why is my family so great?
first thanks a ton for the letters and secondly, the package! ha ha it was awesome! i don't know why but i always get so excited when i see those fruity pebbles. my zone leader said "SAVE ME A BOWL!". but even better than the sugar were the letters and videos. i loved your letters and it's something that i'll always have so thanks a lot. i loved thinking back on some awesome memories. i have shown a few people the videos you guys sent and they were laughing pretty hard. i loved the video of you guys dancing it was a keeper! and floyd's message made me laugh pretty hard. that was nice of dr j to send me some hormonies to help me with the bobobpsy. i think my comp needs them more than me cause he was zonked out in church yesterday! you guys have gotta hear the chileans and how they sing church hymns, you would laugh. it's so slow, my companion plays the piano and he plays good, normal speed, and they are all lost and it's a disaster, so he has to slow it down like half the speed of normal. i have developed lots of patience ha ha. this week we were amazingly blessed again. we have really been low on people to teach and people progressing. we decided to do some extra things. as we left the house and prayed for extra help we went to visit michelle and she wasn't there. so elder mangels asked if her grandma was there. she hobbled out of her room(she is awesome and hilarious) and said hi and we asked if we could share a message with her and she said "claro que si" so we sat down and started talking about baptism and she was really open and we said "would you like to get baptized?" she again said "claro que sí". so we put a date and she is gonna get baptized. i don't think it could've been easier. all we have to do is ask the Lord for help and bam he is there. as we went to the next appt with her we began with a song and she can't read too well so she said i'll just follow. she had no idea what the words were so when we sang a long word like "evangelio" she would shout the last part of the word like "da da da da GELIO!" and we had to stop. we didn't even make it to the second line and my comp and i and michelle's aunt were cracking up! we had to not sing that appt. it was so funny. i still am holding back ridiculous laughter everytime we go there and i can't look at my companion. the grandma is rosa and is just hilarious and super strong. toady we made the cookies you sent me at marta and ivonne's house. they were heavenly and they love them as well. well i am running short on time as always and i have more emails to write but thanks so much for your love and support. i don't believe there is a missionary in the field with more support than me. pray for jose. we have lots of plans so that he can make it to church this week. i love you mom dad london marcus and fam.
elder peterson
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Chance's Email 3/2/09
fam and a half!
how is life? it sounds like you have seen some amazing things like apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth. what a coincidence cause today we had the priviledge to hear from elder jay jensen of the seventy and it was amazing!!!!! i loved it and he knows how to speak and captivate his audience i'll tell ya. few times have i been so glued to a talk. i think it was so awesome cause i'm in the mission and everything he said he could apply to us personally as missionaries. he also is 100% fluent in spanish which suprised me, it was great. a few things he said that i liked were "you teach what you are" a little of what you said dad. also he said "2/3 of our message is non verbal, we are the message, its not what we say" i loved that. he was hilarious and had us laughing quite a bit. he is just way down to earth and i've heard that he has memorized the book of mormon. go figure, so this week was awesome! ivonne was baptized, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. and her brother who just turned 20 and has a girlfriend and a new baby girl, came to her baptism. he is really nice so hopefully the miracles continue. they would have to get married but i see nothing that impedes them. it was sad to hear about grandpa but i'll keep him in my prayers. i am constantly praying for family members...how are they all doin? progressing?
i can't even imagine how incredible it was to have pres. packer and elder hales speaking to you guys. that is really amazing. it's such a big deal when we hear from a seventy here and i can't even imagine an apostle. so here it's cooling down, in the night at least and we have seen a few less spiders so that's always good. our ward is so strong and i feel so blessed to have the bishop we do. i think the ward likes him so much cause he knows how to have fun! he isn't uptight or too serious, well he knows when to be and when not to be. and he just brings a lot of energy to everyone. we are going to do a service in marta's house this saturday and he wanted to play soccer after. we said that as missionaries we always play in the morning at 6 and that they should come play with us. he challenged us and said BRING IT ON and so we are gonna play with the young men and the bishop. that's the type of guy he is and he is always having a barbeque on saturdays at noon with different ward families and just takes care of his sheep. one thing i like that elder jensen said is that he decided to do somethings while he was on his mission, these included: praying daily and nightly, reading every day from the scriptures, paying his tithing, and living worthy of a temple recommend. he decided to do these things for the rest of his life and has done it ever since. i know it's the little things like that that are gonna keep us active, strong, and blessed. well i gotta go i'm running out of time, tell my cousins i wanna hear from them more! and my aunts and unks, they can always shoot me an email or dear elder. i love you mom and dad marcus and london. keep up the good work and never be afraid what man can do, only what God can do. live with an eternal perspective.
elder peterson
how is life? it sounds like you have seen some amazing things like apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth. what a coincidence cause today we had the priviledge to hear from elder jay jensen of the seventy and it was amazing!!!!! i loved it and he knows how to speak and captivate his audience i'll tell ya. few times have i been so glued to a talk. i think it was so awesome cause i'm in the mission and everything he said he could apply to us personally as missionaries. he also is 100% fluent in spanish which suprised me, it was great. a few things he said that i liked were "you teach what you are" a little of what you said dad. also he said "2/3 of our message is non verbal, we are the message, its not what we say" i loved that. he was hilarious and had us laughing quite a bit. he is just way down to earth and i've heard that he has memorized the book of mormon. go figure, so this week was awesome! ivonne was baptized, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. and her brother who just turned 20 and has a girlfriend and a new baby girl, came to her baptism. he is really nice so hopefully the miracles continue. they would have to get married but i see nothing that impedes them. it was sad to hear about grandpa but i'll keep him in my prayers. i am constantly praying for family members...how are they all doin? progressing?
i can't even imagine how incredible it was to have pres. packer and elder hales speaking to you guys. that is really amazing. it's such a big deal when we hear from a seventy here and i can't even imagine an apostle. so here it's cooling down, in the night at least and we have seen a few less spiders so that's always good. our ward is so strong and i feel so blessed to have the bishop we do. i think the ward likes him so much cause he knows how to have fun! he isn't uptight or too serious, well he knows when to be and when not to be. and he just brings a lot of energy to everyone. we are going to do a service in marta's house this saturday and he wanted to play soccer after. we said that as missionaries we always play in the morning at 6 and that they should come play with us. he challenged us and said BRING IT ON and so we are gonna play with the young men and the bishop. that's the type of guy he is and he is always having a barbeque on saturdays at noon with different ward families and just takes care of his sheep. one thing i like that elder jensen said is that he decided to do somethings while he was on his mission, these included: praying daily and nightly, reading every day from the scriptures, paying his tithing, and living worthy of a temple recommend. he decided to do these things for the rest of his life and has done it ever since. i know it's the little things like that that are gonna keep us active, strong, and blessed. well i gotta go i'm running out of time, tell my cousins i wanna hear from them more! and my aunts and unks, they can always shoot me an email or dear elder. i love you mom and dad marcus and london. keep up the good work and never be afraid what man can do, only what God can do. live with an eternal perspective.
elder peterson
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