Awesome! Except for the heat!

This last week was awesome! Except for the heat! Its been 45+ for the past two weeks! 

(For those of you wondering how that converts to Fahrenheit it is about 113 degrees...Australia is the southern hemisphere and has opposite seasons than we do here.)

We have had some rain at night but not in the day. We really want it to rain in the day! It is way too hot! This time of year is known for being so hot that people start going crazy and getting in fights! It true as well! We have seen a lot of fights in town but they don't last long because its too hot! :) 

Well it's the last week of the transfer again. We will see in a few days what the will of The Lord is for the Katherine area! But all is well! My companion knows this area well now! So we are prepared! 

We have a lot of people drawing closer to baptism! We just have some classic Aussie obstacles to overcome! :) 

We should have a really good month next month! Love you all heaps! Elder Atkinson

lot of stuff happening in Katherine!

G'day!
This week has been very eventful! We are in a rush to get the youth of the Katherine Branched signed up for the upcoming FSY! We have been having a lot of fun! 

There is a lot of stuff happening in Katherine! We are hoping in the next couple of weeks to help the Darwin Zone reach our goal of 40 Baptism in the year of 2017! We are at 31 right now with the 32nd on the way! 

Our Investigator Frederick is finally ready for baptism after a long two years of investigating! The area is still growing and the added push from my awesome New companion Elder Arnaud, we hope to make a mark on the Area that nobody will ever forget! 

Our Current goal is to move the church no a better location in town! We currently meet on the edge of East side. Its a long walk for investigators and we dont have the support of getting rides from members. And with the lack of a public bus system in Katherine our solution is move the church where the People are! It is a rush! 

Its week five of the transfer and we really want it organized before the end of the transfer! Stressful but fun! Love you heaps!  

G'day! 

This last week was a lot of fun! We went up to Darwin on Wednesday and spent a couple days with the Malak Elders! I got to go and serve in my old area for a couple days! The Area boundaries have changed since I left, They now cover the mall. I wanted to give it a go and went with a new missionary from Melanesia. I felt like going around the mall. The first person I saw was our RC Mercenia who moved back to Darwin! Im Pretty sure the new Elder thought I was mad. Because I started running to catch up to her. We ended up getting her new address and set an appointment for the Sister to go and visit her! After that we had a great Zone Conference! Followed by interviews and a long drive back to Katherine!

(Random creepy Australian spider)

 We went to the Mission President Fireside! It was awesome! He showed a video on the Manti Temple and it showed the inside! It was cool to tell our friends that attended that I have been inside that Temple! President Parker and Sister Parker attended both Church In town and in Binjari! He loved it! We are excited! There are several baptisms coming up! It should be a joy full transfer! Got to get Elder Arnaud ready to take the lead of this area! Ive been here a long time! Love you all heaps!   

Elder Atkinson newly found talent... cutting hair!! This is Brother Friday. And This is what Elder Atkinson said when I asked him how he got to cut his hair: 

He only let missionaries he trust cut it! I am the first one sense the Elder that Baptized him in 2012 or 2014. :) I tried to make him look like will smith! :) 

 

This week has been Great!!

This week has been great! My new Companion is Elder Arnaud! He is from a small Island an hour and a half away from Tahiti. We get a long great! Its been a fun week! We ended up only watching the Saturday morning and priesthood session on Saturday. 

Then on Sunday we couldn't find the Sunday morning of afternoon on YouTube so we watched the Saturday afternoon session! We will be downloading the sessions we missed today and listen to it on the way up to Darwin on Wednesday! Then on saturday we will drive back down with President Parker! He will be holding a fireside and wants to go to Binjari Church! Didnt take any photos this week because its been a mad rush! Will send some next week! love you heaps! 

  

Photo: Priesthood session. They watch conference the following weekend as they are a day ahead of us and conference is on during the night there.

This last week was great!!

G'day!

This last week was great! We had the Baptism of Sharon M and Angus f. 

Sharon is amazing! She will be a Relief society President one day! She has worked so hard to prepare for her baptism! She grateful that her family showing her the way! She bore a powerful testimony that she knows that this is Jesus Christ church! 

A little bit about angus is that he is Kayla's  little brother. He was baptized because he finally was allowed to live with his mom again. He is a nice kid! Hes not accountable for his actions but our branch President gave it the go ahead because its for his mom. 

Yesterday I gave my Braves hat to Isaiha! He is now a Braves fan! He started Googling the team to learn more about them! He likes them a lot now. He asked me for as much info about them as I could! He loves Bobby Cox he thought his record is crack up! love you heaps