N finally got baptized!!! Elder jones and I are so excited. It was as really interesting experience. There is no way that she would have been able to be baptized without the Spirit of the Lord. It was an amazing experience to be able to help her reach the waters of Baptism. At the beginning of the 4 months here in Beaver Creek, president morby promised us that if we went through our area book, we would be able to have a baptism from a previous investigator, or someone that had been contacted previously in 9-12 weeks. It took a little longer than that, but it still happened.
N is someone that the missionaries had been teaching in Hawaii. N had moved up to Oregon, and she had been living here for a couple years when the missionaries knocked on her door. Then over the next 9 years, the missionaries had dropped her, and then resumed teaching, and dropped and resumed teaching. It has gone back and forth some many times, but about 3 months before Elder Jones and I got to Beaver Creek, the missionaries had picked her up again. They had taught her, and then slowly lost contact with her. When we came to the area, N had been visiting family out of state. She had been there for about a month and a half before she came back. During that time, Elder Jones and I had been struggling to find people to teach. We had heard the Lord's promise to us through President Morby, and decided to go through the area book. We found N's name and decided to visit her. She had been taught all of the discussions many times, but needed refreshing on a lot of them. So we taught her, lost contact with her, found her again, and then found out that she had a smoking problem. That took almost 6 weeks for her to finally overcome. but she did, and decided to be baptized!!!!
But other than that, I went on exchanges with the Hillsboro Elders, Elder Alatini and Elder Lewis. Their area is doing amazing. They have filled the baptismal font almost every other week for the past 6 weeks. it is amazing. Elder Alatini is an amazing leader, really cares about the people he serves, and truly teaches with the spirit. He is an amazing missionary. Elder Lewis is a new missionary, and he took my place in Beaver Creek. There, with Elder Jones, they had amazing success. They found 4 new investigators! We are going back to teach they families this week.
So Beaver Creek continues to move forward!! it is amazing how the Lord prepares people for us to find!
Still no snow. Just freezing cold rain. I don't think it will ever snow here. I miss it already.
Love Elder Peterson
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