Blessings.....

Elder Barlow is doing well! Here is last week's email. (November 11, 2013)
He was able to give his companion a blessing! What a great thing! We sure love and miss him!

What up B-CREW!!!

 

How are you guys I hope good! That is crazy about the typhoon!!! oh I just told the other elders in my district and they are all freaking out! I am so glad that they found joe and his comp! that makes me so happy!  I am glad that you got my stay fresh pics! haha those were AWESOME!! haha I really liked them so I sent a ton out to everyone!! This week has been really good! After emails I got a haircut from my district leader elder Carter cause he said that he could cut hair haha well when he gave me the haircut he totally buzzed my head! at first I was like What are you doing!!!!! But know I really like it!! it is nice to have it shorter cause it takes longer now to get a haircut!! Anyways haha this week Elder Trujillo got sick on Thursday and Friday so he was not doing to good! On Thursday night the other elder brought us pizza an we gave him a blessing! I was the one he wanted to give the blessing So I Did!!!! it was such a cool thing! It was the first Blessing I have ever gave so far! it was awesome!!!

Not much has been really happening here in fillmore I have just been talking to lots of people and members! mostly members for referrals haha. we have also been doing a English class since I got here and it is sweet! I met this new investigator named Antonio he is sweet! he only speaks Spanish so I had a conversation with him at English class and it was sweet! I cant wait to start teaching him! I was so happy yo get on and see the pictures of the brown shoes! haha the ones that I like are the lighter brown ones if you could send me those that would be awesome!! my size is a 11, 1/2 so I hope that you all are doing well with everything!!

I was so happy to get the Spanish letter from Lindsay! that was sweet! her Spanish is really good! The key to speaking Spanish is that you always have to speak it even if you don't want to haha! don't be afraid to speak!

 

Les amo B-CREW!!!

 

Love! Elder Barlow

 

              Cute missionary with his BUZZED short hair!

Happy, Happy, Happy!!

I apologize to those who are following for not posting last week!
Elder Barlow is doing so well! He is Happy and enjoying his mission! We have loved getting updates from him. He has fun stories and great experiences to share!!
Here are the past couple of emails from Elder Barlow!

What Up B-Crew!!

 

Hey Family how is everything going! I miss you all so much! I am so glad that nate and Brittany got home safe from mexico! haha! well it is true I am in a place called fillmore it is so awesome it is right next to the mountians its so sweet! I love it! that is sad that kerris dad died I hope there family is doing well! I got your letter in the mail it was awesome! I loved it! anyways I wrote a letter and sent it today so I hope it gets to you shortly! I have not got the little package yet so I hope I get it soon! My comp is sweet haha his name is Elder Trujillo! he is a short little Equadorian guy haha he was born in Canada but raised in equador haha! he is fluent in Spanish, English and Portuguese and he can understand French too! its sweet! It is so weird here cause it is always so hot it does not feel like October! but it is cool being really close to the mountians cause the leaves are changing! The ward is pretty cool too! it is very Hispanic! I love it! Since me and my comp are both brand new in the area we need to meet a lot of the member so that we can get some sweet work done! I cant wait to get some work done there is so many Hispanics here in fillmore! I love speaking the Spanish that I know it is hard but it is really fun! I printed of some pictures today so I am going to send some home I hope you like them when they find you! haha  did you find any of the brown shoes that I wanted? just wondering! But right now I don't really need anything specific my letter has a lot of cool stuff in it so make sure you read it with the whole family!! this past Sunday was the primary program it was so awesome to see the awesome little kids sing! the spirit was so strong! I got a big package from the primary too from our ward in Lewiston it was sweet! I am writing a letter to the ward so that bishop can read it to everyone I will send it today! Thank you all so much for what you do! I Love You All!! You are always in my prayers! Keep in touch! Talk to ya soon!

 

Elder Barlow

 

The Letter he sent home was super AWESOME! I will try and scan it in when I have more time! Here is this past Monday's email!

 

B- Crew!!!

 

Whats up family how is everything going! Im so glad that you got those letters! I am so glad that you got my awesome letter! haha! I cant belive that it snowed back home that is weird! haha but its all god cause my weather is so sweet this week has been crazy hot! it haws been like 90 degrees!!!! I LOVE IT!!! haha! Sunday was pretty good for me too! we had an awesome fast and testimony meeting! the spirit was so strong! It was awesome! This week has been really good! haha we still are going over to see Fernando almost everyday! haha one day we went over there and went into his little hut and he was working on his peddle bike so we helped him fix it! it was awesome! We also had another lesson with Olivia! she is sweet! we taught her about the gospel of jesus Christ! it was such a powerful lesson! I hop that she comes to church! Then one of the funniest things that has happened yet on my mission is one day we were trying to find this former investigator named Nelo we stopped by his house once and some younger lady came to the door and said oh nelo is asleep right now You can stop by any day if you see him out on the porch listening to his music! so we said alright! She also saif that nelo is blind. So this one day we stopped by the house and there was Nelo sitting outside on the porch! he was smoking and he had his Cuban salsa music playing! So we went up to him and asked him what his name was he Said My name is nelo! Then we just kept trying to get to know him and He loves His salsa music! He is like 82 years old he was dancing to his salsa music in his chair with a cigarette in one hand and his cane in the other! then he told us if he had a lady he would make her dance with him till she could not dance anymore! haha! it was so funny to see him just dance it up in his chair!! Then he would always yell Aii Aii Aii all the time it was so funny! Then when we told him that we would talk to him later we started to walk off and we turned around cause his music got louder! we looked and he was trying to stand up from his chair so we just watched and when he finally got up from his chair he got his cane and started to dance with it!! it was awesome!! So that is what has happened this week!! Just some things that I would like for you to be looking around for me is that I want those brown shoes! and there are no stores around fillmore where I can get some. But other than that not much just keep sending goodies that is always nice to have!! haha! Thank you all So much for being there for me and having me in your prayers I love you all! I think about you everyday! Im glad that you all liked my letter! I cant wait to get your letter! ;) haha!  I love you guys soooo much!!!! I sent a liitle letter off today so I hop you get it soon too! I will probably write another one also! Keep in touch! Keep on keeping on!!

 

B-CREW FOR LIFE!!!!

 

Love:  Elder Barlow

 

 

I just want all the followers to know that I am trying to get the brown shoes Austin wants! They have quit making the style he wants, so they are hard to find. But we are hoping to have the brown shoes in his Christmas package! Ha Ha! So please don't think we are ignoring his pleas!! :)

 

Letters are always the highlight of his week as well. So if you can, send him a note!

 

Elder Austin O'Neil Barlow

California Ventura Mission

3301 West Gonzales Road

Oxnard, CA 93036