"Yup, girlfriends are tools of Satan" - President Dance. There is absolutely no surrounding context =)

Again, not too much time this week, but not that much has changed in doing the work, still pressing on in finding those who have been prepared by the Lord.
I'm actually E-mailing you from Daugavpils this week, I'll be here on exchanges for the next three days because of a leadership conference going on in Riga. Daugavpils is the 2nd biggest city in Latvia, with about 80,000 people, so it'll be some interesting work, because I've only worked in the big cities so far, with at least half a million. Thanks for your love and support.

-Elder Atkinson

Hey family and friends

Hey family and friends,

Elder Koegler and I have been pretty busy this week with teaching, and it's been a really great week here in Riga. We have a baptismal date set with Dzintars for October 23rd. He's 45, and married with two daughters, but is still a little hesitant because his wife isn't really supportive of it all. We're praying that he is gong to get them to come to watch conference this weekend (in Russian) with the rest of the branch, and that might help them change their mind.
I just gotta say, my companion is definitely the best. Seriously, he's like the most humble guy I've ever met and is way focused on getting the work done, and fulfilling our purpose as missionaries. His Canadian-ness is pretty cool too, he actually says "eh" quite often haha. I've also found out that I make a way legit alfredo sauce, and some nice chicken enchiladas.
I think I mentioned this last week, but I am really liking Riga. It's about twice the size of Vilnius, and there are actually Russian people here. I don't know what else to write about this week, but things are just dandy here. I appreciate your love and prayers, I say it every week because I really mean it =)

Love, Elder Atkinson

Привет от Рига (Hey from Riga)

Hey friends and fam, sorry I only have like 5 minutes this week.

President Dance called me on Friday morning and said that I was being transferred to Riga the next day. Kinda unexpected, especially because this transfer doesn't end for another week and a half. So I'm in Riga now, haha, pretty much just traded places with one of the other trainees. So my new companion is Elder Koegler, and he's from Calgary, Canada. I've only known him for two days, but so far he seems way awesome. The work up here so far has been way intense. We had 3 investigators at church yesterday, and two of them have a baptisimal date for later this month, way exciting. Well, gotta run,

-Elder Atkinson

Picture Time

So, I found out that the exposure on the camera has been all the way down this whole time. That's why all the pictures are so dark. Ugh, so frustrating, I was going to send some from last week, but they're all too dark to see. I forgot to attach pics, here they are:

1) Elder Barnard and Elder Dellinger on top of all the wood we chopped down and threw in that huge WWII truck.
2-the rest) Random Pics of Trakai Castle from this morning. I took a ton, so these are only a few of the good ones.

Love,
-Elder Atkinson

So, I found out that the exposure on the camera has been all the way down this whole time. That's why all the pictures are so dark. Ugh, so frustrating, I was going to send some from last week, but they're all too dark to see. I forgot to attach pics, here they are:

1) Elder Barnard and Elder Dellinger on top of all the wood we chopped down and threw in that huge WWII truck.
2-the rest) Random Pics of Trakai Castle from this morning. I took a ton, so these are only a few of the good ones.

Love,
-Elder Atkinson