December 1, 2014

Dear Family,

I have been out for a month how crazy is that. For thanksgiving we
really didn't do much. We had like 5-8 appointments but only made it
to three. By the end of the day I was really sick of eating food. We
even got to help a member put up her tree. It was less work then the
one mom puts up. I can Skype you guys on Christmas Day and Mothers
Day. So you guys can start planning ahead for that.

The weather here is a lot like Colorado weather but since there is
humidity it gets a little bit cold. People here are also bad drivers.
It's kind of like Utah driving. The district meets are fun the
district leaders do a lesson then we do have a role play. Getting use
to being a full time missionary is getting easier everyday.
We got to go to Philly today. We saw thePhiladelphia Temple, ate
lunch, and some other stuff around Philadelphia. I feel like a tourist
today... I probably am one. We didn't take our car to Philly because
we have limited miles. We took the Septa train which is like the
trains in Denver or Salt Lake City. The train is not that bad to be
honest and it's kind of fun. When we went to the temple we went to the
visitors center they have for the temple. Well the sister missionaries
that are working at the visitors know the Peterson's. They said that
they talk about me a lot.

We contacted a referral that we got from our patriarch (the
patriarch that is in the stake I'm serving in is in my ward). He was
contacted by the missionaries about five years ago. They had to drop
him because he wasn't progressing. He told us that he was interested
in learning more about the church and also had some questions.
We visited members throughout the week (obviously). Since it was
thanksgiving week we showed all the members a thanksgiving Mormon
Message. Then we had them write on a piece of paper what they were
thankful for. Then we took a picture of the whole group with there
signs then my comps would post it on Facebook (I don't have one yet
because we have to do this thing could a D.I.E.T and it involves us
memorizing scripture, reading, etc). They have a lot of rules for
Facebook. Sometimes we would show them the "He is the Gift" video and
we gave them a pass along card and encouraged them to share it.

Love,
Sister Paige Bluemel