Elder Anderson is really enjoying Pasco. Here are some of his latest comments.
I can't believe time is flying by so quickly now a days. I can truly say i don't know where the time has gone these last 11 months. Things have changed so much in my life i could never of imagined it before my mission. I know you all see a difference as well. I want all of you to know first off that i am having a wonderful time over here in the Washington Kennewick mission and that i am super excited for the next 13 months that are ahead of me as well. I know now and always will know that i can do this work and i can do it for another 13 months.
"This last week has been quite an interesting one. Every elder in my district got sick this last week and were told to stay and have bed rest at least once during the week. It was super horrible. I was the only one in the district that didn't get any symptoms of it. Probably because i carry hand santatizer around on my back pack haha. But this last week as well we had a mini missionary. THat is when a priest age kid from the age of 16-19 come out with the missionaries for 2 days and see what it is really like to be a missionary. WE got one and it was an interesting experience. Mostly because elder schimdt was sick at the time as well.
We are excited for more things to happen here in pasco. We are seeing dramatic changes with the inactive members of the ward. We are learning to love them and they love us and they are wanting to change and come to christ. We are excited for them. The work here is all Inactive or less active work and we are loving it. Though it doesn't show much success on paper."
He has a walking cast on his foot but that will be off next week and he is really happy about that!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Staying in Beautiful Pasco
Elder Anderson is enjoying Pasco, Washington and gets to stay there another six weeks. Here are some questions and answers from his latest e-mail.
"Today is a great day over here in the great state of Washington. Its a warm day and i have a car. What else does a man have to ask for. My essential needs are taken care of and i can enjoy the time with my fellow missionary friends and learn things such as piano and things hopefully at the church."
1. How is your foot doing? My foot!! My foot is doing great i have my cast and i am walking a little bit. I hate having to be stuck in it and not being able to move my ankle it drives me crazy!!!! But if all goes well i will have it off in 4 weeks and then i will be able to run around and have a great time with the missionaries and doing the work.
2. How are your investigators progressing? We are excited to be working with more and to just be here in pasco. If you didn't know already i will be staying in pasco for another six weeks with elder Schmidtt
3. What's the weather like? The weather has been great over here. Has been really low this year when it comes to temperature. We are averaging in the mid 90's and we have the car lately so it has been nice to have a/c and not be walking around in the sun. Even though i have lost some of my tan because of it :( But that doesn't matter for another year.
4. Do you need anything? I am in some need soon for some white shirts. I will be getting rid of all the ones i have now soon because they are starting to rip and to get stained but they will last for a while longer. But i will need some more within the next two months."
His parents plan to send some shirts soon!
"Today is a great day over here in the great state of Washington. Its a warm day and i have a car. What else does a man have to ask for. My essential needs are taken care of and i can enjoy the time with my fellow missionary friends and learn things such as piano and things hopefully at the church."
1. How is your foot doing? My foot!! My foot is doing great i have my cast and i am walking a little bit. I hate having to be stuck in it and not being able to move my ankle it drives me crazy!!!! But if all goes well i will have it off in 4 weeks and then i will be able to run around and have a great time with the missionaries and doing the work.
2. How are your investigators progressing? We are excited to be working with more and to just be here in pasco. If you didn't know already i will be staying in pasco for another six weeks with elder Schmidtt
3. What's the weather like? The weather has been great over here. Has been really low this year when it comes to temperature. We are averaging in the mid 90's and we have the car lately so it has been nice to have a/c and not be walking around in the sun. Even though i have lost some of my tan because of it :( But that doesn't matter for another year.
4. Do you need anything? I am in some need soon for some white shirts. I will be getting rid of all the ones i have now soon because they are starting to rip and to get stained but they will last for a while longer. But i will need some more within the next two months."
His parents plan to send some shirts soon!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Happy Birthday and a cast
On July 11th, Elder Anderson turned 20! Here's what he said about his birthday -
"Well hello family!! And Friends!!
How are you all doing? I know that most of you would all say that you are doing great and that you are enjoying the summer.. . This last week i had a few miss haps. As you all know from my last e-mail that i had a problem with my foot getting hurt and i was afraid that i might have broken it but i truly didn't know if i did or didn't. Well the verdict is out i have broken my fourth metatarsil in my right foot. Now you say what the freak is that? Well that bone is the bone that goes from your heel to your toes its like the main bone. So it hurts a little bit. Last week i had hurt it during basketball and i went and got a doctor to check it out on Tuesday night. Well the doc didn't know or not if i broke it so he said to stay home for a couple of days and then to get it x-rayed on Friday if it continued to hurt. Well it still hurt. I couldn't walk on it. And the week sucked because i had to just sit at home all day and just do nothing. (Which was nice cause i got a few letters written) But on Friday we got the x-ray and we were told that we would get the results of the x-ray on Monday. So we waited. On Sunday i was asked to give a talk to the congregation and it was super hard because i didn't have my cast nor did i want to walk up to the stand with crutches and give a talk. So i stood there on it for 15 minutes and it hurt a little bit. But yesterday it was my birthday and i found out that it was broken. The district through me a good party where we had pizza and cake. It was a fun little event for me. Then we went home and sat because i can't walk anywhere and then waited for dinner with the simpsons. We then got my cast and went home and had a few people sign it and then proceed to bed. I will be getting my cast off on August 22, it will be my other 6 week companion. :D I hope you enjoy the pictures now that i got my early birthday present from mom and dad and Britni i was able to send them via e-mail more and you can get direct updates!! :D
Thank you for the birthday wishes from everyone. I appreciate them. And i will continue to update you on the rest of the things that will be going on. I love you all and would love to update you on any of the other questions you have."
We found out the next day that Elder Anderson will get to stay in this area that he loves and is having success in and he will be getting a car at the end of the week. I'm sure he is happy about that!
"Well hello family!! And Friends!!
How are you all doing? I know that most of you would all say that you are doing great and that you are enjoying the summer.. . This last week i had a few miss haps. As you all know from my last e-mail that i had a problem with my foot getting hurt and i was afraid that i might have broken it but i truly didn't know if i did or didn't. Well the verdict is out i have broken my fourth metatarsil in my right foot. Now you say what the freak is that? Well that bone is the bone that goes from your heel to your toes its like the main bone. So it hurts a little bit. Last week i had hurt it during basketball and i went and got a doctor to check it out on Tuesday night. Well the doc didn't know or not if i broke it so he said to stay home for a couple of days and then to get it x-rayed on Friday if it continued to hurt. Well it still hurt. I couldn't walk on it. And the week sucked because i had to just sit at home all day and just do nothing. (Which was nice cause i got a few letters written) But on Friday we got the x-ray and we were told that we would get the results of the x-ray on Monday. So we waited. On Sunday i was asked to give a talk to the congregation and it was super hard because i didn't have my cast nor did i want to walk up to the stand with crutches and give a talk. So i stood there on it for 15 minutes and it hurt a little bit. But yesterday it was my birthday and i found out that it was broken. The district through me a good party where we had pizza and cake. It was a fun little event for me. Then we went home and sat because i can't walk anywhere and then waited for dinner with the simpsons. We then got my cast and went home and had a few people sign it and then proceed to bed. I will be getting my cast off on August 22, it will be my other 6 week companion. :D I hope you enjoy the pictures now that i got my early birthday present from mom and dad and Britni i was able to send them via e-mail more and you can get direct updates!! :D
Thank you for the birthday wishes from everyone. I appreciate them. And i will continue to update you on the rest of the things that will be going on. I love you all and would love to update you on any of the other questions you have."
We found out the next day that Elder Anderson will get to stay in this area that he loves and is having success in and he will be getting a car at the end of the week. I'm sure he is happy about that!
What, a Broken Foot? or Not?
July 6th Message from Elder Anderson -
I am doing great over here. This week has been an eventful one. On monday due to the fact it was 4th of july our p-day was moved to the 4th. But problem was that on a national holiday all of the public stuff is closed. The library couldn't be used. So we had to be moved to a different day. But our zone conference was yesterday so we had to wait tell today. So i apologize for the late e-mail. I hope i didn't offend anybody. I did not forget. I almost got a family to call and text you guys about it but i had an accident that ended up taking the rest of my evening on monday and tuesday.
On monday it was our personal day and we were able to have some fun. So we went out and about and of course were did we go. The church!! Haha. We were there and we played basketball. Well during my first game we were playing pretty intense and having a dandy good time. I went to run around a screen that somebody had picked because i had to guard a man really close and i stepped on his foot. Usually my ankle is pretty strong. And guess what. This time it was again. But i found out that your foot isn't as strong as your ankle all the time. I stepped a weird way and i almost fell to the ground. I couldn't walk and ended up staying in a wheelchair the rest of the day. Then came zone conference and i talked to the mission president and his wife about my foot. Well i got it looked at by a doctor because i could barely walk on it. HAHA. I was diagnosed with two days bed rest with my foot elevated and ice on it. If it doesn't get any better during those two days i will be going in for x-rays. So keep me in your prayers. Haha. I will get more news to you soon if it is fractured. The mission presidents wife will give mom a call if i need to get x-rays.
Thanks for the love
I am doing great over here. This week has been an eventful one. On monday due to the fact it was 4th of july our p-day was moved to the 4th. But problem was that on a national holiday all of the public stuff is closed. The library couldn't be used. So we had to be moved to a different day. But our zone conference was yesterday so we had to wait tell today. So i apologize for the late e-mail. I hope i didn't offend anybody. I did not forget. I almost got a family to call and text you guys about it but i had an accident that ended up taking the rest of my evening on monday and tuesday.
On monday it was our personal day and we were able to have some fun. So we went out and about and of course were did we go. The church!! Haha. We were there and we played basketball. Well during my first game we were playing pretty intense and having a dandy good time. I went to run around a screen that somebody had picked because i had to guard a man really close and i stepped on his foot. Usually my ankle is pretty strong. And guess what. This time it was again. But i found out that your foot isn't as strong as your ankle all the time. I stepped a weird way and i almost fell to the ground. I couldn't walk and ended up staying in a wheelchair the rest of the day. Then came zone conference and i talked to the mission president and his wife about my foot. Well i got it looked at by a doctor because i could barely walk on it. HAHA. I was diagnosed with two days bed rest with my foot elevated and ice on it. If it doesn't get any better during those two days i will be going in for x-rays. So keep me in your prayers. Haha. I will get more news to you soon if it is fractured. The mission presidents wife will give mom a call if i need to get x-rays.
Thanks for the love
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Latest from Pasco
We got a great letter this week! Here are the highlights!
"How are all of you doing? This week has been an excellent week for us with a few mix ups along the way as well. Starting on tuesday we had another really quick day with alot of things to do and not very much time to do it. We started out in Benton city and then went to the library. After i had a quick 15 minute e-mail session we went to the stake center were we began to play soccer and basketball. Soccer was super fun and i did very well at being a goalie for our team. I am very good at standing in front of the ball and taking beatings HAHA. Well after a few hours of this and playing outside most of the elders decided they were done with soccer. Well we have a elder in our zone and a recent convert that was with us that is super cool that are foreign, Namely Elder Ward from England and Jorge from our ward who is Native from Mexico. Well they proceeded to try and kick the soccer ball around the gym and try to kick it at the padding underneath the basketball hoop. Well i decided to be goalie again and have fun with them. THEY ARE VERY GOOD SOCCER PLAYERS. After a few minutes of playing and they kicking some very hard shots. Elder Ward shot a shot going really really fast and i blocked it with my hand. Well more with my pinky finger. WEll i jammed it really really good. Our ward mission leader and many of the other missionaries think that i broke it. WOW it was huge. My have a hard time with bending it more then a little bit haha. But of course i wasn't done playing so i kept playing ignoring the pain and played basketball and soccer for another hour. I just wanted to share that story because i find it funny cause i think i finally broke a bone, and i don't think it hurt as bad as my mind had lead breaking a bone would be."
"After p-day our week went pretty smooth. We were able to meet another investigator that we have been trying to meet and we were able to have the best week that the area has had for all of 2011. WE had 7 lessons to investigators with members there. And 2 lessons with Investigators without members there. It was a great week. Another random man showed up to church this week as well. . .. He has alot of questions and we hope to keep in contact and help him progress.
I would like to ask the family for few favors as of right now. We have a two year old little girl named clara who as of a month ago got diagnosed with a very rare and dangerous kidney cancer. She was told she probley will not live through it. She has been doing fairly stable and the Tri-Citys have been praying for her and fasting for her and we have been seeing miracles. We have also been asked to seek out prayers and fasting for her. I am asking you to fast and pray for her. She is also online and you can buy wrist bands to support the cause. Her name is Clara Woodward and she is currently at the Spokane hospital."
"How are all of you doing? This week has been an excellent week for us with a few mix ups along the way as well. Starting on tuesday we had another really quick day with alot of things to do and not very much time to do it. We started out in Benton city and then went to the library. After i had a quick 15 minute e-mail session we went to the stake center were we began to play soccer and basketball. Soccer was super fun and i did very well at being a goalie for our team. I am very good at standing in front of the ball and taking beatings HAHA. Well after a few hours of this and playing outside most of the elders decided they were done with soccer. Well we have a elder in our zone and a recent convert that was with us that is super cool that are foreign, Namely Elder Ward from England and Jorge from our ward who is Native from Mexico. Well they proceeded to try and kick the soccer ball around the gym and try to kick it at the padding underneath the basketball hoop. Well i decided to be goalie again and have fun with them. THEY ARE VERY GOOD SOCCER PLAYERS. After a few minutes of playing and they kicking some very hard shots. Elder Ward shot a shot going really really fast and i blocked it with my hand. Well more with my pinky finger. WEll i jammed it really really good. Our ward mission leader and many of the other missionaries think that i broke it. WOW it was huge. My have a hard time with bending it more then a little bit haha. But of course i wasn't done playing so i kept playing ignoring the pain and played basketball and soccer for another hour. I just wanted to share that story because i find it funny cause i think i finally broke a bone, and i don't think it hurt as bad as my mind had lead breaking a bone would be."
"After p-day our week went pretty smooth. We were able to meet another investigator that we have been trying to meet and we were able to have the best week that the area has had for all of 2011. WE had 7 lessons to investigators with members there. And 2 lessons with Investigators without members there. It was a great week. Another random man showed up to church this week as well. . .. He has alot of questions and we hope to keep in contact and help him progress.
I would like to ask the family for few favors as of right now. We have a two year old little girl named clara who as of a month ago got diagnosed with a very rare and dangerous kidney cancer. She was told she probley will not live through it. She has been doing fairly stable and the Tri-Citys have been praying for her and fasting for her and we have been seeing miracles. We have also been asked to seek out prayers and fasting for her. I am asking you to fast and pray for her. She is also online and you can buy wrist bands to support the cause. Her name is Clara Woodward and she is currently at the Spokane hospital."
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Pictures!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Update from Pasco
Elder Anderson has been pretty busy in Pasco, Washington so his parents have had to remind him to take time to give them a little more information in his e-mails. Here's the latest.
"I know i have been slacking, but it is just alot harder then i had ever thought to keep on top of writting while taking the bull by the horns in your area. Training a missionary in your area and the people and teaching all the lessons by yourself is quite a big responsibility. Its almost like training a new missionary. But luckly not that bad yet.
As you both know i have gotten a new companion this last transfer. His name is elder schmidt and he is from west valley UT. He has been out 10 1/2 months and is a cool guy. As always you get along great for the first few weeks. Its the last few that are the test. Our area has been good so far with elder Schmidt. As a new companionship we had the best numbers that this area has put out in all of 2011. We are doing pretty good and are having a good time while we are doing it. Thats the best part. We have a few investigators and i will give you a brief summary of names. Mavi, Wissie family, Spencer, Mercedies, Rakel, THe hazen family, Aaron and Tasha, Armando Chavez, and a hopefully investigator named sister purcel. Thank you for sending the letters i have been getting them. We have had the wrong address a couple of times remember that it sis 8308 not 8303. So please make sure it is to the right address. Thank you for the shoes i did get them they fit great and i have gone running in them already and they work great."
His address is:
Elder Benjamin Anderson
"I know i have been slacking, but it is just alot harder then i had ever thought to keep on top of writting while taking the bull by the horns in your area. Training a missionary in your area and the people and teaching all the lessons by yourself is quite a big responsibility. Its almost like training a new missionary. But luckly not that bad yet.
As you both know i have gotten a new companion this last transfer. His name is elder schmidt and he is from west valley UT. He has been out 10 1/2 months and is a cool guy. As always you get along great for the first few weeks. Its the last few that are the test. Our area has been good so far with elder Schmidt. As a new companionship we had the best numbers that this area has put out in all of 2011. We are doing pretty good and are having a good time while we are doing it. Thats the best part. We have a few investigators and i will give you a brief summary of names. Mavi, Wissie family, Spencer, Mercedies, Rakel, THe hazen family, Aaron and Tasha, Armando Chavez, and a hopefully investigator named sister purcel. Thank you for sending the letters i have been getting them. We have had the wrong address a couple of times remember that it sis 8308 not 8303. So please make sure it is to the right address. Thank you for the shoes i did get them they fit great and i have gone running in them already and they work great."
His address is:
Elder Benjamin Anderson
8308 Orcas Dr.
Pasco, WA, 99301
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