Hey Everyone, This week has been filled with a lot of finding activities. We have been going tracting and going through our former investigators. We have had little sucess but we are still going strong. On Thursday, we went tracting in Kanawha City. We talked with a lady for about thirty minutes. She had a lot of questions about our church. People out here still believe that Mormons are polygamists, we have horns, and magical underwear. It is so funny to hear all the things that people think of us. A lot of people are really stubburn and don't believe us when we tell them that that stuff isn't true. Nothing really exciting happen this week it was just really slow and a lot of walking. Transfers are on Wednesday and I am being put into a tripod in Charleston. Elder Johnson and Elder Dahl will be my new companions. It is going to be really interesting to see how this all works out. We are going to be packed into our apartment for six weeks. Elder Hofheins is going to Mannington to Greenybreak Elder Raveria. He should have a great time with that one. Other then that there is really nothing new here. Still working really hard. Yesterday, Elder Hofheins, Brother Barker (our ward mission leader) and I went and demolished a deck. The wood was so soggy and moldy and it was really hard to pull the boards up, but we finally got it done after two hours. I was really tired afterward. Then that night we went up the the Belchers and they have four young kids that are all ADD. I was giving piggyback rides with three kids on at once, throwing kids on the couch, and trying to play cars with the little kid while the rest were climbing all over me. I came home last night and hit my pillow and I was out. I was so tired! The baptism that we had planned for sunday didn't go through. Olivia is still in Missouri somewhere and we have no way of getting into contact with her. Hopfully she will come back soon and have a desire to get baptized as soon as possible. Everything is going great here in Charleston. Thanks so much for the support at home. I love you all so much. Love, Elder Anderson

This is Ian's lovely little house!

Finally he sents us pictures!

Hello Everyone, Sorry this week is going to be a really short letter. We had Zone P-day today and it ran longer then planned. This week has been really busy, as usual. It seems like we are always running to get to our next appointment. General Confrence was amazing!! I really loved Elder Holland's talk on the Atonement. It really helped me understand more fully what the Saviour endured for me. I am so glad that we don't have to walk this path alone. Luckily we have our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ that love us and want us to succed. This Sunday, we had another amazing lesson with Adrienne. She is still searching for her answer, but I know that if she keeps praying and studing that God will give her an answer. It has been and amazing experience to see her excitment about the gospel, and she has already started appling the principles into her life. She is going to be an amazing member. We were on exchanges yesterday. Me and Elder Yount went tracting in the rain all day. It was really long and wet, but we did get some follow-up appointments. It is so much fun to be able to meet new people and discuss the gospel with them. Even if it is pouring and they won't let us in. For Zone P-day we went down to Gulley Bridge, which is the biggest arch bridge in the western hemishere. It was amazing!!! Unfortunatley, it snowed today and was super cold. We went hiking and found a great place to take pictures of the bridge. Then we went to a park and had sandwiches and a testimony meeting. It is always good to hear other peoples testimonies. Love, Elder Anderson

Hello Everyone, This week has been really busy, but it has been great. West Virginia is entering into spring and that means service. We have started doing yard work and we are still moving furniture. I love the opportunities we have to help people. It has really helped me learn to love all the people here in West Virginia. Also, we have been doing a lot of tracting this last week. We decided that instead of tracting Marmet we were going to go up on the north hill of Charleston. I have never seen more beautiful houses in my life. They were huge and well taken care of. The yards were perfect and green. It was something that you would have seen in a magazine of something. And the people up there are so nice. It is amazing to see the diffrence in people around here. In Marmet we get the door slammed on our face more then not and then on the north hill all the people have manners. We tought one lesson up there and he said that he wasn't interested but we planted some seeds. What a great experience. Audrey was confirmed a member on Sunday. It was so great to be able to stand in the circle and feel of the spirit. Audrey is going to be a great member for this ward. There is another resent convert named Aimee Cobb. She has taken Audrey under her wing and really has made her feel welcome in the ward. We are going over to have dinner with Aimee, Audrey, and the Zone Leaders tomorrow. We had an amazing lesson with Adrienne on Sunday. We discussed the Book of Mormon and read some chapters out of it. Elder Hofheins asked her if she would be baptized and she said that she would when she received her answer from God. Please put her in your prayers. She has a faith in God like I have never seen before. General Confrence is just around the corner. I have never been so excited for General Confrence in my life. We have the opportunity to watch two sessions over at one of our investigators house. I hope that she feels the spirit as the Apostles are speaking to us. We are so blessed to have a Prophet to lead and guide us in these latter days. Love, Elder Anderson

This e-mail was from March 24, I am just a little slow getting it in the blog.
Hey Everyone, This week has been great. We have had some amazing experiences and then some that are not so great. This Sunday, we finally got Audrey baptized!! She has had a baptizmal date since Nov 08, and we have had to just keep moving it back. The baptismal service was great. The spirit was so strong, and it was so good to see someone that I have been teaching be baptized. I asked her afterward how she felt and she looked at me with a great big smile and said that she felt happy. That was such and amazing moment. It is moments like that that keep me going. Also this week we had the oppotunity to attend Zone Confrence. What an uplifting meeting. In Zone Confrence we hear from President Thornock, Sister Thornock, the Assistants, and the Zone Leaders. They are all amazing people. I hope that someday I will have the knowledge that they have. This Zone Confrence was about being bold when extending baptismal dates. It was really great to hear about other peoples ideas. Also, this Zone Confrence, the President picked me to stand and give a five minute talk. Well, you know me, I just got up there and blubbered. I am such a baby when it comes to talking about the gospel and my family. I think that it went really well though. Yesterday, we went down to Marmet to talk with Nicky and see why she hadn't called us. She came to the door and told us that her husband didn't want her to take the lessons from us anymore. It was really sad to walk away from her like that. We are going to give her about a month to think about it and then we are going to stop by and see if she changed her mind. I hope that she will talk to her husband about it and his heart will be softned by the spirit. Keep her in your prayers. Everything is going great in the companionship. We are starting to become really good friends. It is really amazing to teach with Elder Hofheins. He knows so much about the gospel and about the Bible. I am learning so much from him. This week we decided to cover one of our walls in our apartment with Ensign covers. It may seem really stupid, but it was a great bonding opportunity. Spring is around the corner and everyone is outside cleaning up their yards. With Spring comes many service projects. This week we are doing service everyday. Even on our P-Day!!! It is really great to be able to throw on a pair of jeans and get down in the dirt. I also have never moved so much furniture in my life. It seems like almost every week we are either moving someone out of the ward or into it. It has been great to get to know so many people. I truly love the people here. Love, Elder Anderson