The Blitz

Hey Everyone,

How are all of you guys? I have had a blast this week. Last P-day seems like a month ago because of how many things we did. But at the same time, it feels like no time has passed at all. It has been amazing. Some sad things have happened, but more happy things have happened.

Some of the sad things are that we dropped Bertha. We went to her house again and she told us that she is Catholic and always has been and will be, but that she will always open her door for us but won't listen to our message. So that was kind of sad, but we did get un Libro de Mormon en su casa. So we are just planting seeds.

Some happy things that have happened:
1. We were able to find this one guy named Marco, who is a 19-year-old man that his high school math teacher, Brother Garcia, gave him a Book of Mormon and told him that if he read it that he would cook him a steak dinner. So we reopened that deal with permission of Brother Garcia. So we taught him and he seemed kind of interested. We told him to read and pray. Now we are just waiting for him to say when and where to meet him again.
2. We were able to give a blessing to an older woman from Brawley at 10:30at night. It was cool because we were able to talk to her grandson who is not a member. I think he thought that it was very cool that we came and stayed so late just for her.
3. Elder Dudley and I gave talks in the Spanish Branch. It was the longest talk I have ever given. It was 10 minutes long. It was a very fun talk to give because some of the congregation was asleep, the missionaries in the back were dying laughing and the branch president was making faces when I pronounced a word wrong. I was on the brink of dying laughing. It was hilarious. I did, however, get a lot of compliments on my Spanish afterward. It was good.
4. We ate dinner with the Ibarra family, which was Spanish speaking. They were so much fun. He has a crazy conversion story. He was baptized 4 weeks after he met the missionaries but was truly converted later. One Sunday he told someone he doesn't really have much faith in Christ. The next day he cut off his hand. He said that he had to have faith in Christ this whole time. He was rushed to the hospital in El Centro but they couldn't operate on him so they were going to fly him out but then realized that they had no helicopters so they drove him. That is a two-hour drive. So they finally were able to get to San Diego and were able to stitch his hand back on. He said that he got a blessing right before he left for San Diego and that he felt that everything was going to be ok. and it was now he still has his hand, but not a pinky, and can pass the sacrament every week.

My challenge this week is to pray and prepare a question that either you are wondering about or a question on how to get out or endure a challenge you are going through for general conference. In doing this I promise that when the prophet is speaking whether he answers it or the spirit answers it while is speaking. You guys don't need to write me on this one, but just send me a spiritual experience that you went through either this week or last week.

I love you all and love hearing from you all. I hope you are all feeling the spirit always. I hope to hear from you all and am excited about all the experiences that God has in store for me.

Love you all,
Elder Andersen