Dear Fam,
I resent that email from 2 weeks ago and on top of that, I'm sending this one as well.
Woah, Leah is 13? That is soooo cool. It's a little strange to me too. She's gotten old. She's an oldie... well almost. I honestly will be really surprised to see everyone when I get home. They will all be grown up and savin' China.
So transfers are this week and I was desobrigado. I was released from being a Zone Leader... I'm actually excited because being a zone leader is really tiring. I left Pedregal and I'm going to Ceilandia 1b. I'm going to be a normal senior. Well almost a normal senior... I'm going to train... I can't believe it. This is basically the calling that I've always wanted to try. Wow, I'm going to get my companion on Wednesday. It has a 50ish% chance of being american 35ish% chance of being brasilian and a 15ish% chance of being argentinan. You will get to know... next week. So don't forget to look in on that. :D
I don't think I got a package yet. I haven't heard anything. I hope it's coming. It's getting closer and closer everyday... well should be getting closer.
Cancer Free is good.
I hope Jekyll island doesn't turn into Hyde Island at random times cause that could get dangerous.
Well, All is good right now. Just to tell you those three people didn't get baptized but one of them still wants to get baptized. I don't know when but before I left she said that she wanted to get baptized and that the church is fullfilling all of her dreams that she had when she was a girl. I hope it all works out now.
I honestly don't know what to write this week because I'm in a new area and I know nothing about this area. Actually I'm not in my area yet. I'm in an area about 5 minutes ish from my area.
Endure to the End
Signing Out
Elder Barry
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The River is Wide
Dear Fam,
...
Wow.
FAMILY REUNION!!!!
If you can tell, I'm speachless.
I just knocked in the head by a 2X4. But don't worry, your secret is safe with me.
I'll keep it secret.
Anyways. This sweet boy is more like a sweat boy. Wow, I have now realized that I am my Father's child. I basically get made fun of because I sweat sooooo much. We walk somewhere and the other missionaries joke that I have just gotten out of the shower. I know you probably don't believe it and you need to see it to believe it. It's true.
I'm sure that Jess will do just fine on the registering.
I'm glad that housing is all A. O. K.
Any Plans with the Fam is Fine. or APwtFiF for short.
So now lets talk about the weather. Yes, typical\everyone talks about subject. But it's super crazy here. For example, today started out blazing hot and now the thunder has come. Last night me and another missionary ran home in the rain. There was so much rain that we ran through the rivers or in other words the streets. We were at the bottom of a giant slant. Literally right at the bottom. So all the rain had come down from higher up and was going through the streets. If I stood in the water in the streets it would cover my shoes completely up to my ankles. Try running home through water like that. My shoes are still a little soaked because I honestly only have one pair right now. Yes I know, missionaries go through A LOT of shoes. I've been using these shoes for the last 5ish months. Hope they last longer.
This week was an upper and a downer. Up was that we marked date and an investigator received an answer to his prayer but the down is that he didn't go to church and his cell phone broke and that we haven't found him in his house. We hope that this week we can find him at least once to figure out what's going on.
In this area we find new investigators but they don't progress. It's hard. Everyweek we find new one that don't carry over for the next week. They like us, they want to change but don't have the strength to do it. We try to help them for 3 weeks but it just doesn't work.
Real fast. It just started to rain here. It's going to be river roads here. I'm glad I'm inside... But I don't know how we are getting home.
In this area we are finding a lot of people who aren't married and just don't want to get married or want to but don't have the money or their family lives somewhere else and can't come visit for the marriage. It's hard to deal with. But the people are all really kind and you can basically get into almost any house really easy. It's a lot easier than Valparaíso 1. A LOT easier.
The power just went out and turned back on. That is how heavy the rain was.
'The river is wide, and I can't get or' and neither have I the wings to fly.' This is how I feel right now.
One of our neighbors, well old neighbors, have been writing me. Well of course Meridith Blackburn always sends letters and I'm always grateful to receive them. But Christopher Erickson wrote me right before he left the ward. He sent me two letters and I sent him one. He always sends amazing talks in his letters like one from Jeffery R. Holland that talks about "The Inconvenient Messiah". It's an amazing talk that you should all read. I'm sure you can find it on the BYU Website because he gave the talk when he was President of BYU. It talks about the temptations that Christ had and he applies them to our day, things that happen all around us. I believe that everyone could learn something from reading this talk.
Endure to the End
Signing Out
Elder Barry
...
Wow.
FAMILY REUNION!!!!
If you can tell, I'm speachless.
I just knocked in the head by a 2X4. But don't worry, your secret is safe with me.
I'll keep it secret.
Anyways. This sweet boy is more like a sweat boy. Wow, I have now realized that I am my Father's child. I basically get made fun of because I sweat sooooo much. We walk somewhere and the other missionaries joke that I have just gotten out of the shower. I know you probably don't believe it and you need to see it to believe it. It's true.
I'm sure that Jess will do just fine on the registering.
I'm glad that housing is all A. O. K.
Any Plans with the Fam is Fine. or APwtFiF for short.
So now lets talk about the weather. Yes, typical\everyone talks about subject. But it's super crazy here. For example, today started out blazing hot and now the thunder has come. Last night me and another missionary ran home in the rain. There was so much rain that we ran through the rivers or in other words the streets. We were at the bottom of a giant slant. Literally right at the bottom. So all the rain had come down from higher up and was going through the streets. If I stood in the water in the streets it would cover my shoes completely up to my ankles. Try running home through water like that. My shoes are still a little soaked because I honestly only have one pair right now. Yes I know, missionaries go through A LOT of shoes. I've been using these shoes for the last 5ish months. Hope they last longer.
This week was an upper and a downer. Up was that we marked date and an investigator received an answer to his prayer but the down is that he didn't go to church and his cell phone broke and that we haven't found him in his house. We hope that this week we can find him at least once to figure out what's going on.
In this area we find new investigators but they don't progress. It's hard. Everyweek we find new one that don't carry over for the next week. They like us, they want to change but don't have the strength to do it. We try to help them for 3 weeks but it just doesn't work.
Real fast. It just started to rain here. It's going to be river roads here. I'm glad I'm inside... But I don't know how we are getting home.
In this area we are finding a lot of people who aren't married and just don't want to get married or want to but don't have the money or their family lives somewhere else and can't come visit for the marriage. It's hard to deal with. But the people are all really kind and you can basically get into almost any house really easy. It's a lot easier than Valparaíso 1. A LOT easier.
The power just went out and turned back on. That is how heavy the rain was.
'The river is wide, and I can't get or' and neither have I the wings to fly.' This is how I feel right now.
One of our neighbors, well old neighbors, have been writing me. Well of course Meridith Blackburn always sends letters and I'm always grateful to receive them. But Christopher Erickson wrote me right before he left the ward. He sent me two letters and I sent him one. He always sends amazing talks in his letters like one from Jeffery R. Holland that talks about "The Inconvenient Messiah". It's an amazing talk that you should all read. I'm sure you can find it on the BYU Website because he gave the talk when he was President of BYU. It talks about the temptations that Christ had and he applies them to our day, things that happen all around us. I believe that everyone could learn something from reading this talk.
Endure to the End
Signing Out
Elder Barry
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Singing Out
Dear Mom,
I was honestly surprised that you caught that 'singing Out' because I have sent that home in over a fourth of my emails maybe a little more. I think it's pretty cool that you finally realized. Go back in some of the other emails and look. It's in some of them if not half of them.
So we had another practice the other day because we had zone conference. It was my zone and another zone together (which makes our stake.) We have 2 zones in our stake and are working to help the members grow in their testimony and become closer to Christ. This way the stake will split. Well, we had another practice after zone conference.
Terça-Feira Dia 6 - At zone conference my companion and I had to give a 45 min-ish doctrine and it was pretty fun to give. It's fun to do that type of stuff. We had some metal mind bogglers. You know the ones where there is a ring in the middle and you have to take the ring off but it looks like there is no way to take it off. But there is a way if you move the parts the right way. Well we had about 12 of those and we called up 12 missionaries and had them try it in 2 minutes. We seperated them into groups of those who got it and those who didn't. All the metal mind bogglers were different so we switched it up again and gave new ones to all the missionaries and had them try it again. Well afterwards we split them up into 3 groups, the ones who were able to do 2 of the mind bogglers, the ones who only did 1 and the ones who didn't get any. We then talked with all of them and asked them why they got it or didn't get it. We then compared it to their areas and how every area is different. Each one looks different and has different people. But they all have a key or a way to be opened and they all have a way to find new people. We continued to talk about ideas with the missionaries about how to find news and help the people in our areas. It was pretty interesting.
Segunda-Feira Dia 5 - We had Mission Counsel and we talked a lot about being an example to the missionaries in our zones and helping all of them. I think I told you about the Standard of Excellence here, the Silver and the Gold. Well we set a goal to have 50% of the mission acheiving the Silver standard of excellence this month.
We marked a date also with Cícero. He is an investigator of ours that we have been working with for a while. He wants to change but isn't going to church. So we firmed him up and marked a date with him. We marked a date for the 31st of march. I hope this will help him in his decision to get baptized.
I'm glad everyone is doing great and thanks for the emails you have sent me.
Eu Amo Vocês.
Perseverar até o Fim
Signing Out
Elder Barry
I was honestly surprised that you caught that 'singing Out' because I have sent that home in over a fourth of my emails maybe a little more. I think it's pretty cool that you finally realized. Go back in some of the other emails and look. It's in some of them if not half of them.
So we had another practice the other day because we had zone conference. It was my zone and another zone together (which makes our stake.) We have 2 zones in our stake and are working to help the members grow in their testimony and become closer to Christ. This way the stake will split. Well, we had another practice after zone conference.
Terça-Feira Dia 6 - At zone conference my companion and I had to give a 45 min-ish doctrine and it was pretty fun to give. It's fun to do that type of stuff. We had some metal mind bogglers. You know the ones where there is a ring in the middle and you have to take the ring off but it looks like there is no way to take it off. But there is a way if you move the parts the right way. Well we had about 12 of those and we called up 12 missionaries and had them try it in 2 minutes. We seperated them into groups of those who got it and those who didn't. All the metal mind bogglers were different so we switched it up again and gave new ones to all the missionaries and had them try it again. Well afterwards we split them up into 3 groups, the ones who were able to do 2 of the mind bogglers, the ones who only did 1 and the ones who didn't get any. We then talked with all of them and asked them why they got it or didn't get it. We then compared it to their areas and how every area is different. Each one looks different and has different people. But they all have a key or a way to be opened and they all have a way to find new people. We continued to talk about ideas with the missionaries about how to find news and help the people in our areas. It was pretty interesting.
Segunda-Feira Dia 5 - We had Mission Counsel and we talked a lot about being an example to the missionaries in our zones and helping all of them. I think I told you about the Standard of Excellence here, the Silver and the Gold. Well we set a goal to have 50% of the mission acheiving the Silver standard of excellence this month.
We marked a date also with Cícero. He is an investigator of ours that we have been working with for a while. He wants to change but isn't going to church. So we firmed him up and marked a date with him. We marked a date for the 31st of march. I hope this will help him in his decision to get baptized.
I'm glad everyone is doing great and thanks for the emails you have sent me.
Eu Amo Vocês.
Perseverar até o Fim
Signing Out
Elder Barry
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