News from this week, we saved a puppy, have one solid person with a baptismal date, this awesome lady that we have taught for the whole time I have been here finally came to church, and she said that she is going to tell her work that he can never work on Sundays, hardcore! And there is a Canadian in our district. he is pretty cool, but didn´t play hockey, but we´ll forgive him, eh?
Yay bike expo! I miss that. I´ll have to come home from school bike expo weekend in 2 years haha.
I can´t believe it is already birthday time, look for a package in the mail soon :) with Uruguayan stuff in it. Dude you are really young, my comp´s dad is over 60, wowzers, that's ancient. well I am stoked to be here, and to kill off my comp, did you ever get to kill anyone off during your mission?
How is our man Barack doing?
I am happy guy now. I got my package, I can´t believe you found my hat! Also, I was proud to see in one of those pictures someone decided to keep my Ramone's poster up :) I haven´t been able to see the videos yet or listen to the music.
This week was good, compy and i set a buttload of records for our companionship, as well as having the most lessons in the zone, booyah. He is on his deathbed though, only five weeks and then he peaces out, so weird.
This week was very eventful... we started working out hard in the morning and at night (not on Sundays though) to drop weight, because I have gained some pounds.
We saved a puppy. there was this little puppy just chillin in a ravine waiting to die. we´re pretty sure someone had just left it there to die, so i made the long painful journey all ten feet down this mighty cliffs face to save the puppy in peril. We grabbed it but then didn´t know what to do with it because we can´t have a pet as missionaries. Then this ladie entered both of our minds for who to give it to, but we went there and she didn´t want it. so we just went around to our lessons with a puppy, trying to hawk it off to whoever... then after like an hour of holding our new friend, the lady´s daughter came up and said she had been looking for a puppy to buy. So we gave it to her, yay, and she is a member, so we get to visit the puppy whenever we want. See, the Spirit can guide missionaries in whatever thing, actually I think the Lord just wanted us to get back to work hahaha...
Thank you for the awesome pics, S looks like a Gmoney, he should probably form a pop-punk band. and I loved the broken goggles from C's boarding trip and D with braces.
Love Elder B
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Stake Conference in Uruguay and Washington
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO don´t sell the Subaru!!! I love that car. The Eugene girls even named him Henry. I feel like I just lost an old friend. What color is the Acura? It's just like a normal car right? Can you take it boarding? Ohh, poor Subaru :,( ps thats a tear.)
Stake Conference was pretty cool, President da Silva came and gave a good talk, and so did his wife. We just had to walk the two blocks from our house to our building because we have the stake center. That was nice. we even had two investigators come, it was awesome.
Brother R got released? That's crazy! Do they have a replacement yet? I bet its Brother S. He is awesome. I would say you, but you just got a new big calling.
The work is going good, just we were having tons of trouble getting people to come, but the Lord knows how hard you work, and we were blessed with a random golden investigator coming to church a couple weeks ago. She is amazing. her husband was inactive and then just decided, hey I am going to go back to church, and my woman needs to get baptized, we´re aiming for the 20th with them.
Happy b day C. I started talking a lot more this week, and when I kind of take more charge and talk a lot, the work is so much funner, and I could feel the Spirit a whole lot stronger. I was so much more energetic, but then my comp got sick again. We were out for almost a whole day... that sucked a little, but I studied Spanish while he slept.
Basically I love it here and I am glad I get to stay here, probably until June. I just hope I still like this place after 6 months...
I never really talked about Pres because I never see him. we see him for interviews once every transfer, and maybe once more for a zone conference, we´re four hours from the mission home. but he is awesome, he is really chilled out, but you can tell that he loves the gospel and the work.
Wow that is so cool about Chin becoming an Elder, he is really moving up in the world, soon, he can even turn his papers in... hey how is CH doing? Man I am so excited for all my friends to get out in the field, maybe I could train one of them.
Personal study... I am doing good, I am not very good at being ready on time, but once I start, I love it. I am reading in second nephi in Spanish, and marking like a fool. also I started reading Our Heritage, which is really good. not super exciting but i learn stuff...
I love people like that guy who spoke in your stake conference, people who are just humble and know it is true. Our one lady who we thought was like that, who had quit smoking and everything just told us she didn´t want anymore. That stunk. She was so cool, but then we went over for like the 4th time and she asked if we wanted our book back. Ouch. que triste. (how sad)
Our stake conference was good, and we have this way cool 9 year old kid, A who we are teaching. His mom got baptized a few months back and he is way cool. We played Uno with them on Sunday night, and we met his friend, who was more excited about the church than he was.
One thing a sister said in stake conference was, would we invite the Savior into our homes? Really made me think, my comp turned to me and said, our house is a mess! So i really thought, umm, get on it elder...
No package yet, but we won´t get this weeks letters for another week, so it will probably come then.
I love you so much
Have a great week. Thanks for your prayers and faith.
Elder Barry
Stake Conference was pretty cool, President da Silva came and gave a good talk, and so did his wife. We just had to walk the two blocks from our house to our building because we have the stake center. That was nice. we even had two investigators come, it was awesome.
Brother R got released? That's crazy! Do they have a replacement yet? I bet its Brother S. He is awesome. I would say you, but you just got a new big calling.
The work is going good, just we were having tons of trouble getting people to come, but the Lord knows how hard you work, and we were blessed with a random golden investigator coming to church a couple weeks ago. She is amazing. her husband was inactive and then just decided, hey I am going to go back to church, and my woman needs to get baptized, we´re aiming for the 20th with them.
Happy b day C. I started talking a lot more this week, and when I kind of take more charge and talk a lot, the work is so much funner, and I could feel the Spirit a whole lot stronger. I was so much more energetic, but then my comp got sick again. We were out for almost a whole day... that sucked a little, but I studied Spanish while he slept.
Basically I love it here and I am glad I get to stay here, probably until June. I just hope I still like this place after 6 months...
I never really talked about Pres because I never see him. we see him for interviews once every transfer, and maybe once more for a zone conference, we´re four hours from the mission home. but he is awesome, he is really chilled out, but you can tell that he loves the gospel and the work.
Wow that is so cool about Chin becoming an Elder, he is really moving up in the world, soon, he can even turn his papers in... hey how is CH doing? Man I am so excited for all my friends to get out in the field, maybe I could train one of them.
Personal study... I am doing good, I am not very good at being ready on time, but once I start, I love it. I am reading in second nephi in Spanish, and marking like a fool. also I started reading Our Heritage, which is really good. not super exciting but i learn stuff...
I love people like that guy who spoke in your stake conference, people who are just humble and know it is true. Our one lady who we thought was like that, who had quit smoking and everything just told us she didn´t want anymore. That stunk. She was so cool, but then we went over for like the 4th time and she asked if we wanted our book back. Ouch. que triste. (how sad)
Our stake conference was good, and we have this way cool 9 year old kid, A who we are teaching. His mom got baptized a few months back and he is way cool. We played Uno with them on Sunday night, and we met his friend, who was more excited about the church than he was.
One thing a sister said in stake conference was, would we invite the Savior into our homes? Really made me think, my comp turned to me and said, our house is a mess! So i really thought, umm, get on it elder...
No package yet, but we won´t get this weeks letters for another week, so it will probably come then.
I love you so much
Have a great week. Thanks for your prayers and faith.
Elder Barry
The Pre Mission Movie Quoter
Something you may not know about pre-mission Barry... He loves movies and was frequently found quoting them. So recently I sent him this quick email after a very fun night at home:
Barry,
I just have to tell you really quickly about the thimble game tonight. It wasn't even fhe and cdj suggested we play the thimble game. Somebody did Stick it quotes and it was hilarious so then someone did Toy Story quotes, I couldn't stop laughing, then someone did Monte Python Holy Grail quotes. It was a blast. You would have loved it!
We heard: I'm a lost toy! The claw decides who will stay and who will go. Farewell, I go on to a better place. Look, I'm Picaso, what are you looking at, you hockey puck. Moving buddies, if you don't have one, get one. I mean, humptey dumptey was pushed. By Woody. YOU ARE A TOY. Sid, your pop tarts are ready! You are a sad strange little man and you have my pity. Revenge is not an idea we promote on my planet. To infinity and beyond.
It's good I didn't like falling. I loved it! Tell her I have my GED. What does drunk driving have to do with it? Lose the hat, Lose the gum. Too much rock for one hand. Dude, I really hate you right now. Couldn't let you have all the fun. Why do always gotta bite my moment? Taste good? Delicious. I have a gut feeling something bad is about to happen.
Green, no blue. aaaahhhhhh! It's a bunny rabbit, what's it gonna do nibble your bum? Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem. Nobody's gonna write aurgh! I'm not dead. What are you gonna do? Bleed on me? I'll bite your legs off, you pansy. I feel a song coming on. None shall pass. On second thought tis a silly place. You can call me.. Tim?
Just had to share!
Love you! Mom <3...
XOXOXO
Barry's response:
i love our family... i laughed so hard when i read that. thank you so much.
love elder b
~ever since then Barry and I title our emails with a movie quote. Maybe you could send me some good ones for the coming weeks!?
Barry,
I just have to tell you really quickly about the thimble game tonight. It wasn't even fhe and cdj suggested we play the thimble game. Somebody did Stick it quotes and it was hilarious so then someone did Toy Story quotes, I couldn't stop laughing, then someone did Monte Python Holy Grail quotes. It was a blast. You would have loved it!
We heard: I'm a lost toy! The claw decides who will stay and who will go. Farewell, I go on to a better place. Look, I'm Picaso, what are you looking at, you hockey puck. Moving buddies, if you don't have one, get one. I mean, humptey dumptey was pushed. By Woody. YOU ARE A TOY. Sid, your pop tarts are ready! You are a sad strange little man and you have my pity. Revenge is not an idea we promote on my planet. To infinity and beyond.
It's good I didn't like falling. I loved it! Tell her I have my GED. What does drunk driving have to do with it? Lose the hat, Lose the gum. Too much rock for one hand. Dude, I really hate you right now. Couldn't let you have all the fun. Why do always gotta bite my moment? Taste good? Delicious. I have a gut feeling something bad is about to happen.
Green, no blue. aaaahhhhhh! It's a bunny rabbit, what's it gonna do nibble your bum? Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem. Nobody's gonna write aurgh! I'm not dead. What are you gonna do? Bleed on me? I'll bite your legs off, you pansy. I feel a song coming on. None shall pass. On second thought tis a silly place. You can call me.. Tim?
Just had to share!
Love you! Mom <3...
XOXOXO
Barry's response:
i love our family... i laughed so hard when i read that. thank you so much.
love elder b
~ever since then Barry and I title our emails with a movie quote. Maybe you could send me some good ones for the coming weeks!?
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
March 1 The Hat
So this hat, don´t worry its not a cowboy hat, its more like an Indiana Jones hat, basically its the best. Apparently it is water proof, that's what the guy said. People dig it, and it'll keep me from getting skin cancer so I am okay with it.
It is the end of the world as we know it, so many places are quaking, its crazy. we didn´t feel anything here, but we probably will soon at the rate that the end is coming haha. kind of freaky because we live on the fourth floor of a shabbily built apartment.
Today is a national holiday. Pepe Mujica is getting sworn in, we actually watched the speech, it was really boring. He is an old man, slight speech impediment, and socialist, this place is going great places... I read in a paper at the newsstand that Hillary was coming, they probably played rock paper scissors about who would have to come down here. The thing is, that she is just really bad at nose goes. She is like the most famous person to come here since that missionary who was in high school musical, although I think the people were more excited for him. oh by the way, witch is bruja in spanish.
I did have a really cool spiritual experience the other day, we are teaching this guy named C and he had some questions about the family, so during studies, we were going to look for his answers. I said a prayer right before I started for help to find what I needed, then I opened up True to the Faith, and it went to the exact page of families, and I found a way cool thing to share with him. That guy is so cool, and he said he would go to stake conference this Sunday. while we were teaching him the first time this week, I learned more in the lesson than he did. We were talking about Adam and Eve and the concept of the fall all of the sudden became really clear in my mind and it all made sense. I had always believed it, but it wasn´t that clear, but as we were teaching it to C it all clicked. It was such a good feeling, and I was able to explain it in just the way that he needed to hear it, without the Spirit of the Holy Ghost, that lesson would not have been very good at all, but as we were blessed with the help of the Lord, we really got through to him.
Transfers are in a week, but I don´t think I am going anywhere. my comp dies after this change, and President likes to keep people in their areas for a long timeI i am probably going to be here until june, but I like it here.
That is so cool that C, C, and C got their Duty to God awards, especially cool that C did. btw fohawk is spelled weird, its french. For our church party thing we actually watched UP because they didn´t have the other one, but it was hilarious, funnier than I remember it, even though it was in Spanish. I guess the translators were good. Mostly all that we eat here is just pasta with oil on it and meat in it. Its good, just a little boring. but sometimes we get this one desert higos, its kind of like prunes cooked in sugar, but its delicious.
Yes Mom I am happy, my comp loves to talk, and talk, to everyone he just goes and goes, but he is a great guy, I just need to be paciente he works like crazy so it will be awesome. This week we had two new investigators in church, we didn´t even know them before, they just showed up, they are both amazing too, blessings do come to those who work, just in the Lords time, flipping test of paciencia(sorry, i don´t remember how to spell pacience, pacient,pascient?) I heard about all the quakes, but we didn´t feel anything... but the world is ending sometime soon so I am sure we´ll feel something soon.
We meet awesome people every day, even the plumber, he fixed our pipe, and now we are going to go teach him, he was way cool, and as we talked to him he let us write his info down, he said we should meet his family. so stoked!!!
Thank you for your prayers and emails.
I love you and pray for you too.
Barry
It is the end of the world as we know it, so many places are quaking, its crazy. we didn´t feel anything here, but we probably will soon at the rate that the end is coming haha. kind of freaky because we live on the fourth floor of a shabbily built apartment.
Today is a national holiday. Pepe Mujica is getting sworn in, we actually watched the speech, it was really boring. He is an old man, slight speech impediment, and socialist, this place is going great places... I read in a paper at the newsstand that Hillary was coming, they probably played rock paper scissors about who would have to come down here. The thing is, that she is just really bad at nose goes. She is like the most famous person to come here since that missionary who was in high school musical, although I think the people were more excited for him. oh by the way, witch is bruja in spanish.
I did have a really cool spiritual experience the other day, we are teaching this guy named C and he had some questions about the family, so during studies, we were going to look for his answers. I said a prayer right before I started for help to find what I needed, then I opened up True to the Faith, and it went to the exact page of families, and I found a way cool thing to share with him. That guy is so cool, and he said he would go to stake conference this Sunday. while we were teaching him the first time this week, I learned more in the lesson than he did. We were talking about Adam and Eve and the concept of the fall all of the sudden became really clear in my mind and it all made sense. I had always believed it, but it wasn´t that clear, but as we were teaching it to C it all clicked. It was such a good feeling, and I was able to explain it in just the way that he needed to hear it, without the Spirit of the Holy Ghost, that lesson would not have been very good at all, but as we were blessed with the help of the Lord, we really got through to him.
Transfers are in a week, but I don´t think I am going anywhere. my comp dies after this change, and President likes to keep people in their areas for a long timeI i am probably going to be here until june, but I like it here.
That is so cool that C, C, and C got their Duty to God awards, especially cool that C did. btw fohawk is spelled weird, its french. For our church party thing we actually watched UP because they didn´t have the other one, but it was hilarious, funnier than I remember it, even though it was in Spanish. I guess the translators were good. Mostly all that we eat here is just pasta with oil on it and meat in it. Its good, just a little boring. but sometimes we get this one desert higos, its kind of like prunes cooked in sugar, but its delicious.
Yes Mom I am happy, my comp loves to talk, and talk, to everyone he just goes and goes, but he is a great guy, I just need to be paciente he works like crazy so it will be awesome. This week we had two new investigators in church, we didn´t even know them before, they just showed up, they are both amazing too, blessings do come to those who work, just in the Lords time, flipping test of paciencia(sorry, i don´t remember how to spell pacience, pacient,pascient?) I heard about all the quakes, but we didn´t feel anything... but the world is ending sometime soon so I am sure we´ll feel something soon.
We meet awesome people every day, even the plumber, he fixed our pipe, and now we are going to go teach him, he was way cool, and as we talked to him he let us write his info down, he said we should meet his family. so stoked!!!
Thank you for your prayers and emails.
I love you and pray for you too.
Barry
February 22, 2010
We both got sick again, I thought it was just allergies, but it was more. It was the flu, and we were out for almost 24 hours straight. so we just like chilled in bed and ordered food. It was the kind of sick where you feel fine, until you stand up, then you have no energy and just want to fall over. But now its all good.
We had some good investigators and lessons this week, we found S again, but it rained on Sunday, so none of them came to church. In one of our wards we hardly even had members. There was 5 or 6 of us in priesthood, including the missionaries. It was hilarious though because the president still stood up on the stage and timidly read off anouncements to all six of us.
I got the picture of the bike cave and it is way awesome, it makes me want to train like a madman. I have decided that i am going to be a bike geek in college and go on lots of rides.
One of our branches has like more primary kids than adults, its awesome, but they always have the whole primary together for the whole thing. This week we are doing a ward activity watching a movie, monsters vs aliens, yesss i am stoked.
USA USA USA USA USA
We saw the highlights fom the USA Canada hockey game it was brilliant.
Me and my comp played uno last night, and I lost 15 games in a row. the score is 763 to zero. I am a disgrace to the family. I can´t believe how expensive that stuff was. The olympics I mean. they must make a killing off of it.
I wish I could watch the olympics with you guys. I don´t think that I will need money for a little while but I will let you know.
Did i tell you that we have a guitar in the apartment? I love it.
Well it was good to hear from you guys, I love you so much. ride hard and party it down.
Talk at you later.
Elder Barry
We had some good investigators and lessons this week, we found S again, but it rained on Sunday, so none of them came to church. In one of our wards we hardly even had members. There was 5 or 6 of us in priesthood, including the missionaries. It was hilarious though because the president still stood up on the stage and timidly read off anouncements to all six of us.
I got the picture of the bike cave and it is way awesome, it makes me want to train like a madman. I have decided that i am going to be a bike geek in college and go on lots of rides.
One of our branches has like more primary kids than adults, its awesome, but they always have the whole primary together for the whole thing. This week we are doing a ward activity watching a movie, monsters vs aliens, yesss i am stoked.
USA USA USA USA USA
We saw the highlights fom the USA Canada hockey game it was brilliant.
Me and my comp played uno last night, and I lost 15 games in a row. the score is 763 to zero. I am a disgrace to the family. I can´t believe how expensive that stuff was. The olympics I mean. they must make a killing off of it.
I wish I could watch the olympics with you guys. I don´t think that I will need money for a little while but I will let you know.
Did i tell you that we have a guitar in the apartment? I love it.
Well it was good to hear from you guys, I love you so much. ride hard and party it down.
Talk at you later.
Elder Barry
Monday, February 15, 2010
4 Months Today! 2-15-10
You have three hours of meetiings before the church every week as ward clerk? That's rough... at least you get to have Bishop W in there with you, he is a swell guy, he kind of makes that stuff funner, at least for me he did.
I gave another talk yesterday, about missionary work, again. But different branch, so I was able to use the same scriptures from last time. I used Matthew 10:19-20, which talks about how the Spirit will talk through you, and also I think it was Doctrine and Covenants 68, somethin or other, but you really should look up the d&c one. It talks about when you speak with the Spirit your words become scripture. I love it. (See sidebar under Teaching with the Spirit)
Then I talked about how having the gospel in our lives is like having a batch of cookies, but, you see, your cookies are perfect cookies, so perfect that you will remember the taste of them forever. But the thing is, you have more cookies than you could ever eat in your lifetime, and your neighbours don´t (canadian spelling of neighbours hehehe). They have cookies, but their cookies aren´t perfect. They are missing some of the ingredients. We shouldn´t be afraid of sharing our cookies with them because if they realize the importance of a happy tongue they will really appreciate our gift.
Now relate that to the gospel; we have the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, but our neighbours and friends don´t, and if they realize the importance of a happy soul (because who wouldn´t enjoy a little salvation to their soul?) they will be really grateful that we shared with them. Also, they might make us cookies to say thank you.
And, it was in Spanish, booyah.
You are so lucky to be able to go boarding. I am so jealous. How are the olympics, are people going crazy because they are so close? Are you guys gonna watch any of it? I am glad that C busted some goggles, tradition is a good thing, sometimes.
So my comp. he never stops smiling. he is from Pleasant Grove, Utah, and he is almost done. He has a testimony voice, meaning his voice changes like crazy to bear his testimony, and then at other times when he doesn´t need to be that serious. He is awesome though. You know that you are glad that we have companion unity! We have fun, and I taught him how to make duct tape stuff. I made a bag with a shoulder strap and everything, it is way cool, and I used it to tract the other day when all I needed was my scriptures and hymn book.
Happy Valentines Day Mom! This week was kind of eventful, but our numbers went down the tube...
Both of us got sick, on consecutive days. just like a cold, but we had to stay in and sleep, I felt pretty bad about it, but the sleep felt so nice, and now we´re totally fine.
We have been working hard, just it's been rough on us. We have fun though. I wouldn't be anywhere else but here though. I can't believe its already February, its been 4 months today since my first day in the mtc, and 2 months in Uruguay, half of my mission now has been in this country! I am so pumped to be here. You remember that guy who is gonna get us jerseys? He can´t right now because he has no job, but we are teaching him English! He is so cool, I love talking to him and teaching, it was harder than I thought to teach my own language. We were teaching him how to pray in English, and we were struggling how to remember to say things. That's just cuz we pray in Spanish about a million times every day. Enjoy the Olympics, and watch a hockey game for me. USA USA USA!
I love you, I am glad you fixed your bathroom, now come fix ours. Gotta peace, enjoy your callings and the rain. love you a lot.
Elder Barry
Hey S!
We do do a lot of tracting, we´re supposed to get 140 contacts every week, and a contact is just like everyone we talk to. Last week we got 170 contacts though. all of our investigators have kind of been falling through, and they come up with lame excuses to not go to church. I´m just hoping we find someone good soon...
We started teaching English to a guy today. He already knows a lot, but we were able to help him out, and he is way cool. Then we played soccer with him and he schooled us all. I wish I could play soccer hahaha. I am so jealous you get to go to efy I miss that stuff, EFY was the best.
Dude you should be stoked about your mission this is the best time you´re ever going to have, we work like crazy, but its the Lord's work so its awesome and totally worth it.
I love you
Elder Barry
I gave another talk yesterday, about missionary work, again. But different branch, so I was able to use the same scriptures from last time. I used Matthew 10:19-20, which talks about how the Spirit will talk through you, and also I think it was Doctrine and Covenants 68, somethin or other, but you really should look up the d&c one. It talks about when you speak with the Spirit your words become scripture. I love it. (See sidebar under Teaching with the Spirit)
Then I talked about how having the gospel in our lives is like having a batch of cookies, but, you see, your cookies are perfect cookies, so perfect that you will remember the taste of them forever. But the thing is, you have more cookies than you could ever eat in your lifetime, and your neighbours don´t (canadian spelling of neighbours hehehe). They have cookies, but their cookies aren´t perfect. They are missing some of the ingredients. We shouldn´t be afraid of sharing our cookies with them because if they realize the importance of a happy tongue they will really appreciate our gift.
Now relate that to the gospel; we have the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, but our neighbours and friends don´t, and if they realize the importance of a happy soul (because who wouldn´t enjoy a little salvation to their soul?) they will be really grateful that we shared with them. Also, they might make us cookies to say thank you.
And, it was in Spanish, booyah.
You are so lucky to be able to go boarding. I am so jealous. How are the olympics, are people going crazy because they are so close? Are you guys gonna watch any of it? I am glad that C busted some goggles, tradition is a good thing, sometimes.
So my comp. he never stops smiling. he is from Pleasant Grove, Utah, and he is almost done. He has a testimony voice, meaning his voice changes like crazy to bear his testimony, and then at other times when he doesn´t need to be that serious. He is awesome though. You know that you are glad that we have companion unity! We have fun, and I taught him how to make duct tape stuff. I made a bag with a shoulder strap and everything, it is way cool, and I used it to tract the other day when all I needed was my scriptures and hymn book.
Happy Valentines Day Mom! This week was kind of eventful, but our numbers went down the tube...
Both of us got sick, on consecutive days. just like a cold, but we had to stay in and sleep, I felt pretty bad about it, but the sleep felt so nice, and now we´re totally fine.
We have been working hard, just it's been rough on us. We have fun though. I wouldn't be anywhere else but here though. I can't believe its already February, its been 4 months today since my first day in the mtc, and 2 months in Uruguay, half of my mission now has been in this country! I am so pumped to be here. You remember that guy who is gonna get us jerseys? He can´t right now because he has no job, but we are teaching him English! He is so cool, I love talking to him and teaching, it was harder than I thought to teach my own language. We were teaching him how to pray in English, and we were struggling how to remember to say things. That's just cuz we pray in Spanish about a million times every day. Enjoy the Olympics, and watch a hockey game for me. USA USA USA!
I love you, I am glad you fixed your bathroom, now come fix ours. Gotta peace, enjoy your callings and the rain. love you a lot.
Elder Barry
Hey S!
We do do a lot of tracting, we´re supposed to get 140 contacts every week, and a contact is just like everyone we talk to. Last week we got 170 contacts though. all of our investigators have kind of been falling through, and they come up with lame excuses to not go to church. I´m just hoping we find someone good soon...
We started teaching English to a guy today. He already knows a lot, but we were able to help him out, and he is way cool. Then we played soccer with him and he schooled us all. I wish I could play soccer hahaha. I am so jealous you get to go to efy I miss that stuff, EFY was the best.
Dude you should be stoked about your mission this is the best time you´re ever going to have, we work like crazy, but its the Lord's work so its awesome and totally worth it.
I love you
Elder Barry
Monday, February 8, 2010
Teaching and Rain
Barry displaying Duct Tape Christmas gifts from the family: Book cover, wallet, glasses case, pocket protector, and... Tie!
All handmade by those who love him best!
Yesterday it was raining soooo hard! We put our backpacks under our coats and ran from place to place because the rain gives us energy, and because it was pouring so hard. There was seriously rivers in the streets, I wish that I had had my camera...
Haven´t gotten the jersey yet, but I'll send a picture of it home when I do.WE FOUND S. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On the way home from emailing you guys last week we ran into him, set up an appointment for a lesson, and had it. But then, he came to church too!!!!! I was right he hadn't quit smoking, so figured he couldn´t come to church. but we invited him and he came. I even gave him the 1960 edition of the Bible we had in our house because he was worried he didn´t have one. He is still lowering his smoking too, he is down from 4 boxes to 12 cigarettes a day.
He is so honest and real I love it. We set a new date with him and he is really excited. His new date for baptizm is the 27th of February. That day we are having a baptizm together as a zone. Everybody is going to bring one person to the Stake Center to baptize and we´ll all be there and it will be super spiritual. I am so stoked. When we were talking to S I could picture him there dressed in white at our big baptizm, and I felt the Spirit so strong at that point, it was brilliant. Thank you so much for your prayers for him.
That is crazy about Brother, uh, Bishop K. That is crazy. Things are about to be shaken up over there. I think he could do good though, that area kind of needed some renovation hardy har har. The foothills park ward! No way that is awesome. Is bishop still the bishop? That is so crazy that they changed it! That's exciting too.
My spanish is improving a lot. I can understand people really well, usually, but speaking I´m slow, but I can communicate what I want to say. We bought hats that we are allowed to wear tracting!!! I think we are allowed to because there is like a hole in the ozone here, everyone always tells us to, so we finally bought them today. They are country folk hats, not cowboy hats, but probably still shouldn´t tell dad. The rule is that we can wear these kind of hats, but not baseball hats, or I would be all over it hahaha. It also keep water out so I´m stoked because it has rained all week here, and when it rains it pours. But the Columbia coat is perfect. I stay 100% dry underneath it. I love it and it doesn´t overheat me, because even though it rains, it is still way hot sometimes.
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