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| Hermana Holmes and Hermana Peters at the Beach! |
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| Yes she did cut open the coconut, eat it and drink the juice! |
First off, THANK YOU FOR THE PACKAGE!!!!
Okay best surprise ever!! I was not expecting that and was sooo happy to get something! Hermana Holmes had asked for mom´s phone number and i didn´t really know why, but wow that was just what i needed! So thank you! I was also able to get a few dear elders this week! We only get mail if someone in our district goes to San Jose which doesn´t happen very often. But this week 2 hermanas did and so we got mail! I don´t know how often they print dear elders but I didn´t receive any of your Annalee... But i did get one from you mom and the webbs :) so thank you to both! And thanks Grandma and Grandpa Peters for the letter!! I haven´t tried to send a letter yet because it´s like a 15 minute walk from our apartment to even send one.. But i will try soon!
So today for Pday we got to go to the beach as you saw by my pictures! It was THE BEST. This week was stressful as i´m sure all weeks will be for the next year and a half, so to go and listen to the waves crash, soak my feet in the ocean and just think about nothing was just what i needed. Plus it was so pretty. Ahhh this whole place is beautiful!! Honestly one day we all need to come here as a family okay? okay great :) Haha so the Tolmans who are the people that used to live by grandma and grandpa peters live like on the beach in the nicest house so we were able to go hang out with them for a bit and it was weird. Because 1. Everyone was speaking English.. and 2. The house was really nice. Like REALLY nice. Actually it´s probably normal for Utah, but here... holy. I felt like i was on vacation.
ANYWAYS... On to the good stuff and the reason i´m here. :)
This week I had the amazing opportunity to be someone´s angel. It was probably one of the best feelings in the whole wide world. So here´s the story....
There was this lady who was a reference so we went and stopped by one day and taught a little how to begin teaching with her and her husband and it all seemed to be going really well. We invited them to be baptized, and they accepted and then we told them they would have to get married and they were a little iffy... A few days later we wanted to go back and visit, it was part of our plans but it was pretty far away from the rest of our investigators. So for a second we thought about it, trying to decide what was the best use of our time, the lords time. We felt very strongly that we should stick with the plans we had made so we went. As we showed up to her house, she said that she was busy and couldn´t meet with us right then so then we just asked if there was anything that we could do to help her. Right then she started to cry. She began to say something which i didn´t really understand. A regular spanish speaker is already hard to understand, so through in some tears and i was pretty lost. Spanish + Tears = A lost Hermana Peters. But i felt the spirit testifying that we were here for a reason and she needed us. I knew that whatever was wrong, whatever hard time she was having then, could be made better through the gospel. That is the amazing thing about this gospel. It can help anyone with any sort of problem. All through the power of the Atonement. Anyways this lady had prayed that morning that God would send her some angels to help her. And then we arrived. How incredible? and what a testimony builder that God answers prayers and is helping all of his children. So went on to talk about her husband and how he was into all sorts of drugs and bad things and wasn´t a good man, but that he will be leaving in a few days and that she still wanted to be baptized. So we talked to her and she said she also wants us to teach her 8 children. WOW: long story short, we were able to talk to her and comfort her with the gospel :) they didn´t come to church yesterday, but hopefully they will come next week.
Also we found a new family which we have been praying really hard for. It was one of those moments where we walked past their house and felt very strongly to turn around and go back so we did. We met with this cute little family and were so excited but then we were worried because lots of people here aren´t married. Acutally most. And so we knew that we would have to work really hard not only to help them want this gospel in their lives and come to church and all that good stuff, but also to get married. So as we went back for the second visit we were just haveing a casual conversation and Hermana Holmes brought up marriage. And they said that they were married!! phew... and then we asked for how long and they said 15 days!!!! That right there shows that God is really preparing people for us missionaries.
I am loving my time here and learn more and more everyday. I know that if i give it my all, i will be blessed, and also the people here will be blessed. Spanish is such a rollar coaster, sometimes i feel good about it, and others it´s like i know nothing at all. But i know that i am being blessed and watched over and i´m grateful for the this trial. I´m grateful for the time i get to study a new language, to communicate with people that i normally wouldn´t be able to, and to give my all to my Heavenly Father.
What do you eat?
Okay so normally here the missionaries have a cook for lunch and the other two meals you just eat on your own. But Hermana Holmes was getting really sick from the food, and the amount of food so she asked if when i came we could not have a cook. So we don´t. So we have pretty normal meals, they just taste a little different. Like cold cereal with powdered milk.. yum right? haha i acutally don´t mind it. And we have sandwiches a lot. Just normal stuff. But a few times we have eaten with members and i have told you about the weird ones.. haha but normally rice and beans. Just like everyone said. Haha
Where do you get the food?
Little stores called Pulpurias. Just like a mini store :) they are cute.
What is your church schedule like?
9-12 but we leave around 7:30 to go get all our investigators and walk to church with them and then are there til like 1 or so just talking to people. Yesterday was my first fast sunday here and it wasn´t too bad. I was worried because we start on Saturday after lunch, and then finishSunday after church. And you know how i get those last few hours.... But i was fine! and i know it was a blessing from Heavenly Father and also because i was fasting for my investigators so i wasn´t thinking about myself.
Is there just one branch in the building?
Yep just one little branch.
How does the branch treat you and each other?
Sooo great! They are some of the nicest people i know! Me and Hermana Holmes are in charge of singing time in primary as of yesterday so i´m super excited to get to know all the kids better :) but yeah the people are constantly hugging and smiling and are great! And there are 2 gringo families and they are the sweetest! Always checking up on me :)
What have you taught and been taught this week?
This week we taught a lot about the importance of being strong, because the power of the adversary is real. Especially with the new chapel starting this month and also us working for a stake. Yesterday we had lots of investigators at church and that was so cool, but then we realize that we are losing members. The people here are VERY chill and sometimes that means they just don´t understand that some things you do take effort, and are hard. So we are working very very hard with the members and also the less active members. Little by little we are going to make this branch one of the strongerst :) And i have been taught sooo much. Like in primary we talked about gratitude and aww this little kids who have hardly anything are so grateful for everything and that was such a good reminder to me to be grateful! And also that the Lord will help you through anything. And whatever he asks of us, he will make a way possible for us to accomplish it.
1 Nephi 3:7
Ether 12:27
I love you allll sooo much. Thank you the emails and for the updates! Sounds like you all are doing great! :)
Love,
Hermana Peters
p.s.Okay so normally here the missionaries have a cook for lunch and the other two meals you just eat on your own. But Hermana Holmes was getting really sick from the food, and the amount of food so she asked if when i came we could not have a cook. So we don´t. So we have pretty normal meals, they just taste a little different. Like cold cereal with powdered milk.. yum right? haha i acutally don´t mind it. And we have sandwiches a lot. Just normal stuff. But a few times we have eaten with members and i have told you about the weird ones.. haha but normally rice and beans. Just like everyone said. Haha
Where do you get the food?
Little stores called Pulpurias. Just like a mini store :) they are cute.
What is your church schedule like?
9-12 but we leave around 7:30 to go get all our investigators and walk to church with them and then are there til like 1 or so just talking to people. Yesterday was my first fast sunday here and it wasn´t too bad. I was worried because we start on Saturday after lunch, and then finishSunday after church. And you know how i get those last few hours.... But i was fine! and i know it was a blessing from Heavenly Father and also because i was fasting for my investigators so i wasn´t thinking about myself.
Is there just one branch in the building?
Yep just one little branch.
How does the branch treat you and each other?
Sooo great! They are some of the nicest people i know! Me and Hermana Holmes are in charge of singing time in primary as of yesterday so i´m super excited to get to know all the kids better :) but yeah the people are constantly hugging and smiling and are great! And there are 2 gringo families and they are the sweetest! Always checking up on me :)
What have you taught and been taught this week?
This week we taught a lot about the importance of being strong, because the power of the adversary is real. Especially with the new chapel starting this month and also us working for a stake. Yesterday we had lots of investigators at church and that was so cool, but then we realize that we are losing members. The people here are VERY chill and sometimes that means they just don´t understand that some things you do take effort, and are hard. So we are working very very hard with the members and also the less active members. Little by little we are going to make this branch one of the strongerst :) And i have been taught sooo much. Like in primary we talked about gratitude and aww this little kids who have hardly anything are so grateful for everything and that was such a good reminder to me to be grateful! And also that the Lord will help you through anything. And whatever he asks of us, he will make a way possible for us to accomplish it.
1 Nephi 3:7
Ether 12:27
I love you allll sooo much. Thank you the emails and for the updates! Sounds like you all are doing great! :)
Love,
Hermana Peters
almost forgot...
Haha remember how I told you i named our bugs here hoping they would be nice to me...? Okay well i guess we were a little too nice and they invited all there friend over one night. Or maybe they had babies.. who knows... Anyways... We come home one night to like 20 in our apartment... Yeah that was fun for two little white girls. Hahaha we were running around with this special bug spray that kills them because we don´t like to smash them. Their guts make a mess.... Haha anways the moral of this story...
Don´t name your bugs. Teach them who is boss from day one :)
Hahaha :)
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