Hello Everyone. Can't believe I made it to another P day. I love P
days haha. its so nice to have a break once a week. We are going to
the temple today and I am sooo excited. Not sure if im gonna be able to
remember everything that happened this week but I will try my best. I
have been sick with a pretty bad cold for the last four weeks so that
has been rough. There has been a lot of little things adding up this
week which has been making things hard, sometimes I start to feel sad
and feel bad for myself, then I just remember that I am not here for
myself, and I forget about myself and start working harder.
There was another earthquake on Tuesday,
It was kinda scary. We were in our casa getting ready to go to the gym
when all the sudden everything starts shaking and we hear the alarm.
We ran outside to the earth quake circles, and you could hear everything
rattling. Its a pretty weird feeling when the earth is moving beneath
you. You don't need to worry about us though, it was a lot worse further
south, make sure to keep those people in your prayers.
Last week we placed the Book of Mormon to that worker, we went back to
talk to him and he said he loved it! His friend that the Hermanas
taught, went and showed his brothers afterward so that was awesome.
On Sunday
I got to bless the sacrament at our branch, it was in Spanish so I was
kinda scared, but it went great. I sounded like a latino, not gonna
lie, the gift of tongues is real. There was a talk on being grateful
and it hit me pretty hard. I realized that there is sooo much I have to
be grateful for. The latinos that come here have close to nothing
sometimes, co
ming here to the mtc is like paradise for them. Before
coming here they had never had a hot shower, a lot of them never had a
bed, and they were wondering when their next meal was gonna be. It made
me realize how good I have it and I have everything to be grateful
for. I have come to love the latino people so much, they are so humble
and kind, and they are the funniest people ever. We get to go on splits
with them a couple times a week to teach lessons, it has been awesome.
We played futsal a couple times this week, felt soo good to play
again. The latinos are sooo good at soccer, I still schooled em
though;) Got a couple megs in. I met a couple way cool elders when we
were playing. We play vollyball a lot too and that has been way fun.
Everyone goes so hard, it gets pretty intense.
Last week we played a prank on the hermanas (sisters) and it went a
little too far hha. We told them we were in a lot of trouble for
something, but we didnt know what. We got the zone leaders and our
district leader in on it. We were all freaking out like our district
had done something terrible. When we told them it was a joke they were
not happy with us haha. I think they like us again though. I hope.
I have gotten so close with my district this past week. Last week we
had an elder that was really struggling, we talked to him for about an
hour and everyone was crying. After, we all gave him a blessing and the
spirit was so strong. I know these guys will all be my best friends
for life.
Thats all ive got this week, im
sure i forgot a bunch of stuff but oh well i guess ha. its hard to
remember. I love you all, I love hearing from you guys. Shout out to
you if you made it this far. Until next week,
Elder Atkin
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