Hey!

FAMILIA!!!!

Sorry it has been so long since I have written!! Things have just been crazy busy! A ton has happened so I don't really know where to begin!

Well First off THINGS ARE AWESOME!!!! I have already decided that I am moving back to this town after my mission!! It really is so great!  I love the people and the food!!! mmmmmmmmmmm

Angela Got baptized!  What an experience that was!  I don't think I have ever had to work THAT hard to get one person ready for baptism.  It was amazing how everything wrong went wrong.  She lives in a very rough neighborhood and has so much negativity around her, so it was eally hard to keep her focused and positive!  But with a TON of prayer and help from the members she was BAPTIZED!!!! It was an amazing baptism too.  I asked her to share her testimony after it was over ans she did.  Her testimony of the Atonement and of faith was amazing. I am so envious of converts.  Although on some level we become more converted ourselves to the gospel being born into it; converts just have a totally original perspective! Their testimonies just amaze me.  Angela has been amazing ever since she got baptized.  She has told ALL her homies about it ,and wants all her friends to talk to us!  THAT IS WHAT IS IS ALL ABOUT!  IT IS SO GOOOOOD THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT!  She is an awesome missionary now.  This whole experience taught me how important members really are.  So I challenge you guys to go out of your way to help someone come to the church!  I know it will change your life as well as theirs.

We had another amazing miracle these past 3 weeks!  So we were walking down a street that was totally not interested, and we were so confused as to why we felt like we needed to be there?  Well as we were walking back to our car to leave we saw I saw this women mowing her lawn, and I kid you not she had like a pillar of light around her.  It was unreal.  So we went up to her and I was like, "HEY!!!! Can I mow your lawn for you?!!" She said no, but then all of the sudden she said, "I think I am going to start coming to your church." WHATTTTTT.  We had not even started talking about church yet or anything for that matter!  She explained that she had been praying for a way to get closer to God and a place where her family can go.  We didn't even know what to say!  We obviously asked if we could come back and she said pretty much for lack of a better word "DUH". ha.  So for the next two weeks we tried to see her, and could never get to her!  She would be sick or not feeling well or not home!  We were so depressed!  Then, last Thursday we went over with a member that we felt like needed to come and tried to see her.  SHE WAS HOME AND HEALTHY!  We had the most unreal lesson ever!!!! We started talking about the Book of Mormon and the First Vision and she just started crying!!! Shoot,I WAS CRYING!  She just said," From the moment I met you guys I KNEW that this was or me."  She told us she already knew this was true!  I wish I could describe the feeling that was there on her patio.  It was beautiful!  We extended baptism to her, and she was like, "I have already been baptized, but I don't even care I'll do it again!" HAHA it was so awesome.  Her name is Rita and she has two amazing and bright young girls.  

I am so grateful for the hand that God plays in our missionary work, well actually His missionary work.  I really know that with Faith anything, and I mean ANYTHING is possible.  I am thankful for the trials we go through, cause I know it is a way for me to get closer to God and always remember Him.  I am thankful for all of you that support and pray for me!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

With a TON of love,

Elder Patch

Pics-

Got to throw on a wheel again! Felt so good!

We have a famous artist in our ward (Janice Wunderlich)

she lets me throw all the time. she's rad.