I was super sad to hear that our beloved Uncle Lamar passed away. But it makes me super happy to know that he is in a better place and no longer suffering. I can´t describe the love and respect I have for that man. I remember the last conversation I had with him before I left. I was saying goodbye at the door when he gave me a great big hug, those big warm hugs of his that just make you feel loved and special. He told me how proud of me he was and how happy that he was that I was going to serve the Lord. He told me that it was going to be the last time I saw him in this life and that was something I just didn´t want to believe. But he also told me that we´d see each other again and he´d be giving me the same old hugs he always gave. I truly am so thankful for the Gospel and the sure knowledge we have that this life isn´t all there is. I am forever thankful for the example Uncle Mo left for us. I will truly miss him <3
So I´ll give an update on the week. First, Thursday was probably one of the most trunky days ever (and one of the most tiring). We sent off 7 missionaries Thursday. We had to wake up at 4:30 to drop off the first two. We got home, rested for just a little bit, and then we were out the door again. Thursday was fun because it was our last day with E. Brown and some of the others that I love. Elder and Sister Rowe took us out to eat fast food for there last meal. ha. We had to drop E. Brown off with two of the other americans in the afternoon. It was sooo sad to say goodbye. I would have cried I think if we hadn´t of ripped the bandaid off quickly. lol. E. Brown is such a good friend and I loved being with him for a couple of weeks. I know for sure that I will see him again one day when he is in Utah studying. We had one more drop off later in the evening. We dropped off E. Frias. I lived with him in Porto and we became good buddies (Cody, his brother was an assistant of your mission, more or less the same time you were there. From peru...) so it was hard to say goodbye to him as well. So in the end, we made 4 trips to the airport and it was just trunky for sure, I am sure you can all imagine why. But that all passed real fast because we are just so dang busy. Oh! Fun fact. When we all got our flight plans Elder Seth emailed his dad and asked why we weren´t taking the Azul flight to São Paulo. Within an hour we got an email confirming the change so all of us in our group are going to São Paulo with the best airline here in Brasil :)
Friday was the busiest day I think I have had yet here in the office. I was just resolving so many things. It´s very interesting because now I am learning if I will like to work in an office job. lol. I have actually liked it. I have learned so much. But we´ll see if it´s what I want to do in life ;) ha. I´ve basically marked tons of doctors appointments (which is hard, medical terms in portuguese are difficult...) this week and it´s crazy how many people get sick or have problems... I think to myself ´´just rub some dirt on it and go out and work´´ :) But we gotta help all the sicklies.
This week we also bought supplies for two houses on the mission, ie Beds, fridges, dressers, tables, chairs etc. We are getting everything set up and ready for this next transfer that is going to start next week. Lots of things to do and get in order as well.
We had some amazing and some not so amazing lessons this week. Monday afternoon we went to teach this young adult and she basically disagreed with everything we said. I think she was just trying to be difficult because at first she said ´´I don´t believe in the Bible. Nor does God answers prayers.´´ But then at the end of the lesson she said ´´I will pray about it. God will give me an answer today...´´ Ugh. But the lesson after was just amazing! We found another person super ready to receive the Gospel, or so we thought. The lesson we gave was perfect. She answered everything exactly how you want to hear. Accepted to go to church, to read the Book of Mormon, to pray, all of it. But when we went back to visit her she was just not interested anymore. We think she read some stuff on the internet about the church and so she didn´t really want to talk anymore. That happens a lot. We tried to ask what was wrong and why she didn´t want to go, but she just said that one day she´ll go... So that was lame.
Yesterday was super legit! Elder Nascimento and myself didn´t go to our own ward because an area that E. Nascimento opened became a branch. So we got permission from the President to go and watch that ward conference. It was even more fun because we went with President and Sister Lundgren in their car. It was our Sunday out with the Lundgrens :) I chatted with Sister Lundgren the whole time because it was quite the trip to make it there. After church we all went and ate lunch together at a members house and I talked with Sis. and Pres. for quite a while. I laughed my head off with them. President and Sister are so awesome and funny together :) She also gave me lots of life advice that I loved while President was just cracking jokes the whole time. Super hilarious. Then on the way home we just talked about St. George the whole time and how much she misses it. They are going to buy a house there after the mission again :) She even showed me pictures of her kids and there families pictures taken in Zion. I just loved it all! Such a great day.
Well, I hope all of you are doing good! Shout out to my old man, the Craiganator, my pops, my friend, and the world´s BEST FATHER ever. Love you daddio.
com amor, Elder Patterson
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