We had a good week last week. It's hard to believe that I only have one week left.
We had a difficult time trying to meet with Erik. He has been busy lately, but he has been reading the Book of Mormon. He's still having a hard time coming to church which we can hopefully work out this week. The Busbys have been busy lately so I don't know how they are doing. We have dinner with the Aguilars this week, maybe we can start getting them to come to church more frequently. Teresa is doing good she hasn't been to church for a few weeks, but she made it last Sunday. We were able to meet with Eric Pedroza the other day, he said he's not as busy anymore so he said he would have more time to read the Book of Mormon and make it to church on Sundays.
Nothing exciting really happened last week, same old missionary stuff. Funny thing is after this week I will have spend most of my mission in El Monte, just in different wards, about 20 months. This will also be the last P-day of my mission, so I won't be emailing next week
Thanks for the love and support
Elder Peterson
Monday, January 26, 2015
1-19-15
We had a decent week last week. It's starting to warm up now.
Kristy and Umberto are moving, they were having difficulties with their landlord and other stuff. so we they are going to New Mexico, where they have some family. But they are doing good. They plan on going to church there and still work with the missionaries. Their plan is to move Tuesday afternoon. It's a little sad to see them go, but things will go better for them in New Mexico.
We haven't been able to see the Pedrozas in awhile. They haven't been home when we have gone over. We saw the Aguilars they are doing good. They have caught the sickness that is going around. We still need work with them on coming to church.
We started teaching a kid named Erik Trinidad. We has a former investigator in our area book. It's going to be difficult to get him to church, because he told us that he uses Sunday for homework. Other than that he is solid. He reads the Book of Mormon and he prays Once we can get him to come to church is should be smooth sailing from there.
As for exciting stories: I tried octopus and pigs feet the other day. Octopus isn't to bad just a little chewy, I would eat it again. Pigs feet had a good taste, it was mostly the texture of the meat that I didn't like. but it was a fun experience.
Thanks for the love and support.
Kristy and Umberto are moving, they were having difficulties with their landlord and other stuff. so we they are going to New Mexico, where they have some family. But they are doing good. They plan on going to church there and still work with the missionaries. Their plan is to move Tuesday afternoon. It's a little sad to see them go, but things will go better for them in New Mexico.
We haven't been able to see the Pedrozas in awhile. They haven't been home when we have gone over. We saw the Aguilars they are doing good. They have caught the sickness that is going around. We still need work with them on coming to church.
We started teaching a kid named Erik Trinidad. We has a former investigator in our area book. It's going to be difficult to get him to church, because he told us that he uses Sunday for homework. Other than that he is solid. He reads the Book of Mormon and he prays Once we can get him to come to church is should be smooth sailing from there.
As for exciting stories: I tried octopus and pigs feet the other day. Octopus isn't to bad just a little chewy, I would eat it again. Pigs feet had a good taste, it was mostly the texture of the meat that I didn't like. but it was a fun experience.
Thanks for the love and support.
1-19-15
Last week was a slower week for us. But this week it going to be better. We have plans to start teaching new investigators. It's weird to think that my mission is almost over.
We weren't able to meet with the Busbys or the Aguilars, It's a struggle with them. Teresa is doing good. She didn't make it ot church though. We tried to meeting with Eric but he missed the appointment that we had and he wasn't ever home when we would go by. He has been a little more difficult lately, but we are still trying to meet him and get him to church.
Kristy and Umberto are doing good. They made it to church on Sunday. We went over Wednesday morning. Umberto had a along night so he was still asleep when we went over. So we just taught Kristy instead. We taught her about the law of tithing and she committed to pay her tithing. We are going to focus on helping Umberto to gain a testimony.
Nothing to exciting happened this week. Thanks for the love and support.
We weren't able to meet with the Busbys or the Aguilars, It's a struggle with them. Teresa is doing good. She didn't make it ot church though. We tried to meeting with Eric but he missed the appointment that we had and he wasn't ever home when we would go by. He has been a little more difficult lately, but we are still trying to meet him and get him to church.
Kristy and Umberto are doing good. They made it to church on Sunday. We went over Wednesday morning. Umberto had a along night so he was still asleep when we went over. So we just taught Kristy instead. We taught her about the law of tithing and she committed to pay her tithing. We are going to focus on helping Umberto to gain a testimony.
Nothing to exciting happened this week. Thanks for the love and support.
Monday, January 5, 2015
1-5-14
It was another slow week. Things should get more normal now that the holidays are over.
Teresa is doing good. She is going to get started on family history so she can take family names to the temple. Sister Busby was busy this so we weren't able to meet with her, but she is good. We just need to get her coming to church. The aguilars were also busy but they are also doing well, if we can get them going to church more often that would be great. We were able to meet with Eric again he is going good. Hopefully we can get him and his parents to church.
Umberto and Kristy are doing good. They didn't come to church because they slept in and was going to be late. We let them know better late then never. So hopefully they will start to coming to church more now. We are going to keep working with them. Our main goal with them is to help prepare Umberto for baptism and get them on the path to be sealed I the temple.
That is about it for my week thanks for the love and support
Elder Peterson
12-29-14
We had a slower week with the start of the holidays, a lot of people were out of town.
The busbys were out of town this week, so we didn't see them last week, and Teresa go sick, she didn't want us to come over so we wouldn't get sick. fortunately she was feeling better to be able to come to church. Glenn didn't make it to church either, the adversary has been trying him very hard. The other elders in the ward have been helping him when they can meet with him, which is difficult with his work schedule.
Kristy and Umberto are doing well, we were able to meet with them. They haven't come to church in a few weeks. We have been trying to keep daily contact with them. Other than the not coming to church part things are going well with them.
I can't remember if I mentioned this, but we found out Eric Pedroza is a member. He was baptized about five years ago in Wittier. then later the bishop found out his parents are members. The father also named Eric invite Elder Phoompaung and I over for dinner. Eric jr wasn't there but we had a good conversation with the parents. they don't come to church because their work schedules have them working on Sundays. Sister Pedroza is going to try and get Sundays off after the holidays. Our bishop works at the employment at the D.I. in LA, do Brother Pedroza has been working with him to find a new job. Bishop didn't find out until later the Brother Pedroza was a member. Their records are now in the ward. They have been grateful that we come and see Eric Jr. because he has been a little wayward.
That is about it for my week. Nothing to exciting happened to us.
Thanks for the love and support.
The busbys were out of town this week, so we didn't see them last week, and Teresa go sick, she didn't want us to come over so we wouldn't get sick. fortunately she was feeling better to be able to come to church. Glenn didn't make it to church either, the adversary has been trying him very hard. The other elders in the ward have been helping him when they can meet with him, which is difficult with his work schedule.
Kristy and Umberto are doing well, we were able to meet with them. They haven't come to church in a few weeks. We have been trying to keep daily contact with them. Other than the not coming to church part things are going well with them.
I can't remember if I mentioned this, but we found out Eric Pedroza is a member. He was baptized about five years ago in Wittier. then later the bishop found out his parents are members. The father also named Eric invite Elder Phoompaung and I over for dinner. Eric jr wasn't there but we had a good conversation with the parents. they don't come to church because their work schedules have them working on Sundays. Sister Pedroza is going to try and get Sundays off after the holidays. Our bishop works at the employment at the D.I. in LA, do Brother Pedroza has been working with him to find a new job. Bishop didn't find out until later the Brother Pedroza was a member. Their records are now in the ward. They have been grateful that we come and see Eric Jr. because he has been a little wayward.
That is about it for my week. Nothing to exciting happened to us.
Thanks for the love and support.
Monday, December 15, 2014
15-15-14
We had a slower week this week. We got a little more rain and we should get some more this week. We also had a shorter transfer, so we had transfer calls Saturday. This transfer is seven weeks instead of six. Both Elder Phoomphuang and I are staying. I was also called as a District Leader.
We met with Teresa this week. Her dad was there and sat in on the lesson, he really enjoyed it. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he asked Teresa if he could come next time we met with her. Teresa is doing good.
We weren't able to meet with the Busby's this week, or the Auilar's. Kristy was sick this week so we weren't able to meet with them. We have been trying to work with Eric Pedroza again a less active in the ward. He recently found out his parents are members, less active. We were visiting Eric Saturday the father invited us over for dinner, so there is some improvement there.
Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
We met with Teresa this week. Her dad was there and sat in on the lesson, he really enjoyed it. We gave him a Book of Mormon and he asked Teresa if he could come next time we met with her. Teresa is doing good.
We weren't able to meet with the Busby's this week, or the Auilar's. Kristy was sick this week so we weren't able to meet with them. We have been trying to work with Eric Pedroza again a less active in the ward. He recently found out his parents are members, less active. We were visiting Eric Saturday the father invited us over for dinner, so there is some improvement there.
Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
12-8-14
We had a rough week last week, but we got some rain throughout the week.
We weren't able to meet with Kristy and Umberto because they forgot to pay the phone bill and we couldn't reach them. The bishop stopped by and told us that they are doing good so we are going to stop by this week. The Aguilars are doing good they didn't come to church, it's going to be a long process with them I think. We weren't able to meet with the Busbys either they weren't able to meet with us last week. The rain kinda of slowed things down for us. Glenn is doing good but he didn't make it to church on Sunday. Teresa is doing good, she blessed her baby on Sunday and she asked Elder Phoomphaung and I to stand in. Her stepfather gave the blessing. It was a neat experience.
All the missionaries in the stake and the Spanish stake go to be security at the Christmas parade in Covina. Basically what we did was walk along the side of the road making sure everyone stayed back. That's it for my week, thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014
zone group picture
After months of waiting for a group picture of Jake on the Facebook page of Jake's mission we finally have a group picture:)
Friday, December 5, 2014
Pictures
Dear missionary families,
We just wanted to let you know again how much we appreciate your missionaries in our ward. They are hard workers and always wanting to do their best. We had them over for dinner a couple of weeks ago and wanted to send you more photos. The last several days we have had a lot of rain which is not that common in Southern California. On Christmas Eve the elders will join a few families from the ward for dinner and then we will go caroling to a long-term assisted living facility for those who are mostly bedridden. Then we will go to the bishop's house to retell the Christmas story and have the children act it out. The elders have been joining us on Christmas Eve for many years. It is a very sweet experience. Thank you so much for sending your son or brother to our mission and to our ward. We love them!
Melissa Rozsa
12-1-14
We had a good week last week. We had a big Thanksgiving dinner at our ward mission leader house.
I can't remember if I mentioned this but Glenn was living in east LA for awhile, but he found a room to rent in Hacienda Heights. Now the other elders have started visiting him. He is doing really good now. He received the Aaronic Priesthood, so he should be helping with the sacrament soon.
We had dinner with the Aguilar family on Tuesday and shared a little lesson with them on faith. Manuel, the father, participated with the discussion but he probably still considers himself catholic. With the Aguilar family we need to help Sister Aguilar to understand that she needs to do her part by coming to church more and trying to get more frequent with family prayer in their home. The whole family is doing good though, it is just going to take some time with them.
We weren't able to meet with Kristy and Umberto because their week was busy with Thanksgiving and other family things. They are still doing good. The Busbys are doing good. We had a really good lesson with Sister Busby. The spirit was strong in that lesson and she was a lot more open. So progress is being made with both of those families but once again it is going to take some time.
That is it for my week, there has been some rain. Some strangers saw Elder Phoomphaung and I waiting at a bus stop and pulled over and gave us a ride. They said they were raised Catholic. We talked to them a little bit and gave them a card for a link to the new Christmas video called Share the Gift. Thanks for the love and support.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
11-18-14
We had a good week this week. The next few months are looking good too.
Both Glenn and Teresa are doing good. Glenn found a place in Hacienda to live, his job still has him working hard, but he still makes it to church. We also started working with a few part member families. The Aguilar family, Sis Aguilar is a the only member, the whole family comes every once in awhile. She is little less active herself, but she wants her family to come. Her husband is the most difficult, he comes to church and likes the missionaries. But he still considers himself Catholic.
The Busby family is another family we have been working with. Sister Busby is also less active. Her two kids aren't members and her boyfriend she lives with isn't a member. They don't come to church, the boyfriend is similar to Sister Aguilar's husband, he likes us but is catholic. We started teacher her son, Nathan, the biggest problem will be getting them to come to church.
The other family we have started to work with is the Perez family. Sister Perez is a member her husband is not. She has been less active for a long time, but she came back to church because she feels that she needs to. It has been rough trying to meet with them, stuff keeps coming up and they have to reschedule. they are really excited to meet with us. Her husband seems like he would want to get baptized, it might take some time.
On Monday Elder Sitati of the seventy came and instructed us on how to improve ourselves and our companionships. He is an amazing me. He also wanted to talk with a few missionaries afterwards. President Villanueva selected a few missionaries to have some one on one time with him. I and a few other missionaries had that opportunity. It was definitely a blessing.
That's it for my week, thanks for all the love and support.
Both Glenn and Teresa are doing good. Glenn found a place in Hacienda to live, his job still has him working hard, but he still makes it to church. We also started working with a few part member families. The Aguilar family, Sis Aguilar is a the only member, the whole family comes every once in awhile. She is little less active herself, but she wants her family to come. Her husband is the most difficult, he comes to church and likes the missionaries. But he still considers himself Catholic.
The Busby family is another family we have been working with. Sister Busby is also less active. Her two kids aren't members and her boyfriend she lives with isn't a member. They don't come to church, the boyfriend is similar to Sister Aguilar's husband, he likes us but is catholic. We started teacher her son, Nathan, the biggest problem will be getting them to come to church.
The other family we have started to work with is the Perez family. Sister Perez is a member her husband is not. She has been less active for a long time, but she came back to church because she feels that she needs to. It has been rough trying to meet with them, stuff keeps coming up and they have to reschedule. they are really excited to meet with us. Her husband seems like he would want to get baptized, it might take some time.
On Monday Elder Sitati of the seventy came and instructed us on how to improve ourselves and our companionships. He is an amazing me. He also wanted to talk with a few missionaries afterwards. President Villanueva selected a few missionaries to have some one on one time with him. I and a few other missionaries had that opportunity. It was definitely a blessing.
That's it for my week, thanks for all the love and support.
11-10-14
We had transfers this week. Both Elder Phoomphuang and I are both still in Hacienda Height 2nd ward.
We weren't able to see Teresa this week, but she came to church for sacrament meeting then she went home. She is doing good she is staying strong in the gospel. Her baby is doing good too. Glenn couldn't make to church on Sunday because he got off work at 8 that morning after working a 28 hour shift and said he was so tired he almost pulled on the side of the freeway coming home from work so he could sleep.
Nothing to eventful happened this week. Things in this area slowed down for awhile. It does look like it is going to pick up again; we found a potential investiagator at the laundry mat. Her name is Maria, the hardest part with her might be Joseph Smith. Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
We weren't able to see Teresa this week, but she came to church for sacrament meeting then she went home. She is doing good she is staying strong in the gospel. Her baby is doing good too. Glenn couldn't make to church on Sunday because he got off work at 8 that morning after working a 28 hour shift and said he was so tired he almost pulled on the side of the freeway coming home from work so he could sleep.
Nothing to eventful happened this week. Things in this area slowed down for awhile. It does look like it is going to pick up again; we found a potential investiagator at the laundry mat. Her name is Maria, the hardest part with her might be Joseph Smith. Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
11-3-14
It was a good week for us, a little long though.
Glenn is doing good. We talk with him when we can, he got the Aaronic priesthood on Sunday. Everyone was excited about that. He also bore his testimony for the first time on Sunday. We have had a hard time meeting with Teresa this week, but she is going good. Other than that we have been trying to pick up new investigators which is a little difficult, and the same with less actives. No cool stories or anything exciting happened to us.
Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
Glenn is doing good. We talk with him when we can, he got the Aaronic priesthood on Sunday. Everyone was excited about that. He also bore his testimony for the first time on Sunday. We have had a hard time meeting with Teresa this week, but she is going good. Other than that we have been trying to pick up new investigators which is a little difficult, and the same with less actives. No cool stories or anything exciting happened to us.
Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
10-27-14
It was a slow week for us.
Glenn is doing good, it's hard to meet with him because he is working
so much and is living outside then ward boundaries right now. He makes
it to church on Sundays so we talk with him then and sometimes he
gives a call during the week. Teresa is doing good she could make it
to church this week. We have been trying to meet with a few less
actives during the week. We had on give us a call and wanted to meet
with us, his name is Bennie, but things kept coming up and he had to
reschedule, he did try to come to church but couldn't make it.
That's our week, thanks for the and support.
Elder Peterson
Glenn is doing good, it's hard to meet with him because he is working
so much and is living outside then ward boundaries right now. He makes
it to church on Sundays so we talk with him then and sometimes he
gives a call during the week. Teresa is doing good she could make it
to church this week. We have been trying to meet with a few less
actives during the week. We had on give us a call and wanted to meet
with us, his name is Bennie, but things kept coming up and he had to
reschedule, he did try to come to church but couldn't make it.
That's our week, thanks for the and support.
Elder Peterson
10-21-14
It was a slow week for us last week. It was good to go to the temple today.
Glenn is doing good, we can't really meet with except on Sunday's because he is working 12+ hours a day everyday but Sunday. He had to work on Sunday because they are short a few workers. He has asked for Sundays off, so we only see him on Sundays. He does give us a call occasionally to let us know how things are.
Glenn is doing good, we can't really meet with except on Sunday's because he is working 12+ hours a day everyday but Sunday. He had to work on Sunday because they are short a few workers. He has asked for Sundays off, so we only see him on Sundays. He does give us a call occasionally to let us know how things are.
Teresa had a bit of a busy week, so we weren't able to meet with her this week. She did make it to church on Sunday, but only for the first hour. She is okay with it because she was at least able to take the sacrament.
So this week was pretty slow it was hard to get in people's home. Other than having our quarterly interviews with the mission president on Monday and the temple to today not much happened.
Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
10-13-14
Last week was a slow week for us. We have been having a hard time finding new investigators.
Teresa is doing good, her baby is doing good. Teresa is wanting to learn more and strengthen her testimony. We went over the gospel of Jesus Christ with her, she has a great understanding of it. Glenn is doing good, we have a hard time meeting with him because he is working 12+ hours six days. So the only time we get to see him is on Sunday. Everything is going well with him.
We were able to watch the movie Meet the Mormons. It was good documentary about six different families through out the world, about their lives and how the gospel bless them. It does it in a non threatening way.
That's about if for a week nothing else exciting happened. Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
Teresa is doing good, her baby is doing good. Teresa is wanting to learn more and strengthen her testimony. We went over the gospel of Jesus Christ with her, she has a great understanding of it. Glenn is doing good, we have a hard time meeting with him because he is working 12+ hours six days. So the only time we get to see him is on Sunday. Everything is going well with him.
We were able to watch the movie Meet the Mormons. It was good documentary about six different families through out the world, about their lives and how the gospel bless them. It does it in a non threatening way.
That's about if for a week nothing else exciting happened. Thanks for the love and support.
Elder Peterson
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
We had a good week. General Conference was great. Elder Phoomphaung English is improving so training isn't that difficult.
Teresa is doing great, we went over the Plan of Salvation with her, she shared her testimony on it with us. The Plan of Salvation is what got her because it shows us how much God really loves us. She had her baby over the weekend. From what we know everything is good there.
Glenn is still facing his storm, Satan is being relentless. He is having trouble with his job, his car and his living situation. He is holding strong though. He is still praying and reading his scriptures and he watched General Conference.
We usually work with a new member for about a year. We don't go over as often as time goes on. The ward members take over after they are baptized with home and visiting teachers. We just go over and teach them the lessons again after that we leave it mostly to the ward. We will still go over to give them more spiritual help. The ultimate goal is to get them to the temple
That's it for my week, thanks for love and support.
Teresa is doing great, we went over the Plan of Salvation with her, she shared her testimony on it with us. The Plan of Salvation is what got her because it shows us how much God really loves us. She had her baby over the weekend. From what we know everything is good there.
Glenn is still facing his storm, Satan is being relentless. He is having trouble with his job, his car and his living situation. He is holding strong though. He is still praying and reading his scriptures and he watched General Conference.
We usually work with a new member for about a year. We don't go over as often as time goes on. The ward members take over after they are baptized with home and visiting teachers. We just go over and teach them the lessons again after that we leave it mostly to the ward. We will still go over to give them more spiritual help. The ultimate goal is to get them to the temple
That's it for my week, thanks for love and support.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
9-29-14
We had s good week, it's the start of a new transfer, I am still here
training Elder Phoomphuang.
Glenn got baptized Sunday, he also confirmed him that same day, so he
didn't have to wait until the 12th. He was really nervous, but
everything went well all then missionaries that taught him came and
the missionary that found him. Some of his friends and family came so
that was really good. The spirit was strong there.
Teresa is doing good we have been going over there lessons with she
understands a lot more about the gospel. She also expressed a desire
that she wants to share the gospel with everyone.
Other than that and talking to crazy people on the street that's about
it for my week. Thanks for the love and support
Elder Peterson
training Elder Phoomphuang.
Glenn got baptized Sunday, he also confirmed him that same day, so he
didn't have to wait until the 12th. He was really nervous, but
everything went well all then missionaries that taught him came and
the missionary that found him. Some of his friends and family came so
that was really good. The spirit was strong there.
Teresa is doing good we have been going over there lessons with she
understands a lot more about the gospel. She also expressed a desire
that she wants to share the gospel with everyone.
Other than that and talking to crazy people on the street that's about
it for my week. Thanks for the love and support
Elder Peterson
Monday, September 22, 2014
9-22-2014
It was a good week.
Glenn is doing great. He got past his rough spot just fine. He is excited to be baptized. Hopefully this Sunday. He has been staying away from coffee and cigarettes. He is basically ready he just needs to get interviewed one last time to see if he is ready. It will happen soon.
Teresa is doing great. She is excited to start on her family history and get to the temple. We showed her a tithing slip so she could start paying her tithing. Her aunt is going to take awhile to get baptize. We don't want to push so we are kind of teaching her indirectly by teaching Teresa.
This is about if for my week. Nothing to exciting happened.
Thank you for the love and support
Elder Peterson
Glenn is doing great. He got past his rough spot just fine. He is excited to be baptized. Hopefully this Sunday. He has been staying away from coffee and cigarettes. He is basically ready he just needs to get interviewed one last time to see if he is ready. It will happen soon.
Teresa is doing great. She is excited to start on her family history and get to the temple. We showed her a tithing slip so she could start paying her tithing. Her aunt is going to take awhile to get baptize. We don't want to push so we are kind of teaching her indirectly by teaching Teresa.
This is about if for my week. Nothing to exciting happened.
Thank you for the love and support
Elder Peterson
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