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Wine night at bishops house: 7/10

MISSION STATISTICS BOARD Name: Sister Peterson  Mission: Brasil João Pessoa Current Location: Prosind Current Companion: Sister Cetre Current Transfer: 3/12 Week: 6/6 Total Weeks: 18/70 Address:  R. João Amorim, 429 Centro 58013-310 João Pessoa - PB Brazil HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELE FO FELE. You're so old now. Go eat cake. Go get in-n-out. Go get swig. Buy a ring from Tristen. Go get your nails done. Go dance in the road.  Everyone go wish MELE FO FELE a happy birthday.  WEEKLY LIGHTS:   - açaí 3 times this week  - Churros twice this week  - pudim twice this week - talking with EVERYONE WE SEE #falarcomtodomundo - Ana came to church !! - a praiaaaa (the beachhhh) - switched dates for Eloisa's baptism - falling in the road - hospital again  - Interviews with president  - family home evening at bishops house! - falling in the road... SPIRITUAL THOUGHT:  So, we met Ana two weeks ago, like my first day in Prosind and she didn't seek very intere...

Hard times bring miracles!!! : SUCCESSFUL

Name: Sister Peterson Mission: Brasil João Pessoa Current Location: Prosind Current Companion: Sister Cetre Current Transfer: 3/12 Week: 5/6 Total Weeks: 17/70 Address: R. João Amorim, 429 Centro 58013-310 João Pessoa - PB Brazil HAPPY GRADUATION DAY REECE!!! And all my buddies who are peacing out of Nampa high tonighttttt.  Soooo I was transferred to.... PROSIND! This area is about a 12 min drive from Geisel. (It has the beach. #iwinthemission ) my new companion is...SISTER CETRE!!! She is from Ecuador and has been out for two transfers longer than I have, so we are learning Portuguese together hahah. The members here are amazing and I'm excited for what this new area will bring! I MISS MY DISTRICT SO MUCH. Sister Palharin and Sister Doherty will forever be remembered for setting standards HIGH for best district. I miss Geisel and my friends back there so much but who knows, maybe I'll head back there someday?  Face update: it's not swollen, not as dry, but I have some...

I WAS ROBBED BY MEGAMIND?! : LEARNING TO FIND SUCCESSES EVERYDAY

 MISSION STATISTICS BOARD Name:  Sister Peterson  Mission:  Brasil João Pessoa Current Location:  Geisel 1 Current Companion:  Sister Barros Current Transfer:  3/12 Week:  4/6 Total Weeks:  16/70 Address:  R. João Amorim, 429 Centro 58013-310 João Pessoa - PB Brazil Little bonus story that I forgot to mention two weeks ago.  Promise, the subject wasn't clickbait. My bank account back home hacked and robbed by someone named "MegaMind". $1,400. So fun. We were able to get everything back but I don't have a new card here yet so... yippee.  WEEKLY LIGHTS: - working online and from the apartment! - Zone council - Training for a day 😳 - COCHINAS - Sister Barros falling on her face on the stairs... - AÇAÍ  - dermatologist  - fainting at the hospital  --getting hit on while walking on the street. IN ENGLISH 😳 - MOTHER'S DAYYYYY Shout-out to the GOAT. TAMMY LYNN PETERSON FOLKS. Y'all wish she was your mom. She has been ...

I'm starting to amo Brasil, but Brasil no me ama.: learning lots

MISSION STATISTICS BOARD Name: Sister Peterson  Mission: Brasil João Pessoa Current Location: Geisel 1 Current Companion: Sister Barros Current Transfer: 3/12 Week: 3/6 Total Weeks: 15/70 Address:  R. João Amorim, 429 Centro 58013-310 João Pessoa - PB Brazil *I'm starting to love Brasil but Brasil doesn't love me.* Okay, gonna keep this one quick.  WEEKLY LIGHTS: - açaí  - Proselyting online - trusting in the lord and His plan - my face swelling up 3 sizes larger than normal - lots of scripture study - getting flowers from an old man  - lots of phone calls - Putting graça on date for baptism! Okay, back to that point about my face. This week, I am having some sort of reaction to something here in Brasil and my face swells up immensely and intensely. There is a rash throughout my entire face and neck that is constantly itching and burning. Nothing seems to help and I've seen two doctors. I've had to learn to not only trust in the Lord with my physical health ...

FELIZ ANIVERSÁRIO PAI!!! : different, not bad, but different

MISSION STATISTICS BOARD Name: Sister Peterson  Mission: Brasil João Pessoa Current Location: Geisel Current Companion: Sister Barros Current Transfer: 3/12 Week: 2/6 Total Weeks: 14/70 Address:  R. João Amorim, 429 Centro 58013-310 João Pessoa - PB Brazil Everyone go wish Chrispy and Aunt Carley a happy Birthday. Now.  WEEKLY LIGHTS: - McDonald's ice cream  - Meeting My new roommates! Sister Garcia, who was also trained by Sister Barros, and her trainee, Sister EUZÉBIO! They're both so cute and funny! And Sister Garcia is a GREAT COOK.  - Going to a house that is actually a petting zoo. Alligators, goats, pigs, a million baby chicks, puppies, and a turkey.  - BOLO - LASAGNA  - SISTER BARROS BDAY - HITTING 3 MONTHS AS A MISSIONARY  - Sister Garcia and Sister EUZÉBIO getting robbed yesterday... #gottalovebrazil  - First district council of the transfer !  - ESTHER'S BAPTISM!!! - seeing one of the first Portuguese book of Mormons!! M...