Elder Peterson Week 45

  I've been living in Kingwood, Texas for a week now. WOW, it is different. There are a ridiculous amount of trees here, it's literally nicknamed the livable forest. It is really cool though, there are a lot of green paths through out our area (our tiny tiny area, 5 square miles) that we ride on to get places. I'm pretty sure I mentioned it is a bike area, but if not now you know. Oh, and that's another thing. This is the worst time of the year to be biking. 100 degree heat and ridiculous humidity, we sweat A LOT. But I don't want to sound too complacent, I really enjoy this area. 

     Then there's the office job. As Technology Specialists (basically the I.T. of the mission) Elder Simpson and I spend a lot of time in the Mission Office solving technology related issues and keeping our mission's information updated. It's a lot of sitting down on a computer, but it beats biking in the heat all afternoon! Sometimes it gets a little boring, but if it gets too bad I'll put someone's stapler in jello or something, I'm not too worried. 

     As for the teaching in this area, it's pretty dismal. But that just means more work to do!! We currently have two people who we teach, Samantha and Tawana. They are interesting women...

     We've taught one lesson with Tawana and then on Saturday we washed Samantha's car (she is living alone and is currently on crutches, so we helped out). We've been biking around the area and I've seen a lot of cool things, again this place is just a forest with houses in it. Not exactly what I picture when I think of Texas. 

     That's pretty much all there is to write about for now... Oh yeah, I got asked to speak next Sunday.  New ward and I'm already giving a talk, pretty funny. I'll let you know how it goes next week. Until then, stay cool!

-Elder Peterson

There was a mini festival thing going on yesterday and they left behind some snow. I don't understand how or why, but I got to stand on snow for the first time in over a year, so that was great.