Hey family!
Well another change has come and gone! I have 4 changes remaining en la gran mision. I received a transfer to a zone called Atlacomulco. I´m zone leader again in an area called Acambay. (ah-com-bye) It´s in the middle of nowhere! I´m so excited to be out in the pueblos again and be isolated from everything. When I got off the bus in Acambay, I could literally smell the difference in the air quality. Mexico City really is one of the most polluted cities in the world. I was put with my great friend, Elder Floisand from Salt Lake City. He was in my zone in Camarones as a district leader. We got along great then, and we got put together. We are dang excited! He played basketball, baseball, and football in high school for West. We´ll have plenty of stories! My new area is beautiful. A lot of green trees and rolling hills, instead of dust and garbage. haha. I´m excited to get going. As for my last week in Molinito, we baptized 4 yesterday! Rodrigo, Rosalba, Kevin, and Kelly got baptized as a family. Their conversion was amazing to see. From unemployed and desperate, to still unemployed but putting 100% of their trust in God. Rodrigo said,´´I don´t understand. We have the same problems as before. But things are going better, and we have money when we need it.´´ I got to baptize Rosalba and Kelly. The services were really nice, and they were happy. I feel that the 2 kids are future missionaries. After that, I said bye to the members. We visited some members to say bye and we went to Rodrigo´s house too. I held in the tears druing the farewell, but when i heard the door shut behind us when we left, I couldn´t hold it in. I love that family so much and it´s hard to just see the first part of their conversion. But it´ll be fun hearing about them in the future. We also had Elder Nash from the seventy come and do some conferences with us! He was such a powerful speaker, and clearly had the spirit. He gave us some great ideas, and he just has a way to make one feel good about himself. He gave everybody a lot of compliments, and said he loved being in our mission. He challenged us to memorize Doctrine and Covenants 121:33-46. He said his dad issued him that challenge as well when he was a kid, and promised 20 bucks when he did it. When he memorized it, he told his dad that he no longer wanted the 20 bucks, because he had been blessed a ton for it. I loved when he said,´´I can´t promise you 20 bucks to do it, but I can promise blessings to the point where you can´t receive them all.´´ I have almost all of it memorized in spanish, and I´ll do it in english after. I´m excited to see what blessings have already come, and which ones will come. Thanks for all the love and support!
Con amor,
Elder Barton
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| Jared with Elder and Sister Nash |
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| the scorpion the chopped up in their apartment |
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| Happy day! Baptisms |
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| saying goodbye to friends |
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