Wednesday, March 11, 2009

This week.....

Well, what can I say for this week? Really nothing new. We baptized Ricardo, and that was exciting. But, this week we just met several crazy people, or met people with crazy situations. We had random people come up to us in the street and introduce themselves to us. Then, we had 8 guys from the Argentine National Guard walk onto the church basketball court. So, we played with them, and then jotted down their addresses and phone numbers. We have been trying to work out the drama thats going on in Acha. There are tons of people that havent been to church in a while, and they all say the same things. But, the ward just wants us to reactivate them, and baptize new people. LESSONS TO BE LEARNED: Home teaching and visiting teaching is important. 2. Know why you go to church(P.S. It has to do with your baptizmal covenants, and your desire to follow Christ)The scriptures really are such an amazing blessing we have. We can study the very life of our Savior, and truly understand what matters most in this life. So often, we get caught up in everything else thats going on that we forget where true happiness lies. I want you all to know that the Book of Mormon truly is amazing. I love it more and more everytime I open it. There is always something to learn, and I know that if we are really reading it and studying it, we cannot forget who we are and where we stand in this world. It truly is the keystone of our Religion. There are so few people who actually know what it is. I have really just had a passion for sharing what it is this past week. The Gospel truly is exciting, and we are so blessed to have the full, and complete truth. We did divisions with our Zone Leaders last week, and there is always so much to be learned from these people with so much experience. We had a way fun day, and very busy. This week we are planning on traveling 3 hours in the opposite direction of our house to do divisions in another little city with some Elders in our district. So much going on, yet I feel like I have so little to say.Anyways, thank you all so much for your support and your love! ¡Cuidense! Les quiero. Elder Andersen Yeah for El Libro de Mormon
Ricardo the Day of his Baptism


Elder Fedderson in our Pole hugging contest

She doesn´t want me to send these pictures to you, but this is the sister in our ward that does everything for us.

Another Week

We pounded it hard this week. We were just going to town. By the time friday night hit, we were already limping back to the house. We just were beat up. But we found lots of great people this week. We were knocking doors, stopping people in the street, and just going crazy. There was not 10 minutes that went by that we werent teaching a principle to somebody. We just were pumped to go out and get working. This has actually been my best week as far as some of the results, and the number of new people we found to teach.Sunday came along, and my comp got a little down, because he saw how small this ward is. Well, its technically a ward, but doesnt have the assistance of a ward, nor the help of a normal ward-so he was a little disanimated. But its all good, we are still going to go after it. We met some crazy people, some funny people, and some really great people. My comp was actually a little afraid of this Old Guy named Omar. Omar just had a ¨special¨ liking for my comp. It was kind of funny. This is my companion Elder Aldridge, and Miguel who we baptized.
My lovely operated stomach, with the stitches still in.

The first package I actually got from my family in Argentina!


His Name is Elder Grout, he is a lot like Ryan Swallom( My cousins Husband)


Once wierd, always wierd. I guess not even being a missionary changes that.


The true secret to being a successful business.


I stayed with these guys every sunday night for the last two months. Dahl, Mcfall, Grout

Yeah...I am kind of a big deal!