Hello!
Thank you SO much for the gifts, notes, and love i felt so
strongly on my birthday! ah. i just feel so blessed to have such wonderful
friends and family. I am so grateful.
I have been so excited to write this e-mail, haha because of
the events of the week. it has been quite the week!
Here we go:
1. On wednesday night an investigator named Andrew, who we
met while serving at a health clinic on thursday nights, invited us for dinner.
He is a gourmet chef, and so for valentine's day he wanted to cook for the
sisters that serve at the clinic. He served us a 7 course meal (since we didnt
have time for the 11 courses he had planned!), and i dont think i have ever
eaten that good of food in my whole life. it was delicious. i was definitely
"miserable" by the end of the night.
2. Thursday, were the "try-outs" for the Olympics.
haha. it was so fun. Everyone was so into it. i was still SO full from the
night before, haha but it ended up working out ok. the event i won was the sit
ups. I did 110 in 3 minutes. also, i totally thought i had the push ups too: i
did 85 in 3 minutes. the girl who won i think got like 90... but you'd be
proud, because mine were "real" push-ups :) so fun.
3. it is transfer week, and my beloved trainer, Sister
Whittaker goes home tomorrow. It is crazy to think how fast the time has gone..
i feel like i was just emailing home telling you about how much i love being
companions with her! that was almost a year ago. I am so grateful for the
friendships i have made while being here.. i know that they will last much
longer than just the mission.
Friday:
My birthday.. haha one i will never forget! So, Sister
Hamilton and i woke up, went running in the snow, and then followed the daily
schedule. I was able to study, and then get ready/open presents! it was a great
morning. Well, during companionship study at 9 o'clock, we started reading from
the white handbook, and all the sudden i knew that something was not right. i
felt super dizzy, hot, and nauscious. yep. You can guess what happened...haha
Thankfully i made it to the bathroom before getting sick! ha so, i spent the
day in bed, throwing up. haha can you believe it?! thinking about it now, it is
honestly hilarious. i know that the Lord was keeping me humble - the one day a
year (or on your mission) you can think about yourself, and i end up sick as a
dog... which is the only time i have ever been sick on my mission! haha. But,
looking at the bright side:
- we never get to rest on our missions.. maybe it was a
birthday present from heavenly father to let me stay in bed all day? :)
- i lost 5 pounds?
- i avoided eating a bunch of junk food!
- because it was my birthday, i was able to read love notes
from my wonderful family, open presents, and still feel super loved even though
i was stuck in bed. if i wouldve been sick any other day, it would have been a
lot harder to not feel bogged down.
- it made my birthday last longer, because i was able to
ACTUALLY celebrate it the next day!
ha. definitely a journal entry moment! i am so thankful for
Heavenly Father and always allowing me to improve, and to never get prideful.
Other than that, the week was great! Bill was able to
receive the Aaronic Priesthood on Sunday, which was so wonderful. He is doing
great. it was so neat to be able to be in Ward Coordination this week, and have
a game plan to help him feel fully accepted into the ward. I am so grateful for
those members of the ward that have been reaching out to him, sitting with him
at church, inviting him and Joanie over for dinner, and really helping him feel
like he is "a member". it is wonderful to see.
I know that God is extremely, and perfectly aware of us.
Today we needed to get our oil changed, and so we went over to Jensen Tire and
took the car in. We had planned to have lunch with some of the sisters serving
near us, and they were going to pick us up from the tire place. Well, we waited
there and they were running behind. While we sat in the waiting room though, we
noticed a boy sitting in the chairs across the room, and sister Hamilton and i
both felt the need to go talk to him. We started chatting with him, and he
quickly opened up to us about how he feels so overwhelmed with the decision of
where to go to school, what to major in, and who he wants to become. It was an
amazing opportunity to bear our testimonies to him about the peace that comes through
Christ, and through His restored church. While we were talking to him he kept
saying that he knew it was by no chance that we met. We were able to set up a
time to teach him this week. Total miracle. It is so amazing to me how there
are SO many people around us who are struggling, and who need direction in
their lives... it is just up to us to open our mouths. It was awesome. It
definitely strengthened my testimony as well of doing missionary work after my
mission. I didnt need a name tag to bear my testimony to him and give him a
book of mormon. The spirit can prompt all of us to open our mouths and share
what we know.
I love my Savior. I love the gospel, and i am so grateful
for the peace it brings.
love you all so much!
Sister Peterson
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