The Week

alright before i forget i need to reply to all the things. mary halloween costume? cindy loo who? that is awesome and freakin adorable. ryan halloween costume totally hilarious and thank you for the scripture reference i have actually read that section multiple times in my studies i have probably read the whole book of mormon and dc about twice now and im working on it in spanish currently. just started 2 days ago. ummm dane and jordan wrote me that made me happy they made me laugh but if they read this email send me your address so that i can send you a letter. also marilyn scott if your reading this thank you for both emails! your a total gangster and i appreciate the shout outs hope your fam had a awesome halloween and i will try to work on a letter everytime i try and start letters i fall asleep so i have a feeling letters arent gonna go to smoothly haha. ummm what else glad to hear cam and carters farewells went awesome i knew they would both of those elders are total studs and im excited for them to serve a mission. we watched a jeffrey r holland talk in district this week talking about applying the atonement to your mission needless to see i will never complain on my mission about the work as well as if anyone is doubting going on a mission watch that talk it is the most inspiring/guilty feeling you will get after listening to him he is such a good speaker holy crap haha anywho i got made district leader this week which just means more meetings and more paperwork. yay. also elder nelson from the 12 visited us on sunday he was going to the airport from the groundbreaking of the cordoba temple i got to shake his hand and he shared a brief message with us that was incredible. so my new roomates are from paraguay and colombia both incredible stories. so the one from paraguay is a recent convert he has been a member for 1 year and 10 months. his friend introduced him to the church and the missionaries taught him and he was baptized. none of his family support him in fact his dad said it would be the biggest waste of 2 years in his whole life and he was an idiot for it. wow what a powerful testimony to shove aside all the hate and go on a mission. i am so grateful for all you (family,friends) for supporting me i love getting emails from people hearing how they are doing and i feel so lucky i see this 24 years old elder and he doesnt get a single email or letter from his parents talk about putting the lord first in your life. as he was telling us this story last night the spirit was so strong in the room and we had a full on conversation in spanish for 30 minutes about it i knew exactly what he was saying and he apparently knew what i was saying it was such a spiritual moment. so again thank you everyone for the love and support i know this world is filled trials and tribulations and we all have to face them. put if we put the lord first he will give us the fuertaleza (strength) we need to keep on striving to be with him again. just like the stripling warriors listened to the message of their mothers we too must listen to the message of our own mothers. dont worry about me i have prayers coming in all over the world for me im doing fantastic. mark as for proselyting we get a new area this saturday so last saturday it was mainly contacting and we didnt set up any citas because we knew we would not be returning there we did meet this man sergio at the bus stop we talked to him for about 7 minutes while he was waiting for the bus we gave him the book of mormon and he said he was looking for something in his life to help him through his challenges so hopefully we helped out with that. i know this church is true and i know it can be the greatest blessings in our lives if we let it. we have been learning about teaching the atonement this week and how we need to always study it through out our missions the atonement is so powerfull and true i know jesus bled for us en la jardin de gethsamene y sufrio por nuestros pecados. yo se con mi todo corazon dios nos ama and what i am doing for these 2 years is the right thing. this past month has flown by and i have a feeling all 23 months left are gonna fly by. so everyone thank you all i love you all sorry this is kind of a general email and im out of time but family i love you more than you know and friends i love you as well keep doing what is right and keep putting the lord first for than he will make you feel like your number one. please pray for the people of urguay. love you all. -elder barton



oh ps. quote from eukdorf i love it it could help us all out



what we love we seek

what we seek we think and do

what we think and do we are.

yea figure that one out this week and get back at me haha