Gargoyles and Kidnapper Vans

 So I'm starting out my email by saying that President Pingree and God really like to mess with me together lol. We had zone day on Tuesday and President and Sister Pingree were about to do a roleplay. Last zone day they made me come up and do it with them. It was TERRIFYING! Since I did it last time I thought I was safe... nope. They called me up AGAIN. It was so funny. Don't worry, apparently I did okay. Haha!

We were walking through a Portuguese neighborhood because the Portuguese sisters sent us a referral for one English person that lives there. As we were walking I literally lost count of how many kidnapper vans there were! I didn't know they were such a popular vehicle! Then when we got to his house there were gargoyles in front as well as a kidnapper van. 😳 He answered and said he was busy and I saw a fireplace in his house which was really weird for Florida, and then he said try again tomorrow and that was that. Super weird interaction. 😂 Then we had Brazilian food for dinner! Brazilian lasagna and dessert are so much better than American!

For service this week I folded like 500 towels and put beans in bags for the homeless. Turns out I'm really weak though because I got so sore!!! 😂 RIP. 

Now for the best stories...

I went on exchanges this week and it was sooooo fun! I finally got to go to bird lady's house! The Sisters weren't joking when they said over 30 birds were just roaming around the house. I was literally dodging birds that were flying at my head and they were on the ground and on all the furniture. It was CRAZY! Bird lady's husband went OFF on his career as a "rock musician" and how he plays so much better when he drinks beer. We had no idea what to say because he just kept going and going. It was so awkward 😅 I was just standing there dodging birds!!

Earlier that morning we cleaned the church and the bishop's wife went to open the door and go outside. The whole door literally just came off! We kept telling her she was the hulk while they tried to fix the door. It was just so funny! I was also cleaning the bathroom when a brother in our ward came in to fill up the toilet paper. He just said, "oops, don't tell your mother that you met a man in the bathroom" oops... the cat is out of the bag mom. 😂 It wasn't weird until he said that.

Lastly, we were at a park and these kids came and talked to us. They look at me and go, "is she your mom?" Referring to my companion. 😂 I burst out laughing because we had just been making fun of her for being old because she called a video chat a picture call! I told him that we were just friends and he goes, "oh, well, is she at least older than you?" 😂 Yes. Yes she is. Lol. 

Miracles: This week has been so hard, but so good. Every time I want to give up, God gives me a little miracle that makes me realize that He wants me here.

I was teaching one of my favorite people (he's blind) and he turns to us and goes, "I admire all of you, but I definitely admire Sister Peterson the most. I don't have to see her to know that she is so special. Sister Peterson, you're my guardian angel." At that point I really thought that I wasn't even helpful because my companion basically teaches everything, so I feel like that was God's way of telling me that I am making a difference. Similar things happened all week! It was insane how much people enjoy shy missionaries 😂

Anyways. I love you all so much and I miss you! I pray for you every night! ❤