Week 64!

yo yo yo!!!!

how's it kickin in the U.S. of A?  i'm having quite an enjoyable time here in the lovely town of Teacuarembò.  but this last week we had a CRAP TON of rain!!!  and by this a mean that the roads next to our house were three feet deep rivers.  haha it was pretty funny because we were both soaking wet and i started trudging through the river and i get half way through and i look back and my comp doesn't want to cross... i told him "dude, it pouring rain, your shoes are already soaked and everything else is wet too... you'll be fine crossing the street."  haha so he finelly decided to trudge through with me! haha  he's a pretty funny kid, he's super scared of dogs, everytime we pass by a dog (big or little) he takes his backpack off and puts it between him and the dog as if it were a shield of something hahahahaha.  but NEWS!!!!! we have an investigator that is named Gladys, she's like 55 years old or so and has listened to the missionaries for a while now.  last week i forgot to tell you that we went over to her house and had a frank conversation about what her doubts were.  she wasn't sure about a few things like tithing and smoking, but i promised her lots of blessings that she will recieve for being obedient to ALL the commandments of god and she accepted a baptismal date for the 19!!!  she went to church this last week and she is super excited for her baptism this week and is quitting smoking!!!  she's doing great and we've recieved lots of blessings seeing her change.  this last week she invited one of her neighbors daughters over to listen to us while we were talking to her.  this is a 12 year old girl named Florencia, we talked to her about the Book of Mormon and how important it is in our lives and we invited her to get baptized the 26th of this month and she accepted.  yesterday she went to church and at church i talked to her and she told me that she was reading the book of mormon with her mom (who's not a member) and she told me that they both felt a super strong spirit while reading the book and her mom wants to talk to us about the church.  she also told us that they've been reading the book together and they can already feel the difference in the spirit in their house from reading about the gospel of jesus christ.  we planned with her to pass by on tuesday to talk with her mom.  man, this area is really filled with blessings!  the thing is that we just need to follow the promptings of the spirit to find them!  i have been loving every moment of being here in Taecuarembò and i've been working as hard as i can to be a great example.  i'm super excited to see all of these miracles come together.  we're working hard together and we can tell that this area is getting better!

love you all,

Elder Atkinson