April 11th
Hey mom!!
This week has been so great :) I'm not getting transferred! :D ha yay! Sister Stosich and I will be together for another transfer. Our entire district is staying the same actually, so that'll be interesting. This week we did a lot of service for less actives and part member families who needed help with moving, and with cleaning and it was great to be able to help The biggest miracle we saw this week though, was what happened with our investigator Priscilla. She's been taught for a really long time, and so she's been taught all of the discussions numerous times. She lives with her boyfriend, and has a bit of a smoking problem, and so we were stuck for a really long time not knowing how to help her progress. Her boyfriend just went back to jail..so that's been a struggle for her. So this week, we came and went over the baptismal interview questions with her, to see what she didn't know, and what she struggled with. We asked her all the questions, and she told us she doesn't really have much of a testimony of Joseph Smith. We told her to pray about it again, and search for an answer, and that we would come the next time prepared with a lesson catered towards that. Later on in the week, we got a call from her. She told us that she had prayed about Joseph Smith, and if the church was true, and she opened up the Book of Mormon and read something about having a solid foundation and then she opened up the Bible and read something similar, and she knew that was her answer. Then yesterday, she texted us and told us that her mom had the pastor of her church come and talk with Priscilla. The pastor told her that our church is a "troubled" church. Priscilla then proceeded to tell him that it's the only true church, and talked to him about Joseph Smith :D isn't that so cool???? :) We were really excited :) We've seen a lot of miracles this week, and I'm so excited for this next transfer :) I'm so grateful to be serving here! Hurrah for Israel! Have an awesome week :)
-Sister Peterson
April 18th
Hey mommy:)
It's been so so nice outside lately. Seriously Sister Stosich and I have been loving it! the nice weather gets people out of their houses and out on the street so that's always a plus. :) People are much nicer when they don't have a door to slam in your face hahaha. We met the most interesting guy this week. His name is Aaron, and he's 6'5"!!! ... haha we rang his doorbell once, and it was pretty loud, so we figured that was good enough. Right? We were halfway down his stairs when I had this suuuuper strong impression to turn around and ring it again. So I did! And it woke him up from his nap! :D haha but he was nice to us so that was good. He took a copy of the book of mormon, and we're meeting with him later this week! woohoooo :) Jenni's baptism was changed to being this weekend instead, so we're super excited for that:) can't wait to head back to Manitowoc again and see everybody! :) So..the craziest thing happened this week. Get ready for a long story. Alright? xD haha So remember what I told you about Priscilla and her powerful answer about the church and Joseph Smith? Well this week we definitely came to realize that the adversary is alive and well, and that Priscilla is definitely one of his targets. She cuts hair at the salon in Walmart for her job, so she was cutting this guy's hair, his name is Duane, and he asked her about her religious beliefs. She told him she was investigating the mormon church, and he immediately went into a huge anti mormon rant, telling her she was being led astray, that mormons are misguided, and gave her a DVD about 8 people who left the church talking about why they left the church. He also told her that his wife is a member of our church. As it turns out, she is very very active and she's a member of the relief society presidency! Priscilla told us all about what had happened, and our ward mission leader thought it would be best if we had Duane's wife, Sister Schneider, come with us to see Priscilla. We brought her over, and the discussion went really well. A couple of days later, Priscilla called to tell us that Duane sent a lady from his church to Priscilla's work to talk with her. Priscilla told her that she had been thinking about the discussion she had with Duane, and that she was comfortable where she is at with our church. That she knows this is where she belongs. The lady then asked if Priscilla wanted to do a bible study with her. Priscilla informed her she is already doing a bible study with us. Then the lady told her if she ever wanted to do one with her to just let her know. Then Priscilla said, "If I ever want to do a bible study with you I'll let Sister Schneider know, and she can tell her husband." haha :) She still hasn't watched the DVD yet, which is good. We're trying our best to steer her away from watching that..at all. Sorry that story was so long, but I just thought it was interesting how quick and powerful Satan can really be. I'm so grateful that she stood her ground against that :) ah. Yeah she's pretty cool. :) It's been a good week :) I'm so grateful to be serving these people:) Have a great week! Hurrah for Israel! :)
-Sister Peterson
April 25th
Hey Mom! :)
It's been a crazy week. :) A great week, but a crazy one. for sure. :) I had to give a training during district meeting about how the book of mormon answers the questions of the soul.. it wasn't too bad of a train wreck so that's always good right? :) hahaha we went out and contacted a ton of less actives and referrals this week, and it all went pretty successfully. Everyone we went out and contacted was super nice and receptive. A huge miracle this week is that a missionary from this ward came home this week! Her name is Emily and she's super cool and came to some discussions with us. She came with us to see our new investigator Aaron! He's the 6'5" guy I told ya about last week? Yeah we came in, and right off the bat, he had like 4 questions about what he read in 1 Nephi chapter 1. haha it was crazy. He has so many questions. He has a really strong passion for the bible, so he's having a hard time accepting another book of scripture, but he sincerely wants to know if it's true. He's super cool! He said he takes the Book of Mormon to work with him, and reads it when he has free time. So cool right? haha he's awesome. We've been trying to make an effort to see him every other day lately so we can answer his questions. :) So that's been a miracle. :) Another miracle was that Priscilla came to church! :D We were so excited about that. :) Well. I think that's all I really have to report this week. Sister Stosich and I are doing well, lately we've been seeing so many miracles and blessings and I think that's mostly just because we've been trying a lot more lately to be more diligent. :) I'm so grateful for these people! I love Fond Du Lac :) Hurrah for Israel!
-Sister Peterson
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