June 13, 2011

Chère Famille,

All is going well here in Gap ! This first week was different…. Sometimes difficult, but the blessings have outweighed the difficulties! It went by stinking fast too! It

is difficult because there aren’t a whole lot of people here, and no body really wants to listen to us. However, we have some sweet investigators already and I have a lot of hope for the weeks to come! We have one investigator named Jerome who is trying to quite drinking coffee. He has a baptismal date for June 10^TH, so we are working with him A LOT to try to help him conquer his addiction. He has been putting forth a lot of efforts, and is making a lot of progress! He even talked with President Carter yesterday after church!

President Carter was there because it was branch conference yesterday, and it was also supposed to be the inaguration of our new chapel, but for some techinical reasons, we didn't do the inaguration. HOWEVER, something wonderful and amazing did happen yesterday..... Drum roll.................................................................................................. I BAPTISED SOMEONE!!!!!! When I got here in Gap, I told you that there was a engaged investigator for baptism... well she chose me to baptise her, and well, I GOT WET!!!! I have been so blessed, the Lord just continues to bless me with so many tender mercies. Her name is Cécile, and she is most definetly an elect of God. Elder Wilcox found her THREE weeks ago, and she knows the gospel better than I do!!! It is a MIRACLE! She has been prepared by the Lord, and my testimony of God preparing his Children in his own due time is stronger than ever! She will be confirmed and conferred the Gift of the Holy Ghost this next Sunday. Keep her in your prayers, she will need a lot of strength and faith to get through this week!

I don't have much more to say actually... I'm speechless, nothing else that happened during the week compares to the baptism! I was so stoked because President and Soeur Carter were there for the baptism as well!!!!! I'll will never forget that! Another little miracle is that we had 3 investigators at church and 2 at the baptism! I love serving the Lord, and I know there is more elect her in Gap, we just gotta find them!!!!!!!!! In fact, There are elect everywhere, we just need to look around us, and PLANT good seeds; That is your mission!!!!!! Plant those seeds fam! Serve the Lord in the capacity that you have and invite someone to church, or to a Family Home Evening! Give a Book of Mormon with your testimony written in the cover too!! You don't need to try to baptise them, just try to plant that seed so that when it grows you can call the missionaries ha ha!

I love you and pray for you constantly!

My address is.

Les Missionaires-Elder Petersen
40 Bd Georges Pompidou
05000 GAP
FRANCE



EBRANLEZ L'ENFER
Alma 48:17

-Elder Dusty Petersen