Happy Thanksgiving!

Another week has past for Elder Barlow!
He had a great Thanksgiving, and that makes me happy to know that he was well taken care of! It is so wonderful to hear him share his testimony and all of the things he is grateful for! I can't wait to talk to him at Christmas! :)

Here is Monday's email!

Hey B-CREW!

 

How are you all!!!!!! I am so glad that you are all doing good! That is cool that linds caden and whit had a few days off of school for thanksgiving! Did you guys eat with the whole family or no? well let me tell ya thanksgiving was crazy for me! Me and Elder Trujillo had 3 dinners!!!!!! 3!!! haha! I felt so sick after haha my belly was going to explode! haha!

 

We ate at the Cisnero home the Pérez's and with the Felix's haha it was awesome! Guess eat I didn't even get you thanksgiving package yet!! but I kind of know why! since transfers are tomorrow  they do not send mail out for that week cause lots of elders and Hermana's get moved to different places! 

We got our transfer calls this morning to see if we are leaving or staying or getting a new companion! Elder Trujillo is leaving and I am staying in Fillmore and get this! guess who my new Comp is!!!?? haha It is Elder Carter he was just my District leader haha and now we are companions so that is awesome I cant wait till tomorrow to go to transfer meeting.

 

On Saturday me and elder Trujillo were riding our bikes back from taco bell! and we saw the other elders at mcdonalds so we stopped to say hi but when we went to leave on our bike my back tire was flat! so we put the bike on the bike rack and took it back to our apartment and all of dinner I took off my back tire to see what was wrong? and for some reason a found a stupid little hole in the tube haha it made me mad! but oh well I will just have to spend more money to get a new tube or buy a patch! haha it made me think of the words that dad always says " we cant have nice things" haha it just made me laugh!

 

But that is really all that has happened this week! Fillmore is awesome and the weather is perfect! it will be the FIRST time in my life that I will not have a white Christmas! but its all good!! I have a present for the family that I will be sending soon so I will send it in a package and you all cant open until Christmas morning! haha

 

Mom just keep trying to find the glasses and I will be looking for some too! I cant wait to get the package!

I just want you all to know that I have a very strong testimony of this gospel! I know that when times get hard and you want to give up! just remember God is anxiously waiting to answer your prays! I know it is so important for all of us to get down on our knees so we can pray to him! I am so thankful for the Atonement in my life and how it has Blessed me! I am so thankful for the book of Mormon too! I have a goal to finish the book of Mormon by Christmas so we will see how that goes!! I am so thankful for this gospel and my MISSION for all the blessings it brings and most of all I am so thankful for the family I have!! I love you guys and hope to hear from you soon!

 

P.S.  I am still thinking of some Christmas ideas. but cds, ties, I don't really know what else but I will be thinking! oh maybe some brown shoes! ;) haha

make sure to send a tie to for Elder Trujillo so I can give it to him soon!

 

Just remember this awesome quote I got from Zach Creger in a letter! " You may have many options in life don't make Giving Up one of them!

 

Te Amo me famila!

Nos vemos!

 

Elder Barlow

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.....

Austin is continuing to do well! He has been teaching English to some Hispanic ladies. I loved hearing how he taught them about different parts of the body!! :)
I am missing Austin and his happy personality, but I couldn't be happier that he is serving this mission!
Here is the Nov. 18th email!

What Up B-CREW!!!

 

How have things been! I am so glad to hear that you are all doing so well! haha That is awesome that both Lindsay and Caden got 4.0s this trimester! haha  that is cool that cole is home and well! I am doing well also! this week has been really good! last p-day i got my bike it is so sweet i love it!  it was pretty spendy though haha. so i went on exchanges this week  with my DL Elder Carter and it was awesome! we had such a good day! that night before our exchange me and elder carter decided to say a prayer for inspiration for somebody for us to find! after the prayer i said hey lets try first st. by the church and see if we can find anybody! So we finally knocked this one door and it was awesome we met this guy named Antonio and he is solid he came to church yesterday and it was sweet he is so cool! We also taught English class on Thursday and i am the master teacher you can say haha! I taught all these Hispanic ladies about the different parts of the body and i made them all do the one song. Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes!!! it was awesome! We also have some Former investigators we still try and need to meet! it will be good cause they are both still in high school and there is a priest in the ward named Angel and he is fun to work with! it is crazy cause there is only three young men in the ward!!! so i have to help with the sacrament every week! it is sweet! on Friday we went to go see how angel was doing and he was looking at youtube videos so i told him to look up the belly flop contest i was in. and the next time we saw him he said that it was so funny! haha it was good timnes! well that is all that has happened this week! Tomorrow is Zone Conference so we will see how that goes!

 

Did you ever find any of the CDs i wanted?, And did you order the Shoes, i hope so i got your little package with tie in it it was sweet! i love that tie! and about the SKYPE i am not sure about that i think you only get to do that when you are out of the country or if your parents are?? i will find out though!!

 

I love you all so much!!!

Thanks for all that you do!!

Keep on keeping on!!

la iglesia es verdadero!!

 

B-CREW FOR LIFE!

 

Elder Barlow

 

Here is a picture of his new bike!! He is so proud of it!