I
hope you all had a great Easter and were able to center it around Jesus
Christ. We had a great week and saw many miracles. My week went
something like this:
Monday- we went to Fentons with the nice lady in 3rd ward. She bought 5 companionship's lunch and huge banana splits. I tried to do the banana split challenge (it has 1/2 gallon of ice cream on it) and failed! I couldn't finish it but it was delicious until I started throwing up. Haha!!! Then we went to our dinner appointment and guess what we had for dessert: ice cream. This was the first time I had to refuse it because I already ate way.too.much!
Tuesday- amazing day! We taught 6 lessons and saw so many miracles. Came across less actives ward members and invited them all to sacrament meeting on Easter Sunday!
Wednesday- we went contacting for about 3 or 4 hours. It was really neat because we met this guy (maybe 40ish) and he said that his daughter had some type of program first aid training at our church building 3 or 4 years ago and he has been wanting to attend but didn't know if it was invite only or if everyone was invited! Bingo! We invited him to come to church with us and we hopefully will see him this upcoming Sunday!! (Everyone is heading out of town because this is their spring break right now.) We kept contacting and then came across a bunch of kids playing outside and they just finished a water balloon fight! There was a few in 4th grade, a couple in 3rd grade, and a couple in 2nd grade. Some of them are actually in the same class as some little kids in our ward and we found out that they were friends with them. They really loved talking to us and started telling us their plans for spring break and such. It wasn't long before their mom came outside and told us to stop talking to her children about religion. We quickly said bye and left. As we were heading through the rest of the Court and visiting the houses next door, we heard the mom saying to all the kids and neighbors, "don't talk to strangers. You know better." Blah blah blah. We quickly finished up that street and we leaving. On our way back to the car the children started yelling "go away strangers" and "we hate strangers" "no body likes you" and other rude comments. We smiled and waved "bye! Have a nice day!" It is incredible to watch the impact that parents really do have on children. Whether parents realize it or not, kids are always aware of what you do and take their parents example. It taught me a lot about how I want to raise my children because I don't want anyone to have to feel like how we felt as we were getting yelled at and threatened by 8, 9, 10, and 11 year olds. Our day lightened up as we went to our dinner appointment at the Schraders. They have 8 kids and it's always a party over there. They are such great examples to their children and it was like night and day difference from the children having a water balloon fight and the Schraders children. As we let Christ into our lives, our attitude changes, and our purpose in life. Christ was the greatest example of Love and how to treat others. He went around serving and making others happy each day. May we all strive to be more Christ like and share a smile with a stranger- you never know the trials or challenges they might be facing!
Thursday- We had a Facebook lesson. Right now we are teaching two boys- one from India and one from Nigeria. It's pretty neat. Then we headed out to start tracting in Crystal Springs to get our 20 contacts. We were looking in lds tools and it showed that a member that we had never met on crystal springs so we decided to stop and meet him. His wife said he was sleeping and I looked through the front window and saw a bed in the front room, but no one was it in. Eventually he woke up from the couch (haha he heard my loud voice) and the wife invited us in to meet him. His name is William and he was baptized 15 years ago. He's about 60ish. Well we had a great lesson with him. He is very ill and can't go up any stairs, so that's why the front room is now his bedroom. We had a lesson with him and his wife. While we were talking, sis Agura was acting sort of different. When we left, sis informed me that last transfer her and her comp went to get their car fixed and he was there as well and saw their name tags and started bashing! Saying that there is no God in Heaven because if there was, why would he allow him to suffer so much here on earth! And a bunch of other stuff. Sis Agura told me that all she could do was bear her testimony and walk away. When we were at Williams house she realized that he was the man that was previously bashing with them and that he was a member!!!! We will work with him more this transfer and help him strengthen his testimony. his testimony has been shaken as he has had to deal with a lot of health problems in his life which is causing him to be immobile and feel helpless. We also had a very powerful lesson with Judy frendo about the restoration. She believes and reads from the Book of Mormon but doesn't have a testimony of Joseph smith or the restoration. So we are going to keep working with her. She has been investigating for 10 years but if she doesn't start keeping commitments we will need to stop visiting her until she reaches out to us and tells us that she's ready to be serious this time. Afterwards a member took us to Mel's Diner and then we rushed off to a meeting with the stake presidency. It was sister Agura and I, the zone leaders, and the stake presidency... And then on Skype was the mission president! It was so awesome having him there and being able to see how much effort goes into missionary work from the president, stake presidency, zone leaders. I felt privileged to be there! Sis Agura is an STL so since we can't be separated, I was there to participate. It was awesome. Before we headed in it was funny because Sister Agura said "Don't talk" hahaha and so i didn't say anything, and then President Abla said "Sister Peterson, tell us your thoughts on [this]?" I gave sister Agura the "I think i NEED to talk" look and gave my input. The zone leaders afterwards said that i was awesome with the things i said. Yay!
Monday- we went to Fentons with the nice lady in 3rd ward. She bought 5 companionship's lunch and huge banana splits. I tried to do the banana split challenge (it has 1/2 gallon of ice cream on it) and failed! I couldn't finish it but it was delicious until I started throwing up. Haha!!! Then we went to our dinner appointment and guess what we had for dessert: ice cream. This was the first time I had to refuse it because I already ate way.too.much!
Tuesday- amazing day! We taught 6 lessons and saw so many miracles. Came across less actives ward members and invited them all to sacrament meeting on Easter Sunday!
Wednesday- we went contacting for about 3 or 4 hours. It was really neat because we met this guy (maybe 40ish) and he said that his daughter had some type of program first aid training at our church building 3 or 4 years ago and he has been wanting to attend but didn't know if it was invite only or if everyone was invited! Bingo! We invited him to come to church with us and we hopefully will see him this upcoming Sunday!! (Everyone is heading out of town because this is their spring break right now.) We kept contacting and then came across a bunch of kids playing outside and they just finished a water balloon fight! There was a few in 4th grade, a couple in 3rd grade, and a couple in 2nd grade. Some of them are actually in the same class as some little kids in our ward and we found out that they were friends with them. They really loved talking to us and started telling us their plans for spring break and such. It wasn't long before their mom came outside and told us to stop talking to her children about religion. We quickly said bye and left. As we were heading through the rest of the Court and visiting the houses next door, we heard the mom saying to all the kids and neighbors, "don't talk to strangers. You know better." Blah blah blah. We quickly finished up that street and we leaving. On our way back to the car the children started yelling "go away strangers" and "we hate strangers" "no body likes you" and other rude comments. We smiled and waved "bye! Have a nice day!" It is incredible to watch the impact that parents really do have on children. Whether parents realize it or not, kids are always aware of what you do and take their parents example. It taught me a lot about how I want to raise my children because I don't want anyone to have to feel like how we felt as we were getting yelled at and threatened by 8, 9, 10, and 11 year olds. Our day lightened up as we went to our dinner appointment at the Schraders. They have 8 kids and it's always a party over there. They are such great examples to their children and it was like night and day difference from the children having a water balloon fight and the Schraders children. As we let Christ into our lives, our attitude changes, and our purpose in life. Christ was the greatest example of Love and how to treat others. He went around serving and making others happy each day. May we all strive to be more Christ like and share a smile with a stranger- you never know the trials or challenges they might be facing!
Thursday- We had a Facebook lesson. Right now we are teaching two boys- one from India and one from Nigeria. It's pretty neat. Then we headed out to start tracting in Crystal Springs to get our 20 contacts. We were looking in lds tools and it showed that a member that we had never met on crystal springs so we decided to stop and meet him. His wife said he was sleeping and I looked through the front window and saw a bed in the front room, but no one was it in. Eventually he woke up from the couch (haha he heard my loud voice) and the wife invited us in to meet him. His name is William and he was baptized 15 years ago. He's about 60ish. Well we had a great lesson with him. He is very ill and can't go up any stairs, so that's why the front room is now his bedroom. We had a lesson with him and his wife. While we were talking, sis Agura was acting sort of different. When we left, sis informed me that last transfer her and her comp went to get their car fixed and he was there as well and saw their name tags and started bashing! Saying that there is no God in Heaven because if there was, why would he allow him to suffer so much here on earth! And a bunch of other stuff. Sis Agura told me that all she could do was bear her testimony and walk away. When we were at Williams house she realized that he was the man that was previously bashing with them and that he was a member!!!! We will work with him more this transfer and help him strengthen his testimony. his testimony has been shaken as he has had to deal with a lot of health problems in his life which is causing him to be immobile and feel helpless. We also had a very powerful lesson with Judy frendo about the restoration. She believes and reads from the Book of Mormon but doesn't have a testimony of Joseph smith or the restoration. So we are going to keep working with her. She has been investigating for 10 years but if she doesn't start keeping commitments we will need to stop visiting her until she reaches out to us and tells us that she's ready to be serious this time. Afterwards a member took us to Mel's Diner and then we rushed off to a meeting with the stake presidency. It was sister Agura and I, the zone leaders, and the stake presidency... And then on Skype was the mission president! It was so awesome having him there and being able to see how much effort goes into missionary work from the president, stake presidency, zone leaders. I felt privileged to be there! Sis Agura is an STL so since we can't be separated, I was there to participate. It was awesome. Before we headed in it was funny because Sister Agura said "Don't talk" hahaha and so i didn't say anything, and then President Abla said "Sister Peterson, tell us your thoughts on [this]?" I gave sister Agura the "I think i NEED to talk" look and gave my input. The zone leaders afterwards said that i was awesome with the things i said. Yay!
Friday-
We were able to teach a lesson in a members Home for the Standfills!
There spirit was so strong as we taught the plan of Salvation.
Saturday
we contacted most of the day. We also taught three lessons and met this
guy at a trailer park and he said that he wants a church to attend
because he hasn't been to church in 6 years! yay! He's one of those
sweet, old Walmart greeters. Hopefully we see Him later today :)
Easter Sunday:
WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS COME TO CHURCH!!!!!!! MIRACLES HAPPEN FOLKS! Two
investigators and they brought their 2 children and also a less active
family came to church as well! It was just filled with joy and the
speakers were awesome as well as the children's choir. I felt the spirit
and I hope our investigators did as well and that we will be able to
have them join with us again.
If
any of you actually continued reading all the way down to the bottom of
this email, send me a reply with some funny jokes! Our District leaders
are awesome and we tell jokes to each other a lot and are in need of
some more! :) I hope you all are having a great week. Continue to Follow
Monson's counsel from October 2013 conference and reread or listen to
the conference talks from this past conference especially and receive
even more revelation for yourselves and/or for your families! I love you
all!
Sister Peterson
Sister Peterson
293 Shasta Drive #210
Vacaville CA 95687
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