Decemer 9, 2015 Josh update

Mom what a sweet blog! Yes I got all of your packages thank you so much that food saved me! I'm gonna be honest I have been wearing my new socks and playing with my soccer ball haha! Lo siento! I am so excited to skype you guys! Lol zach is so happy he gets to drive now haha. Is he like 6´4? Jeez haha. Mom that's so sweet you are the President though! haha my companion thinks I´m going to be the AP after my training because usually I am the one that says alright wake up alright lets go. He is a good missionary he just has trouble sometimes so I help him because the best thing you can do is service! Here is some sweet pics because I know I have been slacking hehe

Oh and I spent about a week with my zone leader just learning about how to be a leader here and so we worked super hard that week so today we got the zone together and played bball and it was probably the funniest thing i ever did haha. But I want to be the AP soon because I think I could help so many missionaries ser exito. But here is one last pic (: enjoy Oh and the pic above with me grabbing the light is Lehi´s dream hahahahaha

Dude brock is such a stud! I was laughing so much about your pics of the different shaves its like the time i had supper long hair and when you were cutting it short we did like a mullet and some funny stuff hahah 

i don´t really get sick that often anymore i have more or less adapted to the food but that is sick the blog of my mission!

ya every six weeks when we do cambiars we have pday on wednesday. Im with the same comp tho because i am in my twelve weeks

hahaha you guys gotta visit! Well love you it´s 6 gotta get off tryna follow las reglas con exactitud love you dad bye!

 

 

 

 

 

November 30, 2015 Update from Josh

Mom, wow what a profound scripture! Okay this email is response to both you and dad´s email. So first off dad I think you are shrinking then (; No but dang he is gonna be taller. Well here I feel like I am 7 feet tall haha. Oh and thanks for all the packages! Yes mom I got the birthday card thank you so much! My district leader called me saying Elder Anderson you have 3 packages I think one says to Josh from kentucky and I am named josh and from kentucky but i opened it and it was basketball socks so i think it is for you! hahaha he is a stud he has trouble with english because he learned spanish so well but he is leaving this friday ):

 

Anyway this week was awesome I asked someone on the street I contacted to be baptised and he said yes! We had a long talk about God´s plan for us and how he could be with his deceased wife for an eternity and he said "Oh quiero eso si si que necesito hacer" Dad your spanish is good! But I'm a missionary so you have to use usted haha. I was having troubles with my companion following the rules and waking up on time so I consulted the lord on what to do. I read in my patriarchal blessing that I like Nephi will thank heavenly Father for loving parents and pray the choicest blessings be upon my siblings everyday of my life. My first thought was I was like Nephi. So I read all of 1 and 2 Nephi and found a recurring topic that nephi continually was bold and direct with his older brother my trainor. Entonces había una conversación con el muy directo y poderoso y pienso puede escuchar mis palabras por el futuro. Pero todo bien no tengo fotos por este semana lo siento haha pero trabajamos mucho y no vamos el centro hoy. Les amo gracias por los regalos! Feliz Navidad estoy entusiasmado por cuando podemos skype! Extraño ustedes! 😇

 

Josh and Elder Navejas in Mexico City

 

November 23, 2015 update from Josh

We have been walking around everywhere this week trying to get our investigators to come to church and one of our investigators wants to get baptized in December instead of now so we had to talk her a lot! haha

 

Elder Anderson, Elder Navejas and Sister missionaries

 

 
 




Walking in Mexico City



Visiting a Cathedral in Mexico City
 

 

November 16, 2015 update from Josh

My companion is Elder Navejas he is from Senora right underneathe, hope I spelled that right haha, Arizona! And he has been to Arizona and Utah lots of states out west. Don´t worry he has a green Card! haha but he speaks okay english but most of the time we just talk in spanish unless he wants to know how to say something. So we had another baptism this week and we have 3 more next week and two more so far the week after that! So yeah Elder Navejas and I get along because I like to work hard and so does he and thats all that matters to me. Every morning I get up right a 6:30 workout shower then start reading my scriptures. This is a picture of Enrique who we took to the temple so he could have his wife baptised who died two years ago. Enrique was baptised one week before I arrived but we got to take him to the temple we didn´t get to go in because a member of the 70 made a new rule that the missionaries in mexico city can only go inside the temple on Christmas and the other time is Easter, I think. So I am really blessed I got to go twice while in the MTC! Oh and mom I love captain Moroni too, he is my main example when I ask our investigators if they want to know this gospel is true because his testimony in the scriptures is so strong and when people read his words and pray the spirit hits them like a block and it is incredible to watch. I have been reading in Nephi currently 2nd nefi cuando el had to leave his brothers because they had become so wicked but him and alma are such examples to me as missionary.  Every night I pray for you guys like it says in my patriarchal blessing I will pray nightly for the welfare of my family and then I pray to be like Nephi and to be able to teach with power to my investiagators even though my words are wea. Which is funny because when Moroni was talking about Isiah I think and the Brother of Jarod he says these words are powerful and he was asking God why he couldn´t write well but I find Moroni´s words in the book of mormon the most powerful.
Love you all have a great week! And send pictures over email! Love you bye

November 9, 2015 update from Josh

As you can see I have been getting a little white haha but it´s good because today we played soccer and basketball outside for 3 hours in the sun  and then our zone leaders brought us lunch! It is crazy how much people serve each other here definitely something I need to work on (;



Josh in Mexico City

Josh with Investigator being baptised

November 2, 2015 Update from Josh

Here are a few pics. We have commited 5 people to baptism this week one for 14 of november, 4 for 21 of November.

 

This is the family we are baptising on the 21 neither of the women have husbands in their life but they all live together and are happy. This week we had 3 drunk people come up to us crying and asking for help. Two we have appts with but they are serious alcoholics. The other was gay and spoke english so I was able to have like an hour conversation with him and explain everything and he seemed to be receptive. Then he asked my companion why we were called elders and he said in spanish it is a calling after our mission we get our normal names back. Then the man said in english Why do you like to lie to me why do you like to waste my time then walked away. Later that day we saw is twin brother but we haven´t seen this man since. This picture was taken in the visitors center as you can see I was a little tall haha (: Love you guys!

 

 

October 28, 2015 ... something in Spanish....

Lo siento mi inglés es horrible ahora porque hablo en español todos los dias mi compañero no hable inglés nada este es el primero tiempo uso inglés en cuatro dias lol per mi P day es lunes ahora solamente miercoles en semanas por transfers.