Jared and Elder McMullin

ward mission leader

Saying goodbye to Tianguistenco

Jareds favorite guy who sells bread(notice the hot dog on the seat...I hope it's not for sale)

Saying goodbye to some families

A young girl gave him a rose as he was leaving

Jared making french toast again

On the way to their new areas

Cambios! 

First off, I´m in las armas right now, in the city! I´m in the zone of Culturas. My new comp is Elder Willie-Starky, he´s an american! haha. I´ve known him for about 2 hours, and I can tell we are going to get along great. We are so similar, and have the same humor. He´s from California, and he has 15 months in the mission. So my last week in Tianguistenco was full of ups and downs. We only had one person at church again, but she was late. We had 2 families committed, but they didn´t come. We had zone conference this week, and it was so good. La Hermana Whitehead gave a talk that was so powerful, even though her spanish isn´t very good. Presidente introduced a new word we are going to start using. It´s MUSH! You know, like the alaskan sled dogs. I loved it. We also got the mail because presidente came. I received the valentines day package and letters from Cheryl, and the Rees cousins! Thank you so much, I can feel your love and support. Also, we got our new areas obviously, and I´m so happy with it. I was hoping for the city, got it. Also, my comp is my 3rd comp who can speak English. It helps a ton. But nobody told me how hard it was going to be to say goodbye to converts, and families that we are teaching. I have 2 pictures with families, and it was hard to say goodbye. One picture with Bartolome is my favorite, because he sells bread in the street. He usually is on his bike, but we found him in his van. He is not going to progress in anyway, but he gives us references like it´s his job. haha. He is the craziest guy you´ll ever meet. He is perfect for selling bread on his bike, because he yells as loud as he can, paaaaaaan! Every other breath. He always sees us and says, en español but i´ll write it in english, White boy! I have your favorites! then I go and buy one of my favorites. haha. When I would buy them, he would tell me more of his friends that need a word of wisdom pamphlet. He´s awesome. Also, my comp had to do an baptism interview for the Hermanas for a 9 year old. As soon as we got to his house, I felt his spirit so strong. He was so smart, and so polite. I was able to sit in on the interview, because I couldn´t sit by myself with the Hermanas in the other room, and I was so grateful to be apart of it, because this kid is something special. When he was baptized yesterday, he had the biggest smile, and he gave us all hugs after. That´s all I got for this week. I´m looking forward to my first change of area, and working with an american who can understand my puns. haha. I love you all so much. I´m doing great here, and my spanish is getting better and better. 

Con amor,

Elder Barton