no more cars

Slow week again. We were unable to meet with any investigators last week. New transfer started today, Elder Thomson and I are still in Claremont. All cars are officially gone. So walking, biking and public transportation are how we are getting around. Zone leaders get to keep their cars for emergencies. So getting to the family history center today to do e-mail was an adventure. We rode the bus part of the way and we needed a different bus to get the rest of the way. The bus we needed doesn't run until 2:00. So we started walking we still had a few miles to go, we were able to find a ride. So we are going to change plans to get things figured out. This week should be a good week. One thing that we have started doing is sharing The Work of Salvation. It has excerpts from the broadcast back in June, it has videos about members missionary work. We share this videos with members to help them with their missionary work so we see how is works. Thanks for love and support.

Elder Peterson

New Investigator

Last week was a slower week. We did pick a new investigator on Saturday. Her name is Sean Massey. She was found by a set of missionaries as she was waiting for the bus. She wanted to know more about our church and agreed to meet with missionaries. They had given her a Book of Mormon. When we met with her she was a little confused about it. She thought it was another translation of the Bible. We got that cleared up and taught her the Restoration. Only downside is that she wants to meet again two weeks from now. Other than that it was slower. Nothing to exciting happened other than they are officially taking away all cars in the mission. Zone leaders will keep their cars but for emergencies only. So now every missionary is going to be using public transportation and bikes. We'll see how it works. Thanks for the love and support.

Elder Peterson

a long letter

 

Last week was a good week. We were able to meet with our investigator Mike, and taught him the Restoration. We invited him to come to church, but he didn't come. Some less actives we have been working with showed up though that was exciting.  Last week we had a zone conference, Elder Haney of the 70 talked with us. He taught us how we need to find through members. The Hertzlers who you meet with on Sunday is in my ward, their son and daughter-in-law are moving in to your ward. We were supposed to have dinner with them yesterday, but they were out of town. Now I know where they were.

On Friday we were biking to our next appointment when we found a 5 dollar bills on the road. We were like okay this is strange, we looked around and found a wallet. We think it belongs to a student at the Claremont colleges (a group of colleges in Claremont, in the other ward). We are still working on getting it there, because the office was closed on Saturday. Other than that nothing to exciting happened. Thanks for the love and support.

Elder Peterson.

normal week

Last week was went well. We got another referral from the Spanish Elders. When they found him he was a little drunk, said he wanted to meet with the missionaries. We here able to contact him, he still wanted to meet with us. His name is Mike. His wife and daughter talk with us, but they go to another church. Mike goes occasionally but he doesn't like that the politics and paid ministry. We found out that his grandfather was a member and that is why we want to meet with us. Other than that it was pretty much a normal week. Thanks for the love and support.

Elder Peterson

some excited stories;-)

Last week was a good week.  We got three referrals and tried to contact them but ended up only contacting one. The other one we found was out of town until Wednesday, so we are planning on contacting him then. Other than that we just visited less active members most of the week.  Elder Thompsen had to replace both of his inner tubes, we ended up walking home because his back tire went flat, when we got home he pulled something out of his front tire and it went flat. There not really any other exciting stories, other than we keep running into this guy who shares with us conspiracy theories. Thanks for the love and support.

Elder Peterson

 

Normal week

Last week was a good week. Getting used to the area. My companion is Elder Thomsen from Missouri, he has been out about 15 months. Right now we aren't teaching any investigators so we visited less active members. I'm liking the area, it's an all biking area, and it is in the foothills so it has a lot of hills. I am liking the ward. Nothing to exciting happened. We did get stopped by and atheist because he wanted to argue, apparently the missionaries run into him every once in a while. He basically wants a sign to prove that there is a God. All we would tell him was that isn't the way God works, I don't think he likes that answer. I just rolled my eyes when he walked away. Other than that it was a pretty normal week. Thanks for the love and support.

 

Elder Peterson

claremont

So I have been transferred to the Claremont 2nd ward, about the farthest east in the mission. and an all biking area, and I share an apartment with the zone leaders. Claremont is also greener and cooler than El Monte so that will be nice. I can't believe that I have been out six months, kinda weird. Nothing to exciting happened last week.  Thanks for the love and support.

Elder Peterson.