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
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