It has been such a good week! this one went by super long actually!! but it was a good long! I have loved every single second of this week! i hope the next few are going to be the same Hopefully even better!!
My family is doing great once again! i am happy that they are always doing so good and are always staying so busy!! I hope my dad was able to have a great fathers day yesterday! i was able to send him off a little something so hopefully he likes that!! But other than that all is well with them and they are just doing so great!!
This week we were able to focus a lot on the 100% Accountability plan that we are starting to implement here in the branch, the plan is going so good so far. Elder Lucas and i were looking at some of these family names that did not sound to familiar to us that live in our area, so we went out looking for them, and comes to find out that these names were already active members of the church like our Branch Pres. and Our Relief Society Pres.. then it hit me how in Hispanic culture most of the people have very long names so on the Directory it was just a different name, but it was for the same person! it was pretty fun to find that out!!
Jason and Abram are starting to warm up to the lessons now! which is super great! Having Elder Lucas is such a big help!!
Speaking of Elder Lucas he is just doing so awesome!!! Having him as my last Companion in the mission is sooo great!! He knows so much and everyone we teach i can tell how much he cares about them!! Just Yesterday in the car after a lesson, he was saying how much he cared about this family that we had taught or the other family.. He knows his purpose as a missionary!! and he is doing so great here in Ventura!!
All of the missionaries in the branch were able to sing in sacrament meeting and that is one of the ways i feel the spirit the most!! it was such a cool Experience!! Then later that night we were teaching the Giron family and Elder Lucas and i were able to sing the song to them!! it was Awesome! they loved it and wanted to sing another song with us so we sang Teach me to walk in the Light!! it was so great! i love being able to feel the Spirit while i sing or here others sing!! Being on my mission has taught me how to sing with the spirit!! it rocks!! It has built my testimony as well!!
This past week we did some of the funnest service that i have done yet!! we went up to Ojai and did this Habitat for Humanity, helping put up some dry wall and cleaning up a yard and also ripping up a floor!! and some walls it was so sweet!! haha :)
Service is so great!
Also being able to help out with the mini mission was so cool! the 2 priests that worked with us had their mission calls to Honduras and Bolivia!! it was so cool for me to have these 2 AWESOME Priests work with us for the day!! I loved It!!
Keep on Keeping on!!
love yall!!
ELDER AUSTIN NAUTO O'NEIL BARLOW
These are the Priests that did the "mini-mission' with Elder Barlow and Elder Lucas!!
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