Family and Friends!!!
Ahh! Another amazing week in Thailand has come and gone. I apologize, this letter is going to be very short because I just HAD to watch President Holland's amazing talk in English (we only got to see the talks in Thai :( ) and I wanted to get my pictures downloaded and reply to the people who wrote me and now I am very short on time. So this is gonna be a quick one. But I have tons to say!!

First of all, CONGRATS CHRIS AND ANNIE!! holy cow! the Patterson family is growing! You will both be great parents. And Annie and Amy get to be pregnant together! :) Amy looks adorable! I want pregnant pics of Annie too!! You're gonna be the cutest little pregnant woman! And Kyle is ADORABLE! Sister Brad and I just loved the pics you send mom! :) I love babies!

Kurtis and Ashley, woah... model status! Your pictures are beautiful. What a cute couple you are! It's good to see Kurtis so happy :)

OK, so I think that is it for family business, I am so glad everyone is doing so good!

Thailand is great. We had my second mission conference on Thursday and it was just amazing. First of all, I love it because we get to travel to get there and the Esan (Northeast part of Thailand) is INCREDIBLY beautiful. Everytime we travel I just can't believe how lucky I am to live here. But the conference was SO good. Words just can't sufficiently describe how amazing I feel. The only way I can really define it is true happiness. I honestly think it's a happiness that consumes the heart and can only be felt by the righteous. Because when you feel this kind of complete happiness, it is just a strong witness that the love you are feeling is straight from the Lord. There are no doubts in my mind that this is His work and His true church and I have every capability under heaven to bring to past mighty miracles (Mosiah 8:18).

Next to the satisfaction of serving the Lord by preaching the gospel, is the joy I feel from my daily scripture studies. The scriptures are just packed full of amazing cousel that, when followed, allows us to have that happiness I described earlier.
OK well, like always, there is just so much more I want to say about everything, but time is slim and I want to talk about the pictures. (remember our crazy humid climate!) HA!

From Melissa's Mission

Our district! Elder Blaustine, Elder Lilly and Our Mission Leader Brother Michael! And me and Sister Bradfield.

From Melissa's Mission

Yes, I really do live in this beautiful jungle! :) Sister Daa is an awesome member and will be a missionary when she is 21! She is helping us find less actives.

From Melissa's Mission

This is me in the back of a Songtaw (Song means 2, taw means bench... its basically a truck with two benches in the bed and rails on the back as you can see in the picture...) it's a major mode of transportation here. The buses go far places and the Songtaws stay in town.

Ahh, I love Thailand!! :)

OK, last but certianly not least..... where the heck is Mike?! I think he died... Someone let me know if Mike died! In other words.....mike write me!

OK!!! I love you all SO so much. I love the letters I receive! It really makes a difference! Would love to hear from all of you!!!

Love,