Christmas Day/ Blizzard while skyping

We got to Skype with Elder Patterson today it was so awesome to see his smiling face. He said they had plans to meet with their zone an hour away but had to cancel do to a blizzard in Fort Morgan. He also shared with us that he was getting a new companion this up coming week. As some of you know  Elder Patterson has been struggling some with wondering why he has been with his current / trainer companion for 18 weeks He has felt for most of this his companion and him have not been unified as a companionship. He has struggled with that and has continually asked for prayers and direction on how to deal with this.Thankfully he has a recently returned sister who has offered him guidance on this many times. After talking to him today both his dad

and I felt like as we have been told many times by our church leaders and in the scriptures that our Heavenly Father can see the whole picture in our lives and we cannot. We also do not know the whole picture of what is going on with those we serve and interact with. We both felt so much better after being able to skype with Joshua today. We both know Heavenly Father does hear and answer our prayers even when it is not on our time frame.