ha ha jaynanne you crack me up. it is good to hear from all you guys. i don't really have a lot to say about your emails. it is pretty interesting that so much is said nationwide about mormons now. over here a few people have heard about our church but it is still very obscure. i can't stand people that criticize us. they are so ignorant. they don't actually take the time to research us at all. i really enjoyed Elder Ballard's talk about the name of the church. it was pretty good. i wonder if the church leaders ever talk with Mitt Romney or if they don't really care. very interesting.
well i don't really know what to say for this week. sorry i am emailing late. i know it is probably killing you. i was in meetings in KL all week. one day we had a zone leader counsel and then the next day we had mission leadership training. it was way fun to see all my buddies again. i love going to those big meetings. also the meetings are very inspiring. i always learn something new. i'll say it again, president clark is awesome. he is a very good speaker. another thing about seeing all of the elders is meeting all of the strange characters. ha ha there are some weird elders. they are entertaining. oh i saw elder williams for the first time since august last year. you probably don't remember him but he is from georgia and was in my mtc group. ha ha he is so funny. we caught up on old times.
i don't know how thomas knows for sure his release date. that seems strange. when you first go to the mtc they give you a projected date. i think he's counting on that. maybe it is just our mission though. it all depends on when other groups come in. there is a chinese speaking elder that told me he asked president when he is going home and president said he is coming home with my group. he said we're going home feb 22 but i don't know if that is true. i don't really care yet. elder kelley got his flight plans already to go home jan 3. me and elder chin have started a countdown. every day we change the number on the board and announce it. today elder kelley has 82 more days. ha ha he's dead.
last week after emailing we went to a buddhist temple. they had a celebration for something. we're not really sure what. so that was cool i'll send you a picture. later at home we decided to play scrabble. i was looking through a scrabble dictionary earlier in the day for inspiration. the game was going pretty well and i was ahead. i then made an awesome word. it was like tipsy or something and it went over a triple word bonus. it was right on top of another word so it formed two two letter words. i was sure these were words because i saw them in the dictionary earlier. so the whole thing was like 40 points. elder kelley said no way those were words. ha ha so he challenged me. when he realized he was wrong he was ticked. ha ha then elder chin kept making up two letter words because nobody wanted to challenge him and lose all the points. ha ha in the end we stopped playing because it was too heated. but for the record i won. ha ha.
on saturday we had a branch party. it was fun. it was kind of like a talent show. there was piano playing and violin playing and a comedy thing and a painting and stuff. we did a puppet show. it was pretty dumb but everyone was cracking up. they loved it. then we sang a song with everyone. it was a scout camp song. basically every time you sing the song you add an action. by the end everyone is dancing around like monkeys. ha ha it was so funny. also our investigator came and did balloon animals. it was a hit and she had a good time.
because of the long planned party we didn't watch conference on saturday. we're planning to watch it this next saturday. but we did watch the two sunday sessions. they were awesome!! oh man sunday morning was so good. it was the perfect session for any investigator or non member. the talks were so clear and powerful. they were about prayer and the name of the church and the book of mormon and God. so good. while watching conference i just totally feel the spirit. how can this church be false? it just doesn't make sense, not to mention the spiritual witnesses. i am so glad to be a member of this church. i don't know what i've done to be so lucky to be born into it. i love conference, too, and can't believe i never watched it before. i regret it.
well sorry this letter is short. because it is not pday i have to run. transfers are coming up on saturday. something will definitely happen to B-town. i'll let you know. i love you all. have a good week.
elder petersen
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