May 12, 2014

Hello EVERYONE!!!  So this week has been so great! I had a great time skyping my Mom and Dad.  It made me a little homesick, but this week has been full of miracles! :) 

First, below is a picture of my two amis in Chartres: Gwen and Maria. They were baptized last week. It made me so happy!

So starting off, we found 2 new amis!!! One was on an exchange and it was pouring rain, but we continued and were blessed for it. The other ami is a long story. This past week was Fast Sunday and Elder Smith and I have fasted and prayed our butts off so that we could find someone.  The next day the ami, that we will eventually contact, watched a LDS commercial. He called the United States and sent in his info. Then on Thursday we got his referral from Church Headquarters and we set up our first rendezvous with him. He is 19 years old! his name is Aly. He said he wants to become a member and that he knew that this was the right path for him. We gave him a Book of Mormon and explained all about it. Then we invited him to be baptized....and he accepted! :) It was sooo cool. Such a great moment. The Spirit was there so strong.


This week has been one of my favorite weeks. It is amazing how prayer and fasting work. Our Heavenly Father always hears our prayers. We just need to have patience and hope that they will be answered because they always will. I hope you guys had a great week like I had! I love you all!!!

See you next week! :)

Elder Peterson

Here's a picture of us making crepes. C'est la classe! NUTELLA BABY!!!

Notes from Mom:

It was so wonderful to see Evan and hear him speak French which he is so amazing at!
His apartment is very large. It consists of a living room, kitchen, a bedroom, 2 study rooms, and a bathroom.
Evan skyped from the Branch President's home.
They work with the inactive members by teaching them lessons.
His favorite place to eat is KBobs which they go to once a week.
Evan's Mission President, President Poznanski is being released this June.
Hair cuts are around 20 euros.
Suits cleaned 15 euros.
He and the other 3 elders cover 140,000 people in the city of Amiens.  They have one branch with only 50 people.
Foods they can't get there are Cream of Chicken soup.
One of his comps loves to cook and makes them everything from Mexican to African to Thai Curry.
France's Mother's Day is next week.
Favorite foods there are Couscous and Raclette which is a type of cheese that gets melted and poured over other foods like potatoes and ham.