Hey Family :)
This week was great, full of so many tender mercies. One was on Wednesday. We got a phone call Monday night telling us that we had to go to San Jose on Wednesday to do my fingerprints, something for my visa. So we woke up at 4:30 Wed morning to catch the bus and were off. This we a huge blessing because i woke up that morning feeling so gross And if it was any other day i would have just worked through it, but instead i got to sleep in the bus for 4 hours longer :) and once i got to San Jose i felt great :) Heavenly Father knew i needed just a little nap to get my body feeling good again. He really does know us perfectly! When they got back, Hermana Holmes and I got to go to President´s house with 2 other sisters for lunch because Hermana Wilkinson invited us. It was so fun!!!!
Another tender mercy, which acutally i am going to call a miracle becasue it was, was with a family. We have been working with this family for about 3 weeks now or so and they are all super great. Victor and Gracy, the parents, and their three kids Dani, Kiani, and Victor:) They have been coming to church and learning so much, and Victor always has a lot of questions and a lot of concerns. He is one of those people that like to know things in his head before he gives it a chance in his heart. So getting him to recognize the spirit was kinda hard. But we finally got him and his whole family to pray together and after we asked how he felt and he didn´t say anything for a while and then looked up at us and said ¨Paz¨. (peace) Such a simple answer but i could not have been happier to hear that. So we explained to him that this is the spirit and that this is what he can have with him all the time if he will follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized. As we brought up baptism he didn´t like that idea. He said he needed to learn a lot more, and then he will think about baptism. We told him that he doesn´t need to know everything in order to be baptized. This life is a time for men to prepare to meet God, a time to work and grow, and he doens´t need a perfect knowledge of the gospel to start on this path. But he just kept saying no and covering his face. We kinda just sat there for a while and then he looked at us, and started to explain the he has not had a job for 2 months now. That it is a miracle that their family is eating food everyday, and that if he doesn´t find work soon that they will be moving. So on top of wanting to know it all, we now knew that his real concern right now was to provide for his family. At this moment, my mouth opened and to be honest i am not exactly sure what came out. But right then there was something that he needed to hear, and i was the instrument for that to happen. So the spirit and Victor had a little talk through me at that moment, and within 2 minutes, he accepted and committed to be baptized with his family on October 11. Missionary work is incredible. And so is the spirit.
Also, our recent convert Karla, who got baptized last week is doing sooo good. She has started to read the Book of Mormon on her own and is so excited about it and loves to read. Every time we walk up to her house she hurry and grabs her Book of Mormon and tells us all the stuff she´s learning about Nefi and his family. This is incredible because before i havent seen this kind of desire inside her. She really had such a change of heart that week before her baptism and now she is golden. Ahh i just love her :)
Okay also this week i had my first time doing divisions. They sister training leader came here and worked with me for one day and Hermana Holmes left and worked with her companion. I´ll be honest. I WAS SCARED OUT OF MY MIND. One because i was in charge of getting us around Santa Cruz, getting us to all the appointments, AND leading all the lessons, starting them, ending them and doing most of the middle too, with her adding in her testimony. So ya i was soooo scared. But i did it :) I was able to communicate with everyone i needed to, and learned so much from here about being a good missionary. And also i realized that i can do this.
I also got to listen to the women´s conference in English on Saturday and this weekend will be able to watch conference in English :):):) i know what a tender mercy. :) i´m sooooooooooooooooo excited to be able to listen to our prophet speak, and also to hear some english :) hehe
Well i love you all so much :) im out of time and have to run! But i hope you all have a wonderful conference weekend. Eat lots of food for me :)
Random Facts:
1. People here have a really hard time saying Peters. Like a really hard time. Haha so know when i introduce myself i usually say ¨Soy Hermana Peters, comó Peter Pan.¨ which means i´m Hermana Peters, like Peter Pan. Haha then they laugh and usually say something about me flying, or how Peter Pan is my brother. Haha so a lot of people here call me Hermana Peter Pan. :)
2. Since everyone here has dark hair they don´t understand that hair gets darker when it gets wet. So many people have asked about our hair after rain storms.. haha
3. Oh mom you asked me my favorite food here and it´s changed. It´s now chocolate bananas. :):) mmmm. There is this little family here who makes them and it´s just a banana covered in chocolate but sooo good. Maybe because it´s cold. But i love them. Oh and this little bread store with the yummiest bread that has this cream filling. Ahh i´m probably going to get fat. :)
4. oh speaking of getting fat, starting this week we will be having a cook who cooks lunch for us. It´s a member of our ward and she owns this little resturant (wow i can´t spell) haha and her food is so good. So i am probably going to get fat now. Pray for me :)
5. Here in the mission we have a goal every week to get 140 LPEs which basically are talking to 140 new people, sharing a gospel principle, and inviting them to do something. Since we had so many lessons this week, and also one day in a bus and San Jose, on Saturday we only had 50 for the week. But me and Hermana Holmes weren´t going to let that stop of from reaching our goal. We started that day and were just talking to everyone, went to a bus stop inbetween appointments that had like 40 people there and screamed to all of them my testimony. So yes by the end of the day, we had talked to about 100 new people :)
Love you and will send more next week :)
Love,
Hermana Peters
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