So the highlight of this week
was Thanksgiving! I have never eaten so much food in one day before. We first
had a Thanksgiving meal with a family at 1:00pm. It was really good and we ate
a lot of food. Then right after that we went to another Thanksgiving meal at
2:00PM. It was also really good but I thought that I was going to explode. Then
we when to have dessert at another member's home. We spent most of our time at
member's homes because we were only aloud to go teach somebody if we had a set
appointment. So we did get to teach a couple people but not as much as we
normally do.
Anyways, we are teaching this
Native American women named Sharon. She is a little slow but is super nice and
we love teacher her. We found out the last time we taught her that she was
homeless for four months until a stranger come to her and told her to get in
his car. luckily this guy was a saint and took her to a homeless shelter. And
from there she got in contact with a case manager who found her a place to
stay. The sad part is that her mother an sister live in Phoenix and would not
let her live with them. But she is progressing towards baptism. It was so
funny, we got to her to the Mesa temple lights and the whole time she just kept
saying wow.
We are also still teaching our
investigator Mereciana from West Africa. We are going to do family home evening
with them and another family member in the ward tonight at the Mesa temple
lights. It should be good.
Some fun contacting story is
that I talked to this guy on the street and it turns out he is a pastor for
another church. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon by showing him the
pictures in front of the Book of Mormon and explaining them to him. He was
kinda nice... then he asked me what my name was and I told him Elder Anderson.
Then he wanted my first name.... and I gave it to him.... I should not have
done that. He started to just call me by my first name, which I never told him
he could do. Anyways, it was interesting how the whole mood changed when he
started calling my first name, it didn't feel right. Next time somebody on the
street asks me what my first name is I wont crack under pressure and tell them
that for the next two years my first name is Elder.
well that's about all for this
week!
- Elder Joshua Anderson
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