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Hola Hola 10/19/2015

Hola Hola

Hey everyone so this week on the last Monday we went to go teach a Family Home evening and it was amazing! Seriously we were doing Personal Progress and Honestly I cant really explain why but it was amazing to sit and just listen Personal Progress is such an amazing program. Oh and we decided to just go and visit any member we wanted this past week so we went to go visit a member that the elders teach ( we told them what we were doing and they were ok with it.... Kinda I will explain in a bit)  so these members are a 19 year old boy and his 16 year old  cousin and our appointment was a little bit later and where we were going isn't necessarily the best part of town but anyway we were walking to our appointment and then we we hear a horn honk and some one call out to us... we are both very well trained to just keep walking so we walked and then I slightly looked back and I swore it was the elders and then I thought nothing of it but needless to say it wasn't the elders and now we aren't allowed to go back anymore.... and then on Saturday we had an activity that was super fun.. always all the dances and the missionaries that aren't allowed to dance... it was so sad. other then that I am out of time but I love you all and hope your week is amazing!

Happy Halloween 10/26/2015

HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃🎃

Herro!!!!

That is hello in an accent.....  So this week we taught the most amazing lesson ever. So background the only way I have been able to learn Spanish is through the Holy Ghost. I wouldn't have been able to learn it without the spirit. If you don't believe me ask my high school Spanish teacher. So anyway we went to go visit an investigator and we decided last minute to have a member go with us. he lives a ways away and doesn't have a car so we walked to the investigators house with this member and the investigator was asking us questions about music and really just normal questions that I have heard before and answered before. But the weird part was I couldn't for the life of me understand what he was saying I mean I understood but I couldn't think of what to say( which for those of you who know me you know I never have a lack of things to say) and neither could my companion so after struggling for about 10 minutes this member jumps in and starts teaching teaching. like he brings up all of our lessons and bears his testimony and tells this guy about baptism and the word of wisdom and the law of chastity. I was so impressed that after he was done I still had nothing to say... I think I talked less in that lesson then my very first lesson. But I know there was a reason for it. This member is 19 and is debating going on a mission and now we know that we have to help him want to serve.....

Oh other then that yesterday we had a fireside for all the new and returning members and so a few people got up and bore their testimonies and then the missionaries that are leaving are invited to go bear their testimonies and my trainer bore hers.... it is so weird to think that she is going home. it only seems like yesterday when I met her and we had Christmas together. I am going to miss her so much...... otherthen that I took a ton of pictures last night! Love Ya!

LOS QUIERO!!!!!
Hermana Karlie Atkinson

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One Year Mark - Pictures - 10/12/2015

One Year Mark ... 10-12-2015

10/12/15 at 12:14 PM

Hi every one!!

How is life? What is new? Tell me everything! So this week I hit my year mark! 

It is crazy how fast this has all gone by! We are really doing good in this area this

week we found 5 new investigators and they are all super cool and also we were 

fb one of our investigators, because he works a lot and so it is easier for him to get

 lessons through Facebook, and we invited him to baptism and he said yes! We are

 just trying to get him to understand the importance of coming to church! He has 

still yet to come. And then there is this one investigator and he is just soooo funny 

he always thinks that there is a service at 12 and it is only at 9 and he sleeps in every

 week! Lol but he is great! And then we had exchanges this week and I went to 

old town and got to see some people I haven't  in a while! Seriously I forgot how 

much I love that place.... Oh it is official I have been in little river for 6 months 

as I have been put a year and I love it. Everyday out here is something new and 

reviewing conference has been amazing! Seriously   Elder Hollands talk was 

amazing and it makes me cry and I love President Utchdorfs talk from the women's 

session was adorable and then one thing that I have been thinking about and then 

I will stop this email. It comes from a talk from president Monson from 2012 in 

October general conference and I just realized that I don't show enough appreciation 

for the people in my life and I am sorry! But I really do appreciate everyone on this 

email list and the people that read my blog and  pretty much everyone I know I 

don't think you realize how much you have  influenced  my life so thank you thank 

you for everything!

Oh random story we were on exchanges and we didn't have a dinner appointment 

and sooooo we decided to get pizza and in the ward I am in you get fed a ton like

 sometimes 3 dinners a night, ( and I haven't gained weight) and so Hermana Pettit 

said I bet you can't eat a whole pizza so I said I could but she couldn't so the 

challenge started... As a side note I can eat a whole pizza in about 20 minutes 

and still work for 4 hours! She on the other hand can not eat a whole pizza.....

Conference Weekend 10-05-2015

So this week was awesome! we had general conference on Saturday and Sunday! And honestly I loved them!!!!!! I watched them in Spanish so I will just say that I loved Elder Hollands and President Uchtdorfs.

They were all awesome and 3 new apostles were called and It was an amazing experience to see that. Other then that we watched in a members house and in between the sessions we were going to go to a baptism and so we asked the member to take us and right before we left she got a call from her ex boyfriend saying that he wanted some stuff he left at her house and so we decided it would be best to do that first and we went and Honestly I don't trust the guy at all and so we wouldn't leave her side the whole time. Luckily nothing happened but to see someone you see as very strong that scared of someone it makes you wonder  How someone can distill that much fear in someone else.... and really not care...

So other then that we taught a member how to make cookies this week... So he accidently spilled some flour on his shirt and he was upset because he really likes that shirt. so I told him that it was ok because cookies need happiness to be good and that was the happiness.... needless to say he spread his happiness with all the kids in the house and us.... we left covered in flour.... don't ever do that..... other then that my whole week was centered on conference. making sure that everyone could get to it off their internet and stuff

Oh but after conference we were driving home and I am driving and I see an ant on the window so I try it hit and it was on the outside... it wasn't going to kill me......

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