Transfer

I did not get Karlie's letter out last week. I have combined both weeks into this one ..

D'Anne

Hey one and all!! 

April 13, 2015

I got transferred this week, I am now serving in Little River which is right next to Old Town. So let's be honest I knew I was leaving and so did most the members. Last Monday was a teary goodbye with Jorge and Padilla.  They are actually headed to Utah right now. When I got home from saying goodbye to them, I got the call. It was the assistants to President Riggs. They called and said I was finished with my training. The next night, I got a call saying I was leaving. I am a little bummed, but so grateful for the time I served in Old Town.

It is so weird being at the centre of the political world and not knowing any of the politics.... It is probably for the best though. I told one of the members my political beliefs and he told me to get out of his house. Good thing he was kidding and we are still friends.

Wednesday was my 6 month mark, I am already 1/3 of the way done. Time has really flown by so fast, I am extremely grateful for all the new people I have met. I feel torn, I leave in a year, and I am so excited to see my family. On the other hand, I am going to miss the people here.  Getting back to Wednesday, We had a Spanish meeting for all the missionaries in the Spanish program. We decided that we are going to start speaking only Spanish. It will be interesting and super fun. I love a CHALLENGE.

Thursday was transfer meeting and now I am in the Little River Ward. Friday, there was a wedding, I was able to help with the cakes. With a new area comes new food. I am starting to eat Bolivian food which is different.... I still end up eating a lot of chicken and rice. 

My new companion is from Utah, her name is Hermana Evans. We get along

great. I am training her and she is awesome, she has such confidence and is amazing.

And her Spanish is super good....

Spring is in the air and I love it. We went to see the cherry blossoms in D.C., it was gorgeous! If you are planning a trip to D.C., You have to come this time of year. I loved every second of it. We went as a foursome, Hermana Debry, her new companion and of course my new companion. I think everyone in my mission had the same idea. we pretty much saw our whole mission. like everyone was there..... 

So yep that's how life is going for me in D.C.

Love,

Hermana Atkinson

April 20, 2014

 

We have zone conference this week, so this morning we decided to clean the car. We went shopping and spent toooo much money. We decided to buy flowers for the senior couple missionaries for Mother's Day. They are all so sweet, it just seemed like the right thing to do.

Mother's Day is just a couple of weeks away... I am so excited I get to skype my family.  I am going to ask a member tonight if we can come to her house to Skype. Only problem is, I don't remember my Skype password, but I'm sure I will figure it out.

On Tuesday we went to go eat at a member's house. She used Chile de Arbol, which is pretty much death on a stick. Does everyone remember the seed story, where I couldn't feel my tongue... same chile. Yeah it was hot, super hot. To make things worse the Elders came, she was feeding them after she was feeding us. They all got to see us struggle to eat it. Then of course they laughed at us, I wish I could of stayed long enough to see them eat. They would of been crying. I managed to eat all of mine and drink 3 glasses of water, which was more then I can say for the rest of the Hermanas. They left half of it on their plates and left the house with watery eyes. So yeah, that was my excitement of the week.

With this transfer comes new challenges. We went to go talk to the Bishop. Since we are new in the ward, we were going to see if he needed any help. He started talking soooo fast, it was kinda scary.  Actually everyone talks really fast..... yep its a struggle. We are not teaching anybody and no Baptism's lined up. Our teaching pool is shallow... it is hard because in my old area we knocked apartment buildings where as here everyone lives in houses. We pray everyday for the Lord to guide us to someone that is searching for the gospel. I know that he will answer our prayers. So for now, we are living as righteous as we can, and doing all we can to find someone to teach.

"Get on Your Knees and Pray, Then Get on Your Feet and Work."

President Hinckley

I hope all of you have a GREAT week.

Love,

Hermana Atkinson