Get Ready for Conference

Hey y'all!

Another stressful and good week! On Monday we got to teach Kacey about Temples and families. It went ok, not as well as we wanted it to though. She wasn't able to come to church because she had some family in town. Kai passed his baptism interview on Tuesday!! Hallelujah! He didn't make it to church because he was sick but he is still planning on being baptized Wednesday. We got to teach 2 of our recent converts, Sue and Patrick, about patriarchal blessings this week! 

Wednesday we got to teach Lupe the word of wisdom in the branch presidents home. It went so well! The only things he currently struggles with is coffee and tea. He said that if you weigh coffee and tea to the message we share the choice is clear! He has been clean since Wednesday!! We broke the news to him about baptism and how he may have to wait and he started to tear up but said he understood. It about broke our hearts! Lupe got to attend the baptism of one of the kids in our branch on Saturday and he felt the spirit so strong there! 

We had a RS birthday party this week! Jessica and Kacey were both able to come to the activity and had a great time! 

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We stuffed a bunch of Easter eggs at the nursing home this week!  We have been teaching Tommy Pierce phone lessons this week so hopefully that continues to go well! We got a referral for a guy in Memphis who may have some potential. He requested a Bible online and we were able to meet up on Saturday and deliver it and teach him the restoration! 

That has been our crazy week! It continues to get crazier this week as usual! Hope y'all are doing amazing! Don't forget to tune into conference this weekend!! I am so excited!! I love the opportunity we have to receive continued counsel and guidance from the wise leaders of our church!

Love y'all!!

READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!

Hermana Peterson

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P.S. My crazy mom mailed us this Easter egg AS AN EGG and it made it without getting broken!

#ItsNotEvenEaster

Hey y'all!!!

Hope you've had an amazing week! We have had a good but stressful week as usual! Monday we got to go to the farm with Shayla!! It was so fun! We fed and brushed the horses and then went hiking/exploring around! Shayla left this morning back to Utah and we were so sad! 

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Tuesday we went to Amarillo to pick up Sister Timmins. Trio life is pretty good, still just trying to adjust back! She is 20 years old and she is from Nibley, Utah (Logan)! She hasn't gone to school yet but is planning on going to Bridgerland Technical College in Logan when she gets home.  She is also the oldest of 6. Her family has lots of animals in their yard but she hates cats.

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Church yesterday was PACKED!! I said that the chapel was as full as my heart!! We had 4 investigators come and there was several nonmembers and less actives there! We also had 3 big Mormon families passing through during spring break! I leaned over to Sister Allart and said, "it's not even Easter yet!!" haha!  So that has been our joke ever since! #itsnoteveneaster

Our peeps!

Hayt family :( the have asked us to no longer come over. No explanation but they said they may still want to be involved in scouts which is run through our church.

Jessica- doing good! She came to church! She loved it! She says she knows it is the only true church! BUT she still is having a hard time wanting her family to be united so she is swaying towards the first baptist church.......ugh! The 4 year old is controlling her decision! We used the "conversion of a catholic" line on her, "do you want to show your family that you love them right now, or for eternity?" Pray for Charlie to have the desire and/or courage to come to our church instead! And Shawn is still not super on board either.

Kacey- she is doing amazing! We had a really great lesson with her on Monday with Kasia! We taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ and invited her to pray about baptism on April 29th. She said she would and we will follow up tonight! She came to church again yesterday with her mother in law!

Kai- everything is a little up in the air. We are still planning a baptism for the 28th. His interview is tomorrow so pray that goes well! Also, the branch president told us yesterday that his dad may not be able to baptize him so that may throw a wrench in things. We just aren't sure if Kai is comfortable enough with anyone to baptize him. We are still planning for the 28th until something changes though!

Lupe-still on fire!!! We taught him all 3 of the first lessons and we taught about prophets. He came to church and loved it! We got the sweetest text from him Saturday morning! I will attach the pics of it! So he is solid and wants to  be baptized and everything.....BUT he is on parole for 10 years so that kind of screws things up. We will hope for the best and give him a strong foundation to build off of!

 

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Patrick (recent convert)-great!!!! Yesterday he had his interview for the priesthood, temple recommend, and a patriarchal blessing recommend. He is so pumped to be a part of all on this finally! We even helped him find a name to take to the temple already!!

I hope y'all are doing great!

Love ya!!!

READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!

Hermana Peterson

Patrick is a Member!

Hey y'all!!

Hope you've had a great week! It has been a really warm week here! It has been in the 80's for several days and then today is back in the 40's. Transfer News! We both get to stay!! We are so pumped!! We will also be in a trio again! Her name is Sister Timmins and we will be going home together.

Updates:

Hayt family- we woke them up for church again and they said they were getting ready but they still didn't come. Breaks my heart. Ryan's dad was there when we went over this week (he is a self proclaimed preacher) and just wants to bash. He was looking for anything we said that he could turn on us. They have been getting a lot of crap from everyone around them for meeting with us. They went to a bbq last week and mentioned us and got chewed out.

Jessica- she was doing amazing! We taught her the Law of Chastity with a member and it went really well. She was pretty nervous to talk to her boyfriend because they have been together for 10 years and she has asked him to marry her before and he just fights it. We went over again and read the story of Esther to help prepare her to talk to him and when we finished she said, "I already talked to him!" He said he would think about it which she said is a huge step for him! Then on Saturday we taught the word of wisdom and it went well. Saturday night she texted us saying she was going to a different church on Sunday. We were so sad!! We don't have any idea what happened.

Kacey is still doing great though!! She came to church again and even though Aurora was crying and fussy again she said she really enjoyed it! She was even able to stay for all three hours!

Kai- he is doing pretty good and actually wants to be baptized on March 28th so we have to finish teaching him the lessons this week so he can be ready for the baptism interview next week!

Lupe- we just met him this week. We deliver meals on wheels to his mom and this week he stopped us as we were walking away and said he wants to know more about our church!! He said that something told him he needed to know more! So cool! He just got out of prison a month ago. He is probably in his 50's and he has been in prison more than he has been out. He is on the uphill and he is extremely humble. The process of getting him to baptism will be pretty hard considering the circumstances but it is something he desires so if he shows the commitment we will find some way to make it happen!

Stacey- we are no longer sure how solid she is. She told us she would come to church too and she didn't show. She does have a lot on her plate though, her house burned down this week so it has been pretty rough. The members that live next door to her are helping her out a bunch. We had dinner and a lesson with her in their home on Saturday night!

Oh ya! And PATRICK WAS BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!! We are so happy for him! He said it went really well! We can't wait to hear more about it when they get back this week! 

That's about everything I can think of! I hope y'all are doing great!!

READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!!

Hermana Peterson

Where is He, Momma?

Hey y'all!!

Hope you are having a great week!

Here is a quick update:

Patrick is still getting baptized this Saturday in Colorado!

Jessica came to church and absolutely LOVED it!! She is just the cutest! She was wrangling kids the entire 3 hours and she left church absolutely exhausted but she was still able to feel the spirit somehow and she is super excited to come back next week and hopefully convince her boyfriend to come! We are having a potluck next week after church so they were getting a count and when they asked, "who will be here next week?" she looked at us and her hand shot right up! (:  Her 4 year old daughter Charlie kept asking, "Where is He, momma?" the whole time because she told her that they were going to visit God! haha!

The Hayt family. They are killing meeeeeee!!!!!! They came to the pinewood derby which was awesome! We were able to give them a church tour and they were all able to make friends so we thought we would for sure see them at church. We gave them a wake up call at 8 am on Sunday and they were up but they didn't show. We had just talked to them the night before about how excited they were!! It is so frustrating!! I wish they could see what they are missing out on! We went over yesterday afternoon and Ryan and Brylee were gone but the boys looked all ready for church and everything but they said they fell back asleep after they got ready :( So we will have to push their date back.They did both commit to quit smoking though!

Kai at the Pinewood Derby:

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David and Josie-he was the Pentecostal bible basher that called us back. They came to church! And then he called us and bashed on how terrible our church was for like an hour. Josie is so sweet and we wish we could teach her but it just won't work.

Kacey Lacario! I don't think I have talked about her but she is doing great and came to church!! Her husband is a LA member. She is looking for stability and answers for her little 1 year old daughter, Aurora!

Stacy, Sophia, and Alyssa!! They are new this week and SO solid!! Stacy is the mom and Sophia is 8 and Alyssa is 7! They were so pumped to come to church yesterday but they got sick :(  They live in Memphis right next door to a member! They have lived there for about 2 years and before that they lived in.....UTAH!!! Yay! Her dad is a convert of about 7 years! They were going to church when they were in Utah and we think she already has a testimony we just have to  help her act on it! We invited her to pray to know if the Book of Mormon was true with us at the end of our second lesson and we had an experience very similar to Jessica's last week! It was awesome!!! They have been reading the Book of Mormon and love it! We are excited to see them again soon!

We had 6 investigators at church on Sunday!! It was awesome! We were bummed because we were expecting 12, (the Hayt family and Stacy and her kids) but we were still so excited!

Love y'all!

Have an amazing week!

READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!

Hermana Peterson