tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38955552519241347422024-03-12T19:22:59.794-07:00Called to ServeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-7490776486959554522011-07-23T09:01:00.000-07:002011-07-23T09:05:45.098-07:00More Pictures<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaM_uHM1ojA-seXqRUwmR4sBJW838TiQMKWa26fJJxJ7vs9dPVtZwcYkXXy769Z9fR47hB7NLFZBIZA42nJr5cE51d-fugS4_J3t866PfTwxmKKXn-54LihyphenhyphenEh8CsadIb23nFx2-tQv_5K/s1600/DSC09720%255B1%255D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632578970127865474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaM_uHM1ojA-seXqRUwmR4sBJW838TiQMKWa26fJJxJ7vs9dPVtZwcYkXXy769Z9fR47hB7NLFZBIZA42nJr5cE51d-fugS4_J3t866PfTwxmKKXn-54LihyphenhyphenEh8CsadIb23nFx2-tQv_5K/s640/DSC09720%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a></p><br /><div></div><br /><p align="center"><a 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The members we live with out here had there granddaughter move in and she's our age. She has sleepovers with some of the young women in our ward, and it gets very awkward! Well, anyways here is the rundown of our week. Monday- Holiday so our <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">pday</span> is pushed to Tuesday. Crappy day to try to find work. My companion also rear ended someone.<br />Tuesday- <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pday</span>, and a sleep over/movie night at our house...<br />Wednesday- Zone conference most of the day, and switching off on exchanges with the zone leaders.<br />Thursday- Searching for apartments for us to move into cause the office really wants us out of where we live right now, and I completely agree. Also exchange back.<br />Friday- Looking for more <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">apartments</span>.<br />Saturday- Apartment hunting more.....<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haha</span> I know it doesn't seem like much, but for me it's a lot. We did find a really nice apartment that is in like the center of our area, and we are just waiting on the office to get all the fun stuff taken care of and hopefully we move in this week.<br />Well, I can't really think of anything else to talk about, but thank you so much for writing. Thanks for all you do, I love and miss you guys, and I'll talk to you next week.<br />Love, Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-2759244738873579162011-06-27T22:09:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:11:04.159-07:00How are things going? I'm assuming that Mom has already moved in with you? If so how is that going? Is she having any luck finding a job and somewhere to live? Let her know that I got her package last week and it really meant a lot to me. Tell her that she's got some good taste at picking out ties. I don't even think she was the one who picked them <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>. I'm doing good, we are coming off of a colder week. It's been in the 50's this week and rainy, but today seems like it'll be a warm day. I started a new workout this week and it's been kicking my butt <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span>... We have interviews with President Jones tomorrow which is always fun, and we have zone conference next week... Well, I don't know what else is new out here. It's fun as usual. I love and miss you guys and pray fr you always. Have a great week! Love, Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-63439638122617006492011-06-23T21:54:00.000-07:002011-07-09T21:57:42.878-07:00Mission ConferenceI'm doing good out here still. If you didn't know, we had a full mission conference last Saturday, with five General Authorities present. We heard from Bishop <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Edgly</span> from the presiding <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">bishoprick</span>, Elder Ward from the area seventy, Elder <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ardern</span> from the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">quarm</span> of the seventy, Elder <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hallstrom</span> from the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">presidence</span> of the seventy, and Elder Cook from the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">quarm</span> of the twelve! It was such an amazing meeting to hear from all of them and afterward we got a full mission picture with them. Yesterday we had stake conference and heard from Elder Ward, and Elder <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ardern</span> again! It really was a unique experience to be in a meeting with five general authorities and it is something I'll never forget! The weather here has been pretty good, although we're supposed to have thunder storms all day and night, but I love thunder storms, it's so relaxing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span>! Well, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">I'm</span> doing good and it really was great to hear from you and thank you so much for everything that you do! I pray for you always and I'll talk to you again next week! I love you all!<br />Love, Elder Patterson<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCtokyhYjc70oSmUDlnB1MUhzcd9uNVLFr8rM83HRc9Ltp6-nptmUEKMu5tn7gHylZ8sHSqrNz8IDLwuvIPuTFA0-wkmaWNQ0FIFkDoVEHb-skYmanvXSxOVwqyp8V6LQrqeHeRq2YdJF/s1600/conference-4_2_2_2_2_3_2%255B1%255D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627582788742025266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCtokyhYjc70oSmUDlnB1MUhzcd9uNVLFr8rM83HRc9Ltp6-nptmUEKMu5tn7gHylZ8sHSqrNz8IDLwuvIPuTFA0-wkmaWNQ0FIFkDoVEHb-skYmanvXSxOVwqyp8V6LQrqeHeRq2YdJF/s640/conference-4_2_2_2_2_3_2%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-13991441345371659052011-06-06T22:08:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:09:01.036-07:00It's good to hear from you! You should get mom into emailing so it would be easier for me! It's about time for her to learn. Well, I did get those cards for Hunter and Bowman. I thought they were both sweet! I liked <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bowmans</span> where he was on his stomach and his head was on his hands. Sounds like he's quite the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">chunker</span>! I've been working on myself, and am down to 196! Basically all my weight went to my butt! I have quite the ghetto booty!!! But it's good now <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>. Well, the best address to send to me right now is the 6830 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Northstar</span> ct. Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494! I'm so excited to get that package! I'm way excited for my year mark, has it really been a year??? It doesn't seem like it at all. My <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">companion</span> is freaking out more than me cause he's gonna hit his two year mark with me. He's going home in six weeks. He tells me about it every day <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>! Anyways, this week we went to Stevens Point and got ice cream cones that were literally the size of my thighs!!! It was like a gallon of ice cream on a normal sized cone. I don't know how they did it, because it was totally against the law of physics! But I ate it all, and wanted to throw up, but I didn't. So in a way I completed the gallon challenge with ice cream <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>. I got pics, but these computers don't have a card slot so I'll have to figure out how to get you some.<br />Well, it really was good to hear from you and tell everyone I say hi and I love and miss you guys. I'll talk to you next week!<br />Love, Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-46572302649299298672011-05-02T22:06:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:07:26.327-07:00I'm doing good back here and my new area is Wisconsin Rapids! It's a really pretty area, it reminds me of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pinetop</span> or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Payson</span> because there are tons of Pine trees. Wisconsin Rapids is actually surrounded with paper mills so the air usually stinks pretty bad. My new companion is Elder Stevens and he's way sweet! He's going home in July so I'll probably be sending him home. Or as it's said in the Mission Field I'm killing him <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>. He's from just outside of Salt Lake and he's a way cool kid! He and I are a lot alike. My year mark is actually June 16! That's the day I entered the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">MTC</span> so <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">that will</span> be a big day when I hit that. I'm already freaking out because that's next month and I don't know where the time has gone. I just can't keep up.<br />What's funny is I got your email right as I opened up my email. Right when I opened it up it wasn't there and then the next second it popped up so Great timing!<br />Wisconsin Rapids really is a sweet area. It's about the center of Wisconsin. I met the ward and I gotta say, there are some very very strange people in this part of Wisconsin. It'll be an interesting little bit that I'm here cause I've already gotten some good laughs about some of the people here. It's a very small ward, almost a branch, but fun. This week has been crummy because it's been like in the 30's and 40's and rainy all week. We had a couple nice days in there.<br />So yesterday at Sacrament meeting, The first <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">counselor</span> of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">bishopbrick</span> shared his testimony first to start it all off ya know. After he finished he said "the time is now yours to come up and share your testimony except we would like to give Elder Patterson a special invitation to come up and share his testimony with all of us." It would have been funny if I went up there and said that I don't know why, but I felt a strong impression to come up here. It wasn't the Spirit, but I just heard a voice tell me to get up here.<br />Anyways, I'm doing great out here and having a lot of fun. Thanks for writing me and keep me updated on all that goes on. I love and miss you guys and I'll talk to you next week!<br />Love, Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-30980030330714996332011-04-25T22:06:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:06:25.905-07:00Hey how's it going? I just wanted to let you know that I'm being transferred on Wednesday morning and I don't know where I'm going yet. They do the where your going calls tomorrow morning which always sucks to wait for. I'll let you know though where I go and wish me luck with packing everything up and moving around. That's the worst part of moving is packing it all up! I'll talk to you later and thanks for everything!<br />Love, Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-48685652216758532202011-04-18T22:05:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:05:35.700-07:00I'm doing well out here. It snowed all day Saturday, so I'm just waiting for spring to come around and stay around. It seems to just be teasing us. It's about 45 today and cloudy so that's warmer than the other day. We have transfers next Wednesday the 27<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> just to let you know because I will most likely be transferred because I've been here for six months and it'd rare for a missionary to be in an area any longer than that. But we won't know for sure if I'm leaving until this Saturday the 23rd. I'll let you know though next Monday. It's always sad though when you reach the end of your time serving in an area ya know. It's gonna be extremely sad when my time is up over all and I'll have to come home. I hit my ten month mark though the other day and it's just crazy to think about coming up on my year mark. I was talking to the missionary that trained me Elder <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hofmeister</span> and he couldn't believe how long I've been out. He's been out 17 months today. I'm just making so much friends out here and that is one joy of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">facebook</span> too, I can become friends with every friend I make out here and always keep in touch with how they're doing out here. One of our investigators set a baptismal date on her own this week. She called up bishop and met with him and set a date for May 22. We've been working with her for a long long time now and it's so exciting that she's finally made her decision. What stinks about that date though is that I'll probably be gone. But I'll have to make it back for the baptism.<br />Anyways, I'll let you go and hope you have a great week this week and tell everyone I said hi. Thanks <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">again</span> and I love and miss you guys so much and I'll talk to you again next week!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-36873643490582456002011-04-04T22:02:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:03:49.627-07:00<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhMNYBSz8ZahhWi7s5GjBJVDBlkSsAND6pgrCp4SIxfPsdezYNRiYsnInk_BWot628tqy86-zVlkV4B-jDakbXb4E01OneTXmF55Ncnn4nLNgV8-A0yRaV_VJsbfA0bhVab2WOyACc2Sl/s1600/photo%255B1%255D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627584763168681330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGhMNYBSz8ZahhWi7s5GjBJVDBlkSsAND6pgrCp4SIxfPsdezYNRiYsnInk_BWot628tqy86-zVlkV4B-jDakbXb4E01OneTXmF55Ncnn4nLNgV8-A0yRaV_VJsbfA0bhVab2WOyACc2Sl/s720/photo%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-73966989939518408682011-03-21T22:01:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:01:43.513-07:00I'm doing good here in Kettle Moraine. My new companion is Elder Trusty and he seems to be a pretty trusty guy ha ha ha. I'm so funny! My last companion though got transferred up to Escanaba! I was so jealous because I loved serving in Esky, it's such an awesome area to be in! But so is Kettle Moraine. Although we did have kind of a slow week. We should have a much better week though this week I hope, oh and to top off my slow eek, I got a $90 ticket for going 35 in a 25!!! Sucks a bunch, but oh well. Other than that though, I'm doing great here. It's been warming up here and all the snow is almost gone, but it's supposed to snow again on Wednesday haha. What's crazy is that I've been in this area for 4 1/2 months which means I might be getting transferred in five weeks. You can never guess that though, but we'll see.<br />Well I will let you go because we gotta go to the Stake Center in Milwaukee to play some ball:) I love and miss you guys and hope you have a great week! Talk to you later.<br />Love, Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-30051713350823938072011-03-14T22:00:00.000-07:002011-07-09T22:00:22.614-07:00Well, I'm doing good here. I'm not being transferred on Wednesday, but my companion that's been here for six weeks is. President Jones called me up on Saturday saying that I'm getting a new missionary but I don't think that means I'm training because the only missionaries coming out are Hmong and Spanish speaking, but I did hear that there is a missionary coming from Germany, because he was having visa problems and so they're sending him here. I'll have to let you know though who I do get next week. That does pose a problem though, all of my companions have had a GPS because it's nearly impossible to get around Wisconsin without one. Now my companion isn't gonna have one and I don't know what I'm gonna do because they cost like a hundred buck and I don't have that kind of money. I told Dane about this problem too, and I told him that if you guys could help, I would need it ASAP because after Wednesday, I don't know what I'm gonna do! I know this is probably bad timing and all with you almost there with having your baby and all. Thank you so much though for everything and please keep me updated with everything. I'll have to talk to you next week! Love you and thanks again!<br />Love,<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-15843404016096559942011-02-21T16:36:00.000-08:002011-02-21T17:26:39.665-08:00PicturesHow's everything going? Have you had your baby yet? If not it's coming up right? Are you excited or not?<br />I'm doing good as you can see I attached some pics to this email because I keep forgetting to get another disc for you from wal mart but I'll do that soon. I set up a profile on mormon.org and I used that pic that you took of me before I left. You should go to mormon.org and see if you can find my profile and check it out. You should even start one, it's sweet. Well not much else is new here. It was a pretty warm week and all the snow melted but then it got cold again and it snowed all day yesterday. Well I can't think of anything else to write so I'll talk to you later. Bye!<br />Love<br />Elder Patterson<br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFRYuf3aGjpK6b-MM_-UfppMM_r_OqdmzV935XT0YRcuiv7nql5CPlL57vcEalxI7lLuW-OPzQa4Xko4EJLOczJqMRWSj-2GYBFK0Hx-4bZTfxPvNJmNE1JP43E6x3Gac3T8rUKivPAZp/s1600/DSC08784%255B1%255D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576306987422404578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFRYuf3aGjpK6b-MM_-UfppMM_r_OqdmzV935XT0YRcuiv7nql5CPlL57vcEalxI7lLuW-OPzQa4Xko4EJLOczJqMRWSj-2GYBFK0Hx-4bZTfxPvNJmNE1JP43E6x3Gac3T8rUKivPAZp/s640/DSC08784%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL7qLNMo6TfRuxd1C35mmPVC5OuE6esVeJM7P4J-1jc1Pbrvu44An5ATaIjJn9P6x-ctfIBQdSPOLXVofY3xoMSgoARTgjwCuaEby9TnMKKS0CQ0s11vDj_vYeQ8gkoVqFgxkYDQ3gL6dl/s1600/DSC08810%255B1%255D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576306983628718098" border="0" alt="" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDXqtktcmT4grcJChy8i_1V3NVfGVX0lJF8JPRH40xMod0mv7qfaxkk1G5zCKve3NckKsl7g56w53DMWg14uN8UOLoyxCrd8M8iw3zS0P-gbi3PG96nu_pM474Fx6dzEGOU5AYrDmImG3/s1600/DSC09386%255B1%255D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576306717252084066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDXqtktcmT4grcJChy8i_1V3NVfGVX0lJF8JPRH40xMod0mv7qfaxkk1G5zCKve3NckKsl7g56w53DMWg14uN8UOLoyxCrd8M8iw3zS0P-gbi3PG96nu_pM474Fx6dzEGOU5AYrDmImG3/s640/DSC09386%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-62454366594018384542011-02-07T16:36:00.000-08:002011-02-21T16:55:10.677-08:00Hello, Thanks for the updates on Calvin I'm happy to hear that he's doing so well now. I was kinda worried at the beginning of your email but now I'm relieved but not because I farted <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>.<br />I'm so excited that I get a whole 33 bucks back. For a missionary that's a lot of money so I'm just pumped <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span>. We had a crazy crazy blizzard the other day and we got about 14 to 15 inches of snow from that but just a little south of us they got 26 inches so we got lucky here. My comp got transferred and I got a new one. His name is Elder <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Alleman</span> and he's from Idaho and he's been out for about six months now. He's really shy and quiet, in combined priesthood meeting yesterday the Bishop asked him to stand up and introduce himself and he got up and waved at everyone and sat back down without even saying a word, it was hilarious.<br />Now I know you hate sports, But The GREEN BAY PACKERS won the Super Bowl last night and everyone here is going nuts. We were told by our mission president that we were supposed to be indoors by 4 yesterday because of it. Every time they play, we are not allowed to tract because everyone gets drunk and it's just so dangerous to knock on doors. I'm so so glad that they won though and now I'm a packers fan. Dane even said that Calvin is the youngest packers fan because they all watched the game together.<br />Well that's what's new from my neck of the woods, and I'm so glad to hear that you guys are all doing so well. Pretty soon I'll be checking my emails and find that you had your baby too. Just a few weeks away. Anyways I'll talk to you later, bye.<br />Love<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-27214260097350725022011-01-10T16:35:00.000-08:002011-02-21T16:51:41.931-08:00<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haha</span> that's funny! For me 20 s not that bad at all. And I did hear that Alaska was pretty warm. That's pretty crazy though. The pink drink is awesome like always. I'm getting pretty good at making it too. I can't believe that both you and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Carli</span> are gonna be having a baby. I'm just missing a lot so I want tons of pictures!<br />I'm doing good here. Those hand warmers are awesome and keeping me warm when we tract. It was kind of a slower week so there's not really anything new here but more snow. It's always good to hear from you. Oh I'll tell you what's new!!!!! THE PACKERS WON YESTERDAY!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!! Well <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">haha</span> I'll talk to you later.<br />Love<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-79315846403648804272011-01-03T16:34:00.000-08:002011-02-21T16:51:22.953-08:00How are things going back there? Is it still warm? I heard Phoenix reached 20 the other day? Were you guys just dying? Are the boys back in school today?<br />I'm doing good here. We had a couple warm days last week which was weird but that's not the case anymore. It reached 51 last week and melted all the snow but the next day it was about 10. It was strange but that's Wisconsin I guess. How was your New Years. I heard they legalized fireworks so I bet Brian had a blast!? Anyways I'll talk to you guys later. Bye<br />Love<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-2638251092448605362010-12-20T16:34:00.000-08:002011-02-21T16:50:56.276-08:00Hey, thanks for keeping me up to date with Grandma. I was at the Chicago Temple the other night and I was praying for her in there. I'm so happy to hear that she was not only ably to get a new heart but is doing so well after the surgery. I'm also glad that she was able to get it before Christmas too.<br />Well I'm doing good here still and as I said, I was able to go to the Temple with my first companion because a member in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Escanaba</span> was going through before his mission and he wanted us to come to that. He was escorted by the previous mission president and I was able to meet him for the first time because he got released a couple days before I came out. I'm heard so much about him and now I know what a great guy he is. He is just full of inspiration. We really had such a blast there and now I just can't believe that it's almost Christmas! Time really does fly by so fast. I hit my six month mark last week which is really crazy because I still feel like I just got here. I really am doing great and am staying warm:) I'm so glad to hear that you guys are all doing well at home and are having a great Christmas so far! I'll talk to you on Saturday for Christmas and wish you a Merry <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Christams</span>!<br />Love<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-60436346029068542852010-12-13T16:33:00.000-08:002011-02-21T16:50:43.494-08:00Sorry I don't really have much time, but I wanted to let you know that I got your Christmas card today and I wanted to thank you for that. Hunter looks funny with all that teeth missing in his mouth. All he wants for Christmas is his five front teeth hahahaha. So how has everything been? Are you guys having a good Christmas so far? I'm doing good with my boots and everything. It's about 9 degrees out there and I'm doing pretty good in it because I've got a good jacket and some good shoes. We had some crazy storms last week. The weather today is nice though except for the temp. Hey I wanted to ask you to send me everyones phone numbers like Dendi, Dane, and yours, and moms new number so I can call you all on Christmas. We got nice new slider phones here with a full keyboard because we are gonna be allowed to text now which is way crazy. Anyways thanks again for the card and it sounds like you guys are doing good back there. I'll talk to you later, bye!!<br />Love<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-56783148548028920552010-11-22T16:32:00.000-08:002011-02-21T16:50:23.673-08:00Haha sorry I didn't get that email until this week but my address that I'm at is<br />637 Main Street Unit B<br />Delafield, WI 53018<br />I should be in this area for six months. I did get that package you sent me too with all the meds haha. The airborne you sent me is awesome, and I've never seen it in those powder packs before. And all the other stuff is awesome and I had to take some of the nyquill the other night because I was starting to get sick again so that came in handy. Thanks so much for that and I'm sooooo glad that you didn't order the other shoes because I would have felt soooo bad. Thank you again for thos boots, they are very nice and will do me good for two years. Thank you sooooooooooo much Tawni, it really does mean so much to me all that you do for me. I am doing really awesome and am LOVING my new area and I love and miss you all and wish you all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! I'll talk to you next week.<br />Love,<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-91865079706593265902010-11-08T16:31:00.000-08:002011-02-21T16:50:07.551-08:00<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haha</span> I'm <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">ok</span> it's not like I'm dying or something. I do have a huge jacket though but I haven't had to use it quite yet because it hasn't really been cold enough for it so I should be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">ok</span> with that. I've just been sick because it rains a lot and the shoes I have, have a hole in the toe now and also they are not waterproof so that's why my feet are always wet and I'm just guessing that that's why I've been sick so much. I was actually stressing out because I didn't know what I was gonna do about the boots and I was afraid to ask for some because it seems like I'm always asking. Thanks though for those because I didn't know what I was gonna do. I am getting transferred though for sure and I won't know where I'm going until tomorrow. I'll be out of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Escanaba</span> though tomorrow at noon which I'm pretty sad about but it had to happen sometime right? I've been feeling pretty dang good though the past couple of days. All I have now is just a sore throat and a runny nose. And trust me, being sick hasn't gotten in the way of me having a lot of fun! I'm having a blast out here! I just wanna know where I'm being transferred to! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Haha</span>! Well I'll let ya go and just know that I am doing great out here and thank you so much for everything that you do! I love and miss you all and I will talk to you later!<br />Love,<br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-25857182039389157922010-10-11T16:30:00.000-07:002011-02-21T16:49:11.326-08:00Hey what's up? I got pictures from Brandi of Cannon, he's cute and it's crazy to think she has two kids now. I hope your trip was good and I don't know if you're still there but I hope it's still going well.<br />I'm doing good here still and am still sick but hey, I've still gotta be working right? We had a really good week and I've been having a pretty tough time with my new comp but it was good to see the work keep moving forward and it not being slowed down.<br />Well I'll let ya go and I keep you and your family in my prayers and I'll talk to ya later!<br />Love, Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-841912253311150852010-10-04T16:29:00.000-07:002011-02-21T16:48:29.305-08:00<div align="center">Hey thanks for emailing me it was good to hear from you. That doesn't sound good with what's going on with grandma I hope they get it all figured out and stuff. I'll for sure fast with everyone and I'm glad you told me. I'll keep her in my prayers and keep me updated on the situation. Also see if you can find someone to go over and give her a priesthood blessing because she really needs that right now. See if Dane and Brian can run over and give her one or something. Thanks again for letting me know.<br />I'm doing good here and am keeping busy which is good. I'm still sick but I'm finally starting to feel much much better. I just can't get rid of my cough. My new companion Elder <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kraus</span> is from the Check Republic and is a great hard working missionary but he's completely different than my last companion which is taking some time to get used to. I'm the driver now which is really fun but not gonna be fun when it starts snowing because I really hate driving in the snow. Our truck has 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">WD</span> which is good though for the U.P. We are going to Green Bay today for a zone conference and I'm pretty excited for that.<br />Well I'll let you go and have fun in Texas and make sure you take lots of pictures of the baby and send them to me. Make sure you don't send any of her having it because I don't want to have nightmares ha ha. See ya later and I'll talk to ya later bye.<br />Love Elder Patterson </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-38126002517670494432010-09-27T16:28:00.000-07:002011-02-21T16:47:57.729-08:00<div align="center">How's it going? Sorry I haven't emailed for a while I was in Green Bay last week for stake conference and wasn't able to email. I don't have a lot of time to email today either because we gotta go somewhere. But I'll just catch you up on as much as I can right now. Well if you haven't heard, last week while we were in Green Bay I had to go to the emergency room because I was having a really hard time breathing from being sick and was able t get the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">meds</span> that I need to get better. As a result to that I am actually feeling the best I have in the last three weeks today which is pretty exciting because I'm really sick of being sick. Transfers are this Wednesday and I am staying in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Escanaba</span> for another transfer which is another six weeks and I'm excited to stay here too because this is the best area in the mission. I am however getting a new companion which I'm really nervous for really hoping it's one I can stand being with for six weeks or longer. We set a baptismal date with one of our investigators for October 23rd and I'm really excited to help her prepare for it and to watch her life just change dramatically. Well that's all I can think of updating you on and I'll let you go and hope to hear from you next week. Tell your kids that I love them and miss them and I'll talk to you next week!<br />Elder Patty </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-75431932885782293352010-09-13T16:27:00.000-07:002011-02-21T16:47:20.698-08:00<div align="center">How are things going with you? Do you know if you're having a boy or a girl yet? My guess is a boy! How's everything else been going?<br />Well I'm doing good here. I got your cookies! They were so good, thank you so much! I should be sending you a letter this week. But yeah like I said I'm doing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">ok</span>. I've had pneumonia which is not fun at all but I'm doing everything I can to get better from that. It's tough though because it doesn't let me sleep at night. Last night was actually pretty good because I slept for an hour and a half which felt really good. Our investigators here are all doing great and they are all still progressing and getting there. There is one member here though who needs <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">everyones</span> prayers, who is Tommy Chicago. A couple days ago someone stole his credit card and spent over $3,000. He has been through so much in his life and he's just trying to understand why he's going through so much. We've been working on getting him to the Temple and the closer he gets, Satan gives all he's got to stop him from going. So please keep him in your prayers as we get him closer to the Temple.<br />Well that's all that I can think of that's new here in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Escanaba</span> and I'll write you a letter this week and put anything that I may have forgotten in it. Thank you so much for everything especially those COOKIES ha ha. Love you!<br />Love,<br />Elder Patterson </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3895555251924134742.post-41985759693014954712010-08-30T07:52:00.000-07:002010-08-31T07:53:37.787-07:00Family and FriendsHey everyone! I hope you are all doing really well. I myself am doing really well out here. It was actually a crazy week because we spent half of the week here in Escanaba and then we spent the other half in Iron Mountain which is about an hour and ten minutes away from here. We did that because my companion and one of the Iron Mountain Elders comp went to Milwaukee for the week for meetings and so it was just Elder Carter and I all week. It was really interesting because we did a lot of finding by knocking on doors. We did that so much and because of that we now have three new investigators here in Escanaba and Iron Mountain also has a few more. While finding though we found a Born Again Christian who invited us in and really starting bashing on our church and what we believed. That's always an interesting experience to have.<br /><br />Now that Elder Hofmeister and I are back together we have a lot of referrals to go to all week because of the fair. We have really been looking forward to visiting these people. We have been working very hard and been having such a blast. We work hard and play hard. Also to catch you all up on our recent convert Bonnie Kirschner. When we gave her a Priesthood Blessing a couple weeks before her baptism to help her quit coffee she was so amazed at how easily she quit drinking it. To this day she has told us that she has quit caffeine all together which really surprised me. She is such an amazing member and is really making great friends in the Branch here in Escanaba.<br /><br />Well that's pretty much what we've been up to out here and I just want to continually thank everyone for all the support that you all give me. I pray for you all every single day. This mission has been a great experience and blessing so far. My Testimony has never been so strong before and is continually growing every day out here. Thanks again for everything you all do for me and I hope to hear from you!<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Elder PattersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0