Hey Everyone!!
Sorry about the last fake email, but how is everyone doing!! We had a pretty good week this week, and hopefully the week to come will be just as good!! But to start our week off, on Monday we just hung out at the church and played some basketball and had a good time. After Pday we went and tried to see some people, and we got to see a less active, and it was super good. She cooked us some food and we just got to talk to her and see how she is doing.
Then on Tuesday is when all the fun came into play!! We were at the church for district meeting, and it had been raining quite a bit before we had even got there! So we got to the church and started with our meeting. Well in the middle of our meeting we get a text and it said that we are in lock down, and we need to stay were we are at, and if we are anywhere outside to make your way to your house quick. So then it started to rain hard and the winds picked up and it was crazy. We were locked down with our district in the church for another 5 hours or so! And there were tornado's all over the state! I think in total there were about 10 or so, throughout Louisiana! But we tried to stay busy and do as much as we could while we were at the church. Everyone in our Zone was fine though and no one got hurt, and that was a huge blessing!
But this week we kind of had a cool experience. So we went over to some less actives house this week and they had made some food for us to eat, and they just wanted to have us over and talk about the gospel. So we go over there, and we walk in and there is one of our potential investigators that we have been trying to get a hold of the past couple of weeks. So we eat some dinner and he said he had a gospel question for us, and so he asked it and it was just one of those questions that truly doesn't matter to your salvation, and is really a waste of time. And while he asked it, it got a little bit contentious. The member started to answer it but he really wanted us to give him an answer. And what we gave him he really liked, and actually agreed with us and what he had to say. So there was still a little bit of contention, so we started to talk about Jesus Christ and some principals we thought could not only help him, but also the less active family! And everything turn around 100% the contention was gone, and everyone started to participate in the lesson and it ended up being a great lesson with them. But it truly showed to me how much power Jesus Christ has, If you are even just able to say his name and talk about him for about 10 seconds, and completely change the way everyone acts, there is some true power behind that! And one of the cool things is sometimes if you really don't know what to say to someone in a lesson, if you just bear your testimony on Christ the spirit comes in so strongly!!
But we had a great week and we saw so many miracles! I am so grateful for the opportunity i have to be able to come out here, and learn so much. Its amazing because even after all god has given us, and what he keeps giving us is such a blessing. He gives us the opportunity to come to this earth to learn, he gives the the chance to preach his gospel, he gives us so many things that we can't even imagine. He even gave his son for us, so that we might return to him again. I can not even begin to count all of the blessing that he has given me!! And in return for him giving us all this things what happens to us? WE GET EVERYTHING!! We can become just like him and be exactly like him, its such a humble, and loving plan!! But we have to sacrifice the things of this world for it, because we might live in the world, but we can't live of the world!! But i love yall and hope the best for yall!! Have a great week and i hope to hear from everyone!!
Elder Peterson
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