He mentioned a principle he was taught in Zone Conference just a few days before. His mission president's wife, Sister Beckstrand, was a cheer coach in Utah before moving to Sweden to serve with her husband. She said several years ago she wanted to take her cheerleading team to Nationals. When she was talking to her husband about it, he said, "Honey its ok, (they needed A LOT of money to go) you've done enough for them." Sister Beckstrand replied, "I'm unstoppable." Later, Jim (her husband) went to work and she went to work on the phone. In just five days she raised 27,000 dollars and her team got to go to nationals. Three of her girls came home with gold medals. She said to the dance moms in tears, "The Lord wanted us at nationals."
Sister Beckstrand went on and told the missionaries that one day, our children would come to us and say, "I'm the worst basketball player, I didn't make the team, I'm so worthless..." and we will have to dig deep and dig into our strengths to help them. She said her daughter called her last week and said, "I'm stressed, the car is broken, the kids are screaming and messy, the house is a mess and my husband is tired..." and she said with tears, "Britney. You're unstoppable! You're strong. You can do it."
Peter continued his email saying, "A couple times in my life I have felt unstoppable. I feel that when I perform my concertos, I feel that when I push through my walls as I run in the mountains, finally losing those 50 lbs, as I gain the courage to ski off that cliff at Snowbird. I feel unstoppable when I contact people on the street, or knock doors. I think in my head, these people think they are holding us back by saying no, but they don't know that I'm here knocking on their door for my children. I'm being faithful and obedient so my children can be faithful and obedient. I wan't you all to know that I am unstoppable. I choose goodness, I choose light. I choose rightousness. I choose obedience to the commandments and to the covenants I have made. I choose a temple marriage. I choose an eternal family. I choose eternal happiness."
I LOVE the way Peter talks. It is hard for me to remember times when I felt unstoppable. I felt unstoppable when I danced in the musicals, when I went to India not just once but twice, when I memorized The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, when I got accepted to the advertising program and then the creative track, when I got an awesome job as the marketing designer for a dance company, when I married Cob, when I started this blog, and every time I bear my testimony.
The gospel makes me feel unstoppable. I'm so grateful for a loving Father in heaven who loves me and guides me every step of my journey through life. I know that if we will always rely on him, we can truly be unstoppable.
Love, Rebecca
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