This week was good our investigator Fillipe is getting out of the hospital today so we should be baptizing him on the 11th. Well we also had an investigator Max who attended conference and liked it and we had this girl Nataly in our branch bring a friend Christain who we never taught before but he was apparently really curious about the church. He went with her to conference and ate lunch with us at the branch presidents home after and guess what he said he wants us to teach him so that he can be baptized because he knows that this is the true church . Lesson learned, YOU can put your money on the prophet, haha. We were super psyched when we heard that. Well lets see I had an interview with President this week like we do every 3 months. He normally asks questions like how you doing hows your area hows your comp anything I can do for you . Well the first thing he askes me is Elder Atwood how has the mission changed you. I just thought for a moment. I have changed a lot. I am alot more social and I actually smile, not enough but I am actually trying to show my happiness more that s the goal . We started talking and he asked me how he could be of help to me. I said i just had a couple of questions. Im not going to state them all but i said, "President I have something bothering me, I finished the Book of Mormon for the second time : Read it again he said. Well I said here is the thing, I read it and I love every bit of it and I know its true but I don't think I have got a spiritual feeling or confirmation that it is true. He immediatly said do you know its true ? Yes I said . Pres replied," then don't doubt it." When it comes down to it you either know it or you don't." That was awesome. Then I asked him on last question . You know how we will have spiritual moments that are well just overwhelming but then in an hour that feeling is gone, how can I have the spirit with me continually? Well Pres said you can't . MY heart dropped . He said that is part of life. In Jesus The Christ we read that during the atonement in the garden Christ asked God to remove this cup from me. Well he said that at that moment God his father removed ALL of his spirit from Christ . He asked me why I said so that he would know what it was like to be one of us and so that he could say I have been there during our trials. Pres said yes and even more so he could have a victory over Satan and I believe that is why maybe God removes a little of his spirit from us so that we can have a personal victory over Satan and become more like Christ. That just blew my mind he told me many more things that I don't think I will write to you guys but I really wish that I brought my notebook in there with me because I learned so much it was crazy. I can't even describe to you guys how happy I am to be here, please do me a favor and don't tell me how much time I have left or anything cuz I get super sad . Well a quick shout out to River and Oakley who should be celebrating there 8th and 17th birthdays this week. Quick advice River mormon prom sucks, you didn't miss out on anything trust me . There is always next year so keep lifting and drop the roids. I need some here in Peru. Maybe if your awesome enough you can score a goal on pro soccer players like I did. Well actually River I really miss you man we always were hanging out and out of all people you were my closest friend . Well I miss you man and maybe if you don't get your mission call before I leave you can come down to Peru and I can show you around my areas and maybe visit the more beautiful parts of Peru . I don't know if i would bring mom dad and the kids because open breastfeeding is kinda awkward and I wouldn't want anyone picking up any bad habits hahha. Oakley Mockley you will turn 8 and you will have the opportunity to be baptized make sure you stay clean after baptism or at least better than I did . Dad had to baptize me twice because God knew i was a little EXTRA dirty. A little more about the culture here . I told you they breast feed in the open right well ya it gets pretty awkward when they are breast feeding there 5 year old kid about 2 feet from you during the lesson. Like we were teaching lesson 1 the Restoration in my last area and this lady just startes breastfeeding while I am trying to say the first vision. I usually like to make eye contact during that part of the lesson and really bear testimony after but I just couldn't. I learned something the other day from a peruvian dude who knows english. I guess when he was a kid missionaries lived in his home and taught him english, he is the Branch Presidents son. He said that for lunch if it doesn't consist of rice, potatoes, and chicken it is not lunch. He told me how he has been trying to Americanize his family and has changed things like lunch and the breastfeeding . Anyway we have to go!! Love you guys!! River and Oakley happy birthday!! Ridge, Ireland, Mom, Dad love you guys so much too love you all!!!
Elder Atwood
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