Week 44: HAPPY CANADA DAY AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!

So...let me just say...IT RAINED ON CANADA DAY AND IT'S RAINING ALL DAY TODAY!!! What's up with that?!?! Anyway!! this week was fun and patriotic!!!!

Monday was so good!!! One of our members gave us a referral!!!!!! She was at a pool with her family and she started talking to this lady and she gave her a mormon.org card and she wants to learn more!!!! It was so awesome!! she's so cute she called us right away and told us!!!!! Member Referrals are the best!!!!! Tuesday we had a busy day!! It started out with tons of HILARIOUS STUFF!!! So First...we are tracting...and this man opens the door...picks up his dog...then his dog jumps out of his arms and does the biggest leap of faith I've ever seen and just falls!!! IT WAS SO SAD BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO RECOVER FROM THAT SO IT TURNED SUPER AWKWARD.... hahahahhahhahahhah The dog is okay...I think it learned it's lesson!! Then we went to stop by one of our potentials and I didn't feel completely right about it so I said lets just park outside and we'll call (Missionaries are the best stalkers in the universe FYI) So we call her and she said "Sorry I can't meet today we are just headed out the door" Sister Macaso and I look at each other in a panic!!! WE ARE RIGHT OUT THE DOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I keep her on the phone...frantically search for the

keys...turn the car on and we peel out of there!!!! hahahahhah just in time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We escaped and she doesn't know we are stalkers yet, so she still wants to meet with us tomorrow :) phew!!! Then we got a call from the Sister Training Leaders and they asked us to come over for lunch...on them. We were like "Sweet!! Free lunch!!" They said they used the rest of their money to buy this meal for us...because it was so good...it was fried chicken and french fries lol!!!!!! They had been craving it all week and didn't want to eat it all alone hahahahhahahah We had dinner with the Benincosa's and they made us Mexican Casserole and surprised us by bringing our favorite recent convert Lee!!! {this computer is telling me "favorite" is spelled wrong and trying to spell it "favourite"...Oh Canada} Wednesday was a good day too...nothing too exciting happened today except we shared the gospel with tons of people and had a SWEET district meeting!!!! I love our district!! We all got American Skittles and took a picture :) It was a nice little surprise from one of the missionary moms!! We had dinner with the Prasads (Bishop of Surrey 3rd ward)  and they got us pizza...and they told us we had to eat 4 pieces each with fruits, veggies, and lots of other stuff!! DO THEY THINK WE'RE ELDERS!!!!!!! We tried so hard but didn't make it...too stuffed!!! It was really funny!!! Thursday  was awesome!! We met with Sandy a former investigator and she made us treats and homemade ice cream and tons of yummy things!!! She is so talented!!! She bakes all day Wednesday and then delivers free desserts to people in Surrey!!! She is also like Snow White and feeds all the animals that cross her path hahaha She wasn't interested in the gospel but she is just the sweetest lady ever!!!

**later that night we took those treats and shared it with the elders in our coordination meeting...they ate them all...IT WAS 3 PLATES OF TREATS!!! At least we still have the homemade ice cream :) FRIDAY WAS CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure if I just wasn't in the right part of town but people are not as excited about Canada Day up here as they are about 4th of July in the States...we would say "happy canada day" and people would just stare at us like we were crazy ahhahahah

Anywho....Thursday night we pull in and we are doing our k/miles report and I see the Sister Training leaders in their car in the rear view mirror jamming out to EFY music hahaahahahha  I got out and they asked if they could have a sleep over!!! hahahahahahh So funny!!!! We of course said yes...It was awesome we got to be together for Canada Day and we had lots of fun adventures spreading the gospel at the bus exchange and downtown. 

We even found a piano on the sidewalk downtown!!! There was an old man playing {HE PLAYS JUST LIKE GRANDPA!!!!! IT ALMOST MADE ME CRY!!!!} Then he gave us a turn!!  I tried to play...I literally forgot every song I have ever played hahahahaha Then this random guy came along..wearing a Carrot Top shirt from the Strip...so I mentioned I was from Las Vegas and we started chatting it up told him I was a missionary up here!!! Then we played the dun dun dun....song...I hope you know what I mean hahahahah he played the hard part I played the easy dun dun dun part and it was really fun!!!

All day we wanted to find a lady in the stores that was wearing purple...we just felt like we were going to find her...WELL we walk into Dollarama and this lady is hardcore staring at our tags...she says "I used to be a member of your church!" SAY WHAT?!!? She says she's been

less active and wants to start going back to church!! So we exchanged info and we are meeting with her this week!!! BEST PART!!!! SHE WAS WEARING PURPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!! Saturday we walked SO much!! I haven't had a solid walking day since Campbell River and the first bit of my time in Brookswood, so I thought I'd show Sister Macaso what the old days used to be like...BAD IDEA!!! It was so hot!!!!!! We only walked 8k's but man oh man we were dying!! At first I thought I was doing okay..then we got home I started getting super cold even though I was hot...I got really nauseous...so i had to call my best friend Sister Rolfson the mission nurse. Not fun!! I was really dehydrated and too overheated!! We endured and ended up having a great day!!  Sunday was good too!!! We had church and Sister Macaso and I got to bear our testimonies in Hindi sacrament. Love that little twig (not a branch or a ward yet...we're working on it!!) 

Jean our only progressing investigator came to church for 5 min then said she had to leave lol We gave her some chinese pamphlets to read over to make sure she understands what we are teaching her!! Then...she told us the greatest story known to man. She said this man was on her street trying to sell her and her family some illegal substances aka drugs hahah and she walked right up to him and said "no drugs are bad" and gave him her WORD OF WISDOM PAMPHLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We were laughing so hard!!!!!!!!!!! It was awesome!!!!! She asked for another one so she could read up on it because she gave hers away!! I'm so proud of her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Our Sunday was a good one...we tried so hard to find a new investigator!!! We got close a couple times we taught the restoration a lot on the doorstep yesterday, but no one wanted us to come back :( But this is a new week!! And we're kicking it off with one of the BEST HOLIDAYS ON THE PLANET!!!!!! 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!! Sister Macaso is trying to understand my excitement...this is her 1st July 4th :) Today all the Surrey Sisters are going to the Benincosa's and we're having an old fashioned BBQ!!!!! Whoohooo!!!!! We were so happy when we got invited!!!! Holidays as a missionary are not the best, but when we have things to go to it's AWESOME!!!! And it's p-day today so it's going to be super fun!!! Also...congrats to The Kendalls who had their little adorable baby this week!!!! He is so precious and handsome!!!!!!! I can't wait to meet him when I get home!!!!! 

Hope you all have a safe and awesome 4th of July in the Best Country in the World!!!! GO USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,

Sister Peterson