Last email from the MTC

Hey everyone, just want to thank very much for you letters. So I leave for Melbourne November 26th, this coming Monday. I checked with the travel office and they confirmed that they received my Visa SO I’m Really going! :) Apparently I have been dubbed the travel leader for the missionaries that are going to Melbourne that day which pretty much just means I’m going to making sure two other Elders in my district and two sisters (of whom I have yet to meet) get from Salt Lake to Melbourne in one piece. So that will be fun. And apparently it’s estimated that it will be like a seventeen hour plane ride and I’ll also be losing a day a well… But yeah. Anyway I have had a blast here in the MTC and learned So much. I can’t wait to get out in the field and help bring others unto Christ. I mean I’ve learned a lot through the maaaaaaany role playing we've done but just know that it’ll be a real investigator will make so much more amazing. So I probably won’t know my official first address until I get there so if you want to send me something when I get there just send it to my mission home which the address for that can be found in my missionary packet I left behind. I’ve been praying for you guys and miss and love you Lots! I’m sorry if this seems short but they really give us barley ANY time to email here and I’m slow at typing as it is. I'm happy to hear that he have a new family member. Please send pictures of him soon. AH!!! I Can’t Wait to Really Preach the Gospel! Well I've really got to go but I Love you all, thank you so much for your support. I'll try and let you guys know if anything changes. I LOVE YOU!!!!

                                                                                                                      -Elder Anderson

Mosiah 27:36

First Email from Elder Anderson

Hey everyone! The MTC is awesome. My district and companion are awesome. My companion is Elder Decker and he is from New Mexico. He is awesome, half of my district is going to Melbourne, and the other half is going to Auckland New Zealand including my companion. Today is my P-Day, which is Thursday. Hope everything is going great at home. The food is pretty good. I leave November 26th. We already have a legit nonmember investigator in the TRC! Classes are amazing and our teachers are fantastic. I am feeling the spirit every day. I miss you all they only give me thirty minutes of computer time per P-day so if you want to email me do it by dearelder.com. That way I can read what you want to say and I can just reply in those 30 minutes. I appreciate all of your letters. I am having a blast at here, and learning so much. My district cracks me up there really is never a dull moment and we are pretty much always doing something. How are all you? How are the kids doing? We do a lot of role-playing with our teachers acting like investigators. Even though it isn't real thing, you can definitely feel the spirit as we testify of the truthfulness of the gospel. One of our investigators named Eric has been very interesting to teach. He is a nonmember (for real) and has a lot of issues with the authority of God. It is really hard sometimes and Elder Decker gets really frustrated with it. But he realizes it is all worth it. We got to hear from Elder Foster in the seventy, which was AMAZING! He taught us about the Law of Consecration and showed a very powerful video about John Tanner and his great devotion and faith to the Lord. Sundays are awesome here. We get to go to the Provo Temple today! We will probably be going to an endowment session. The mountains out here are beautiful. I really am going to be going from Utah Snow to Australian Summer. Thank you for advising me to pack warm when I was here! Don't really have too much time to upload photo so I will try to do that out in the field. I love the Lord, and I know that he answers our prayers. Yesterday as we studied the Book of Mormon as a district, we received revelation for our investigator. This happened to two of the companionships in the district. It was so powerful to see how the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that if we treasure up its teaching we can become the best people, we have potential to become. I have already found that the more you throw yourself into serving the Lord like this, the more your truly are blessed. The first few days were very humbling but the Lord has assured me that I can do this with His help. Although I still have a lot to learn, I can't wait to get out in the field. Love you all lots!

-Elder Anderson