Miracle Cactus!
Hello everyone!!!
I just completed my second week in Arizona! And I finally have some color on me, I don't look sickly pale and out of place now, thank goodness. Every day here makes me love the people so much more! I got really lucky with my wards, they are so involved in our mission work and everyone is so nice! They set the bar really high for the rest of my mission!
We are still doing a lot and a lot of knocking. It is really hard to get friends in this area so we just find and find. It is getting me real good at talking to people who are annoyed with me being there. We are good at getting phonenumbers from finding, but then the people do not respond when we reach out. It is unfortunate but we keep going because we know there is someone out there waiting for us!!
I was apart of my very first Bible Bash! Whoo it was exhilerating, my heart was pounding so fast. Luckily me and Sister Mansius were doing such a good job, the spirit helped us bring up some superb scriptures. It wasn't the best use of our time, but it was good to talk to someone, even if they weren't the most pleasant.
We were able to make some new friends! Eric and Melanie! We were knocking and when we got to their house they had us come inside to talk about the Bible! They were so sweet and Eric asked so many questions, it was such a good time! We gave them our contact information and then left thinking that would be it. However a couple days later, I was trying to take a picture with a cute cactus, and they saw us! They called us over and we were able to meet the rest of their family and talk with them again! They are interested in our Bible study class, and the Young Women Activities for their daughter! Please keep them in your prayers! Thank you miracle cactus!
This week I have been listening to a lot of amazing General Conference talks but the one that stuck out the most was "Forget Me Not" By Elder Uchtdorf (The link is down below!). Please go and read it, it is amazing, but what he talked about was blessings! Sometimes when we are too focused on the big beautiful roses we miss the little but equally pretty forget me nots sprinkled in throughout our day! God blesses us so much, but when we are too focused on getting these huge blessings, we tend to forget to stop and admire the little things He does for us. This has been huge for me while on my mission, and my goal is to start looking for the "forget me nots" because I know they are everywhere!I love you all so much! Please send me emails!
Sister Peterson
Miracle Cactus!!!
Comp Sudy Park!
After a relief society service activity, they gave me the leftover fruit! YUM
