Week 4!!

     Another amazing week. First off, I forgot to tell you about our baptism last week. His name is Ignacio . And again, I forgot to get a picture....sorry. I´ll try to get one when we visit him again or at church. So we have had 2 baptisms in 4 weeks, and we have 2 more scheduled for this week. But yesterday, they said that they may want more time... so we are working on them. As of now we have 6 with baptism dates in January. I set a personal goal to have 8 baptisms every month. Which is 96 in a year. In this mission, it is more than possible. This week, we invited one hermana to be baptized and she accepted. My companion then says,´´ok. Primera, necesite tomar un examine de ciento preguntas´´ Which is, first you need to take a test of 100 questions. And he sat there with a straight face....I looked at him all confused, and the hermana´s face was priceless. He then said he was kidding, and we laughed for 5 minutes. After that lesson, he told me that he thinks the Testigos de Jehova make their converts take a hundred question test, that´s why he said that just messing around. But it was pretty funny! In other news, I was worried about not being able to buy food here when I wanted or needed to. But there are 3 main types of jobs here. One is a taxi driver, another is driving around selling gas for hot water, and the third is own your own ´´tienda.´´ It´s basically a little maverick. They have Mexican treats and other stuff like drinks, bread, and whatnot. In the street, a lot of people sell bread. It´s so good and there are a lot of different kinds. They are all 2 pesos each. Which is about 20 cents. So I get 5 different kinds of bread, all pretty good sized, for just under one dollar. It´s a sweet deal. On Thursday, we had zone conference. Presidente and Hermana Whitehead come and do a presentation every zone conference. This month was a special one because of Christmas. Presidente and Hermana Whitehead did a very powerful message and presentation. It was all in español and I understood all of it! There was not a dry eye in the room, and it was the first time I took notes in español. As for my Spanish, I haven´t opened my english preach my gospel in awhile, I can do fine with the Spanish version. As for scripture reading, I´m still working on getting used to the spanish scriptures. I can understand people better and better everyday, and I learn a little more everyday. Anyways here´s a little info. about mail. If you send it through regular mail, I receive it every time we have zone conference or interviews. Which are once a month. So if it gets there the day after zone conference or interviews, I won´t get it until the next month. If you send a letter through pouch, I´ll get it the next tuesday that it gets there, because our zone leaders pick it up every week I believe and bring it to District Meetings, which are every Tuesday. Now for the most important info. to you right now. Skype! haha. Our bishop has graciously offered us his laptop and ipad for us to use on Wednesday for Christmas. We are planning on pushing the call button on skype at 11 in the morning at our church building. Our church building is about 30 minutes away, so don´t panic if we are a little late getting there;) I´m excited to see everybody and be able to talk to you guys. And lastly, I have a request. haha. I would love if I could have sent to me a small Spanish Preach my Gospel. It would be easier to carry around with me in the day. I usually just leave my PMG at our house because it is too big of a hassle to carry. Also, I would love American candy. haha. It´s not essential. I love hearing about all the snow in Utah, because I can say that right now, I´m in a short sleeved shirt and perfectly comfortable. But then again, you have a washing machine.... Also, this is a reminder to Jason and Tyler that they need to be on about page 70 in the Book of Mormon! I will be so happy if they have read it by the time I come back. I love you all. Merry Christmas, and I´ll talk to you in 2 days!

Love,

Elder Barton