Week 80!

well hey there everyone!!!
how has life been going for all of you guys??? it sounds like from you email you're all doing great!!!  so have i!!  we've been having quite a few miracles happen in these past few days!  for us, we had been struggling trying to find good new investigators to teach that are actually good...  so this last sunday we fasted to find out what we could doto find some quality investigators.  while in church, one of the recent converts that hasn't been going for the past two months to church decided to come, for some reason i felt that we NEEDED to pass by her house that same afternoon.  without notice we passed by her house and we started talking, her son Àngel (the one that we baptized) asked me for one of the three pictures that i usually carry around to show people a litle bit about my family and he asked me for the one of me riding the dirtbike.  i gave it to him to look at and he ended up runnung out of the room into another room and i hear, "you see!!!  i told you that he likes dirtbikes!!!"  suddenly a 23 year old guy comes out.  i've seen this guy before and it hasn't been for good stuff...  he was a guy that 2 months ago was arrested because he was in possetion of 5 stolen motorcycles in his back yard...  so i was thinking well, let's see what happens.  we start talking a little about dirtbikes and stuff like that,  then i start talking about the gospel.  his name is Atanacio (the guy version of Anastacia haha) but it turns out to be that he's a total stud!!!  he has lots of questions about the church and we passed by yesterday and he shared with us a story.  he said that he was talking to his neighbor about stuff like churches and he said that this guy was saying that HIS church was the ONLY true church and that there was no other choice but wasn't explaining why or giving any sort of reason he just said that he was just going nuts pretty much.  he said that we are different, because we say that we're the true churc but that also we were giving explanations and we told him to not trust in our words but that he could find out for HIMSELF by praying to GOD.  so he's turning into a big stud and told us that he want's to go to the church this week!!  we'll see what happens!  also something interresting that happened this week was that a flood came through Tacuarembò, not like 10 feet of water but literally like 3 feet in most places and the river that passes through tacuarambò that is usually 5 feet deep was 50 feet deep and instead of being a river it was a LITERAL lake!!!  like even bigger than Palmer lake and everything!!  luckily we live on a hill so the flood didn't get us!!!  but this last wee we've been trying to do lots of service projects for people that`s houses were flooded.  luckily it's almost back to normal!!!  all the roads are dry and everything!!!  but thanks for al your emails and also i did get you package mom!!! THANKS and it's a super SICK TIE!!!
love you all,
Elder Atkinson