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selfie, Mexican style (cuz he's tall)

cotton candy the best he's ever had

pictures from his brothers at his desk

that's the part they have to have

his first steak he's eaten in a LONG time

Hola!

Another week in el gran barrio de Armas. This week was a little better than last week. We should have 2 baptisms this week, and one more set up for the end of the change. It´s a family of 4, but the husband wants no part of it. Well here´s the situation. The mom and dad aren´t really married, and she needs to leave him in order to be baptized. Because you can´t live with someone that you aren´t married to. And with the kids, all we need is permission from both the parents. The dad wasn´t going to give permission. So we sent our big guns of the ward (Hermano Sanchez) to get the job done. He was funny because he told us before he went. ´´voy a hablar con el en el nombre del Señor para pedir permisión de las niñas. Con el Espíritu!´´ haha long story short, he got the job done! He is so confident in the spirit it´s insane. He will literally take on any challenge because he knows he has help. It was a lesson for me because I still have fear sometimes that something won´t work out. But will God let us down? Claro que no! So we had permission for the girls, but the mom still had to kick the dad out. Everyone was trying to persuade her beforehand anyways. He´s a jerk and a bad guy in general. So the next day we go to talk to Hno. Sanchez´s daughter, and she told us that he was moving out as we speak! We had a miracle in our hands. But as soon as we got excited, 2 days later the guy moves back in because he realizes he can´t make it in the real world without someone paying for him. And she´s a little scared to stand up for herself....so we are working with that now, but we are still baptizing the girls next Sunday. In other news, the mail came last week! haha I got 2 letters from my mommy, the letter from the Crapo family, and Cheryl´s card! Thank you for those, they make me smile. I loved the 2 talks that was sent in those letters. My companion and I have shared more than one thing in lessons from each of those. So by our apartment building, there´s a Christian rock church. Yes, it´s a rock and roll church. Every Sunday morning around 9 or so, we here the bands. Every time the music starts, my companion says,´´oh church started!´´ haha it´s pretty funny to listen, because they´ll have high tempo music, then a slow song every now and then. So today for P-day, we got together with our zone to play soccer, basketball, and eat lunch at a nice restaurant. I found out that I have no chance at soccer against Latinos. But they don´t have a chance against us Americans when it comes to basketball. haha it was fun. We went to a nice buffet after. Dang was it good! I haven´t had steak in so long. Also, in the zone meeting last week, we did a game to test our knowledge of the principles found in Preach My Gospel. There are 42 principles, and we need to memorize them. For example, principle 16 is Reinos de Gloria, and 23 is obediencia. Etc. We had 2 people up at a table, and someone would say a number, and the first person to say the principle gets to stay. I´ve memorized them already, so I knew it would be a fun time. haha. One Elder was up at the table for awhile when I got sent up for the first time. The other elder, who is going home in 3 weeks, started to trash talk. haha. ´´oh he´s knew he doesn´t know them yet!´´ haha so I just smiled. The principle was said, and I smoked him. haha. Everyone laughed and I stayed up for awhile. haha. That´s it for this week. As for things I need, I can get everything I need here. But it would still be nice to get stuff like batteries, foot powder, chapstick, etc in a package so I don´t have to use as much of my church fund. Thanks for all the love and support that I can feel each and every day. I love you all!

Con amor,

Elder Barton