West Palm Beach!

Hola!!!! It has been a WILD few days but so good! I made it to Florida! My trainer is really sweet! She has 2 transfers left so she knows her stuff!  I am in West Palm Beach. We are in a pretty big area. We only have 4 members in my area. So that makes it pretty hard. Also anybody we reach out to wants nothing to do with us so that's been a struggle. Our area is gonna get shut down after this transfer if we don't have any success. So we are praying and working hard to find some people we can teach!  


Some dubs of the week are we have a pool outside our apartment so we can go tan even tho it's in our pants...our faces get some good sun haha. Another dub is we have had some bussin açaí bowls! 


We had  our first member meal last night and I think I almost died. They made some pasta which was good but they served  at least 6x the amount I would eat. So I had to eat it all. Then they whip out a ton of dessert. That I also had to eat so I left feeling like I was gonna puke. Then we went to another appointment to meet some other members. Well they decided to feed us a meal also. I legit was gagging the entire time. It was so much food. So ya that was a fun time!


One of my favorite things that I learned from conference came from Sister Tamara W Runia. She talked about how we need to Zoom Out and Look @ the eternal perspective! She also mentioned how an eye focused on our Savior brings Joy!!!  Anything we worry about as we turn it towards the Savior we can feel joy. 


Turn towards Jesus and I know he will help and bless us all! 


Love Like Jesus


Hermana Peterson 

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