Sunday, May 27, 2018

Week 95/89 Elder Wilford Andersen of the seventy tour of the Mission

So this week was pretty good.


May 16, 2018: We dropped off Elder Fand got Elder B. We then returned to Yuma and contacted some potential investigators which was fun.
Spiritual: Change is good.

May 17, 2017: We did a bit of service which was good. We had a lesson with a potential which was okay she is not understanding though. We then we tracting which was okay.
Spiritual: The Lord will bless your obedience.

May 18, 2018: We had district meeting, and Weekly planning which took up most of the day.
Spiritual: Planning is important.

May 19, 2018: We spent most of the day tracting and had no luck at all, we got 60ish people to say not interested and no one was interested.
Spiritual:The Lord will bless your sacrifice.

May 20, 2018: We had church which was great. Aside from church and tracting we did not do a whole awful lot.
Spiritual: The Sabbath is a delight.

May 21, 2018: We went tracting to again limited success. In the evening we went up to Greeley which was good.
Spiritual: The Lord is always mindful of us.

May 22, 2018: We had mission tour which was really good. Elder Wilford Andersen was teaching us a lot on the importance of faiths and obedience. 
Spiritual: God calls inspired men.

May 23, 2018: We had P-day. We helped a investigator family paint for a few hours which was fun. Not much else to report though.
Spiritual: Service is always great 

Saturday, May 19, 2018

Week 17 Yuma/ Yea Staying in Yuma to finish my mission

So this week has been pretty slow which was alright.

May 9, 2018: We did a bit of tracting to little success but that was alright. We also had had a few lessons scheduled but they canceled sadly.
Spiritual: God helps even in the little things

May 10, 2018: We had our last district meeting over skype which was good. We then decided to do some weekly planning which was good as well but not super productive.
Spiritual: Meetings can be good.

May 11, 2018: We did a fair amount of service which was good before we went tracting in Wray which was good. We gave a less active a blessing to help him stop smoking which was good and he has faith that it will help him a lot.
Spiritual: Blessings are powerful

May 12, 2018: We helped a member with some miscellaneous stuff at their home which was good and fun. We also had a lesson which was good as the person committed to baptism in July. We also got transfer news and I am staying in Yuma until the end of my mission which will be really good.
Spiritual: Service brings miracles.

May 13, 2018: We had church which was great. After church we had a lesson in Wray which was good. Then we got to talk with family which is always awesome.
Spiritual: The sabbath is a delight.

May 14, 2018: We did not do too much as Elder F was packing but it was all good. we did some tracting which was decent and better because it was in the rain.
Spiritual: The Lord is in the little things

May 15, 2018: We have P-day which Elder F has used quite a bit of to pack which has been good. Tomorrow will be good hopefully with a change in companions.
Spiritual: Change is good.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Week 16 Yuma

So this week was pretty good but lacking in numbers and the sort.

May 2, 2018: So we had district meeting over Skype which was good, the
zone leaders attended and that was fun. Aside from district meeting
however not a whole awful lot took place.
Spiritual: Meetings help us learn

May 3, 2018: We did some service in the rain which was fun but cooler.
Tracting in the rain was not the most fun either especially with no
success.
Spiritual: Sacrifice brings blessings

May 4, 2018: We had Service for most of the early part of the day and
then went and had weekly planning which took up the vast majority of
the rest of it.
Spiritual: Service is good.

May 5, 2018: We helped a family move out of our ward and into the
Sterling ward which was fun but took most of the day.
Spiritual: helping others is important

May 6, 2018: We had church which was good. After church we went and
set up some return appointments with some potential investigators.
Spiritual: The Sabbath is a delight.

May 7, 2018: We did a lot of contacting and had some success. We had
two pretty decent lessons which was nice as well.
Spiritual: The Lord will always bless you in time

May 8, 2018: We are having District p-day. We are going to be going
hiking in Fort Collins and then going to play laser tag which should
be fun.
Spiritual: Days of rest and relaxation are good

God be with you until we meet again,
Elder Joshua Patterson

Finally pictures to add to the blog.
Elder Patterson's area is on the Colorado/ Nebraska line which is cool
Selfie on the hike
District on the hike
Going to or from Fort Collins for pday activities