Best christmas present ever!!

 Oh Christmas was a magical day!! loved LOVED being able to see Elder Atkinson!!!

" how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more"
Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas

my Christmas was a little more.. just got off my skype call with Elder Ty Atkinson and was the best present!!!! he looked SO Happy!!! So good!!! was the best to hear his experiences!!! ♡♡♡

Got this picture from the Branch President in his branch, with this sweet message 

"Merry Christmas ! Your son is doing wonders in our small branch!"

Then got this picture. New Years Eve dinner! made my day to get pictures from dear sweet members!!

Got the following pictures on the 28th

and the funniest video ever! hehee Love him!!

CLick here to see video <3

Main email didn't send =( but here is a few clips from personal email.

Elder Atkinsons family email didnt send.. but here is a few clips of his email to me:

Its been good! We had a great little rain storm and It was a great little break from the heat. We couldnt bike because the streets were flooding so we walked in the rain. Its very dry. Its like Arizona. Just like maricopa.

this is the cutest:

so you excited to see family or just maddi next week? hahaha

Ty Atkinson	12/18/16
to me

just maddux!

Shawndell Atkinson <fishingwewillgo@gmail.com>	12/18/16
to Elder

not chipper or adelaide??

Ty Atkinson	12/18/16
to me

Them too! But Maddux is my little girl!

This week has been GREAT!!

This week has been Great! Lots of biking and drinking a lot of water! It has been a very hot! Summer is here that is for sure! 
We travelled down to Mildura again for The zone Christmas Conference. We song a lot of songs and made a fun skit. Then we watched the Christmas Carol because its President Monsons favourite chirstmas movie. 
We are still in Mildura getting our car serviced. We will have to find a body shop in Broken Hill to fix the Boot of the car because a elder slammed it and broke the latch. 
We have had a lot of fun this week and We found out that we are coming back to Mildura Christmas eve to have a zone party! That means we have a lot of driving to do! Hope we dont hit any kangaroos! We say 35 dead roos on the side of the road on the way to Mildura! Gotta love the Aussie life!

 Next week we should have pday on monday for the first time in a while! Well other than a dead car battery on Saturday This week went pretty smooth. Lots of door knocking. We knock at least four hours a day. We met a local artist and he showed us his collection. He is very good at black and white drawings of horses. Well thats all for this week love you heaps!