Hola!

      I´m loving it here in Molinito! The hills are killing me, yes, but I´m getting used to it. I met the ward yesterday and they are great! Our bishop is an amazing guy as well. So one thing that I forgot to mention last week that I´ve been feeling bad all week for forgetting to write, is that it was dad´s birthday! During all of that week, all I wanted to do was to have a baptismal service on my dad´s birthday. And it came to pass with Alejandro and Karen! So happy birthday dad. I love you lots! This last week was crazy because it was the last week of the month. We had a goal for 200 baptisms in a 4 week month as a mission. We got a text on Sunday afternoon saying we were at 199 and we needed one more. My comp. and I went into crazy mode and we found someone! We ended up baptizing him at 10 pm. haha. It wasn´t from our area, but we still found him. He was so happy to be baptized and he knows that he made the right choice. He wanted to do it no matter how late it was. During the week, I got to go back to my old area, Las Armas! I was here about a year ago, and I got to see some old friends. I also went to some old people that we were teaching and we found them some good people to start teaching again. It was great to head back there and see how it´s changed. As for us in our area, we have found a few people that can be baptized this week. One of them is named Hermano Milán. He has been listening to missionaries for 11 years.....11 years! My comp. and I went over, and we found out what his doubt was through inspired questions, and he excepted to do it this Friday! We were so happy! Also, we got a call from one of the zone leaders from the zone that´s right next to ours called Lomas Verdes. He said that he needed us to come over to do an interview. It was weird because normally the district leaders do it from that same zone. But he said that the guy who was getting baptized was a Jew, and their Bishop wanted us to come over. So we went over there, and my comp. and I did rock paper scissors to see who had the chance to interview a Jew. I won!! haha. He´s a great guy, and he´s ready to be a Latter Day Saint. It was a cool experience. As for my comp., his name is Elder Arellano from Los Angeles. His parents are Mexican so he speaks the both languages. But he claims to be an American.  Lastly, I got permission from President Whitehead to listen to the CD´s that Molly made about Grandpa and Grandma Barton! I can only listen to them on P-day, so I listen to them while we clean the house and what not. I absolutely love them! I have laughed so hard at a few stories and I have been touched by the spirit by others. Thanks so much for that! That´s all for me this week. I love you all!

Con amor,

Elder Barton

La familla Sanchez from Armas!!! It's been ten months since Jared has seen them. Jared has grown to love them