Pittsburgh Mission Memoirs

So, the Gospel is true. Just thought I would let you all know.The very day I wrote last week saying "We are really close to being done with Brenda, but we're sticking around," we were wandering around the streets of Pittsburgh. It was late; we needed to go home soon. But we decided we would walk down one more street to see if we could find someone walking around who we could talk...

So, remember the woman who went crazy last week? Well, it happened again.We were teaching another woman about how to quit smoking, and she accepted our invitation. We came back later for a follow-up visit only to find that she herself was having some manic tendencies. She insisted that we go for a walk instead of having a lesson, wanted to say a prayer, but wouldn't pray around her...

Slim asked me to add my letter to him as a preface to his post this week. He thought you would enjoy it. Slim's dad     From the Crossroads of the West, we welcome you to the 33rd weekly broadcast via the interwebs of the letter to Elder R. Alex Anderson and his further adventures in the heathen realm of outer Pittsburgia.     I don't say heathen lightly....

It's been a long week. It's been a hard week. But it's been a good week.For those of you who were biting your fingernails and worrying about where Elder Anderson might be transferred this time around, the answer is: He won't. Yep! I get to stay here in good ole Pittsburgh for a few more weeks, till mid October. Hopefully I'll see some baptisms while I'm here.We've been visiting with...