Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. Ps. 144:15

Hey Everyone,

This week I am in Spirit Lake ID.  It is a huge area with a lot of snow! We are opening up the area so we have no investigators or anything, so it's going to be a lot of finding people to teach. I am enjoying it so far. The members up here are awesome! They are super missionary minded, and they love having Elders in the area. 

I ask all of you to pray that Elder Bobo and I can find some investigators. 

I love you all!

Elder Peterson

...the land of the north... Jer. 16:15

And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region... Mark 1:28

Hey Everyone,

I am finally leaving Omak. After 6 months, I am going to Couer D'Alene ID to open up a new area as Sr. Comp to Elder Bobo. The area is called Spirit lake. I know nothing about it. 

Omak has been really good to me I have grown a lot I love the people here but it is time for me to move on to new things. 

This last week in omak I went on an exchange with Elder Magana and we went to Orovill.  It has been said that Jack Black's Parents live around there.  We were talking with some people and one person gave us a hint to were they might live. So we picked that area to trackt for that day. We didnt think anything would come of it we thought it was just a wive's tale.  Until we pulled up to the mans house and he came out to say hello.  He said his name was something Black (I dont remember his first name) and I thought no freaking way!! Then he invited us in and I thought again NO FREAKING WAY!!!!  We talked with him and his wife about their family. All 4 of his kids live in california and of course there on the wall was a picture of Jack Black with a girl! It was true we had found Jack Black's parents house!!!!  We asked him if he would ever be interested in learning more about the gospel and about our church, and he said no he was happy with his church and that was it. He was a super nice guy. 

I hope you all are having a wonderful week and I cant wait to write you next week and tell you all about my new area I love you all.

Elder Peterson

This pic is of me after we got out of Jack Black's parents house. 

love you all.

...thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. Lev. 19:18

Hey Everyone,

This could very well be my last week in Omak. We have transfers next Sunday and I have been here for 6 months, so I bet I will leave. 

It has been warming up here and the snow is just starting to melt and get everything muddy. 

We had a good week with lessons.  We had like 5 People tell us they are going to come to church and to watch for them. And every single one of them blew us off. We called them all that morning no answer form any of them. It was very frustrating to have such a good week then nothing to show for it in the end. But even though that happened we are still going to work hard with them and get them to come to church one of these weekends. 

I hope everyone has a happy valentines day! 

love you all.  

Elder Peterson

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Matt. 16:19

Hey everyone,

This week was pretty good for Omak!  We have been working with a lot of less actives trying to bring them back and we have been getting a few of them back.  It is really hard when someone gets in that rut of not going to church and they become numb to the feeling of why they should go and they just dont care. So what we have been doing is asking them what they really love and enjoy about this life and they usually say there family or something. We then get to tell them about how great the blessings are for your family and your marriage when you follow the teaching of the Prophets and of Jesus Christ. Because when you do that you can be happy not only in this life but in the life to come and for all eternity. We all know this life is going to end some time but the next one wont so why not do everything you can in this life to prepare for that life. It might be hard to go back at first, it might feel like your out of place. But just remember that's how Joseph Smith felt right before Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him. I know if we all do what is right and do what we can God will handle the rest. 

Love you all.

-Elder Peterson 

Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. Ps. 144:15

Hello, 

This week was full of finding and of service! 

We had our Zone Leaders come up and spend about two days with us and we got a lot of tracting and less active work done. It was a great experience and I learned a lot. 

There is a lady in our ward who needed some help with dry wall and she did not want to ask the bishop for help. So her daughter asked us if we could find someone who knew how to do it, then come over and do it when she was at work one day. We did find someone and she was super surprised and happy. It was really fun to put a smile on a persons face. 

I love you all 

Elder Peterson

...it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. Dan 12:7

Hello Everyone, 

This last week I hit my one year mark and it is crazy to think that I only have one year left! Everyone is telling me that the next year will fly by faster then this first year did. If that is true then I will be home in no time. I have kinda mixed feeling about it, but I still have a whole year and I have learned so much in my first year. I am super excited to learn more this next year. 

In Omak this week we have been going to see a bunch of the less actives on the ward list. We were able to clean up a lot of the ward list and found out who wants to come back to church and who doesn't. 

This last Missionary meeting our relief society president said "you guys are ROCKEN" haha. It was funny, she is a really nice lady. 

We had some good news at the start of the week! One of our investigators that we thought just fell off the face of the earth, we finally got a hold of him. He was in Hawaii with a bunch of his Mormon friends and he came back and now wants to be baptized it is great! 

I hope you all are having a great week! I love you all! 

Love Elder Peterson