week 13 - Mormon Battalion Historic Site

Hey everyone! Sending this out a little late because we had a field trip on our p day so now I get p day time instead! We went to a few different places the Battalion went at the end of their march, including Presidio and Fort Stockton, Cabrillo national monument, the Old Town courthouse replica,  and a couple of cool cemeteries where some members of the Mormon Battalion are buried.

I gave my 100th tour this week!! I didn't realize it until after but it was a young men's group that was super fun!

This week we had our first referral!! We don't get to teach lessons or visit people in this mission, BUT we got to visit a lady who is within our ward boundaries because she wanted a visit from sisters and we're the only ones in that ward right now! We had a whole message prepared to share with her and we were so excited, but basically what she really wanted was a friend. So we just listened to her talk about her life story and her crazy relationship haha. I was super impressed by her faith in Christ, even though it isn't within the bounds of our church's faith anymore. We didn't really share a message with her like we had planned, but I think we brought some light to her and we hope that she can find peace in her life. 

I dyed my hair back to brown this week shout out to Sister Sermon for helping me, she's the bomb

We made a comp goal to talk to people more after our tours and we've been praying for people who will be receptive to our message to come in. We've had a ton of super cool conversations this past week with people from our tours and we got to give out 4 copies of the Book of Mormon, including one in Greek and one in German! The Lord cares about what we care about :)

I love seeing how much my missionary service is changing me and teaching me. I still have a lot to figure out but I know that the Lord will provide me with exactly the experiences I need to help me become the person He needs me to be. 

Have a good week! Love you all!

Sister Anderson

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#champions - Mormon Battalion Historic Site

Hello everyone! It has been a fun couple of weeks for me here!! Being in the trio has been so much fun because even though we're not always out going to fun places, we have tons of fun just hanging out with each other at home. Giving trio tours has a bit of a different dynamic, so it took a little while to figure out haha but it's honestly the best. I'm learning a lot from sister sedgwick and sister yin and becoming great friends with both of them!! 

We've been giving some extra food we made to our apartment's maintenance guy, he's a hard worker and he's super nice, but he always seems a little hesitant when we talk to him because he doesn't know much English. But now that we have a Spanish sister with us, we can communicate with him easier! 

The Allens took us out to mission bay to fly their kites! They have bougee two-string kites and it was fun to figure out how to fly them. The weather here is so perfect for fun outdoor things like that

We had a flag day celebration at the Mobat this week and we helped set up and take down the stage and chairs and everything, which was actually pretty fun. We got out there with shovels and dug out space for a ramp, raked up pine needles, and carried these big heavy stage panels to put together. It sounds weird, but I feel more like a missionary when I'm working hard like that, so it was awesome. We didn't get to be a part of the celebration because we ended up being on shift giving tours, but it looked really cool! 

I started learning some Spanish on duolingo a few weeks ago just for fun, and being with a comp who's fluent in Spanish has been so good in helping me learn it. She's probably so sick of us asking her how to say random things lol but we have fun with it

I think that's about it for now! San Diego is a beautiful place to be and I'm definitely blessed to be spending part of my mission here :) I hope you all have a great week! 

Love, Sister Anderson:)

Kites with the Allens 

Las chicas poderosas take on church

Tried Handel's ice cream 

The view from our balcony 

We got to meet Sister Sedgwick's mom on our temple
shift because she was there for a family wedding!