Merry Christmas!! I hope you are all continuing to enjoy your Christmas seasons, the company of family, and the time off school. Most of all, I hope that you are remembering why we celebrate Christmas and the true meaning of Chrsitmas! I am so grateful for my savior Jesus Christ and for this time I have as a missionary to be one of His representatives. I hope that this year we can all carry the spirit of CHRISTmas with us past the Christmas season and remember our savior Jesus Christ all the time, not just when we celebrate His birth. I can promise you that as you do this and do your best to remember Him and try your best to be like Him you will be blessed beyond compare and be able to feel more of His love because He has so much of it for each and everyone of you! I found a quote I wanted to share with you all in a book I have been reading and it goes like this; "When you find yourself discontented because what you expected did not come to pass, you can easily become unhappy- not because of any external condition but because of your own preconceived notions. When you dispel that concept you will find that not only are you able to be happy, but by becoming free of the false expectations that you previously deemed essential for your happiness, you also become liberated". At first I didn´t really understand what this was saying and it didn´t mean as much to me as it does now. After slowing down and taking time to comprehend what I was reading I found the true meaning of what this is saying, at least for me. Not everything is going to go our way. We are not going to breeze through life without any trials. Life is hard and often times things are going to happen that we don´t want and also thing that we want to happen aren´t going to come to pass. So what do we do when this happens? First off, we have to keep a positive attitude and always keep moving forward no matter what happens. Secondly, we can´t expect anything to be given to us. If we want things we have to work for them and do everything we can to make them happen. For me, this is what this quote is saying. We are obviosuly going to be sad when we don´t get what we want. We have to get over it and not expect anything from to be given to us and only work hard for what we want. The quote ends like this; "Remember happiness is not in obtaining what you want but wanting what you have". I thought this fit very well for this week of Christmas! Yes, I hope that you all get everything that you asked for for Christmas, but we have to remember what we already have is enough. We have so many blessings from Heavenly Father and we will receive even more as we focus on what we have already and sharing our blessings with people who are less fortunate than we are and trying to become more like Christ everyday! My invitation for this week is to enjoy this special time of your with your family and friends and to thank the Lord for all that you have and be content with what you have and what you get if you don´t get what you want! The second part of my invitation is to read Moroni 10;18 in the Book of Mormon that talks more about gifts. I know you will be blessed as you do these things and that is what I want for you all! I hope you all have an amazing Christmas and know how much I love and miss you all! I am super excited to talk to family on Friday and hope you all make the most of the time that you all have with yours! Thanks for all that you have done for me and your examples to me! Until next week! Feliz Navidad!
Love,
Elder Petersen
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