10 Months and 40 Miles
Oof, it has been a week I'll tell ya!
Monday we went to Tallahassee to play soccer and sand volleyball with the other missionaries. My companion and I were the only sisters there! It was just a tad weird. It was also 100 degrees outside that day and we were directly in the sun. I got so sick. That won't happen again! It was fun though.
Monday we went to Tallahassee to play soccer and sand volleyball with the other missionaries. My companion and I were the only sisters there! It was just a tad weird. It was also 100 degrees outside that day and we were directly in the sun. I got so sick. That won't happen again! It was fun though.
Tuesday, we had our farewell conference with President and Sister Smith. It was so fun and we learned a lot. The districts all came up with hilarious skits! I also got to see all my friends from the two Tally zones. President and Sister Smith taught us so much though. He couldn't go down without teaching as he said. I will definitely miss them. I am so grateful for all of their service and all that they have done for us! Our new President should be here real soon!
Wednesday we saw as many people as we could. We taught Frances for the first time and that went super well. She loved hearing about the Book of Mormon. One of the things I love to share with people is how the Book of Mormon clarifies things taught in the Bible. With as many churches as we have here, it is clear that everyone has a different understanding of the same verse of scripture. I showed her how the Book of Mormon is the second witness (quoting a Bible verse to her) of what God really wanted us to get from His word.
Thursday was even better though. We met with Cedrick, and he read the chapter we gave him. For most of our lesson, he just went on and on about how much he loved Alma 32. He knows the Book of Mormon is special and he does want to be baptized. That made our week.
Friday we worked all day at a sister's house. We were helping her in the long process of fixing up her 1930's house. A lot of people take pride in their "Cherry Lake" homes up here. She has one and there is so much work to do! It was fun.
Yesterday, we had an amazing lesson with Kyle and Eva. Thanks to Kyle's member friend and our new Branch Mission Leader, Matt, Kyle committed to start coming to church as often as he could. He really meant it!
And, this morning, we got up and we biked to Georgia with a member. It was so fun!!! Round trip it was about 40 miles. It was beautiful and the weather was perfect at that time of morning.
One thing that stuck out to me this week was the blessings of going to work and having faith in Christ. We had a lot of time that we didn't know how to fill this week, but the Lord took care of us as long as we kept on going out and kept trying to talk to people. His children are here and they are ready to come unto Him. We can't waste any time in our efforts to find them and bring them back!
I hope you all have a great week and that you keep praying for missionary opportunities. The Lord needs your help no matter where or who you are.
I hope you all have a great week and that you keep praying for missionary opportunities. The Lord needs your help no matter where or who you are.
-Sister Peterson
