Well this week was good! I don't think it stopped raining though.
On Thursday President Texeira one of the seventy and president of the European missions did a mission tour and put on a conference for all of us missionaries in Västra Frolunda in Göteborg. It was good.
Mostly it was great to meet up with some of my buddies in the mission.
He talked a lot about being optimistic even when you are in an area that historically has low numbers. I think that was great advice.
Life is kind of like that. If we think that we are having a hard time all the time and we always complain about our situation, then most likely we will have a hard time.
On the flip side if we are always optimistic about our situation (while still being realistic) and are grateful for the experiences that we have been given, we are bound to be happier.
I keep a pretty regular journal and I have started writing down quotes and making them up. One of the ones that I made up recently is "Happy is a Choice" I think this is true.
A great example of this is Catharine, a sweet old African lady that was baptized about a week before I arrived in this area. Because of this we visit her often. Catharine always has a great big smile on her face when she greets us at her door, she is always upbeat and happy and from what I know of her she has not had an easy life at all. In fact she told us a little bit about how when escaping her country she was nearly killed multiple times. I think it is so awesome that she still is just happy, it makes me feel more inclined to be happy.
I remember one of my favorite youtube videos that Sister Newell actually shared at a Zone training about a year ago. If you can watch it, it's called "Validation"
Anyways things are going well here, if anyone has any specific questions ask away.
sorry about being so bad about taking pictures lately.
Med Stor Kärlek,
Äldste Peterson
Monday, August 25, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
August 18th, 2014 | Rain
Well this last week went by pretty fast.
Monday was interviews with President Beckstrand, and then P-day on Tuesday.
Wednesday was just a normal day of missionary work, and then on Thursday we had Zone training, it was all about obedience which has been stressed lately in the mission. I really liked it.
After Zone training I went on splits with Elder Sweat from California. It was great! Elder Sweat is a great guy, he went to college for two years before his mission just like me. and he was going to BYU so we could have seen each other.
Splits lasted until Saturday night, due to difficulty with travel. It was really cool because I was on splits in the same area a little over a year ago, and we visited some of the same people. It's cool to see the same people, and also meet some new ones in the same place.
On Friday I got a bit of a cold, and on Sunday it was the worst so we just stayed home and i slept and got better.
The weather has been rain rain rain. which is ok, but I lost my umbrella in my last area. Elder Simas had an old one that members had given the last missionary in this area, and so I have been using that. It does smell better when it rains though which is nice.
This week we are having a member of the seventy come and do a mission tour. I am excited to hear what he has to say.
Other than that things have been good, kind of slow because of Semester but good.
Love,
Äldste Peterson
Monday was interviews with President Beckstrand, and then P-day on Tuesday.
Wednesday was just a normal day of missionary work, and then on Thursday we had Zone training, it was all about obedience which has been stressed lately in the mission. I really liked it.
After Zone training I went on splits with Elder Sweat from California. It was great! Elder Sweat is a great guy, he went to college for two years before his mission just like me. and he was going to BYU so we could have seen each other.
Splits lasted until Saturday night, due to difficulty with travel. It was really cool because I was on splits in the same area a little over a year ago, and we visited some of the same people. It's cool to see the same people, and also meet some new ones in the same place.
On Friday I got a bit of a cold, and on Sunday it was the worst so we just stayed home and i slept and got better.
The weather has been rain rain rain. which is ok, but I lost my umbrella in my last area. Elder Simas had an old one that members had given the last missionary in this area, and so I have been using that. It does smell better when it rains though which is nice.
This week we are having a member of the seventy come and do a mission tour. I am excited to hear what he has to say.
Other than that things have been good, kind of slow because of Semester but good.
Love,
Äldste Peterson
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