March 17, 2014

Hello Everyone!

Wow!!! This week has been so good! Okay let's dive into this!

On Tuesday we did exchanges up in Saint Ouen.  It is a sector in Paris and is in our district somehow. It is called the "neuf trois" or 93.93000 which is the area code for Saint Ouen. People call it the 93 because it is like the most ghetto area in Paris. I have some great stories up in the 93. haha.  Anyways, during our exchange, me and this other elder were contacting a lot, and by a lot I mean contacting everyone. Sadly Saint Ouen is on the prayer roll because they didn't find any investigators last transfer. We saw so many miracles. We got some potentials and we go an investigator that day. It was really great!

The next day we were still on our exchange. We were contacting and this Muslim dude in a car repair shop shouted at us and asked, "Are you guys Jehovah Witnesses?" We said, "That's not us" and continued walking. Then he shouted at us again, "Mormons!" We turned around and he started talking to us in English. He introduced his friend and he said, "I am Muslim and I am straight on the path and this guy (pointing to his friend) is not on the path. He is drinking and doing all this bad stuff. You guys need to get him on the straight path."  We asked his friend some questions and introduced us and our message. Then we asked the Muslim guy's friend if we could visit him again and he said, "Of course we can meet again!" We then asked for his phone number.  It was so cool and so funny at the same time!

Anyways, this week we saw a lot of miracles in Chartres. We set two baptismal dates for two of our amis, Maria and Gwen. I was so surprised because one of our amis we have been trying so hard to set a date for her and she just accepted. Our amis have progressed so far! It is so amazing to see that change in people's faces and lives. Everyday Heavenly Father gives us miracles. Ever since I came on my mission I have seen so much. It has been so great!

I love you all!!! Until next week!!!

Elder Evan Peterson


Note from mom:  Evan has already worn out a pair of shoes in just 3 months in the field.  I'm guessing that walking 4 hours a day on cobblestone and many times in the rain would do it.

Louise and Nathaniel are getting baptized on April 19th.