converts went to do baptisms for the dead, so that was cool.

Haha, it's super weird how close I'm now getting to the end of my mission. Almost just a month left! I´m so excited to see you guys and the rest of the family! 

Mom, I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better! I hope you all have a great week!

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Love, Elder Anderson

Life is full of Adventure ~ Week 95

Hey Mom! Wow, I'm sorry to hear about Tuesday night. That sounds terrible! I'm glad that that's over now though! I hope that that's the end of the problem and that nothing else happens! 

That's great that McKay got his eagle scout project finished! Good for him!

Sadly, I wasn't able to see either of the broadcasts, but I'm downloading both of them right now so that I'll be able to watch them at home. 

This week was good. We've got a couple of kids that are going to get baptized this month, but we need to start looking for some news!

Tell Sophia happy birthday for me!

I hope that you have a great week!

Oh yeah! And I am staying for another transfer, so I'll be finishing up here in Cristo Rey!

Love, Elder Anderson

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