Hello my wonderful family :)
Those talks would be awesome to share! Karl wasn't able
to watch Conference this weekend because he was driving up to Augusta to
watch his boys. (Legally he can't attend a church down there because
he's the only one that can watch his kids and if he gets a babysitter it
has to be approved by his wife. And they're only allowed to go to a
certain church, so he's honestly stuck in that when he goes there) Was
he thinking about setting another baptism date?? He hasn't made any
comments to us about that. But he has told us that most of his concerns
about it are pretty much resolved. He's still listening to the Book of
Mormon and he still hasn't gotten all of his questions answered, but
he's still okay with getting baptized this weekend.
The mission president told us not to share our
personal addresses with our families just due to issues in getting mail
sent and other things. So.... I'm sorry :( But I'm in Alpharetta :D It
sounds like things have been a little crazy with all of the grandkids!
Poor Melanie getting her hair stuck D: I hope that everyone is doing
good! And yes please send one of those pictures from Audrey :)
I'm sorry to hear that Dean Whiting passed away. I
hope that everyone is doing okay over there. That's really incredible
that he walked all that way in order to go to the funeral. That's really
awesome. He must've been a really incredible and humble man. I hope
that you and Dad are able to have a safe trip up to Oregon! Have fun
listening to those CDs :)
As for me, things are going good :) I'm still
learning a whole bunch and realizing a lot of important things. General
Conference was really just what I needed to hear. Having the spirit
there and getting my questions that I had answered was really just what I
needed. Hahaha, I've been learning a lot! Just the whole reason why I
came out here in the first place. Why God wants me out here. Building my
own relationship with the Lord. It's really been eye opening.
Challenging? Absolutely, but really good.
My focus on life is definitely changing for the
better. It's been really humbling, but exactly what I've needed to go
through. Haha, I've been trying for a long time to find the easy way out
of things. The easy way to find happiness and the easy way to find
blessings and strength in this life. But I'm figuring out (FINALLY) that
there truly is no easy way with life. Haha, none of us technically are
getting out of this alive. If we choose to follow the Lord, then He will
bless us. We don't earn anything out of our own efforts. Honestly,
everything comes from God and all of the small things we think we did on
our own were truly because He was helping. If only more people realized
that in this Country, who knows what would happen :) Of course that
doesn't mean that we don't work for things. We definitely have to work
for things. But it's by our reliance upon God and the hope that we have
in Him that things work out for the better.
The only way that we are going to be strong, is by
going through difficult things. That's the best way that we learn is by
going through challenges. I loved that talk by Elder Bednar about the
new truck :) But it's so true, the burdens that God has given us are
what are going to carry us through to the end. We don't have to go
through it alone. We don't have to add more than we can carry. We can
rely upon the Lord when we go through our struggles and He will help us
make it through. We are given challenges that often seem unbearable, but
it's because they allow us to fall upon our knees and ask the Lord for
help. When we do that, He'll give us the strength to keep moving
forward. No matter what obstacles we may face, we can always put our
trust in Him, because He has endured it ALL. We never need to be alone.
We never need to believe that we're a burden because God knows our
worth. He knows our potential and He wants us to reach it. Soooo....
yeah, I've been learning a lot the past couple of weeks :)
Oh and I hope that everyone had a fabulous April
Fool's Day :D My companion loves to have an awesome April Fool's Day
with her siblings, so she really wanted to pull a prank on the other
sister missionaries in our Ward. Well, I got the idea to change our
contact information on their phone so that the name said Tanner Tag.
(He's a boy that one of the other sisters has a crush on that's back
home :P ) So if we called them his name would pop up on the screen.
Hehehe, well we managed to accomplish our mission before District
Meeting. We both decided it would be best to wait until after the
meeting was over and we were headed to lunch before we called. So we
wait, and wait until we're in the car. Then we grab our phone and call
them up. It rings and rings and then they answer. They're both laughing
so hard and the sister who had the crush on Him said, "NO!!" It was
sooooo great! Their initial reaction was like WHAT? NO WAY!!! And then
they realized it was us, but it was sooooo fantastic haha!! Anyways, it
was a silly form of entertainment, but it was great :D
I hope that everyone is doing great back home! I
love you all sooo much and I'm so grateful for all that you do! Thank
you for the letters and your love! Oh! And Mom would you mind sending me
my colored pencils? I believe they're in one of the left drawers in my
desk in my room. They're either in a plastic box with a black lid on
them or they're in their original container. Just send all of the
colored pencils that you find :) I'd really appreciate it!
Well I hope you all have a fantastic week! Thanks for everything, I love you!
Just Believe,
Sister Petersen
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