AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I honestly just cried for 5 minutes staring at Mason.
(Kelli and Marks baby boy was born Oct. 7th. Mason is the first grandbaby
born and the first Barker boy! making Rachel an Aunt)
He is so cute!! His feet are HUGE! Honestly it feels a little
surreal for me because I haven't really been a part of it, but you
better believe that I am going to hold that baby for 3 days without
letting go when I get home (unless he poops...that's not my job :) Really though,
I count our blessings that all is well and everything went smoothly.
Kelli remember all the details because in three months you're going to
have to remember it all and tell me step by step so I can relive it
with you okay? I know he doesn't really open his eyes much yet, but show Mason my
picture so that he knows who is favorite aunt is going to be! Sorry
Tay and Court. I honestly can't put in to words my emotions right now.
I'm sad I'm not there but I'm also so happy to have a little baby!!!! Of
course people here showed me pictures the day after. Marius saved
pictures on his phone to show me! It was so cute. Every time I see
baby clothes I just want to buy them all. The clothes here are soo
cute! Enjoy every minute you have with him and give him a big hug for
me!
Well I didn't really hear about anything else but Mason haha but I hope
all else is good. The decorations for Halloween look great court! I
was going to do a Halloween party here but I don't know if I'll be here
and they are already having a stake party in Valencia so this year I'm
off the hook.
This week has been just like the rest. We are working hard to find new
people. We had a great cita with a man named Grimaldo. He has a lot of
questions and he just doesn't understand why there are so many
religions. He always looks for the bad when he reads and when he
listens. This week though, we called him out on it. He said he wanted
an answer but never felt like he was getting one and that he didn't
really feel like the book of Mormon had anything for him. I told him,
"Well if you really want an answer you're going to need to open your
heart because right now you're searching for a closed heart and you
won't find anything that way. If you really have a desire to find the
good you have to look for it. It's not going to pop out and hit you in
the face. Open your heart to us and to the scriptures and I promise
you will find something you've been looking for." Then Hermana Wallace
asked him to be baptized. The spirit was sooo strong and he didn't say
yes, but he said he would read with an open heart and look for the
good. Then he started naming things that he actually liked about the
church and for once he wasn't arguing. He was listening with an open
heart. I know that he will one day change and feel the spirit. It was
a great lesson though and the spirit was definitely at the head of the
lesson. Change of heart...its sometimes the hardest part.
We are also working with a man named Jonathan. He wants to get
baptized, but he won't keep his commitments. He always has excuses for
why he can't read or come to church. I know he has the desire...but
until he acts, he won't change. Little by little we will get there. He's
Dominican and sometimes he talks sooo fast that neither me nor my
companion can understand him hah. He's funny though and he's ready to
change...he just needs to want it more than the things of the world.
There are some good things happening though here. Transfers are on the
28th and I don't know what's going to happen. I only have two more
transfers so I really don't know what President is going to do. It'll be
interesting though to see what my fate is for my last two transfers. I
think I'll have one more area...but you never know ha. 100 days?! That's
nothing! But you better believe that's 100 more days of miracles and of
working my butt off before I go back to the real world. It's slowly
starting to hit me. Rita leaves next week and I'm going to be so sad
when she goes. She really has become one of my best friends and I just
want the best for her. She's going to be an amazing missionary.
Well really that's all I have for you. I'm still just shocked as to the
fact that Kelli and Mark are parents...what the heck?? You're not old
enough yet! haha just kidding, it just seems like yesterday that you
were at BYU-I with me. Time flies and things change, but everything is
changing for the better. This transfer has really opened my eyes to
how much I really have changed. Things that used to be no problem now
bother me alot...especially with obedience and work attitude. The work
has just come to mean so much more to me and this transfer has really
made me see just how much it means to me. And how much each one of
these people mean to me. I want all of them to just know what I know
and that I can be with my family forever. My family...you all...are so
important to me. The more I teach about families, the more lucky I
feel to have a family that is so close and so willing to put God in
the center of the home. I LOVE YOU ALL!!! especially little Mason! AHH
so crazy! haha
CON TODO MI AMOR
Hermana Tia Barker
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