WEEK 40- BAPTISMS!!

Well.... I have officially been here MORE than 9 months!! Not much more, but I have less time left then I have been here. So that’s cool for anyone who is counting down my days, and is really excited to see me again when I get home! hahah jk. 

But really, this week was really great!! We had a baptism! Alexander got baptized and I wrote about him and his story just a few weeks ago so I won’t rewrite all of it. But it was really great and honestly to see that change that he made in his life is incredible and a huge example to me. Sometimes there are little things that I know I should change to be better but it’s hard so I don’t want to. But he gave up something so big in his life to follow Christ. There is a quote that I was talking about with my companion the other day about how the church is a hospital for the sinners not a museum of the saints. No one is perfect but this church is and so is the plan that our father in heaven has for each of us! This church is true and to see someone make covenants with God and enter into the waters of baptism is honestly one of the most rewarding things and is what makes it worth it. The day that he got baptized I asked him how he felt and he looked me in the eyes and said.... How do you think i feel.... and then continued to tell me he was very happy. This church is true. I know that will all of my heart and every fiber of my being. This mission is not easy but to be an instrument in the hands of the lord and watch the atonement work wonders in the lives of people that I love is incredible!

Also it was so, so nice being able to talk to my cute family yesterday. Happy Mother’s day to my cute mom!! And also happy mother’s day to all of my other moms.... I feel like I have a bunch. All of my friends moms and my family and the people that are supporting me here! Each of the women in my life are amazing and have shaped me into the person I am today and are examples for the kind of mom and wife that I would like to be. Thank you!!! 

I love you all and I am so grateful for each of you. Sorry this is kind of short!!! 

Hermana Jacey Petersen