Hey family!

     So, we had another week and a half here in la gran misión. It was full of ups and downs for us again. We had a great family come to church for the first time on Sunday. They are so prepared! We are excited to see their progress and their conversion. We had our meeting with President on Monday, and it was pretty good. We got overloaded with new things we could try in our wards to get things going and accelerating. Culturas had a pretty bad month, but we will do better this month. As for the news that you want to here, we have arranged to skype with a family over here. We eat with that family on Sunday, and we will skype right after we eat. They only have 1 computer, so we will have to go one at a time. But we will eat with that family around 3 pm. Then the skype call will either be around 4 or 4:30. We have a total of 30 minutes to talk. I don´t argue it, but I´m just tired of being affected by poor choices by other missionaries. Either way, I´ll be obedient. So we found a less active yesterday that hasn´t been to church in 15 years. He´s endowed and sealed to his wife, but his kids aren´t baptized, due to his time of being inactive. We sat down with him and it got frustrating fast. Because he immediately said that he wasn´t going ever again to this ward because of some members that treated them badly. We tried to remind him of his covenants he´s made and his testimony, but he told us to leave him in peace because what we were saying was reminding him of, and quote, ´´what I´ve done, what I´m doing, and what I´m going to do.´´ Basically, he had a strong testimony, went to the temple, and denied it all a few years later. I felt sadness and a little bit of anger in that lession. Not only is he denying himself, but he´s bringing his whole family with them, and not letting them go to church either. Satan is clever, and took out that family by attacking the endowed father. More missionaries will pass, but we´ll see what happens. If anything, I learned how I never want to deny what I know to be true, and I will always stay strong. Because on the way out, it made me sad thinking of that guy´s consequences that await him if he doens´t change...Anyways that´s all I got for this week. We´re half way through the change now, which flew by faster than I wanted to. I love you all, and I´ll see you on Sunday!

Con amor,

Elder Barton

the "brozone" one of two zones with fewer sisters than elders