A Missionary's Work: When You Lose It, You Love It

Hey guys!

This week has been interesting, progressive, and full! To start, Philippines has made the original air gun into a super steroid version. It includes perfume, metal/pvc pipe, a bottle, lighter, and a marble. The thing is freakin' awesome and could easily make a hole in a person (so cool, I got to hold it!).

Also, we got some free sugar cane that just makes other sugars look like garbage, soo good (I'll run it over in a year 😉). I also got to meet a kid from the country Jordan who speaks English and a little bit of Tagalog.

Then I goat wrestled... Ya, he got the win this time but next time, I got it, ha!

It's really great here and I love these people sooo much. It's just every time I get to talk to someone about Christ and they want to learn more, then after some time I get to see them change their life around. They end up with hope, love, faith, patience, and more, where there was none before... that's truly amazing.

This week I really realized that we don't really understand the importance of something unless it's close to being lost or you really do lose it. Because of some situations here, we might have to move to another area. I am now constantly thinking of these people and how they have changed and grown so much, then we might have to leave so they would potentially have to wait until the area got missionaries again... and there is no telling when that could be. They are so close to making a beautiful promise to God through baptism, to follow him and his Son the best they can. An ordinance essential for all people. They will be starting a new slate, clean from all sin and ready to start the path toward God. I also know God has a plan for them and all of us so I'm not too worried. I really do know that God loves us and knows us each individually and that in this life's race, Jesus isn't waiting at the end but at our side with us. When we fall or feel we can't do something, he's there to help us up, and for us to lean on. Because of this, even the things that we lose and care about so much will be okay as we will be okay too. I love you all soooo much and hope you remember who's at your side every step, crawl, sprint of the way. And that if we acknowledge his presence, we will be okay with the things that are lost, because we know that he's taking care of them.

Elder Peterson
-I have to fix my camera, the files won't come up, that's okay, I'm a professional 😉