September 14, 2015

Wow, I don´t even know where to start this week so I will just start out by telling you all about my travels and what was going on on my end of the world. haha. So as you all know we had a mission conference with ELDER COSTA thursday in Palmas. But Tuesday I went to palmas to watch a broadcast of another trainning that happened in brasilia for district leaders and stuff. So Wednesday I went with another elder to Palmas to watch that trainning and it was in Palmas 3! My old and most favorite area/ward. While I was there I saw the bishop and I was able to talk to him for a while. He is so great and so funny. But we watched the trainning and we missed most of it because of the internet connection was faulty. But tudo bem. After the conference we walked to the apartment I was at and I just missed everyone as I walked in front of their houses and stuff, if I had more time I would have stopped to talk to them, but we had no time. So wednesday night was when you saw me :) haha. So gabi and weder moved into our apartment complex! the floor right beneath us! And When we got there they weren´t home so I was really sad, but after a while they came home and we visited them! they started making us dinner and it was just wonderful. I love them so much and they love me. Weder ran up and gave me the biggest hug ever rubbing it in gabi´s face because she can´t! haha. But it was just the best to talk with them for a little while and have a little dinner. I loved the picture mom sent to them. Super awesome. You are such a goof :) But that night we also stayed in the elder apartment there and I was just dying! I miss that area so much. It is like the best area on the mission. 

Oh! and I also saw another lady from palmas 3 as well and she was way excited to see me and tell me all about her wedding and the baptism of her husband! I don´t know if you all remember that couple we were helping to get married so he could be baptized, but it finally happened shortly after I left!!! (and p.s. Valeria and her kids from Luziana all got baptized as well!!!! whoohoo!!!!)

So thursday we had our conference with Elder Costa and it was incredible. He shook all of our hands at the beginning and asked us where we were from. When I told him I was from St. George he started talking in english telling me I must feel right at home here because its so hot there! ha. He is such funny guy. We listened to him and took notes for almost 4 hours. When it was all said and done we were all sad because we would have listened to him for 4 more hours. He told us his conversion story and it was incredible... He was the last one to be baptized in his family. After he heard the first message about Joseph Smith he wanted to know the truth so he got Joseph Smith History and read each verse and prayed to know if each verse was true. He said after 14 hours he had received an answer. And he said he didn´t have faith that Joseph was a prophet and he didn´t need faith, but said he had a perfect knowledge that he was a prophet. Wow, it was soooo powerful. Because Faith is something we believe in that we can´t see, its not a perfect knowledge, But Elder Costa said he has a perfect knowledge. He is a great guy and we were all so blessed to hear his words. 

Now the rest of the week just seems like a blur. The highlight of the weekend was probably sunday when we had lunch with a family that recently moved closer to palmas. They love us and Leyssane made us all shirts together! ha. It turned out super good. I will try to send a picture. Oh! also, transfers are today. I am staying here with elder Burock one more transfer. Pray for us! And The other dupla that was in our house left! I don´t know if two more will replace them or not. But it will be interesting to see what happenes this transfer! Love you all, thanks for the prayers and thoughts. have a great week! 

com amor, Elder Patterson