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Hello Family & Friends

Hope you are doing good. Life is going good here in Indio. The weather is bipolerish out here - it's hot one day and it rains the next... haha only in california?? But I think I am going to be hopeing for the rain in a couple of weeks! People say it gets up to 127 degrees here - but don't worry we can officially go inside from tracting when it hits up to 130 :) lol
Thanks for the package with the pumpkin bread and letters - Soooo Good! It's going to be a sad day when I finish the loaf. haha. The work down here is going okay. We have been working with a bunch of people that are not really progressing that well. We have been praying for miracles however and I know the Lord is there and listening. Infact we just had a miracle last night. We had been fasting for new investigators and we went to someone the bishop wanted us to go to to see how they were doingqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq my companion sucksqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq- (that was Elder Palmer - he thinks he's funny) anyways we went to see this less active person and we knocked on the door and the brother of this guy let us in and was really excited he called his sister inlaw down stairs and told her to sit down on the couch by us. We started talking to them and he was like "she's not a member and you need to baptize her... she is going to be so easy!" haha right in front of her - but she didn't care - she just nodded her head up and down. Cool huh - what a blessing to find someone who does actually want to endure!!
Elder Palmer and I are getting along great! I love the guy a ton except for the "qqqqqq"s -but we'll forgive him for that. Work seems to go so well and to fly by when you have a companion that you can actually work with! Loved all of my companions... just probably won't hang out with some after the mission. It's just good when you can be yourself with someone and not have to worry about being obedient - you just both are!
I cover two wards down here in Indio. The La Quinta ward and the Santa Rosa ward. Both are really good and the members so far are cool. And here is a HUGE blessing - both the ward mission leaders ROCK - & actually like their calling - weird huh.. haha This one member took us out for a ride in their camero on Saturday (0 to 60 in literally 3.5 seconds!) haha fun! The bishops are really great too. Haha, the other day we went over to this one members house for dinner and he did the most AMAZING magic tricks I had ever seen - no seriously it was mind boggeling. He like made stuff apear into our hands and made "illusions" on cards - it was crazy!!! I'll have to film it and send it over there.!
Well I love you all so much and hope that you are doing good! I am going really good over
here! Stay safe and choose the right! Thanks for you love and prayers-- Love, ELDER PATRICK McBRIDE