Hey Everyone,
This week was fantastic! We have two people on date for baptism, and some more good potentials on dates for baptism!
Yesterday at church, Sis. Williams came up to us and asked us if we would come over to her house tonight because she has invited some non-members over for a FHE thing. So that night we went over to her house. It turns out that the people she invited over was a part member family, and the husband has been looking into the church for a really long time. He asked us what he still needed to do for baptism. So we went over the interview questions with him. The only thing holding him back from baptism is he smokes. So we are going to go through the 15 step program with him and help him stop smoking! Then he will be ready for baptism!
I am so thankful for this gospel and what it does to people's lives. After hearing other people talk about how it changes them it really strengthens my testimony.
Love Elder Peterson
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
...we know thou art a teacher come from God... John 3:2
Hey Everyone,
This week we have had some good things happen! We had a new investigator come to church this Sunday and he stayed for 2 hours, and he answered questions and he read with the class! He was awesome! Then we had a lesson with him after church and we talked about the restoration with him. We asked him if he came to know the Book of Mormon was true, would he be baptized and he said yes! He is on date for the 17th of November and he is a really cool guy!
We also had our Halloween parties in both wards. It was really fun! There was chili cook offs and pumpkin carving and a hunted house even! It was fun!
After the parties, we had a lesson Sunday night with a less active family. After the lesson the dad really opened up to us and he told us about what he is going through and why he is not going to church. After we talked with him he told us he is going to be at church next Sunday! That was really cool to see him want to come on his own, we did not even have to invite him or anything.
Our spooky apartment!
Ward Halloween parties!
Chopping some wood to help someone out!
This week we have had some good things happen! We had a new investigator come to church this Sunday and he stayed for 2 hours, and he answered questions and he read with the class! He was awesome! Then we had a lesson with him after church and we talked about the restoration with him. We asked him if he came to know the Book of Mormon was true, would he be baptized and he said yes! He is on date for the 17th of November and he is a really cool guy!
We also had our Halloween parties in both wards. It was really fun! There was chili cook offs and pumpkin carving and a hunted house even! It was fun!
After the parties, we had a lesson Sunday night with a less active family. After the lesson the dad really opened up to us and he told us about what he is going through and why he is not going to church. After we talked with him he told us he is going to be at church next Sunday! That was really cool to see him want to come on his own, we did not even have to invite him or anything.
It is starting to get cold here, it is getting down to the 30s and the 20s and it is very windy!
Love you all Elder Peterson
A members house that we stay at 2 or 3 nights a week.
We are so awesome!
Monday, October 22, 2012
...when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God. Mosiah 2:17
Hey Everyone,
This week has been good. We found this great young family. His name is Joe and his girlfriends name is Beatrice. They have a 6 month year old baby girl and she is really cute. We found him just knocking on doors and he was out back splitting wood. We asked if we could help him, he said no and did not pay much attention to us and kept working. We started telling him who we were and what we do and he started to listen and then he said to us, "oh I thought you were here about the house. I thought you were about to kick us out or something because of the way you are dressed." haha We asked if we could help with the wood again, this time he looked at the wood pile then at us and said yes. So we helped him finish his wood cutting. Then after we were done, we talked to them about the church and left them with our card. Three days later, we show back up and he invites us in and he is super friendly to us and we get to know their family. We shared the Plan of Salvation and they both said they really liked it. They don't have very much back ground on religion so they are really ready to learn. As we were leaving, we didn't even have to ask if we could come back, they asked us when the next time we could come back was. That is always the best feeling.
This week has been good. We found this great young family. His name is Joe and his girlfriends name is Beatrice. They have a 6 month year old baby girl and she is really cute. We found him just knocking on doors and he was out back splitting wood. We asked if we could help him, he said no and did not pay much attention to us and kept working. We started telling him who we were and what we do and he started to listen and then he said to us, "oh I thought you were here about the house. I thought you were about to kick us out or something because of the way you are dressed." haha We asked if we could help with the wood again, this time he looked at the wood pile then at us and said yes. So we helped him finish his wood cutting. Then after we were done, we talked to them about the church and left them with our card. Three days later, we show back up and he invites us in and he is super friendly to us and we get to know their family. We shared the Plan of Salvation and they both said they really liked it. They don't have very much back ground on religion so they are really ready to learn. As we were leaving, we didn't even have to ask if we could come back, they asked us when the next time we could come back was. That is always the best feeling.
I hope everyone is having a great week I love you all!
Love Elder Peterson
O how great the plan of our God! 2 Nephi 9:13
Hey Everyone
How are you doing? Sweet, sounds good!
So this week was a pretty good week! We had one really cool experience that I would like to share. We went to see a less active member and we were talking about the Book of Mormon and going to church. Just different things, and he is a pretty old guy so he has a caretaker named Jessica who was walking around when we were there. She asked if she could join in with us. We of course said yes and she went and got her little cute 1 year old baby girl named Virginia and sat down. She had some question for us about the plan of salvation and we told her about it and she loved everything we told her. Then she said she has been thinking about baptism for a long time, and she asked us what she has to do to be baptized in to our church. We then, told her that she could be baptized on the 24th of November if she wanted to meet with us a few more times so she knows what she is getting baptized into. She was way excited and happy about it! It was really cool to have someone ask us to be baptized haha!
How are you doing? Sweet, sounds good!
So this week was a pretty good week! We had one really cool experience that I would like to share. We went to see a less active member and we were talking about the Book of Mormon and going to church. Just different things, and he is a pretty old guy so he has a caretaker named Jessica who was walking around when we were there. She asked if she could join in with us. We of course said yes and she went and got her little cute 1 year old baby girl named Virginia and sat down. She had some question for us about the plan of salvation and we told her about it and she loved everything we told her. Then she said she has been thinking about baptism for a long time, and she asked us what she has to do to be baptized in to our church. We then, told her that she could be baptized on the 24th of November if she wanted to meet with us a few more times so she knows what she is getting baptized into. She was way excited and happy about it! It was really cool to have someone ask us to be baptized haha!
We also got transfer calls this last Sunday and Elder Hardesty and I are both staying in Omak for 6 more weeks. I love you all and I love your support and your prayers they help tons!
Love Elder Peterson!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire... Ps 104:4
Hey Everyone,
So this week Omak has been on fire with the Gospel, I mean literally on fire, the hill is on fire right next to Walmart haha!
This week was really hard to get a lot of lessons because we had 2 meetings 2 hours away from Omak. And then we had General Conference, so we did not get a lot of time to see very many people. But the people we did see were pretty good. We saw Rena, she is really cool, she watched General Conference. She always has a bunch of questions when we go over there so she is progressing really good. She reads the Book of Mormon everyday and last time we talked to her she said she would start praying about it and ask god if it was true! She told us she had the same dream Lehi had about the tree of life after she read it, so that was pretty cool.
Transfers are next week so I will let you all know how that turns out i dont know if i will stay or go so we will see love you all!Love Elder Peterson
And again, tobacco is not for the body... D&C 89:8
Hey everyone,
This week has been kinda good and kinda bad, ok well not really bad but some let downs.
I will start with the good news first. We have an investigator who is going to the Baptist church every week. We did a fast with him this week to help him stop smoking and drinking. It was the first fast he has ever done in his life. And he came to church with us. He is progressing, just slowly. I think he likes the Baptist church for the entertainment because he believes what we believe, he just won't come to church every Sunday. So we are working on him.
The bad news is just that almost all of our referrals and legit investigators we had last week dogged us or tried to drop us this week. So it's not so good in that case but we will try to get ahold of them this week and get them to watch General Conference.
I am so excited for General Conference! It is going to be sweet. I hope all of you reading this get to watch it. It is amazing that a prophet of God can talk to us!
Stay good!
Love Elder Peterson
This week has been kinda good and kinda bad, ok well not really bad but some let downs.
I will start with the good news first. We have an investigator who is going to the Baptist church every week. We did a fast with him this week to help him stop smoking and drinking. It was the first fast he has ever done in his life. And he came to church with us. He is progressing, just slowly. I think he likes the Baptist church for the entertainment because he believes what we believe, he just won't come to church every Sunday. So we are working on him.
The bad news is just that almost all of our referrals and legit investigators we had last week dogged us or tried to drop us this week. So it's not so good in that case but we will try to get ahold of them this week and get them to watch General Conference.
I am so excited for General Conference! It is going to be sweet. I hope all of you reading this get to watch it. It is amazing that a prophet of God can talk to us!
Stay good!
Love Elder Peterson
Monday, September 24, 2012
And God called the dry land Earth.... Gen 1:10
Hey Everyone,
This week has been great! We have been working with some of our new investigators this week. We have a new investigator named Teana, she is a Indian lady who is like 5 foot nothing and as humble as can be! She is so happy every time she sees us! Her friend just died and her son has been in and out of the hospital, so she has been wondering about the plan of salvation. So next time we go out there we will be teaching that! She also has a son in-law that we met one time when we went over there and we are still trying to get a hold of him. He is really into the gospel!
We have been covered in smoke the past 2 weeks from all of the fires going on in Washington. We have been trying to stay off the bikes and not breath it. It is harder than it sounds! We heard from this guy that they are saying that breathing this in for one day is more harmful to your lungs then if you were to live in LA for one year!
Got to go!
Love you all!
Elder Peterson
This week has been great! We have been working with some of our new investigators this week. We have a new investigator named Teana, she is a Indian lady who is like 5 foot nothing and as humble as can be! She is so happy every time she sees us! Her friend just died and her son has been in and out of the hospital, so she has been wondering about the plan of salvation. So next time we go out there we will be teaching that! She also has a son in-law that we met one time when we went over there and we are still trying to get a hold of him. He is really into the gospel!
We have been covered in smoke the past 2 weeks from all of the fires going on in Washington. We have been trying to stay off the bikes and not breath it. It is harder than it sounds! We heard from this guy that they are saying that breathing this in for one day is more harmful to your lungs then if you were to live in LA for one year!
Got to go!
Love you all!
Elder Peterson
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Ps. 85:11
Hey,
This week was pretty good! We found two new people to teach, one from each ward. The one lives in Coulee Dams, his name is Nick but he goes by Tiger, and he is a very humble guy! He does not know a lot about Jesus Christ so he said he was going to start reading to Book of Mormon. He told us before we left that he was going to take it serious and it really means a lot to him that we would stop by and share this with him. It was a really cool experience!
The guy in Omak we found is kinda the same way. He has been going though some tough stuff in his life. His house is starting to fall apart and he has pretty much no money to fix things so he has been trying to do it himself. He is doing a great job and I might add that place looks nice for a trailor. But we gave him a Book of Mormon and told him it would bring peace into his life and he could find joy form our savior and that we could come help him with service if he needed us. He was very impressed with us I think he wants to meet again before the end of this week so that's good!
Thats whats been going on in my little life! I love you all and hope you are all happy...if you're not, read the Book of Mormon and get happy!
Love Elder Peterson
This week was pretty good! We found two new people to teach, one from each ward. The one lives in Coulee Dams, his name is Nick but he goes by Tiger, and he is a very humble guy! He does not know a lot about Jesus Christ so he said he was going to start reading to Book of Mormon. He told us before we left that he was going to take it serious and it really means a lot to him that we would stop by and share this with him. It was a really cool experience!
The guy in Omak we found is kinda the same way. He has been going though some tough stuff in his life. His house is starting to fall apart and he has pretty much no money to fix things so he has been trying to do it himself. He is doing a great job and I might add that place looks nice for a trailor. But we gave him a Book of Mormon and told him it would bring peace into his life and he could find joy form our savior and that we could come help him with service if he needed us. He was very impressed with us I think he wants to meet again before the end of this week so that's good!
Thats whats been going on in my little life! I love you all and hope you are all happy...if you're not, read the Book of Mormon and get happy!
Love Elder Peterson
Monday, September 10, 2012
...that the soul of man should be restored to it's body, and that every part of the body should be restored to itself. Alma 41:2
Hey Everyone,
This week I got transferred to Omak. Omak is a huge area. We have 2 very small wards with 3 or 4 investigators. My companion is Edler Hardesty from Saint George, Utah. He has been out 22 months and in this area for 5 months so I think I will be his last companion. Then take over the area so I will probably be here for awhile.
We had a cool experience this week in Omak. Our investigator text us randomly and asked if we could have a lesson today from 5:30 to 6. So investigators just don't do that so we are freaking out that she is going to drop us. So we go to meet her at the church and we get there at 5:20, then she text us and pushes it back to 6. We are just hanging at the church when this guy in a safari hat and an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt walks by and sits down at the church in some shade. I said "lets go see what the crap this guy is doing", so we walk over. And at this point, he has taken his shirt all the way off. We walk over and he jumps up and puts his shirt back on and starts saying sorry and he didn't know this was a church. We told him it was ok and we are not getting him in to any trouble or anything. So then after a little small talk we started telling him about the church he was napping on and it turns out that he has a few LDS friends. He has never been inside one, so we invited him on a fast church tour. Because Katelyn our investigator was on the way. Right as we finished the tour she called us and said she is out side and she brought a friend. We had an awesome restoration lesson with three non members in front of the baptismal font in the church! It was crazy!! And I love it when crazy things happen!!
We had a cool experience this week in Omak. Our investigator text us randomly and asked if we could have a lesson today from 5:30 to 6. So investigators just don't do that so we are freaking out that she is going to drop us. So we go to meet her at the church and we get there at 5:20, then she text us and pushes it back to 6. We are just hanging at the church when this guy in a safari hat and an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt walks by and sits down at the church in some shade. I said "lets go see what the crap this guy is doing", so we walk over. And at this point, he has taken his shirt all the way off. We walk over and he jumps up and puts his shirt back on and starts saying sorry and he didn't know this was a church. We told him it was ok and we are not getting him in to any trouble or anything. So then after a little small talk we started telling him about the church he was napping on and it turns out that he has a few LDS friends. He has never been inside one, so we invited him on a fast church tour. Because Katelyn our investigator was on the way. Right as we finished the tour she called us and said she is out side and she brought a friend. We had an awesome restoration lesson with three non members in front of the baptismal font in the church! It was crazy!! And I love it when crazy things happen!!
We also went to Coulee Dam this week and there was a lightning storm and it caught the hill on fire all over the place! The town looked like a battle zone!!
Love you all Elder Peterson
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
...for whither thou goest, I wil go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: they people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Ruth 1:16
Hey Everyone,
This week i'm getting trasferred to Omak, WA with Elder Hardesty. He is going home soon so I will be there a while I think. I am going to miss Lewison I love it here!! And I will miss Elder Wendt.
Funny story about Elder Wendt, he crashed on his bike hahahahah it was so funny! He went off a jump and he made it over the first part of the jump and then his tire got stuck on the dirt and he went over the handle bars and slid face first on the dirt! haha Then some guy walks out of his house and he says "I have seen 7 year olds ride over that with out crashing, now go put your training wheels on and learn how to ride a bike!" Then he walks back inside! He didn't even ask if he was ok are anything. I was laughing so hard!!!
We also got 23 lessons again this week it was a really successful week!
I love you all and I will let you know how Omak is! I hope it is great :)
Love Elder Peterson
AFTERMATH OF THE CRASH!!
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