Soooooooo I am going to
sound a little bit pathetic this week..... Our car broke down so we had to walk
for 2 DAYS! I did learn that we can walk a mile in the freezing rain in about 8
minutes! So yeah, that wasn't fun. One
major advantage or walking is that we did get to talk to a LOT of people, just
think of all the people you drive by every day that need to hear about the
Gospel. One good example happened while we
were standing at a cross walk waiting to cross the street. A young Hispanic man walked up to me, and me
being me smiled at him and said,” hello, how are you”? and he said, “ hello beautiful”, and then he
went on and on about how we were his angels and beautiful and princesses and
pretty and a whole bunch of others words that I don't remember (or didn’t quite
understand). I just completely stopped talking (miracle) and
stared at him while he went on and on.
When he was done speaking he hugged all 3 of us and gave us each a kiss
on the check.... ewwwww!!!!!!!! I think more guys have kissed me on the check
on my mission then all the rest of my life.
It is usually kinda awkward but is a part the Spanish culture ….. I am still trying to get used to it.
Oh and so on Saturday at 3:44 and 28 seconds we get a call and our car is
fixed!!!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! I told
the nice man on the phone that we will be there to get it and he told me to
hurry because they close in 15 minutes! And we were about 10 minutes
away..... driving..... and we didn’t have a car. I quickly called our zone leaders and
was like elders! HELP! The Zone Leaders are on their way, coming to
pick us up, we call to get permission to ride with them, everything seems to be
falling into place to get our car! Just
them we look up and see the Elders car on the other side of the
highway and they are waving at us. What
to do? Then my companion was like RUN for it and she took off across 8 lanes of
traffic! and we all follow across 8 lanes
of traffic.... we made it alive to the elders car, hopped in and got to the car
place with at least 2 minutes to spare.
OUR CAR! I half laughed half sobbed with joy.... what a great week! As for food we only ate some tostados.... and
a salad. I loved it. I just made a lot
of food at home. BTW Mom we survive on $35-$40
a week by shopping together. Not a lot of
Raman noodles but we eat quesadillas, pasta, and fruit and sandwiches.... Oh
and I have been drinking green smoothies.
Oh, funny story! We went to an
investigator's house to eat and it was fried platanos and some chicken. Nothing
too out of the ordinary until my companion looked at her plate and she had a
chicken foot in it! Lol, I felt so bad for her. She ate it! Oh and I learned how to make chicharon... It
is good and super easy.
Um let me see …. other than that I am still
diligently trying to give up sarcasm. REPENTANCE IS REAL! HAHA. Um I went to
the temple today it was amazing and I loved it. The D.C. temple is so
beautiful.
Spanish is getting better and I can
actually teach a little bit and converse with people!
Love all of You,
Hermana Atkinson
Missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Washington D.C. South Mission
Love all of You,
Hermana Atkinson
Missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Washington D.C. South Mission
