13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
In these past few days, I have really grown to love this scripture a lot. Jesus in not only the Christ, our Savior, and Redeemer, but He is also our friend. He is our dearest, most best friend we can ever have. And because He loves us so much, He laid down his life for us. For you, the person reading this right now. He laid down his life for YOU because He loves you and you are His most cherished friend. His work and his glory is to bring to pass YOUR immortality and eternal life (see Moses 1:39). What are you doing in your life to live up to the sacrifice He made for you? Are you following the commandments? Jesus is a good friend to you, but are you being a good friend back? I invite you this week to remember that thought: Jesus Christ is your friend. He is your BEST friend. And don't let anyone else tell you other wise.
Holding a bunny
Speaking of friends, one of my dearest friends I have made on my mission is my mission president, President Hancock. No matter how silly or superficial my problems may seem, he has always been there to give me counsel and to encourage me to work harder and to do better. He and his wife are going home this week, so we had a special zone conference to hear their testimonies one more time and to say goodbye to them. I'm really sad. I will miss them a lot, but I know that our new mission president, President Southward, will be great too.
Saying goodbye to President
Sister Shill
I made my mom and daughter take a generational pic with me
Some other neat things that happened this week:
- Last p day we got to go golfing! Since golf is so boring to watch I thought it wasn't going to be fun, but I actually loved it! I also got permission from my mission president to drive the golf cart, so that was fun too. The only bad part was I forgot to tell them I was left-handed, so I had to golf with my opposite hand. But it was still awesome!
Golf!
- Here in Aberdeen there is a special little festival they hold every summer called Aberdeen Days, which is just to celebrate the town. There were SO MANY PEOPLE here, I think the town grew 3 sizes. We got to meet so many people, get a free breakfast, and eat lots of yummy comida mexicana.
Comida mexicana (elote and mangoniada)
Italian soda
- I made Sister Bernal teach me a bunch of Phineas and Ferb songs in Spanish (
in-verano
- When we went to Pocatello for zone conference I mayyyy have gone back to Bath and Body Works and bought more candles. (I have a problem).
Candles
- We volunteer at this senior center all the time and this week they played bingo and I won!! Proud of myself
Also, we got transfer calls, and I am staying here in Aberdeen with Sister Bernal for another 7 weeks. Who knows what the future has in store for me! Love you all so much! Take care!
Love, Hermana Peterson
I'm low key glad I haven't served in Pokey yet because I know I would spend all my money at Soda Barn
Aberdeen days! Including my dream car
My family had a family reunion and my grandma had everyone write me notes and this is all my cousin wrote to me
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