hey there everybody!!!
i'm doing great here in Artigas and that's where i'm staying for this next change! Elder Vega is leaving for Taecuarembò. yeah i'm super excited and a little bit nervous because i'm going up to senior comp. my comp is going to be Elder Navarro from Chile, he's the one that i did divisions with in Rivera so i already know him. it will be fun. also a lot of responsibility. but i'm excited and just need to rely on the Lord. i also got the packeges from melissa and harris, and christine and scott this last week! thanks soo much for the also for the letters filled with awesome pictures. i think now i can rightfully say that i think i have sufficient socks for the rest of my mission after this birthday. haha thanks everyone! this week was super fun! i went on divisions with elder Rios and we went back to the bikes and we found quite a few people and we also got atacked a few times from ravinous wolf-like dogs. hahah elder rios was dying with that. this week we had super weird weather. one day, FREEZING COLD with rain, the next 3 days, 28 degrees celcius (don't remember what that is in ferinheit and super humid. and then to finish the week every day was different. haha with all of these changes in weather Elder Vega got super sick with the flu... yeah it was tough for him but now he's great. this last sunday we had one of the best BBQs i've ever had. it was lamb that our first counciler killed himself on his ranch the day before. it was super good and oh so very tender! so it was quite delicious. today is freaking AMAZING!!! we went to a business that sells the rocks that are like rock-jewels like gems and stuff. Artigas is world renound for these rocks and i found out why!!! they have the world's largest "amathist" rock that is valued at $300,000,000 american dollars! (the rock that is dark in the pics i sent you) this company has a huge barn just filled with these types of rocks! it was one of the most amazing things i've ever been able to see. he told us that 90% of the rocks they get in their mines goes to one family in China. Obviously this family has a crap ton of money! but yeah, i'm super excited for this change to start and to see what is going on in the next six weeks in Artigas!
i'm doing great here in Artigas and that's where i'm staying for this next change! Elder Vega is leaving for Taecuarembò. yeah i'm super excited and a little bit nervous because i'm going up to senior comp. my comp is going to be Elder Navarro from Chile, he's the one that i did divisions with in Rivera so i already know him. it will be fun. also a lot of responsibility. but i'm excited and just need to rely on the Lord. i also got the packeges from melissa and harris, and christine and scott this last week! thanks soo much for the also for the letters filled with awesome pictures. i think now i can rightfully say that i think i have sufficient socks for the rest of my mission after this birthday. haha thanks everyone! this week was super fun! i went on divisions with elder Rios and we went back to the bikes and we found quite a few people and we also got atacked a few times from ravinous wolf-like dogs. hahah elder rios was dying with that. this week we had super weird weather. one day, FREEZING COLD with rain, the next 3 days, 28 degrees celcius (don't remember what that is in ferinheit and super humid. and then to finish the week every day was different. haha with all of these changes in weather Elder Vega got super sick with the flu... yeah it was tough for him but now he's great. this last sunday we had one of the best BBQs i've ever had. it was lamb that our first counciler killed himself on his ranch the day before. it was super good and oh so very tender! so it was quite delicious. today is freaking AMAZING!!! we went to a business that sells the rocks that are like rock-jewels like gems and stuff. Artigas is world renound for these rocks and i found out why!!! they have the world's largest "amathist" rock that is valued at $300,000,000 american dollars! (the rock that is dark in the pics i sent you) this company has a huge barn just filled with these types of rocks! it was one of the most amazing things i've ever been able to see. he told us that 90% of the rocks they get in their mines goes to one family in China. Obviously this family has a crap ton of money! but yeah, i'm super excited for this change to start and to see what is going on in the next six weeks in Artigas!
love you all!
Elder Atkinson
pic number one: we're just thuggin it up
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