Sister Whitney Anderson: First week in the California Anaheim Mission!!

Monday, October 10, 2022

First week in the California Anaheim Mission!! - Huntington Beach, California

My first week has not been what I expected haha but it's been so good! The adjustment into a proselyting field hasn't really been that hard. It's definitely different, in a lot of different ways than I thought, but it's not bad at all. The mission and the missionaries here are so awesome and there's just such a good environment of love and encouragement. It's so good! My trainer is Sister Langi, who's polynesian and from Hawaii! She's so cool I love her

I'm in an MSA ward! (Middle-aged single adults) Yes, it is really as fun as it sounds. Haha no it actually is such a good ward. Our first Sunday in the ward they had a break the fast/linger longer, which was not just a light lunch - it was an all you can eat gourmet buffet. I kid you not there's an entire committee for the lunches they do. We came to help in the morning and we got here around 10am for 1 pm church, just to help food prep hahahaha. It was so fire though. We're gonna get fed WELL in this ward for sure. Plus it was a great way to socialize and get to know the ward better! We're whitewashing the area, which means that both my companion and I are brand new to the area. So this week has been a lot of calling members and other people in our area book just to get to know what we're working with a little better. We have some awesomeee ward and stake leaders that I'm so excited to work with! We aren't teaching any friends right now, but we have a literal golden referral that's being taught by some other missionaries that they're passing off to us this week!! We're so excited to meet her she sounds so cool

My companion doesn't drive, so we finally got me set up with the tiwi system and got our car today, but we've been on bike and bus and foot all week :/ idk how people do that their entire missions it seriously takes so much time to travel haha. We'll be able to do 5x more work now I'm so excited. I sent a picture of our bikes because they're just so funny. They're beach cruisers that our bishop lent to us, and they've got an extra seat for someone on the back! Just lmk if you ever want a ride around Huntington beach I got you

I think that's everything I have to say about this week! I have a super awesome zone and I'm so excited to get to know them all better! Love you all :)

P.S. my mailing address is now:

2500 N Bristol St

Santa Ana CA 92706

Sister Anderson