As of now, it looks like Cory will come home on the morning of July 12th for his pre-op appointment in the afternoon and surgery is scheduled for July 15th. With the type of procedure his Houston doctor said he needed, he will probably be non-weight bearing on that foot for 6 weeks. Our challenge as a family will be to live mission rules while he is home with us.
Hello Barton Family.
So Olde Oaks 2 is going well except for the fact that we have no teaching pool haha but Elder Martin and I are on the hunt for some investigators to fill our teaching pool. Olde Oaks is definitely more ghetto than Bear Creek and I love it :) we will see what's in store here.
Well my foot has been bugging me this past week pretty bad so I am looking forward to having surgery but at the same time I am not.
Elder Martin and I have been riding our bikes recently and we will ride on and on and on and not sweat a drop but as soon as we stop we just bust out in sweat because when we ride we always have a little wind but as soon as we stop the humidity and heat hit us and we become super sweaty and gross it's so funny though. We also have been getting up to go to the gym about 5-5:30 a.m. every morning to work out so I am trying to get shredded and look good :P
Oh it rained super hard this week and I was driving and I felt like a storm chaser because the lightning was hitting so close and this rain was just coming down so dang hard! At one point I hydro- planed but thanks to my awesome driving skills I recovered but man that was fun. I love the weather here in Texas it can never make up it's mind. But I hear people talking about the hurricanes since it's hurricane season so I hope a big one comes so I can see what it's like.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Email Update: June 21, 2010
By way of background, I received a call from Pres. Hansen on Saturday saying that he had just talked to Cory about his on-going foot problems. Cory's bunion continues to cause him pain and all treatment by the doctor has not offered long-term relief. Therefore surgery is being recommended which would require him to come home for the procedure. Pres. Hansen asked that I call Cory at the end of his proselyting day so we could get his perspective. Cory's feeling is that rather than have this hold him back the rest of mission, he would rather come home for surgery and then get back out there as soon as possible. We are trying to coordinate the logistics so that his time home is minimized and hopefully post op follow-ups can be handled by the doctor that has been treating him in the mission field.
Here is his letter this week:
Awesome to hear what the family is up to! I wish I could be there with y'all to enjoy all this fun but I can wait....I guess :p Well as y'all already know, I have been talking with President Hansen about my foot problem and he said I will find out later today what all will go down and I am sure he will inform you what will happen.
Well I don't really know what to tell y'all this week. Elder Martin, my new companion, is from California. We are also living with the AP's so it's been way fun. Oh the AP's and us have been getting up at 5 a.m. to hit the gym so we can get shredded. Man am I sore but I enjoy it because no one is in the gym that early so they can't see the weak fat kid workout :)
Oh on Tuesday the "dieing" missionaries that were going home always sleep at the AP's apartments aka my apartment and boy was it trunky in our apartment. I really missed home but hey can't blame them for being excited to go home. On Wednesday the new set of missionaries came in and we took one Elder (Elder Beeman) out greenie tracting and boy did that bring memories back. I mean 4 months ago that was me and I was with Elder Martin too! But the greenies stayed the night at the AP's apartments and it was really cool to have them there. I mean you could see their faces in shock and fearful but I bet that's how I looked my first night. I tried to make these elders feel as welcomed as possible. It turns out that one of the Elders (Elder Tobchan I think that's how you spell it) is a foreign missionary and he actually stayed a few weeks in Mapleton before he went to the MTC so that was really neat-o.
Well that's all I have for now.
Here is his letter this week:
Awesome to hear what the family is up to! I wish I could be there with y'all to enjoy all this fun but I can wait....I guess :p Well as y'all already know, I have been talking with President Hansen about my foot problem and he said I will find out later today what all will go down and I am sure he will inform you what will happen.
Well I don't really know what to tell y'all this week. Elder Martin, my new companion, is from California. We are also living with the AP's so it's been way fun. Oh the AP's and us have been getting up at 5 a.m. to hit the gym so we can get shredded. Man am I sore but I enjoy it because no one is in the gym that early so they can't see the weak fat kid workout :)
Oh on Tuesday the "dieing" missionaries that were going home always sleep at the AP's apartments aka my apartment and boy was it trunky in our apartment. I really missed home but hey can't blame them for being excited to go home. On Wednesday the new set of missionaries came in and we took one Elder (Elder Beeman) out greenie tracting and boy did that bring memories back. I mean 4 months ago that was me and I was with Elder Martin too! But the greenies stayed the night at the AP's apartments and it was really cool to have them there. I mean you could see their faces in shock and fearful but I bet that's how I looked my first night. I tried to make these elders feel as welcomed as possible. It turns out that one of the Elders (Elder Tobchan I think that's how you spell it) is a foreign missionary and he actually stayed a few weeks in Mapleton before he went to the MTC so that was really neat-o.
Well that's all I have for now.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Email Update: June 14, 2010
Well I found out Saturday that I am being transferred to Old Oaks 2 which is pretty close to the mission office. But I am really sad to leave. I just felt like I finally figured out my area and I feel like I still have more to do here and I am also sad to leave Elder Foster. We became best friends during our transfer. He is such a great young man and will do great things. I am now officially packed and ready to go for the most part so I hope this new area is as good as Bear Creek.
Well Amber's baptism was Thursday and a lot of people attended especially a ton from her family which, for the most part, are not members so that was awesome to see. Elder Vehrs who was one of the elders that started to teach Amber came down and performed the baptism. Elder Foster and I were the witnesses and when she went under I noticed her left leg didn't fully go under. Elder Foster nodded his head that she went under and I thought for a brief moment about not saying anything - I mean I didn't want her to get dunked twice or who cares if she didn't go all the way under. But luckily I got my head together and told Elder Vehrs to do it over again and that time she went completely under so all went well.
Cynthia's baptism was Saturday and well none of her family showed up and only about 10 people attended. We tried to get as many members out there to help support her in this decision she has made. Well Cynthia asked me to baptize her and well to make a long story short, she has never been under water before so she was really nervous and she wouldn't go all the way under the first time because she panicked. Well after I talked with her and helped her calm down a bit I went to dunk her again and she started to panic again. In my head I thought if I didn't get her under this time she would never build up the courage to try again so I forced her under the second time. At that moment she didn't really appreciate that because she almost broke into tears when she came up. But after the service the stake president said I did the right thing and I apologized to Cynthia about forcing her under but she was really happy I did so it was a pretty interesting experience.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Email Update: June 7, 2010
Hello Family!
Well I have been so busy this past week and I will be so so busy this week. Because Elder Foster and I have 2 investigators being baptized this week. Well, one for sure the other has her interview on Wednesday. We are responsible for planning it and assigning people to give talks and everything. But Elder Foster and I are very thankful to the Lord for giving us these people that are prepared to hear the gospel and for us being instruments to invite them to come unto Christ. Our investigators that are being baptized are Amber Marshall and Cynthia Ray. Amber is a 9 year old who has been taught by the missionaries for almost a year now and she is so smart when it comes to the gospel. She is definitely more than ready to receive the gospel. It's so awesome to see her be so strong when her father is less active and has some Word of Wisdom issues. But she was interviewed by our District Leader yesterday and she passed and her baptismal date is this Thursday and all of her family is in town which I am grateful for because I know Amber will love for them to come. We started to teach Cynthia Ray on May 12th because her fiancée encouraged her to investigate the church and he is being baptized on Friday (He lives in the East Mission) and she will be baptized this Saturday, if she passes her interview that is.
Well my spiritual thought of the day is something that has been on my mind lately. I have been reading the scriptures and I came across Alma 8:15 before this verse Alma is rejected in Ammonihah and leaves and is really down but in verse 15 it says: "Blessed art thou, Alma; therefore, lift up thy head and rejoice, for thou hast great cause to rejoice; for thou hast been faithful in keeping the commandments of God from the time which thou receivedst thy first message from him. Behold, I am he that delivered it unto you."
Now this angel reminds Alma of how far he has come because this is the same angel that visited him in Mosiah 27:11-14. This reminds me its easy to forget the blessings we have everyday and forget to be grateful for them.
I love y'all. Upward and Onward
Well I have been so busy this past week and I will be so so busy this week. Because Elder Foster and I have 2 investigators being baptized this week. Well, one for sure the other has her interview on Wednesday. We are responsible for planning it and assigning people to give talks and everything. But Elder Foster and I are very thankful to the Lord for giving us these people that are prepared to hear the gospel and for us being instruments to invite them to come unto Christ. Our investigators that are being baptized are Amber Marshall and Cynthia Ray. Amber is a 9 year old who has been taught by the missionaries for almost a year now and she is so smart when it comes to the gospel. She is definitely more than ready to receive the gospel. It's so awesome to see her be so strong when her father is less active and has some Word of Wisdom issues. But she was interviewed by our District Leader yesterday and she passed and her baptismal date is this Thursday and all of her family is in town which I am grateful for because I know Amber will love for them to come. We started to teach Cynthia Ray on May 12th because her fiancée encouraged her to investigate the church and he is being baptized on Friday (He lives in the East Mission) and she will be baptized this Saturday, if she passes her interview that is.
Well my spiritual thought of the day is something that has been on my mind lately. I have been reading the scriptures and I came across Alma 8:15 before this verse Alma is rejected in Ammonihah and leaves and is really down but in verse 15 it says: "Blessed art thou, Alma; therefore, lift up thy head and rejoice, for thou hast great cause to rejoice; for thou hast been faithful in keeping the commandments of God from the time which thou receivedst thy first message from him. Behold, I am he that delivered it unto you."
Now this angel reminds Alma of how far he has come because this is the same angel that visited him in Mosiah 27:11-14. This reminds me its easy to forget the blessings we have everyday and forget to be grateful for them.
I love y'all. Upward and Onward
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