Transfer Calls, Tausch and World Wide Missionary Broadcast!!!
We also Tausched with the
Singen Sisters, and it was fun to work with another wonderful golden!! She is
so funny! I love tausching and will miss it next transfer when I am not an STL
anymore.
World Wide Missionary
Broadcast.... It was amazing to hear
from the General Authorities answering questions that a bunch of missionaries
have and to hear their advice and encouragement. Missionary work is amazing and
they talked about our purpose: teach repentance and baptize converts. Plus
it may have been cheesy the way they did it, but it was cool to see the inside
of the office buildings where the General Authorities work.
So you may have heard some changes were
made to our schedules. Before we had a very strict schedule: work out from
6:30ish for a half hour, then personal scripture study at 8, companion
scripture study at 9, language at 10, and then training (if applicable) at 11. Then
lunch and proselyting from 12-21:30. NOW our schedule is exercise, get
ready, an hour of personal study, and a half hour of planning—whenever we feel
works best before 10. Then from 10-21 we do lunch, dinner, proselyting,
companion study, language study, etc. And we can go to bed between 9:30
and 10:30. This schedule allows us to have more freedom and flexibility but
also requires more planning and diligence.
From the Broadcast,
the theme that I felt impressed the most by was how much the Lord trusts us as
missionaries. He is now allowing us to decide how we will us our time, which of
course some people could waste time more easily this way, but I feel like the
Lord is saying, I trust you! I think it was shown pretty
obviously this week with the missionaries but the Lord trusts us all as well,
He has sent us here to learn and to grow, trusting that we will search for the
truth, experiment on His word and then when we find the truth, hold fast to it.
I know that the Lord trusts us to use His time wisely, to earnestly come to
know Him. I invite you all this week to do something to come to know HIM better
this week, maybe you haven't prayed in a while or read in the scriptures or
served someone. Anything good is of Him.
I heard everyone guessed Austria but
I was skeptical because of legal issues going from Switzerland to Austria but I will be living in Germany
and serving in Austria because I am headed to Salzburg!!! I am so excited
because my new companion was companions with my mom, Sister Whiting, and Salzburg is
where Sister Whiting was "born" (her first area), so I am super
excited!! Alles Liebe
Sister Anderson
Alpenländische Mission
note from Sister Anderson's mom:
"Casey wanted me to add
that she did get to go to the temple Saturday and she thanks everyone
for your prayers and positive thoughts. She had a great time and is
grateful that everything worked out."
Pictures:
Us and Schaffhausen sisters at Zone Conference (where we watched the broadcast)
Sister Heller made heart spaghetti
Sister Heller, Martina and I played basketball today for P-day.
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