Family! 01/04/12
I don’t know if I am going to have time to do a big e-mail today, so I think that I am just going to e-mail you guys! I am at the LDS employment center, and there is a lady behind me waiting to use the computer. Wow it looks like you guys had such a fun break, I am so jealous! I was crying from laughing so hard. I loved the one of dad sleeping, and maci giving him a mustache! That is so funny! Maci is such a little prankster! It was weird to see pictures of some of the cousins! They have all grown up so much! Demi and Maci also continue to surprise me every time that I see pictures of them! The desert trip looked so fun! I didn’t know that the jeep could do that! Did you guys ride around like that in the summer? We will have to do that again sometime when I come home! Oh and Beau's little motorized bike thing looks so cool! Now you don’t have to worry about getting him a car! That will be perfect! You guys all look great! Thanks for sending all of those pictures!
Me and Elder Mok had a great week! I really felt that we were being led by the spirit. One day this week, we did not have any scheduled lessons, so we were out on the street most of the day. We decided to mix it up and take a route that we had never taken before. As we walked along, we ran into one of the Chinese ladies that work at the subway here in china town. We talked with her for about 15 minutes, and found out so many new interesting things about her. We see her a lot, but it is hard to get to know someone behind the counter of a busy New York City Subway. She didn’t have much interest to learn about the church, but we both felt that she needed to talk with us. Right after we finished talking with her, a member pulled up driving a limo van. He explained that he was a member from up state, and he works as a limo driver in the city. He insisted to give each of us a soda, and then he was on his way. Right after that, a struggling old lady walked by with huge bags of groceries in her hands. We were able to help, carry her groceries all the way to her house, which was several blocks away. When we arrived at the front of her appartment complex she was so grateful, she even tried to give us money. We refused the money, and just told her to come to church one day if she has time. Then as we walked back to our normal contacting spot I noticed we found several other people that stopped and talked with us about our church. When we arrived at our contacting spot the very fist person that we contacted was very interested, and had been looking for a church. We went with him right the second, and gave him a tour of our chapel and a first lesson. The spirit was so strong as we taught him the doctrine of the godhead, and prayer.
Things like this happen so often on a mission. Sometimes we get so used to it, that it is easy to forget how amazing the gift of the Holy Ghost is! Even though sometimes we may not have huge promptings, the Holy Ghost is guiding our each and every footstep. We had a really cool lesson this week with one of our investigators this week. He is going though some family problems right now, and really needed our help. The whole lesson, Elder Mok and I really did not say much. We just listened. The poor guys had so many feelings stored up inside! We had a very strong feeling to teach him about priesthood blessings, and offer him one. The spirit was so strong. After the blessing he looked up at us and said," wow, I feel a lot better." We then made a plan with him of how we are going to help his family. We think a lot of the problems are coming from the husband and wife not speaking English. So, whenever the kids bring home their home worker something they have to spend hours translating each and every word, just so they can help their kids! I can’t imagine. We told him that when we come over each week we could help the kids with their homework. We are hoping that this will relieve some of the stress. We are also going to start holding family home evenings with him and his family! I am so excited! Please give me some cool game ideas! I have not met the kids yet; they have been out of town with their mom. I meet them this Saturday, so wish me luck.
Oh and I wanted to tell you guys something! So this last week, I started to get down to the end of the package that you sent me, if you know what I mean! And tucked under one of the cardboard flaps was a fifty-dollar gift card that I did not see before! How cool is that?! Thank you guys so much! That got me so excited! You guys are the best! Well guys I love you so much! I hope that you have a great day! Keep up all the great work!
Elder Barton
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