Day 405

This week was pretty fun, the higlights are that we ran several blocks in our shirts and ties to get to a member's house who had tacos and then we ate and ran back to be at our english class on time. No one showed up so that was kind of a bummer. It's kind of funny, sometimes I try to speak spanish on the street or on the bus with people, and they give me this look like "What are doing trying to speak spanish you white boy?" I got my hair cut, and then I tried to fix it, so now it's super short. It looks ok though, if you like people that are trying to look like they were in the military. We got to visit a guy named don in the hospital, swears like a sailor, but he's nice enough. I can't ever remember everything we did, we rode the bus a lot. people are fairly nice here though. 

Love You!

Did you get your five investigators this week? (or 10)

Haha while we were trying to get five new investigators, our goal was to talk to five new people each day, we hit it a couple days, but we averaged about three.

How is your newbie?  Your pictures were cute.  I gather his name is Brett Bingham...?

Yep that's his name! and he seems to be doing well!

What is the neatest thing that you have planned as a DL, tell me about it?

Last district meeting was kind of an odd one. We read in second nephi, chapter four, I think, about Nephi saying he knew in whom he trusted, and then I told that children's story "Just the Way you are" and then I tried to read that story from the friend "Billy" and I couldn't even make it through the first day and I started crying, so I handed it to one of the sisters who thought they could do it without crying, and then all the sisters started crying, the Elders were just fine but I was just crying my face off even more than the sisters. Just me and the sisters just crying away. I think Wednesday was the first day on my mission that I actually cried, which is surprising. But the whole point of the district meeting is that we are enough, we are created the way that we are supposed to be, along with the challenges that we are supposed to have. That Heavenly Father understands our weakness's, and it's ok to have those. All Christ asks us to do is try.  The thing we need to understand is the Atonement, because preach my gospel says  the more we understand the atonement, the more our desire to share the gospel will increase, so I was hoping that we could all understand a little better what the Atonement really is about, that we may have a little more of a desire to serve and do our best. I try to make all of our district meetings applicable, and I study for them, and then when I get there, the spirit takes care of the rest. I'm so grateful to be able to rely on the spirit to tell me what to say when I need to know what to say. I try to pray that when I speak, I could speak the same words that The Savior would say had he been there. I find when I do my part and make it known that I want that, Heavenly Father Blesses me with knowledge on what to say. 

Do you feel like you waste time on the buses?

sometimes yes, sometimes we are able to talk to people, and that's really good.

Did you figure out the bus policy on proselyting?

No we just usually make casual conversation with people until they ask about us, then we share a little message and a card.

Have you ever preformed a marriage?  You can do that, right?

I think that I can, but I've never done it... I will let you know though if I do.

Do you get to give blessings very often?

I get to give blessings pretty often, It's pretty nice to feel like a mouthpiece, I always pray for that before I give a blessing as well.

Do people give you their excess produce from their gardens?

No. We've been in a famine for the last few weeks. This week it looks like it will be broken. we have some meals planned. Elder Bingham though is a pleasure to cook with. We cook all of our meals together. (though he often does the hard part.) But as far as the food we cook, this is probably the best i've ever eaten in our apartment.

That's all for me, Just know that I know that what I'm doing out here is right, and I'm doing it for the right people. We had a pretty deep conversation with a man that says that the second coming is really soon, so make sure you're ready, for no man is certain when the bridegroom cometh.

love You!

Elder Peterson