Another
week!
This
has been a wonderfully humbling week, one that i am so grateful for. It has
been madness here.. ha half the time i feel like i am running around like a
chicken with it's head cut off. Thankfully the sisters/elders are patient with
me and my weaknesses, and i am grateful that the Trail Center hasn't burned
down yet!
I
am so grateful for the experiences that the Lord let's us go through in order
to help prepare us for the future. This week i feel like i have learned much
about pride, repentance, and following the spirit. And because i have been
learning/studying about that, the Lord has so graciously blessed me with
opportunities to exercise what i have learned! I have realized that i honestly
know nothing, am comparable to the dirt under my feet, and cannot do anything
without the help of our loving Heavenly Father. He is the one who gives us
life, support, and the ability to accomplish anything. I am so grateful for His
merciful hand and for His constant mercy in my behalf.
Happenings
at the Trail Center:
1.
Sister Brough and i have been planning a Summer Fireside Series that will be
held every friday night here at the Trail Center. We have contacted local stake
presidents, ward leaders, the temple presidency, and anyone else we can think
of to speak at these Firesides. Well, since sister Brough was transferred, it
has been quite the ordeal trying to catch Sister Hanks up on everything, and
finish up all that needed to be finished (printing of the flyers/getting them
to all the stakes/published in ward bulletins). It has been so crazy, ha but we
finally were able to get almost everything finalized this week, and so we are
just anticipating the first event on the 18th! It has been really fun to see
people get excited for the events, and i will be praying that they go
well!
2.
Tomorrow night we (along with 10 other missionaries) are singing the national
anthem at the Storm Chasers game! I was able to participate in it last summer
if you remember, so i am excited to do it again! This time we have been the
one's in charge which puts a different spin on the excitement, haha but it
still will be fun. Pray that it goes well!
3.
There has been a sister that has been really struggling the past transfer, and
so we have been working really closely with her to make sure she is doing
alright. Well, on the 4th of July she ran away. Thankfully her companion chased
her down the street (barefoot) and was able to reach her before the sister had
passed out. Anyway, long story short. I went on an emergency exchange with the
struggling sister. it was honestly such a great experience and an answer to my
prayer. I have been praying so fervently to know how to help this sister, and i
received the answer of just to love her and listen to her. That was able to
happen as i drove her to talk with President Weston, and then took her to
dinner afterwards. She is a different person now and is doing so well. it is a
miracle. That has been one of the greatest joys of my mission - i have realized
that the reason i was called here to the Trail Center hasnt necessarily always
been for the visitors that come in, but for the sisters that are here. i have
loved to see their growth and their testimonies continually strengthened.
In
the area:
1.
Chris is doing awesome. He came to church this week with his fiance, and they
loved it. He told us after sacrament that he wanted to get up and bear his
testimony on how he has seen his life change since meeting with us! i wish he
wouldve! thankfully there are many more fast and testimony meetings to come :)
He called us this week to talk to us about some of his concerns, especially
about how he is worried with him being in "the public eye" that
people wont vote for him or support him if they know he is mormon. we were able
to have a great lesson about standing up for our religion and on defending the
faith. He is currently praying about whether or not Thomas S. Monson is a
prophet, and so we are praying that he receives that answer! I know he will,
because i know that president Monson truly IS the prophet! So Chris will get
there. He also told us that he already considers himself mormon even though he
isnt baptized yet. so cool. I have LOVED seeing him progress and make changes
in his life. it is amazing, and it is through the atonement that he has seen so
much change.
2.
We had some extra time yesterday because church was only 45 minutes long -
someone stole the copper out of the AC unit at the church, and so there was no
AC. it was 97 degrees yesterday with high humidity, so we could only last in
that building for so long. We were praying to know where we should go/what we
should do with the extra time we had. Sister Hanks had the impression to go to
Craig Street. We drove over there and i remembered a house of a member of the
church who had moved. We had already tried once before, and knew that the
member had moved, but we still felt like we should try it. We knocked on the
door and a man came out named Isaiah. We told him that we had a message about
Jesus Christ to share with him, and he was so open and wanting to learn. He has
a 5 year old son, and has been wondering what he needs to do to be a better
parent to his son. We are meeting with him again this week on wednesday, so i
hope it goes well! i just know with all my heart that if we listen to the quiet
impressions of the spirit, that we will be led to exactly where we need to be.
the Lord knows ALL of His children, there is no doubt in my mind. I am so
grateful to get to meet so many of them!
3.
Lena is set for baptism on July 26, so we are praying that everything goes
through! She has progressed a ton, and is really starting to get involved with
the church. we are praying for her!
4.
Sue, our returning member/less active, bore her testimony on sunday. it was so
awesome. she has come a long way, and i love her a ton. she always tells me
that "i am hard on her" ha. i think it is because i love her, and can
see the potential she has. She has made a lot of changes and is now reading
from the BOM daily and praying. i am so proud of her, and i know that her
relationship with Christ is much better than when i first met her. It is
amazing to see what the spirit can do to people.
5.
we had dinner at a recent converts house this week, and the only thing i will
say is that while we were waiting for dinner, i looked over at the oven and i
counted over 50 cockroaches climbing out of the oven. i have never prayed
harder in my life. i know the Lord blesses us to handle things like that. and
you know what? the dinner wasnt half bad. haha.
I
love you all! So grateful for the support and love from you. Sending all my
love your way!
Sister
Peterson
here
are some pictures of sister hanks and i on the 4th of July! at the end of a
crazy day :)
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