Welcome to Andrews!

Hey y'all!

It has been a good week getting adjusted to Andrews! Definitely a smaller town but I am loving it so far! It was hard and sad to leave Odessa! I love my new companion Sister Christensen! She's great! She is from Shelly, Idaho and comes from a family of 9.

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We really only have 1 investigator. Her name is Becca and she is the daughter of a less active sister. Becca is 13 years old. She is basically ready to be baptized, her mom just wants her to show a little more commitment before getting baptized which we totally agree with.

For a lot of our service hours we go to a nursing home that is right by our house. The people there are hilarious. We get to play bingo with them, help with singing time and snack time and stuff like that. There is one man named Bill who we eat lunch with on Wednesdays at the hospital. We then go back to the nursing home and eat warm banana pudding with him. It is disgusting! Apparently we do it every week though because he loves it. Haha!

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I hit my 7 month mark this week, crazy!! I have 7 months down 11 to go so we took a 7-11 picture.

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It hit triple digits this week and we were dying!

We got to help out at a part member families ranch this week and that was super fun! They live like 45 minutes out of town. It was actually really pretty out there! (West Texas is definitely a different definition of pretty!) This week we helped her stain a bed frame but next week we might help them brand their cows. Their ranch is 55,000 acres so it is huge!!

Church was definitely a different experience in a branch. There was 22 people at church. Our whole building is about the size of a normal chapel. I spoke in Sacrament meeting, led the music, and taught Sunday school! I do already have a love for the members I have met though!

Hope y'all have a blessed week!

Hermana Peterson

The Lord loves you!!!

Music Recording at Carlos' Studio

Hermanas Walker & Peterson with Sisters Overson & Tolbert

Transfer News!

Hey y'all!!

Yep, you read that right! After 6 months in beautiful Odessa I am being transferred to Andrews, TX. It is actually only 30 minutes North of where I am right now and I will be in the same zone. Sister Walker is staying here in Odessa 1st East and she will be training!

Andrews is a pretty small town. It sounds like the average attendance on Sundays is between 20 and 40 people. My companions name is Sister Christensen and she has been in Andrews for 2 transfers and just finished her training. Since we are in the same zone I actually already know her a little bit! She seems awesome and I can't wait to get to know her!

Drunk George asked us to be "one of his wives" this week (because you know us Mormons and our many wives!) But a miracle happened and he actually came to church....what!!!???? He came with Gilberto to the Spanish branch and he only stayed for about 15 minutes but that is way more progress than we thought we would ever see out of him!

And Carlos came to church because Sister Lincoln was speaking. Sister Lincoln's daughter also came that is not a member. And the recent convert, Ebb, received the Priesthood on Sunday!

This week we set 3 1/2 baptismal dates! That is the most I have ever set! (the 1/2 is because Alison is just praying about the date she hasn't actually committed yet). Calvin is committed to June 10. Maria is committed to June 10. And Taylor is committed to August 12! They all have their struggles but I know that the Lord will bless them as they continue to progress in the gospel!

Our lesson with Calvin this week was the BEST!!! Calvin is cool but the reason it was really the best is because we brought Ebb Smith (the other sisters recent convert) as a member present! They were able to bond over their lack of teeth and their worldly habits (: It was seriously the coolest because the last lesson I taught Ebb before our area got split was the Plan of Salvation and then he came with us and was teaching Calvin the Plan of Salvation!!! It was the coolest experience ever!

We had a small miracle last night as well! We had about 2 hours to try people and we didn't have the car so we were just trying a bunch of people close to our apartment. No one was home so we decided we should go look through some formers instead. It just so happened that our neighbor that we were teaching came home for the first time in a month and a half and because we were looking through formers instead of out finding someone we were able to see him and rush over there! He has been reading the Book of Mormon and is so awesome!! We were putting a bookmark in it for him and he had the page turned down in Alma, that is so far! No one ever reads that much! He is out of town for work all the time so that stinks but we set a return appointment for next weekend!

Well, that was our week! Hope y'all are doing fabulous! Read and pray every day!!

Also send me letters (: here is my new address!!
101 Teakwood drive Apartment H
Andrews, TX 79714

Love ya!
Hermana Peterson

Some of the people I will miss in Odessa:

 

  

Blooming Cactus!

Texans love their football!

The books will need their own suitcase for transfers!

Holding a first edition Book Of Mormon at President Vores house.

Trying to stay cool! Thanks Mom!

Lubbock in Odessa!

Is the whole town of Odessa for sale?