¡ME VOOOOOYYYY A RIVERA!
yeah i'm finally leaving paysandù, i'm going to the department Rivera, i'm actually going to a tiny town two hours outside of the city called Vichadero. my comp is going to be a Canadian named Elder Fikus. haha i'm super excited! we will be the only Gringos for 200 Kilometers! haha oh yeah now i'm going to have to worry about 3 LANGUAGES, spanish, portuguese, and one that's a mix of the two. haha yeah! i leave tonight at 7, it's a bumber because i ride in a bus 4 1/2 hours down to Montevideo and then i have a 6 hour bus ride up to Rivera and after i get there i have a two hour bus ride again to get to my area! haha so in total i have about 12 1/2 hour of bus riding tonight! yeah... but rivera is right on the brazilian boarder, and i heard that my area is actually closer to the other uruguay mission than it is to my mission haha. but i'm pumped! the Baptism of Katy was AMAZING; it was soo cool to have 8 baptisms together from the whole stake, the spirit was stinking STRONG there. elder segura baptized Katy, she said that while she was changing an overwhelming peace came over her and she started to cry. it was such a spiritual baptismal service and my musical number happened to turn out pretty well! on sunday we had her confirmation and guess what the bishop asked ME to give the confirmation! i wasn't even thinking that i would confirm her! it was such a cool expirience to be able to do that. yesterday i visited the members and told them goodbye, we first visited Katy and she gave me a little uruguay flag that she wrote a little message on, it was soo nice of her. if everything goes to plan i will be able to be there when she goes through the temple for the first time!!! how cool is that? SUPER COOL in my eyes! later in the evening we visit the bishop and took some fotos and he started crying while he was thanking me for what i have done for the ward. it was a true thank from his heart. he told me that when i come and visit with you when you guys come get me that they'll have a big BBQ with the whole ward. haha i don't think that the BBQ will happen but it is still really nice to know that i have loved ones in Paysandù. last night Elder Oakey called me to say "see ya on the other side" it was super nice of him. haha i'm excited to have a new area! thanks for everything, all the prayers, emails, letters, and the inspiration!
LOVE YA'LL
Elder Tyler Atkinson
I can't even tell you how excited I am for elder atkinson's newest challenge! He is so full of faith...he's going to continue to learn so much about himself, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and that he can definitely do hard things!!! :)and he's definitely going to need our prayers...we all prayed all night that the bus drivers would be alert all 12 1/2 hrs! :)
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