Elder Misi is behind me. Elder Egbert is short and dark
hair. Sorenson is blond one in front of me. Elder Mafi is hiding.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Letter to Dad from Bonifay-December 2, 2013
Dear Dad,
What up? I missed y'all too. It just didn't seem the same! I
was telling Elder Mafi all about our Thanksgiving Day cooking fest! They really
need to learn how to make the sweet potato stuff down here. They just like
slice them into chunks and then they fill it with nasty syrup and cover it with
marshmallows.
I can't wait to hear that my Saints killed the Seahawks
haha. Sweet that Ethan and Noah are getting going on basketball. Let me know
how the games go and how hard Ethan dunks it on somebody's head. Awesome that
they both got their Eagles and I heard mom did a killer job. I only got mine
finished cause you helped me out Dad so you get some credit too.
1. How was Thanksgiving
for you? Thanksgiving was fantastic here. We ended up going to 3 different
Thanksgiving dinners! Haha
2. What member house
did you go to? or family? The first was an awesome member family named the
Lubbes (Loo-bee), The second was actually an investigators home named Jim Brott
so that was pretty awesome. Then Saturday we went to the Carrols and they are
super awesome too. They had sooooooo much food.
3. Favorite food?
Newest food? Worst food? Favorite food? Pecan Pie. Newest? Cornbread
dressing. Fantastic stuff. Worst? Collard greens. *shaking head and spitting*
4. Did you go get a
blanket or comforter? Is it still cold? Sweater working well? It's only
really cold at night, but now we decided to turn on the heater so I am pretty
warm now. The sweater fits perfect.
5. Thanks for the
pictures! Is your rain coat good or do we need to get something that makes you
look more Professional? I'm glad you got them! I look pretty good huh? haha
The rain coat works great!
6. Did you guys do a
turkey bowl football game? Yes we did a turkey bowl at the high school
stadium so that was pretty awesome. We had about 6 on 6 and my team killed it.
Elder Egbert played at Dixie State so we had a little advantage.
7. How is your
excerise going? push up for chest and burpies are great to get you in good
shape. I am still exercising regularly mostly maintaining haha.
8. bike fixed? Yeah
the bike is all fixed up! Thankfully. Only problem is that Elder Misi doesn't
get his bike until Friday so we are still walking.
9. So what was the day
of thanksgiving like? what did it consist of? Thanksgiving consisted of
Turkey bowl from about 8 to 10:30 and then getting ready and going to the
Lubbes at 11:30 and then we were there for 2 hours. Then to Jim Brott from
about 2 ish to 4 ish. Then we were mostly in the apartment weekly planning and
chilling with some members and we had a few lessons that night.
10. When is transfers?
It should be coming up soon right? How is Elder Mafi doing? Transfers are
on December 11. Elder Mafi is doing great trying to send stuff home.
Crazy thing happened this Saturday! I got a call from the
APs on Friday and they were like "hey we are bringing an Elder to stay
with you guys and making you a trio tomorrow. Is there any way you can find a
mattress for him by tomorrow night?" So Saturday night we got Elder Misi!
crazy huh? Randomly out of nowhere. So yeah he is from Kailua I think on Oahu
right? He went to Kamehameha the private school on the east side of the island?
So there are three polys in one apartment haha.
Thanks for the thought Dad. I love you and I am so thankful
that I can be your son and learn from you more and more.
Have a great week Dad!
Alofa Atu Oi
Elder Wilson Atagi
Letter to Mom from Bonifay-December 2, 2013
Hey Momma,
The nights get really cold over here! I definitely got the
packages and thanks so much for them! The boots are going to help out a lot for
service projects! That's so awesome that all of the court of honor stuff is
finished and they finally have their eagles. I know that they wanted that stuff
really bad so now we are all on the same page as Eagles. Noah and Ethan sound
like they are their same goofy selves haha. I hope you got my letter with the
testimony and stuff! I am working on getting a Christmas package for y'all so
what do you want for Christmas?
Thanksgiving was pretty awesome over here. The
Southern food was super good! We actually went to 3 different houses and had
Thanksgiving dinner! haha Elder Mafi said that he bruised his stomach. We had
an awesome week teaching people and we continue to lead the district and I
think the Zone in member present lessons. It sure was a lot of fun. Not too big
of stories this week.
Oh! Actually I got another companion this week! His name is
Elder Misi also from Hawaii so now there are three Polys in one apartment!
Crazy huh? He is awesome so far!
We got him on Saturday night so that was pretty sweet. I watched a possum get
stabbed in the neck. So that was pretty sweet haha. Other than that great week!
I really missed our cooking time with everybody! We just went and ate so that
was a lot of fun! I love you guys and I want to y'all to watch a Mormon Message
called Mountains to climb! It's awesome. I love you Mom! Have a fantastic week!
I love you so!
Elder Wilson Atagi
Letter to Mom from Bonifay-November 25, 2013
Hey Mom!
My week has been pretty awesome! I have been pretty cold
sometimes and I think I have let the cold air get into my lungs to sleep at
night. So I have a bit of a cough and stuff like that, but I have an awesome
deep voice! haha
I'm glad you got all of the stuff! We are going to like 5 different member homes throughout the weekend
and they all are feeding us heavily hahaha. I'm not sure what we are going to
get, but I am praying for no roaches in my food haha. We have tried to get up
with them (the Samoan Family), but no luck so far. It isn't their time yet, but soon!
It sounds
like you have had an awesome week! The conference sounds like a lot of fun!
Really spiritual! This week has been pretty awesome and we have been teaching a
lot of people. We had to go on splits twice this week and that was awesome.
Other than that pretty basic week! I love you guys and hope that you have a
great week! Happy Thanksgiving!
I love you so!
Elder Wilson Atagi
Letter to Dad from Bonifay-November 25, 2013
Hey Dad,
I'm doing great Dad! Excited to hear about everything with
Ethan and Noah's game! That's so sick that you guys went! Who won? Sounds
like an awesome time Dad!
1. How were your
exchanges? The exchanges are a lot of fun! I went with Elder Sorenson and
Elder Hill this week and both are great Elders. It was a lot of fun this week.
2. When you feel like
there is a problem with a missionary, do you take care of it or talk to the
ZL's? I try to pray about it throughout the day and the week and help them
set goals to get better, but I often ask for guidance from my Zone Leaders.
3. Tell me about your
District? The District is awesome! We have 8 missionaries including me,
Elder Mafi, Elder Egbert and Elder Sorenson, Elder Hill and Elder Wilcox, and
Sister Christopherson and Sister Barton. The District really knows how to work
hard in their areas even though right now they are kind of struggling with
finding people to teach. They continue to work hard and I am just trying to
help them when they stumble a little bit.
4. Are you guys
checking on less active members too? We try to check on and work with LA.
It's hard to get out to some of them, but the Bishop here has enlisted the help
of the quorums every Tuesday and Thursday to be able to go to the LA.
5. Is Elder Mafi
getting excited to go home? He has mixed feelings he wants to see his
family, but he loves being on a mission doing missionary work.
6. How do you get
members to do stuff for you like sew your pants? They usually are offering
to do things like that so I accepted the offer. Haha
7. Is your bike fixed
now? I am going to pick up the tire tomorrow! Finally!
8. Sounds like your
pretty tough on your bike? tire? Chain? Mostly the tires are beat up. I try
to keep all of the stuff together and keep it clean.
9. Sleep? still going
good? I am sleeping really well.
This week has been pretty awesome! We had to go on splits
with members 2 times this week. We had 9 member present lessons, 4 people come
to church and 4 New investigators! So we have had an awesome week! We taught a
couple new families and they are all progressing! This week has been just a ton
of fun! We keep teaching a lot of people and they are feeling the Spirit as we
teach and as they read! It has been a real blessing to be out here and finding
some amazing people wanting to change and be better!
Not much this week. I have
been kinda sick like with a cough and a little congested, but I have an awesome
deep voice that sounds like Darth Vader. One amazing thing about being sick on
a mission is when you start teaching a lesson and suddenly every single symptom
that you had disappears and you can teach just fine and as soon as you leave
the home... POW! (in Mom's voice) They hit you like a hammer. It's been a
fantastic time this week!
I love you Dad and thanks for the message!
Alofa Atu Oi
Elder Wilson Atagi
P.S. How do you make the Rolls
soaked in Coconut milk?
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