MONDAY AGAIN

HAPPY MONDAY:) This week was kinda a crazy week! Our entire mission had emergency transfers so that was WILD! My companion did not change though... still here in West Palm. But I am serving around a lot of different missionaries so that has been fun! 


We also had interviews with our Mission President this week and he said the chances are high I will stay in West Palm for 1 more transfer! 5 transfers seems like an eternity in this area! But obviously there is a reason I need to stay here! But we will see maybe that will change haha! Stay tuned for transfer news in the next couple weeks haha! 


This week we also had an exchange! The sisters we exchange with are English sisters which meant I did all the talking! I decided we were going to find so many people because I was sick of having nobody to teach lol. So drove me and the other sister to what I like to call "THE GHETTO" . But instead of like getting out and walking around to find people we stayed in the car and drove slowly through neighborhoods. Then when I saw someone walking I wanted to talk to I just whipped the car of put it in park and hopped out and said hola buenas tardes 


After they got over the shock of thinking I was about to kidnap them then they were very willing to talk to me! We found 17 people that day! It was CRAZY! So hopefully we can help them keep progressing! But the good news is we now have SO many lessons for this next week!  


Here is a quick thought for the week. This week we were talking with some youth at an activity and they were talking about their relationships with Jesus Christ! They asked me why I think Christ would die for me personally. It took me a second to respond and then when I shared my quick thoughts and a few of them agreed then that was the end of the conversation. But that was the end of me thinking about it. It was in the back of my head pretty consistently. I kept thinking WHY would he suffer and die for me? The more I thought about it the more it kept eating away at me. 


I studied everything I could about the Atonement and the more I learned and realized the suffering the more I was like WHY? Then one day during my study I was still wondering why on earth would He suffer all He did for me and for others. I decided to turn on some music and it was towards the very end of my study and the song "I Stand All Amazed" turned on. I didn't really notice since different songs had been playing the entire time but suddenly I stopped reading and just listened. 


It says: I marvel that he would descend from his throne divine To rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine, That he should extend his great love unto such as I, Sufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify. [Chorus] Oh, it is wonderful that he should care for me Enough to die for me! Oh, it is wonderful, wonderful to me


I defined the word Marvel and it says: to be amazed at, something that fills us with extreme gratitude or excitement.


I realized that instead of feeling unworthy or wondering why the Savior would do all that for me I can choose to be amazed and full of gratitude! He really did die for me individually. He does care. He loves me! 


The same goes for you! You are worthy of his love and sacrifice! Choose to be amazed! Then when we make mistakes our hearts are filled with gratitude for our savior and the opportunity He gave us to change and repent, instead of guilt or not feeling worthy to repent!


Hope this week is a good one! I love hearing from you! I am super grateful for all of you! Love you lots! 


Also I took no pictures this week so sorry


Love Like Jesus


Love, Hermana Peterson 

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