Week 68

Week 68

Well everyone, this week has been an interesting one. I have been humbled with a new opportunity this week. I got a call from President and He has called me to be his new Assistant. Kinda crazy. I hope I do a good job...pray for me...I need it big time!

I've already moved to Trinidad and I'll be working with President on running this thing! Should be awesome. Wish me luck and keep me in your prayers. This week was also kindof sad, I don't like saying goodbye. But it is where God wants me to be. Elder Rose is going to be my new companion,. I've only met him a few times and I don't really know anything about him! Next week will be more informative. HAHA

We know God's plan for our salvation and happiness. There once was an apostle named La-grand Richards, he was in an interview with someone very important. He got a call on his phone and if his phone rang it was really important. From the perspective of the man getting interviewed Elder Richards, he seemed really happy. Almost excited! When he asked E.Richards what the phone call was about he told him he just got the news that his brother died. He was so happy because he understood the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the Plan of Salvation. 2 Nephi 9 is a great place to start to learn about His plan. 

Court was good. Our attorney showed up and got permission from the court to fix the thing and get back to them about it. It should be going good. I may have to go back. 

Have a good week!

Love,

Elder Andrus

Week 67

Week 67

Gratitude. If you want to really be grateful for our life come to Guyana for a week then you will see about how much we really have. I want to take you and the family here one day. That would be so awesome. 

Well this week was a little crazy! HAHA It's always exciting to have something new happen. We went to Trinidad for MLC this week forgot to tell everyone about that sorry. I forgot. LOL we had a great time we learned a lot about how we can more effectively lead those that are around us. It was really awesome. Pres. gave us a discourse on Angels. It was SO sweet. I had a pretty cool experience about angels. Ask me about it when I get home. It's not an email discussion. I'll tell you what though, D&C 13 is real!0t

I love the Egbert’s so much. It was crazy to be fed by an American Mormon Mom again! Well we get it a lot but she made us American food so that was super weird. We also had Little Ceasar's pizza up there! Trinidad is crazy! It was fun to go and have a little “Vacation” its weird to get on planes and not be going home lol. 

When we got back we had to take an Elder to the Airport again because he is going to get surgery on his hand. He cut it bad on a fence. 

Well, this week My spiritual experience was with Richie. He is such a boss. I love him so much. We didn’t have very much time to teach him this week but we did get to see him a few times. He had a death in the family and he was ok. But we still taught him about the power of the Atonement and how Christ has made resurrection possible (Mosiah 16: 7-8). It was a great lesson because it was really to needs. It was awesome. 

Well that is about all that happened this week. I'm sure there will be more next week. Next week is also transfer calls so that will be exciting. Thanks for all of the words of encouragement I love it when you send them to me. It makes me fell like I'm standing up on the inside. 

Love you all so much have a great week!

Love,

Elder Andrus 

Week 66

Week 66

Wow this week has been a busy one! We went on lots of teaching visits and were doing tons of other stuff too. It's all right! We love it. My focus this week is on General Conference. I love Conference and I learn so much! This conference was particularly amazing! 

(Sat. Morning) Elder Oaks talk was perfect. Exaltation is a family matter!

(Sat. Morn) Elder Pingree's talks was great. We all have a great work and he gave us 4 steps to fulfill it.

(Sat. Afternoon) President Nelson's was cool. I've always enjoyed him sharing his thoughts. 

(Sun. Morn) Elder Bednar's talk was really great. I love what he said about time and space. 

(Sun. Morn) President Eyring's talk about the "yellow angels" was cool!

(Sun. Aft) Elder Callister's talk. Wow. Drop the bomb! The was awesome! 

Anyways those were some of my favorites! I hope everyone enjoyed conf and learned a lot. I know I did. Conference makes me a little trunky!

Love you all!

-Elder Andrus

Week 65

Week 65

This week was exciting. Not the most normal week, but a good one. 

On Wednesday this week we had Zone Conference and that was awesome. We've been getting a lot of new missionaries lately, so the conference was for them. It was still a great reminder. We talked a lot about teaching the first lesson. Around here we do things a little bit differently, instead of telling people in the first 10 minutes of meeting them about Joseph Smith, angels, and golden plates, we take things a little bit more slowly. We find out what they believe and we testify of the truths that they already know so that we can build off of what they know. 

On Thursday we went to court to explain our understanding of the situation. I went to court, and the magistrate said the charge. I then proceeded to explain everything. What we understand is that the van is licensed as a "mini bus". However, mini buses are only used for commercial use and we don't use it for that purpose. So we really aren't in the wrong. It's just how you interpret the law. So at GRA (Guyana gov. places) we are going to get an official interpretation of the law and take it back on the 13 of October. So that was all. It was a few minutes and that was it.  

The rest of the week was awesome too. I went on some teaching visits with Elder Ortega and Lopez. We had a fun time, they are both brand new and already great!

Kevin came to church this week and Pres. Egbert was there too. They talked for like 20 minutes. He got a shout out in President's talk. It was really cool. Kevin understands the atonement really pretty well. He is a good kid. We love him!

Thanks for all the extra prayers this week. I've needed them. It was awesome to drew from your strength. 

I love you all so much!

-Elder Andrus

Week 64

Week 64

Wow, this week was so busy. So I'm going to make a long story short. 

On Tuesday we were on a teaching visit, and then got a call and had to take an Elder to the airport early in the morning. On our way back we stopped because a car backed into our lane. Then a motorcycle ran into the back of us. The guy was banged up pretty bad and jumped in a car and drove to the hospital. 

After all of that we went to the police station and we were doing some paperwork and we found out that I have the wrong licence to drive the van. So they put me in jail. I'm being dead serious, I got thrown in Jail, more of like I got arrested. I had to come get bailed for $20,000. 

Then as we worked out some more things I actually wasn't driving illegally! I have to go to court this week. On the same day as Zone Conference so we had to move that. 

It's rough sometimes to be a missionary. LOL I love it so much! I've had a lot of spiritual experiences this week as we are teaching and things, but I'm short on time. 

If you have questions, I'd love to answer them. MOM DONT FREAK OUT!!! It was all pretty fun in the long run. We will see what court brings and some other things that haven't happened yet.

Love you all! Have a great week!

Love,

-Elder Andrus

(Sorry these are sideways)

Week 63

Week 63

This week was unsurprisingly busy...Got to love the mission life. LOL

Monday we got up at 3:30am to get all the stuff done before 3:00pm that we needed to do. We drove from East Coast Lusignan to East Coast Comming Lodge to Linden McKenzie to Linden Wismor and back to Georgetown. For a total of 8 hours in the van. 

Tuesday awe got up at 3:00am to get to the airport to drop off an Elder. We also did a bunch of other stuff like go get haircuts and Elder Riggs drivers license and other little things. We spent the night with Elders Cooper and Johnson. They are going to Trinidad and I wanted to say goodbye to them. A total of 7 hours in the van.

Wednesday we got up at 5:00am to drop some Elders off at the airport. Then we drove back to Georgetown and caught up on some stuff. Then we went back to the airport to go pick up a bunch of new Elders. Then we drove back to Georgetown to sleep/eat/do paperwork. A total of 8 hours in the van.

Thursday we got up at 5:00am to go and get some more paperwork done and get all the Elders Police Reports. Then we drove to kitty then to the office then to Lagrange then to Patintia then to Diamond North then to Diamond Central then to Diamond South. Then to Linden McKenzie then to Linden Wismar then back to Georgetown. A total of 10 hours in the van. 

Friday we got up at 6:00am and got everything ready for MLC.

Saturday we finally taught a lesson! It was awesome. Kevin and Richie are doing really good! Kevin still reads his BOM everyday and so did Richie!

Well, it was very much a week of administrating. Not too spiritual, but that is ok. 588 miles on the van and 33 hours behind the wheel this week!

Love ya, 

-Elder Andrus

Week 62

Week 62

Wow, it's September already! That's crazy! This week was kinda ruff but that is ok.

So last week I talked about Kevin and Richie. They are both doing good. School starts for Kevin today, I bet he isn't too excited about that. And neither are we... (we can't see him as much) We also met another awesome family named Sings. They are so cool. It's hard to find whole families in Guyana But we found one! We have loved teaching them a few lessons. They have helped me realize the great and eternal importance of family. I know that families are central to God's perfect plan. I can't wait to have my own family! :)

We went on two teaching visits this week. Both were pretty good! It's always fun to go with Elder Cooper. He is on of my best friends ever. So I don't know if ya'll remember but a while back we started teaching Paul/Labita/Latoya. They had some family issues and had to move. But we were able to talk them all down and all 3 are getting baptized. So awesome! They are so awesome.

I'm really excited to do transfers this week. Normally the Assistants will help us plan all of the things that we need to do over the transfers week. But what we have been doing lately is the AP's just send us the transfer sheet and then we do everything else. It's going to be awesome. We had to get up at 4:00 this morning. And 3:00 tomorrow morning, and 5:00 the next day, and 6:30 the next. Yay! Should be fun. Pray for me to make it through!

Love you!

-Elder Andrus