On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Tahei Anderson wrote:

This week has been so great! Miracles, miracles every single day!

I think that is something my mission has taught me. That if we simply have faith , and act,  we will see the hand of God in our lives, His tender mercies. We will see them every single day. We will see MANY each day. 

It is simple. Yet, miracles cease because we lack faith. ( Mormon 9)

I will tell you one of the miracles which happened this week also.

This week I was sick for a few days and we were inside. I didn’t understand why I was sick out of nowhere. It was frustrating and hard for my companion and I to be positive about it all because we had plans set up for the day. But, my companion still worked as I was sick. She did area book calls.

She called a young man, who was a former investigator, and he agreed to meet with us.

Two days later, we met with him. He is a very nice person and had a lot of questions.

He said to us " Who told you to call me? Because the day before, I prayed to God for help and then you called me the very next day!"

When he said this, my companion and I looked at each other. Seriously, the Lord’s timing is so perfect. He knows the work inside out because it is His work.

There was a reason why I was sick that day.

My companion and I then testified to him that It was because God is his Father and loves him. He wants to help him and this was a sign that he wants to help him.

He had this experience once before- the missionaries started meeting with them and then he stopped. He told us that he just wanted to be Happy and then prayed to God and then we called!. He said that  The Lord keeps leading him back to " this church " and he has no idea why.

He doesn’t understand why some people who do not belong to this church can still be happy and why he cant be like them." Why does God keep leading me to you and this church?". 

We testified to Him that This Church is true. That The Lord has revealed His Plan Of Happiness through His prophets.

Only The Gospel and living it will bring him " true happiness" Happiness that will never die or fade away. Happiness that will last not only in this life but in the eternities. Eternal Happiness.

It is found in This Church. The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints. And that is why God keeps leading Him here. It is the Straight and narrow path to Eternal life-eternal happiness.

The Spirit was in this lesson and I could see that he has a desire to change and to follow God. 

How blessed we are to be on the straight and narrow path that leads to true happiness  and Eternal Life. I testify along with my brother Elder Anderson,  that nothing makes us happier than helping others  who are our brothers and sisters - and guiding them to this beautiful path.

It is a beautiful thing to see Christ call His Sheep, and seeing them follow Him.

I testify that Jesus Christ, The Holy Shepherd knows His sheep -the lost and the found. He will often send one of us to rescue them.

Let us be His helpers.

I love you xxx

Sister Anderson

Hello family! :)

I am doing great . I continue to see miracles and my relationship with my Heavenly Father is getting stronger. I know without a doubt that He is really Our Father and that He loves us. Im grateful that through prayer and the scriptures we can truely receive answers to our problems and concerns.

Our investigator is slowly progressing and we found out that he is actually a manager of a tea company! After our lessons with him, he didn’t feel ready and wants to postpone the baptism. He still has the desire to be baptised but doesnt feel ready just yet.

I tesified to him that he can know if The Word of Wisdom is a Commandment from God if He prays and comes to know That  Jospeh Smith is A Prophet of God and I promised him blessings.  He said " Okay, I will need some time, but I will pray to know if He is a prophet." We know that its going to be hard for him and after our lesson, my companion and I prayed together to know what we can do to help him. We had a feeling that we should pass him over to the elders to teach. We dont know why, but I do know that Heavenly Father knows hiss heart and what He needs and so we will be doing that this week. 

My testimony grows each day as I study to know what it is that each of our investigators need and how can I help them. I know that we can know how to help our brothers and sisters, our wife and husbands, and our family, through prayer and through the scriptures. :)

Cectpa Anderson

I love you my family. You are so special to me!  So good to skype you all on Monday.  You made me laugh so much, I loved it - and your accents are soooo straight, I didn’t realise how strong New Zealand accents are and how strong mine must sound here. 

28 April 14

Hey family!!

It looks beautiful in Pukehina!!

Its summer here right now and it is so beautiful!

We went out to the cellos last week and it honestly felt like I was

in Pukehina! Paradise!

So I’m getting transferred this week! I will be with a sister from the Donetsk mission ( their mission has been closed now so they are officially a part of the Kyiv mission!) and we will be serving as Sister Training Leaders in Nova Dornetsa east of Kyiv. I am so excited!  She’s a hard worker so I’m looking forward to serving with her!

 This week has been amazing.  We were able to meet with a babyshka in the park who just needed someone to talk to. She opened up straight away to us and started crying and told us what is troubling her and that she has lost all hope in life, in God.

 She was searching for peace in her life but doesn't believe she can find it. We bore testimony of The Gospel of Jesus Christ and that she can find peace in the message we have and that this is what she is looking for. I know that she had felt the Spirit as we looked into her eyes and as we comforted her.

She thanked us with tears in her eyes but did not accept our invitation and left. We felt so sad because we knew this was an opportunity the Lord had given her to find peace in her life. Although she didn't accept, I felt the Love of our Heavenly Father for this babyshka and He sent us to help her.

I know The Lord knows each of His children and it has been so beautiful to see the ways in which He shows His love to them. Im grateful to be a missionary and to be involved in such a marvelous work, a work of miracles and an outpouring of God’s love for His children.  

I love you all! Have an amazing week!

Love Sister Anderson