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Email Address & Mission Blog

Email Address:
cory.barton@myldsmail.net


Mission Blog:
texashoustonmission.blogspot.com

My Testimony

My Testimony:
I know that the Atonement is real and that we can all enjoy the cleansing power that it provides. I am grateful for my Savior for performing the Atonement so that I can return to my Father in Heaven. I am grateful for missionary service. I am thankful that missionaries world-wide have the opportunity to bring the fullest blessings of the Atonement to faithful children of God. I know that the Bible and The Book of Mormon are inspired scriptures and are here for our behalf. I owe everything to all of those prophets of old that loved us so much and desired so much for our salvation to write down the words on how we can be saved. We are literally children of a loving Heavenly Father and He wants us to return to Him. I know that Jesus is the Christ. And I love the joy the gospel brings with the knowledge that we can be together with our families for all eternity.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Email Update: June 20, 2011

Well transfer update: Elder Tobchan got a call from the Assistant's. They asked him about him being a District Leader. He definitely doesn't want to do it and he tried to convince them that they have chosen the wrong person but they persisted and he accepted.  He is going to the North Zone and is finally going to be in a car area (He has been out for a year and has only been in bike areas) and his companion is Elder Reece (I flew out with him when I was returning from medical release) so he and Tobchan will get along but I will miss Tobchan A LOT.  He is definitely my favorite companion but we will see each other after the mission since his family moved to Colorado.  So my new companion is Elder Sleet and guess what! Deanna will love this, he is African American! The only one in the mission, so I am just getting all kinds of diversity! I just need a Hispanic next. But all I know is that he is from Missouri I believe.
So yeah well Tobchan and I have worked really hard this last week together trying to make the last moments the best, but we just sweat a lot, ha ha. Well weird thing that happened this week, we were teaching this guy Lonnie in our complex when this couple that lives above him started fighting.  It turns out that the girl friend slashed her boyfriend with a knife and he chased her around the complex and eventually got her in a head lock so we came out and tried to stop it. The boyfriend walked off some where and I went to the local gas station on the corner and got the girl friend a Sprite to calm her down and I reported to the cops what I saw so yeah, pretty crazy.
Well this next transfer is 7 weeks long so it's going to be a while. Glad that all is well. Oh, I ran out of stamps so I haven't written Deanna back yet and don't think I will for a while since there isn't a place close by to buy stamps. Peace - Elder Barton