Mom,
Okay...This has been a fun and
interesting week! Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty normal. We did
divisions on Tuesday. I was with Elder Poma from Bolivia. It was
good. Wednesday we practiced for the special number that we did for
Elder Wadell. We sang Army of Helaman with the sisters and the other
elders. I sing a lot better now than 15 months ago, by the way. It is
a talent I have been developing. Thursday Elder Waddell was supposed
to arrive at 11am. We were there from 10:30am to 5:40pm, waiting!
There were a lot of riots and things in Ecuador going on and most of
the roads were blocked off, so they got here late. Basically, we only
had an hour and a half of training instead of seven hours!! That was
a bummer, but we fit a lot into that hour and a half. It was a super
good training. We talked about the difference between a baptism and a
convert. A baptism is a number and a convert is somebody that will
endure and make it to the temple some day. We talked about the
purpose of the priesthood (D&C 2- Elijah, sealing keys-seal
families). We also talked about the Atonement and keeping our
covenants, including the covenant we made when we accepted our
mission call. It was very uplifting.
Saturday, we had the baptism of E which
was awesome!! He got confirmed on Sunday as well. He is awesome and
will be a great member. His daughter will hopefully get baptized this
Saturday or next. That was our week. One of the less active families
that we teach came to church this week, so that was good. This week
the President is coming to Ambato and my companion and I have to give
a specialized training. That should be fun.
I'm excited to see where Cody gets
called to. Love you, have a great week!
Elder Peterson
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