Pioneer Day!

Hey y'all!

Not much to update you on in the last few days. On Saturday we had a branch party to celebrate pioneer day! We had breakfast and the kids swam. We invited a ton of people but unfortunately no one that we invited came. It was still a fun party though!

Brother McMahan came to church last week!! We were so excited! He really enjoyed it! He didn't make it yesterday though. They got their a/c fixed finally!! It is so much better! I don't know how he could live without it. They were dying!

When we were coming back from our interviews with President Hales we stopped at Chick Fil A for dinner and we ran into a member from my ward in Odessa! The Browns were there and they even paid for our dinner. It was definitely a tender mercy to see them there! I love Andrews but I also miss my people in Odessa!

Yesterday we went to the Grace Baptist Church Sunday night service again and we invited the pastor and his wife to the Saturday night session of stake conference! Hopefully they are able to make it! It is August 12th!

That is about all! I hope y'all have had a great week and see the hand of the Lord!

READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!!

Hermana Peterson

Temple Trip!

Hey y'all!

Late emails this week because we went to the temple! It was so good! I didn't realize how much I missed it until I went. I hadn't gotten to go since January. We got to ride up with Sister Smith and her daughter.

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On Tuesday this week I hit my 9 month mark!! It is so crazy! We had district meeting up in Odessa and in between here and Odessa there is a petting zoo and we were hoping the camels were out by the fence but they weren't :(  so no way cool picture but just imagine how cool it would have been (:

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One of the great members here, Sister McArthur, made us Cafe Rio this week and we were so excited!! I don't know why the rest of the world hasn't discovered it! She also helped me replace the tube in my  bike tire! She is the best! It was quite the process but I think we are back in business!

We helped with the bowling activity at the nursing home this week. Bill is actually starting to get better! He comes out of his room for lunch which he hasn't done in awhile! It is so good to see him up and moving!

On Tuesday we were up in Odessa and we got out of our meeting to see a missed call and a voicemail from brother McMahan. We were somewhat concerned because he never calls us. His voicemail said to call him right away so we did and he didn't answer. So we called Sue (his daughter) and she just told us to stop by the house on our way back. So of course we thought this was some emergency type thing. Nope! He just wanted to give us bananas.... he is hilarious! We were dying! haha!

Another funny thing that happened this week was we tried to go to the baptist bible study again but it turns out that it was a business meeting instead (branch council really) and they were describing that they needed a program to make sure that everyone got visited in their church, especially the ones who don't come as often or may need help. We were chuckling in the back, each sentence they used to describe this program that they needed better and better described visiting and home teaching! It just reminded me of how inspired our leaders are and how true the church we have is! I love this gospel and am so glad to have it in my life!

Love y'all!!

Hermana Peterson

READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!!

Rodeoing!

Hey y'all!

Not a whole lot happening in Andrews this past week. Everything is pretty much the same! We got to help out at another kids rodeo this week which is always nice! Being able to go to the rodeo was definitely a miracle because it was raining and we had nothing to do other than knock doors, so we were grateful we got to be inside!  It happens once a month and Lane Smith is in charge of it. We just run flags back and forth and tip barrels back up if they knock them over. 

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I got a flat tire on my bike :(   We went to Sister McArthur's to try and fix it. But it looks like I'll need a new tube.

Of course we celebrated 7/11 day in Odessa and in Andrews! We went to the Grace Baptist Church bible study this week. That was fun/interesting! Definitely something different to do! The pastor is really nice though and he said he has been talking to a lady at work about us, she is a member that is going to move down here soon! 

We had 44 people at church today! A record since I've been here! We got to sort baby clothes and make outfits at the Life Center this week so that was a fun new service project! 

The plaque is from our "lower neighbor". He is a nice guy, I guess they have been having a "kindness war" with him for a while now haha! 

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Bill's (from the nursing home) daughter-in-law brought him cornbread, beans, and homemade banana pudding for lunch this week and he shared it with us. It was so good! Banana pudding is definitely an Andrews thing!

We got to teach one lesson last night. Her name is Elda. She had requested a bible a while ago and we were finally able to meet with her again. Things probably won't go very far because she is very involved in her church.

That's about it for this week! Love y'all so much!!

Have a great week!

Hermana Peterson

READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!!!