Finally!!

Hello all!  

This is Lizzy's cousin Megan :)  I finally got access to Lizzy's blog so I can post all of her e-mails, just like she wanted.  So here goes!

If anyone is interested, her e-mail address is: nellie.anderson@myldsmail.net

This one is from her first week in the MTC.  July 7th, 2011:

Hola otra vez, mi familia!

How are all of you? How was fireworks? What is going on in the outside world?? Haha.

Things here are pretty dang good. I get to learn so much about the Gospel and on Monday, we did our first Teaching Resource Lab, which is where you "meet an investigator" and teach them the first lesson. It went pretty well for the first one, I think. But, my favorite part by far was testifying at the beginning of the lesson that there is a God and that He loves his children. I know the person I was testifying to was another missionary, but the Spirit was so poweful during that part of the lesson. It kinda went away in the middle because it was long, but it did come back in the end. :) 


So, I have a few funny stories for y'all.... So, my compañera, Hermana Ahern, was trying to bear her testimony en español and she said, "Yo se que Jesucristo suffrío por nuestro pescados." Which means, "I know Jesus Christ died for our fishes." (Pecados=sins, pescados=fishes. VERY important distinction. Haha) So, mis compañeras y mi were walking back to the room from clase and Hermana Ahern said, "Geez, I don't know how I'm going to go 18 months without even holding hands with a boy!" and Hermana Martino said, "Um........... blessings from the Lord?" Maybe that last one won't be so funny to you guys because you weren't there, but I thought it was HILARIOUS. So, we have to memorize The First Vision in Spanish and the last line is, "Este es me hijo amorado, escuchalo!" Which means, "This is my beloved son, hear him!" Elder Ritchie wrote it on the board to practice it and had misspelled "amorado," so Hma Ahern went to correct it. And then, Hma Battaglia changed "amorado" to "armando." When Elder Ritchie got back, he looked at the board and said, "I am so stupid! How did I write Armando instead of amorado??" And we laughed really hard because it was pretty obvious it wasn't his handwriting. So, now we talk about Armando a lot. Haha. Apparently, he's a guy we should listen to. We also have "investigadores" named "Bofonda" (Scarf) "Brujúla" (Compass) and "Pepe."

So.. Mom and Dad. I got to take one picture with my camera before it went kaputz. Is there any way I could get another camera? (This is also the one that ate all the pictures I had taken/needed for my grade for my make-up class...) I kind of need it soon because I'd love a few pictures of Hma. Battaglia before she goes to Guatemala in 12 days! eep! If you are going to give an answer and no camera, just DearElder.com me (all you need is my name and my box #, which is 358) so I can make other arrangements.

I hope you are all so grateful for the Gospel in your life. I know I really appreciate it, especially now. And I am so grateful that Heavenly Father thought me worthy enough to bring His Gospel to His Children. This is not a calling I take lightly and I assure you that I am working so hard. I love you all so very much. And I know that each and everyone of you have a personal Savior in Jesus Christ. He loves you so much. Much more that I do, which is REALLY crazy to me because I love you all so, so, SO much. Tell Lauren, Noah, Jack, Bella, Addie, Terran and Will to be good! ;) And the raptor lives again at the MTC! We have raptor fights sometimes before we go to bed. ;) Way before 10:15, however. WAY before. ;) Because obedience brings blessing and EXACT obedience brings miracles.

Te quierros muchas!!

Hermana Anderson

P.S. (SHAMELESS PLUG FOR DearElder.com----Please, please, PLEASE use it!! You can write it like and email and they give it to me the same day and it's FREE!! Gratis!! All you need is my box # (358) and my name (Hermana Anderson) You will be happy and I will be happy and we will both be blessed.) ;)