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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, March 5, 2012

Email Update: March 5, 2012

Hey family! A big "Ouch" to Dallin that doesn't sound fun at all. But you can tell Dal that I played Rugby for the first time this past week on Monday. I went up to College Station and played on the rugby field there on campus and can I say Texas A&M has a huge and beautiful campus. Man it is something else, but I had A LOT of fun. I got to see Tobchan and Ulugia. So we played Rugby and we had about 5 or 6 poly's up there and they kicked my butt all over that field. I think they decided to have mercy on me since I had no idea in the world what I was doing so as soon as I got the ball I would pass it immediately haha. We eventually played flag football which I did A LOT better at! I mean, 4 caught TD passes, including the game winner. Yeah a lot better at football than rugby, so I need Dallin to teach me whats up.

So nothing exciting happened this past week. We spent the whole week moving and cleaning our apartment. Because if the apartment people had to clean or fix something they would charge the mission office which in turn they would charge Kelly and I so we didn't want to cough up any money so we spent the whole week cleaning and fixing our apartment. Trying to fix and clean 15 years of missionaryness haha, it was not easy or fun or productive at all, but we had them check the apartment on Saturday and they cleared it, so we didn't get charged at all so I guess it was worth it haha.


Well we got a ton of referrals this past week so hopefully we can go contact them this week. Sadly that's all I got, I know nothing to fun or exciting. Oh we have transfer calls on Tuesday so I may stay or go who knows. I think I am out but we will see. 

Oh also, on Wednesday night we played basketball with the ward to relieve ourselves of the stress of cleaning the apartment all day and in the very first game I rolled my darn ankle and I was even wearing my braces too, so that was a first. Then 10 min later a member and a good friend of mine, Brother Bennett, rolled his ankle too but turned out he actually broke his foot! So that was crazy I hope to sign his cast. He is always telling me that I need to teach him my Ghetto Memphis Basketball that I apparently do haha whatever that means. 

Oh also, Mom it's ok that you can't pick me up I wanted to fly home anyway so it works :) Alright I love y'all tell JJ to keep up the good work.

-Elder Barton