April 23, 2013

Wow.  Things sound like they are super rough around at home.   This past week has been a little more stressful out here as well.  We had a bunch of people cancel lessons, and another lesson that didn't go very well.  The guy said that he is willing to listen, but he is also trying to get us to leave our religion.  I was not very comfortable at all in that lesson.  Elder Jorgensen and I later talked about the lesson, and how it went.  That investigator hasn't been keeping commitments, or even trying to progress.  He doesn't work, or really do anything productive, he sits around all day playing video games, so it’s not as if there is anything of value keeping him from reading, or attending church or anything.  It is just super frustrating to see that he isn't progressing or putting any effort into anything.

Something that was cool though.  At the Stake President's Council, we were given a paper outlining how the work has been going in our District.  Elder Jorgensen and I have been teaching the most lessons with 37 lessons in Canyon Creek and 10 lessons in Molalla River for this past month.  So it was really cool to see that even though some days, people cancel and things don't go according to plan, things really do add up, and make a difference.

This past week, we were able to go out tracting a couple different times.  But on Tuesday, it was super cool.  We had been knocking doors for about 45 minutes, and a young woman opened the door, and we were able to talk to her for a little while, and we were able to give her a Book of Mormon!  Later, we were able to talk to other people, and we were able to get a service opportunity, and another person accepted a pass-a-long card, so hopefully, those people will act on what we talked to them about.

I have started to sleep better, but not much better.  If it continues to be bad, I am going to call Sister M about it, to see what we can do about that problem.

Love,

Elder Peterson

Life all around us is filled with temptation.  In the book of Alma, it talks about how those small choices that we make, make all the difference in our lives.  

Living on the edge: Alma 31:3

False Doctrine or relying on supposition rather than true doctrine and faith: Alma 31:15-17

Pride: Alma 31: 24

Those things will lead to our eventual spiritual destruction.  However through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can overcome the Natural Man and those mistakes that we have made.

Overcoming Spiritual apostasy, and perversion

Alma 32:13-14

Alma 32:21

Alma 32:33

John 14:18-19 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.  Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.