Dear Family and
Friends,
Let me paint a picture
for you,
I'm sitting here at
the top level of on an old set of wooden bleachers that desperately need to be
painted again, overlooking an autumn colored world. The sun peeking out of the
clouds just enough to warm the tips of my shoes keep a gentle smile on my face,
content with my life and where I feel I am going. My tummy is happy as I
casually eat caramel candy corns I bought today at the grocery store. Big, old
elm trees are overshadowing me, and every so often a yellow leaf will fall from
its spot and land on my screen as I type this email to you. The distant
mountains are covered with misty clouds which promise rain for us later in the
evening when we are riding our bikes. The chill in the wind is friendly and
familiar to me and my Canadian roots. I am listening to soft, melodious hymns
played on the cello. I am in a very calm and blissful mood as I have made my
final preparations to be transferred tomorrow morning to my new wonderful home
of Grantsville, Utah. I hear it's very farm-town-ish which reminds me so much
of home. I love the country, the farms, the smells, the feels, the sounds. It
just fills me with happy, warm fuzzies! I am right now stuck in a very reminiscent,
yet hopeful frame of mind. I like it! Haha
It has been a rough
week considering I have been sick the majority of the time but I did the best I
could and I worked even when I probably shouldn't (I think that stubbornness
got me more sick than I would've been if I just stayed inside) but alas it has
been a good final week with my companion Elder Jones. He has been good to me. I
have been immensely blessed with the companions that I have had and it has been
the wonderful privilege of mine to learn the things I have from these friends
of mine. It's so great to see how missions can do so much for a young man or
woman. Not only does it bless countless lives and generations to come, but I
feel, overarching those is a blessing I have always sought after in my life and
have been graciously given by my Heavenly Father in these influential and
monumental years of my life. These experiences I am having, especially as of
late, have increased my hope and my ability to one day be a worthy and
righteous husband and father. I have some absolutely amazing examples in my
life. People who served missions and attribute much of their success and
happiness in life to serving. They give credit to their missions for the Christ
like attributes they have gained overtime. I was blessed to have seen my
brother the last number of years as I lived in his home, and to see how he
treated his wife and children. He has got to be one of the most humble and
selfless men I have ever met in my life. He gave me so much. He gave me of his
time, talents and his love. Dad you did the same! The way you treated mom was
with the highest respect and utmost love. She is a queen in your eye and in
God's and we all can see that by the way you treat her. But serving a mission has
been one of the most difficult challenges I have ever faced in my life. So much
has happened for me here and also back home. It has been one of the biggest
learning curves I've ever experienced. But it has changed me a lot, for the
better.
Sorry but it is
transfers this week, and I am moving to Grantsville, which is a 45 minute drive
west, past the mountains. I am getting a new companion named Elder Blatter and
know nothing about him. I will tell you more next week!
Love Elder Patterson
On top of the conference center with the Halls, their daughter is being baptized next month
The Palmers who fellowshipped Jayden and Rustie (Jayden was baptized last weekend) Rustie is his mom who we are helping come back to church.
This is Tricia Wright and her daughter Charlotte
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