As you already have seen, I'm going to be a dad! (mission lingo) that means I'm TRAINING A NEW MISSIONARY!!! I'm going to have my own blue!!!!!!!!! I don't know much yet, but President Murdock did tell me this morning that he comes from...... not hard to guess, UTAH!! I guess it is a city called Zarahemla....cool beans. IM SO EXCITED!!!!
Elder Wilcox will be leaving me for a city called Clement-Ferrand. He is pretty excited as well, but sad to leave our apartment. It is the nicest in the mission! My blue is lucky ha ha!!!
Yes yes yes!! Jérôme was confirmed and all is going splendid! He has such a strong testimony and has made so many giant strides in his conversion. Elder Wilcox talked about his conversion in whole(because he was an investigator well before I was at Gap) and his story is a miracle! It took 5 months, but it was worth it!
Cécile is still M.I.A. We were supposed to have a rendez-vous with her the other day, but she didn't come. It turns out, she has some psychological sickness from trama she has had in her life (maybe with her family) We pray she comes back soon. You spend so much time caring about the people here, and working so hard to help them return back to their Heavenly Father, that you just get a heart ache when they do the unexpected.
About this whole one year business....... It is true, but try not to write about it in every email.... I don't want to be trunky for my blue ha ha. No, but really, I want to use this next year to really engage myself and become lost in the work! Be sensitive with the comments about "time" ha ha. I love you all and can't wait to see you, believe me, but the time period is set, and the time I have to serve the Lord is limited!
We were very blessed this week! We had some really great Rendez-vous, and one in particular was with a man named Daniel. He has a sister in Idaho who is a member, and he is catholic. We met him on the street a couple of weeks ago, and finally caught him! It was such an amazing lesson, and the spirit flooded the chapel. His wife is very sick at this point, he told us worse than cancer, and his questions where very close to the lines of why are these things happening? It was the 1st lesson, but it applied to him in everyway, and the spirit testified to his spirit of the truth. We engaged him to read, and pray about the Book of Mormon. After he accepted, I invited him to baptism! He responded, "Of course, If it's true, I need to really study this and pray to know" ........ THE GOLDEN RESPONSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERY INVESTIGATOR!!!
Another experience we had was with a family, not very far from the chapel. The mother's name is Darba and she comes from Africa. Her husband is french and his name is Angelin. Their 4 year old daughter's name is Camilla. It was again an AMAZING LESSON!!!!! We engaged them to baptism as well and they accepted to be baptised the 14 August. The dad is Catholic, but again said, "Yes, if it is true". Oh what a week it was!
I also had a new experience, we dropped one of our investigators in our rendez-vous. He told us he wouldn't pray about the B of M or any of the teachings we presented, so we told him we couldn't help him if he didn't pray. It was our 3rd visit with him. It was sad, but others need the Gospel, and if he isn't going to put forth the efforts, we really can't do anything for him. Good thing there is always hope he will be interested one day. With God, all things are possible!
Thanks for your letter momma and your card Mindi!!!!! I was very touched and they gave me the warm, fuzzies that I needed! That is too bad to hear about your skeeter syndrome, but I'm happy that you are happy, and that is all that counts. The lord gives us our trials for a reason, and we must learn the lesson that is behind it. THe Ensign for the month of June had a great article on that. "He carried my sorrows" I think it was called. I found a great scripture in Doctrine and Covenants the other day:
D&C 58
4 For after much atribulation come the bblessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be ccrowned with much dglory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand.
Oh mom, and you too dad, you both have many tribulations; the Lord knows this. In His mercy, there are always blessings that follow tribulation, if we patiently and faithfully await them. If we endure them well, the blessings of Heaven will be poured out, and we will grow in ways that only the Lord knows. Even better, this tribulations not only bring forth blessings in this mortel existence, but in the life to come, which is the Life Eternal.
I will go looking for a camera today, don't worry at all! I accidentally sat it down when we were working, and someone snatched it, I know my fault!
That is sweet that Shay is going to New York, you will have to get me her mission address before they go to the MTC and let me know the details. Tell Ryan I miss him and love his gutz. I love him so much I'm thinking about letting him shoot me with a bee bee gun again just to re live the good ol' days! (you better tell him that ha ha) That was nice to hear from Kendall's mom too, I didn't know you two were acquainted, when did that happen? You should get me his contact info... You have a lot of work to do for me! I love you all and I can't wait to hear from you again, unfortunetly, I must leave you now!
P.S. BRIGHAM CITY TEMPLE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL! and....... work for the Temple in France is advancing.... I don't know much, but there is terrain available now in favor of the church's purchase ;)
Until the next time my beautiful, beautiful family!
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EBRANLEZ L'ENFER
Alma 48:17
-Elder Dusty Petersen
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