Well, I got a huge surprise these changes...to set up the story, we did a ward family home evening on Saturday night with our ward of Atlacomulco. We did a few activities focusing on the responsibility to take care of recent converts and less actives. Between the 4 of us, we put together a pretty good activity. To finish it all off, us 4 were going to share a brief life story to show how we got to the mission and what we had to drop. I went last of the 4, and I finished my life story. I went into my testimony and my phone starts to ring. I pulled it out and it was President Whitehead. I stepped out into the hall and asnwered and he gave me my changes right there. I have been assigned to work in the mission offices here in the city as the new AP. I´m so excited to take on this position, but I´m horribly nervous as well. I was pushed right into it today. Usually the changes happen on Monday, but I came into the offices on Sunday night to be able to start Monday early. My new companion, Elder Medina, and I went to the Mexico City MTC to pick up our 7 new missionaries that came in. We brought them back to President´s house for their training session and to get their trainers. Elder Medina and I explained the rules and set things straight. haha. After, we ate pizza and sent the new missionaries off with their trainers. I can just tell that my sleep schedule will be worst and worst for the rest of my mission...haha. One cool thing about being an AP is we get a sweet phone. haha it´s not a piece of junk phone. And this change is especially cool because one, we have zone conferences this week and next week, two, the temple redidication is this change. And 3, Elder D. Todd Christofferson is coming to our mission! I´m excited to see how much we are going to do with those events. Yesterday, it was really sad saying bye to Atlacomulco. Even though I was only there for 2 changes, I fell in love with the ward and I left great converts there. The last visit of the night to say bye to people was to a recent convert family of Arturo, Doris, Arturo, Josué, and Fernando. They invited a ton of members over to their house to say bye to me. They bought a cake and all said some words to me. I was in tears as well as everyone else...it was sad but I finished with my key phrase when saying bye to wards. ´´If we don´t endure to the end, this is a goodbye. If we endure to the end, it´s just a see you later.´´ It was hard, but I´m excited to move on as well. I love you all! Thanks so much for everything.
(mom insert: Jared feels very nervous about his new assignment. He's excited, but asks for prayers. Assistants get little sleep and travel so much to speak in zone conferences etc. He has to speak in 11 zone conferences in the next 2 weeks.
Con amor,
Elder Barton
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| saying goodbye to Acambay |
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| New companion |
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| his sweet technology |
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