Bon Matin!!!!!!
What a wonderful morning it is here in Brive! It is sure cold, but the sun is going to be out today! I can' tell you how much that phone call meant to me!! I felt such strength afterwards! I feel revitalized, ready to take on the new year! Your warm spirits always bring tears of joy to my eyes! I'm really happy it all worked out well for the call. I can't believe that Landon is getting married! That one hit me like a ton of bricks! My heart melted when Alli spoke to me as well. She is a angel! Grandpa Andreasen's word's of encouragement brought a big ol' grin to my face! It is always good to hear from Grandma and Grandpa Petersen too! You make sure he records me some stories, don't let him off the hook! Oh and my darling sisters, you mean so much to me!! Thanks for all of you being there! That was really cool that I was able to talk to the Rose family through another phone too ha ha! I can't believe an hour can fly by so quickly! I feel like it was a dream now, that it didn't really happen! It is a weird feeling. I pray for you all, and can't wait for the next time!
About these shorter emails.... I don't like that ha ha. Write as much as you would like, okay? Got it? GOOD! ha ha I am so happy that you are in the clear mother. I couldn't have asked for anything more from my Heavenly Father for Christmas! Each day remember my dedication and promise to serve the Lord, and I put my trust in Him, that He will take care of you. We have seen the pure love of Christ this Christmas season! Not much else to report to you about, today we will be teaching the family that is engaged for Baptism on the 15th. La Famille Créquit. The son came to church yesterday as well!! I pray the spirit will bring him to engage for baptism as well! Like I told you, Iraj Soltani will be still need some more to time so he won't be getting baptized on the 8th, but it isn't a bad thing! We are going to focus on getting this other family, La Famille Lescure, to church. Delphine the mother is really busy, but we are goign to pass her and try to get a rendez-vous set-up this week. Lots of hope her in Brive!
Mother one last thing, there is a member her in Brive that has pancreatic cancer and is doing treatments right now. I don't know how, but if you could write her a letter of encouragement in French, I think it would bless her right now. Her name is hard to remember, but I think it is Maria Gaillarde.... I know your faith is immovable, and you could bring her hope!
I love you all, I wish I could tell you more, but frankly I can't think of anything!!! I will leave you with some pictures from the last week! Some are from random streets in Brive, others are from Christmas Eve (Black family-Family Hubert) where I tried escargot for the first time!! I love it! Tastes like regular seafood to me! and others from singing to members with the famille Meloen on Christmas Day. We were up in the higher elevations, you can really see the snow! And get a load of that lake! It is beautiful!!!
I love you all, and I hope to hear from you again! Dad you are my hero, never forget that! Mother you are my angel! Until Next time!
Aimer à Jamais!
Elder Petersen
