THE CRAZIEST WEEK SO FAR .....

WEEK #52

Sara Acre, Hermana Barker and Hermana Caicedo

Well I don't even know where to start for this week. Let's just say it has probably been the craziest week I have had on the mission! 

I can't believe that Courtney is driving. Seriously that blew my mind!!! What is happening at home?? Stop growing up please! But also she looks soo pretty in that picture! Good work Court...much better than I did on my permit test...

Also the bathroom looks great! Look at your all fancy style! I love it ha. I still want to see the other bedroom too if you get a chance. We also painted a house this week. It was a service project for a family that is moving. It's not as fancy as the bathroom though...it's just white walls ha.

Now for the craziness of this week! Where do I even start! First of all we have a baptism date for Rosa in August! She finally made the commitment and came to church this week!!! Hopefully everything will work out with it all and we will be able to see the miracle of her baptism this month! Also Maria Jose is MIA. She is always making excuses not to see us. I think she's just afraid of what her parents and everyone else is going to say. One day she will accept this gospel. I just don't know if she's ready right now.

So as for this week. Let me start on Tuesday...We found a ton more bed bugs in our piso...finally I had enough so I called the mission office to ask if they could do something more because obviously the spray wasn't working at all. So they said I needed to call the dueño (landlord) and have him come look. On Wednesday morning they sent someone to come look and the man said we needed to fumigate our piso! So we called the office on Thursday morning and told them everything that happened. OH also, the man who came to look at our piso threw out our mattresses so we were sleeping on the couch that night that also has bed bugs...so anyway I called the office and told them everything that happened. They said that I needed to try to find someone to come fumigate on Friday morning and we could go to a hotel. So Thursday evening we had to pack up everything and move to a hotel...On Friday I found out that I was going to have to go to Cornella to be with another sister whose companion was also leaving. So I had to go back to piso and pack all my stuff as well. On Friday night we were sitting in a hotel with all of our stuff. Sunday morning we went to go check out and the hotel said that the room hadn't been paid for yet. So we had to pay IN CASH for the hotel room. Luckily we had enough personal money to pay for it all. So we had to run to the bank and then come back and pay and go to church. After church we ran to our train and now I'm sitting in Cornella with Hermana Gittins and I don't go back to my area until theA5th of august for transfers....IT WAS CRAZY!!! 

As you can tell its been a crazy week and not only because we had lots of citas (appointments), but because we had personal problems too. Now I'm not only known as the hermana that sprayed herself in the face with pepper spray, but I'm also the hermana that has bed bugs!!!!! What a great reputation I am making for myself!

We had some amazing citas though with less active members this week and guess what?? Three of them came to church who haven't been to church in years! It was incredible. They were so happy to be there and they said they were going to try to make it a habit from now on. It was so great. I love more than anything seeing the testimony of a less active member start to grow again. They always tell stories about what they remember feeling when they were at church. One of them told me that she dreams about church things every night. She knows its God's way of reminding her what her path is. They are incredible people. They all just have these road blocks that have stopped them from progressing. But it's incredible to be able to help them grow and come back to church!

As for everything else, I am doing great. I am healthy and happy and loving life as always. We find out about transfers on Saturday night so you won't hear from me until Tuesday next week. I am sure I'm going back to Tarragona, it's just a question of who with? I was so glad to hear from all of you this week. Thank you for picking the same week to email me! Some of you are probably going to have to wait for a response because I don't have enough time to email everyone back sorry!! But thanks for the love and support always! I am always thinking of you all. 

Con amor,

Hermana Barker

My one year mark celebration. How fortunate that we were able to celebrate in a nice hotel and not in our bed bug infested piso!

I'M AT ONE YEAR !!!!!!!

WEEK #51

Wow it looks like you all are having a great time. That is so awesome that you and grandma went zip lining...coolest grandma haha. I am so glad that Tay and Court had the opportunity to go to EFY...Everyone here loves it. They all look forward to it every year. I wish I had gone more, but I am definitely going to go back as a counselor.

You asked about the bugs...well my companion is getting eaten alive. We finally had to go to the doctor because we thought she was having an allergic reaction. The doctor gave her medicine and she is finally getting better. As for me, it's now mostly just the mosquitos because its hot and super humid. They are everywhere! The bugs though, we're still working on it. The dueño (landlord) won't do anything about the piso because he says we brought them into the piso. So we have to talk to the mission office to see if we can get someone to come and fumigate the piso...what an adventure on top of everything else!

COURTNEY IS DRIVING!!! that is not possible! are you kidding me? Stop growing up please!  I'm a little happy that I can skip the first few months of driving! No offense Court :) That's crazy though how fast the time goes. 

As for me...I'M AT A YEAR!!!  I seriously can't even believe it. I can't believe that a year has gone by. The truth is, it doesn't feel like a year at all. It feels like a semester of school. I'm on the downhill slope now. What a crazy year it has been though. I have passed through some of the toughest and happiest times of my life. It's been an emotional, physical, and spiritual roller coaster to tell you the truth. I am so glad though that I decided to serve. I know that I was meant to come here to not only help others but to grow and learn myself. I have done things that I never thought I would be able to do. I have found myself in a way that I never knew possible. It's incredible. and to top it all off...I have eaten seafood and tuna more than a thousand times and I'm still living! Oh and I'm speaking Spanish...what more could I ask for! 

Honestly I could go on and on about what I have learned this last year, but I don't have time for that. I am happy and still tired, but so happy. This transfer has been super fun. It's my last week with hermana Caicedo. Next week I am going to have a new companion and a week after that I will have a new companion. I think it's a record...4 companions in one transfer!  but it's definitely been fun. 

We had interviews with President Pace this week and I am always so uplifted talking to him. He wanted me to tell my family and my parents thank you for the daughter they have raised. I told him I would definitely tell them. I am so grateful for the family that I have. I know I have said that more than a million times, but every day and every situation makes me more grateful for what I have. Thank you to everyone.

How did Grandma Daisy's surgery go? Give her all my love and tell her she has been in my prayers. Love you Grandma and of course grandpa Bob too :)

Well not much this week, but it's getting super hot...is that deodorant in the mail by chance? and the super floss? Really miss some American things...hint hint :)

See you in 6 months!!!

Con amor,

Hermana Barker

THIS WAS A REALLY SUPER WEEK ………..

WEEK #50

Well it looks like all of you are just living the life right now! All of you are having fun adventures. Sorry dad that you're stuck at home...hopefully it's some peace and quiet for you though right? And don't worry about your talks! Everyone loves your talks and they will never get sick of hearing them! I gave a talk yesterday for the first time in this ward...the bad thing was that I kinda forgot about it until the last minute...I didn't really have anything planned, but it went super well. The spirit of the mission I guess. There were some tears shed, hopefully because they felt the spirit and not because it was awkward! But I can't wait to hear some of these famous talks that you're giving dad!

Mom give Tiffany a huge hug for me and tell her that she's the best!! I'm super jealous that she gets to go to lunch with MY MOM! Don't forget me mom! I'm still your second daughter! hehe. We better go to lunch when I get home...

How is EFY for everyone? Here in Spain they only have one session for everyone. It's super different. A joven (young person) in my ward told me that I should come back and be a counselor here for EFY...not a bad idea eh?  

As for me, I'm doing super great! I am loving the mission as always. Hermana Caicedo has so much love for the people. It's weird though because she doesn't know a lot of the mission rules, and so things that are really important to me to be a successful missionary, she doesn't really get why we have to do them.  I have to remind myself that she started from scratch! No MTC, no missionary training at all.  But we are working hard and we are definitely seeing miracles. Remember Rosa from the very beginning of my time here? Well she is an older woman from Honduras. She dropped us for a while, but about a week ago she called and asked if we could come by. Now she has a fecha (baptism date) for August! The only problem is she has to get married...I may be planning a wedding! SO COOL!  So pray for that. 

Hermana Caicedo and me in the garden of the Cathedral

Most of our time this week has been consumed with trying to kill bichos (bugs) in our piso (apartment)! There are sooo many and they just don't die! I don't know what kind of bug, but when you smash them I'm pretty sure it's my blood that comes out, not theirs! But we rearranged everything and sprayed and cleaned a bunch this week...if the biting doesn't end...I'm living on the streets. 

Funny story about bichos.  One day I laid down on my bed and was looking at the ceiling. In the light cover there was a giant...and I mean GIANT cucaracha (cockroach)!! Of course Hermana Caicedo and I were not going to kill it...so yes, we were those sisters that called our district leader and made him come kill the bug! It was HUGE haahah. But he helped us and was a man...good work Elder!

La Cucaracha!!!!!

Okay now for the real stuff. We have been really getting close to Maria Jose and Eduardo (12 years old). This week Eduardo and I had a deal that if he read the Book of Mormon every night, I would play soccer with him. Well he read, so we played. It was super fun and Hermana Caicedo had a chance to talk to Maria Jose and get her to open up. It was perfect. Eduardo opened up about things and he said that he has never been so happy. His mom also said that since we have met them Eduardo is much more relaxed and has a lot more respect for everyone. It's amazing what a friendship can do for some people.  They are changing and it's incredible. 

Also, there is this old couple here named Rosario and Jose. They remind me exactly of Grandma Daisy and Grandpa Bob. All the missionaries call them Yayo and Yaya (grandpa and grandma in catalan). They always give us cookies and they are so cute and loving to everyone. This week when I was talking to them, it made me miss my grandparents. It also made me realize how lucky I am to have grandparents that care and are a part of my life. Thank you to all my grandparents who love me and my family so deeply!

Well things are starting to happen here in Tarragona. We have interviews with President Pace this week so I am going to ask about details for you all coming here and all that. I know it's a little early, but I want to give you all time to figure out the flights and things. I will let you know when I hear more. 

LOVE YOU ALL!!! Keep smiling and enjoy every moment. We never know who is watching or who just needs a smiling face to make their day. 

CON AMOR

Hermana Barker

ps my investigator Yadira had a baby this last week...we went and bought a little dress for the baby and I was looking at little boy clothes too...KELLI I AM GOING TO SPOIL YOUR CHILD SOOOOOO MUCH!!! I hope you dont mind! ps how are you? how is the health and everything??

This is the dress that my friend Ola  made for me.  So Cool

The Human Tower Competition.

The Garden of the Cathedral 

THIS WEEK WAS CRAZY ......

WEEK #49
WHAT A WEEK! 

I think I am so exhausted I may not make sense. So forgive me in advance. This week was crazy! Lots to share so get ready...

Hermana Tineo left already. I have a new companion named Hermana Caicedo. She is from Sabadell and will be with me for the next three weeks. (Hermana Caicedo is also on a mini mission, which means she is not a full time missionary like Rachel but someone who is interested in being a full time missionary so they go out on mini missions to see what it is like).  The reason that my companion got changed was because there was an opening in the zone of Sabadell and Hermana Caicedo can't serve in her own zone. (You cant be a missionary in the area where you live).So my companion and her got traded! It was a crazy week. We had to go to Barcelona on Tuesday morning, do the switch, and then travel back and get to teaching appointments. The next day we had to travel back again to Barcelona for a conference. Let me tell you, traveling wears you out!  Hermana Caicedo is great though. She has a great love for the people and she's almost as crazy as me. We get along great. 

That's one reason why I'm tired. The other reason is because people here in Tarragona know how to talk!!! They could talk forever if you let them! We have some people who, if given the time, would just talk for hours. The truth is, it wears me out trying to pay attention for that long and catch every word. But it's a good test of my Spanish skills and patience. 

This week has been great though. I think last week I talked about Maria Jose, Eduardo, and Noelia? Well they are friends of a recent convert and we have been trying forever to get to know them more. They just never had time. This week has been amazing though. We were able to see them and talk and have citas (appointments) 4 times this week! They came to a baptism and invited us over for dinner. Noelia had an operation and so the Bishop and some other men gave her a blessing. Maria Jose said it brought her so much peace of the situation. She also said she loved that the baptism was a small and simple thing. She liked how we didn't need a big party to celebrate because the party shouldn't be what the baptism is about. It was awesome. 

Last night we were contacting in the Rambla (a Rambla is a series of streets in a small area mainly for pedestrians, no vehicles are allowed on these streets)  and we ran into them. We ended up talking to them for a while. This week though, we have been praying to find a way to talk to Maria Jose and Edu separately because they need different things. Somehow, the Lord made it happen last night. Hermana Caicedo (who has had some of the same family issues) was able to talk to Maria Jose while I was talking to Edu. I asked him why he is so angry sometimes and what makes him so stressed. He opened up a lot and talked about things that have happened with his dad and how it makes him angry. He also said that its hard because he doesn't want help. I told him I wasn't here to help just to listen. He (with his 12 year old self trying to use adult words) said, "hermana sabes que usted es la única amiga que tengo? Sabes que tengo confianza con usted y usted es como una hermana mayor para mi?" (hermana do you know that your the only friend that I have and I have a lot of confidence with you and that you're like an older sister to me!) It was sooo cute. I almost cried. He has so much hurt in his eyes and to know that just talking to him made him feel better really touched me. I want to help him and his mom so bad. I know that the gospel would change their lives forever! I hope that they come to realize that too. They are special to me.

Well I'm running out of time to email! Tomorrow I am going to try to send some pictures. We saw some cool things this week! I hope Tay and Court have or had fun at EFY and at Aunt Michelle's house! That's awesome! I also hope that this week brings many blessings and lots of love!!! 

LOVE YOU ALL!
Hermana Barker

ps: for fourth of July it was a fiesta here too for a Catholic Saint...we got to see fireworks from our piso! it was awesome!  I just said that they were for America of course :) 

THE LORD WORKS IN MIRACLES .......

WEEK # 48
Oh my gosh I miss girls camp soooo much!!! I'm super jealous that you all were there at the same time. That never happens! I can't believe Tay that you're done with camp!  Where is the time going? And pretty soon Court will be done too! I can't believe that! Good work on the ACT Taylor! Now we can live in Utah together...how weird will that be!  It made me tear up a little hearing that you talked about me in you YCL moment. That makes me feel really special. I'm glad that you think I'm a good example...even though I am a little crazy!  I hope that girls camp was awesome for all of you.

As for me, I'm doing great!  The first week of a new transfer is always a little weird getting used to people and the new district. Hermana Tineo is great though! She's so ready to do the work! She is always happy and is willing to do anything I throw out there, which is awesome because sometimes I have crazy ideas and she just goes with it. It's great to be with someone who is so ready to do the work. There are already miracles that are happening.

As far as investigators go, I guess it's time for an update. Obed who had a baptism date, kind of fell off the face of the earth. He won't answer or respond to us. He lives super far too so we can't just pass by casually. The Elders are going to try to see if he will meet with them. We have had miracles happen though. This week a woman in our ward introduced us to two of her friends. One of them is named Karen and she is super interested. The only problem is she is out of town every Sunday so we have to work around that. Also we finally have been able to meet with Maria Jose. Maria Jose is the woman that has a handicapped daughter. I can't remember if I have talked about them before. Anyway, she is so awesome. We tried for a long time to get in contact with her but she was so busy. We have seen her three times this week and she came to a baptism and loved the simplicity of it. Her daughter is also having surgery this week, so the Bishop and the missionaries gave her a blessing. She is so prepared for this gospel. She finally has hope again for her children and for her future. Keep her in your prayers.

So this week has killed me mentally...do you want to know why?  It is because I haven't heard English in 5 days now! I had been praying for a companion that didn't speak English, and that's exactly what I got. Hermana Tineo doesn't speak any English so everything is in Spanish. My mind is sooooo tired, but it's awesome!! Speaking in English is sometimes hard because the words come to me in Spanish first. My Spanish is going to fly this transfer!! It's awesome, but also super draining. She is so patient with me though. Sometimes its hard to explain things in Spanish, but I surprise myself with how easily it flows. I am shocked at how much I have grown. its incredible what the Lord can do with a 22 year old sassy girl haha. 

I am honored that the Lord has put so much trust in me. I know that we are going to see great miracles because Hermana Tineo is so prepared. Fresh face and fresh spirit is a great thing to have. It has given me a breath of fresh air. Never doubt that the Lord has great things in store for all of you! I am sooo grateful to have the family I do. Every day I am more and more grateful for that. Keep being a light to the world. LOVE YOU ALL!!

Con amor

Hermana Barker

Ps I just found out that Manuel my recent convert from Martorell died from heart complications. What an amazing blessing it was to be a part of his conversion just shortly before he left this world. The Lord put him in our hands at the perfect moment. If nothing else happens on my mission, I will be okay knowing that Manuel was able to accept eternal life before he departed. The Lord works in miracles. I have no doubt about that.

I PROMISE I'M ALIVE ......

WEEK #47

(A little insight as to why this weeks blog post is so late.  Rachel usually sends her emails on Monday mornings, except when it is a transfer Monday and then she emails on Tuesday. We knew this was a transfer week because Rachel told us in her email last week.  Ron, myself, Taylor and Courtney were all up at our churches youth camp, where we had very little cell reception.  It was a little comical to see Ron and me searching for a spot at camp where we got cell reception.  We were in the Sierras.  We kept checking our emails on Tuesday but nothing came.  For the most part we stayed calm.  We knew there was a good reason she didn't send her email Tuesday.  I will say we were very happy and a little relieved when she emailed us on Wednesday.  Hence the subject line in her email "I promise I'm alive!)

HI! Sorry it's so late in the week. Transfers were crazy yesterday and I had no time to email. First of all that picture of all of you at the teaparty is soooo cute and I'm super jealous that I couldn't dress up and go! I want to do another one when I get home okay?  You all look super hot! I love that Carolina commented on it. That's so awesome!! How cool is it  that you have a Spain friend now mom??  By the way, she's happy about Chile winning because that's where shes from.  Just so you understood correctly! (When Chile beat Spain, Carolina posted on Facebook and from what I could understand in my elementary Spanish, she was excited that Chile won.  I wasn't sure if I was correct in my understanding, since she lives in Spain.  Rachel cleared it up for me and now it makes perfect sense.)

I hope you are all having a great time at girls camp! I really wish I could be there! Next year hopefully though. I'm sorry I couldn't write you (Taylor and Courtney). There has just been a lot going on. But just know that I'm singing girls camp songs in my head every day before I eat so I can feel like I'm there with you all :)

Well are you ready for all the updates!? I know you're waiting for transfer information but I'm going to make you wait a little longer. I have to go through the week first of course! 

So the weather has been super hot and humid here lately (which is awful let me tell you). But the other day we were in a cita and it was all sunny and beautiful. We took the bus home and there were clouds rolling in. The minute we stepped off the bus, there was the biggest storm I have ever seen!!!!!! It was pouring rain and we couldnt even walk or I would have blown away! The elders came running over with jackets and umbrellas for us so we could get home. They were soaked too. They came to our rescue though because they only live 2 minutes from the station and we live about 15. It was super nice. The umbrellas broke on our way home, but we made it safely. SOAKED, but safe haha. It was quite the change in weather.

Okay the truth is I dont have much time to write today so I'll finally get to the good stuff. So they called on Saturday to tell us about transfers...all they told me was that I was going to be getting a mini missionary but they had no idea who or where she was coming from. So what is a mini missionary? It's a youth from a ward in the boundaries of our mission who wants to see what a mission is like before they serve. So there are I think 5 in the mission right now because we are getting a huge group of missionaries in August and our mission president didn't want to close areas. The only way to keep them open though was to bring people in for one transfer before the new sister missionaries get here. Do you know what that means?? I am most likely trainging next transfer, and I'm literally starting from scratch right now!  (Just some stats about Rachels mission.  Rachel got to Barcelona last September and in her group of new missionaries 24 were sister missionaries.  At the time her mission only had 12 sisters in the entire mission.  Since those 24 sisters, almost a year ago, they have only had 8 new sisters come to the Barcelona mission.  This August they are expecting another large group of sister missionaries like Rachels group.)

My companions name is hermana Tineo. She is from Peru but lives on Mallorca, the islands here. She doesn't speak any English so this is going to be awesome!! I am going to learn so much this way! She is here for 6 weeks and she literally is starting from scratch. She found out on Sunday night that she was coming to the mission! She hasn't been to the MTC or anything. I really am going to teach everything...I guess I got what I asked for when I said I wanted to train right?? haha I am super excited though. She is excited and so willing to do the work! It's going to be a great learning experience and a great transfer!

So yesterday I had to go to the train station in Barcelona (an hour and a half train ride north) to drop off my companion and then get another sister and go to the airport to pick up our companions. It was a little bit crazy but we finally found them, got back on the train to head home and now were safe and back in Tarragona!  (Now we can see why she didn't get a chance to email on Tuesday.  She spent the entire day traveling.)

Well I'm like out of time because I was supposed to do this yesterday...oops haha. But thank you for emails this week. If I didn't respond to people it was because I really only wrote to you! But give everyone my love at girls camp and sing loud for me! Thank you for sharing a little of Elder Higbees talk! He is goign to do great!  (Our friend Brett Higbee is going to Mexico City on his mission and gave his farewell talk in church this past Sunday.  I shared part of his talk with Rachel.  In his talk Brett shared remarks from a talk from Elder Bednar on being Steadfast and Immoveable.  It's a great talk if you would like to read it). 

Have an amazing week and try to see the hand of the Lord in all you do! It's amazing what the Lord can do for us if we have faith and the desire to know and to grow. 

Con amor,
Hermana Barker

FELIZ DIA DEL PADRE .........

WEEK #46
07/16/14

Nido del Aguilar

Happy fathers day to the best dad in the world!! I know it's late but I'm always torn between if late or way early is better...so I decided late haha. I hope dad that you had a great day and that you felt my love from all the way over here!!! I was definitely thinking about you yesterday!  (Rachel sends her emails every Monday morning, so Ron received his Fathers Day email a day late.  That was her dilemma).

Also today we have a weird schedule so we are going to email tomorrow. I will update you all about everything tomorrow. But I love you all!!! Thank you always for the emails.  You don't know how much they really mean to me. Without them, I coud never get through the week!!!

LOVE YOU!!

Hermana Barker

07/17/14

Dear Familia, I hope you had an amazing Fathers Day, and that Grandma Daisy had a great birthday! That's awesome that you got to spend some time with her. (Ron surprised his mom on her birthday by actually showing up at her house in Southen California with flowers).  

As you can see we had a great last preparation day of the transfer...can you believe the transfer is already over!? It went so fast!! I hit a year in one month...thats insane!

On our exploration we came across an abandoned house

The Elders are convinced that this is where the people of Tarragon hide dead bodies.

We didn't find any dead bodies, just bones....

Enough about me though...you all are awesome!! Mom that is awesome that youre helping the missionaries! I am so glad that you have had that opportunity to see a little bit of what I'm doing. I bet our lessons are a little different  but I am so glad you are getting to go out with them. I'm glad they are seeing some success in little ways. My only advice is to trust in the missionaries...they may do or ask some crazy questions to the people they are teaching that you may feel uncomfortable with, but just trust them...I am finally getting comfortable with some of the fuerte (strong, hard) questions that we ask. Trust!  They are teaching by the spirit.  (That was the best advice she could have given). 

I thought about you mom because today we were eating with a member who has a daughter on a mission and she was reading a letter that she got from her daughter. The whole time she was trying not to cry but she couldn't hold it in. She finally broke and I started to cry because it made me think of you on the other side reading my letters. It was a sweet moment for me.

That is awesome about Miranda wanting to serve. I hope every girl serves who is willing to sacrifice and who wants to have the most amazing but hard experiences. Really I will never regret serving a mission. It is the best decision I have ever made. Even though its hard, its worth every tear to see just one person enter into the army of the Lord. The change of Manuel (the kid who got baptized) was amazing. He knew after only three weeks that he wanted to be baptized.  He went from smoking a ton of cigarettes every day, not really knowing what to believe...to having a super strong testimony in the things of the gospel and wanting to move forward every day to have a future family forever. That is what makes the tears and the hard days of being a missionary worth it. We had a bbq for him after the baptism.

Also I have great news!!! Godson from Martorell got baptized!! Although I would have loved to have been at his baptism, I am so glad that he finally had the chance to be baptized. Of all the people I have ever met, I have never seen someone fight so hard for something they believe. After having known the church for 5 years, he finally was blessed with the opportunity to be baptized! It was amazing to see.

So one of the things that my distric leader put me in charge of this transfer was to liven up noche de barrio (neighborhood night -  The missionaries have these nights once a week to help build unity in our ward - church congregation). Nobody was coming to the noche de barrios that we were having. I told him I would try my best. We planned a big "Iron Rod"  activity and invited the world. On the day that we had the activity, I was worried that nobody was going to show up...we had about 40 people come and people even invited friends! The bishop was amazing and we felt like we had accomplished something big. Finally people are coming to the activites and we hope that it stays this way. I am going to try my best to get this ward to be close. There are so many peoople, the activities should be so fun! It was a success though!  (Click here to read the story of "The Iron Rod" or click here to read the scripture story in the Book of Mormon 

I also finished the Book of Mormon in Spanish!! Now I'm back to English once again. It's amazing to me how 10 months ago I couldn't understand even the simplest sentence in Spanish...now I'm reading a whole book and understanding it all! What the Lord can do for His missionaries is incredible!! 

Well although we didn't have our baptism of Obed like we had planned, we had a successful week. This is the last week of transfers so we are going to be eating well with the members :).  I hope all is well with everyone. I miss you all mucho but I'll see you in no time!  Kelli you are looking big, in a good way!! That's insane! But also sooo cute! Well stay safe and have an amazing week.

LOVE YOU ALLL MUCHISMO!!!

Hermana Barker