Hola Familia y Amigos!!
Super crazy busy week this week! He is how it basically went down.
Thursday
we had interviews with our mission president. Always a fun time and a
great opportunity to receive council from our President who has been
called of God. It is funny thinking back to my first round of interviews
about 6 weeks ago and how much I have grown in those weeks.
Friday
was our Zone Conference where the Northern Zones of our mission (Poza
Rica, Palmas, Tuxpan, and Papantla) meet together and hear from Leaders
of the Mission as well the Mission President, attend classes in order to
better our work and hang out with our missionaries. They are always
incredibly uplifting and I am always so grateful to receive guidance
from the Leaders of our mission who are so strong in the work and in
their faith.
Something funny about the mission
is that your first trainer that you receive in the mission is your Dad
and your second trainer (if it is different than your first) is your
Mom. And of course the trainer of your trainer is your Grandpa/ Grandma
and so forth. Something pretty fun is that since Elder Gavia (my mom) is
so new in the mission like me, and his trainer was new too, we have a
whole family line in the mission. So in the Zone Conference I was their
with mi Mama, mi Abuelo, mi Bisabuelo, y mi Tatarabuelo. It was a whole
fun family reunion. I have a pic to prove it too.
After
the conference Elder Gavia and I put on a Family Home Evening type
thing for our branch in Tihuatlan. We planned a spiritual thought about
General Conference, played some Family Feud, and ate Tamales with
Horchata. It was a super fun experience and a good amount of ward members
and investigators were able to attend which made it all totally worth
it. (I also totally destroyed in the Family Feud so I may be going pro
after the mission).
And of course the week
finished with another incredible General Conference. We are so
incredibly lucky to be able to listen to the words of our prophet and
apostles. I testify that they receive revelation for each and every one
of us. A talk that really stuck out to me was Dieter F Uchtdorf´s about
discipleship in this world. What a great reminder for us in this ever
changing world filled with temptation and distractions. The line I loved
was when he said, ¨Discipleship is not about doing things perfectly, it´s about doing things intentionally¨.
The Lord blesses us when we make conscious decisions to live the gospel
of Jesus Christ. I love that and am so grateful for the gospel in my
life.
I love and miss you all and hope you had a great week!
Elder Anderson
Pics!
1. Zona Poza Rica!!!!!!!!!
2. My mom, my grandpa, my great-grandpa, and my great,great grandpa
3. A little pic of our activity
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