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
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