Sorry I didn't email yesterday we had to move our P-day due to another Canadian holiday/observance day. I swear they probably have more than any other country in the world!!This past week was good! Not a ton happened but that's okay. This next week is going to be CRAZY!!! We get transfer calls on Saturday and our ward is having a LUAU!!!! WE ARE INVITING EVERYONE!!! So we are going to be busy busy missionaries!!!
Here's some updates:
1) Jolene is doing so good!! She is just loving the Book of Mormon!! We asked her where she was so we could answer some questions and she says pg. 75!!!!!!!! She's already in 2 Nephi!!! #myinvestigatorisbetterthanyours Sister Brimhall and I are worried she's going to pass us up!!!! We took a great member with us to a lesson this week and it went really well :) The Spirit was super strong and there's good progress there!!! She's awesome!! :)
2) Sunita!!!!! So we set a baptism date with her a couple weeks ago and then she just fell off the face of this thing we called...uh....EARTH!!!! We couldn't get a hold of her!! It was really sad because she was so excited when we set the date and so fired up to read the Book of Mormon!! We were worried all week! We even stopped by a few times {she lives VERY far away!!} On Sunday Sister Tusi {the best Polynesian lady in the world and friend with Sunita} had a prompting to randomly go visit Sunita! So she made some food {she's makes the best food...her coconut cake...literally heaven} and took it over. She didn't even know the exact address she just went and prayed she'd
find it!! Well she did and Sunita WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!! So they chatted for 3 hours about the Gospel!!!! Sister Tusi is a better missionary than we are!! Hahah She is so bold and loving :) So Sister Tusi calls us around 9PM and tells us what happened!! WE WERE STOKED!!!!!! She found out that Sunita's son isn't doing well and she's been with him and that she is just very stressed out!! Sister Tusi said that she told Sunita she needed to be baptized and do what the sister missionaries say (hahhaha) and recommitted her to her baptism date. ALSO, she got the husband interested in the gospel and he agreed to meet with us, AND committed her to come to the Luau and Church this weekend....WOWZA!!!! Sister Tusi can do anything!!!!!!!!! #ourmembermissionariesourbetterthanyours HAHAHAH We were so happy to hear that everything was still okay! We are going to meet with Sunita tomorrow :)
find it!! Well she did and Sunita WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!! So they chatted for 3 hours about the Gospel!!!! Sister Tusi is a better missionary than we are!! Hahah She is so bold and loving :) So Sister Tusi calls us around 9PM and tells us what happened!! WE WERE STOKED!!!!!! She found out that Sunita's son isn't doing well and she's been with him and that she is just very stressed out!! Sister Tusi said that she told Sunita she needed to be baptized and do what the sister missionaries say (hahhaha) and recommitted her to her baptism date. ALSO, she got the husband interested in the gospel and he agreed to meet with us, AND committed her to come to the Luau and Church this weekend....WOWZA!!!! Sister Tusi can do anything!!!!!!!!! #ourmembermissionariesourbetterthanyours HAHAHAH We were so happy to hear that everything was still okay! We are going to meet with Sunita tomorrow :)
3) Cathy {our recent convert} is doing good!! This week she had a day without the kids, so we went over and had a lesson! It was really good! We read the Book of Mormon and actually got through the whole reading!! Her kids are always so cute! They LOVE Otter Pops...Freezies here in Canada :) They always ask for them during our lessons but this time it was silence...haha it was funny and kind of weird!! The next time we taught her we taught the kids about Nephi and how he's a real Book of Mormon hero!! Now her son LOVES Nephi!!! We asked him "What did Nephi do?" he said, "He went to get the gold paper from the bad guys." Close enough. We taught them how to have Family Home Evening and they are really excited!!
4) Friday we had dinner with Beth!! She's the best :) We had a HUGE SPAGHETTI FEAST!! For once us missionaries REALLY REALLY wanted spaghetti!! haha Beth has a BEAUTIFUL YARD!!!! She has tons of flowers of all different colors so she took us around and we got to pick some and make our own bouquets!!! It was fun!!! I LOVE FLOWERS!!! I'm becoming more appreciative of nature up in here in BC!!!! I love the ocean so much!! Now flowers!!!! I'll never love the rain or snow though ;) !!!
5) Saturday Sister Brimhall and I were asked to sing a song at a memorial service for Sister Chippeway, one of the members of our ward! The majority of the people there were non-members, so it was a great opportunity. It was held in our chapel and the Spirit was really strong! We're hoping they felt it!!!!! We sang Amazing Grace, and we had no idea what the words were past "Amazing grace...how sweet the sound..." So we had to learn it!! We don't sing that song normally!!! It was very nice though! I miss singing :)
6) Monday was a holiday...but everything was open and I only heard of one small parade so I'm not sure what happens on that day! {The holiday was Victoria Day! Which is the celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday.} We hit up the mall and did some contacting there and we had THE FUNNIEST THING HAPPEN!!! So after we had just passed Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and had admired the chocolate fountains...this man ran up next to us and tried to throw some paper in the trash can. He missed. We said "Oh man...nice try!!" He said, "If i make it again can I win a date with one of you beautiful ladies?". I'VE NEVER BEEN SO
GRATEFUL TO BE A MISSIONARY!!!!!!!! We said "No" and that we were missionaries and we don't date right now and we just focus on our missions. He obviously didn't hear me because he started celebrating and dancing...then he stopped "Wait, you said no!?!?!?" hahahahhahahahh Yes! We explained AGAIN that we are missionaries. Anywho, he was clearly under the influence of something!!! So he was really sad and walked away. Well we see him talking to this other girl and her family...we thought THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE!!!! JUST FOLLOW HIM AROUND AS HE ASKS PEOPLE ON DATES!!! So we went up to them after he had left and said, "Did he just ask you on a date?!?" She said YES!!!!!!!! We both started laughing so hard!!! She was with her parents and HER BABY!! hahaha Anyway then we started talking about how he asked us and how were missionaries and we teach the gospel :) hahaha it was hilarious!!! We meet some pretty funny people here!! The rest of our week was good! We found one new investigator Kim!! She's great so hopefully you'll be hearing about her soon!! We get transfer calls on Saturday so keep your fingers crossed!! I hope I get to stay in Langley, but I will be okay if I have to go too!!!
This week I've been focusing a lot on prayer and here's a verse y'all should read!! Alma 37:36-37! I love how it talks about counseling in our prayers! Sometimes we don't think about the fact that prayer is a two-way communication between the Father and his children. We pray but he is talking back to us...WE NEED TO LISTEN!!! One thing that has helped me on the mission to listen and receive personal revelation from God is having a prayer journal! I write down some questions and then when I ask them in my prayer I sit and ponder for a moment until things start popping in my head! No matter how silly they are I always right them down and they make sense later!! It's really cool to see how Heavenly Father is communicating with me!! When I don't do the prayer journal I notice how it affects my prayers!!
So start a prayer journal!!! It will help you :)
Hope you have a great week!!
Love,
Sister Peterson
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