...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.

New Area!

Hello Everyone,

This week in Northport WA was great!  

We had one investigator come to church and she loved it. She will be getting baptized on the 20th. 

We have been here two weeks now and we just got a house. So we are no longer living in a camper hooray!! It has been really fun camping on my mission but I like the house better. 

We have been working with this part member family the Watkins.  They have been doing good, they just need to quit smoking and come to church. We are helping them in every way we know how. 

We are also doing a member 30 day fast. Every member fasts for one day of the month and pray for missionary work.  It has been doing good so far, and we are only on day one so wish us luck!

Love Elder Peterson

...knoweth that he hath but a short time. Rev 12;12

 Hey everyone,

This week was good. I got transfer calls and I am going to Northport Washington and staying in the Spokane mission. 

Love you bye

...but the righteous are bold as a lion. Prov. 28;1

Hey Everyone,

This week has gone by way to fast! Kind of like this whole transfer, kind of just like my whole mission! I cant believe I only have 7 months left. It is crazy how fast it is going by. 

Anyways enough trunkyness. This week has been great. I have been working with all of our investigators pretty close. We thought we might have lost one this week because it seemed like she was avoiding us, but it just turned out that she was having some problems with her head. So she was visiting the doctors and having to rest a lot. So all was well there. 

We have been being trained on how to teach people, not lessons.  I have been trying to use that with our investigators. Trying to be bold but loving at the same time. It's kind of hard to do. 

I love being here but transfers are coming up and they are splitting the mission.  There will be a lot of changes and a lot of moving around.  I think I will be moving.

Love Elder Peterson. 

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and virtue knowledge. 2 Pet 1;5

Hey, this week was pretty fun. 

It was a week full of exchanges, I got to stay in my area with Elder Carlile and then I went to Hayden lake with Elder Brodlale. I don't really know why I told you their names it's not like you know who i'm talking about anyways. But it was fun and I learned a lot of good things.

Exchanges are always fun, when I was on the exchange with Elder Brodlale we went to his district meeting. Elder Ebmeyer is his District Leader and he did a pretty good District Meeting. We talked about our Christlike Attributes that we have been working on. I have been working on Diligence, so far I think it is going great. 

Love Elder Peterson

...he holds men accountable for their acts... D&C 134;1

This week was pretty good for the most part, other than some stuff. We will start out with the bad stuff because it is funnier that way. 

First off, I backed into a post this week and now I can't drive for awhile. 

We have three investigators who all have said they want to get baptized but there is one thing holding each of them back. It's either going to church, paying tithing, or getting married. 

Sooo it has been a little saddening this week .  I don't think any of them will be baptized when i'm still here because transfers are in 3 weeks. I will probably be leaving. 

So the area is doing good and the work is going forward just slower then I would like, but you cant do to much about that.

Elder Peterson

Hey Everyone,

This week has been good. We have a new person on date for Baptism. His name is Glen, he is Jeremy and Shelli's roommate.  He is a pretty cool guy. He gets really into it when we teach him and he is doing it for the right reasons too.  We asked him why he wanted to be baptized and he said "because it's all about the gospel of Jesus Christ, it's the whole reason why we are here". So it's going good with him and Jeremy and Shelli. 

Everything is going great we have a pretty steady teaching pool right now.  It's warm, about in the 80's and 90's, but it is going to rain on us for the next couple days. 

I miss you all

Love Elder Peterson

This week was transfers week, and it turns out that I am staying in Spirit Lake for 6 more weeks with Elder Johnson. 

We are close to having two people get baptized, so if that can happen in the next six weeks that would be amazing, but there are always things that get in the way. 

We are still doing good in the area with people to teach.  We have been working hard so I'm glad we get to stay for 6 more weeks! 

I love you all.

Elder Peterson

Hey Everyone,

This week was great!  We did a lot of service and it was very fun. It's always good to get out of a suit and work for a little bit. 

We had 2 investigators come to church this last week and they are super legit! One of them text us later Sunday night and told us that she was very thankful for what we do and she was so happy she was able to come to church. I really hope she can keep progressing and be baptized when I am still here. That would be really amazing to see.

Elder Peterson

Hey Everyone,

This week was a normal week until Sunday. Sunday was Stake Conference and I thought that it was going to be the slowest day in missionary history because we are usually in meetings at the church all day. So it went from 5 hours of church to like 2.  We were going to have to find a ton of stuff to do. So like usual, we planned for the day, and then almost nothing went as planned. The people we set up to see either dodged us or canceled. But then, out of the blue we had some recent converts call us and have us come teach them. Then we had another one call us, and then another for a blessing! It was pretty amazing. And it filled our day.  It went form our slowest day of the week to our most productive, so it was really fun. 

To top things off it was snowing almost all day Sunday.

Love Elder Peterson