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Collards and Black-eyed Peas (Ch 4: Goldsboro 2nd, Week 3)

 And it came to pass in the third week of the third transfer I got to go to the temple!!

Happy New Year! It's already 2026!? This is my blackout year! Meaning I'm going to be a missionary for the whole year of 2026. And apparently in the south there's an old wives tale saying if you eat collards and black-eyed peas you'll get rich. So some members had us over and served us some along with some amazing southern food! Deep fried chicken, sweet potato casserole, and rice. Whatever they do to the rice out here it is amazing! I've been getting lots of good Southern cooking here in Goldsboro and lots of leftovers too!

I went to the Temple on Friday!!!!!! One of our new members recently hit her year mark as a member so she was able to go through the temple and get endowed and we got permission to go with her! She also was sealed to her deceased husband which is so cool! It was so awesome to be in the temple again. It's been too long since I've been able to go.

Update on Mere! He's doing really well! He's reading and listening to the Book of Mormon and he wants to change and become a better person! I'm excited to keep teaching him!

Exchanges! I went to Mount Olive with Elder Hawker from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. It was pretty fun. Really similar to Siler City because the work isn't moving too fast, a decent amount of people don't speak English (they speak Haitian-Creole), and they are told to do even more service than in Siler! They are told to aim for 10-12 hours each week! It was a lot of fun to he with Elder Hawker! I really enjoyed his company. We didn't run into any Haitians while I was there but I here there's a lot. 

Highlight of the week (besides the temple) was definitely processing a rooster again! For Christmas Lizzy sent me adorable stuffed animals that she made and one of the was a rooster that she stuffed with candy and a note saying to process it! The video file of me processing it is too big to attach but it was a blast! And the rest of them are Eldersaurs which are adorable! Picture attached but they all have ties and tags!

Recently I listened to President Holland's BYU devotional "Remember Lot's Wife" given around new years 2009. In it he briefly switches his topic to repentance and says:

"When something is over and done with, when it has been repented of as fully as it can be repented of, when life has moved on as it should and a lot of other wonderfully good things have happened since then, it is not right to go back and open up some ancient wound that the Son of God Himself died trying to heal."

He went on to exclaim "Let people repent!" and explained that this applies to yourself as well, not just others. Repentance is one of the most miraculous gifts we have been given. Use it! And then forget past mistakes, both your own and others. As President Holland said, "You can remember just enough to avoid repeating the mistake, but then put the rest of it all on the dung heap Paul spoke of to those Philippians."

I love y'all!
And thus ended the third week of the third transfer.

Elder Pedersen and I at the Temple!



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