Clanton

Heidi,

Yes im in Clanton! Companion is cool....he plays magic! Yeah I got a picture with Elders Kirk and Robinson.I went to school with those guys can you believe it? Now they are home....kind of green with envy in that respect, but not all at the very same time! No clanton is not as busy as Wetumpka was which is good. Makes me have to work harder to find, teach and baptize. Elder Kirk is doing fine. I actually saw him at our temple trip we had in April and we talked a little bit. We talked about us in high school and such and I gave me condoelences. He's doing really good though. Good! keep reading the BoM to them. Its important. You really should do a personal study on it yourself. I have and WOW so much in their. anyway. im doing well nothing much to report to tell you the truth. Missionary life styles are very rarely in many respects.....exciting. There are things that excite us....but they are in no way exciting. Get it? I hope it makes sense because it made sense in my head. LOL that would be funny if the guys at the shop have like a clock counting down to when I come home. I would wet my pants laughing. Tell them I miss them and i think about them all very much! im sorry about bruiser messing up the carpet. Things will get better with him as he grows. remember Pudgy? same principal really.....hahaha. Also Can you do something for me? I need a pillow....can you possibly mail mine to me? VAcum pack it or what ever I dont care. if you could that would be great if not? Dont worry about it. So yeah all is good in the hood up in here. Hope everyone is good their. I would just like to point out that as of yesturday....ive been out 5 months and am working on my 6 month period of service! time is fast and slow out here all at the very same time. Love you lots!

Elder Andersen

Short & Sweet

Heidi,

Hey im glad to hear about bones and Kairi and summer....sigh its hot down here lol. SO news. Im getting transfered this wed. Im a little upset. I got told I was staying by my misison president, but I guess not. Its hard to say goodbye. We know that. So I have no clue where im going. But We baptized two people into the ward this last sat! WEll a memeber did the baptizing but we taught them! So I have to keep this short.....Lots to do. Tell everyone I love them and are thinking about them. Love always

Elder Andersen.

Dear Dad- I'm Glad

Dad,
Im glad its been quite! thats good. I'll keep kay in my prayers. All
will be well with her surgery. im positive. I hope you and grandpa are
all well. Nothing really new here. Except the working is progressing
alot here. Have a couple of investigators who are promising. so im
working my tailend off. also are you aable to get me the address of
the ward? and the coburns? I would like to write them. So yeah im just
working working working. Got in it with a church of christ youth
minister.....im a little hot headed with the ignorant. Sorry. You
always told me I got it from mom. Mom always said I got it from you so
im all confused lol! Well I hope you are well! I love you dad. by the
way. WE have a baptism this week! two people! lol Love you!

Elder Andersen

Letter

Heidi,

This week has been a fricken roller coaster lol. The first of the week I swear we got nothing done...sigh. but then the weekend came and all Hell broke loose. I swear! We got a call from a less active lady telling us that her power was going to be shut off and started crying on the phone. So I took it upon myself to try and help as much as possible. So I was stressing about that all week. We had president interview us this week and I was told that I was going to be here for like 6 months (total) so like 2 more months. I have a feeling that elder Reed will as well. Then Last week (weekend) I got into it with two people. ( a lady who thought that we are all saved by grace-Baptist) and ( a church of christ youth minister who thoguht it was foolish that my faith was souly on the grounds that I relied on JUST faith.) which come on its true and not true at teh same time. He was all telling me that god was a god of PROOF!....ok well if thats the case why do we even have the holy ghost? sigh. Then he went right for the pearl of great price and how it was fake just like the Book of mormon....yadda yadda yadda! Full of crap. I almost Falcon punched the guy. I vented my frustration to president. HE just told me that I should have left.( cause I couldnt feel the spirit) so that was a sign for me to leave. little fricker......got me all made for nothing. Then this week we got a super great new investigator. HE actually went on the Mormon.org page and read all about joseph smith and everything. He said he just felt good about it. also when he was in the military he went into a mormon service one time and felt good and at home. He said he hadnt felt that since. So he wants to become a member! Im going to ask him to be baptized next week because when we found him? he could tell me all about joseph smith and the priesthood keys and everything. So I think he's ready. We also have other investigators who we have asked to be baptized so....im just trying to keep up.lol to tell you the truth. There has been LOTS of success her in Wetumpka. I dont know why. i know its nothing I do LOL. Its all the Lord. ALSO! can you get me campbells address. I want to write him. lets see. im going to be mailing pictures and commentarie so the blog can be updated! YAAAY! also I 'll send my account info so you'll have it ok? lets see anything else......Nope not really. Except I hate you the you get to watch Dr. Who without me. We have this one investigator who has watched it since.......Tom Baker? yeah. So that was fun talking to him about it for a little bit. Yeah keep me posted on Dr. Who! lol also we were in this restraunt type deal. of course there are t.v's in there too. So im not watching any of it. Truth. and I hear the voice of temperance! I was like WHAT! took me back. LOL also ( this is funny) We were walking up to this one lady's door. and she was blasting music.....but I could recognize it. as Igot clser and closer I relized who it was and started singing Powerman 5000's When worlds Collide! lol THAT TOOK ME BACK! you should have seen the look on my companions face....." You know this song" lol " yeah!" also that girl who added me on facebook? alverez? yes add her. I know her. So All is well down here. Happy and tired.....lol which is what it should be I guess. Love you heiidi!

Elder Andersen

Damage

Yup I have stayed in Wetumpka. Lol im actually running the whole county of Elmore. All of it is under my juridiction. As far as misisonary work is concerned. Elder Reed is a nice guy. He's from Alberta Canada.Lets see anything else......not at the moment. Im glad Dad and dave and sarahs visit went well. really I am. I do remember the slides that dad had. Thats cool taht you made that for him. Im sure that took him back to when things were simplier and they wrote in stone tablets :) As for the crazy weather. The tornado alarms went off like 3 times. A place near us called Prattville sustained very heavy damage. also in my district was a place called clanton and a few people were killed. Also I heared of another place called Autuagaville was washed off the face of the map. Though Florida got hit the heaviest. I dont know too much about all that. We get news at least 3 days after the fact LOL. AS for my baptism....Her name is Karen Park. we found her through a member referal and when we found her she had already read the Book of Mormon and was starting to read D&C. So it was great. She Knew it was true when we found her. After a few weeks She was baptised so its been great. She is smaller than mom I think which I think is funny. Also she gives us Steak.....lots and lots of steak. Organic steak which is WAY BETTER THAN REGULAR STEAK.....and thats the truth. So other than that nothing really new. WE have a few baptisms lined up, but only time will tell. We have been instructed...today that we need to double our baptism numbers.....it came from all the way from the top and a man named Elder Gonzales instructed it So I have my work cut out for me. Also My mission President is one of the best scriptorians in the Whole church! He (literally) knows everything there is to know about the bible and about Joseph Smith. He Consistantly gets phone calls from D. Todd Christopherson. and Also Henery B. Eyring from the first presidency. So we get alot of that kind of stories from him. He wrote the Gospel Principles book. The one that is used in the chuch. and he has published other books as well. So We have a Mission President who knows his stuff. Please tell everyone that im doing Lots better. LOL The Hard part of my mission I believe is over. There is a time that a new misisonary has to go through in the start that is hard. All you have to do is grin and smile. Thats it. Its tough......extremely. Words cant describe. Two years still seem like forever, but it goes lots faster as you hit your 6 month part. (So im told) WEll I love you guys. Give my love to the girls and Everyone! Love you guys!

Elder Andersen

Photo Vomit....

It was transfers this last week, so here is a look at what happened this last week. Also of note:

There were serious storms that rolled through Alabama from Friday to Saturday, including tornados. Talon's area as far as we know did not have trouble, and all missionaries are safe in his mission. It is through the tiny mercies that we are aware of the Lord's hand in our lives.

This is one of them.....

Striking a Pose...

AGAIN!!!!

Transfers & a New Companion

Elder Andersen & Elder Reed

District Meeting?

I'm wondering what's in those boxes...

This would be his "Blue Steel."

(If you are unfamiliar with this- check "Zoolander"

Photo Bomb!!!!

Missionaries

Baptism

Elder Dansie & Elder Andersen

Photo Bomb/Blue Steel

He's in the corner!!!

He's still in the corner!!!

#*$^*%($#&)@&%)#$^%*&^#( #$#*&$#! FART

Heidi,

Sweet! sounds like Kairi is going ok in soccer. good genes thats all im saying good genes. HAHA! Also I can understand the feeling your having. I dont know what to tell you sorry. Wish I could help more. Anyways. Kairi is going to Magic now huh? hahahaha Sweet I like that Idea. Also I found out that I cant play magic here let alone have cards so Im going to send them back sometime :( oh well Ill have all the time in the world to do that after a mission. So I baptized Someone Yesturday. Pictures are up on the mission blog. If you dont know where that is. Dad can tell you. NO MORE SLEEPING TILL 4! LOL Transfers are this week. we are waiting on a phone call to see whos leaving and staying, but those zone leaders are not calling yet so we are still waiting. Our investigators......most are going to be baptized so my job this transfer....if I stay is to find more people to baptize...sigh. Work work work. And I dont get a weekend. LOL I WANT TO WATCH DR. WHO! #*$^*%($#&)@&%)#$^%*&^#( #$#*&$#! FART! I hate everything that ever exsisted*= I dont know how to spell shut up! lol Well I love you guys LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS! give me love to the girls and to Cam

Elder Andersen