It's a been a pretty decent week. We kept busy with various things, including doing service for some members by filling up and tying over 300 balloons for a party they were having (but thankfully, they had an air compressor to blow them up!). We also met some new people. On Saturday we met Robert, who is 45 and dying from liver problems due to alcoholism. We sat in his mother's old home in the REALLY run-down neighborhood of our area as he cried and cried to us. His life story is pretty sad. Moral of the story, don't drink or do drugs. We talked a lot about the Atonement and invited him to church- and miraculously he came!
However, we weren't actually at church when Robert was there- we had planned on taking a returning less-active member to the singles branch. That was fun, I miss being in a singles ward, though some singles wards/branches can be pretty weird!
Something that I've been learning the past few months is that we really can't do it all on our own. I can't do the area on my own, can't work through my weaknesses on my own, and can't finish my mission on my own. In a lot of what I studied this week, I kept receiving the message that we all need to trust more in our Heavenly Father and let go of what we can't control and give our burdens to Him and our Savior Jesus Christ. They love us so much and that love is always there, whether we feel that we deserve it or not. Yes, we need to develop self-reliance, but being self-reliant also means that we need to learn how to work with others and trust in God.
I am feeling blessed though.... because some members just gave us a treadmill for our apartment this week! Woohoo!
Love,
Sister Petersen
PS: We had a zone activity today, here's a picture of us. I'm back with Sister McCarty, I've missed her!
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