Hola Texas whats up? Well this week was good, sad, frustrating, and about a mix of a billion other feelings. My companion leaves for his home in Iquitos tomorrow so I am sad about that because he was my favorite companion. This week we spent alot of time visiting our converts and investigators. I was really mad yesterday when we stopped by our 2 converts homes they are like 15 and 21 and they got dressed and ready for church and I said ok church startes in 15 minutes we will see you there and they said ya ok cool. Well they didn't come. I cant snap at them for not reading and praying but man come to chuch the building is on the same freaking street. Oh well!! This week Brother Fellipe left the hospital on Sunday but we still need to find out and make sure. I think with my new companion we will give him a week to kinda rest and relax then on Saturday not this one but the next we will have his baptism. He is really prepared but I am a little worried becasue he reads alot of religous magazines. He showed us a photo of like 300 people baptized and he was really exited about that until we told him and explained to him that baptism without the proper authority is well useless. I will keep praying for him and visiting him although it will be difficult to find his house because I've never been there. He's been at the hospital this entire change. Well yesterday our 2 investigators Max and Christian attended church again and had a baptismal interview. They are both 25 years old. Max is a cool musician guy kinda chubby and when we teach him he pays attention but doesn't always comprehend very well but he has a real desire to learn and he really feels that it is true. He really loves what he learns and he is very humble. Christain is cool kinda, a rich guy in the neighborhood but I think he has a crush on this chick in our branch to whom he is friends with. He is sharp, very intelligent, knows the bible well, pays attention during lessons, and even takes notes sometimes and he reads the folletos I don't remember how to spell it in English. I think its like pamphlets. He reads them before our lesssons. He pays attention but at the same time he is just looking for evidence looking for knowlednge that it is true. Well anyway Max is ready to be baptized and I believe that we are having the baptism this Saturday while Christain says he needs a little more time. Thats all good and all but I am trying to figure out if Christain is just doing this for the girl or for the knowledge or for eternal life - either way he will stay in my prayers and we will continue to teach him. This week I have been reading Jesus the Christ and it's a great read very educational but the whole time that I was reading it I just kept thinking about the Book of Mormon. I just didn't feel the energy that I felt when I read the Book of Mormon. So this week I decided that I am going to read the Book of Mormon at least 2 more times until I start Jesus the Christ. I can't leave words to describe it but the Book of Mormon just gives me strength and I love it it makes me feel like I can resist all temptation like I can do anything.
LOVE
Elder Atwood
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