hey fam!
how are ya´ll doin? i'm doing so good! i'm not gonna lie, the week i got here to my new area was way tough. my companion and i decided to do some things different. we made a promise with the Lord at the beginning of the week that we would do some things and we did them and we found a lady that has agreed to get baptized february 8th! it was a miracle because on tuesday, we were knocking doors looking for people and we hadn't entered a house in awhile and we knocked one door and a lady answered and was really nice and we talked to her and she was like "yeah, my neighbors are Jehovah's witnesses and i'm from a different religion" we said "there are many different religions in the world and sometimes we can be confused. we have the way that you can find out for yourself which is the true church, would you like to know?" and she let us in. as we sat down she began describing how she has felt recently. passing through lots of sadness, fear, and confusion(the perfect investigator) and began crying. she said if we were in her house it's cause the Lord sent us there and we have a message that will help her. she said, this message must be important so i will listen. then we began teaching her parts of the plan of salvation and what she can do to have more happiness and direction in her life. we talked about baptism and extended a date for february 8th and she accepted. she was so excited and ready to do it. she said she feels like that's what she lacks. the next day we went to visit her cause she had to go to the hospital to get some scary results from some tests and we wanted to see how they went. she is ok and was so thankful. she had the pamphlet we left with her displayed in her living room with a picture of the baptism of Jesus and said that she displayed it because she knows that that's what she wants. it was amazing. then yesterday she went to church and loved it. and tonight we have a fhe with a family that has come to a couple appointments at her house with us. i feel so happy and grateful for the help we have recieved and that's something i need to boost my energy a little. i know we are gonna find more people this week and i can't wait to share more experiences. mom i loved what you said about teaching wiht the spirit. that is something i needed to hear cause i always want to prepare a wow message too. but sometimes we need to follow what the spirit says instead of what we want. also, service works. i had some stupid bitter feelings against somethings my companion did and then i tried serving him a little more and we are more united and there is a bond now. it works! thats crazy about brittany, i didn't know that! i still need some pictures from kenzy and her boy toy. i have only seen one. more than anything i wanna see how she is doin! tell her to get on the ball and write me. about grandma, i haven't recieved anything unfortunately. it could still be in the mail but a suggestion would be to write the letter in word, and then copy and paste it so that she doesn't lose it. but tell her i love her and her emails are always the most consistent and i wish i could write her everyweek! thanks for all the letters grandma! also, i got chad's letter and it was awesome. thanks for the experiences chad. he needs to tell you guys about it. he sets a great example of a member missionary. keep praying for opportunities to share the gospel. also i wanted to give a birthday shoutout to jenny and andy this month. i hope it's lovely. oh, one more thing, a bird pooped in my hair while sharing the gospel with someone yesterday. i love you fam!
elder peterson
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Chance's Email 1/12/09
Que tal familia?
muchisimas gracia por sus cartas! your letters always give me so much help and motivation. i loved what you said mom about what braden talked about. there aren't lots of things better than hearing advice from missionaries who have just ended their missions and the advice they have. i think lately i have been too focused on numbers and like dad said, thinking about what others think of us and looking for praise. the Lord has said that people like that already have their reward. i'm going to try to focus more on submitting to the will of the Lord and not what I want. thanks so much for the tips. i feel like i have really recieve a lot of help from Heavenly Father. as i have started teaching in my new area, i have felt a peace come over me and i feel so much more calm as i teach instead of stressed and trying to teach everything i know. it doesn't matter too much what you teach but what the people feel. as i was contacting with another elder the other day he told me, the people rarely remember what the missionaries said when we knock their doors, but they DO remember what they felt as they talked with us. it all depends on the spirit we have with us, not what we say or how we say it. i liked that a lot. this week has been a little hard. we have been searching for lots of new people and we are trying some new techniques to have the spirit with us continually. i know that as i try to become more christlike and keep the rules and do what i have been called to do... i will have successs. maybe not how i was expecting, but i will have it. i really take things for granted, like matt's mission and how little sun there was. mine is full of sun and it really makes my day brighter but i've never said thanks for it. my new area is just like my old. almost all are the same except for one zone that is in the mountains with bikes and stuff. but my area is a lot calmer than my older area. a lot fewer buses and people that work like crazy. the members are so nice and do so much for the missionaries. our bishop is young and new and is doing awesome things for the ward. i'm excited to work with him. we have found some new people we will see how it goes with them this week but i'm going to try to serve my companion a little more. i know that will help the work a lot more if we are more united. he is a great guy, we are a little different but nothing that makes us clash. we have lots of potential but it depends on us now if we want to arrive at our potential. my house is big and way, way dirty. we cleaned it for 2 hours today and we are about halfway done. mom about those letters, just send them to me and i'll send them to the families. ok i wanted to ask you guys to send one of those black jump ropes that we have, i think i have one in my locker. i think that would be an easy and killer way to excercise here so whenever you send the next package that would be great if you could include that. ok some details about my first day here. we ate lunch with a way nice family but there is one thing that i can't stand. its olives. i can eat a bone soup, a nasty sausage but i can't eat olives. so this old couple we were eating with served us a salad with lots of olives on top and i wanted to be nice my first day and set a good impression so i didn't say anything. during the conversation, one by one i secretly took the olives off my plate and put them in a napkin and when i had them all in a napkin i shoved it in my pocket and asked if i could go to the bathroom. when i entered the bathroom i took them out of my pocket and flushed them down the toilet, disposing the evidence. i felt so cool and sly. then she brought out dessert which you'll never guess what it was.... a big bowl of pure canteloupe. there was no escaping that, i had to down it with a smile, ha ha. well fam i gotta go now. thanks for your inspiration and help. keep following the straight and narrow. i love you elder peterson
oh, ps. my zone leader is ryan bacher's nephew. his name is jesse scott. ask ryan about him and tell him to write me.
muchisimas gracia por sus cartas! your letters always give me so much help and motivation. i loved what you said mom about what braden talked about. there aren't lots of things better than hearing advice from missionaries who have just ended their missions and the advice they have. i think lately i have been too focused on numbers and like dad said, thinking about what others think of us and looking for praise. the Lord has said that people like that already have their reward. i'm going to try to focus more on submitting to the will of the Lord and not what I want. thanks so much for the tips. i feel like i have really recieve a lot of help from Heavenly Father. as i have started teaching in my new area, i have felt a peace come over me and i feel so much more calm as i teach instead of stressed and trying to teach everything i know. it doesn't matter too much what you teach but what the people feel. as i was contacting with another elder the other day he told me, the people rarely remember what the missionaries said when we knock their doors, but they DO remember what they felt as they talked with us. it all depends on the spirit we have with us, not what we say or how we say it. i liked that a lot. this week has been a little hard. we have been searching for lots of new people and we are trying some new techniques to have the spirit with us continually. i know that as i try to become more christlike and keep the rules and do what i have been called to do... i will have successs. maybe not how i was expecting, but i will have it. i really take things for granted, like matt's mission and how little sun there was. mine is full of sun and it really makes my day brighter but i've never said thanks for it. my new area is just like my old. almost all are the same except for one zone that is in the mountains with bikes and stuff. but my area is a lot calmer than my older area. a lot fewer buses and people that work like crazy. the members are so nice and do so much for the missionaries. our bishop is young and new and is doing awesome things for the ward. i'm excited to work with him. we have found some new people we will see how it goes with them this week but i'm going to try to serve my companion a little more. i know that will help the work a lot more if we are more united. he is a great guy, we are a little different but nothing that makes us clash. we have lots of potential but it depends on us now if we want to arrive at our potential. my house is big and way, way dirty. we cleaned it for 2 hours today and we are about halfway done. mom about those letters, just send them to me and i'll send them to the families. ok i wanted to ask you guys to send one of those black jump ropes that we have, i think i have one in my locker. i think that would be an easy and killer way to excercise here so whenever you send the next package that would be great if you could include that. ok some details about my first day here. we ate lunch with a way nice family but there is one thing that i can't stand. its olives. i can eat a bone soup, a nasty sausage but i can't eat olives. so this old couple we were eating with served us a salad with lots of olives on top and i wanted to be nice my first day and set a good impression so i didn't say anything. during the conversation, one by one i secretly took the olives off my plate and put them in a napkin and when i had them all in a napkin i shoved it in my pocket and asked if i could go to the bathroom. when i entered the bathroom i took them out of my pocket and flushed them down the toilet, disposing the evidence. i felt so cool and sly. then she brought out dessert which you'll never guess what it was.... a big bowl of pure canteloupe. there was no escaping that, i had to down it with a smile, ha ha. well fam i gotta go now. thanks for your inspiration and help. keep following the straight and narrow. i love you elder peterson
oh, ps. my zone leader is ryan bacher's nephew. his name is jesse scott. ask ryan about him and tell him to write me.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Chance's Email 1/5/09
Familia!
First I wanna say thanks for the amazing letters. I felt the spirit when I read them and I want to be a better person each time I read them. I feel your prayers and they are helping. I don't know what I would do without your support. ok well some news.... I got transferred! I am now in a ward called Huelen (wellen, to the lay gringo) and I have heard bad things about this zone like it's boring or there isn't success or things like that but while talking to my new companion from New Orleans, Elder Mangels, he told me some things that gave me the confirmation that this ward is strong and is full of potential and opportunites. I am sooooooo excited! there is so much work to be done but I am so excited to start! This is where Elder Olsen was before he was my companion, I don't remember a lot of what he said but what I do remember was that it's a great place. My companion seems really down to earth and positive and ready to work. It looks like he is obedient too so I couldn't be happier. A little plus as well, we have lunch everyday with a different member and they serve us for free! Also they wash our clothes for free! How does my ward sound? I just wanted let you guys know that your prayers were answered and the fasts were not in vain. I too was fasting for a little success. Well remember Paola? The sister of Dina and sister in law of Raul? The three of them have continued to come to church since the first time we visited them and they really are members at heart. They just need to work some things out and get married. But Paula has no limitations. She is married although her husband and kids are still in Peru and she is awesome! We decided to focus on her and so the last appointment we had last night was with her, (the last appointment I would have in Vivaceta) and we went and asked her some questions about the restoration and she understood! I haven't told you guys but she is like 50 and it's ridiculously hard for her to understand. She isn't stupid just a little slow but she understood everything and then we put another baptismal date for Feb 1st and she was like Yeah! She had no problem and she is excited and I KNOW she is gonna get baptized, then Dina and Raul will follow with their kids and then Paula will share with her husband and kids. It was a miracle. I was so happy and wanted to stay in Vivaceta to see her baptism but I'm supposed to be here. It was an answer to my prayers and I'm so excited to hear how it goes. Elder Tanner, (my comp in the mtc) is now in my sector! So I will be able to talk to him and share experiences. I am so happy right now and have been so blessed to be a part of this work. I feel so lucky. so many people say, I don't know how you can leave for 2 years and serve a mission, but I think how CAN'T you? It's too amazing to turn down. thanks so much for praying for dina and raul and paula. I know your prayers helped and I know that when they get married they will immediately be baptized. Raul is already participating in activities with the Elders Quorum and Dina and Paula have told me how they feel so great when the go to church and when they don't.. their week is much worse. Dad, I absolutely loved the stories and quotes you sent me. They gave me so much excitement and motivation thanks. I'm gonna try some of your ideas. Well fam I need to head out. I'll let you know how my new area is next week. also I have been recieving those dear elders almost every single week from Grandma Winda and they couldn't mean more to me. Thanks so much Grandma. Anyone else can send me dear elders, it's really easy, and my mail is decreasing so spread the word fam! ha ha. Also Mumsey and Poppy shot me an email that was awesome too. Thanks Mumsey and Poppy. Thanks for all your prayers and love. I love you fam!
elder peterson
First I wanna say thanks for the amazing letters. I felt the spirit when I read them and I want to be a better person each time I read them. I feel your prayers and they are helping. I don't know what I would do without your support. ok well some news.... I got transferred! I am now in a ward called Huelen (wellen, to the lay gringo) and I have heard bad things about this zone like it's boring or there isn't success or things like that but while talking to my new companion from New Orleans, Elder Mangels, he told me some things that gave me the confirmation that this ward is strong and is full of potential and opportunites. I am sooooooo excited! there is so much work to be done but I am so excited to start! This is where Elder Olsen was before he was my companion, I don't remember a lot of what he said but what I do remember was that it's a great place. My companion seems really down to earth and positive and ready to work. It looks like he is obedient too so I couldn't be happier. A little plus as well, we have lunch everyday with a different member and they serve us for free! Also they wash our clothes for free! How does my ward sound? I just wanted let you guys know that your prayers were answered and the fasts were not in vain. I too was fasting for a little success. Well remember Paola? The sister of Dina and sister in law of Raul? The three of them have continued to come to church since the first time we visited them and they really are members at heart. They just need to work some things out and get married. But Paula has no limitations. She is married although her husband and kids are still in Peru and she is awesome! We decided to focus on her and so the last appointment we had last night was with her, (the last appointment I would have in Vivaceta) and we went and asked her some questions about the restoration and she understood! I haven't told you guys but she is like 50 and it's ridiculously hard for her to understand. She isn't stupid just a little slow but she understood everything and then we put another baptismal date for Feb 1st and she was like Yeah! She had no problem and she is excited and I KNOW she is gonna get baptized, then Dina and Raul will follow with their kids and then Paula will share with her husband and kids. It was a miracle. I was so happy and wanted to stay in Vivaceta to see her baptism but I'm supposed to be here. It was an answer to my prayers and I'm so excited to hear how it goes. Elder Tanner, (my comp in the mtc) is now in my sector! So I will be able to talk to him and share experiences. I am so happy right now and have been so blessed to be a part of this work. I feel so lucky. so many people say, I don't know how you can leave for 2 years and serve a mission, but I think how CAN'T you? It's too amazing to turn down. thanks so much for praying for dina and raul and paula. I know your prayers helped and I know that when they get married they will immediately be baptized. Raul is already participating in activities with the Elders Quorum and Dina and Paula have told me how they feel so great when the go to church and when they don't.. their week is much worse. Dad, I absolutely loved the stories and quotes you sent me. They gave me so much excitement and motivation thanks. I'm gonna try some of your ideas. Well fam I need to head out. I'll let you know how my new area is next week. also I have been recieving those dear elders almost every single week from Grandma Winda and they couldn't mean more to me. Thanks so much Grandma. Anyone else can send me dear elders, it's really easy, and my mail is decreasing so spread the word fam! ha ha. Also Mumsey and Poppy shot me an email that was awesome too. Thanks Mumsey and Poppy. Thanks for all your prayers and love. I love you fam!
elder peterson
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Chance's Email 12/31/2008
Happy New Year fam!
Sorry last week was muy rapido but I just had 30 min. and I think next monday is my normal p day but we had a new years activity and played a lot today and today is our pday sorry for fault of info. today we heard some messages from pres and sister may. they were great. pres may always has some way of relating everyday things to the gospel, a lot of the times it has to do with being a basketball coach and some stories he has had. I don't know if i have already said this but he is like a chuck cutler speaker with basketball instead of football. after that we watched another movie. It was a movie about the life of president hinckley. I don't know if you guys have seen it but it's awesome. it's got some great quotes throughout the movie. one of my favorites was "do the things you are scared to do" something like that. It's always things that scare us that will help us grow and have experience. We sometimes just lack faith and courage to do them, so do it! For example, right now in my area my companion and i have basically started from zero. We had like 10 awesome investigators or more and this past month little by little they have manifested their problems and we have tried to help them and none of them have wanted to excercise enough faith to take the steps towards baptism. It has been really hard and we had to excercise lots of faith and stop teaching them cause we know there are others that are prepared to recieve the gospel and get baptized. I was a little scared to do it but we have left them that haven't progressed and we have been knocking lots of doors and finding some new people. sometimes we have to go back to the basics like this to progress more, like learning how to throw with your opposite hand or riding with the opposite foot forward on the wakeboard or waterski. I have also learned how to be more dependant on the Lord. I have seen lessons with the spirit and without and there is no comparison. if we don't teach with the spirit it's just a conversation. people are truly converted when they feel us teaching by the spirit and that's my main goal right now. That's so awesome that mitch spoke about that, I hope to learn how to teach by the spirit better. Well mom and dad, you aren't the only ones that were sick. The day after Christmas I got a head cold too, but i've been killing it with vitamins and water and today i can barely notice it. So kill it with water like you taught me dad. I think I lost a few kilos too because i couldn't eat a lot cause everything in our fridge is dairy so this past few days I think I have downed like 15 pb& j's. In a way I am thankful that I got this cold because it made me realize how thankful I should be for health. I told my companion "you should give thanks in your prayers tonight that you don't have a cold its horrible" and right after I said that I thought of someone blind or who doesn't have legs or who has some ridiculous sickness telling me "you should give thanks in your prayers tonight that you can walk, see, hear, eat, whatever it may be. but it helped me see my blessings a little more. you guys should make some time to read the talks of elder bednar again and elder wirthlin and pres monson about joy in the journey. they are amazing and will help you be happier. Today we played soccer with some latino missionaries and the gringos got thrashed. we were very humbled. the ball would get passed to me and by the time I could stop the ball someone stole it from me. Well thanks for all your prayers and support. I was so lucky to have a family anxioulsy awaiting my telephone call while other missionaries had trouble getting a hold of their families and are lucky if they get letters from their parents each week. I feel so blessed. I love you guys.
elder peterson
Sorry last week was muy rapido but I just had 30 min. and I think next monday is my normal p day but we had a new years activity and played a lot today and today is our pday sorry for fault of info. today we heard some messages from pres and sister may. they were great. pres may always has some way of relating everyday things to the gospel, a lot of the times it has to do with being a basketball coach and some stories he has had. I don't know if i have already said this but he is like a chuck cutler speaker with basketball instead of football. after that we watched another movie. It was a movie about the life of president hinckley. I don't know if you guys have seen it but it's awesome. it's got some great quotes throughout the movie. one of my favorites was "do the things you are scared to do" something like that. It's always things that scare us that will help us grow and have experience. We sometimes just lack faith and courage to do them, so do it! For example, right now in my area my companion and i have basically started from zero. We had like 10 awesome investigators or more and this past month little by little they have manifested their problems and we have tried to help them and none of them have wanted to excercise enough faith to take the steps towards baptism. It has been really hard and we had to excercise lots of faith and stop teaching them cause we know there are others that are prepared to recieve the gospel and get baptized. I was a little scared to do it but we have left them that haven't progressed and we have been knocking lots of doors and finding some new people. sometimes we have to go back to the basics like this to progress more, like learning how to throw with your opposite hand or riding with the opposite foot forward on the wakeboard or waterski. I have also learned how to be more dependant on the Lord. I have seen lessons with the spirit and without and there is no comparison. if we don't teach with the spirit it's just a conversation. people are truly converted when they feel us teaching by the spirit and that's my main goal right now. That's so awesome that mitch spoke about that, I hope to learn how to teach by the spirit better. Well mom and dad, you aren't the only ones that were sick. The day after Christmas I got a head cold too, but i've been killing it with vitamins and water and today i can barely notice it. So kill it with water like you taught me dad. I think I lost a few kilos too because i couldn't eat a lot cause everything in our fridge is dairy so this past few days I think I have downed like 15 pb& j's. In a way I am thankful that I got this cold because it made me realize how thankful I should be for health. I told my companion "you should give thanks in your prayers tonight that you don't have a cold its horrible" and right after I said that I thought of someone blind or who doesn't have legs or who has some ridiculous sickness telling me "you should give thanks in your prayers tonight that you can walk, see, hear, eat, whatever it may be. but it helped me see my blessings a little more. you guys should make some time to read the talks of elder bednar again and elder wirthlin and pres monson about joy in the journey. they are amazing and will help you be happier. Today we played soccer with some latino missionaries and the gringos got thrashed. we were very humbled. the ball would get passed to me and by the time I could stop the ball someone stole it from me. Well thanks for all your prayers and support. I was so lucky to have a family anxioulsy awaiting my telephone call while other missionaries had trouble getting a hold of their families and are lucky if they get letters from their parents each week. I feel so blessed. I love you guys.
elder peterson
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Chance's Email 12/8/08
hey fam!
how are you guys doin? it sounds like there have been some awesome things happening as well as tough times. london you gotta take advantage of this week you have with your kids, it's gonna be awesome, and don't feel bad, you have served your time, now you know what it feels like to really help others it's great huh? the good news is you have like 70 more years of your life. dad i liked what you said about finding lots of people this time of the month, that is what pres may said. he said satan is gonna want to put thoughts in our hearts like "it's christmas you can rest a little" but really it's the opposite, we need to take advantage of the christmas season cause the people are going to be more open. i love seeing how other missionaries work and i'm learning a ton still. sometimes we are looking too hard for opportunities to share the gospel when there is someone right next to us like our neighbors. we have so many neighbors by our house in draper and i think like only half are members. we should start by maybe talking to them. and i have also learned that to share the gospel you don't have to go knock the door and share your testimony, but you can do things like mom had planned and invite the neighbors to the house or go and serve them one saturday or something like that, just get to know them or bring cookies to them or something. also maybe people we sit next to on planes, just everyone around us. whatever the case may be heavenly father wants us to share so if we are looking for oppotunities they will come...it's his will so it's going to happen we just have to do our part. i was excited to hear about the young single adult class you guys had. that project is going be so awesome.
thanks so much for your prayers for dina raul and paola. last night we went to visit them and something came up and they weren't there but her daughter with like 27 years answered the door and she is a Jehovah's witness. we shared the restoration with her just standing in the door and she understood it real clearly and we extended the invitation to pray, she agreed and we have and appointment for this week with her family. she may be a little tougher to crack but we will see. the only thing preventing dina and raul from being baptized right now is getting married, they are working on it but hopefully it comes as fast as possible. they are so awesome and are just soakin it in. this week we were walking to our apartment at the end of the day when i heard my name and the elders quorum counselor was across the street with a friend so we crossed the street and talked with him a little and he introduced his friend and we talked to him and set an appointment. yesterday we visited him and he was really really nice. he invited us in and was smoking so we decided to share the word of wisdom with him. we shared d and c 89 with him and told him the commandments along with the blessings if we obey. it turns out he was a drug addict and is attending rehab right now. he is trying to leave everything and was suprised at what we taught but wants to accept it. he was very receptive and gave us some food for the road and tonight we have an appointment with him with the member. he is an rm with like 24 years so he will help us a ton and im almost sure he is gonna get baptized real soon. i'm so happy to be a part of this work and sometimes i get caught up in what's happening back home.. the traditions... the relaxing... but then i snap out of it and see the great miracles God is working through me. i love it and don't want it to end. thanks so much for your support i couldn't do it without your support and love. mom i glad you had a good experience with someone at the store, we need to open our mouths more like that and just talk to the world, we will find many members, with whom we can share spiritual experiences and also nonmembers with whom we can help have spiritual experiences by sharing the gospel. i love you guys so much and ill talk to you on the 24th! it will be the 24th not the 25th. so ya i will write you next week with the details. i love you so much dad, mom, london, marcus, and the rest of the fam and friends.
elder peterson oh ya check out d and c 88. verses 77 and 81, it's good.
how are you guys doin? it sounds like there have been some awesome things happening as well as tough times. london you gotta take advantage of this week you have with your kids, it's gonna be awesome, and don't feel bad, you have served your time, now you know what it feels like to really help others it's great huh? the good news is you have like 70 more years of your life. dad i liked what you said about finding lots of people this time of the month, that is what pres may said. he said satan is gonna want to put thoughts in our hearts like "it's christmas you can rest a little" but really it's the opposite, we need to take advantage of the christmas season cause the people are going to be more open. i love seeing how other missionaries work and i'm learning a ton still. sometimes we are looking too hard for opportunities to share the gospel when there is someone right next to us like our neighbors. we have so many neighbors by our house in draper and i think like only half are members. we should start by maybe talking to them. and i have also learned that to share the gospel you don't have to go knock the door and share your testimony, but you can do things like mom had planned and invite the neighbors to the house or go and serve them one saturday or something like that, just get to know them or bring cookies to them or something. also maybe people we sit next to on planes, just everyone around us. whatever the case may be heavenly father wants us to share so if we are looking for oppotunities they will come...it's his will so it's going to happen we just have to do our part. i was excited to hear about the young single adult class you guys had. that project is going be so awesome.
thanks so much for your prayers for dina raul and paola. last night we went to visit them and something came up and they weren't there but her daughter with like 27 years answered the door and she is a Jehovah's witness. we shared the restoration with her just standing in the door and she understood it real clearly and we extended the invitation to pray, she agreed and we have and appointment for this week with her family. she may be a little tougher to crack but we will see. the only thing preventing dina and raul from being baptized right now is getting married, they are working on it but hopefully it comes as fast as possible. they are so awesome and are just soakin it in. this week we were walking to our apartment at the end of the day when i heard my name and the elders quorum counselor was across the street with a friend so we crossed the street and talked with him a little and he introduced his friend and we talked to him and set an appointment. yesterday we visited him and he was really really nice. he invited us in and was smoking so we decided to share the word of wisdom with him. we shared d and c 89 with him and told him the commandments along with the blessings if we obey. it turns out he was a drug addict and is attending rehab right now. he is trying to leave everything and was suprised at what we taught but wants to accept it. he was very receptive and gave us some food for the road and tonight we have an appointment with him with the member. he is an rm with like 24 years so he will help us a ton and im almost sure he is gonna get baptized real soon. i'm so happy to be a part of this work and sometimes i get caught up in what's happening back home.. the traditions... the relaxing... but then i snap out of it and see the great miracles God is working through me. i love it and don't want it to end. thanks so much for your support i couldn't do it without your support and love. mom i glad you had a good experience with someone at the store, we need to open our mouths more like that and just talk to the world, we will find many members, with whom we can share spiritual experiences and also nonmembers with whom we can help have spiritual experiences by sharing the gospel. i love you guys so much and ill talk to you on the 24th! it will be the 24th not the 25th. so ya i will write you next week with the details. i love you so much dad, mom, london, marcus, and the rest of the fam and friends.
elder peterson oh ya check out d and c 88. verses 77 and 81, it's good.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Chance's Email 12/1/2008
Wow! what a week you guys had in Arizona. it was great to hear about chad...that's my uncle! he never ended his mission, he just changed areas and companions permanantly. that's what i want to be like when i come home. we always have to share the gospel. if we don't, when we pass on to the next life and see those people who we knew, who we never shared the gospel with, and their eyes will say "why did you never share your greatest blessing with me down there?" i know we will feel so regretful. i'm not saying go talk to everyone in the street but when we feel prompted or see a good oportunity we CAN'T ignore it. we have to be proud of the gospel and share it. i'm glad you had a great thanksgiving. we have members that give us lunch everyday and it just so happened to be roast beef and mashed potatoes the day of thanksgiving. i saw that as a sweet tender mercy! ok so a little about the packages ha ha. mom you are too nice i don't even need to buy food with all the packages you are sending me. as for sending me things other than food, i am running out of luggage space so ya you guys can make me things but try to keep them small and few cause i am already starting to give away my clothes to make room. ok so some crazy news. i have a new companion. elder olsen had to go home for some medical reasons it was really sad. but he is ok and ya i have to keep everything confidential but it was for medical reasons. he was a great elder and didn't want to go. my new companion is elder millaqueo(meeyakeo) and he is from argentina. he has like 3 months in the mission but is a Stud! i think he knows more than me and i know he teaches better. i am learning so much from him each day it's incredible. he is an amazing teacher and i'm so excited to have him as my companion. he likes to joke and mess around too so i love it. we can enjoy the work together and i couldn't be happier. it was really humbling at first to recieve a new companion with half the time i have in the mission and knows how to teach better than me. but now i'm more humble and improving my skills. my nunchuck skills and bowstaff skills too. as for our investigators, dina raul and dina's sister paola all want to be baptized and we are working and getting them married and dunked. so thanks so much for your prayers i know they help. it is so amazing to be a part of this work. every now and then i think of skiing or some pleasure back home and then compare it to what i'm doing and it always takes a backseat! i love this work.
ok as for a little info on packages, if there is room i would enjoy a walkman, we used elder olsen's and he is gone now, i can't find one here with the advanced world. we have plenty in the house just find one. i think that's all. i am going to try and send a christmas package to you guys today. it will contain very little cause it's unbelievably expensive to send here. it's like 20 bucks for 2 pounds. so ya i am sending lots of letters i have received from home, and some letters for you guys and some chilean treats so don't open it until christmas ok? welp gotta go. i love you guys so much and i have seen some people recently who have really messed up families and i just wanted you guys to know that the two things i treasure most in this world are the gospel, and my family. you guys are unbelievable and i don't know what i'd do without you.
elder peterson
ok as for a little info on packages, if there is room i would enjoy a walkman, we used elder olsen's and he is gone now, i can't find one here with the advanced world. we have plenty in the house just find one. i think that's all. i am going to try and send a christmas package to you guys today. it will contain very little cause it's unbelievably expensive to send here. it's like 20 bucks for 2 pounds. so ya i am sending lots of letters i have received from home, and some letters for you guys and some chilean treats so don't open it until christmas ok? welp gotta go. i love you guys so much and i have seen some people recently who have really messed up families and i just wanted you guys to know that the two things i treasure most in this world are the gospel, and my family. you guys are unbelievable and i don't know what i'd do without you.
elder peterson
Monday, November 24, 2008
Chance's Email 11/24/08
hey famsky
thanks a million for such great letters. so ya i'm short on time cause i gotta chat chat with mom and dad but yesterday we had a baptism! it was the first one without my trainer which was more or less a milestone for me. it showed me that i can do this without my trainer but not without the Lord. it was awesome. it was a sister of the converts of our last baptism. she was a mess, in bed all day everday and was just an evil stepsister to her sister and mom. she controlled them and commanded them to bring her breakfast and wash the dishes and so on. she has pulled a 180. although she still has some strong characteristics she is outside everyday with her mom and sister and they are so united now and yesterday after the baptism in the afternoon she went to a young single adult activity. it was so cool and there is nothing like watching someones life change. it's such a priveledge to be here. london i cant believe your time is almost up. when you get home i will get to talk to you guys at christmas, that will be killer. ya so i dont know the details but i know that we only have like 40 min to talk and that's been the rule for a long time i guess so let's treasure these chats while we can. ok mom so go ahead and send that memory card asap so i can make more videos, cause right now i've got the little memory cards and they hold nothing. they hold tons of pics but like one vid.
about spanish sleeping, i'm ok. it was funny and i always come outta the phase. i didn't have any this week so i'm good. as for dina and raul. they are awesome! they came to church this week and loved it and we are trying to set up a marriage date for them so they can get baptized. it's awesome but we still need a miracle so keep praying for them and also miriam. yesterday were transfers and nothing happened with us, so i've got another 6 with elder olsen but i'm stoked. i know it's gonna be awesome and i didn't really want to have transfers. eric left the island and my zone leader went there. dad each week we have zone class and district class and i always get way pumped and learn a ton. we also have divisions each week and i lean so much from the other elders it's amazing. one of my friends left today for his home in the south of chile, he is awesome. wow that's scary about grandpa. i hope he will be ok. take advantage of the time you have with him while you can. we're so blessed that we have the amazing plan of salvation. it's such a blessing and it's the truth.
ok mom i have a request. could you send me the foto of my first baptism. it was a young girl. we are just printing all the pictures of the baptisms here and putting them in the church ad i don't have it. to help you out it's when i was skinny. i sure did get your package and it was amazing! i was freakin out. i took a little video so hopefully you'll like it. ok well i love you guys so much and sorry i'm so short on time. i love you
elder peterson
thanks a million for such great letters. so ya i'm short on time cause i gotta chat chat with mom and dad but yesterday we had a baptism! it was the first one without my trainer which was more or less a milestone for me. it showed me that i can do this without my trainer but not without the Lord. it was awesome. it was a sister of the converts of our last baptism. she was a mess, in bed all day everday and was just an evil stepsister to her sister and mom. she controlled them and commanded them to bring her breakfast and wash the dishes and so on. she has pulled a 180. although she still has some strong characteristics she is outside everyday with her mom and sister and they are so united now and yesterday after the baptism in the afternoon she went to a young single adult activity. it was so cool and there is nothing like watching someones life change. it's such a priveledge to be here. london i cant believe your time is almost up. when you get home i will get to talk to you guys at christmas, that will be killer. ya so i dont know the details but i know that we only have like 40 min to talk and that's been the rule for a long time i guess so let's treasure these chats while we can. ok mom so go ahead and send that memory card asap so i can make more videos, cause right now i've got the little memory cards and they hold nothing. they hold tons of pics but like one vid.
about spanish sleeping, i'm ok. it was funny and i always come outta the phase. i didn't have any this week so i'm good. as for dina and raul. they are awesome! they came to church this week and loved it and we are trying to set up a marriage date for them so they can get baptized. it's awesome but we still need a miracle so keep praying for them and also miriam. yesterday were transfers and nothing happened with us, so i've got another 6 with elder olsen but i'm stoked. i know it's gonna be awesome and i didn't really want to have transfers. eric left the island and my zone leader went there. dad each week we have zone class and district class and i always get way pumped and learn a ton. we also have divisions each week and i lean so much from the other elders it's amazing. one of my friends left today for his home in the south of chile, he is awesome. wow that's scary about grandpa. i hope he will be ok. take advantage of the time you have with him while you can. we're so blessed that we have the amazing plan of salvation. it's such a blessing and it's the truth.
ok mom i have a request. could you send me the foto of my first baptism. it was a young girl. we are just printing all the pictures of the baptisms here and putting them in the church ad i don't have it. to help you out it's when i was skinny. i sure did get your package and it was amazing! i was freakin out. i took a little video so hopefully you'll like it. ok well i love you guys so much and sorry i'm so short on time. i love you
elder peterson
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