"The pure, unadulterated chocolate chip cookie"

 

What is up crafters! This week has been absolutely dope! Keep up or else you finna fall behind🤝

We started off this week with exchanges with Elder Evans! We partied hard and got some work done! We then had zone conference which was super awesome! The biggest takeaway was that we have to step up to the plate. No one is going to do this for us, at any point in life. We have to start to take control and work it out ourselves.

We have had some super dope service this week. Helped out at the Temple which was super awesome! Worked in the attic(yes they have those) and the grounds. Also helped out at the food bank and grinded. 

We have just been grinding in our area. Got someone to church again, and there is a 95% chance to get one of our friends on date tomorrow, so we be crossin our fingers! 

Overall it's been a great week! But bigger things to come! I hope yall have a killer time and that you party hard!

-"imagine getting pulled over for moving a whiteboard"

-"stupid kids, they dont have the dexterity"

-"At 93, I can still get up on my waterskiis" -Russell M Nelson

-"The pure, unadulterated chocolate chip cookie"

-"what is in the middle of this? Heavens dew?"

-"so im just a problem to you?"

-"Mary was visited by an angle"

-"Imagine if your hands where little animals"

"Flyin Wit Da Eagles"

Our cute little study view🥰

What is good my peeps! This week has been super dope in all honesty. Your eyes will be glued to the screen with stories of Pickleball, Food banks, Coyotes, and a lil roadtrip!

First things first, I have to prove that I am indeed staying busy and doing missionary work, not just havin fun. We were able to get one of our newer friends to church for her first time ever yesterday which was lit! She was really intrigued by everything and seemed to enjoy it! Hopefully we can get her to come consistently! We also have had a lot of lessons with some dope members in the ward, did a bunch of non-member service at the food bank, and got things really moving out here! 

We played some pickleball against the teachers in the ward and got smacked. We were doing pretty well until we got to the best of the best. My comp and I were trully humbled when we got creamed. 

Had a nice lil roadtrip up to the tropical paradise that is, Broadview MT. Definitely give it a look on maps after reading this. Almost hit a Coyote on the way goin 80mph(yes that's the speed limit, I ain't no criminal) and actually had an Eagle fly alongside us for about a mile of the way. Helped some people move a couch, ate some deer jerky, did some good ole' dirt road studies, and got blown away by wind. It's so flat out there you can watch your dog run away for 2 weeks... kind of a lit drive, it was real nice to get out of Billings and meet some real, blue collar Montanians

Photo of the wind here in MT I found on Facebook. It was THIS bad

That's kinda it this week folks, I hope you have a good week and party hard!

-"I'm taller than the Devil!"

-"Korihor was inspired"

-"you're telling me there was a brachiosaurus on the ark?"

-"I almost went catholic last week"

-"How did this conversation get to Ben-10?

-"the Quakers were right..."

-(in southern accent) look! Its a longbus!"

-"Bears love to die in rivers"

-"you have already eaten half a deer, stop it!"

-"I talked to a Zoramite once"

"You look like a leper..."

 

Yip Yip Chahoo this week was a whole lot better than I anticipated!! So sit back and relax cuz this week has got some SaUcE!!

Because Billings has been blessed with good weather recently, we have done a couple of things outside, even halfway through January! Went on a hike or 2, did some outdoor service, and just enjoyed not driving on ice! We were able to do some service at the food bank here in town and got to know some non-members We even got invited to go rock climbing!(too bad we can't do that as missionaries) Just had some mad member lessons, went to Ole' Dennys for the birthday(thank you to all who made that day so special!) And almost got put in quarantine

Other than that, haven't been up to much, just a lot of finding on Facebook! Lots of conversations about Knives, Eagles, Tractors, and Moose! Hopefully all of these convos will turn into gospel conversations somehow. My goal as a missionary is to baptize someone from a conversation that started about minecraft or about moose🤷‍♂️ Not the typical missionary experiences of days past. We're making some steady progress haha! Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Just know that Elda B is enjoying the nice weather and nice people! Hope yall are having a blast and a half! Don't have too much fun without me! Until next time goobers! 

-"gimme the slizz"

-"Baby Yoda on a mini fourwheeler"

-"what if we did a time lapse of people getting baptized?"

-"heck my aunt can grow a moustache"(not said by me btw)

-"we're trying to convert a scammer!"

-"I'm down to buy a giraffe rock"

-"technically if we kill him, we don't have to quarantine for 2 weeks..."

-"you face me like a real mormon"

-"he's the groundskeeper ceo or whatever"

-"I decided I enjoy my salvation"

-"You look like a leper"

"When did Shabbat become theater?"

 What is good gamers, it's ya boi again. This week has been pretty gosh dang slow to be honest. Sorry to disappoint yall

We have just had some members lessons and service, nothing tooooooo crazy. Had a nice lil baptism for a family in the ward, went to a piano recital, and played some pickleball. Just going to be honest, this transfer will be a slower one for sure, If there is a time to take a break from my broken English and out of context nonsense, it's these next few weeks. Nevertheless we finna try to keep the hype! The marathon continues! 

Something I will share are my thoughts from this past year. Usually I don't share thoughts like this in emails because if you want to feel the spirit, go to scriptures, Apostles, Prophets, and the Lord. Not some kid who hardly can drive. But seeing that it kinda is my job I will allow it. This past year has been interesting to say the least(wow Elder Barlow you might be the first person to realize that haha), certainly if you know my mission situation you would agree. Sufficient to say this year has been "crappy" in most instances. However this year has been extremely influential, for me, and for the presumably few reading this. This past year has parted the fog that clouded my eyes, and has coerced me to realize for myself how little I know about our Savior. I have wrestled to wear His name, and fought to have a sliver of a witness, and yet my knowledge and understanding of Him is minuscule. He is the Redeemer of mankind. His works and wonders are unmatched. No one has, is, or ever will be like Him! This year has shown me that He is always there, and that WE are the ones that stray away from His distinctive footsteps. Nothing concerning Christ changed due to worldy circumstance. The fact that I had to change due to the times really tells where I stood in relation to Him. For most, if not all of us, we weren't standing close enough. I am so grateful for the past, and for the distant horizon it points us to. For the privilege to make mistakes and lean on the Atonement for assistance and advancement. And for my Savior, Jesus Christ. This imperfect tongue cannot describe the wonder and love I have for Him. He truly is the Light of the World. The Prince of Peace. Certainly, He restoreth, our souls! 

If we remember a single principal to take and cherish from this year. I pray it is the fact that Christ will never stay His affection and guidance, and it is our job alone to claim it! 

"We declare that he is the Son of God, and the reality of that fact should stir our souls more frequently." -Howard W Hunter

Love yall! Hope yall weren't taken too offguard from the switchup! This ain't our regular scheduled program haha! Have a baller week!

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