Hey y'all!
Things are moving
along here in Austin! We had a ton of good things going on and are
really starting to hit our stride in the Hill Country Ward. Starting as
two brand new missionaries always starts pretty slow but the work always
picks up quickly. This week we had some great service opportunities and
had some good lessons as well. One of these opportunities was with a
Sister that had just barely come back to the church right before covid
hit. She had been inactive for a while and has two boys who haven't been
baptized. The other day she asked us to build some desks for them as
they start their school year online. So we came over and built desks and
chatted with them and they are the coolest little kids ever. We talked
about basketball and video games and it was a great time. Even though covid prevents us from holding too many activities we hope to keep
getting to know them better.
In
another service we helped cut down vines for a family in their
backyard. While we were working their dog started digging at something
underneath a pile of tin. So we decided to help the dog out and lifted
up the tin just so the dog could chase after and pounce on a previously
safe and protected rat. It was pretty insane. Then the dog decided to
flex his kill on us for the rest of the service. We did get some pics
with it though.
This
week we also had Zone Conference! It was so much fun spending time with
President and Sister Fox, they are seriously my favorite people ever. We
talked a ton about the future of missionary work and things like that.
It was super uplifting. The APs challenged us at one point to spend more
time outside than we do inside and so we decided to implement that in
our schedule and it totally worked. For planning or studying or online
stuff we can do on our phones we would go to the park and had some great
conversations with people just by being there. People are desperate to
know more about the gospel we just have to get out there and talk to
them! While in person contact is undoubtedly limited, I know that the
Lord will put in our path people who need the gospel at this time with
the outside activities we will have.
Anyways that's it for the week!! Love and miss you all!
Elder Anderson
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