hows the fam fam?
so emiliana was baptized yesterday! it was an awesome experience because after she was baptized her family bore their testimonies and you could feel the spirit strongly and when her husband bore his i was so happy because he talked about how now they can be sealed together as a family in the temple. i realized that it wasn't just a baptism, it was much more, through the Lord i am able to help change lives here. some other crazy news......ivonne, martas daughter is progressing so fast that she is gonna get baptized this sunday! she is reading the book of mormon like crazy and understands it all. she has gone to a few activities and just loves everything. most crazy is that as we were teaching her and talking to her she was so excited about everything and she said "after someone gets baptized, how long do they have to wait till they can serve a mission?" we said a year. and then asked "why? do you want to serve a mission?!" she said "yes". i was like yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. that got me so excited! she hasn't even been baptized and already wants to serve a mission. i was pretty happy. but ya we still need to teach a ton so hopefully in a week you can hear good things. we struggled a little this week with finding people. we have been praying to find a family so we are gonna do all we can this week and i know we will be blessed. i just wanted to send a thanks to grandma winda and the update on adam. i have been praying daily for adam i was so so so so excited to hear good news about adam. thanks grandma. trevor crump sent me an awesome email and helped me to realize the things that are of real importance out here. president may is always pushing us harder and harder and i'm gonna give it my all again this week and i know that the Lord will help us out. when we are on the Lord's errand we are entitled to his help. dad i really liked what you said about being valiant in the pre earth life and now we need to be valiant here. it helped me to realized that there really aren't a lot of changes. we are just separated from the presence of God. when we think about it that way, it's not so much a life of changing, but staying faithful so that ONCE AGAIN we can live with him. we are the same, we just forgot how great it was before this life. i love you guys a lot and thanks so much for your prayers, i still need them ha ha. you are in mine. live like it's your last day!
elder peterson
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Chance's Email 2/8/2009
hey!HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW MARCUS
i'm so glad you guys loved the little package. ok well marta got baptized yesterday! it was awesome!!!!!! the saturday before we had a family night with the ward and we invited pres. and sis may to come and speak and it was awesome. we had a bunch of new people that the members brought to the activity so hopefully we can teach some of them. ok well keep in your prayers: totti claudia and bilma. i think they will be our next baptisms after emiliana on the 22nd.. she is good to go. ok well a funny story. yesterday my comp felt a little sick and felt like he had to spew the whole day but i was like, ya it's not that bad let's go and work the days almost over. so we continued to work and like and hour before we had to enter for the night we visited totti. she told us her aunt just died and she seemed ok but i know it was a rough day. so my comp began to talk and explain about the plan of salvation. she lives in some apartments that are open. like the stairs and hallways are outside. well we were talking to her outside her door and there was a balcony next to us and as my comp began to talk he said "just a sec" and went over to the balcony and spewed! he spewed like 4 times and totti and i were trying hard not to laugh. after 4 spews from the second floor, my comp returned with a smile cause he felt a lot better ha ha ha. we laughed quite a bit, i couldn't stop laughing. ok another random thought. i was eating my beloved pringles a couple nights ago when i looked at the pringle guy on the can and i noticed somethihng......it looks like DAD.. the moustache most of all. so i have decided on dad's grandpa name and it's pringles! isn't it perfect! and the kids will say it like pwingles. it's perfect if you guys don't agree i don't know what i'll do cause it's perfect. i got the package and it was full of love. i'm eating every bit of it. i love the cd you guys sent it's great. and the letters too especially napolean dynamite. just a heads up. keep sending me the small memory blue memory cards cause the other memory cards they are gigantic, i can't print fotos off cause they are too big. so don't buy more just send me them cause that's what i need to print off pics and send to people. also i wanted to give a shout out to adam, sheyenne, and chad whose birthdays are this month. ok well thanks for the letters they are great. i'm lovin the mission and i am so happy. after martas baptism i saw her walk into the bathroom soaking wet as a lady in the ward went in to help, along with marta´s daughter and they gave some screams of joy! marta was so nervous until she came up out of the water and she had a huge smile on her face. i don't know if i already read this quote toyou guys but ezra taft benson said: true happiness only comes by making others happy. so true isn't it. i love that quote. also a missionary shared a thought with me. he had the definition of a missionary written and shared it with me. MISSIONARY: Someone who leaves their family for a short time so that others may be with their families for eternity. pretty cool huh? that helped me forget myself a little. i love you guys so much and well see ya next week.
elder peterson
i'm so glad you guys loved the little package. ok well marta got baptized yesterday! it was awesome!!!!!! the saturday before we had a family night with the ward and we invited pres. and sis may to come and speak and it was awesome. we had a bunch of new people that the members brought to the activity so hopefully we can teach some of them. ok well keep in your prayers: totti claudia and bilma. i think they will be our next baptisms after emiliana on the 22nd.. she is good to go. ok well a funny story. yesterday my comp felt a little sick and felt like he had to spew the whole day but i was like, ya it's not that bad let's go and work the days almost over. so we continued to work and like and hour before we had to enter for the night we visited totti. she told us her aunt just died and she seemed ok but i know it was a rough day. so my comp began to talk and explain about the plan of salvation. she lives in some apartments that are open. like the stairs and hallways are outside. well we were talking to her outside her door and there was a balcony next to us and as my comp began to talk he said "just a sec" and went over to the balcony and spewed! he spewed like 4 times and totti and i were trying hard not to laugh. after 4 spews from the second floor, my comp returned with a smile cause he felt a lot better ha ha ha. we laughed quite a bit, i couldn't stop laughing. ok another random thought. i was eating my beloved pringles a couple nights ago when i looked at the pringle guy on the can and i noticed somethihng......it looks like DAD.. the moustache most of all. so i have decided on dad's grandpa name and it's pringles! isn't it perfect! and the kids will say it like pwingles. it's perfect if you guys don't agree i don't know what i'll do cause it's perfect. i got the package and it was full of love. i'm eating every bit of it. i love the cd you guys sent it's great. and the letters too especially napolean dynamite. just a heads up. keep sending me the small memory blue memory cards cause the other memory cards they are gigantic, i can't print fotos off cause they are too big. so don't buy more just send me them cause that's what i need to print off pics and send to people. also i wanted to give a shout out to adam, sheyenne, and chad whose birthdays are this month. ok well thanks for the letters they are great. i'm lovin the mission and i am so happy. after martas baptism i saw her walk into the bathroom soaking wet as a lady in the ward went in to help, along with marta´s daughter and they gave some screams of joy! marta was so nervous until she came up out of the water and she had a huge smile on her face. i don't know if i already read this quote toyou guys but ezra taft benson said: true happiness only comes by making others happy. so true isn't it. i love that quote. also a missionary shared a thought with me. he had the definition of a missionary written and shared it with me. MISSIONARY: Someone who leaves their family for a short time so that others may be with their families for eternity. pretty cool huh? that helped me forget myself a little. i love you guys so much and well see ya next week.
elder peterson
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Chance's Email 2/4/2009
Wahooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! thats a big wahoo for dad's hole- in-one and a big wahoo cause my week was awesome! dad i can't believe you finally got your single! that's soooooooooooo killer. i knew that me being on the mish would bring you luck. so i guess it's my turn during marcus´s mission. i was so pumped when i saw the pictures. you sure chose the right club cause it stinkin LANDED IN THE HOLE! that is incredible. i loved that picture of the divot and stuff. were you doin chris farley cartwheels? i hope so. ok well this computer has been a real test of patience for me so i'm a little short on time but this week we found twelve new people to teach and some have baptismal dates! i was so excited and i'm ready for this month. Marta is going to get baptized on sunday! tonight we have a family home evening with her and her daughter is going to come. wish us luck. marta still needs to feel a little bit stronger about joseph smith and stuff but i know it will come. as for emiliana on the 22nd... she is accepting the teachings, her kids are helping us out a TON cause she is ridiculously busy and never gives us time to teach her so basically her kids are doing all the work. but if we get all the teachings in on time then it should work out this month, if not it'll be for march. but ya we have some others that are on the way. as i reflected last night on my mission and what i'm doing differently now than earlier, i realized that succes comes when we put the work in the Lord's hands and try to humble ourselves and purify our hearts and work like crazy. i've already tried and i CANNOT teach without the spirit or without His help. i'm just a kid in the street if i don't have the spirit and if i think i can do the work my own way. i think the success started to come when i realized that and tried to change. i'm really trying to love the people more and i loved what you said mom about damien and others that loved their people on the mission and i want that kind of love. david o mckay said something that i love he said. "true happiness comes only by making others happy". it's true and so many nights after working i can't keep the happiness i have inside, like last night, i was singing and doing whatever to let my energy out. i love this work and how my testimony is growing. sure this work has it's way tough days and the rough times are more often than the good times but when it's good, it's way good. marcus that's great that you got to change jobs, enjoy each job you have and try to learn from each one, but ALWAYS try to have a job. i was just thinking this week about you guys and i am so grateful to have the family i do, i wouldn't handpick any other brother, sister, mom, or dad. i have the perfect fam. thanks for all the love and support you give me and for the stories you tell me. i hope the ward isn't too tough to get used to, it sounds like it should be ok still. we still have some fun people. i think i should get the package you guys sent tomorrow, if not it will be next tuesday. k well gots to go i hope you guys have a killer week. something i remembered from the dale carnegie book is that we should always try to give compliments. someone said if we give 10 sincere compliments to ten different people each day, our lives will completely change. try it. i wanna encourage you all to read that book its amazing and i use its principles everyday. send me some advice next week on some stuff you read, i don't remember it all. k gotta go, i love you guys and keep it up. elder peterson
oh yeah, the other day i saw two drunk guys in a fight and they were basically punching the air cause they were so drunk and they both fell down and were trying to fight, it was pretty funny.
oh yeah, the other day i saw two drunk guys in a fight and they were basically punching the air cause they were so drunk and they both fell down and were trying to fight, it was pretty funny.
Chance's Email 1/26/2009
Fam famity fam
thanks for the letters i got a ton today and the computer has been way slow so i have little time. guess who just walked into the internet place where i am? elder espinel! i haven't seen him since he went to the island. i was so excited to see him. cool well another miracle week and way fast week i don't know where it went..... but this whole week we were looking for people and found no one until saturday. talk about a trial of faith right? so last sunday the bishop gave us a reference to a lady whose whole family are members and she has been going to the church for 3 years now every sunday but hasn't chosen to get baptized yet. her husband got baptized 18 years ago and her two kids got baptized when they were 8. we went to visit her and talked a little things were good and then we asked if we could share a message with her. we began talking about baptism and asked her what she think it is that impedes her being baptized. she said nothing, (good sign). she said she always liked what the church taught her kids and people always said she needed to get baptized but she never chose to do it. we talked a little more and explained why it was important and then extended a baptismal date for feb 22nd. .........she accepted! her daughter was in the room, she is 17 and she gasped. i looked at her and she was smiling so big! it looks like she has never accepted a date before and so it looks really promising. then her son walked in and we told him what happened and he gave his mom a big hug and was like YAAAAAY. and then her husband found out and they are all way excited. it was a miracle. we worked really hard the whole week and saturday is when the Lord decided to bless us. i never imagined that we would be blessed like this but the Lord works in mysterious ways and always comes through. i'm so excited and i know it was the Lord and the bishop listening to the spirit that made it happen. we were just instruments. i felt a load of joy and i'm so excited to see the baptism. it's the week after transfers so pray that i will stay! i can't believe that about jury duty london. what a test of patience! i will pray that something works out. patience is a life long challenge to overcome and we need to pray to the Lord for help. tell kenz i got her email and i'll try to write her next week. oh and london i am emailing my mtc teacher marcus johnson who you went on a date with and he said "your sister probably thinks that was a way awkward date cause i was still way weird" ha ha but he is a STUD. marcus that's hilarious about jesse. i sent you a letter today along with two memory cards so keep your eyes peeled. dad thanks for the cool stories and info. mom thanks for the spiritual experiences and the great details, i don't ever mention how much i love the details cause i don't have time but i love your letters. i love you guys a ton and some more great news. ......i was looking at the baptisms our mission had and guess who got baptized yesterday.....paula! the lady you were praying for and that i had a way good lesson with her and we put a baptismal date the night before i left my last area. isn't that awesome! i'm so glad that the elders were blessed with success with her. i know that baptism is going to turn into many more! mom something i was thinking about the other day is when we were in the drivers license place and we had to wait for a long time and everyone had grumpy faces and were frustrated and we were like, ok let's make one of the workers smile or laugh. and we did ha ha. i will always remember that especially here in chile cause everyone are workaholics and need a good smile every now and then. we need to put a smile on the world's faces! i love you guys.
elder peterson
thanks for the letters i got a ton today and the computer has been way slow so i have little time. guess who just walked into the internet place where i am? elder espinel! i haven't seen him since he went to the island. i was so excited to see him. cool well another miracle week and way fast week i don't know where it went..... but this whole week we were looking for people and found no one until saturday. talk about a trial of faith right? so last sunday the bishop gave us a reference to a lady whose whole family are members and she has been going to the church for 3 years now every sunday but hasn't chosen to get baptized yet. her husband got baptized 18 years ago and her two kids got baptized when they were 8. we went to visit her and talked a little things were good and then we asked if we could share a message with her. we began talking about baptism and asked her what she think it is that impedes her being baptized. she said nothing, (good sign). she said she always liked what the church taught her kids and people always said she needed to get baptized but she never chose to do it. we talked a little more and explained why it was important and then extended a baptismal date for feb 22nd. .........she accepted! her daughter was in the room, she is 17 and she gasped. i looked at her and she was smiling so big! it looks like she has never accepted a date before and so it looks really promising. then her son walked in and we told him what happened and he gave his mom a big hug and was like YAAAAAY. and then her husband found out and they are all way excited. it was a miracle. we worked really hard the whole week and saturday is when the Lord decided to bless us. i never imagined that we would be blessed like this but the Lord works in mysterious ways and always comes through. i'm so excited and i know it was the Lord and the bishop listening to the spirit that made it happen. we were just instruments. i felt a load of joy and i'm so excited to see the baptism. it's the week after transfers so pray that i will stay! i can't believe that about jury duty london. what a test of patience! i will pray that something works out. patience is a life long challenge to overcome and we need to pray to the Lord for help. tell kenz i got her email and i'll try to write her next week. oh and london i am emailing my mtc teacher marcus johnson who you went on a date with and he said "your sister probably thinks that was a way awkward date cause i was still way weird" ha ha but he is a STUD. marcus that's hilarious about jesse. i sent you a letter today along with two memory cards so keep your eyes peeled. dad thanks for the cool stories and info. mom thanks for the spiritual experiences and the great details, i don't ever mention how much i love the details cause i don't have time but i love your letters. i love you guys a ton and some more great news. ......i was looking at the baptisms our mission had and guess who got baptized yesterday.....paula! the lady you were praying for and that i had a way good lesson with her and we put a baptismal date the night before i left my last area. isn't that awesome! i'm so glad that the elders were blessed with success with her. i know that baptism is going to turn into many more! mom something i was thinking about the other day is when we were in the drivers license place and we had to wait for a long time and everyone had grumpy faces and were frustrated and we were like, ok let's make one of the workers smile or laugh. and we did ha ha. i will always remember that especially here in chile cause everyone are workaholics and need a good smile every now and then. we need to put a smile on the world's faces! i love you guys.
elder peterson
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