Dear loved ones!
In two days I will have been on my mission for a month! Yay!
The last month has been one of the craziest months in my entire life, I am so grateful for the many experiences that I have had. It has gone by fast! 1 more to go! woohoo
So let me tell you about this last week....
In two days I will have been on my mission for a month! Yay!
The last month has been one of the craziest months in my entire life, I am so grateful for the many experiences that I have had. It has gone by fast! 1 more to go! woohoo
So let me tell you about this last week....
We started teaching a part member family. It is comprised of a single mother with a 13 year old daughter. The mother is a member and her daughter is ready to be baptized. We taught the first lesson with the Stowell's, it was really powerful experience. Hopefully we will be able to teach them again soon!
We visited Mama Helen again this week, we talked a little bit more about the Book of Mormon and we invited her to be baptized. She said she would think about it! We hope to get her to come to church this next week, it is just hard because she is often sick.
We went biking quite a bit this week! I have never been so sweaty and nasty in my life!
Yesterday we got a car, we actually accidentally stole it to the other elders in our ward... I felt bad for about a whole two minutes, until I got in the car and blasted the AC.
Today we got a new companion, Sister Larsen. She was in the MTC at the same time as me. Her companion got really sick and has to go home so she got to come and be with us. It's a little strange but it should be good!
So the mission average weight gain is about 35 pounds... I am so worried that I will get fat! I didn't think that was a real number until all of the dinners that members have tried to feed us. This last week a Haitian family fed us dinner, there was literally enough food to feed 20 people. I was so full by the end of it! We have been trying hard to exercise a lot so that we can stay in shape... Pray that I won't be too fat in 18 months!
Last night we participated in a worldwide leadership training, President Monson spoke about having faith in missionary work, it was an amazing meeting! The majority of the meeting it talked about member missionaries and how important they are to the work of helping others receive salvation. Something was said that was powerful to me was " full time missionaries are only there to support the members in missionary work." The brethren really emphasized the importance of member missionaries. I have realized that this time on the mission will be just a small part, we all have the responsibility to be member missionaries! The work members do is so important, I have realized this so much in the last month! Please, I plead with you to help others to come unto Christ. This is the most important work on the Earth, I testify that this is true and I am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this great work.
Thank you for all of your love and support, I love you all more than you know. This last week I was really missing home so I prayed really hard that I would receive mail, and the next day I received four letters in the mail. I believe that this was a tender mercy of the Lord. Thank you all of you for being answers to my prayers.
I received a package from Kaylie and the Grandparents! It was excited and wonderful to hear from all of you! Grandma- thank you for the cardigans, it's funny that I don't really actually remember why I asked you for that color... I think I was tired that morning I called.
I am grateful for the friends I have already made while I have been here. There are some amazing people here, I am so blessed!
What can I do for all of you?! How is everyone?
Well I love you all so much! Take care.
Sister Barnett
We visited Mama Helen again this week, we talked a little bit more about the Book of Mormon and we invited her to be baptized. She said she would think about it! We hope to get her to come to church this next week, it is just hard because she is often sick.
We went biking quite a bit this week! I have never been so sweaty and nasty in my life!
Yesterday we got a car, we actually accidentally stole it to the other elders in our ward... I felt bad for about a whole two minutes, until I got in the car and blasted the AC.
Today we got a new companion, Sister Larsen. She was in the MTC at the same time as me. Her companion got really sick and has to go home so she got to come and be with us. It's a little strange but it should be good!
So the mission average weight gain is about 35 pounds... I am so worried that I will get fat! I didn't think that was a real number until all of the dinners that members have tried to feed us. This last week a Haitian family fed us dinner, there was literally enough food to feed 20 people. I was so full by the end of it! We have been trying hard to exercise a lot so that we can stay in shape... Pray that I won't be too fat in 18 months!
Last night we participated in a worldwide leadership training, President Monson spoke about having faith in missionary work, it was an amazing meeting! The majority of the meeting it talked about member missionaries and how important they are to the work of helping others receive salvation. Something was said that was powerful to me was " full time missionaries are only there to support the members in missionary work." The brethren really emphasized the importance of member missionaries. I have realized that this time on the mission will be just a small part, we all have the responsibility to be member missionaries! The work members do is so important, I have realized this so much in the last month! Please, I plead with you to help others to come unto Christ. This is the most important work on the Earth, I testify that this is true and I am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this great work.
Thank you for all of your love and support, I love you all more than you know. This last week I was really missing home so I prayed really hard that I would receive mail, and the next day I received four letters in the mail. I believe that this was a tender mercy of the Lord. Thank you all of you for being answers to my prayers.
I received a package from Kaylie and the Grandparents! It was excited and wonderful to hear from all of you! Grandma- thank you for the cardigans, it's funny that I don't really actually remember why I asked you for that color... I think I was tired that morning I called.
I am grateful for the friends I have already made while I have been here. There are some amazing people here, I am so blessed!
What can I do for all of you?! How is everyone?
Well I love you all so much! Take care.
Sister Barnett
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