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Good Afternoon!

Hope you all had a great week! I love you all sooooo much and with out further aduuu...
My week was actually really good! For my training this week I had been contemplating what to train the missionaries in my district on. I thought and prayed and in Preach My Gospel there is a little section entitled Christlike Attributes. In this section it teaches why we need to have Charity & love, humility, faith, endurance, knowledge & etc. Along with the be-attitudes that Matthew writes about W. Cleon Skousen says that they ".. are the beautification of the soul." So figuring that we can all use a bit more beautifying in the soul I made everyone a post-it note with a different attribute on it and all had to share -why it was important to have this attribute -a scripture refference & -a personal testimony why they know it's importants & how we can gain a testimony of it. If one thing is for sure a mission is the place to change a personality. Now I know I am not the worst person (some might disagree ) but even I can become more like my Savior Jesus Christ by applying all of these things I can follow His example - which is what a mission is for. I was reading an ensign article by President Thomas S. Monson a couple of years ago and it said, "...Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle!" As we strive to become & follow the Savior, praying that we can be able to - I testify with President Monson that we will be the miracle and that He will shape us into it.
So this week Elder Palmer & I decided that we wanted to have some fun so we got our matresses and put them out on the balcony and slept outside. We've "camped" out for 3 days and all accept for last night it was like heaven. Yes, last night was not good because I have like mosquito/bug bites all over me and I itch like crazy!! good I have the anti-itch cream but ughh!!! But it was still tons of fun - I haven't slept outside for like 2 years!!! haha - but I'm sure you can tell me and Elder Palmer are having a blast & getting along GREAT!
On Friday I got to do some awesome demo on one of the recent converts homes in the Santa Rosa ward. Mario Hernandez called us over and he wanted some help laying those same wood flooring stuff that we layed in our house - so we came over and when we got there his wife decided (after the months of remodeling their house) that she wanted new tile in her dining room, kitchen and pantry [haha, Mario said that they just planed on doing the kids room then it started branching out to the room next door.. then the hall way... then the living room.. then the kitchen and now the tile and bathrooms - - sound familiar mom? isn't that funny how that works! haha] So we helped chip out all the tile. My hands were like tremmering all Saturday because of the hard work, but it was fun.
I attached a picture of the guy I was talking about that we gave the miracle blessing too and that I taught - sorry, I forgot last week.
Well hope all is good! Stay safe! Anyone have any new missionary stories lately? - Keep sharing your testimonies and the gospel! Pray for missionary experiences and for your abilities to be "equal to your tasks"!-- Love, ELDER PATRICK McBRIDE