UNA SEMANA MAS TERMINADA

(Another week down)

Hola everyone!! Everything is going well here in Sabinas!  We are working super hard and having success each day!  We got two more baptism dates!  Their names are Jose and Rufina!  I have a strong testimony that the lord truely does prepare people for us to teach.

Things are also going really well with Gerardo, he is the one I'm teaching in English.  He can speak English because he used to be a drug dealer, (narco) and he drove back and forth from Mexico and the united states transporting drugs.  He truly has repented and he has such a strong testimony.  When I first started teaching him he reminded me of Joseph Smith.  He said, all these churches claim they have the truth but they all teach different things.  I explained that Joseph Smith had the exact same question, and I taught him about the restoration and Book of Mormon in English!  He is the only person I have met here that speaks English, and I don't think it's a coincidence that he stopped me on the street.  If all goes well I am going to ask him to baptized on our next lesson!

Latinos are honestly some of the best people.  My face hurts from smiling so much.  I have also discovered a new kind of pain while being here.  We eat super spicy stuff in pretty much every meal, I love spicy stuff but the after math is not so good.  I wake up in the middle of the night and my stomach and chest just burn haha.  It's like bad heart burn but way worse.  I always tell myself im gonna stop then the next second there I am eating a chilli pepper lol.

We had zone conference and it was awesome.  All us greenies bore our testimonies, and everyone leaving, and the spirit was so strong.  Then President Cahoon proceeded to roast us about not being perfect, then it was awesome after that.  The second day of zone conference we played volleyball and pres did interviews.  I just gotta say that volleyball with Latinos is something else haha.  I can't really explain it lol.  

We are having a ton of success here and its awesome, but today I was reading in Mosiah 2, when king Benjamin is talking to his people, and he says all the success that he has had was because of the lord, and we need not boast in ourselves, but our God.  Compared to God we are as the dust of the earth.  I know that if the lord wasn't by my side I would be nothing, I rely on him for EVERYTHING.  I truly love you all, and I would love to hear from you guys.  Have a good week!!

   -Elder Atkin

 

 President and Sister Cahoon

 AP's apartment the first night in the field

 Elder Lorenzo and Elder Atkin meet for the first time

 5 hour bus ride to first area. Sabinas!

 On the wall in their apartment. 

 Where they study

 Selfie in their apartment

 Nice cactus

 Cant get enough of these chickens I guess!

 More study time

 Looking good

 Kitchen

 How they dry their clothes

 Elder Lorenzo during their service hours

 At lunch with either members/investigators/other missionaries

 A little break from Mexican food