Week 5

hey there my good ol' family!!!

 

greetings from the argentina CCM.  this week has definitely been an interresting week to say the least.  first off we got a new area for prosilitismo.  i really like it there, it's in a town called Ituzaingo (it-too-sign-go) it love it.  it's a fairly nice place.  a little above ghetto reputation but it's still nice.  while procelyting we found a guy named Raúl, he's probably late 50s, speaks no english and was very nice.  we got to talking to him about the gospel and he seemed very interrested.  we were talking to him about the book of mormon and everything when all of the sudden he said "where is your church?" we told him and before we even commited him to go to church he said, "ok i'll go be there at nine this sunday!"  how CRAZY is that??? anyways we challenged him to read parts of the Book of Mormon and to pray about it.  i have been praying and i hope that everything goes well! :) haha so that was DEFINITELY the highlight of the week.  but now on to some interresting things... so... on monday we woke up took a shower and the day started.  a little after lunch while we were in our class the power goes off... but it turned on like 20 seconds after the lights go off.  so we thought nothing about it.  THAT NIGHT, Hermanna George (the president's wife) comes in to our room and tells us that the pumps that give us water to drink and to LIVE are broken.......... and that we don't have electricity (since the power our we've been running on generators) and it's been that way since then!!! none of us have taken showers since monday..... and Presidente George said that it will be that way till probably SATURDAY because of how AMAZING everything gets done here!!!  so we will have to see how interresting this place gets with all that going on...  we only have enough water for pooping (we don't flush for pee).  every day Presidente George has to go our and get clean drinking water.. soo.... this week has definitely been a learning expirience for all of us in the Argentina CCM. hahahahabut i can't wait for general conference this weekend!!!!!!!!!!  everyone is stinking PUMPED for it.  but anyways... what else is up? how's school going lindsey and shaun? let me know what up? thanks for being such a loving and caring family!  you guys really are the best!!! LOVE you ALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

 

Much love and faith,

Elder Atkinson