well This has been a good week and an uneventful one also. we have been spending our time passing out flyers for a 4th of july breakfast that we're having in the ward, i'm excited for that. 

we have been making tons of visits to members and sharing short messages with them and then setting up dinners, this coming week we have a dinner every night! yaya! that'll help a ton haha 

i've been thinking a lot about what i'm doing (well duh) i have found that the things that i have loved the most in my life have been teaching others, i love it so much and it makes me very happy. even with the members when we leave a message after dinner and this is something that they have heard over and over again it is still so much fun to talk about the topic that i love the most and that is the gospel oh man i love being on a mission so much! 

so i'm super sorry that i don't have any exciting stories for you but this week is a calm week i guess so next week i will be emailing on tuesday due to it being transfers and that is when p-day and i have that feeling that something is going to happen i don't know what but its there haha there i go prophesying the future well keep thrusting in the work my fellows!

i love you!
Elder Pehrson

Oh, here are pictures from this morning at the Phoenix Temple!

so this is the phoenix temple! yay! we go every monday and do a hike on a hill overlooking it but we thought we'd stop by and take some pictures for you. and yes i know i am a very awkward when people take pictures of me...

Sister Watts' Mission Call

oh and look at this note i got

Dear Sister Watts: You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Russia Vladivostok Mission. You will prepare to teach the gospel in the Russian language. I report October 9th! (Read Alex's blog about getting her call here)

oh man could i be a happier elder? i do not believe so. :D 

i'm happy to hear about trek thats so much fun and such a spiritual experience that you'll always be able to cherish and i love how mum and dad were ma and pa that is so fitting and i bet your trek family just loved you so much for that and all you did for them, i bet you dad was able to tell some funny stories or help teach the kids a bit about how to rough it. he is always good at knowing something about everything. 

speaking of the greatest dad in the world HAPPY FATHERS DAY! you are the best dad in the world! i love you so much and i thank you so much for your example to me that has helped me through the trials of life, you have not led with a loud voice to be certain but you lead with an example that yells louder then any voice could that you are a man of God and you have led your family to choose a like course. thank you so much dad for all that you do, remember that you are a Father, the same title that we give to our Deity. 

ok now june 17 june 17 hmmm something is nagging at me that this is a special day hmmm what could it be? Avatar day? no thats not it... its not universal hopscotch day man what could it be? could any one help me? anyone? ok how about you melinda? anything special about today? WHAT!? you mean to tell me that its your birthday!?!?!?! oh man how could i have forgotten that! well HAPPY BIRTHDAY mindy moo! you are an amazing daughter of God and you should know that! never give up and always raise the bar! 

i love you all so much thank you all for supporting me i love you so much!
love Elder Pehrson

I have fun ;D

Ok so just so you all know we hit our first 115 so far this year! and it was not so bad this year as it was last year but it did help that it was only a flash and it lasted for one day and all the other days have only been about 103 so that was better but i don't think i'm going to think the same when its 115 everyday for three weeks but all is well. 

so exciting news we went to the mesa temple sat morning and it was so nice to go through a session i loved it so much you have no idea! 

so other then that no real update aside from a bike story, so (z this is for you hehe) 

There was once a upon time in the barren dessert a land called Glendale. This land was a peculiar land. A land inhabited by a people as bristly and charming as the cacti that they seem to love so much. This land was peopled by some who find joy in this life by driving ridicules vehicles over forests of small plants called collectively as grass. why do they do this one might ask? some might say the heat is getting to them others would say sheer boredom but if you were to ask one of them...

they would then begin to tell you of a form of entertainment that consists of hitting little white balls and then chasing them down in their curious vehicles to then hit them again until they disappear into a poorly placed hole. 

back to mine account. in this land The Knight Sir Pehrson the Wise was called away to a land that was not his own and during his Sojourn in alien lands a brother in arms or rather another Knight was chosen to ride his steed in his stead and as his Sir Pehrson's faithful stead was Galloping his was to a victory he was sadly shot in the withers by a Fire Arrow and was down for the count. Sir Pehrson thought he could Mend His Faithful Steed but Alas it was not so. 

But Fear not for the Brave knight was no without a trick or two up his chain mail for he took the steed to the very man from whom he had obtained him those many months ago and this Kind man was able to breath the breath of life back into The steed and only charged 20 doll hairs when any other would have charged 70+ so at the end of the day the Valiant knight was able to ride his steed once more into the the dessert sunset with the Hot dessert wind blowing through his impeachable helmet.

 Ahh yes and Thus we see that the Zeal of a knight will conquer all the fiery darts of the adversary.

Well i hope you enjoyed this tune in next week to find out how you too can become as handsome as Sir Pehrson!

Love YA! ;)
Elder Pehrson

Grandma Eccols

ok just so everyone knows... it is HOT! we hit 109 on sunday (lucky we were in church HA!) so after 15 months i had to get a new tube for my bike ;( and when it blew (and it BLEW) it also bent the rim but don't worry because of a handy tool kit that i was given back in the land of eternal p-days that i carry on my bike i was able to true the wheel back to ship-shape and i put my new tube on and i filled it with good ol' snot so lets pray that this one will last as long as the last one. 

The other side of the story of course is that it happened on exchanges so i get a call from Elder Moore telling me that my bike blew up... yeah well thats how it goes right, it was interesting because his bike is what we would call the class A piece of junk so i was very tempted to see what would happen to the terror if it were to be dropped off the overpass into oncoming traffic... hmmm it might just have done the world a favor.

 other then that this week has gone by in a blur not much is going on here and we are going to have to work a lot on building ward member/missionary relationships which i have found it is sure a lot harder to REbuild trust then it is to gain it in the first place and with the members being here the way they are most of the work i'll be doing is going to be more on the REbuilding that trust, its been quite the experiance to piece together the story and the history of missionaries here. 

so this coming week i know will get better then this week however it will be hotter sadly but we carry on carry on carry on! i am coming to love the term "come what may and love it" and its so true! things may be hard and it might be bleak but i am serving my God! and what Joy that brings to me the peace and happiness that i have for serving those arround me even if they don't want to be helped thats ok i love what i'm doing and i look forward to see what changes God will make and how he will further his work here in Arrowhead ranch. 

so i gave my first blessing at a hospital which was cool the arrowhead hospital is in our area and they have our number for LDS ecclesiastic clergymen or however all we know is that if LDS people are there and they want a blessing they call us which i love and find such a neat experiance.

ok so this is Elder Longhurst and Sister Eccols (who punches us in the gut if we call her that and not Grandma haha) and myself and elder longhurst is yet again leaning on me. oh and these are right before our hairs getting cut so i got another nice beautiful buzz which i love so much any whom i love you all so much keep up the fight!

with love Elder Pehrson