THE ONE WHERE I HAVE 42 HOURS LEFT

Well...we got told we're going home on saturday...its really sad actually i dont wanna leave all the amazing people ive been given the oportunity to meet here...i love the mission and two weeks in quarentine when i come home is REALLY gonna suck, but ill be finishing my mission somewhere else and as long as that happens ill be okay...i wont be serving 18 months anymore, they changed my mission to 15 months and thank goodness i only have almost 11 but that just makes everything way shorter...the mission was already happening so fast lile i was running and now im sprinting to the finish cause they put me on lightning speed...so this is gonna be my last email until i get reasigned 👌👌 thanks for tuning in everyweek to see how im doing!! Love yall! Hermana Anderson

THE ONE WHERE I WANT TO STAY

Hola hola todos!! Its y girl Hermana Anderson comin at ya from Uruguay!! I got some more updates for ya...first of all we still cant leave the house or look like missionaries...so that sucks but its okay we still find ways to teach...but almost 10 months ago in the CCM i had a very strong impression when i was packing to come out here to Uruguay that something was going to happen in my mission but i brushed it off because i thought i was just nervous...in January i had a dream that i ended up in another mission because something had happened here and i had to get relocated...well 2 nights ago i had the same dream and yesterday we got word that we'd be going back home to be relocated to another mission...i dont want to go home or go to another mission. I want to stay here. But i know the Lord was preparing me for this and that ha has a plan for everyone. The mission is gonna be different, i have no idea where im going still but i know that where ever i go is where im supposed to be, so i have no pictures from this week because welp ive been stuck in Resort Corona AKA quarentine but you its fine...im just tired of not going much of anything. Here i have a picture from last week 1. This thingy thats supposedly musical from Austria 2. I lied i do have a picture from this week but i was in the middle of eating haha so dont judge me haha i was really just proud of my card tower haha

THE ONE WHERE THE RONA GOES CRAZY

Hola hola amigos!!! We have permisión to write twice a week now buuuutttt...Im alive and still rona free solo para que sepan but theres been a lot of changes!!!! Like its actually wild...so first of all theres a lot of nothing been going on with the work because well haha everyone is scared of the virus so everyone cancelled on us AND we as missionaries are on a lil "cuarentine" where basically we cant leave the house other than to go to the church building for video lessons and to go to the store for food if we need it! Also we can no longer use our nametags because people know we're foreigners and they get real sensitive around us and we have to use normal clothes!!!! We cant even use missionary clothes!!! Not even in video charlas can we use our nametags and missionary clothes!!! And i have to walk around with the copy of my passport incase anyone stops me like this whole thing is a lil wild BUT its okay...the last time a huge global freakout happened the restauracion took place (if youve read at least the first chapter of saints you already know that) so i actually have no fear of this virus thing cause i know something huge and essential to our preparation is about to happen!!! Its literally all about the faith so keep strengthening yourself and everything will be okay!!!! See yall on monday!!!! Hermana anderson

THE ONE WITH THE "PANIC"

Hey hey gente!!! Hows everyones week been??? Its been a wild one here haha we had multizone conference that was súper dope haha we basically just talked about how we can be safe from preventing coeonavirus even though at that point it hadnt gotten here yet, then the next day we got an announcement from the church that said we cant have sacrament meetings or do sessions in the temple for now and we were like okay but it still hasnt gotten here yet...well...the next day after that wecalled called and told that there were 4 people who have the virus...now theres 8 that have it...and uh everyone is going nuts because bueno, first of all this country is about the size of Georgia and they dont have the medical technology to do much of anything...so there legit no hand sanatizer, no tissues, mouth covers (tapabocas) i dont actually remember how to say that in english, theyre starting to run out of toilet paper fast which kills me from laughing because i never thought toilet paper would be the reason for a war in the store haha but its hilarious tbh but tbh we all good out here cause the members out here got us using these face thingies and gloves lollllllll Also i died my hair 🤷‍♀️ not that it makes much of a difference lol but i like it :) anyways i hope yall have a great week Con amor Hermana Anderson 1. Stylin the new hair 2. Flexin 3. Corona free 4. We went to "Austria" un Uruguay

THE ONE WITH DOCTOR KATIE

Hey yall! This week has been a wild one frfr we found some really good people to teach and we went to the temple with Asusena!! For those of you who dont know, we've been teaching Asusena for a while now and shes been really progressing these last couple weeks! We put her on date to get baptised this month so we've been really focusing on her because we're getting closer and closer to that date, this week we passed by her house for a visit and she pulls out all this medical stuff and shes like i need help...first off im no doctor haha but i just know how to do some things haha and turns out everything she needed was something i knew how to do! I took her blood pressure with the cuff and a stethascope (i done forgot how to spell that), helped her check her blood sugar and then because they were too high i had to give the woman an insulin shot....I GAVE A SHOT!!!! Tbh i hate getting shots but it was really fun to give one haha like i actually really enjoyed getting to use my lil medical skills in real life and not just read about how to do them! But then on saturday we took her to the temple and she LOVED IT!!!!! This woman is probably the custest lil abuelita ever and she calls me the chiquita because im apperantly too skinny haha but it is what it is hahah not much of anything else happened this week but i hope everyone has a great week!!! Con amor Hermana Anderson 1. The River! 2. Asusena jajaja 3. The 3 muskateeres (also forgot how to spell that) 4. Anotha one from the temple

THE ONE WITH "THERMATITIS"

hey hey hey gente!!!!!! how have yall been! basically this is just an email to say that i havent died and if you havent gotten my emails recently...idk why not tbh because i havent taken anyone off the group...but i sowwyyyyy!!! This week i didnt take any pictures because i ended up with "thermatitis" which ive since been corrected to having dermatitis...which was really annoying and really painful haha but its all good cause we out here livin on a prayer now and ojala que estoy mejorando!!! next week i promise ill have pictures haha just this week i wasnt havin it with the camera lol just remember i love yall and youre all in my prayers!!!! SIGUEN HACIENDO LO BUENO!!!! -Hermana Anderson

THE ONE WHERE THE ELDERS SAVED MY LIFE

Faaaaa este semana era BUENAZO!! So if you didnt already knowwww im in a trio and everything is going so good!!! This week was FULL of charlas! Lile actually so full haha we were really struggling trying to have time to find people to teach but we put another baptism date this week with the cutest lil grandma haha she told me she was gonna but me a real life elephant because i told her why my ne favorite animal is an elephant haha but i told her she couldnt do that haha and she kept on insisting and finally settled on saying okay maybe not a real life one because i told her idk how to take care of an elephant haha This week we had a district meeting in san José and it was really good but after with when the bafoonary started haha so we get to the terminal and we but our bus tickets and elder santos whos from Brasil found a claw machine and imediatly started trying to win something from the game haha and he kept losing and so everyone started to pitch in to win something...probably like 15 tries later we won a little doggie and we named it chichi haha it was súper fun and then some drunk guy came up to us and was like woahhh you guys won! And so we started talking to him because we're nice haha and then this man started talking about some pretty wild stuff and tried to kiss me at one point but then elder Fernández saved me haha and like pushed the guy away haha and then the guy was like hey i was trying to marry her 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and then we changed the subject and said which bus are you trying to take and he was like that one and he started pointing at the one that was leaving and we were like well your gonna miss it!! And well he missed it and was like it doesnt matter, i just like the chica and so the elders like hed him off so us hermanas could get on the bus and then they quick got on the bus too but 😭 it was so crazy this man hahahahahahaha Also this week we found a goat haha it my first goat in the mission haha but we named it bili!! Hope everyone has a great week this week!! Chao chao, Hermana Anderson 1. Chichi! 2. BILI! 3. My trio 4. Just a selfiee!

THE ONE WHERE I GET ANOTHER COLOMBIANA!!

Hey hey gente!!! I dont really have a lot of time this week but we had a lot of miracles this week and we found a bunch of people to teach and i got a new companion named hermana sanabria!! Shes from Colombia and is coming hermana cornejo and me in a trio!!! This cambio is gonna be lit!!! Hope everyone has a good week this week!!!

THE ONE WHERE WE'RE OUT HERE LIVIN ON A PRAYER!!!!!!

OOOOOOOO WE'RE HALF WAY THEREEE OOOOOOHHHHHH LIVIN ON A PRAAAYYYEERRR!!!!!!! In casé you didnt know hahaha I hit 9 months this week!!! Que loco no? Anyways this week was pretty good!!! We found a couple more people to teach and we taught a lot of charlas and the best part ELDER UCHTDORF CAME!!!! The conference with him was so good!!! So we took all mission picture with him and it was sooooo awesome haha he said we came in and lined up better than the other mission and that that makes us cooler haha soooo that was a huge compliment for us haha and after the picture when we all left, we got to shake his hand and when he shook my hand, he took my hand with both hands (which he didnt do with others) and he looked me dead in the eyes and he said thank you for your faith and for being a great missionary, and that was that!!!! HE TOOK MY HAND WITH HIS TWO HANDS PEOPLLLLEEEEEE!!!! HAPPY 9 MONTHS IN THE MISSIONNNNNN TO MEEEEE JAJAJAJA!!!!! Haha no but for real tho the conference with him was actually amazing! He talked a lot about how we should have more confidence to invite people and just do it, because bueno a lot of us like to think about whats gonna happen if we do things in a certain way so we think of another way to do it, and basically he said "dont prejudge the reaction, just invite and leave the decisión to them" so that was something that was really powerful. Another thing he said that was really important was that he talked about a lot of the people who repent and then still feel bad about what theyve done and they wanna know why that have to remember what it is that theyre done and why it still hurts...well the answer is in D&C 58:41-43! The promise is, that when we repent the Lord forgets what we've done, he doesnt promise that we'll forget or that we'll feel better, but we can and will feel of the joy of the atonement when we forgive ourselves. Its really awesome to hear the words of an apóstol in person!!! We also had the new missionary conference this week and Presidente told us "si quieren cambiar algo, pues bien, hágalo ya" which basically is like if you wanna change, thats good, just do it then haha i love this man hes so blunt sometimes and its great and i love it because it makes me laugh 😂😂 but anyways this is what i have for the week (: hope yall have a good one!!! Hermana Anderson 1. I found a horse man!!! Couldnt ride it cause thats against the rules but i got to walk it around! 2. Kate!!! 3. Selfie from sunday because one of our investigators made me wear them if he had to wear a tie to church 😂 4. Paisaje

THE ONE WHERE WE WAS POPPIN THEM MILAGROS LEFT ARE RIGHT

Hey hey hey!!! So like...this week was so good...apart from it being really hot...but its all good cause we found 14 people to teach!!! Its all worth it because bueno i get to be a missionary and actually watch myself be and instrument in the hands of the Lord and see the blessings ive been blessed with come to life!! #1: Martín!! Martín is someone we met in the street and he had some really cool bracelets on his ankles and i wasnt gonna say anything like at all other than hey, so i say hey and then literally something in my chest like...directed me to him...like made me turn to him!! So i just start asking him about his bracelets and we get to talking about his beliefs and about the atonement and he starts telling us his story and past with drugs and basically told us that everything he has is because Jesús saved him so that he could have a second chance with his family!!! It was a really awesome conversation...he wild but hes gonna be really good!! #2: Ángela and her mom: These two are the reason you should always always always work until the last posible minute in your day!! So de were just knocking doors todo bien, and i just felt very strongly to knock this one door, so we knock and the mom comes out and goes oh i thought you guys were my daughter and so we start talking and her daughter comes up and she has a huge rosary around her neck and then we get to talking about Jesús again (because bueno thats why im here) and i felt very strongly to ask them what they believe Jesús did for them and then we started talking about the atonement and the mom starts crying just out of nowhere!!! And then i gave her a hug cause i dont like when people cry, and we started talking about the part of the atonement where the savior is in the gardenia of gethsemani, and talking about how when we're struggling de can always have the peace of mind that theres always someone there who knows what its like and the mom went on to telling us that we were really truely sent to her door by the Lord...i still have no idea why she was crying or what happened because she didnt tell us and i felt bad asking but it was really a great experiencia!! #3: María Bueno María is someone who doesnt exactly go to church anymore because some elderes from like 10 years ago lied to her about bringing her a dress to wear to church...so we get to talking about forgiveness and share a video with her and promise her that we are gonna bring her a dress and, she came to church 😌 #4: we put 2 baptism dates #5: no morimos de calor!!!! This is about all i got for the week pero solo para que sepan, la misão es lo mejor de todo y todos deben ir si tienen la oportunidad!!!! Con amor, Hermana Andy 1&2: well we found a nice wall...and you people know i like walls for pictures 3. Some guy just drove up and took a picture with all of us...pretty sure hes a member haha but yeah that was fun

THE ONE WHERE WE CROSSED THE DESSERT LIKE NEFI

Hola todos!!!! This week was pretty poppin tbh!! Lots of things to tell haha -multizone conference: we hot some yessssss!!! so elder uctdorf is come to Uruguay and we're having a multimission conference with him!!! So theres gonna be like a bajillion of us missionaries haha and we got a whole breifing on how we're supposed to come in and exit...its gonna be wild and im so excited because hes my 4th general authority in the mission!!! -we put a baptism date with juan and its súper great because i felt like we started off really show here in santa Lucia haha but what else can you do when you have nothing but your faith? - we had intercambios this week!! I was with hermana Garcia (shes from Brasil) and we worked a fulaso!! Like we found soooooooo many amazing people to start teaching and im REALLY excited!!! -we got lost...like legit lost haha...so we have this little town Ituzaingo, ya saben, and we went on saturday to visit a bunch of people...so we're on the bus and we're going over the lessons cause well...im training and instead of going to ituzaingo, we pases it and ended up in A WHOLE OTHER TOWN!!! so i was like okay well we'll just take another bus...the other bus had already left and i was like well we cant stay outside of our área because thats súper against the rules and was like im sorry but we have to walk to ituzaingo...so we walked a total of 2 hours in the hottest most dangerous (sunwise) part of the day haha but we got there and we saw a lot of miracles for that haha so it was worth it even if the back of my neck is still a bit scorched bit it is what it is Anyways to put it short this is what happened this week haha not too much else 😂😂 Hope everyone has a great week!!! -your favorite hermana -Hermana Garcia!!! (Mi hermana brasilera)

THE ONE WITH THE ACCIDENT AND I ATE SQUID...

Okay sooooooo...if you got an email yesterday with a bunch of pictures...uhhhh haha that was an accident! I was prepping an email to send out for today and i dropped the phone but then i caught it and when i caught it the email sent 😅😅 i tried to cancel the email as fast as i could but i dont think it cancelled 😂 whoops...wont happen again lol Anyways this week was way lit!!! We had a lot of miracles and it was just really awesome haha Lunes (después p-day): woowie wowow we had THE BEST charla with an investigator!!! First we found a really awesome lady that we can start teaching...then we FINALLY met one of our investigators here and at first he was getting ready to leave us like quit taking charlas and all that drama and i was like not today satan haha and so we started the charla with a hymn and a prayer like always and then i was like okay today we're gonna talk about comandments and he was like actually...no we're not gonna talk about that and i was like...uhhhh okay what are we gonna talk about today then and he was like, we're just gonna talk and i was like alright what do you wanna talk about and this man just started taking about how the other hermanas before us were trying to get him baptised but he had to stop smoking and i was like aaaaah okay (we already knew he was trying to stop) so we pulled out our plan to help him stop smoking and he was like awe this is nice haha and i was like do you know why its important to stop smoking and he was like well yes because its bad for me 😂😂 and i was like well not only physically but spiritually too and he was like "where in your bible does it say that" and i pulled out d&c 89 and we read some verses from that and he pulls out romans 14 which talks about feeling ourselves in the end haha and i was like hey whats your favorite food and he was like barbeque haha i was like alright did you know that your spirit likes barbeques too? And he was like what? Like he was so confused haha and i was like when we read our scriptures we feed ourselves a little bit of chorizo...and when we pray we get ourselves a nice lil bit of carne de vaca then i was like and whats your favorite part of the whole barbeque and he was like "i really like ribs" and i was like hey hermano...do you know what the ribs in our barbeque are? And he was like dont tell me its going to church because im not coming back here haha and i was like what why you cant miss out on your favorite part of the barbeque!!! Haha long story short, hes coming to church. Miércoles: ALL OF OUR CHARLAS FELL THROUGH AGAIN!!! haha so we did a lot of knocking and it was raining so basically it was just a day of rejection BUT we did a lot of exploring and found som really awesome places to knock!! JUEVES: We had a really good service project weeding a garden and cutting grass and it was really fun, then after that we had lunch with a member...lets just say that that was an experiencia and a half...so first of we have salad which tbh is the only thing i actually like eating here and that was pretty yummy, then we had this like torta cosa with a butt ton of veggies and it was good except nothing here has flavor so its basically just food in your mouth, then we had squid...SQUID!!!!!!! It was so NASTY!!!!!!! First off...i hate seafood...but when you go from no flavor to really strong flavor of the ocean...its worse man...i almost threw up lol Viernes: we found 3 really awesome people to teach and im really excited to start having charlas with them!!!! Sábado: so we have a lil tiny pueblito in our área called Ituzaingo and its so cute haha we met a member out there named Wilson Di Paula...he has a story in the Liahona and is súper súper awesome!!! He just a cute lil grandpa haha but when we were there he was telling us all about the people who live there and just giving us references left and right and...in my opinion, i think of we had enough people we could push to put a branca building out there. So thats my goal for these next 2 cambios haha i wanna put a branca building out there because theyre all poor and dont have money to take a bus every week to church, plus Wilson has to use a wheelchair cause hes paralyzed and that cant go in the buses here...so thats what we're working on! And i already got told by a member who doesnt go to church anyone that thats not possible, so im gonna do it because yall know im a wild one haha Anywho, hope everyone has a great week!! Hermana Anderson 1. Cool wall 2. Rasberries!! 3. Cornrows? 😜😂

THE ONE WITH THE INVESTIGATORS IN INDIA?!?!

Yall. This week has been something else 😂😂 so first off im training Hermana Cornejo haha turns out Rosada is her 2nd last name, and shes from peru!! She súper awesome and has a lot of enthusiasm for the work so we're doing good! Also we're out here in Santa Lucia in a cambio de fe (whitewash) so basically i NEVER know where im at haha so thats stressful especially when youre training and your poor companion just follows you in your lostness because she has no other choice 😂😂😂 Alsoooooo we didnt have our área book like AT ALL the first few days so i was really really stressed out because well...no one likes knocking doors all day everyday, i mean i get that its part of the whitewash but i dont want my companion to dread her training 😂😂😂 so we've just been visiting members and asking EVERYONE for people to visit...even the people we contact haha its been a struggle and a half. The experience of the white wash: so because we are new in the area, we use the area book to know who the people we're teaching are and allll that so thats where we went to look...except we couldn't do that because well...we have phones now...so the area book is allllll in the area book app, so i was like alright thats a fat bet lets go...so i get to logging in and well...my login was still programmed to the area book in melo. so i was like carramba what am i gonna do now hahaha then i was like well lets visit all the presidents of all the organizations and see if they can help us out so i get to logging into lds tools...also still programmed to my ward in melo...and i was like stressing out this whole time and then hermana ridenour came in and she was like are you guys okay haha and i was like noooooo and i explained the whole situation and she was like well i cant help you with the area book but i can help you find the people in the ward (cause we share a ward with the 2 other hermanas in the house) so we finally got the addresses we needed and visited them and asked for people to visit and everything was good! then when the information for the area book finally switched over and i could see who our investigators are none of them have have addresses...the ones who do dont even live in uruguay one lives supposedly in chile, one in new york...and 3 in INDIA!!!!!! what the bruh???? hahaha i was so confused hahah and in ward coorilation they were like hows your investigators and i was like idk man i gotta go all the way to india to learn that info hahhahhaa but other than that its been quite the adventure over here in the UY. que tengan una buena semana!!! chau chauuuu!!! Hermana Anderson 1. Mi compañera y yo 2. just me 3. servicio 4. Maria Estela got baptized yesterday!!!!! 5. Selfie para tu semana

THE ONE WHERE I GO TO SANTA LUCIA AND NOT THE BAPTISM

Sooooooo...this week was actually really good! We found a couple new people to teach and thats gonna be really awesome for the area...they're super super capo like they could be the next baptisms in Gianola B(autismo)...speaking of Gianola B (my area)...IM LEAVING!!! I'm getting transferred to another area closer to montevideo called Santa Lucia!! I heard its really pretty there but alsoooooo ill be training a new missionary named Hermana Rosada!!!! I'm so excited because im pretty sure i dont have to teach spanish for now haha but we'll see. As far as the baptism last week went...everything was PERFECT it was all set in stone and elder haws (the district leader) told us her interview was VERY good and that she was very prepared and so we were like okay this baptism is going to happen and we were super excited and everything...wellthe day of the baptism we put in the relief society group chat that there's a baptism and that they should all go because Maria Estela is 19 and needs the support from all the sisters cause shes going to be the only member in her family and well...we recived a message 10 mins later informing us that one of the more elderly sisters in the ward had passed away earlier that morning and that her funeral was going to be the same day at the same time as the baptism...and we were like well crap delet the message before the whole world sees it and we were rushing and rushing and then we were like...Crap Maria Estela!! so we were like what are we going to do...and then we remembered that the elders were going to have a baptism the same day so we were like, she can just get baptised with the other baptism if theyre going to use the church for the funeral...but when it all comes down to it, we didnt have the baptism, we moved it to this next saturday so that it wouldnt be a messy baptism or disrespectful to the family of the sister...also itd be pretty whack if no one from her own ward showed up to the baptism because everyone was at the funeral...so i wont be going to the baptism because ill be 6 hours away. the funeral was really beautiful and Hermana Alba has a special place in my heart because she was the first person to say hello to me at church and she was always always so happy to share with us and her family became some of our best friends so it was pretty sad. on the lighter side tho, at least maria estela is gonna get baptized, Martin got the priesthood and is going to bless the sacrament this week, and we reactivated 6 families...i think we've done some good work here in Gianola and im very proud of the progress the area has made and can say that im leaving the area better than how i found it (: anyways les quiero muchoo y que tengan una buena semana!!! Hermana Anderson 1. The only picture i have for the week because my face decided to reject the world and well...we touch cheek to cheek and make a lil kissy sound when we say hello to the women here and well...its been a lot of sweaty cheek to sweaty cheek and uhhhhh...my skin is freakin out and this has NEVER happened to me before so if someone has solutions to this whole breakout thing...send that my way cause a girl needs help lolllllll

THE ONE WHERE THEY POISONED OUR WATER!

Well...this week was HOT weve been at 106 degrees EVERY DAY this week with a whoollleeeeee bunch of humidity!!!! Its an adventure for sure haha we're in the street almost 12 tours a day and you cant escape the heat...its like camping except the mission edition. Air conditioning is only a thing the rich people here have so we dont even have that lol so cold showers twice a day are the only way we're surviving. Also...we drink A LOT of water because its so hot so sometimes we ask people for water to start contacts and well...im scared to do that now because we were like alright lets ask them for water and they were kinda a little bit sketchy but we have filters so we were like we'll be fine...they hand us our water and we finished the contact and when we walked away we started drinking our water and AUTOMATICALLY we were like what kind of water is this and it tasted like carbonated water but with a BUTT TON of salt but it burned our throats and i was like what the bruh is this 😂😂😂 so i took another swig to figure out what it was and i was about to throw up so i opened the bottle and i had the strongest wave of beach smell ever so of course i poured it out and get this...IT WAS YELLOW. This person just put pure bleach in our bottles lol...im pretty sure we arent going back there... Anyways on a lighter note, we are supposed to have a baptism this week!!! So thats exciting!!! Its the first baptism my área will have had since february 2019!!! Im so excited to make a lil bit of history here! New Years in Uruguay Yall new Years here is so wild...in the states december 31 and January 1 are like normal days...but here everything shuts down at around 5 p.m. on december 31 and stays closed until 2 of january...literally nothing here is open right now so thats no fun haha but its fine. We spent new Years with the family of Regina! (I did divisions with here when i was in my training) shes on her mission in Brasil now but i got to know the rest of her family and theyre súper capo!! We had a barbeque with them and then when i went to share a spiritual thought the Dad was like actually i wanna share it and it was so awesome!!! He talked a lot about the mercy of Jesus Christ and it was SUPER BUENOOOOOO. FELIZ AÑO A TODO Y ESPERO QUE TENGAN UN AÑO BUENO!!!!!!! Hermana Anderson 1&2. Mi compañera y yo 3. Selfieeeee 4. Tattoos of the mission (tan/burn lines) 5. Arepas! My companion taught me how to make them...i cant eat them cause they have cheese...but you can call me colombiana now