A Missionary's Work: Learning To Stretch... In Life

3/13/2017

Hey all the wonderful poging tao out there! Even though it's like 100 degrees out here, it's great. We're sweating up like usual. It's still my kind of place (for all those Mexicans and such, haha ;) ). Though I just saw a great picture of the apartment of my old companion and they found a tarantula the size of my entire hand or so, like a beefy foot in all directions, freak that's crazy (in my opinion, they should keep it as a pet named Jim). Though this week has been a good week, we have worked hard and my companion sings even harder, haha (he loves to sing about anything and everything)!

I really don't know what happened in Solon wrestling, but I hope it all went well, still miss wrestling a lot! Anyhow, I ate a new dish that is pig intestines in a soup of the pig's own blood... yep as it sounds, it tastes really good, it's on my top list but hasn't hit my number one, Bicol express.

But here's my spiritual thought now. So my thought now is about how sometimes life is very hard, but we can smile on anyway. So to be sort-of direct, ama sa langit (God; or translated directly, Father in Heaven), has a plan for us to become someone more than we, on our own, can be. But how do we become that person? We are stretched, we are given obstacles and trials in our lives to overcome them and like a muscle, get stronger. He doesn't give us anything we can't handle. No matter what happens, in Him we will be able to come out of it stronger and better. But of course, like a loving father, he will always be there for us. I like this analogy used earlier. It's like a child learning to ride a bike without training wheels. The father is there and starts by pushing the bike and after a minute, he gives one final push and lets go. that doesn't mean he leaves the child, but is always there ready and watching. So when we fall or succeed, he is there to support us and help us. If you have time, look up this scripture in the Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 3:7. It's about how God doesn't give us what he knows we can't handle. You can use www.lds.org for that. But I know that it is true, I have been there in many times in my life and know it's true. You can test it out if you want, like the scripture says in the Bible, all things are possible in Christ.

Love you all, have a great and marvelous week, and stay pogi!

Elder Peterson