dropping the kane

family. so before i forget to tell you yes nextweek are transfers so i will not be emailing until tuesday next week. alright well this week i decided to really drop the kane. everyweek we have noche de futbol and he was out there all playing and what not and that night when we got home i laid the kane down haha in a loving way of course but i was just all look man you can play soccer like that you can proselyt like that haha so yeah every morning and study i was just come on elder lopez time for this and time for that and all and even know he just kinda walked around behind me all week i felt a lot better there is no contention and all is good he just follows me while i lead discussions contacts, noche de hogars and all of that haha basically im the senior companion haha. so yeah definately a week to remember. i know the key to time passing fast is working and im trying my hardest just to work work work and be the best missionary i can. its incredible to me how many disobedient missionaries there are being an actual misionary and being behind the scenes its incredible and kinda sad just how aboslutely stupid missionaries are haha but hey i can go to bed at night knowing im trying my hard to be obedient and give my 2 years to the lord. so yeah glad to hear all is well and mark and sue are hittin up some hawaii...mark dont forget your man necklace ;). yeah nothin really much to say here just workin hard. oh nick sent me 2 books and the great apostasy was one of them haha so if you havent sent it no need but if you have equal and i will just give it to another missionary that book is like gold around these parts haha but yeah the other book i finished yesterday called all these things shall give thee experience by maxwell and oh my gosh holy freakin crap that book is tight. highly recomend someone to read it its easy reading i michael barton read it in 4 days so mark or heather can crank it out in like 2 hours haha but yeah all is good. i will talk to you all on tuesday. or marilyn/kelly scott if your reading this thank you for the emails its always nice to hear from you guys the scott clan is one of a kind hope all is well with you all. kelly thank you for the lovely commentary really brought inspiration to me haha if im not mistaken its britts birthday this week. happy birthday and yeah peace out fools. keep it krispy.

Happy Valentines Day!

hey fam, happy valentines day!! hope everyone has some dates lined up for tonight!! haha i never thought that my valentine for 2011 would be a 23 year old argentine who is kinda chunky (i thought i had more class than that) haha to be completely honest i really have nothing to say. this week we did nothing. literally nothin. elder lopez couldnt work because of his health and we spent a good amount of the day sitting in the house. i studied a ton haha im going for my 4th read through the book of mormon i cant get enough of the scriptures, conference talks and all that i love it haha i love reading past general conference talks its an absolutely blast. there is a talk called safety for the soul by jeff r holland in the november 2009 conference if you have a chance to read it i highly highly reccomend it it is grade a incredible. i wet myself probably a good solid 4 times during the reading. but yeah things are goin kinda slow here elder lopez can hardly work, which equals really nothin to do. man sue i remember you saying i need to learn patience on my mission and just about every aspect of the day is about being patient in the missionary work. patient with your companion, investigators, other missionaries, yourself. in preach my gospel the definition is the capacity to go through hard trials while still having a firm faith in christ. and wow that is so true. there are days its just like what in the world am i doing here? i cant talk to people, everyone is shutting their doors in our faces, and man o man i am starting to get more and more patient i feel haha. so yeah that is just one aspect of things i have really been working on is patience. especially with elder lopez its hard having a companion that cant/doesnt want to work. i try and make the best i can out of a negative situation such as study the gospel, talk to him in spanish while he is just laying there, study spanish and things like that but many its really stretching my bounds haha. so yeah thats the report from elder barton this week. sittin in uruguay being patient. have a good week everyone. keep it gangster.

Top Ten

family whats goin on?? glad to hear from the majority of you that all is going well snowshoeing with alex babystting gloeckners super bowl beards mission calls sounds like the 801 isnt missing me to much haha. first off austin, spanish speaking to calgary canada? i thought canada was just a bunch of frenchys and white trash hockey players. i was wrong haha. is it the same exact mission as rybart? if it is thats crazy cool maybe austin will get a chance to meet your converts and such!! thats super exciting to hear about austin and he is taking that decision to serve. tell thomas to get his butt in line haha i sware i hear every week he is turning them in next week haha ryan keep up the beard sounds like a fantastic idea still wish i could grow a lttle something beardlike but so far no go haha. this week was good we had a ward activity for our branch we got a new ward missionary leader and he is a stud totally excited about the work and is helping a ton so yeah we had an activity called "un postre un amigo" and it turned out pretty good we had a good turn out and we are really trying to get the members more involved. yesterday fast sunday was super good as well. you know how a fast sunday just tends to stick to a certain topic. yeah well luckily the topc was missionary work and all 20 members that were there gave their testimonies about missionary work so that was super good too i have really been praying to get members more involved and i think that was my answer cause now everyone just wants to lunch with us or have noche de hogars with us so its super good whats passing right now. but other than that nothing much has passed so to make this email a little more interesting im going to give you the top 10 reasons why i think i was called to uruguay to serve the lord and how i love the lifestyle here.

1. everyone just sits around all day...beautiful

2. no one wears underwear....holla at ya home boy

3. you never wear actual clothes just a swimsuit.....dont diss homeness

4. if you are wearing a shirt which is hardly ever its a soccer jersey....style

5. somehow in some miraculous way the unibrow became ok......i havent shaved mine for the past 4 months

6. obvious everyone loves soccer

7. if you over the age of 40 i think its an unwritten rule to have a mustache

8. they jam to whitney houston.....every night i get to hear the glorious song and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii willlllll always love you!!!!!

9. everyone wears toms shoes its not the mark toms but its same style and you can buy a pair for 6 dollars at your local almacen haha

10. if your not sitting outside sippin on some matte your inside sleeping taking a siesta

well i hope this list brought some laughs i dont really have much to say me and elder lopez are getting along pretty well he is getting a little more ampted to work a touch harder im still working on it. but yeah everyone stay classy, eat a cinnamon roll for me. i love you alll sooooo much thanks for all the support and prayers talk to you all next week. oh and i will have you all know my hair is stil nice and plentiful! (: forever yours, elder michael barton