"We must forgive others if we want forgiveness"

Hey Family and Friends,

  This week was absolutely phenominal!! Learned a lot, felt a lot and saw a lot as well!!

Well, to start it out, i have been teaching my good friend Miriam so that she can make a covenant with God and recieve blessings in turn! I have been teaching her for about 4 months now and we have a lot of ups and downs with Miriam. I've seen her change over these past 4 months which has been great for her as well as me! 

We have been preparing her for her interview this Friday and she had trouble with one of the questions that asks if we feel as though we have truly repented of her sins and she said no!! We dug a little deeper and found that she had trouble forgiving someone who had wronged her. She told us that if i have to forgive before my baptism then i wont get baptized. That was a shot to the heart. 

We tried everything tho help her realize that she needs to forgive to receive forgiveness but she was being pretty stubborn. After doing everything i could think of to help her change she said "Well i guess if i want to receive forgiveness i have to give it"!! ahhhhhh why couldn't you figure that out when i told her the first time!! hahah i realized then and there that it wasn't my words that changed her heart, it was 100% the Spirit! As missionaries, we cant do anything without the Spirit!!

Happy ending, Miriam was baptized this Saturday and we are teaching her daughter and her husband who came as well!! whoo hoo hopefully in the future they will be baptized too!! ; )

Jeffrey, Miriam and Elder Garcia

Dirty shoes...Happy Face!

I love this work and I'm seeing miracles everyday!! i love you guys so much! have a good week!!

**Excerpt from a letter to Dad:

I'm so happy that I'm your son and that i was raised in this family! I'm still puzzled at why people in the pre-mortal life didn't chose this family too!! I see families struggle everyday and I'm very glad to be a part of this beautiful family!! I cant thank you enough for everything that you did for me!! I am super proud to be your son and i hope that i have made you proud!!

I love you soo stinking much!! have a great week Dad!!

Elder Petersen