Hey

The weather's been pretty crazy, with all the rain, but I've stayed well so far. There's a worldwide missionary broadcast this Wednesday, And apparently, something big is changing, so I'm excited! 

Other than that, things have been a bit slower this week, quite a lot of street contacting, and tracting, but not as many lessons. James had something come up, and missed church yesterday, which was somewhat disappointing. We also taught a man named Carl, earlier this week. The lesson was pretty short, but we were able to give him a Book of Mormon, and invited him to read, which is a start. 

I've come to realize patience is more of a endless effort, rather than a one-time thing. A scripture stuck out quite a lot in my studies today, in Nephi 1:4. Nephi and his brothers were preparing for a second attempt to obtain the brass plates from Laban, and Nephi was in charge of heading into the city to get them. He writes," And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do.Nevertheless I went forth..." It must have taken quite a lot of faith, and patience with the Lord to be willing to try to get the plates again.  

Funny story, we were looking for a previous investigator, and had found there house, in a small appt. building, around 6 p.m. While we were walking over to knock on the door, we saw a guy standing in front of their neighbors door, with his back toward us. I figured he was knocking on that door, and ignored him. We knocked on the door, and her son came out, then went upstairs to get his mom. While we were waiting, I heard something, and looked over. The guy in front of the neighbor' house was peeing on the front step! He realized we were there, and hurried inside(I think he was drunk.). I looked at Elder Peterson, and said "That's why we needed the Word of Wisdom!" We about died laughing, it was great.

I'll write again next week, stay safe! 

Love,

Elder Mattinson

A gift from Elder Peterson

Sporting the tie of Hirsbrunner from Dad's mission