I just love how all the weeks are just going by so good! I hope you have had a wonderful week as well!
My family is doing sooo great!! I love them so much and i am sure they are all getting excited for the 10th Especially my mom! She is Awesome! So this past week I got a call from Sister Stewart in the Mission Office and she told me that i had a HUGE Package, so that day she gave to Elder Miles and He Brought it to our apartment after helping him with shutting down an Apartment and just like Sister Stewart, it was a HUGE Package!! we got to open it and it was full of food! Elder's Simpson, Sorensen, Law, and I were very happy about that!! I think i said, i dont have to buy any food for the rest of my mission! :) I am so thankful for all the support that my Family gives to me!!
Things are going so good here in Ventura!! We had 4 Investigators at church Yesterday, so that was so AWESOME! It was such a good fast and Testimony meeting! After Church we had a lunch with a member family named the Nunez and we had Cristina and Sandra and their family their and also a less active member with her daughter O. that were there as well! Odalis has a baptismal date for the 23rd of May so that is super exciting! We are so proud of her! She is always reading in her kids Book of Mormon, She is progressing so well!! Also i was able to go on an Exchange with Elder Law this past Saturday! And It was so cool! I love Elder Law! he was my very First Companion in the MTC in Mexico, We talked a lot about our Spiritual gifts and realizing how the spirit is so important in this work! Elder Law is such an example to me!! He is AWESOME!
Also Elder Simpson is so AWESOME!! He is such a great friend of mine! and He is loving the work here in Ventura! This morning he finished the Book of Mormon! I can truly say that Elder Simpson knows exactly what to say when he needs to say it!! He just keeps on loving the people even when it is pretty hard to at times! He is happy and i can see that in him!
This morning i was reading in one of my favorite chapters in the New Testament! It is Matthew 25! I think in verses 31-46 it talks about one of my favorite parables ( the Sheep and the Goats). But i just always love reading those verses and seeing how important it is to be always serving others! '' If you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethen, ye have done it unto me'' I love helping others and over my mission i have seen that grow and i have seen that it is also a gift that i have!! And i know that is true!
We helped out shutting down an apartment with Elder Miles! so that was a great time to be able to spend with Him!! He is AWESOME! Service is the best!!
ELDER AUSTIN NAUTO O'NEIL BARLOW
Elder Barlow and Elder Weiss with M. and her son.
Elder Barlow and TALL Elder Hamson at the last Transfer Meeting
