Changes are happening in Sabinas!
Hola hola everyone. Super good week this week. Lots of good things happening but also a lot of things changing!! My companion was made zone leader, so he is moving up to Nueva Rosita, about 40 mins away. I'm getting a new trainer, but he only has 6 more weeks than me in the mission! Two newbies together haha. Bien interesante no? I'm super nervous. I don't know our area super well so that will also be hard. I will pretty much be training him for the first little bit haha. We have four baptisms coming up in December so that is super exciting!
On Tuesday
I went on splits with my boy Elder Oldham, he was in the mtc with me,
so we were two gringos who didn't know Spanish walking around in Mexico
jaja. We found four new investigators though! I'm starting to forget
some words in English, so by the time I come home I'm not gonna know English jaja.
I have been teaching a lot
more during our lessons! I'm not just the silent quiet companion
anymore. Its still kinda hard for me to understand what they are
saying, but I can put it together for the most part. I don't remember if
i said this last week, but I've been talking in my sleep in Spanish!
kinda weird haha.
This week has been one
of the harder weeks of my mission so far, I have been feeling pretty
home sick, the language is really discouraging, and i'm nervous about my
new companion and running our area, then I started thinking about how i'm
not here for me, these two years are for the lord, and for the people
of Mexico. Ive been focusing on losing myself and just working,
working, working. Work will solve my problems ha. Also, if it was
easy, I wouldn't grow. I would come back the exact same person I was
before. Things are hard sometimes, but that's how its supposed to be.
Christ lived a very hard life, he died and suffered for all of us, so
why would it be easy to represent him? Its not supposed to be easy.
Don't get me wrong, the mission is amazing, but it has its hard times,
and i have 21 more months to go! But I cherish every moment, the good
and the bad. In reality, the bad times are the good, because I am growing. This church is true. It just makes sense, Gods plan for his
children is perfect, and I love sharing it everyday, with those people
who have been kept from the truth. I love you all so much. Read you
scriptures and say your prayers, the little things are the most
important. Have a good week!! Would love to hear from you. conner.atkin@myldsmail.net
Elder Atkin
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