I work in the mountains

Hi Family

Okay so im going to go more indepth with this email. Man one week already gone, wow the time flies, OK well explaining my apartment:

That well outside is our water for the shower, to wash our plates and for water in general -, we buy filtered water across the road so that’s a life saver.  We wash our clothes by hand outsid. This week we are getting a member to wash our clothes and we pay him, just becaue we have so much!!I We have a roof but mosquitos can enter through the roof.   

I  wash in a bucket, its funny, because I see  myself in two years and Im going to be a rugged maori when i get back ,lol.

 Im doing good in the area, the language is hard and Im getting use to it, BUT Im starting to understand, and its sinking in whenever we are teaching. I share my testinmony ,always open with a prayer every single lesson.  The people, love hearing me talk because I only know a little, and because I think they can have a good laugh haha.  But im learning, and me and my companion’s goal is before he leaves,  the last week Ill be leading the area and teaching most of the lessons!!

Please keep my learning the language in your prayers to help me and Sister Anderson, because its not easy and we need that help!!!

I taught my first lesson in a members home, Brother Romeo, I talked about Ether 12:27 and I thought I did alright . He got the message so yes thats my real first lesson in the language.

OKay so im going to show two photos I took.!! Our area is the most ‘bukid’ in the whole Bacoclod area, (which means mountains), so Im out in the real Phillipino world.  We walk up all those big moutains and it sometimes takes 40 minutues to get upto one appointment, or one investigator, so managing where we go is important so we stay in one area for the whole day.

 Every Friday we go out to Canubgan which is a 30 minute ride into the mountains on a motorbike, or how we call it a hubble hubble and Jeremy probably knows!!!  

I sweat continuously here and just got over my sickness, and now I can eat properly, me and my companion are going to get a lot of food!

Its funny because my companion eats NOTHING and I tease him because he has no chest, I mean it looks like he hasnt done a press up in his life -hahah so he wants me to train him  within our 30 minute exercise times in the morning hahah.

There was a cool experience with a recent convert who was going to be a paster in another church, we went and visited him and we got him to come to church - hes a golden investigator.  I  jumped for joy inside because it was good to see him where he needed to be and shows he really soaked in our message. Its weird because even though I may not know the language, I can still communicate with the people. The Lord really helps me with that. Ive really gained  a big understanding of the Book of Mormon, but I still have a lot to lern, so Im focusing on how I can help meet the needs of my investigators.

This morning I was reading about repentence and I learnt that every time we give a commitment, we are inviting them to repent. Throughout my life I always understood that repentance is a change in heart, thoughts and desire and this morning my mind really opened up to the real meaning to repentance, turning andchanging your life towards the Saviour, and my job is to be a guide for the people I teach and commit them to repent. 

It was real awesome, we had our second baptism on sabador,(Saturday) , Marjorie aresgar. She’s 13 and real shy, It was another good experience to witness her being cleanse from sin and her receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. Family I have been really blessed to serve here in Stop alginado and I pray for Tacloban everyday that I may serve there. I know it only depends on Heavenly and if he feels it’s right. I love it here, I love you and miss you.

Love Elder Anderson

PS I just wish I could have some weetbix.  That is what I missJ