I drove a fire truck and fooled by a 6 year old…. only me

Alright another week with lots of great things!!!
First monday i got to drive yes i said drive a flippin fire truck!!!!!!! Such a sweet pday hahaha that was a dream come true!!!
Second everyone will get a kick out of this......so we were over at an investigators house and we were just hanging out and all when the six year girl Angelica comes up to me and we start talking. We are best friends cause thats about my intelligence level with spanish....anyways!!! She brought some papers to me and told me they could help me with my spanish, so i start doing them making myself pretty good cause i know everything and all that. I was just having a good time thinking nothing of it when her mom, Sindy, starts laughing uncontrollable. I had no idea what was going on.... i came to find out all the papers Angelica gave me was her homework......i did all her homework for the week..... i got played by a 6 year old.... only positive thing that happen was that i was able to complete kindergarten homework in spanish....
Third, another really funny experience was me on the phone with a member. I was trying to confirm an appointment for the night but i messed up......I said "queremos confumar a nuestra cita este noche con usted" which means we want to smoke at our appointment this night with you....i wanted to say " queremos confirmar a nuestra cita este noche con usted" which means we want to confirm our appointment this night with you. As you can see they are very similiar but mean VERY different things hahahahha the member laughed for about 5 minutes once Elder Smith explained it.
Next, my bike sucks.....ha it has no wheels on it. Andddddd  has broken spokes thats sucks.
Last, this past sunday i got to confirm our investigator in sacrament meeting which was way sweet!!!!! Such an awesome thing!!!! Spirit was way strong!!!! Definitely a highlight!!
No much else is new. Getting ready for transfers and all that good stuff. I am excited to get done with training that will be way nice!!! I hope all is well at home and that everyone is doing good! Remember who you are and what you stand for!
Elder Anderson

Short and to the point followed by the explanations

Well this is going to be a short email cause im going to go ride a fire truck sooo heres what happened this week. We had a baptism, i saw a shooting, went shopping, almost put the apartment on fire, and taught like 19 lessons. Four people said my spanish sucks, one person chased us down i think it was a jehova witness( they are nuts!!!) and like 10 dog attacks. They really shoud put dogs on leashes more, I dont like the sprinting. But almost done being trained which is nice, and im pumped about that.
The baptism was way sweet!!!! It was so much fun and it was such a cool experience!!! His name is Miguel and he is 22 and he is a boss. A total cowboy!!! But it was the perfect sunday!!! I hope to send a picture next week cause it aint working right now sooooo love you all!!!
Elder Anderson

The next week he wrote the explanations for moms sake


Mom calm down im in the Lords hands and i am smart about everything i do. Shooting was on the other side and no body died. Yes i got the package. Thank you. It was awesome. For christmas i want a recorder cause some lessons we have i never want to forget cause they are hilarious hahahahah about the fire just a bad batch of bread sticks thats all. And for my bike is sucks.....broke again and has no tires on it hahaha but thats the normal around here apparently.
Dang you really did get into school thats nuts haha but good luck and enjoy it. Learning is something i truly enjoy now ha
Keep up the missionary work with all the neighbors!!! Its so important to get that help from members. Tell Jackie my thoughts are with her. Tell mace he is a boss but i still have more class haha 
Love you and ill send another email for everyone else
Elder Anderson

Put out the buds...

Well another week down in the mission, and another week closer to coming home. Any way to reverse time? The real world seems to suck ahahha plus its so much better being a missionary, only stress you have is helping others receive their eternal salvation, and honestly if you do things right it isnt that hard of work, cause the spirit does most the work. hahah but some sweet news... we have a baptism next sunday for one of our investigators so that is way sweet!!! Im so excited for that and hope it will be a tender moment for me.
This week has been pretty laid back, still working with some investigators who refuse to accept reality. But everything they say ends up contradicting themselves, so we just stick to the game plan and speak the good word of god. One cool experience this week was that we were at a park and we saw some kids smoking, so me being the person i am decided to go chat it up. I learned very quickly that kids that are high dont learn the gospel very well, but they definitely believe anything you tell them. WHICH IS PRETTY GREAT!!! by the end of it one kid asked for a blessing so is was a pretty awesome experience! And i made them put out their buds!!! hahaha I love doing the Lords work!!
Language is getting better, at least thats what everyone else says. So i am taking their word for it! haha i need a self confidence boost! One guy we taught the second week i was here we ended up talking with again and he was blown anyway by how much i had improved. But then he then continued to tell me that i sucked the last time we talked. So the self confidence was gone yet again ahahaha oh well pride is terrible anyway. Nothing like being humble again and again.
As of right now we have about 5 progressing investigators which is pretty sweet. Elder Smith and I have some high hopes for the end of the transfer. So hopefully all turns out well.
I hope all is well at home and that everyone is having a good time and not taking life to serious. If youre not having fun youre not doing it right!!!
With Love
Elder Ginger
oh and ps, dad i have been telling people that your a durg dealer....totally by accident though! hahaha sorry to ruin your rep here in texas!

Dogs Love me.

well transfer one is in the books. I feel pretty comfortable with everything but the language, but thats pretty good! Everyone says im a weird missionary cause im not afraid to talk, so that is some good news.
Well its been a rough week we turned over some investigators to the english elders, its rough cause everyone here speaks both english and spanish but its all good. I was bummed the huge nfl guys we turned over. I wanted to cry. But i got over it. I am still in the Cloverleaf area for this transfer so the address is the same. We taught 15 lessons this week but no one showed up the La Santa Cena, which is lame!!! Agency sucks but it is so necessary!!
I am getting sick of the rain!!! It gets so humid here and this ginger cant handle it!! haha but its okay ill make it through!! So im down 20 pounds that was awesome news!!! I also got attacked by a dog, that was way fun!!!! This has been a pretty normal week! Sorry for the short email, pday was yesterday but the computers were down so i have to make it quick today.Love you all so much!!!
Elder Anderson