1/2/17

It's my 13 month mark if y'all wanted to know. 

I know that the memories of me are probably fading and becoming hazy, but hang in there. You have my weekly email to keep you going. 

To Do List: 

Develop the Christlike Attribute of Humility 

Really though, if you try to develop the attribute of humility you will just be super prideful all the time and feel bad a lot. That's my experience anyway. 

We started off this week right by having a rotten egg dropped on our car on the way back to our apartment last Monday. It was awful. I'm sure it was some hooligan youth. I was like "I hope some missionaries find them and teach them the gospel!" but then I remembered that we're the only missionaries in this area. It's up too us. 

"Have you ever done anything in your life that made you feel bad?" 

"One time I threw an egg on someone's car"

"Oh really.............." 

We had to get that taken care of. Good thing Elder Chao is so nice and understanding. 

"We got an egg thrown on our car." -Sister Call

"Sister Atchley! Weren't you the one that got your car written on in Mission Viejo." -Sister Chao

Also! Since apparently I'm like some kind of gremlin for cars, Sister Call's seat belt doesn't work right and the light comes on. When the seat belt light comes on TiWi says check your seat belt. When TiWi says check your seat belt too many times you become a red driver. When you become a red driver too many times you lose driving privileges for the rest of your mission. So basically this is a huge problem. 

We met with our investigator this week. His name is Kevin and/or Kaveh. He is super nice and humble. He came to church too. We asked him if he'd ever felt the spirit before. He said that when he is at church he feels more peace and comfort than anywhere else, but he didn't know if that was the spirit. We were SUPER unified in the lesson. Even the member present was unified. There was just tons of unity. It was probably maybe one of the most unified lessons I've ever taught. At one point I was like "I have to ask Guiti to bear her testimony in Farsi" and then Guiti was like "Is it ok if I say something in Farsi?" It was preeeetty cooool. He said he wants to get baptized when he learns more. Next step: convince him that you don't need a perfect knowledge. 

Our district meeting was awesome. Elder Mills gave a training on the doctrine of Christ. It was so good! I love the doctrine of Christ. His training was on how we need to always be teaching the doctrine of Christ in every single lesson. He talked about how by the time we get to lesson 3 our investigators should be so familiar with the terms that it's just a review. He said he felt like on his mission he's been more of a teacher of information than of doctrine. It's super true! I was taught so well! Like I had really killer missionaries or something. #ShoutOut 

Transfer calls are this week. 

Here's my predictions: Sister Call gets two new companions and I go AP. 

Jk Here's my real predictions: 

Sister Call trains the one new sister and I get transferred within the zone. 

What's probably actually going to happen: 

University Park B - There will be no changes. 

Hey it's 2017! 2016 has come and gone and I've missed all of it! The only things I know about are the mannequin challenge and dabbing. I guess I also know about how Donald Trump is going to be our president. 

Well! Get ready for a new year guys! 

Quotes: 

"I was playing hymns and singing one time and my mom came over and was singing with me cause it was more christmasy stuff. So I played a couple and I was like yeah! So I flipped over to "We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet" and then I was like ahaha! BOOM! "Joseph Smith's first prayer" She was done. She got up and left." -Elder Mills

"Sister Atchley! You never told me from Texas!" -Elder Powell

True buddy... how do you know that then? 

"Anyway then you have to somehow relate the law of chastity to a chinchilla." -Elder Bowen

"I secretly kept track of how many times y'all said words from the doctrine of Christ. Elder Boggess was going strong for a long time. I thought he was going to win until Sister Atchley CRUSHED IT with a total of 10 times!" -Elder Mills

"Is that a 42 points game I see?" -Elder Mills

"He... capitol H." -Elder Bowen

"1.4 The Savior's Earthly Ministry and Atonement." -me 

"Oh what the heck Sister Atchley!" -Elder Everett 

"The Lord doesn't always give you the full answer." -me 

"Like in Super Mario when it tells you how to get to the star, but not where it is." -A kid

"Oh sick" -Elder Xu

He's from mainland China. This is one of his favorite phrases. 

"Can we do anything for you?" -me 

"Have a good night and don't share anymore stupid dinner messages." -Elder Bowen

"I hate cleaning I just like to live in a clean house!" -Sister Call

"Sister Baker!? Now that's a cool Sister!" -Elder LuRey

"You need to step up yo game Sister Atchley" -Elder LuRey

"Squirrel Lives Matter!" -Elder Jeske

"Elder Bowen's older cut him some slack!" -Elder Jeske

"The eyesight isn't so good anymore" -Elder Tree

He's like 24 or 25 

"We have a cat that comes and visits us. It's technically not our pet." -Elder Killpack 

"Children are a byproduct of adults." -Sunday School Teacher

Here's the reading assignment:

The first thing that ever stuck in my head as revelation when I started investigating the church was from this talk: 

The Prophet Joseph Smith by By Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge

Here's the thing: "And yet as anxious as he is, he doesn’t run to a quiet corner and rattle off a hurried prayer. He is only 14, but in his haste to know, he is not hasty. This is not to be just any prayer. He decides where to go and when to make the attempt. He prepares to talk to God."

I always think about this ever since. It's so important to take the time to actually speak to our Heavenly Father. This is how we get answers. We can be so greatly blessed if we take time to deliberately and clearly approach Heavenly Father with our concerns and challenges. 

Love Y'all!!

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