Remaining in the office, but with a new perspective

Family and Friends,

As you all can tell from the title of this email, I didn't receive changes this week. That means that i will stay in the office for at least 2 more changes which is approximately 3 months. I cant tell you that im excited about it but i am happy that I am willing to do what the Lord asks of me. Luckily, I believe that it will pass quickly and I'll get out of the office with two good changes to go out and work hard. Ive got lots of things to keep me busy here in the office for the next three months. I guess I'll get to work.

This week almost everyone in the mission received changes (besides me). We as office staff were able to do a lot of the behind the scenes work to make sure that the 3 day project runs smoothly. Right from the start we had lots of problems. To go and receive the new missionaries that come in, we have to have a truck to go and get all of their luggage. Well he didn't show up so i had to arrange 4 different modes of transportation, 3 of them being taxi´s and the other being a little pickup truck from the presiding bishoprics office. When Elder Johnson and I and our fleet of taxi´s showed up we received a call from the assistants that the new missionaries had some problems with their flights. After begging the taxi drivers to wait every 15 minutes for an hour and a half, Elder Johnson and I went in the speed the process up. We had the opportunity to greet the new missionaries as they came through the gates which really cool! We gathered all of the luggage and took them to the office.

One of my favorite parts of the office is changes. It is also one of the most stressful. Monday night we didn't get home until about 2am, Tuesday we didn't get home until 2am, we got up at 3am Wednesday morning to be in Luque, didn't go to bed until 12 that night and got back up at 3am again to take the dead missionaries (the ones that are finished) to the airport. Overall, Not much sleep. 

Some more problems that we had consisted of the air conditioning not working in the office where all of the newbies were, we were one van short of what we normally have, we lost some very important documents, the printer broke and we were very late getting all of the dead missionaries on the plane. And lots more

But the good thing is that the new missionaries all got here safely and all of the old missionaries that went home all made it safely as well!

I love you all so much. and i cant wait to see you all in a short 5 and a half months!! stay true to this Gospel. It will help you out in whatever you're going through.

have a great week! I'll see some of you on Christmas morning!! 

Love Elder Petersen

 

 

Some local graffiti...

New perspective:

Ive just been thinking about the mission and how little time I have left, half of that time will be spent in the office!!  I think that i'm going to focus a lot on my district this change, maybe it will keep my mind off of all of the stress from the office!