Know that the Lord is "With you whithersoever thou goest."

Man the weather here is pretty cool as long as you have a car like we do. At least until tomorrow. There have been a few pretty cool thunder storms the past week or so. Friday it rained so hard it started hailing for a little bit. Last year they had what they call a Micro Burst. It hailed ice the size of golf balls. Lots of people's roofs and siding on their houses got destroyed. There is a lot of construction going on right now because of that. Even cars got pretty beat up.

Despite all of the rain, the weather is still pretty dry usually. It hasn't affected me much but you can tell. It will pour rain in the morning and by late afternoon you would almost never have known it rained. The wind and dryness dries things up pretty quick. I think when the Summer Solstice comes it should clear up and be beautiful the rest of the summer. We'll see. Apparently Lethbridge has the sunniest weather in all of Alberta. It is the best weather. It is kind of like the San Diego of Alberta. Only not nearly as incredible as back home. But it's the best they got so we'll take it I guess.

Anyway, last week was a little better than the previous weeks. Still a little slow but better for sure. We taught Bruce again. He is hilarious. We stopped by when he was finishing painting his garage and we helped him clean up a bit. Elder Becker rinsed out the paintbrush using the water from storm gutter on his house because it was raining and it made half of his neighbors driveway turn white from the paint. Bruce was freaking out. It was hilarious. We had to get the hose and chase it off the drive way. Then the gutter all the way down the street turned white too and he was freaking out again. I was dying laughing. He say a neighbor outside talking on the phone and Bruce said he was probably calling the cops. He was quietly shouting for him to put the phone down and that he was sorry. Then Bruce said he didn't know who Elder Becker was and that he was some random guy that was walking by. Haha it was so funny. He is Hilarious.

Anyway, we invited him to be baptized and he said he wasn't sure about it. He doesn't think he is ready yet. We challenged him to prepare and he is going to do that. We told him about church and he thinks the third hour is weird that it's only guys haha. He wants to be with the ladies. We offered to give him a blessing for his cold and he thought that was weird having us lay our hands on his head so we just said a prayer for him instead haha. He is pretty funny. He is great though. I know he will come around. He always jokes that he is going to need a snorkel when he gets baptized because he has so many sins that they are going to have to hold him down for a while to wash them all away. Haha I love Bruce.

Well other than that not much has happened. I can't believe that tomorrow I will have been out for six months! Time has flown! It is incredible to think that a quarter of my mission is already done. What an experience it has been. I have learned more about this gospel than I ever thought I would. It is so amazing to live it every day of my life to the degree in which we do.

I am so thankful for all of the support and love I feel from back home. There are so many people who have been such great examples to me and have taught me so much growing up and prepared me for this. I hope that you can see and feel the Lord's blessings being poured out of heaven every minute of every day. I know he lives and loves us beyond what we will ever be able to comprehend. Never give up. Know that the Lord is "With you whithersoever thou goest."

I love you all and hope you are doing well. Be safe and take care.

Elder Anderson