Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Last Emails as a Full-Time Missionary
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
A WEEK FROM TOMORROW!!!
WELL,
THIS IS GONNA BE A SHORT ONE, SORRY!
SO JUST YESTERDAY WAS MY VERY LAST SACRAMENT MEETING, LET ALONE MY LAST FAST AND TESTIMONY MEETING. SO I GOT UP AND BORE MY TESTIMONY AND YOU CAN GUESS I CRIED... NOT SOBBED LIKE I DID IN THE TEMPLE, BUT JUST A CHOKED UP WHIMPER...LOL. I NEVER THOUGHT THESE DAYS WOULD COME, AND AS MUCH AS I COUNT THEM DOWN AT TIMES, AND DREAMED OF THEM AS A GREENIE... SOME DAYS I WANT TO HIT RESET! I KNOW THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO SERVED A MISSION WILL KNOW WHAT YOUR MISSION MEANT TO YOU, BUT I DONT THINK YOU WILL EVER UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MINE HAS DONE FOR ME! I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL MY OLD AREAS TO INVITE MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS TO MY MISSION FAREWELL, AND ITS SO NICE TO SEE THOSE WHO HAVE PROGRESSED, AND A BIT HARD TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVEN'T. BUT THE FEELING OF KNOWING THAT IM A DIFFERENT PERSON FOR THE BETTER THEN WHEN I LEFT HOME MAKES ME WHAT TO CRY. I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD BE THE PERSON I AM NOW. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET AND TESTIFY TO SOME ONE OF THE LIVING CHRIST! I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE THE ONE SOMEONE WOULD CALL TO HAVE A QUESTION ANSWERED ABOUT THE GOSPEL. AND THE GRATITUDE I FEEL TOWARDS MY FATHER IN HEAVEN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY CANNOT BE MATCHED! I HAVE LOVED AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOVE MY MISSION! I LOVE CANADA AND I WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR THE PEOPLE HERE! (EVEN IF THEY DO SOUND FUNNY WHEN THEY TALK...LOL)
I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW HOW MUCH I TRULY LOVE YOU! YOU MEAN THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING TO ME. IT IS SO COOL TO HEAR ABOUT ALL MY BUDDIES GETTING HOME, AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE FOR NOW THE HAPPINESS THAT IS FELT (AND RELIEF FOR A MOM AND DAD THAT WE'RE ALIVE...LOL) WHEN A MISSIONARY WALKS OFF THE PLANE TO HUG THEIR FAMILY! THAT FEELING HAS BEEN A DREAM FOR A LONG TIME, AND NOW THAT ITS ONLY 10 DAYS AWAY, I CANNOT HELP BUT GET EXCITED! I LOVE YOU GUYS, BUT PLEASE DO NOT WORRY, ALL IS WELL, AND IM DOING WHAT I NEED AND WANT TO BE DOING! NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT MY TIME AS A MISSIONARY AND NOTHING CAN EVER CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THIS GOSPEL AND THE TRUTH IT BARES!
I LOVE YOU!
LOVE,
ELDER LOGAN NEIL PETERSEN
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Week of November 1st
BOO!!!..
WELL, HALLOWEEN IS NOT AS FUN WHEN YOU ARE A MISSIONARY, BUT I DID STILL CARVE A PUMPKIN! SO THATS ALL GOOD, OH AND WE ALSO WENT TO THE TRUNK-OR-TREAT AS SPARWOOD HILLBILLIES! I'LL HAVE TO SEND YOU THE PICTURE NEXT WEEK! BUT ANYWAYS IT WAS FUN! BUT LETS SEE, THIS WEEK WAS FUN AS USUAL SERVING WITH ELDER BASS! WE GET ALONG GREAT AND ARE ONLY INCHES AWAY FROM A FEW PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED! OUR WARD OUT HERE IS HAVING A SPECIAL MISSIONARY FAST TOO AND THANKS TO OUR AWESOME WARD MISSION LEADER THE WARD IS GETTING THEIR BUTTS IN GEAR TO DO SOME MISSIONARY WORK AGAIN! I GUESS THE SPARWOOD WARD GOES THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS WITH MISSIONARY WORK! THEY HAD A HUGE RUN A FEW MONTHS BACK WHERE LIKE 4 PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED WITHIN WEEKS, AND THEN GOT INTO A BIT OF A RUT. BUT THANKS TO BROTHER PINCHACK OUR WARD MISSION LEADER THEY HAVE NO ROOM FOR GETTING INTO THE RUT RIGHT NOW, ONLY ENOUGH ROOM TO CLIMB OUT OF IT! SO KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS TO BRING UP THE MEMBER WORK! AND I'LL TELL YOU GUYS THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT WE CAN DO AS MEMBERS, ASIDE FROM RAISE OUR FAMILIES, THEN TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL! I KNOW IT SOUNDS CLICHE BUT ITS TRUE! THE JOY THAT COMES FROM LIVING AND SHARING THE GOSPEL CANT BE MATCHED! ITS STARTING TO GET A BIT SCARY THAT TIME KEEPS TICKING. ITS EXCITING BUT SCARY! ONLY 5 MONTHS LEFT, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN. ONLY THAT I KNOW IT CAN ONLY BE BETTER THEN THE PAST 19. BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS YOU LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY! WHETHER IT BE TO SAY "EH" AFTER EVERY QUESTION OR TO HITCH UP A DOG SLED TEAM, ITS GONNA HELP YOU FOR THE FUTURE.... IN CANADA AT LEAST! LOL... BUT IN ALL REALITY THIS HAS CHANGED MY ETERNAL NATURE AND WHO I THOUGH I WOULD BE ONE DAY. I NO LONGER THINK.... I KNOW WHAT I CAN BE, AND I NEED TO HAVE THE SELF DISCIPLINE AND MOTIVATION TO GET THERE. AND I KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT MISTAKES I MAKE OR SHORTCOMINGS I HAVE, THE ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST IS THERE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. SPEAKING OF THE ATONEMENT, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH GOSPEL PRINCIPLES YESTERDAY, AND WE HAVE A WAY GOOD CLASS... ANYWAYS. I CHOSE TO TEACH THE ATONEMENT.... ITS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A FEW TEARS! :) BUT WE HAD MARIAH RAASCH THERE, ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS. SHE IS 18 AND HAS BEEN SHOWING REAL INTEREST IN THE CHURCH AGAIN AND MORE SO IN WHAT THE RESTORED GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST CAN DO FOR HER AND HER FAMILY! BUT ANYWAYS... SHE WAS THERE AND I PUT HER ON THE SPOT IN THE CLASS AND ASKED HER WHAT THE ATONEMENT MEANS TO HER IN HER LIFE AND SHE SAYS.... " CAN YOU ASK SOME ONE ELSE? " CUZ LATER SHE HIT ME IN THE SHOULDER AND SAID, "YOU WERE MAKING ME CRY IN THAT CLASS AND I DIDN'T WANT TO CRY WHEN I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION!" I GUESS THATS A GOOD ENOUGH EXCUSE EH? LOL. BUT ANYWAYS. I LOVER SERVING IN SPARWOOD, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ALOT OF GOOD TALKS WITH INVESTIGATORS AND A LOT HAVE HELPED ME TO LEARN THINGS ABOUT MY OWN LIFE! THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING RIDE FOR ME, AND IM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT LOOPS AND TURNS COME AROUND THE CORNER... BUT YOU ALL KNOW ME... NO MATTER WHAT THIS "ROLLER COASTER" OF A MISSION THROWS AT ME... IM STILL GONNA MAKE A STUPID FACE FOR THE CAMERA AT THE END! :) I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I CANT WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE FUN STUFF NEXT WEEK! KNOW THAT YOUR ALL IN MY PRAYERS ALWAYS! AND ALL THE SPECIFIC THINGS WE TALK ABOUT ARE TOO! WORK HARD, PLAY SMART AND LOVE LIKE CRAZY! I LOVE YOU GUYS!
LOVE
ELDER LOGAN PETERSEN
Monday, October 25, 2010
Week of Oct. 25th email
(In response to Logan's younger sister Whitney taking first place with her marketing team at FFA Nationals)" FIRST OFF I GOTTA SAY I KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN! THAT IS SO AWESOME THAT SHE AND HER TEAM TOOK THE TITLE. LEAVE IT TO A PETERSEN TO GO BIG OR GO HOME! :) BUT HONESTLY IM WAY PROUD OF HER! SO LET ME SEE WHAT CAN I TELL YOU ALL? WELL TRANSFERS HAVE PASSED AND LIKE I SAID I HAVE A NEW COMPANION. HIS NAME IS ELDER RYAN BASS FROM GET THIS.... OKOTOKS! LOL... I SERVED IN HIS WARD AND TOOK HIM ON SPLITS BEFORE HIS MISSION. HE IS WAITING ON HIS VISA TO GO TO PITTSBURG, SO AS FOR NOW HE AND I ARE SERVING TOGETHER. HE IS A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART... RED NECK WANNA-BE, LOVES COUNTRY MUSIC, 4X4 AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN! SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE GETTING ALONG GREAT! AND ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE A MILLION AND A HALF THINGS TO DO OUT HERE! ITS LIKE AS SOON AS HE CAME INTO THE AREA THAT EVERYTHING WAS THAT MUCH MORE APPARENT. IT WAS A LITTLE SAD THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WE WERE AND STILL ARE WORKING WITH FROM LAST TRANSFER DIDNT GET BAPTIZED, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE ON THE PATH THEY JUST HAVE A FEW BIG HURDLES TO JUMP... SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT! WELL YOU GUYS HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH MY ANKLE, YEAH IT HURTS A BIT AND IS SORE EVERY MORNING, BUT IM WALKING JUST FINE, AND TAKING IT EASY ON P-DAY STUFF. BUT IM PRETTY EXCITED CUZ WE ARE PLAYIN HOCKEY TODAY.... NOTHING LIKE CANADA EH? BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE FIRST SNOW IN SPARWOOD THIS WEEK... ALL THE MOUNTAINS ARE GETTING WHITE CAPS, BUT ITS NOT STICKING MUCH. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PRAYING FOR NO SNOW IN CANADA THIS WINTER, I WOULD NOT ARGUE....LOL BUT ANYWAYS... LIVING TRUE TO THE PETERSEN NAME, I HAD A TALK THIS LAST SUNDAY AND I CRIED A BIT, NOT FULL ON BLUBBERING, BUT JUST CHOKED UP A BIT.... I DONT THINK I REALIZE HOW MUCH MY TESTIMONY REALLY MEANS TO ME UNTIL I BEAR IT OUT LOUD. I HAVE ALWAYS KNOW THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, BUT IT JUST MEANS SOMETHING TOTALY DIFFERENT NOW! ITS MORE OF A SURE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS ALL TRUE INSTEAD OF A HOPE FOR IT TO BE! GRANTED I DONT KNOW EVERYTHING AND I NEVER WILL BUT WHAT I DO KNOW ALLOWS ME TO KNOW THAT IT ALL IS TRUE BY ASSOCIATION! IT IS EITHER THE WORLD GREATEST LIE AND FAIRYTALE EVER TOLD OR IT IS 100% TRUTH, THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND! AND I CAN TELL YOU... ITS NO FAIRYTALE! I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY I HAVE HAD SO FAR IN 19 MONTHS TO SHARE WHAT I KNOW AND CHANGE A FEW PEOPLES LIVES! YEAH I HAVENT BAPTIZED ALL OF CANADA AND YEAH IM NOT A "HIGH BAPTIZING" MISSIONARY AS FAR AS OUR MISSION IS CONCERNED BUT I KNOW THAT FATHER IN HEAVEN HAS A PLAN FOR ME AND I'M FOLLOWING IT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY! I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN I STEP OFF THAT PLANE IN 5 OR SO MONTHS THAT I HAVE LOVED EVERY SECOND OF MY MISSION. YES TIMES HAVE BEEN HARD AND CAN GET ME DOWN, BUT IT IS ALL EXPERIENCE TO BENEFIT MY LIFE AND THOSE I SERVE! I LOVE YOU!!!
LOVE
ELDER LOGAN PETERSEN
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
In the process of updating...
Saturday, November 28, 2009
WEEKLY EMAIL- Week 30
OH MY GOSH I ABOUT THREW THIS COMPUTER... I WROTE A HUGE EMAIL AND THEN IT JUST WENT POOF!!! AND IT WAS GONE!!! IM SO SORRY, I WISH I COULD HAVE REMEMBERED EVERYTHING I WROTE, BUT NOW THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE LAME AND SHORT CUZ I HAVE TO RE WRITE IT...GRRR!!! BUT I WILL HAVE TO SKIP THE UN IMPORTANT STUFF AND KINDA JUST GIVE YOU THE MEAT...LOL... WELL FIRST, WHITNEY, DRINK MILK...LOL.. AND YOU BETTER BELIEVE THAT IM GOING TO KICK THAT KIDS BUTT WHEN I GET HOME...LOL... BUT ANYWAYS, SO SADLY OLLIE DOGGED US ON SATURDAY, AND I ABOUT FLIPPED OUT, I WAS SO UPSET. BUT IT OCCURED TO ME THAT MAYBE I WAS PUTTING THE LORDS WILL AHEAD OF MINE. I WAS TRYING TO DO WHAT I WANTED OVER WHAT THE LORD SEES NECESSARY AT THIS TIME! I HAVE TO SAY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS A VERY GOOD WAY OF HUMBLING YOU AS A MISSIONARY... ITS NOT LIKE " GOOD JOB DUMMY. " ITS LIKE A " HOLD ON A MINUTE AND THINK ABOUT THIS" :) I HAVE TO SAY, I NEVER KNEW YOU COULD BE SO CLOSE TO THE SPIRIT! AND I DEFFINETLY DO NOT LIKE IT WHEN HE LEAVES! CUZ IM NOT THE ONE CONVERTING PEOPLE, HE IS, IM AM SIMPLY ACTING AS A TEACHER AND A CONDUIT OF LIGHT THAT I WAS CALLED TO BE! IM SO HAPPY AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO CALL MYSELF A DECIPLE OF CHRIST AND THAT HE HAS TRUSTED ME WITH A FRACTION OF HIS GREAT WORK! IM SO SORRY THIS IS LAME AND SHORT, BUT IM DOING THE BEST I CAN AFTER THIS DUMB COMPUTER DELETED MY EMAIL. BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, AND YES MOM, I GOT ALL MY WINTER STUFF AND ITS WORKING OUT GREAT. I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND IM SO SORRY IM LAME AGAIN THIS WEEK, IM JUST NOT TO GREAT ON COMPUTERS...LOL.. I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH, AND REMEMBER TO STAY CLOSE TO THE LORD! I LOVE YOU ALL! OH AND TIFFANY AND NICOLE!.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! TEENAGERS!!!! BE WAITING FOR A LITTLE SOMETHIN IN THE MAIL FROM YOUR CANADIAN BROTHER! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! UNTIL NEXT WEEK! :)
LOVE,
ELDER OGEN