"I'm Mary Poppins y'all!" - Yondu - Guardians of the Galaxy 2

 Hey ya'll! Texas felt like Texas again this week mainly because it wasn't covered in ice. Anyway, we went to a Mary Poppins play last week that had a bunch of our youth in it so thats where my title comes from today if anyone was wondering. 


Lots happened this past week but Sunday yesterday was probably my favorite day! First, we had a pretty awesome elders quorum lesson where we learned from Elder Bednar that the basic truths of the gospel are all we need to know, and then we got hot dogs and root beer after the lesson which was sweet! Then after sacrament meeting the youth started their choir practice for ward conference next week, and me and Elder Christensen were about to leave when bishops wife asked us if we could join them! We said yes and Im so glad we did because they are singing the FSY medley which is probably my favorite song! Singing it at FSY with 500ish other youth i remember was one of the first major spiritual experiences of my life, so im grateful I get to sing it with the youth here. Next is my favorite part of the day, Jordan got the Aaronic Priesthood and was ordained a priest!!!!!!! It was so amazing to see him progress this far and see how it has blessed his life! Lastly, we went to a ward party last night and it was really nice to get to talk to so many ward members especially since I am probably getting transferred out of here next week! I love the ward here so its gonna be hard to leave! 

Quick highlights: 
- went to Einstein bagels, I forgot how good that place is! 
- called one lady that said that she would never join our cult that worshipped "John Smith." 🤨
- got $115 ties from a sweet old lady at the Ladies of Lake Travis service.
- exchanges with Elder Strong from Layton! We went to his area in North Austin and let me just say, missionary work outside of my area is so different, I learned a lot of good stuff!
- got free oatmeal creme pies from a gas station worker
- personal study and personal prayer are basically my favorite part of the day 
- learned that knocking doors during the Super Bowl does not work very well


Spiritual thought: 
Pretty amazing week for me! There was something I learned this week though. Missionary work is A LOT of ups and downs throughout the week, and even throughout the day. In one day I went from knocking doors for 2 hours with no success, to going to an awesome member dinner that made me so happy! So I was struggling a little bit with this and getting down on myself until I realized, hey, this is something that will happen to me for the rest of my life. Life is full of ups and downs, you have to learn to have a good attitude during both the good and the bad times. But of course, the ultimate joy comes from the atonement of Jesus Christ. Focus on that and it will help have a good attitude in all aspects of life! 

I love ya'll! Hope everyone is doing swell and send me an update if you get the chance!! 
- Elder Peters 

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