Okay now for the BEST WEEK EVER...well Best WEEKEND ever!!
So...the week started out GREAT with the 4th of July!!!!! We had a GREAT BBQ at the Benincosa's with hot dogs, burgers, potato salad, beans, root beer floats...the works man!!! AMERICAN FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so wonderful!!! We had so much fun together!!! I bought all of us Kit Kat Chunkies as a present because they are red,white, an blue..... well I realized after that those are a Canadian thing...THEY ARE THE BEST INVENTION EVER!!!!! SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope by the time I come home they will be in the states...if they are in the states let me know ASAP!!! Anyway...So Monday was so good! After our BBQ we went and taught Simon and Josephine! They are from Burundi Africa and speak Swahili!! We met them at the bus exchange and they invited us right over!! It was a good lesson! He was a pastor in Africa for 37 years!!!!!!! Monday night we got a text super late...from our investigator Reina!!!!!! She's been MIA for a while so we were SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She said she wanted to meet up!!! So Tuesday we had a big breakfast with her and had a great lesson about how we need to put God first!! She is so stressed!!! She is
from El Salvador and living in Canada isn't the easiest thing at times. The rest of the week was a little crumby....cancellations again :( We were so stoked about our plans, and then all at once it all crumbles! But we just got to move on and keep working!! No time for that!! So we did! Friday we had Zone Meeting!! It was FANTASTIC!!!! We got two new pamphlets for missionaries to use when teaching recent converts and less actives!!!!! 1st: Families and Temples and the 2nd: Serving in the Church!! THESE ARE GAME CHANGERS!!! We've already used them a few times and it is just helping people understand so much more about "church culture" and helps them see why the temple should be our goal! After Zone Meeting we met with a potential who we've been trying to catch for a long time! We met her at Superstore. She's from Iran and she's Muslim! We started our lesson...all was going good then we had the impression to ask her why she wanted to meet with us...she thought that we taught people English. She was so happy to meet with us. We thought man she really wants to
learn about this!!! But nope...she just thought we were English teachers. So that was a little funny! We met with Sandy, a former investigator, the one who bakes us TONS OF TREATS EACH WEEK!!! She bakes on Wednesdays, and then delivers treats on Thursdays :) She is so great!! We went back to return her tupperware. She's not interested in the gospel AT ALL...or anything God related, BUT we were praying we'd be able to get to her some how!! Well, we show up and she gives us treats :) (I really feel like Hansel and Gretel at her house...) and I see an ancestry.com DNA test on the table!!! FAMILY HISTORY....MORMONS LOVE FAMILY HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to contain my excitement and slow my brain down and I started talking to her about how we have one of the largest family history libraries in the world...SHE WAS INTERESTED!!!! Thanks Heavenly Father!! SO SATURDAY WAS THE BIG DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! It started out with a super fun Relief Society activity at the church. We made homemade jam and cinnamon buns (rolls...Canadians call rolls buns...LOL). Jean came and she LOVED IT!!! She was not shy at all, and just got in there and started helping out!! The dough had to rise for like 30 min, so we took her aside and taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ! We asked her about baptism again....she still wants to learn more...we're hoping she will read the Chinese pamphlets and be able to understand that way and then we can teach her in English! Side note: the STICKY BUNS WERE SO GOOD!!!!!!!!! After the activity it was a walking day and we decided to walk to Beatrice's house {one of our investigators}. We've haven't been able to meet with her either!! So we took a short cut through these trees and we had to cross the train track {later we found out that's a huge spot for "crime"...oops...we did feel a little
weird, so we ran through the trees...never again though...never again!!!} So we got there and SHE WAS HOME!!! She had just gotten home from a funeral {perfect timing Heavenly Father}, so we asked her about her beliefs and where she thinks her friend is. She said, "He was good, so he's probably in heaven." It was perfect because it gave us the opportunity to share the Plan of Salvation with her. SHE LOVED IT!!!!!! We told her about eternal families and she said she wants that. :) YAY!!! She also told us that she read the Book of Mormon we left with her, but she couldn't understand it because she reads better in Arabic!!!!! I was so happy she still tried to read even though it wasn't her language!! It shows that she really wants to learn!!! So now we have an Arabic Book of Mormon and pamphlets, and we are so excited to give them to her!!!!! As we were leaving Beatrice's house a man hopped out of truck and said "LADIES!!!!!" IT WAS RISWAN!!!!!!!!!!!! Another investigator who lives on that street {we call it Miracle Lane} hahahah He was in a really bad car wreck last week,
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| Lee! Our Sticky Note Miracle |
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| Making Cinnamon Rolls! I mean Buns... |
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| My pin from Ted Kendall! Thank you! My new way of getting people to the waters of Baptism! |
weird, so we ran through the trees...never again though...never again!!!} So we got there and SHE WAS HOME!!! She had just gotten home from a funeral {perfect timing Heavenly Father}, so we asked her about her beliefs and where she thinks her friend is. She said, "He was good, so he's probably in heaven." It was perfect because it gave us the opportunity to share the Plan of Salvation with her. SHE LOVED IT!!!!!! We told her about eternal families and she said she wants that. :) YAY!!! She also told us that she read the Book of Mormon we left with her, but she couldn't understand it because she reads better in Arabic!!!!! I was so happy she still tried to read even though it wasn't her language!! It shows that she really wants to learn!!! So now we have an Arabic Book of Mormon and pamphlets, and we are so excited to give them to her!!!!! As we were leaving Beatrice's house a man hopped out of truck and said "LADIES!!!!!" IT WAS RISWAN!!!!!!!!!!!! Another investigator who lives on that street {we call it Miracle Lane} hahahah He was in a really bad car wreck last week,
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| Sister Wilson! She's going home next week! |
Sunday I gave MY SECOND TALK IN THIS WARD!!! 1st was a month ago in Hindi Sacrament and this one was in English Sacrament. I talked on Pioneers and my Family History! We always get these kinds of talks in the States, so I just did my best with the limited resources I had and shared some sweet family history stories. As I talked people were crying and afterward everyone came up to me and thanked me like I had given THE BEST GENERAL CONFERENCE ADDRESS OF ALL TIME!!!! I asked them why they liked it so much...I was SHOCKED!!! They said that most people in the ward are 1st generation Converts or
from Other Countries and they don't have stories like that...let alone know people that have stories like that!! It was really eye opening to me. I am so grateful for my family history and that I was raised in a family that kept good records and loves genealogy!!! I talked about the 2 treks I went on and cried so hard!!! That was such a great experience for me!! I will never forget!!! So all in all this week was GREAT!!!! We are trying to hurry, so we can get everything ready for Transfers tomorrow!!! Since Sister Macaso is going, so close and Sister Magelby is coming from so far I will be companionless {is that even a word?}for all Tuesday, so I'm going to be in White Rock with Sister Nelson!! BACK BY THE OCEAN!!!!!! Whoop Whoop!!! Then I get my new companion on Wednesday!! Here's some great quotes from this week:
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| Our American Sisters! |
-At the Relief Society activity we introduced Jean to everyone, and she was talking about her life in China and her recent travels there. Then Lee our favorite ever whispers to us, "Can you imagine going to China!!!! Everything's made in China!!!!!" Oh my goodness it was so hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Then on Sunday we were learning about keeping the Sabbath Day holy and a member of the class noticed how it said no fishing...she said, "Why don't the animals get to rest on the Sabbath????" hahahahh We then had a 5 min conversation about how hunting should be banned on the Sabbath...all in good fun... hahahahahahahhha
That's it!!! Great week!!! So stoked for this new transfer!!!
Round 8 here we come!!!!
Love, Sister Peterson
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