Day 489

So that's really exciting, one that across the last several months of my mission, we've found a new investigator almost every week, but usually just one, and Elder Owens and I did our best to show faith to increase that to two investigators, and then we got it done. How great is that!? The other crazy part is that Sandra, while she hasn't been meeting with us for lessons, has been reading The Book of Mormon, and pamphlets on her own. She's great and I love her, and we're excited to see her get baptized and further her relationship with Christ.

That's our week, it's been really exciting, we saw lots of people, lots of missionaries, we've been able to get work done and have fun. Elder Owens is a really good companion, very positive and upbeat, happy go lucky guy.

Thank you for your prayers. I love you.

<3

Love Elder Peterson

Day 482

Sister Peterson,

Well that will be exciting taking Kamas out of school for those, how is she doing with those subjects? how about Korinne? how is life for her?

This week we Made Contact with Charee again, she said she would really like if we tried talking to her Dad. That would be really great if it works out, but man am I nervous!

It was kind of sad everybody had to say goodbye to Elder Bingham, but since he's just in neepawa, he's standing next to me now! 

Prod away for the family history.. just remember how similar Korinne and I are to each other ;)

The only thing that I was thinking would be nice to have, is my leatherman. :) Elder Bingham had one and it made me sure did miss mine.

I found some nearly new Insulated Coveralls at the thrift store today, I thought they only wanted like thirty, and that probably would have been worth trying to pack home, but they wanted 75, they're probably worth between 150 and 200 Can. So we'll see if they're still around when they get cheaper. Any thoughts?

The ones from last letter, favorite scripture hero?

I really like 3rd nephi. He is a great prophet. He sticks in my mind as having some of the most humility, but the most power is given to him as well. Great guy. good morals. Good christian background

The special senior recognition thing, why didn't we do that with you? (remember how Kate was honored at the football game)

I am not sure If I was ever that important. :)

How is the new companion?

I really like him. We get along well! Really positive and upbeat, and I think that he does a really good job.

So Kate said Elder Bingham is finishing as a trainer, how does that work? 

Training lasts for two transfers, so Elder Bingham is finishing someone's training.

Is Halloween big there?

I think it's decent sized, Not like Canadian thanksgiving which is pretty small.

Best service for this week?

We moved two people this week. Some really good members, we helped them pack up their things. They are headed to Kenora. :/ They were really good to me while I was here.

Filipino family?

We haven't seen them Since Elder Bingham left, But I'm sure they will have us over with Elder Owens.

Any new investigators?

No :(

Are you still a DL?

Nope. But we did get a car!

Love you soooo much!!!

Love Elder Peterson

Day 475

This week was good, No complaints. Except I'm getting a new companion, his name is Elder Owens, he was in Dauphin. He is a good missionary, he used to be my Zone Leader so you know he's good. He's kind of a goofball from Alaska. but he is good. It's funny because in the last district meeting I looked at him and I just liked him all of the sudden. I didn't really know what to think before, but it was like someone whispered to me and said "he's a good Elder"

Oh, the question I had last week, maybe its more for a foreign missionary, like things that will help you remember your mission, things you want to share with your family, things that are unique to Canada or your area?  That's what I meant...  Also, when I was asking about Christmas, I meant something like this, something to help you remember the experiences you've had there, momentos, I guess.

Canada doesn't have a lot of Unique things.. except for things with moose on them. One thing I do like about Canada is everyone seems to have a good amount of national pride. Other than that, everything is more expensive up here. Haha.

How is your Filipino family?

They are doing well, We haven't been able to talk to them much. We had an appointment set up last week and it fell through so we were sad, we're going to try and see them before Elder Bingham leaves.

Did the lady watch conference with you or just provide refreshments?

She watched it, I think she even enjoyed it!

What was your best moment this week?

I got to play piano at the other Elder's baptism. The spirit was very strong and I really enjoyed being there. It was nice to contribute to it.

What will you miss about your companion when/if you get transferred?

Elder Bingham is a good missionary, I'll miss his example of service that he shows. He's very thoughtful. Probably my favorite companion.

Are you still helping other missionaries find what they need for a small fee?

Haven't had any treasure finds lately; I usually have my eyes open for garage sales and so forth, but no such luck.

How are your other PI's, did they come around?

Not yet. We're still working on them.

Anything Else? We're expecting to baptize next transfer, so that will be really exciting!

Love Elder Peterson

Day 468

Conference was really good, I really enjoyed it. ps, everyone gave us food yesterday, we had lunch as bishops, then we went to a less active ladies house named Tina, she is a sweetheart, we haven't been able to get her to church, but she feeds us every Tuesday. I don't even know how she does it, but she has all six missionaries every Tuesday, and she always makes the best dinners. We got to go to her house to watch conference for the last session, and she had a bunch of foam fingers and snacks for us to eat. I even tried to let her off the hook for Tuesday night dinner but she said that all of her friends and people are accustomed to her being busy on tuesday night, and if they saw her standing around they would start coming, so "we'd better keep that going"  after that a lady named Sandra dropped off Indian tacos, we put them in the fridge and went to have dinner at our little fillipino families house. We've started teaching them this last week and it's really exciting for me because they are a wonderful little family and the first one I've had the chance to teach. They only sad part is that I'll likely be transferred in a week and a half. :(

My favorite talk was definitely Elder Eyring's he is really the best. He had a good one in priesthood session as well. A lot of the talks for me centered around faith and trusting in the Lord. I think that the thing that stood out to me is that while I believe and even know what the church teaches is true, there are some things that aren't really a reality, things that need to be a little closer to my heart to be impact my life more. I loved Elder Holland's talk on a Mother's love and it made me just want to give my mom a big hug! You're a sweetheart Mom!

Are there very many areas without cars?

Only a few, Now I've had two in a row! :) But that's not a bad thing. It really puts you out to contact people more, walking and riding the bus..

Are you starting to make mental checklists of things you want to remember or take back with you?

Not sure what you mean by that... :)

How was this week, hopefully better?

Really good, especially since we got to teach our family. We taught them about the restoration.  

Has your President given you any advice you could share with us?

I wouldn't mind sharing his advice, but I can't think of what he's given me, He interviewed me a couple months ago, and told me a few of those nice things that when you hear your heart grows three sizes, but when you share, your head grows three sizes, So I'll probably keep those to myself. ;) He's really been changing the mission, he's said now that every companionship should expect to baptize every transfer, so I've got to get behind that and expect it to happen, and then it will!

Best moment for the week (an oldie but a goodie)?

Best moment? I'm not sure, this last week was all pretty good. We were trying to figure out how to teach our fillipino family, then we just said "can we share a spiritual thought with you?" and they Obliged. I was surprised. Simplicity and Boldness are often the best tools to use.

Can you remember getting custom advice from the spirit like Elder Larry Lawrence talked about?

I've definitely had that happen, I think all of us do more than we realize, I think you're talking about the speaker that talked about the girl getting advice to clean her room. The thing is that the Spirit doesn't need us to pray to give us custom revelation, If we're living worthy we should wonder why we're not getting custom revelation all the time. I think it's rarely monumental, but often small things that are the vehicle. Just think back to all the times that things have popped into your head to do, and that was probably the spirit talking to us.

What do you need for your pantry this week?

We didn't spend much, most weeks we only spend about ten or fifteen on groceries, except the beginning of each month we spend close to sixty or eighty together, this week though we're both leery of transfer calls so we are being careful. but today we bought milk, butter, oatmeal and 

What was the best service you did last week?

We got to volunteer for Brandon's largest Garage sale, we met a few people and helped everyone load their junk into a big room, they all set up on little tables hoping to make their fortune, and I wasn't there till the end, but I imagine a lot of people just took their old junk back home. Nothing was very good. We did like the service though. It was like moving someone, except minus the heavy piano and other things.

Ps. What do you mean something meaningful after I get home..? like what?