Howdy... Well I am thinking I could get real redneck in this email if I wanted, but I will explain that a little later on.
This week was a week of learning how to love in my book. Love the missionaries in my zone, love the areas in palmas, love the people, love the work, and love being a missionary. Not that I have never loved these things, but I was able to do it in abundance this week. So we have our district meetings every week on tuesday morning, and we always have all the districts in the same chapel and we do our studies and after we have our meetings. So during personal study one of the elders came up to me asking to talk. So I went with him and we had a long talk. This elder is having lots of troubles with his companion. He came to me with some pretty heavy problems and as I sat there listening to him I was able to bear unto him my testimony and give him the comforting words that he needed. He humbly asked for a blessing and I gave him one. When I put my hands on his head the spirit just filled my sould and he received a blessing from Heavenly Father. At the end of the blessing he was just crying and thanked me so much for what I had done. My love for him was so big that I was filled with joy. I am so thankful that in that moment I was able to be the hands of the Lord and give the comfort he needed. It was an amazing experience.
Then another sister in our zone came up to me and our district leader and asked for a blessing of comfort as well because she got a phone call from her mom that morning that her dad had been in an accident at her house and broke his back. So once again, we were able to be the Lords servants and give another blessing of comfort. I stand all amazed that God has given us a little of His power to bless the lives of others. I am so thankful for the priesthood and acknowledge in all times and in all places that anything done by my hands is because of my Heavenly Father and Savior. Being their servant here always humbles me and teaches me more about them.
But Tuesday we also did a trade where I went with a new missionary to where? Back to Porto Nacional! haha. It was awesome to spend a day back in Porto. I was able to work with that new missionary and was amazed at the things he has already learned here. Being in porto again was also a very good experience. I remembered the love I have for that place and all the people there. The funny redneck story of the week was when i was leaving porto wednesday morning I was walking with elder alarcon to catch the bus to palmas when I heard ´´yup, he´s ´murican!´´ I turned on a dime to see big 3 white guys looking at me. I asked ´´you guys americans?´´ Yup. was the reply. I asked them what the freak they were doing here and they replied with the simple answer ´´farmin...´´ I was in awe! 3 dudes that ended up in porto nacional to farm! haha. One was from colorado, idaho, and kansas. They had on cowboy boots, wranglers, and that classic cowboy button up shirt. They reminded me so much of the folk from milford! I was expecting one of them to ask if I was ´´craigs son´´ like that always happens there! hahaha. I talked with them for a little while and left to catch my bus. My mind is still trying to figure out the whole thing :) lol
Thursday, I did annother trade with Elder Christensen. He is from St. George and went to piine view. It was one of the best trades ever because we talked about everything from st. george and we have some friends in common! When I was with him I also got his ´going home´ phone call when they called to see what airport he´d land in. When he said St. George airport we were both just laughing and being trunky together for a little bit. Sooo much fun. I am actually going to send a package with him and he´ll deliver it to you guys this next month he said :) so that is pretty awesome. And we have been blessed with tons of rain this week, the weather has cooled off quite a bit and I am sooo thankful because I am so sick of sweating 24/7.
So real fast because I am out of time. Today we had a ´´district p´day´´ and we went to the worlds second largest park.. Which I have already been too, but no one else had. So we went there with elder barker, elder lorenzone, and the two sisters from our district. After we went and bought some stuff to make a brasillan food, pastels. (pastries in english, but they aren´t even pastries...) It was also way legit beccause we met up with elder anderson and elder schinigoski at the church where we made lunch and we hung out with them for the day. Elder schinigoski is finishing his mission this week! So sad to see my ´dad´going home, but it was good to be with him. And we played some games with coins and flour. A game where you put flour in a cup, make a sand castle, and put a coin on top. Each person takes a turn cutting away parts and when the coin falls you have to get it out with your mouth. I´ll send a pic of Elder Anderson losing. It was hilarious! haha. But I have to go. Sorry if my email was super spiritual, exciting, but I tried my best. I love each of you and hope this week is great! Next week is transfers, but I don´t expect any changes with me. I´ll let you know though! love you all! The church is true! Trust in Christ and have FAITH in all things good always!
com amor, Elder patterson
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