Mission Letter 2 "Storms and Tender Mercies"

This week we moved apartments and we had to completely shut down our old one and move  everything out, so between that and weekly planning, we did comparatively little of what most people think of when they think of missionary work,which was a little hard actually. I was so ready to get out of our apartment and teach! 
We did though get to teach Sam and Sophia, the cute little nine-year-old twins preparing for baptism on the 13th of August. I love teaching them because they are so eager to learn and to share what they learn. Sam has really taken to reading the Book of Mormon and his love for it is inspiring. While we were at their house teaching them Sam's friend, Marcos, came over. We told Marcos we were reviewing the hand signs we had taught them last time for the Ten Commandments and he said, "Oh yeah, Sam showed me those." He and Sam read the Book of Mormon together during our lesson and after the lesson Sam asked if he could read more. He turned to a random spot and began reading, and Marcos read with him. Turns out, they were reading about exactly what we had just taught them. Marcos wants to come to church and have us teach him, but he has to check with his mom, so we are praying for the OK :)

We went to a relief society activity (relief society is an organization in the church for women 18 years and older) and I am finally getting to know the women in the ward and I love them so much! We taught gospel principles this Sunday and I was honestly a little nervous but my Spanish held out and it was a great lesson. 

Monday I was on exchanges in another area speaking English with Sister Tanner and we saw one miracle after another. Their area had been pretty stagnant and on Thursday they had hit some really rough patches, so our miracles were really tender mercies for Sister Tanner. We had decided to go see someone they hadn't been able to get in with in a long time. She lives in a gated community, but we decided to give it a try. The gate was locked but I had a feeling to try the back. There was another gate, also closed. Let's try it, sister Tanner said. The gates work so that as soon as they close they should have locked, but it was closed and unlocked. We were able to answer a lot of questions of the woman we met with and she wanted us to come back. That night we got in with a woman who said she wanted to be baptized, and as we drove home I got to see the most AMAZING lightning I have ever seen. It was incredible. We saw a double rainbow and then it poured rain all night and the lyrics from the song Blessing go came to mind: "what if our blessings come through raindrops . . . What if the storms . . . are Your mercies in disguise" 

Hermana Anderson
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Sister Brooke Ellen Anderson

Arizona Tucson Mission

939 W Chapala drive

Tucson AZ 85704-4516

United States