I had another great week here in Argentina, a busy week, but a great one! As I have mentioned before Elder Bednar is coming to visit Argentina this week and all the Buenos Aires missions have the opportunity to attend the meeting and listen to him speak. All of us here in the offices have been working really hard all week to make sure everything runs smoothly and so that all of the missionaries can have an amazing spiritual experience without having to worry about anything. We have done all the planning but this week starts the real fun, the actual event. This is my first really big event here in the offices so I am a little nervous but excited as well! I am so very grateful for the opportunity to listen to an apostle speak!
This week we had a really great week! This week we met a guy named Mario by knocking on his door because we felt like we should and it turned out to be really amazing! We taught him Friday night and had a great lesson with him about the restoration. He was really interested but didn´t understand everything that great but we were still very excited to find him and have an answer to our prayers to find new people to teach. He told us about how he has been working on his sidewalk for a couple months all by himself trying to put the concrete down and finish it. We offered to help and ended up going the next day, Saturday, in the morning. We helped him and got a ton done and he was super grateful! After the service project we taught another little lesson and it went really well! He told us that he was going to come to church for sure and he stuck to his word and was there yesterday! It was really awesome and the spirit was very strong. He almost started to cry during the hymns and really enjoyed the music. This taught me that people can be touched in many different ways and that we have the responsibility to make sure those people are in the right place at the right time to have the spirit touch their hearts. I am so grateful I have the opportunity to see this happen and for the joy this gospel brings to the lives of everyone. I know that this really is The Church of Jesus Christ and he is the one who leads it. I know that it is the true church and that it blesses families. I am so grateful for the knowledge of the plan of salvation and that I am going to be able to live with my family forever as long as I follow the commandments and the words of the latter-day prophets. I want you all to know that your families can also be together forever through Heavenly Father´s plan. I hope that you can all do everything that you can and need to do to be able to make that possible. I know that as you do those things and change the things you need to change you will be blessed for your efforts and given the strength to push through those difficult challenges and trials.
I wanted to thank you all for all that you do and have done for me. I really do have the best family and friends out there! Thanks for your examples, love, and prayers, they are felt every day. I can´t believe it has already been six months, but I want you to all know that it has been a great six months! I love you all and hope everything is going well for all of you! Have a great week!
Until next week,
Elder Petersen
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