Hello Family!
I guess last weeks e-mail just wasn't forwarded on, but that's ok. I'll make up for it this week ;) So i got a new companion this week. His name is Elder Herrin. He is from South Jordan and we actually came out into the field at the same time. So we are both just over 6 months out. Pretty crazy to think that 6 months have gone by already. We are doing good in our area and he is fitting in well. We are hoping to set baptismal dates with 2 of our investigators this week. The weather is fantastic today. It feels like spring. It's about 60 degrees outside. It feels awesome. On Thursday i was in a car for a very long time. It takes about 5 hours to drive to Iowa City one way and i drove there and back. And then another half hour to a dinner appointment that we had that night. Transfer meeting was a good meeting though. We now have 2 greenies in my district. Elder Herrin is the District Leader. And the "oldest" missionary in the group has only been out 7 1/2 months so we have a really young district. It will be a hoot and a hollar though.
On Sunday this week we were asked to teach primary last minute. We taught one 9 year old boy named Austin about obtaining the brass plates. It was pretty fun. I'm not sure how the lesson went because we were just winging it but we got a main point of being obedient to the Lords commandments across to him. I found a scripture that has really helped me out this week. It's Moroni 9:6 "And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God." Not only does it give us modivation to continue doing the work, but it talks about whilst we are in our tabernacles of clay. Our tabernacles ,or bodies, are "clay" and we need to keep them soft in order for God to mold us into our divine selves. And we can stay soft and soft hearted by going out and serving others and doing the best we can to do missionary work. Whether it's in Iowa, Russia, or just within our own families.
I know that this church is true and that families are forever! I know that if we allow ourselves to be, God will mold us into our greatest potentials.
Love, Elder Peterson
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