Our week was good! We were able to go to the temple which was much needed!!!! I loved it!!!
Tuesday night we were able to meet with Russ and Rachel! My mom found them through ancestry.com and found
out they live in Port Moody and they are related to me!! So I got permission from President Burt and we got to visit them!!! IT WAS SO COOL!!!! They showed us old photos, told us stories, and we got to tell them a little bit about the church! IT WAS LITERALLY THE COOLEST EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!! Wednesday we went to District Meeting is Burnaby!! Afterwards they surprised us and we had to do our own car inspections :) After we had lunch with the Chinese Sisters and The New West sisters! It was fun! Funny Story: So we were tracting Wednesday and this lady has asked us to pray for her and I didn't have my planner, so I wrote it down on the mormon.org card with all the details, then I wrote another return appointment on the card. Well somewhere along that street I had accidentally put the card in someone's door. I REALIZED THIS AT THE END OF THE STREET HAHAHAHAHAH So we went back to every house and looked at every card hahahahahha WE COULDN'T FIND IT!!! I was freaking out!!! hahaha It had something written like "pray for dale's sore back...1425 Ross rd 10 pm..." hahahhaha super awkward if someone was to find our card and read it hahahahah Finally we found it...we
had put it on the trailer door instead of the house door....phew!!! IT WAS SO FUNNY!!! Thursday, I was told I had an accent!!! MY LIFE DREAM!!! Hopefully it sounds good. We picked up a Young Woman from the Port Coquitlam ward who is preparing to serve a mission and took her to a lesson with our former investigator! The lesson was interesting, somehow she thought that we were going to help her be a prophet....um....no. We told her we just help people to build a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. We'll meet her 1 more time but It was VERY interesting. Sister Amat and I would just look at each other like "What in the world do we say?????" hahha I just kept saying "I Know Jesus Christ can help you..." Oh my goodness!! So funny!! But I was sincere :) I know Christ can help anyone!!!!!! Well Alexa works at a Bubble Tea place and she convinced us to try it! See pictures :) Friday was my brother's birthday!!!!! YAY!!!! We had a good day of tracting and finding! We talked to some really cool people! Later that night we met with the Bennington's in our ward! They are in their 90's and true examples of Enduring to the End! They are so cool!!
Saturday we went to a potentials house and as we were getting out and walking up we saw this car stopped behind us with people dressed similar to us...they were just staring at us! We went and knocked the door and then they drove away! When our potential answered the door he said, "Oh yeah your the Jehovah's!" We said no, we're the Mormons. HE WAS EXPECTING THEM TO COME AND VISIT HIM. IT WAS THEM IN THE CAR...BUT WE SHOWED UP SO THEY LEFT! Oh my goodness! We were dying! We taught him the Restoration though and he is very intrigued. He meets with all religions and is trying to find one for himself! We told him we'll stop by next week! Hopefully not when the Jehovah's Witnesses come! We also stopped by another potential and it turns out her husband is a member!!! She's super interested and we are going to meet with her in 2 weeks! Her little boy started crying at the end because he wanted to come with us!!! hahaha Sunday was good! It was Ward Conference and I sang! Later while we were tracting there was a cat that followed us the whole way! Like 2 k's hahah He was so obedient and would just wait on the step for us to finish, and then walk with us down the street hahahahhah We named him Nephi G. Moody (the G stands
for Gidgiddoni) We had a great rest of the night! This week was really good!!!! Here's the real talk part of it all though: So we currently have no new investigators to teach. It's rough. Yesterday we were talking to our Ward Mission Leader about our teaching pool and he asked how our spirits were. Honestly, my spirits are high one day and a little low the next day. I'm just trying to make sure I'm doing my best and succeeding this last transfer before my mission ends. He said, "The Spirit really prompted me to tell you that right now the best work you can do is to grow the ward." I thought about that, and in the recent Missionary Broadcast Dallin H. Oaks talked about how establishing the church is a HUGE part of our missionary purpose. Brother Saunderson said that maybe our purpose right now is to help the ward...not find a ton of people. He shared with us a quote by Elder Holland: "We can all have what we want or something better. I think that's the way God see's it. The only time you wouldn't get what you want (for me it's new investigators and to teach) is if He has something better. And as a good parent, would overrule for your good. I believe everyone can have what they
want or something better." That resonated with me. I want something that is SO RIGHTEOUS!!! I JUST WANT TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH PEOPLE AND HELP THEM COME CLOSER TO CHRIST, but I'm not getting it. GOD MUST HAVE A BETTER PLAN!!! If I look at the work I'm doing with the ward I'm being so successful! Members are having faith repenting! They are getting excited about the gospel! They are feeling the Spirit!!! But if I measure myself based off of the work I'm doing on my own efforts I would rate myself as not as successful SIMPLY because people are using their own free agency and saying no. Yes I am going out and pushing through the rain, snow, anti, and other things in order to share the gospel. I'm trying my best to share my testimony of the Savior each day and trying to learn and improve. WHY DO I EVEN HAVE THE SLIGHTEST DOUBT THAT I'M NOT DOING GOOD ENOUGH??? It's literally the craziest thing. I know it is totally the adversary. I pray every night to Heavenly Father to help me feel successful, like I've done enough each day. Sister Steele told me this week: "The biggest thing I learned from you was to make the best of your situation. You are so good at that. You're so good at just being happy!!! So keep doing it!" That really helped me! So since then I've been determined that I'm going to make the best of it! Enjoy everyday! It has really helped!!!! I'm going to continue to pray and seek those promptings! I know God has a better plan and right now all I want is new investigators and people to teach, but God knows what's better. He knows what I really need and maybe it's just to grow the ward and help the ward members :) To be honest, I'm grateful that the past two weeks have been a little shaky. It's helped me grow and realize that I just have to keep going, keep doing what I know I need to do, try to improve, and rely on the Lord. The Basics of Life :)
Keep praying for us!!!
Love,
Sister Peterson
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