Ryan has finally left the MTC in Provo! He got to call us at the airport before they left for L.A and it sounded like he was doing great! They had about 24 hours in the air to look forward to so my dad has been tracking his flight online, they finally made it to Cambodia last night around 8 p.m (utah time)! Ryan says he'll be able to send us photos in his next email so that should be something to be excited about for those who are followers of this blog!
Ryans addresss is no longer at the MTC so as soon as I get his Cambodian one i'll update the blog with that.
Friends and extended family can only write to Ryan via ground mail :( however, if you just have a little something you want to send to Elder Anderson just email it to me (megvalantine24@gmail.com) and i'll attach it to one of my letters. No problem.
here is Ry's most recent letter...
Last Email and last day in the MTC!
Two experiences I want to share from my last week at the MTC and the first is the last time we were able to teach our progressing investigator (remember it’s our teacher pretending) But we told him we had to go and that we were going somewhere else and that we would have other missionaries come. We left him with an awesome message about the plan of salvation and we could see how happy he was knowing all this and was excited to learn more. Later in class our teacher pulled out a picture of a Cambodian and his family and said "this is who you have been teaching". He told us he had been impersonating someone he taught as a missionary and converted. After he gave a very inspiring pep talk about how we need to switch from MTC to real life now. And that we really will have actually people with actual problems and there will be real miracles.
Our other teacher gave his last advice which I loved a lot! He said, “every night, after your prayer, and your head goes down on that pillow, make sure you will be able to know that your heavenly father was pleased with your efforts that day." He said you’ll be able to tell every night when you didn’t do all you could have that day. He also said, " You’re choosing your own destiny, you can’t blame God if you blow it." It was so sad to see them go yesterday after their last time teaching us. What else is sad is that I went to the temple this morning for the last time, for a long time. I didn’t want to leave, none of us did, and I think god knew that because we had the session before us run late. The session we were in was completely full! They had to bring in a few chairs. Just about everything happened that could have happened to keep us in the temple as long as possible this morning. Funny thing is, the past 11 weeks, there was hardly anyone at the temple when we go at 7 AM! So, I really do believe that God was giving us all one last tender mercy before we left to Cambodia and wouldn’t be able to return for a few years.
Well family.. One adventure closes and another begins! Let’s hope I don’t die! Talking to the teachers and some of the Cambodian Natives from Cambodia that are in the MTC I can immediately expect Flooding, Heat, No toilet paper, and to struggle with the language for a good 6 months. I’m kind of freaking out, but hey, I think everyone else is too. We are all in this together! I’m sorry it’s kind of short but I’m sure I’ll have plenty to talk about next week!
Thanks again for all your prayers and support! I feel very proud to be serving my friends, Family, and my Father in heaven.
Family ill talk to you hopefully between 6-8 tonight!
PS. I feel so freaked out going out in the world without my cell phone!
Love, Elder Anderson
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