Good Afternoon!
Well this was another fantastic week! I am so excited to go home and count up how many of my emails have started with that exact sentence! Ha I think it will be very interesting. Elder Foley and I have been sooooooo busy! I love it! China Town is such a wonderful place in the summer. I am not going to lie, the smell is not something I am going to miss, but the group of people that cover those smelly streets, I am going to miss so much. Recently there has been a ton of people outside relaxing. China town has many different parks and places to sit down. Almost every place will have families and other people waiting to hear the gospel. There are also these little singing and dancing groups that will come and perform. Even though they are all over 70 years old, the heart and soul that they put into these performances is just incredible.
We have been meeting some great people. It is so amazing how fast they will go out of state. They meet with us one time, then bam, they are gone! The process gets a little old sometimes. But when you think about the seeds that are being planted, it always feels pretty good. Sometimes I just wish that I could have a car in this mission... That way I could drive to these places where our investigators are and take them to church. There are so many things that I wish I could do for these people. Some of the stories I have heard on my mission make me think that every single hard ship I have ever experienced was just a piece of cake.
We had a member bring a friend to church on sunday, which was so great! After the church service we sat down with him to share with him the gospel. He was such a nice a guy. He was very shy and kept to himself but the more we spoke with him, the more he seemed to open up. He told us a little bit about his life. He is going though a typical china town situation. He came to America illegally, so as a result is in a lot of debt and trying desperately to get his green card. He is all alone. His wife and 18 year old son are in china. He misses them so much.... But he will not be able to see them for a long time. It is impossible for him to go back. I have heard similar stories so many times on my mission and each time it just breaks my heart. I dont know that I have ever met someone that was suffering as much as he was though. We shared with him prayer and how the atonement of Jesus Christ can help us to overcome our trials. He really seemed to enjoy it.
I feel so blessed to serve in this mission. These people are so pure. It is their first time hearing about any of these things. It is one thing to teach it, but see someone use what you teach them and have it change their life is something so much better. I have such a great mission call.
I had my first interview with President Morgan yesterday. I was expecting him to sit me down for a couple seconds then shew me off when he realized I was going home soon. That was not at all the case! I have never met some one that listened so well to everything that I had to say. I left that interview feeling so complimented and uplifted. He is such a great man! I wish I had more time to get to know him, I feel that he and I would have gotten along very well. There is such a huge part of me that just wants to stay here for a little while longer so I can see all of these exciting changes continue to take place.
Fourth of July was sooooooooo awesome! Our land lady opened up the roof! We had snacks and the whole deal! I have never seen fire works like that in my whole life! The whole thing was like one giant grand finale! And the coolest part was seeing them come out from behind these gigantic sky scrapers!! It was a great time to be an American! I took some awesome pics, but I dont have my camera today so I cant show you! sorry!
Well I hope that you are all doing well! Have a fantastic week, and I will talk to you soon!
Elder Barton
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