Another
great week! We had some awesome lessons and picked up 3 new
investigators!! My week went something like this :) (also, this was
typed on my iPad which likes to auto correct everything, so beware
-there may be many typos!)
---Monday
we had an awesome Pday. We went to this Asian market and got
phillipeano food and all sorts of crazy things! We also bought Balut
(Duck egg). It's really interesting because the duck is like developed
on the inside (it has hair!) It's not just a yellow thing like in normal
chicken eggs! We boiled it like a hard boiled egg and sister agura ate
the yolk stuff and I ate the duck. Tasted like (hairy) turkey! I figured
I had to eat it so that I could tell everyone for the rest of my life
that I ate something weird on my mission. :) We also taught a gal in the
ward who is a recovering addict, alcohol and smoking, and she is so
special. I love her so much. She was/is very open about her problems.
Her mother is so strong and is such a wonderful example. I love the
families in the ward here, and their example to me of Christ-like love.
---Tuesday
we had our last district meeting with one of my favorite elders, elder
Frankom. He is getting transferred. He is the funnest elder I have met
so far! Afterwards, we went and had 2 lessons on Facebook and a lesson
with a less active dad and nonmember mom. We had the ward mission
leaders wife join us and she is from whales and has the cutest accent.
We had some very good contacts today and taught a lot of key points as
we were on people's front porches. That was one of our goals from
district meeting and we were able to already put it into action!
---Wednesday
for power hour all of these miracles seemed to be unfolding! First off
we were able to see the Gregstons and have a lesson with them. They were
street contacts and started being taught last transfer. Also we were
able to then go and meet Shelly and Kent together and teach them more
about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are referrals from the singles
ward sisters. We have tried to contact them about 19 times, but
Wednesday we finally met them both! They have a 2 or 3 year old Jayden
and Shelly is due in June with baby #2 on his way. They are naming it
Myles! They had a lot of questions about the church and they LOVED us!!
Kent's mom is a member in another ward and also Kent's sister in Utah is
a member and is very active. And Shelly's best friend Kelly (in first
ward) is leaving on a mission soon. They are an amazing family and it
was awesome. We gave them two books of Mormon and we are excited for
them to read from it & share their experiences with us! As we were
leaving Kent said, "are you sure you don't want your book back? Where
can we buy some so Shelly can have one also?" I grabbed sister aguras
Book of Mormon that was on the couch and said, "here's another! Is two
enough?" :) they are AWESOME! Then afterwards we rushed out and
realized we didn't get 20 contacts yet so we contacted two more people
on the streets and we able to read home! Yay for miracles from power
Hour! Cool story though, at Gregstons, He was telling us that he is
looking for a job because wants to be able to support his girlfriend and
their two kids. And we got his email and said we would give it to the
ward employment specialist. Well, when we were at Shelly and Kent's he
was explaining that he is the hiring manager at his company and he
jokingly said, "know anyone looking for a job?!" We were like "YES! Can
we give you his email?" And he said he would interview the gregston guy!
(Don't know his first name haha ;) miracles exist folks!!!
---Thursday
was mellow. But it was the funnest day in the mission so far! Nothing
spectacular happened but Sister Agura and I had SO much fun contacting.
We get along really well. We laughed, joked, plucked wings off
dragonflies, laughed, almost got attacked by mosquitos, met funny
people, heart attacked peoples doors, laughed, and taught some awesome
lessons. We also had a stake relief society activity and it was
incredible. I am a Mormon woman was the theme and they did a great job.
Also they sang the song "I'm a Mormon" from the tape, songs for a Mormon
child. It was so cute. I used to listen to that tape from Deseret book
when I was like 6-9 ish!
---Friday
was weekly planning, which I am actually beginning to enjoy. We were
able to meet with one of our potentials/new investigators, Elena
Standfill. She actually told a member of our ward that she wanted to
take missionary discussions. Then they had a death in the family and it
pushed time back a little but she is almost caught up with everything
and we are going to begin teaching her the lessons. We shared a quick
uplifting video (mm) to her on Friday and she loved it. We also found
out transfers Friday night and sis agura and I are staying together. The
other elders that are serving in our ward are getting a CAR finally! We
are SO happy! Now they can stop being late to all of our dinner
appointments hahaha. Jk
---Satuday
we blitzed the area for third ward-which is always fun to do. And we
also went to contact some referrals. Success! We taught this man named
Joey. He is our intense, 72 year old Roman Catholic. He is reading the
Book of Mormon but says that he WILL NOT pray before he reads... He
never lets us teach, because he just has way too many questions. We will
continue to teach him but are giving him a month or two. He says he
needs to read the Book of Mormon all the way through before we continue.
We are okay with this! Also we have become awesome match makers. But
before I tell you about all that we will wait until our dates actually
go through for our fello ward members ;) we went to the Havalli's for a
member lesson at the 8 o'clock
hour and they were so sweet to us. We sort of do this "let's just show
up" thing and we have a lot more success. They left us with a ton of
goodies to take home. Yay! Also I received an AWESOME Easter package
from my fam. #loveyouall!
---Sunday
was a very calm day. We had all of our lessons fall through, and nobody
was home that we tried to get ahold of. I did get my pictures figured
out on my iPad (it wouldn't let me send pictures before) so be expecting
more pictures now :)
---Today
this sweet lady is taking all of the missionaries to Fentons for lunch,
Score!! Have an awesome week everybody!!!!!!!!!
Sister Peterson
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