A New Year Full of "Grape" Resolutions

I try to get creative with my subject lines but I'm just so not funny at all. Basically when they celebrate new years here in Spain they eat 12 grapes which represents 12 "deseos" lol so like wishes or resolutions for the new year! We got to celebrate with Joana and her family and when we all shared 1 deseo she shared that she hopes her family can get baptized soon.  I love her so much. And the amazing Ashley (her daughter that's 5) said she hopes God stays close with her and when she's older she can have a garden and live in a queen castle haha. Words don't explain my love for the girl

So we had some pretty powerful lessons this week with one of our friends, she's 16. We taught her the plan of salvation and she originally didn't believe in God or that there's life after death and by the end of the lesson she goes "wait, is this real?" And we just looked at her with so much love and desperation and we just were like YES yes yes its real! It's so real! And you can feel it! You can feel that God is there and that this is real if you ask him! We had another lesson with her whole family yesterday and she's basically committed for baptism. Almost her parents! And her older sister is already a member. The plan of salvation is one of so much hope for people, don't ever give up an opportunity to share it with someone. Most of the time people are "only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it." (D&C 123:12) It was a really special experience. I'm really sad that I'll probably be missing a couple baptisms this next transfer of these wonderful people I've gotten to teach for so long but I'm so excited for them and the path they've chosen. 

We also heart attacked lots of people and saw so many miracles from it.... Who would have known! I have such a strong testimony of this small act of service now! Our friend (that I spoke of above) her mom, would not stop talking about it and how grateful she was and no one would ever do that and she didn't think she would ever be sitting down with the Mormon missionaries and wanting to learn! We also got an appointment with a members family that we've been trying with really hard, they already come to church and have been for 4ever and are awesome, they just haven't been baptized! 

Also if I haven't expressed my love for my companions recently, I freaking love them. Haha My "baby,"  Sister Clayton is incredible and progressing so much and my other companion that I train with, Sister Parkinson is amazing and such a hard worker and I love being with them so much. 

Well this is my last email for the next 6 weeks! Actually, I might write one more about this next week but, I'll be home next Monday for a transfer to take care of my health stuff. Thank you all for your love and concern! I'm perfectly fine I promise!  It's hard and stinks to come home but gotta do what ya gotta do and God loves me so much and I know it and He's helping me and blessing me. Love you all so so dearly! 

Hermana Peterson

1. The parents of our friend that will be baptized soon as well and their cousin who we just met that day haha

2. The whole family! The member, Pamela is on the left and our beautiful friend Aby is on the right of me! 

3. Heart attacking! 

4. One of my favorite families in Leganes ward

5. One of the best JAS (ysa) who gave us candy from Chile for Christmas and comes to lessons with us!

Christmas Spain Edition

Merry Christmas to all! I'll keep it short this week! In Spain they like eat Christmas dinner on Christmas eve and at like midnight haha and then stay up all night and sleep on christmas basically haha

Amazing last few days since the last time I wrote, we are having a wonderful Christmas. We woke up and opened some presents and colored in some coloring books haha. Our district came to the church and made French toast and stuff and played a lot of soccer and we've just been hanging out and writing emails and playing card games and talking to our families! That was a lot of fun! We get the whole day for p day today which is pretty nice. We're very blessed out here. 

I love Christmas and the season and everything that comes with it. The best gift we can give this season is our testimonies. I hope we all remember how precious this Gospel is and the birth and atoning sacrifice as well as the resurrection of our Savior, who did it all for us. I'm so happy I got to be here for Christmas with some members and the missionaries and share the gospel around this time. There's nothing else that could have made this Christmas better! I'm in love with my companions and all the fun we have together. 

Thank you all for everything and for the Christmas wishes and your love and support. I love you and I'm so so grateful!

Hermana Peterson 

1. Gran vía singing with Teodora and others!

2. Members on christmas!

3. Teodora is so cute!

4. So backstory, this member tried to feed us a bunch of nasty fruit cake and a ton of chocolate so we shoved it all in my handy dandy zip loc bag that I keep with us because it was a ton.

5. We tried to get some members to come out to sing with us and only our investigators came haha they're the best lol and they're kids even passed out cards and even Ashley!!!! 

6. Christmas dinner! Enchiladas and rice yum lol

Christmas Week

Hello family and friends!

What a wonderful past week and a half full of Christmas and Christmas miracles! We've been doing a missionary choir around Madrid basically and going to all the big famous places and singing in the streets or park! It's been seriously so much fun, singing in parque retiro and sol and plaza mayor! We have been crazy busy! 

We also had a pretty amazing Christmas zone conference with the most uncomfortable dance battle I've ever seen hahaha but my "baby" (trainee) went up and she won! I'm super proud of her! We've also been doing lots of fun light the world stuff like making Christmas cookies and giving them to our investigators and we got to do an all day service project that was the best thing in the world. We got to separate and organize through donated toys for little kids and it was the best! I wish we could do service projects like that once or twice a week, I think I could do a whole mission of stuff like that. We also had our ward Christmas dinner and we sang in it and little Ashley our investigator (well her daughter) sang the cutest song with one of our boy young single adults! I just about died, I'll try to send the vid

We have almost committed like 4 of our investigators to baptism which is awesome, 3 of them will get baptized eventually it's just kind of when right now based on some issues but we're hoping soon!

We decorated out whole apartment and Parkinsons cute family sent her a tree and some Christmas presents and other things that we put up and it's super cute! Christmas is the best! Especially out here!!! I love Spain so much I don't want to leave!  Well merry Christmas everyone! I love you all!

Hermana Peterson ♥️

1. "Baby" (Trainee) Dancing

2. Parque retiro singing

3. Christmas cookies

4. Zone conference!

5.the foundation with the kids toys

6. Temple day!

7. HERMANA NELSON

8. Christmas tree!!

The Lord Works Miracles

This was a pretty incredible week and we saw a whole lot of miracles and met a lot of people! I seriously love my trio and all that's we've been learning from each other and been able to accomplish. 

REALLY COOL STORY: I decided to like test my faith this week and try out the thing where you think of a question and open the book of Mormon to a random page and try to find an answer withing the verses on those 2 pages. I wasn't doubting before but I was just kind of like yeah everyone does it and they get cool experiences but I mean really... Like is it really just that easy... So I did! For those of you who don't know, I have to go home after this transfer for just one transfer, a 6 week period, to take care of some health stuff and have a small little procedure done and what not.... Really not a big deal but I'm really sad that I'll have to go home, even though its a short time and I'll be right back. Well, my thoughts and worries recently have been like what's going to happen and how can I make sure I stay strong through those 6 weeks and stay focused so that I come right back and keep working. So that was basically my question. I opened up my scriptures to pages 226 and 227. The very first thing I read was the summary of Alma 8. Basically what's happening is Alma goes to preach the gospel in Ammonihah and gets discouraged and leaves. An angel of the Lord tells him to lift up his head and rejoice commands him to return and preach unto the people because their repentance is at hand. This is also when he meets Amulek and they end up being power team and kill it out there.  I felt so uplifted and full of the spirit and empowered. 

I know this was God's way of explaining to me that there are people that need me and to lift up my head and rejoice and return and find these people and have these wonderful experiences and carry the Gospel to the hearts of all His children. The Lord really works in mysterious ways. 

The primary program was this week and little Ashley, our investigators daughter was in it and the CUTEST thing I ever did see. She knew all the songs!! We're also slowly becoming addicted to Polvoron which is so bad haha it's such a traditional Spanish treat around the holidays and it's so flipping good. It takes a lot of self control to resist it. Anyways, I won't be able to email until the 20th when I have my next p day cuz of the temple! But I love you all and I hope you're taking advantage of the amazing Christmas season!!!

Hermana Peterson 

1. ROASTED CHESTNUTS CHRISTMAS HERE IS SO COOL

2. Cute little thing we put together for our ward

3. Cute comps

4. PRIMARY PROGRAM! you can see Ashley's cute little picture on the board, bottom right next to the J!

My New Baby Has A Name! Light the World is LIT!

I got my baby! Her name is Hermana Clayton and she's adorable, an incredible singer, and from Colorado! Hermana Parkinson and I have been loving training her together, oh how grateful I am to know that families are eternal!

So, this week was very different. It's been a weird adjustment to a new companion, a trio, and training, but with faith we push forward.

Miracle of the week was meeting Luna. She's 12 and absolutely incredible. She plays lots of instruments and sings and just about everything else. She's the niece of a member and we went to do a random noche de hogar and she's living at their house now! So, we talked with her and taught them then got to teach her again and she came to English clases and the young women's activity. She has so much potential and is already reading the book of Mormon. A weak earlier we extended the invitation to a member named Jenny,  who's 19 who I've talked about, to give a book of Mormon to someone. At English classes sweet, amazing Jenny wrote a long note and her testimony in the bom and gave it to Luna. Seriously if all members were that awesome everyone would be baptized. Luna already has an amazing foundation in the church and that's exactly what every investigator needs.

Well the light the world video is out and is LIT, especially out here. All we have to do is ask someone if they've seen it and act REALLY surprised when they say they haven't and then just be like wait so really you haven't seen it and then they think it's something really big and the coolest thing ever and have to know what it is and do it lol a little bit manipulative but like it works...lol

Well my recent convert Alex is still in the hospital from falling from a huge ladder at work and also all their family and friends in their country in Honduras are struggling a lot and everyone has to stay in their houses because they're killing just about everyone that goes outside and burning down stores. My prayers have never been so strong this week for this family and the people out there. I found myself crying and praying one night asking God to let me take all of the trials this family has been constantly seeing so that they can just be okay and relax and Johahna and her kids can be baptized, and I can't even imagine what Christ went through. That was exactly what he did, but for EVERYONE. He took upon the pains of everyone but if only it was as simple as me being able to take upon the pains of our investigators to help them towards baptism. But I know God has his plan, for each and every one of his children and right now this family is being hit with all of their trials, and maybe to help them realize that God really is there protecting them through all of this. The members have been helping immensely its insane. 

There's not a single doubt in my mind that this church is true and that this Gospel blesses and positively affects the lives of everyone. Every single person needs the Gospel and the power it brings into our lives. Love you all and I hope you're loving and taking advantage of #LightTheWorld and helping everyone around you during this Christmas season. Also we taught a member the word lit this week and she leaves on the mish soon so we told her to use it with all her comps haha 

Hermana Peterson 

I'm sorry my emails aren't very entertaining lol

1. District mtg yas

2. Temple and Xmas lights with new comps!

3. Beautiful picture of Jenny lol 

4. WE GOT ADVENT CALENDARS

5. Temple with compys

New companion and getting a baby yas

I have finally finished training! My companion that trained me, Hermana Burnham is going to the north and I'm staying in Leganés and TRAINING!  I'm going to be in a TRIO! I'm stoked! My new comp will be Hermana Parkinson who came out a month before me.  We get our baby (new missionary) tomorrow!

Well it hasn't been that long since my last email but Thanksgiving was actually amazing... We ate with an American family and had some of the best food I've probably ever had haha sorry mom I still love you. 

Not much else, besides a ward open house activity that sadly none of ours or the elders investigators could come to... Satan really likes to ruin the work out here. But now the ward has a better understanding of the restoration to be able to teach it! Haha

I'm gunna try to attach the video of Teodora, we were doing animal noises on the bus after the activity and the lady is seriously hilarious. Also just a lot of goodbyes on Sunday cuz Hermana Burnham is going far away, lots of crying, especially with our recent converts and their families. 

So I'll be honest I didn't really know much about the 10 tribes of Israel but in gospel principles this week I learned so much! Basically it's just really cool and important to be baptized cuz then you're a part of one of the tribes and now in the covenant, meaning that you get to REAP THE BLESSINGS. I just never knew that!! So basically I already knew you had to be baptized but like you HAVE to be baptized and endure to the end of course. Haha, if you want those blessings, I mean... 

Well I'm seriously so blessed out here, I thank God so much for all I have and for this super special sacred opportunity to train a new missionary, I feel so honored that I was trusted with this responsibility and I can't wait for all the experiences and miracles of this transfer!

Hermana Peterson

Calle Fuerteventura 4, 2 Oficina 8-B
28703 San Sebastian de los Reyes
Madrid, España

1.zone BBQ on Wednesday

2.johahna y Alex y family

3. The great apostasy room haha

4. The beautiful sunrise sky of spain

5. Cute Polaroid

Woot! Happy Thanksgiving Yall

Miracles of the week!! :

1. We prayed really hard one morning that we would just find someone to teach that really wants to progress and that night on our way home at the end of day, we met the cutest magazine looking family that just moved from Venezuela and they were so excited to hear about our message and how the Gospel and its principles really can bless families!

2. We decided to start giving a BOM to all of the members and invite them to give it to someone that needs it. With Teodora and her cousins I felt really strongly to invite them to give it to someone they don't know at all and they got really excited to act in their faith and try to give it to someone on the metro or train and have experiences like ones we have. They're awesome and really sharing something that makes us so happy shouldn't be so difficult and if we act in faith and show God how much we love him he WILL bless us. 

3. We passed by an AMAZING ysa member this week and she asked us to start teaching her the missionary lessons again instead of teaching English and we ended up sharing like the same message from the first time she ever met with missionaries and she just opened up to us that she's been struggling. But how?! She's the most amazing member that's always so happy, always full of new ideas, and always willing to help! Well, We never really know what people are going through. One of the covenants we made at baptism was to help God build up his kingdom on earth and serve the people around us, that include every single member. Jenny really needed us, but little did she know, we really needed her to remind us of our sacred calling. Jenny is an incredible example to me and later posted an amazing testimony and other things on Facebook, I shared it on my Facebook if you want to check it out!  

(It's added below for those that don't follow her on FB.  It's got some interesting translation though)

Ugh. Transfers are this weekend and I have no idea what's going to happen and I just have cried so much this week thinking about leaving Teodora and the other people here. Teo was crying the other day thinking about us leaving. It will all be okay though and maybe one day I'll be rich and fly her back home to Peru and build her family a big house there.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We celebrated last weekend with some Spaniards and had Paella and said all the things were grateful for, we kinda forced them into celebrating w us cuz it's not a thing here lol but it's okay! We're meeting with the American family tomorrow to celebrate real Thanksgiving so that's cool! And we had a zone BBQ today w some Peruvian food and a TON of meat. And the temple the temple is so oooo so so amazing!!!! Well I want you all to know I'm so incredibly grateful for you, your love, support, faith, and strength. You all have uplifted my life in one way or another and I will be forever grateful, remember to give thanks to the Lord as well around this time and remember that everything we have is because of him. I love you all! 

One of my favorite scriptures recently that I share with about everyone so I can't leave you guys out, is....

"Mosiah 24:14: And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions."

Wow.. Just wow is the only word for that scripture

Hermana Peterson

Calle Fuerteventura 4, 2 Oficina 8-B
28703 San Sebastian de los Reyes
Madrid, España

Jenny's FB Testimony

Holiwis... you know today I have put a new goal and I think it can help the missionaries a lot :) since I have heard the talks with the missionary and decided that since they are using facebook to preach the gospel Because I can't :)
Testimony
I've been in a very bad way for a few months. I'm not going to deny that I haven't fallen many times and I've been about to be the Jenny from 2 years ago and I've been about to give up. Best possible way but it has cost me a lot even though knowing that I was wrong, yesterday I received after a long time without the missionaries coming the first talk they came to give me a box and offered to help me with a book in English, but I felt it was The moment to straighten my life again.. I told them I'd better give a talk that they felt for my surprise just felt they had to give me the same talk and with the same video with which my first missionaries started teaching me the I was crazy... while watching the video came to my head many of the times I felt the father with me, the times that I felt his love and support to me and for the first time after many I could feel the Very strong spirit like he was telling me he was always there. I just had to look for him.
Then come the question, Jenny, why are you baptized?
Have I always been confused with this question because I was baptized? For a long time I thought it was to not make the missionaries ugly and not think that I had wasted their time.. but not... yesterday I finally found the answer to the question and it is:
When I was a week from baptize the opposition was not made to wait, at that time I knelt down to pray and I told him if you make her find her in the state that I will never stay away from you and after hour and half showed up do not know how much I was happy to do my part.
I can today testify that he loves every one of his children, who will never leave us alone, who will always be with us even though we think we do not deserve his love for things we have done is not true

He doesn't see us for who we were. He sees us that we're becoming and that we can get to be... I'm really happy to meet you all, for being able to have the family I have and the neighborhood I have.
I want you to remember this when we least think that we need help it's when the most we need it because when I started trying to solve everything by myself and let my own prudence take me when I started to lose and go back to old habits.... and I want Leave all this in the name of JESUS CHRIST AMEN

If anyone is missing or wants to know more about what I think I know four little boys who will be more than happy to explain Elisabeth Burnham Savannah Peterson Nathaniel Goodman Austin Hinckley :)


Holiwis ... Saben hoy me he puesto una meta nueva y creo que puede ayudar mucho a los misioneros :)  ya que he vuelto a escuchar las charlas con las misionera y he decidido que ya que ellos están utilizando facebook para el predicar el  evangelio por que yo no puedo :)
TESTIMONIO
Llevo desde julio unos meses muy malos  espiritualmente , no les voy a negar que no he caído muchas veces y  he estado apunto de ser la Jenny de hace 2 años  y he estado apunto de darme por vencida , he intentado llevar el llamamiento de la mejor forma posible pero me ha costado mucho aun sabiendo que yo estaba mal , ayer recibí después de mucho tiempo sin que las misioneras vinieran la primera charla  ellas venían han darme una caja  y se ofrecieron para ayudarme con un libro en ingles , pero sentí que era el momento para enderezar mi vida otra vez .. les dije que mejor me dieran una charla la que ellas sintieran  para mi sorpresa justo sintieron que me tenían que dar la misma charla y con el mismo vídeo con el cual mis primeras misioneras empezaron enseñarme la verdad es que era de locos ... mientras veía el vídeo se me vinieron a la cabeza muchas de las veces que sentí al padre conmigo , las veces que he sentido su amor y apoyo hacia mi y por primera vez después de muchísimos pude sentir el espíritu MUY FUERTE  como que me estuviera diciendo que siempre estuvo ahí solo tenia que buscarlo .
Después llego la pregunta deciciba ¿Jenny usted por que se bautizo ?
Siempre he estado confundida con esta pregunta ¿por que me bautice ? Durante mucho tiempo pensé que fue para no hacerles el feo a las misioneras y que no pensaran que  les había echo perder el tiempo .. pero no ... ayer por fin encontré las respuesta a la pregunta y es :
CUANDO ESTABA A UNA SEMANA DE BAUTIZARME  LA OPOSICIÓN NO SE HIZO ESPERAR , EN ESE MOMENTO  ME ARRODILLE A ORAR  Y LE DIJE SI HACES QUE LA ENCUENTREN EN EL ESTADO QUE SEA NUNCA ME ALEJARE DE TI Y A CABO DE HORA Y MEDIA APARECIO NO SABEN CUANTO ME ALEGRE YA SOLO QUEDABA HACER MI PARTE ...
PUEDO HOY TESTIFICAR QUE EL AMA A CADA UNO DE SUS HIJOS , QUE NUNCA NOS VA DEJAR SOLO , QUE SIEMPRE VA ESTAR CON NOSOTROS AUNQUE NO NOSOTROS PENSEMOS QUE NO MERECEMOS SU AMOR POR COSAS QUE HAYAMOS HECHO NO ES VERDAD

EL NO NOS VE POR QUIENES FUIMOS EL NOS VE EN QUE NOS ESTAMOS CONVIRTIENDO Y EN QUE PODREMOS LLEGAR SER ... ESTOY MUY CONTENTA POR CONOCEROS A TODO , POR PODER TENER LA FAMILIA QUE TENGO Y EL BARRIO QUE TENGO.
QUIERO QUE RECUERDEN ESTO CUANDO MENOS PENSAMOS QUE NECESITAMOS AYUDA ES CUANDO MAS LA NECESITAMOS YA QUE CUANDO EMPECE A INTENTAR SOLUCIONAR TODO POR MI MISMA Y DEJE QUE MI PROPIA PRUDENCIA ME LLEVARA FUE CUANDO ME EMPECE A PERDER Y VOLVER A VIEJOS HABITOS .... Y QUIERO DEJAR TODO ESTO EN EL NOMBRE DE JESUCRISTO AMEN

si alguien anda perdido o quiere saber mas sobre lo que creo  se de cuatro muchachitos que estaran mas que encantados de explicarselos Elisabeth Burnham Savannah Peterson  Nathaniel Goodman Austin Hinckley :)

1. Temple w Blaise and Nelson yas

2.i love this message!

3. Peruvian bbq

4. All the people that wanna talk to us lol

5. Zone missionaries

Leganés is the promised land

WE GOT TO FINALLY DO SOME SERVICE THIS WEEK. We got to help the American family with their yard work and it was so fun, I also got every one to talk in British accents the whole time so it made it 800x better and now the elders keep talking to us in British accents, oops. Zone conference was super duper cool. Also stomach virus hit my compy :( but 2 full days in piso wasn't too bad!

So the members in our ward are seriously amazing. They all give us references and do so much missionary work. One Hermano has given us 5 and we met with the one Catholic lady and she said she's been looking for the truth her whole life and she would just be so happy if this is finally it. (And of course it is) One of the most amazing members has been trying to work up the courage to give their friend a BOM and he finally did with his and his sons testimonies and 23 questions about the BOM with answers and their friend said he's been waiting for someone to give him one and this is what he's been wanting and is excited to read It!

MILAGROS (miracles): 

1. We finally scheduled a member to come to a lesson with this one investigator and he came and she wasn't there...so we got to do lots of passbys and the member told us all about tons of people and menos activos in the ward and then we met with one of his friends that night and now we have a new investigator!!!

2. IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. Okay maybe not yet! But almost! The new light the world initiative from the church is coming!!! The calendar is awesome and were so excited for the video and everything to get everyone excited about the Gospel and the meaning of the Christmas season.

https://www.mormon.org/christmas/teaser

I hope you are all taking advantage of every missionary opportunity and helping out the missionaries in your area. They need you. This work isn't just for missionaries, it's for the members. The investigators need your support and the missionaries need your help finding more people! I encourage each of you to think of at least one person you know that needs the message of the Atonement and share it with them. THIS WEEK. Please email me and let me know how it goes with each of your friends! Even if it's simply a video and a few sentence testimony. I love you guys and thank you for working so hard and being so awesome!

I also kept feeling really strongly that I needed to share some of my testimony with you guys, in Spanish though, so I'm sorry if you can't understand this!! The spirit is always the same though right?

Estoy muy agradecida de estar aquí en España para predicar el Evangelio restaurado de Jesucristo y compartir el gozo que he sentido por medio de ello. No hay un lugar que más preferiría estar que aquí en España. Yo he sido llamado por un profeta a esta lugar y a estas personas y sé que estás personas me han ayudado muchísima. He aprendido un montón desde el principio de mi misión sobre la Expiación de Jesucristo. El sacrificio expioritorio que llevó a cabo Jesucristo por cada uno de nosotros no fue fácil. Sin embargo, el quería ayudarnos, aliviar las cargas sobre nuestros hombros, quería experimentar nuestras pruebas y pesar para que un día podía llevarnos por la vida y darnos fortaleza para seguir adelante. Cada día podemos aprovechar la Expiación y recordar Jesucristo y su ejemplo. Si pongamos Jesucristo en el centro de nuestras vida, sentiremos una diferencia, más fuerza y poder. Sé que El me ama y haré todo posible para mostrar mi amor a Él. Gracias a Él puedo vivir con mi familia para siempre y disfrutar cada bendición que está esperándome. Os quiero y siempre tened presente nuestro Salvador y cómo podéis llegar a ser más como Él. 

Google translate:

I am very grateful to be here in Spain to preach the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and share the joy I have felt through it. There is no place I would prefer to be than here in Spain. I have been called by a prophet to this place and these people and I know that these people have helped me a lot. I have learned a lot from the beginning of my mission about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The expioritory sacrifice that Jesus Christ carried out for each one of us was not easy. However, he wanted to help us, relieve the burdens on our shoulders, I wanted to experience our trials and weigh so that one day he could take us through life and give us strength to move on. Each day we can take advantage of the Atonement and remember Jesus Christ and his example. If we put Jesus Christ at the center of our lives, we will feel a difference, more strength and power. I know that He loves me and I will do everything possible to show my love to Him. Thanks to Him I can live with my family forever and enjoy every blessing that is waiting for me. I love you and always keep our Savior in mind and how you can become more like Him.

Hermana Peterson 

1. Cute matchy comp stuff ya know

2. Our investigators like featured in our noche de hogar as the pirates lol what!!! (Well Alex is a recent convert now)

3. More cute comp stuff ya know

Halloween and Baby Showers in Spain

This week was so much fun and so spiritual and special as always! 

So Halloween was a little crazy! We thought it would be a good idea to tape candy to some cards that in Spanish said "what are you going to be for Halloween? I'm mormón!" lol and the front of the cards are the "Soy Mormón" cards. But we went out to an area that we forgot is a little sketchy lol and so we basically got attacked by children! It was pretty hilarious though, Halloween isn't like a big thing here but there were definitely lots of kids out grabby for candy! Also I dressed up as a mime (I wore a black and white striped shirt) lol. But it was cute! 

We're so close to committing a mom and her 2 kids to baptism and they're awesome. The boy is always like jittery during the lessons and doesn't pay much attention but always wants to be the one to read and actually reads when we commit them to haha. 

We also went to a baby shower this week which was hilarious and insane. Johahna, our investigator soooo close to baptism invited us and needed help with it and we don't even know how she got in charge of it because she didn't even know the girls name, but we planned all these games and we made them a board that said baby shower and the baby's name which was pretty cute. But they played pin the caca on the diaper and had to feed people baby food with a blind fold which were pretty sure was really old yogurt... And Johahna made me sing Como la Flor for everyone on karaoke. But we got to help out a lot and got a lot of numbers and met some very interesting people! Also our lesson with Johahna ended this week with like all of us crying and we could finally see the real change in her. The Gospel really truly changes people for the better and it's just incredible. 

Last night we brought a chico to a JAS noche de hogar, and a guy from Cali was there that served here! And he knows my friend Alex and it was just so cool to see people from home and I actually met him like a while ago in Cali so small world! But I love the ysa (JAS) here, it feels almost like I'm with my ysa ward from Cali, they're so awesome. 

Today we went to Segovia which is absolutely beautiful and there's castles and all kinds of beautiful architecture! I have a lot of pictures so I'll try to send lots! 

Hermana Peterson 

Segovia Castles and Architecture

Halloween Treats

Me as a Mime for Halloween

Me next to a sign that pretty much describes my life