Week 69!

hahaha hey everyboday!!!!!!
as you can tell i am very excited because we got changes! Elder Principe is going to Montevideo in the most dangerous zone in all of URUGUAY!!!!  and me, i'm content with my change, it's probably because i am going to TRAIN!!! i have no idea of who it will be or anything because i go to the mission home tonight to get my kid tomorrow and we don't get to know who it is or his name until we stand right behind him and start singing CALLED TO SERVE.  so i'm excited!!!  haha i have know idea if it will be a gringo or latino but it'll be super fun either way. i'm staying as district leader and not i've got even more responcibility now with my "son".  but anyways...  this week was super FUN!!!  we had the choir thing and it turned out to be super AWESOME!!!  we sang with a catholic choir.  it was super fun and you could feel the spirit super strong in there because we were all thinking about the true spirit of christmas.  it was really funny, Elder Baer talked to me after we ended and told me "i feel like when we leave the church it's going to be cold and snowy outside.... but it's NOT"  haha it was more like 90 degrees and SUPER HUMID!!!  haha i felt the same way because when i start FEELING the spirit of christmas you start thinking about snow and stuff like that, but here that's not quite true.  hahahhahaahaha but this week the TWO baptisms went PERFECT!!!  Àngel and Lourdes were baptized and saturday the 17 and confirmed a member of the church on the 18th.  it was soo cool to see two people that were soo prepared to be baptized take that amazing step.  it was cool because lourdes actually invited a few of her non-member friends to the baptism and they thought it was super interresting.  this week has been lots of fun and i've been able to learn a lot about myself being with Elder Principe and i know that he was put into my life for a reason that the Lord and know i know!  we are ALWAYS supposed to learn something from every companion, good or bad, and i have been blessed to have had Elder Principe for these last 7 weeks! i know that i have grown so much in this time and i've realized that it's only possible if i am OBEDIENT and listen to the words of my leaders and my loved ones.  i know that is the only way any of us can progress in this life.  but onto the christmas call THIS SUNDAY!!!  i realized that it would be perfect for me if i could call you guys at 7:00 here in Uruguay then you guys could call me back!  in case of emergancy my number to the house is 4632-2953 so i'll call you at that time! 
love you all!!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE CALL!!!!!
Elder Atkinson