We all got matching shirts! And, to quote Sister Medina, "I need to be in the middle, because I am short and brown"
Some awesome things about my new area:
- So, I guess I lied earlier, even though my area is called the Paris area, I technically serve in Garden City and in Laketown which are both in UTAH. That's right, I somehow made my way back to Utah haha. In my mission, we are the only companionship to be serving here in Utah! How crazy is that! Also, I live right next to Bear Lake, which is the prettiest li'l lake you have ever seen. I have heard some people call it "the Caribbean of the West" which is actually not even an exaggeration, the water of the lake is SO turquoise, and apparently it is way more turquoise in the summer when the sun is actually shining - also the whole lake is covered by snowy mountains. This place is just so beautiful!!
- So, compared to Blackfoot and Pocatello, my area and all the other surrounding areas are kind of the middle of nowhere. At transfers the mission president literally told me i was being banished uhhhhh
- Since this is a very touristy place, there are a lot of houses, but most of them are empty right now, since people just come up for the summer. Don't worry though, we are still finding lots of people to teach!
- Bear Lake is famous for it's raspberries so everything here tastes like raspberries and it's actually the best. This place is literally like a dream.
- So my companion, or should I say my companions, because I am now in a trio!! I am with the lovely Hermana Smith and Hermana Medina, who are both from Texas. I am also killing both of them off, which means this is their last transfer in the mission! I'm already very sad to see both of them leave.
- So, my area is technically a bilingual area, which means I get to teach people in both Spanish and English here, as opposed to when I was in Blackfoot and just taught people in Spanish. All the Spanish people go to - not a branch, not a ward, but a group, which means they are still part of the other ward, but have their own sacrament meeting and gospel principles class. It's so tiny; the podium doesn't even have a microphone! I love it though, and according to my companions, all these people came who they haven't seen at church for a long time! I just got here and I am already seeing miracles.
Some cool things that have happened this week in my new area!!
- I went to this really interesting fireside yesterday that was held by one of the students who was involved in the Cokeville Miracle. It was just so crazy to see how much God is involved in our lives and in the lives of our families. Also, that whole situation just seems super scary and I don't know if I want to go watch that movie now (yes, I have not watched it, don't judge me)
- Yesterday in the group, they invited someone who can't speak Spanish to speak, so one of the group leader's counselors was translating, and the speaker just turns to him and was like, "hey, is there a Spanish word for bromance, because that's what I want to talk about right now"
- Had this really awesome lesson with this cool family! They are the M_______ and they are a part member family. Everyone in the family is a member except for the mom and for the son. It was a really good lesson. I feel like they will soon agree to be baptized. Their goal as a family is to eventually get sealed in the temple, so we will see what happens!!!
- Me and Sister Smith are super super similar in personality - the other day, we were driving home from visiting the other Paris sisters (which is a 40 minute drive away), and we just spent the whole time talking about Gilmore Girls lol
I hope everyone is doing super well. I love you all and I love being a missionary! Have an awesome week!
- Hna Peterson
Last district pics from Blackfoot
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