Birthday.

August 20, 2012 for those that are reading this letter, to be honest i have no idea who reads these emails anymore haha. my week went fairly well changes are next week so before i forget i will be writing you next tuesday haha president has been calling like a mad man to us about changes and what he is going to do in the zone and all that jazz, it looks like i am the only one from my group that is going to die as a leader elder harris is getting droped down from assistant after 6 months and elder peterson as well from being zone leader after 6 months, so for there last changes they are going to be getting bumped down and things would appear that i am staying as a zone leader to die...huh it will keep me focused haha. this week went fairly well it rained alll weekkk and the rain isnt to fun with a bike, but it just makes me appreciate the days when its pretty outside haha, the worst thing about the rain on the mission is just everything is wet and you cant put it outside to dry cause its raining so everything just stays wet until the rain stops haha so i have basically just been running around wet all week haha. we had 2 baptisms though one of the baptisms is the husband of a recent convert, he had to quit drinking and we helped him out with that and he finally decided to get baptized and the other one was a daughter of a less active member who we reactivated, its a single mom of 9 kids haha yeah the oldest has 14 years and the youngest 2 years so yeah its a pretty rough life she has got goin and it was nice to help her get back on jesus team to get some good ol classic jesus help. so yeah its my birhtday this next wednesday....crazy i am 21 years old i can now gamble, buy some booze and other things which of course we all know i wont do, but i could if i wanted to haha. like i said before in this email changes are this coming week, i am pretty sure i am staying with my comp to enter into my last change and i am hoping to finish my mission strong i have been around trunky elders on their last change and it really isnt the funnest thing to be around so i have plans to just work hard and finish strong until the end. i hope i can complete that goal. its crazy how fast these 2 years have gone by i cannot believe i am going home soon, i have seen so many missionarys come and go and i feel like it will never be my turn but reality is starting to kick in a little bit. i am gonna make it home one day, the battle has been long and rough but i am about to win haha. i am glad everyone is starting school up again, my last summer missed thank goodness and next time we get on that boat i will be present i cannot wait its gonna be awesome haha, the picture is absolutely awesome, even though its the same paper as last year haha. carly i cannot believe how much she has change that is absolutely insane!!!!! she is a little lady now and as for everyone else really you look all the same haha so thats good i havent missed to much. other than mark looking like he has got some gray hairs creepin in. watch out old man. so yeah thank you so much for the picture it has been a while since i have seen an updated picture of you guys, i think my last birthday was the last time haha so yeah enjoy school, work hard, be the best, and i will be talking to you gys next week. mad love, elder michael barton