General conference was amazing this past weekend. I am pretty sure every missionary email this week will have that same sentence in it!
On Friday we had a late dinner with the Hodges, a super kind family from port Rico! We enjoyed our time but by the time we left, we only had 1.5 hours to get our mission goal of 20 contacts. We didn't want to return home until we got 20, so we went out in the dark and began. We sing hymns everywhere we walk, and it helps us not be so nervous, and to have the spirit. I was a little hesitant to be knocking in this sketchy complex, but the friendliness of the first apartment we knocked on Gave me confidence and reminded me that God is there, aware, and watching over us. The first apt we knocked on was the home of this little girl, no older than 7 years old. We explained who we were and the mom went on to tell us that she doesn't believe in God or Jesus Christ. Right at the moment the beautiful 7 year old girl exclaimed, "I do! I believe! I believe in God!" Sister Agura told the mom that it was nice that she allowed her daughter to believe what she wants to. The little 7 year old girl told us that she had a pink bible, but when her younger sister learned how to read, she gave her the pink bible to the little sister as a gift. From this experience I learned how lucky we are to have agency to believe. But also we can learn that even at the age of 7 years old, we can live life in a way that allows us to learn of And believe in Jesus Christ and God, our Heavenly Father. With the precious 7 year old growing up with a mom who has no belief in Christ, I admire this little child's faith and desire to believe. :)
This week we did exchanges twice. I like Doing exchanges because I get to learn from the other sisters in our zone. We have some awesome sisters in our zone!! :) One of them is from Gilbert, Toree Day. I'm sure someone in our family knows her family.
In general conference, Eyring talked about how we will always remember the words of the hymns we learned when we were young. I love how in my family we got to learn a new hymn growing up each week before school. To this day, I know most of the hymns, and remember the words of the songs that I have sung with my family long ago, in elementary school. Sister agura and I walk around contacting and singing hymns together each day. All day, everyday. Hymns bring the spirit into our day and remind us of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Just like Elder Ballard suggested at conference, I thought I could share with you what I am studying in PMG this week: I am studying lesson 2! The plan of salvation. Preach my gospel outlines key points in teaching the doctrine, and also suggests scriptures for further explanation. I know that as we study this more, we will be able to have more courage and boldness in sharing our beliefs with people not of our faith, because we will have studied it for ourselves, and dug into the scriptures to gain more knowledge and increase our testimonies of these simple and truthful doctrines that set us apart from the world. Let's all hasten the work of Salvation together!!
Sister Peterson
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