Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak:for your work shall be rewarded. 2 Chr. 15:7

Hey Everyone,

This week was good. It was transfers week so we worked even harder. Transfer calls came and Elder Morain is getting transferred and I am staying in Northport. I will be Training a new missionary again....for the Third time. It is still fun to train. I guess I just know how to do the 12 week program really well by now.

This week as pretty exciting with our investigators! We have been working with Rita this last week, we invited her to be baptized on Oct. 5th she said yes. So that was pretty exciting! 

A couple weeks ago there was this lady who was not to nice to us when we went by her place. Then we were walking by and we started talking to her and her friends again, she was pretty cool this time we found out she is an artist a pretty good one too! so we decided to draw her a picture and ask her if she wanted to go on a church tour. So we did, she loved the picture. She put it on facebook and all of her friends were telling us how cool it was. She also invited us to go paint her house with her husband and her friends. It was really cool. I really hope it can lead to something!

here is the picture

-Elder Peterson

...Christ took upon them, gladly, the name of Christ, or Christians as they were called.... Alma 46:15

This week in Northport things are going good. It is Labor day weekend so we have been going around to all the things people are doing and have been talking to them about Jesus. 

We found a couple, Blaze and Travis, they are in their 20's. They are really cool they believe a lot of things we do. So we invited them on a church tour they said ye, but they ended up ditching out on us.  Blaze was called into work so we are going to call them and see if we can set up another one for another day. They really wanted to go so I think this could go somewhere. 

We have one more week left of this transfer. I don't really know what is going to happen I could stay or I could go who knows!?!?

Love Elder Peterson

The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure... Deut. 28:12

This week we went and helped this lady move a ton of appliances out of her house into this trailer. It was kind of a pain in the butt, but we made the best of it haha. We took a bunch of sweet pics!  It was pretty fun! 

We also have been teaching this dry Mormon lady who has been coming to church for years and years but never would get baptized. We are trying to teach her and find out why she has not been baptized yet so wish us luck!

Love Elder Peterson

Therefore turn thou to they God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. Hosea 12:6

Hello Everyone,

This week was great. We have been teaching some really cool people but they are not progressing really fast. They are slowly getting there. None of them are going to be baptized anytime soon but they are learning the gospel slowly and trying to become better. That is the beauty of the gospel we don't need to be perfect to use the gospel anyone can use it. That is what it is there for! I have seen so many people's lives change since they have tried to live closer to the gospel! 

We had a branch activity this week and it was great there were some less active members there. They go to become better friends with some of the more active people in the branch so maybe that way they will feel comfortable coming to church. For some people, if they are not socially converted they wont come to church.

Love you all

Elder Peterson

...you shall be a lively member in this order; and inasmuch as you are faithful in keeping all former commandments you shall be blessed forever. Amen. D&C 92:2

Hey everyone,

 This week has been pretty good. 

I am loving being up in Northport, and I am loving being with E. Morain. He is a funny kid and we get along great! 

I have only been in this branch for 8 weeks and it already feels like home, everyone is so nice here! All the members like us so they feed us and give us people to teach so it's great! I could possibly end my mission here, and I think I would be ok with that because this area is beautiful and I am having a great time here. I don't think I would trade it for the world! I love my mission.

Love Elder Peterson

He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Ps. 24:5

Hey everyone,

This week was awesome, well kinda. It was transfer week so we had a lot of meetings and driving to do. 

My new comp. is Elder Morain. He is only here for a little while until he gets his visa so he can go to his mission in Brazil. He is a great missionary he has a lot of spunk to do missionary work. 

Felicia is Baptized now as you all know.  She is still doing great. She is getting her husband more active in the church, he as been for the past 4 weeks and they just had their baby blessed this last week.  I got to stand in the circle, it was way cool, it was my first baby blessing. 

Northport is still doing great the people here are starting to get used to having missionaries here so people are starting to talk to us and things are moving forward our branch will be a ward in no time!

Love Elder Peterson

...for I am filled with the power of God... 1 Ne. 17:48

Hey Everyone,

This week was great! It ended with the baptism of Felicia. She is a super awesome person who loves the gospel and she has been working very hard for this!

It was transfers this week and I found out that I am staying here and I am training a new missionary. I am now a District leader. This transfer should be very fun!

Love you all.

Elder Peterson

...who shall stand in his holy place? Ps. 24:3

Hey Everyone,

This week was great! 

Felicias baptism was pushed back to this next Saturday do to some confusion so we will be able to see a baptism on the last day week of the transfer! There is planed to be 3 baptisms that day at the church so it is going to be a great day for this district! 

I get the opportunity to go to the temple this week as well. We are going tomorrow with another group of Elders. It's going to be fun. The Temple is a great place to get about from the stress of missionary work or any kind of work for that matter! 

Northport is doing great! the members here are very helpful and they love doing missionary work! I hope you all have a great week!

Love Elder Peterson

...support the families of those who are called and must needs be sent unto the world to proclaim the gospel unto the world. D&C 75:24

Hey Everyone,

I can not believe it is "P" day again. It feels like yesterday that we were here emailing. It's crazy how time just flies by! 

We have been having a pretty good week. We have been working a lot with the members in the branch so they can learn to trust us and then we will help them invite their friends to have dinner with the missionaries or something. It's working! We are finding people to teach and all is well in the small town of Northport! 

Felicia is getting baptized on the 20th, so this Saturday. She has been meeting with missionaries for a long time and now she is finally ready to be baptized. She has had some problems with her family not supporting her but she has pushed through it like a champ. She has a very strong testimony in the gospel and in our savior Jesus Christ. I cant wait to she her baptized she is amazing.

Love Elder Peterson

...I will also ask of you one question... Mark 11:29

This week in beautiful Northport Washington was a good week! 

We were able to teach one of our investigators a few times this week. She is preparing to be baptized on July 20th and she is working hard towards that goal. 

It seems like this week was the week where we got 50 potential investigators. But now we have to follow up with everyone and try to set up lessons with those who are interested. 

It also seemed like this was a week full of questions. Almost everyone we meet with this week had a list and a half full of questions. Which is really good because that means they are studying and really wanting to learn the truth. 

Some good things are going on in Northport I'm excited to see what is going to happen in the weeks to come.

Love you all

Elder Peterson.