Imagine you found a cure for cancer. How urgently would you spread the news of your discovery? Who would you tell? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the cure for so many of life's ills that Elder AR and Alice Anderson wanted to share the good news of eternal life with the same urgency to those folks living in the East Central States.
"Up at 7. Am. It was quite cloudy. We got breakfast for the
Elders. We washed. We left to go see the Song family at 9:30. Am which was
about 40 miles from our apt. but the roads were very good so far but the last 5
miles were auful. We only could drive so for, and the rest you walk up hill and
through mud and water no car can get through and we got back to the apt abt
1.30 pm so tired we could hardly make it up the steps but we hope we did do some good. I think we will bapt one of the boys next Sat 29 apr Left the apt to go
to the Hospital at 3.30 Pm to see other SONG boy and his wife and her mother
Mrs Smith which was operated on Sat night and very sick. AR Anderson ministered
to her and they told us about one of our members who was very sick Mrs. Dewy
Morgan. So AR Anderson a ministered to her. The Morgans very fine people came
back to the apt at 6 pm left again to go to the Carl Thorps home by 7 pm It was
a real day. We also went to see the Ladds Family very fine people but he is a drunked. He said
he was going to quiet well he did for over a month but when went back to day he told us he had started again. Our a aprt is
on the top floor with 25 steep to go up and down over time you go out well to
day we went out 6 times so that made it 210 steps to get out we had a very good
night and sleeped well."
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| Elder & Mrs. Arthur Anderson April 15, 1961 West Virginia |
“Missionary work is hard work ... Missionary service is demanding and requires long hours of study and preparation that the missionary himself might match the divine message he proclaims. It is a labor of love but also of sacrifice and devotion to duty.” President Monson: Prepare To Be A Missionary
Elrain (Granddaughter to AR and Alice) and Larry Thompson are currently on a Church History Library Mission as Church Service Missionaries.They are focusing on Global Acquisitions. Elrain recalled finding Alice's Mission diary - "When we moved mother (Mary) out of her house we hauled all her stuff down to Floyd's. He has been going through mother's stuff. And this diary was in a 3 ring binder. Grandma Anderson has used it as a journal." Elrain and Larry are in process of placing this Missionary Diary into the Church History Library.
So cool! Thanks for sharing. It sounds like similar experiences to what my parents had on their mission last year. I hope to read my mom's journal someday!
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