This has been a good week for us. We got our transfer doctrine. I
will be staying here in West Des Moines for this next transfer. We are
also getting 2 new missionaries to the ward as well... i can't remember
if I have already told you this or not. I know more about splitting a
ward now then I did when I did it in Rock Island so i'm hoping it will
be a smoother transition this time. Elder Clarke is currently driving
to or waiting in the airport to go to Brazil right now. He got his visa
(along with everyone else who was waiting for one) and is shipping off.
Elder Dyer is also being transferred. We are getting 30 new
missionaries coming here on Thursday. Another 4 visa waiters and 26 who
will be staying for the whole 2 years. The Lord really is hastening
his work and people are faithfully answering to His call.
I'm glad to hear about all the fun you are having.
I can't wait to hear what callings you have received in the ward now!
I'm getting over my cold alright. I still cough occasionally but that
is about it. We got hit by another snow storm yesterday. It started as
rain and then worked it's way to hail, sleet, and then snow. The cars
got grounded and it was fun scraping about the inch thick layer of ice
off all the windows this morning. I hear it is supposed to get up into
the high 40's and even 50 by the end of this week and beginning of next
week though so i'm excited about that.
We had a good week this week. We picked up 6 new
investigators. One is a part member family that is sweet. Another 2
are Luis and Luis... father and son. We followed the spirit right up to
their door and they let us in and we talked with them and taught them
the restoration and it was a really great lesson. The son's wife is
a Pentecostal so that might get in the way later, but for now they are
doing sweet. The other 3 are the ones that amaze me most. They are 3
high school students who go to Dowling Catholic High School. One of
them, Chris, went and saw the book of mormon play that has been in des
moines for some time now. He then referred himself to us on mormon.org
because the play had made him think that there had to be more to us
mormons than the play depicted. We set up a time to meet with him and
he had two of his friends there as well, Steven and Andre. We had a
really amazing lesson with them. Probably the most intellectual lesson
i've ever had with a high schooler. They chose to meet up on a Saturday
night and talk about the gospel rather than going out and partying with
their other friends. They have spring break starting next friday and
want to meet up again over spring break. Poor guy is going to be a
missionary and he doesn't even know it yet.
I too have been thinking about the verse in Alma
where it talks about feeling inclined to sing the song of redeeming
love. I had pondered on what that phrase meant. To sing the song of
redeeming love. I have done a lot of study in Alma Chapter 5 but just
one reference that I have to the phrase that i found is later in Alma
26. Ammon talks about why thousands of his brethren have been brought
to this point. He says in verse 13 it is because of the power of His word which is in
us, therefor have we not great reason to rejoice? A big focus of our
mission has been to internalize the doctrine of Christ. To inculcate it
if you will. His word is the doctrine. When we truly move the
doctrine of christ from our heads to our hearts, that is when we feel to
sing the song of redeeming love. I love to sing praises to my Father
in Heaven and my Savior. I know that they live and they watch over us
and care for us and have the best intentions for us.
Love, Elder Peterson
The pictures are of this random blue pig we found in this ladies yard. We
knocked on her door and she told us she wasn't interested and that she
was a "godless heathen" but she did give us permission to take pictures
with the pig. Also shots of the district and my companions.
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