Ayyyy!!! Sorry for not writing last week, I was exhausted from travels and I didn't feel like writing a ton of blah on my phone (no computers to write emails...). So let's see, where did I leave off...
My last week of MTC was awesome, we had good class and the sisters wanted a billion pictures. But who's surprised. I can't actually remember a ton about that week, so... Dang. I do remember when Elder Saathoff, Frogley and I peer pressured Elder Sonne into doing 10 push-ups and then after we tried to get him to do 10 more he blew a casket. He starting ranting about how he "doesn't have to do squat" and other hilarious nonsense. It last about 6 minutes and I was dying laughing the whole time.
On Monday Elder Frogley, me, and about 30 other Missionaries got on a bus to get on a train to get on a trax to get on a tram to get on a plane to Houston! Where I am currently being slowly boiled alive.
The mission president and his wife, President and Sister Larkin, picked us up from the airport and we had a very long intro/info meeting that basically lasted until Tuesday noon. We all (most of us) slept at the mission home Monday night and had our 60 second interviews with president. It was a super fun night. On Tuesday we had more info stuff, like I said, and then I met my trainer: ELDER PAULSEN.
He's an awesome missionary and he's super fun to be around. I've already learned a ton from the guy and I'm excited to learn more. Last week we met with a couple of people and had some good lessons. We invited a mother named Jada to come to sacrament meeting, but she didn't come cause her family wasn't going. Dang. We'll get her there eventually. Another person, George, what an awesome man, also agreed to come to church. But didn't. We'll have to get him to shut off his golf so he'll come. We also did a lot of street contacting and met an awesome kid named Daniel, we got his info and we're gonna contact him again later today.
Last Wednesday my nose started to get a little congested and I was like "oh no." then I got sick. I've been running at about 100% instead of 1000% since then, but I'm feeling a lot better today, like, 836%. I think my body just doesn't adjust to new climates very well, same thing happened in Hawaii. During my illness I did an exchange with the Zone Leaders. I was with Spanish speaking Elder Galvan. And even though I don't speak Spanish, the appointments we went to were awesome. I would share my testimony and he would translate, I loved it.
On Sunday we went to church (obviously). And our ward (Elder Paulsen and I, and Sisters Lake and Masson) is TINY. I swear, maybe 30 people were there. Maybe. It was good times though.
Last night Elders Prisbrey (silent r, like Frisbee) and Westover (who is also from Meridian Idaho) came over and we played Frisbee in the apartment until about midnight, awlful idea, but it was fun/funny.
Now it's p-day and we need to set up the gym for Hermana Steffensen's birthday! It's gonna be lit. If you want to know anymore about my last two weeks, email me. But only 3 questions a person, my sisters are going nuts with ?'s.
Anyway, love y'all
Elder Peterson
Oh yeah, my first area is Broadway 1 North
1) sweet helmet at the ZL' s place
2) Elder Galvan watching a random cat trying to steal his pizza
3) Elder Paulsen and his spirit animal (he's pet about 12 random cats this past week)
4) Houston city (my area is south of that intimidating place)
