Sodom and Gomorrah

Hola!

Well another change comes and goes. Elder Goodrich is basically
my best friend. We got along so well and we taught really well
together. We got the changes on Saturday, and we found out that he
would be heading out to be zone leader in Toluca, and I would be
staying here for my 3rd change. I received Elder Monarrez! I was his
first zone leader when he got to the mission when I was over
Camarones. He´s on his 5th change now, and he´s a great kid. He´s from
Chicago, Illinois but looks like a Mexican. haha. We got along really
well in Camarones and I´m really looking forward to our change
together. Just a brief summary, Culturas has a total of 11 areas. When
I first got here, 7 were Elders areas, and 4 were of the Hermanas.
Last change, they took out the hermans of 1 area and put elders. This
change, they took out 2 more and put elders!! haha so basically we
have 10 companionships of Elders, and 1 of hermanas. This was because
of the danger of our zone. The hermanas were having security problems
in the street. But I have named the zone the ´´brozone´´ haha. It´s
one of two zones that has more Elders than Hermanas. So we´ll see what
we can do with our new brozone. This last week was kind of a normal
week. Elder Goodrich and I were working hard and finishing strong. We
took a family of 6 to church that will probably be baptized this month
if we play our cards right. I also complete 18 months this week as a
missionary...this morning in the changes, I helped the Hermanas that I
was in the MTC with load their bags into taxis to head on over to the
mission offices to go home. It was weird to know that 18 months have
gove by so quickly. I know that these last 7 will cruise on by too. I
love this mission! Even though I´m walking up and down hills all day
passing by drunk dudes and drug addicts, I know that I´m safe. I feel
like Molinito is Sodom and Gomorra. haha. But we have fun. That´s all
I have for this week. Thanks for all the love and support!

Con amor,
Elder Barton

Alicia came to visit the ward!

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