how's life going in the United States? ha I'm living it up down here in Artigas, Uruguay! hey i got your two packages that you guys sent me!!! thanks soo much for all of it, by the way i haven't opened the presents yet so i'm actually waiting for my birthday to open that part. Elders Vega, Rios, and Almeida say thanks for the air heads and the starbursts and the bouncy balls in the packages for them. funny story, we can't stop playing with the bouncy balls!!! we're always throwing them against the wall, floor, ceiling. haha and at times it gets a little bit out of control, haha like one person will open the door to the other elders studying and throw the ball as hard as they can and it flies everywhere!!! fun stuff, this week we went on divisions again but this time with our Zone Leaders. i stayed in my area with Elder Stevens (from Utah) and Elder Vega went to their area with Elder Franco (from Perù). it was lots of fun because i already knew Elder Stevens really well because he was in Paysandù for the three changes i was there. he's a complete STUD. i learned a lot about how to really listen to the investigators and respond with the spirit in every answer. it was lots of fun to do divisions. also a little bit of different news, Carlos isn't an investigator anymore, and he didn't get baptized either... he told us that he didn't want to follow listening to the lessons, that the church was fairly cold, and stuff like that. he told us that he thinks that feeling the Holy Ghost is yelling, casting out devils, and fainting in church. we tried to talk to him abouit that but it wasn't terribly successful... but oh well... i guess everyone has their agency. but on a happy note Uruguay just WON the Copa America on Sunday against Paraguay 3-0! oh man you have no idea how nutts the people of uruguay are about their soccar!!! they now have won Copa America 15 times! that is more than anyone else has ever won it. (uruguay 15, Argentina 14, brazil 8, and then a few teams with 1 or 2 wins) it was pretty insane that every single person was watching this game, and i mean EVERYONE!!!!!!! but it was sure crazy to watch all the celebrations after the game! but thanks for always all the great emials and prayers!
Love you all,
Elder Atkinson
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