Hey!
It has been an amazing week. The theme
of the week has definitely been FAITH. Faith that we can see miracles, faith
that things will work out, faith that the Lord is aware of us and will help us.
I know that as we have enough faith to even exercise faith, the Lord will
ALWAYS bless us, and give us greater strength. I feel as though my faith IN
faith has become more of a knowledge.. it is always worth putting forth faith.
Miracles:
- This week Karla, the woman Sister
Barton and I helped re-active in the Ralston ward, went through the temple! Ah!
i was able to attend the session, and it was honestly one of the greatest
experiences of my life. To see her SO excited, and SO happy to be there was something
that i will never forget. She alone has strengthened my testimony of the
atonement because of the change/transformation she has made. It was a beautiful
day and i am so grateful for the gospel.
- We gave the Trail Center Training on
Saturday, and it went so well. The Lord was helping us out big time. It was
amazing because we couldn’t get the internet to work, which totally ruined our
plan of having a powerpoint presentation and we had a video to show. Sister
Brough and i went out and prayed, reset the router, and had the faith that is
would work. We went back in and RIGHT as it was time for us to train the
internet turned on and the training went just as we had planned. The Lord
ALWAYS helps us if we just have faith in him. We had a neat encounter after the
training, when our historian, Sister Latey, came up to us sobbing. She told us
that she had felt angels around us through out the training, and that she knew
we were not alone. It was an incredibly sacred experience, and i couldnt help
but to think of Uncle Max, Ken, and other loved ones who have passed on. It
makes me cry just to think about their continual support of us still on earth.
- We went on exchanges with the other
set of sisters in our ward, Sister Bowles (who came out with me) and Sister
Tune (from Fiji). I went with Sister Bowles, and we saw the most incredible
miracles! We were able to find 5 new investigators! it was so humbling to have
the Lord literally place people right in front of us who are searching for the
gospel.. it was so much fun. We found this amazing family. The grandma is
Loretta, her daughter is Penny, and her daughter is Diamond. They are so cute,
and i am sure we will have more details to come, as we are teaching them again
tonight! cant wait! i know that the Lord will bless us as we have enough faith.
We had set our goals high for the exchange, and because of the faith and work
we put forth, the Lord dumped the blessings. I am so grateful.
- We were driving in the car, and we
noticed we had a missed call from a random number. i called it back, and this
man named Cyril answered the phone. this was the conversation we had: "Hi
my name is Cyril. I used to learn from the missionaries when i lived in Omaha,
but now i have moved to Georgia and really want to continue learning so that i
can get baptized into the church. Can you help me?" hahah!! i almost
passed out. so cool. we were able to send the local missionaries to him to
start teaching him. God is good.
-- Sister Brough met a boy named Devin,
miraculously, at the Trail Center. She and Sister Seguin were waiting for a
tour, when they saw Devin walking down the street. They ran outside and invited
him in to take a tour. He agreed, and they had an incredible/converting tour.
Miraculously, he lives in our area (!) so Sister B got his info. We were able
to meet with him a few days later, set him for baptism on April 5th, and then
he went to church on Sunday! The only sad part is that we have to turn him over
to the singles ward, but still! he is incredible and is going to get baptized.
We had another awesome lesson last night with him, and he is seriously so
prepared. I know he will end up being an apostle or something.. he is solid. So
fun.
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We met this amazing man named John this week. He lives with a recent convert
named Kitty, and she is seriously an angel. John has been prepared his whole
life to join the church, he just doesnt exactly know that yet. But it was SO
cool to talk with him this week. He kept saying how every time we come over, we
dont even have to say anything and he finds himself more and more interested in
the church, and how he hasnt been able to sleep because it has been on his mind
so much. AH! we were able to bear testimony about the truthfulness of the
gospel, and help motivate him to read the Book of Mormon. It is amazing how the
spirit teaches. I honestly think we each said about 10 words in the whole
lesson, ha but by the end of the lesson his heart was completely softened and
willing to learn. More details to come, im sure.
Fun Fact:
- We got invited to a less actives Mary
Kay party this week. She had told us we could come over to get a free facial,
so we were thinking it could be an awesome "in" to getting to know
her. haha. little did we know what we were getting ourselves in to! It was this
crazy party (crazy meaning so worldly i almost died) where these women were
standing up talking about how many cars they had earned and how Mary Kay
answers prayers, etc. I just about lost it when they asked the question
"What would you rather have? The car or the money?" and the whole
room yelled either CAR or MONEY. yuck. it was quite the experience and sister
Brough and i laughed for a good hour or two about that one.. it was ridiculous.
i am so glad i am a missionary.
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My talk in church went really well. Like i have been saying for over a year
now, haha the Lord is seriously so good. He helped me a ton, along with Sister
Brough, in kind of organizing my thoughts. My talk was on the atonement and
grace/works. kind of broad, but i feel like it all came together really well.
Go read the talk "His grace is Sufficient" by Brad Wilcox. it is my
favorite and i have loved reading it this week. I really love how he talks
about the more we understand GRACE, the more we understand the requirements
that Christ asks of us. So profound.
i seriously could go on and on and on.
it has been the most miraculous week. These werent even half of the miracles we
saw. I feel so humbled to be a missionary, and i know the Lord is blessing us
big time.. i guess it is our job to keep the faith and be worthy of these great
blessings!
All my love to you. Keep the faith. The
blessings of living the gospel may not come right now, but to "those who
keep the faith, they ALWAYS come".
Love,
Sister
Peterson
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