tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86018118284331011832024-03-05T05:02:19.527-08:00Elder Barlocker AZ Tucson MissionMatthew 11:28
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.. "Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-25234740151695110712014-02-18T12:02:00.000-08:002014-02-19T12:09:20.948-08:0061 degrees in South Jordan 2/18/2014<div aria-haspopup="true" class="ajy">
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<span style="color: orange;">We sent Elder Barlocker a Mystery Package (Strange things we found @ $ Store!)...</span></div>
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I did get the package! haha It was a good one... I don't know if I wanna do the test though, I might be positive... haha But I like it! :)<br />
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I don't know why I use to hate cleaning out the cars... I love doing it now! haha And trust me, it is a lot more work to clean a missionary car ... haha I'm kinda looking forward to cleaning the cars again... haha</div>
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Well this week I had a really good experience when I was sharing a dinner message with one of my favorite families... :) I recently found a new favorite scripture one of our investigators really liked... :) 2 Nephi 33:6 It stuck out to me but I really didn't understand why... But after reading through second Nephi and pondering things, it has a really deep meaning to me... The scripture is a perfect definition of the Atonement: it's plain, it's true, and it is because of Jesus Christ we are saved! But the power that came from my mortal mouth somehow touched the family, and I have never had a message really touch someone like that... I gave the message, but the Holy Ghost taught... Taught both ends of the message... :)</div>
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So something else cool I have finally started to realize, I'm not so shy anymore... I still have my moments, but I finally see that I have changed in that aspect! :) Like now I can just strike up a conversation with almost anyone! haha And I like it! haha But I do have to have a reason to talk to them, I don't just go talking to anyone for no odd reason, that's just stupid in my book... haha But I have always wanted to see this moment... From the beginning of my mission, I always wanted to see myself change... And now I can see it in more ways then I ever imagined... :)</div>
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The Church is true! Christ is our loving Brother! God is there and He cares! I am more sure of that now then I ever have been... :)</div>
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This transfer is tough, but it'll just help me learn and grow... And hopefully the next two will be better - I hope... haha But that's crazy I only have two more transfers left after this one... :\ And today I only have 99 days left... Crap...</div>
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Well I love you all! Remember who you are ...! ;)</div>
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1. Guess who that is... haha</div>
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2. A scripture cover I hand stitched... :)</div>
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3. Bet you can't do that! haha</div>
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-What's new Arizona?</div>
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Not much.. The weather is sure great! haha I wish it would stay like this all the time! :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I've been good......... At least I'm still sane and alive... This is a really tough transfer,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But other than that, I am going good... :) I have been studying the Atonement a lot lately and it has lifted my spirits and helped me live happier... :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I would have to say yesterday! We had the Sells sacrament meeting and it went great! Instead of having our ward mission leader conduct the mtg. we are now going to be doing that from now on! :) This is my second time conducting and getting everything organized, it is kinda fun... :) But we just had a good turnout and had some good messages... :)</span></div>
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Just remind me to show you my study journal from this past week when I get home... I just had a good experience studying the Atonement... :)</div>
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-Bed bugs gone? YUCK!!! Makes my skin crawl!</div>
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Yup, they've been gone for a while now... :) I've been able to sleep tight and not let the bedbugs bite... :)</div>
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-I know I already asked but maybe you know...so what are your plans in 3.5 months?</div>
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Get a job and a car... That's as far as I've got... And school, after a bit... :)</div>
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Yes... :) And BYU-I is on the table too... :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But things are moving along... :) A lot of people have been cancelling their <wbr></wbr>appointments or just don't call back, but we are trying to get a hold of them... :) But it was just a big week of nothing to do and closed doors... But I have learned a lot this week, so I think it was good... :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Okay,...I found friends out here that actually care... Sorry if that sounds kinda harsh, but it is what it is... :\ I have made some real friends out here that keep me going... :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I am going to finish my mission strong! I've seen too much failure and disappointment, but I have a drive now that I have never had before... :) The Atonement is real! Christ did suffer and die for each one of us, and His Atonement fixes us, heals us, then continues to nourish us - as long as we are willing to apply it to each and every day of our lives!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And I LOVE ALL YOU!!!</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Thanks for everything!</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-10744837864222334582014-02-03T11:55:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:57:39.731-08:00LIFE IS GOOD! 2/3/2014Yeah this week wasn't the most successful when it comes to the work... But I did learn a lot about acting on promptings... :) It's something I never really did a lot before and didn't understand... But now I know what it feels like to not act on a prompting you know you should... It is a horrible feeling... But the satisfaction you get from fulfilling it, is awesome! :) It's kind of scary to think that you HAVE to act on ALL the promptings you get, no matter the circumstances... It's essentially God laying out a purpose for you and you have to do it! :) And once you can decipher what satan is trying to make you do and a real prompting, it is so easy; as long as we stay worthy of the spirit! :)<br />
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So not a lot went on this week... We had two days where we had to go down to the reservation! Those were the two most productive days! haha The ward leaders still think it's a waste of time going down there, ... But it's whatevs... I have a lot more success down there then closer to town, so I'm gunna do what'll touch the lives of more people... :) But our two investigators down there are doing awesome! One of them had a hard time reading the BoM, but we sat and read right through the first four chapters and he loved it! We left him with chapter five to read, lets hope he did! :) The other guy we are teaching down there has no problem reading the BoM! He in fact loves it! :) We don't ever have to give him reading assignments, he just does it! haha I think he is just about to finish up 2 Nephi, he hated the Isaiah chapters... haha don't we all... :)</div>
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But yeah, nothing much exiting happened... I honestly can't remember what else I did... I'll just have you guys read my journal and stuff if you really want the good stuff... haha :)</div>
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Thanks for everything! You guys are awesome! :) </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-82435466116259797702014-01-27T11:55:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:55:20.759-08:00ONE MORE DOWN! 1/27/2013<div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Just trying to keep busy... And we just got two new investigators that are way awesome!!! We had one of them come in from an online referral and she called the other one and both are way interested! It is cool to see how the Lord prepares people to receive the gospel... :)</span></div>
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Well those two new investigators have been the best experience lately... It is just awesome! I wish I could tell you the whole story, but it'd take too much time... Just remind me to show you in my journal when I get home in a couple months.. ;)</div>
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Yeah we are getting fed really well... :) And I'm trying to get rid of the upper body mass I have gained... haha I turned my closet into my workout room... :) I don't know if I told you this but my closet is an entire room... haha</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well it finished a while ago and just finished the new testament a couple weeks ago... I plan on reading the BoM three more times before I get home, and I am going to finish the D&C once before then too... :) There is a tradition in the mission that when you have 138 days left you read the D&C backwards till the day you go home... I think I'm on 119 or something...........</span></div>
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-So how is it going in AZ? Looks like you have had some nice weather this past week. I would love to be outside in warm weather! Anxious for spring!!</div>
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Freaking amazing! haha I love it! :) It has been great weather! I have been driving with the windows open and the other day I went out and washed cleaned and waxed the jeep! It felt so nice! haha I think I'm the only missionary that takes care of the cars... My Jeep, I call it mine because I've had it for so long and taken car of it, but it runs a lot better then any other Jeep in the mission... :) Plus it looks almost brand new... :) Thanks Dad! :)</div>
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-Hey is your come home date <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_524288790" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">May 27</span></span> or 28? Just wondering</div>
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I will fly home on the 28th... Probably early in the morning... But yeah, the 28th... :)</div>
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Good thing you said that, I was going to forget it... haha</div>
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I don't even know... I use to have plans... haha But besides getting a job I want to get a car as soon as possible... I'm hoping Marci finds a good one for her and sells the accord to me... haha But that's about the extent of my plans... :)</div>
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So yeah, it's been a good week... Not great but good... It is going to be a LONG transfer... :\ I already have insomnia ... ... So needless to say I'm not getting any sleep anymore... ... But it's the situation God wanted me to be in... But really, pray for me... :|</div>
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I hope all is going well back home still! I can't wait to be home, but I don't want to leave Arizona...</div>
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Love you all!!!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-21248934276875982382014-01-21T11:51:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:51:19.804-08:00Just Chugging Along...1/21/2014I have no idea who that family is you were talking about in the ward... haha But that's cool! :)<br />
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Things are going good down here... :) We just had transfer calls last night, and it turns out I'm staying another transfer here! That is very rare that anyone stays in an area for five transfers... I even started packing before we got the call because I was sure I was leaving... haha I got quite a bit packed and still haven't unpacked it... haha But I'm getting an Elder Foster... I served around him in the Gila, he's pretty cool... It should be a good transfer... :)</div>
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But we are just trying to stay busy... We are getting a lot of referrals but none of them are going anywhere... We don't even get to meet half of them... Nobody is ever home!!! But it's all going good... :) Plus the ward is starting to get on things more... Which is nice... :)</div>
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But yeah... My mind is all caught up in transfer stuff right now... I can't think of anything else to say... But I'll fill you in on everything next week!!! I'm sure I'll have a lot to say... :)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-28557955543646957662014-01-13T11:48:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:49:32.894-08:00WAZZZ UP? 1/13/2014Well I'm glad my mission got you out of a calling... I can come home now and have served a complete mission... haha<br />
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But things are going good down here... :) The weather is awesome! haha The other day we were driving all day with the windows open... It was in the mid to low 70's... :) But it does get a little chilly at nights... I'm just glad I'm coming home in May, and not during the winter time... The heat has gotten to me... :\</div>
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So on Saturday we were supposed go hear Elder Holland talk up in Phoenix, but his schedule got changed so we didn't get to see him... But we still did go to the mtg. and got to hear from Elder Wright from the seventy... It was a good mtg...</div>
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Yesterday was the sacrament mtg. out on the res.... Our ward mission leader usually conducts and presides at the mtg, but on his way down his car broke down... So he gave us permission, through the bishop, to run the mtg... :) I took charge and conducted and set everything up... It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be... It was just weird being like the presiding authority... haha But we had a good mtg. down there and I guess our ward mission leader got his car fixed and all is good there... :)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-92170520897333214382014-01-06T11:46:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:47:42.061-08:00YOUR YEAR TO COME HOME! 1/6/2014-<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">What did you guys do New Years Eve?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The holidays are hard out here... Nobody in Sells was home so we didn't get to go out this week, but we did have a better time in town... The other day we didn't have anything to do, so I brought up the idea that we should drive down to the more densely populated part of our area and ride our bikes to all the members and less-actives! And that is just what we did... :) Biking is fun when you don't have to do it everyday... Even when I did do it everyday I still liked it; it just is hard to ride with someone who doesn't like to ride... haha Plus mtn. biking is fun too if you have someone who is willing... :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The most recent convert got up and bore his testimony... It was amazing! You could tell he knew what he was talking about was true! I had gotten up and sat on the stand before him, but let him go ahead of me; it made my testimony easy to give... haha Not much I could say after it... :) But yesterday was like the second or third time I had felt the 'burning in the bosom' on my mission... While I was sitting in my seat I knew I just had to get up there and do it... Someone in the audience needed to hear it, but so did I... It's cool how the spirit can touch so many lives in a simple moment of ones testimony... :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But yeah, this week has been slow... But we did get to see one of our investigators and a bunch of other people that needed an uplifting... :) One lady we visited while riding our bikes had moved in in July and nobody had been able to get a hold of her since then... And we just showed up at the right time! They have had a really hard time in their family... Just before they moved the dad died (in fact that's the reason they moved), and right after that the moms dad died, and I guess a couple weeks ago she just lost her job... But things are going to get moving now that all the ward leaders know when and how to get a hold of her! I love how the spirit directs us to places and people without us even knowing it... :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well, this week should be a good one! We are going to the temple tomorrow and we have a bunch more appointments set up! I'm excited!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hope all is going well back home still! :) Keep up the good work!</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Love you all!!!</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-18533682456867670932013-12-30T11:42:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:44:05.017-08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 12/30/2013<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-How the heck are you?</span><br />
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It was long... The holidays were good, but it just made the work hard for those days hard, so it slowed down for a bit... But nothing bad happened so it was good... :)</div>
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One day last week we had to go get our tire changed... And on the way back we stopped by Walmart so Elder Larsen could pick up another white shirt... And the whole day the sisters in our district were not answering any of our texts, which was really weird... But when we were driving past their street to go back to our area, I had a feeling I needed to check on them... I just thought it was nothing, but just in case - I said in my head that if I saw a cop car with its lights on I would tell Elder Larsen to turn around... And not two seconds after that I saw not one, but two cop cars on the side of the road with their lights on... So we turned around and the sisters had just barely gotten to their place to drop something off and were about to leave... It turns out their phone was acting weird and hadn't received hardly anything for a couple of days... So I helped them fix it (restarted their phone) and almost 30 messages came in on it... haha After that they needed someone to go with them to their investigators home to get the baptismal program together for the next day... And if we wouldn't have showed up at that exact time they wouldn't have been able to go... And since we did show up, they got their phone fixed, and they were able to get the baptism in order!</div>
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But things are going good! I don't have much more time to be on here, but I hope you all know I love you all and pray for you each night!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-441486726487442622013-12-23T11:39:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:41:10.057-08:00MERRY CHRISTMAS 12/23/2013<div>
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So things are going good down here... The past couple days it rained on and off... Still nothing compared to snow, but I don't mind... The drivers down here get really bad when it rains, I can't imagine what they would be like if it snowed... But it has been getting a little cooler down here (like 50's)... Doesn't feel like December though, but it feels normal to me... haha I'm glad i'm not coming home in the winter... I would die!</div>
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So its just been another week on the mission... Except for the fun surprise that we got! We found out we have bed bugs... I was making my bed one morning (I'm the only elder that I know that does that) and I saw a little bug on my blanket... I squished it and it exploded with blood... So I checked my box spring and sure enough there were little bugs down there... We had two companies come to estimate the place... It is not cheap to get these things gone... But we are getting them exterminated on the 26th! :) It'll be nice to sleep on a bed...</div>
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But life is good right now! Things continue to pick up and get better... :) I am looking forward to seeing you guys on CHRISTmas!!! I'll be Skypeing from Sells! haha I'm excited! :)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-26062332986382813452013-12-16T11:35:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:37:49.453-08:00This winter stuff is really getting old! 12/16/2013<div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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I am doing great! This week has been filled with really good feelings and really awful feelings... But I talked to President Killpack and things are all good... :) I love being a missionary!!!</div>
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Really big coats! haha The people down here are whimps! haha Not that I have much room to speak, I have been wearing that sweater the past couple days... And the temps have been in the 50 and 60... I'm glad I'm not going home in the winter... haha</div>
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Just getting more work done and seeing more of the impact I have as a missionary... :) It's hard too see how much, even as members, of an impact we have on the people around us - and even ourselves sometimes... :)</div>
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Get work done and have fun! haha Nothing big this week planned, just the normal awesome lessons with great people!</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But this week has been awesome! We walked in a parade down in Sahuarita and it took a whole like five min for the whole parade... It was really short but there were a lot of people seeing us! It was fun... :)</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-30485806536564234312013-12-09T11:34:00.000-08:002014-02-19T11:38:31.923-08:00IT IS SNOWING...well at least in UTAH! 12/9/2013Yeah so we had transfer calls last night... And it sucks because our zone is always the last to be called, so we were up until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_524288776" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">11:30</span></span> waiting... ugh... But come to find out only one person from our zone left... So Larsen and I are staying another one!!! :) That means I'll have six months in this area and after that I'll probably only have one more area... :\ It's weird...<br />
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Teaching our investigator! :) And now we have a second one, they are both in Sells! haha They are both pretty solid in their own ways... They both know what they want and know how to get it... :) It's just a matter of time and work... :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">1. Tucson from a hill in our area...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2. The tank in Sells (idk if i'd shown you this...)</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-74950367521733975372013-11-25T08:30:00.000-08:002013-11-26T08:35:09.319-08:00THANKSGIVING 11/25/2013<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">1. What are your
plans for Thanksgiving?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- We have a family
having us over, the Roberts, they are freaking awesome! Brother Robert kinda
reminds me of uncle Lynn, just without all the guns... haha But then the day
after Thanksgiving we are having another Thanksgiving meal with another legit
family... haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. What are your
plans for your slump day?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- I don't even know...
The tradition is to burn a pair of pants, so I'm going to do that of course...
ha-ha But it'll just be another day as a missionary... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. How is the
GPS working?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- By electricity
as usual... duh... ;) But it is doing us whole bunches of good! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. Do you still
like getting letters in the mail, or just email?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- I love getting
letters, I just hate trying to write back... But having an empty mailbox is
kinda depressing... ha-ha But emails are always a plus too... haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First off I haven't
forgotten everyone back home, you can just say Ashley and Sean... haha in
fact there was a poster down in Tucson last year that had a guy
that looked like Sean... ha-ha And I'm going to miss Thanksgiving... ha-ha But
this'll be the last one I'll be away for!!! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week we had a
jdub come to our door... haha Out of all the places to get someone at your door
I never thought it would be here... ha-ha She came early and we weren't even
ready for the day so we were still in our pj's... ha-ha Kinda just threw a
pamphlet on us and went away... I kinda wish she came a little later so two
missionaries would have answered the door... haha. But we were both so
shocked that someone was at our door, we didn't even try to contact her... ha-ha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So we had a half
mission conf. this past week... An Elder Johnson of the Seventy came and spoke
to us... It was crazy to see how many missionaries were there... We
filled the whole chapel and then some... Last year that is how big the whole
mission was, now it only takes half to fill a stake center... ha-ha But it was a
good mtg. and I got to see some old pals from the mission... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A couple days ago we
went to go and see a referral that we got last week... After meeting with him
and setting up another appt. we had a lot of time left before our next appt...
But as we were driving out of the neighborhood, we saw a man in a wheelchair
trying to get his mail, so we decided to go and talk with him... He was way
nice and we had a good discussion with him. Then we took in his trash cans and
helped him get back into his house... I don't know how in the world he was
going to get back up his driveway without anyone's help... He was really
tired and it was getting cold, and we just happened to show up and be
able to help him back in... He gave us his phone number and we are going to go
back sometime this week to visit with him and his family... :) It was cool to
see how God places us in certain situation like that... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The rest of the week has been pretty normal...
Locked gates and no one home... But it's all good... We had a good
week. Plus we had a great time in Sells... :) I freaking love that place! I'm
gunna ask President Killpack if I can be assigned specifically there...
It would be a lot of work but fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A comment on me
sending more pictures... If I get more pictures from you guys in the mail, I'll
send more to you... Deal?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, I've got to get
on with my p-day... It should be a good one... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hope all is going well
back home!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I LOVE YOU ALL!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Elder Larsen and I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. The half mission
conf...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-10944611331380085662013-11-18T08:23:00.000-08:002013-11-26T08:34:31.724-08:00WINTER IS TRYING TO COME… NOV 18, 2013<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">-How have you been
doing? Good... :)</span></span><br />
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-Have you been using the GPS? Does it work? Yes and yes! It helps a ton!!!
Thanks!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-What was your favorite thing(s) we have sent you? The GPS and the fixin's for
peach cobbler... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Do you need to send a few things back before you come home?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Probably, I'm gunna
try to slowly get rid of things this last little bit... But we'll see...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Anything funny/fun happen these past few weeks?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Um... People have
answered the door this week! haha It's kinda funny to think we have to worry
about that... lol But it mostly is a problem that their gate is going to be
locked, everyone out here has a gate... :\<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-What are your spiritual experiences lately?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just the lessons we
have with our investigator! He is freaking awesome! It's hard to find a person
that is so willing and wanting to learn of the gospel, I always look forward to
the one hour drive to his house! haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Will you please send a pic of you & E' L? No...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Are you two getting along ok?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kid to death... lol It would be really hard not to get a long with him! He is
an awesome missionary and friend!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-What is your best memory/experience so far on your mission? Let me get back to
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lately<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Who is your Dist leader? Elder L... Hey question: was dad any type of
leadership on his mission?...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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good one... I was going to bring my journal so I could tell you what went on
but i forgot... ha-ha Plus all the spanish missionaries have taken over our
library and I had to wait over an hour to email... ugh... So I forgot half the
things I was going to tell you... ha-ha But if I do get around
to writing a letter, I'll tell you everything... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have the easiest job in missionary work... I can't wait till I get home and
have it easy... ha-ha But like you said it does take a lot of getting use to...
Please utilize the gospel and its blessing as much as possible... No matter
what... It's worth getting made fun of or ridiculed over the gospel... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-47989732064324257692013-11-12T08:22:00.000-08:002013-11-26T09:01:06.576-08:00WHATEVER NOV 12, 2013<br />
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holidays... haha At least I get to look forward to Christmas and Mothers day! haha
:)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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think what happened would effect me so much... It's weird to think of how
fragile our lives are... The lives we live are fragile, but the life we have is
not... Idk if that makes sense... But the treasury makes cents
so... ;) But I got a blessing from my comp a couple nights ago and that really
helped... :) I'm am still amazed at the power the gospel has in everything...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">But this week has been the same old same
old... Except for we went down to sells three times this week... haha I wish I
could always be down there, we have a lot more success on the nation then in
town... haha Unfortunately we had to cancel the sells mtg.
this week because someone else had the building we use reserved... The member
that coordinates it tried to get another building, but no luck... We're
shooting for next week so hopefully it happens!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">My birthday was good... Birthdays on the
mission are dumb... haha Can't do anything fun, just the same old same old...
And in three points it gets really old... haha but I like it out here... Not
too many people can handle this area, but so far i'm holding up... I just hope
I stay this next transfer so I don't have to move before Christmas again...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">But yeah, it's been a weird week... It's
picking up though! And i'm sorry that I don't have a lot to write about, my
minds been going nuts the past few days...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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come! Thanks for not forgetting about me! haha<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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mission... Crap... You guys better be ready for me when I get home... I don't
know if i'll be ready to come home... haha But I'm staying strong!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Ps I wrote a poem in honor of Ryan... I'll
attach it also... It kinda shows how precious life really is...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">We recently had your son, Elder Barlocker, and his companion and two sister missionaries in our home for dinner. After dinner, I took a couple of pictures of them and I thought you might enjoy seeing them. I've attached them to this email. I also want to let you know that your son is doing very well here in southwest Tucson. He's served in our ward for a couple of months and he's an outstanding missionary. He and his companion, Elder Larsen, are very hardworking and diligent and we are very blessed to have them serving in our ward. They definitely brought the spirit into our home this evening and we appreciate so much all that they do for our ward. Thank you for raising such a fine son. </span></div>
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-Where is he from? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">WV</span></span></div>
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-Getting along so far?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Heck yeah! ha-ha It
would be hard not to get along with him... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-What's the weather like lately?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Great! Not too hot and
the nights it gets cold!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well this week was
just another stressful week... Not too stressful though, Elder Larsen has made
it the most bearable transition so far... :) We've just been getting
him use to the area... There is a lot to get use to cuz it is so different from
all other areas in the mission... ha-ha. I took him down to the Nation
(reservation) last Saturday and we didn't get as much done as I
wanted, but we had a good time! It just makes me sad how little attention they
get down there... I hope you guys are giving the needed attention to people
back home - you have not excuse not too, they're all within walking
distance! Just sayin'...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But it's still the
same old same old... It's going well though... :) Sorry I didn't email
yesterday, Elder Larsen got really sick... So we spent the whole day at home...
But he is doing better now! It was really hard for me to be stuck in the
trailer all day long... ha-ha But I got a lot of study in, so that's good! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sorry I don't have a
lot to talk about... Everything is going good and nothing too exciting has
happened yet, so... I'll let ya'll know if something does come up... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'll have some pics
next week too... sorry...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love You ALL!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> Elder Barlocker
II</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-84331448083893636152013-10-21T08:15:00.000-07:002013-11-26T09:01:42.648-08:00KEEPING BUSY OCT 21, 2103<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This
week was kinda slow... Not much went on, just a lot of locked gates, people
avoiding us, and empty houses... :\ But it has been a good week nonetheless...
I kinda figure that it you cannot judge the day in the moment, because we are
all going to have good and bad parts of the day. And to gauge your day,
I believe it comes from your end result feeling - the things you
learned and grew from. Plus writing in a journal really does help a
lot! I have a habit of writing at the end of each entry "Tomorrow IS going to be a great day!" A positive attitude is needed, even when it's
not necessarily wanted... :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last night I had a
cool/interesting experience with scripture study... I was listening to that
song by the UT sate prison, and reading random scriptures... And I don't know
what happened but I just felt the spirit way strong! At that moment I knew what
I was reading was true! It was just a special moment in life that I'm sure will
go a long way! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week we went to
the Saguaro National Park! It was...cool.... We live in a desert so
to see it condensed isn't too much to get excited about... haha But it was cool
to see how many cactus' can be in one place! And some of them get huge! It's
amazing to see how tall and what shapes they get into sometimes... haha But it
was cool... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The other day my iPod
fell out of my pocket and cracked the screen... :\ But it still works fine...
:) Elder Seare was more sad about the screen breaking then I was... ha-ha I
really didn't mind...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So I have been trying
to get out letters... They are coming... Slowly... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well that all I have
to say... Sorry I don't have a lot to say.. :\ Thanks for all you guys do for
me!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love you all!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Elder Barlocker II</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-27846466531198855062013-10-15T08:13:00.000-07:002013-11-26T08:32:09.152-08:00FALL COLORS OCT 15, 2013<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When fall comes in
Arizona the colors don't change too much... ha-ha It goes from green and brown
to yellow and brown, and the green isn't a real green to start with so... ha-ha
But I do miss the fall colors changing... Those bushes look way big... I
remember them being a lot smaller... Wow, I guess it has been over a year - but
still!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things have been going
good down here... The weather is so dang nice right now! It's cold at night but
by morning, when we do our studies, it is just the right temp to open the door,
let some cool air in; and by the time we have to leave, it is nice and warm and
it just feels good... haha Now only if it could be like this all the time...
Plus it would be nice if it would snow... :\<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The work is going...
The whole zone is kinda struggling right now, and the ZL's are freaking out
about it... ha-ha But such is missionary work, sometimes it's up and others it
is down... Elder Seare and I have been getting a lot done in this area, well more
then this area is use to... ha-ha But I am starting to see the work pick up, so
that's good... :) Plus we have this one guy we are teaching that is awesome,
and there seems to be a little more potential out on the reservation now...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had
our Sunday mtg. on the reservation this last Sunday. It was a
good turnout. :) There were a total of eight people from the reservation there,
including our investigator! Yeah- go us! haha It was a good service... Usually
our ward mission leader does the whole thing by himself, but this time we got
it all organized and had other people do the talks and stuff... It was a good
Sunday...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well not much else has
gone on lately... I have been sending letters out as I get them, so expect some
mail! I've got nothing else to say so, I'll let you guys get back to your busy
lives! Save some yard work for me! ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love you guys!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> E Barlocker II</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-58421379126631764622013-10-07T08:09:00.000-07:002013-11-26T08:31:57.675-08:00CONFERENCE BLISS…OCTOBER 7, 2013<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I
got to see all of conference... And I don't remember who said what, but I did
take notes for each speaker so if I had that I could tell you... haha But one
thing I remember was stressed a lot was everyone being a missionary and how we
have to prepare ourselves for things to come... It was a good
conference. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">YES SEND ME SOME
JAM!!! :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-Are you getting
things done that you want to?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More or less... This
transfer is weird... I thought I knew what I wanted to do but each day I find
something else I want to accomplish .. But I am sticking with what I
need to do first. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
-How are things going at your place?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good... We had
inspections the other day, and seeing as it was the first one in well
over a year and I don't have much time to deep clean, we have to find some time
to deep clean everything... And on top of that our fridge isn't working. I will
turn on them after a while it will turn off... I have taken it apart a couple
times to see if I can do anything... And each time I do it runs a little
better... Haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
-What spiritual experiences have you had in the past few weeks?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just seeing the change
in our investigator... He knows what he need to do and is doing it! I haven't
had an investigator like him my whole mission. He is enjoying the BOM and
getting stuff out of it, plus he is praying and getting his whole family
involved! He is freaking legit!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Where did you watch conference?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We watched the
first Sunday session at a members home. The dad there reminds me a
lot of uncle Lynn, just w/out all the guns... ;) And the rest we just watched
at the stake center... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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able to watch/listen to? Watch/all :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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found out I cannot fast anymore... :( Every time I do, I get a
migraine and last time my fingers went numb... But there have been some special
occasions that I have been able to fast so... But I am healthy and still alive!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just good... The days fly by so fast I can't remember a lot but all I know is,
as God would say "it was good"...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Hopes and wishes? I hope things don't fly by too fast, but I wish I was home
with you guys right now... haha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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read Jesus the Christ... It will take a while, but I have been enjoying it...
And on top of that the President Killpack challenged us to finish the
New Testament before CHRISTmas... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Anything FUN happen? Yes, but I can't remember... I know something fun must
have happened...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Priesthood session we carpooled with a member, so our car was
just sitting at their house. So when we got back it was covered in Oreos... And
I have been using silly string a lot... :) Right now we are about to finish
another one... I have to write about it and tell you how it goes...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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letters out last week, ended up only getting one written... haha I will work on
that though... :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-30979915180026994842013-09-30T17:50:00.000-07:002013-10-01T17:57:20.488-07:009/30/2013 RED BARNOkay first of all, Nathan looks pretty cool in the pic with everyone... haha Its weird to see how everyone has changed! It's gunna be ever weirder to see everyone in person... It's gunna come by quick...<br />
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This week has been good... Not too much going on but we have been trying to get things done... Yesterday we found out a couple from the East stake moved to our ward. Elder Seare had been teaching them and I came in when the husband got the priesthood! So it was cool to see them again. We have just been trying to visit people the ward wants us to go see... We really haven't had much success but what little we have had has been good... :) We got into one members home, the husband had surgery a couple week ago and is recovering and the wife just found out about her heart problems... So their life isn't too good right now. And nobody had been over to see them in a while so they were way excited to see us. She baked a carrot cake for us and sent us home with some banana bread! They were super nice and we had a good discussion on the Atonement.<br />
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My days are going by too fast... They all run together, and then there are those times when i did something earlier in the day and when I think about it later in the day, it feels like I did it a week ago... Life is crazy...<br />
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The weather is getting pretty good down here! It has been chilly the past couple nights, its awesome! The other day I woke up and it was 50 degrees outside... I kinda wish it would snow though... I do miss that a lot...<br />
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On Saturday we had to help with a festival in Sahuarita... I don't know what it was all about, but the church had a booth there and we took turns running it and walking around looking for service opportunities... The only bad part about it was all the sisters had to go to the RS mtg. and all the other elders had to go to dinner, so Elder Seare and I had to run it for a couple hours; and Seare wasn't feeling too good so I kinda had to run the show... One thing that bugged me was how rude people are... They wont even take time to say "Hi"... And then there was one guy I had started a pretty good conversation with and a member from his church came over and her whole goal was to get him away from us... Gotta get him away from the nice polite honest Mormons... But a seed was planted and that all I care about... haha<br />
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Oh, the other day I decided to run up and down our 'driveway' for a little workout, and I almost died... So it ran up and down a couple times, and one time i turned around and there were two stray dogs barking at me... I froze... I thought I was at least gunna be bitten... But i thought I might as well see if they will come to me so they didn't think I was gunna do anything... So I got down and whistled and one came over, I pet it, and then they ran off happily... I was glad about that... haha But it was a good workout, got a little more cardio then I thought... ;)<br />
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Well I have a blank mind now and wanna go eat dinner, so I am gunna get going!<br />
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<b>I want to let you guys know I know this church is true! It has so much to offer everyone, no matter what! I have gained a personal testimony of the Savior and what he has done for us. I hope you all take the time to use the Atonement, study and share it. It is too precious to be kept hidden from the world!</b><br />
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I love you all and hope that all goes well for each of you this week... :)<br />
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Love<br />
E Barlocker II<br />
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1. I went to Buenos Aires!!! It was in our area so I had to go just to get the picture... :)<br />
2. A road we had to drive through last week... haha<br />
3. And I don't know if I showed a pic of the wash we have to drive through when it is full of water... We kinda got trapped... :)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-14681083333982459932013-09-17T18:15:00.000-07:002013-09-18T18:27:26.864-07:00FALL IS COMING!!!!! 9/17/2013Anything spiritual happen this past week or so?<br />
We had our best investigator spill out his heart to us... He told us why he had us here, what he expected and he said he knew it was right! I can't explain how cool it was... :)<br />
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Investigators?<br />
Two, in Sells... :) The only ones we have are in the reservation surprisingly... There use to be elders assigned specifically to the res. but it died off i guess... Things are picking up down there though... :)<br />
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Do you get to the res very often?<br />
Yes...<br />
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What do you do there?<br />
Chill at the rec center in Sells, teach our only two investigators...<br />
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Are you eating well? Do the members feed you?<br />
Yes and yes... :)<br />
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Any new things you have tried lately?<br />
We had paddle cactus the other week... Pretty good... :)<br />
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Did you get the last package? BAZINGA!!?<br />
If it was the one with all the scriptures, then yes! :)<br />
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Anything you want us to send you?<br />
A GPS...<br />
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We got transfer calls this Sunday... But luckily Seare and I are staying together!!! :) It was a nervous transfer call night because anything could have happened... haha And the unexpected happened... :) I would have never thought that we would have stayed together...<br />
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This is going to be a fun transfer too... We have started a prank war with the sisters in our district and for this prank we have it so they think elder Seare is leaving, and i am training a new missionary... They totally bought it and we plan on going bowling today so we are going to show up and surprise everyone! Ha-ha The other day we saran wrapped their car... and to get back at us they stole our keys and hid them in our car, then filled our car with balloons... We have a couple ideas of what to do next... It is going to be fun... :) If you have any ideas, it would be much appreciated, especially if it has to do with a car... :)<br />
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On Saturday I got injured... haha I was doing pull-ups for a workout and things went a little bad... I was just doing my last set on the pull-up bar and apparently the door frame was thinkin' "not today" and gave up the ghost... In doing so it threw me back in to the cupboards, and left two big gashes in my back from the handles on them... It kinda broke the lower doors, and now I have nowhere to do my pull-ups... So I took this as a sign that I am not supposed to work out anymore... haha<br />
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But things are going good... We are workin’ hard (well as hard as we can in this area) and having fun too... :) I have been thinking about the convertible a lot lately... I can't wait to get home... haha But I know the last few months I do have will fly by way too quick, so I'm gunna make the best of it!<br />
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Thanks for all you guys do! You're awesome!!!<br />
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LOVE YOU ALL!!!<br />
Love<br />
E Barlocker II<br />
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P.S. Sorry no pics, I forgot my camera... :\<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-5212396395676322632013-09-10T18:19:00.000-07:002013-11-26T08:39:19.678-08:00NOOGIE!! 9/10/2013Sorry I didn't email yesterday... We had an adventure that took longer than expected. We went up to the Kit Peak observatory yesterday, it was awesome. On the way up, there were a bunch of clouds on the mountain so we were kinda disappointing we weren't gunna see the view; but the clouds only made it better... Plus it was way green on the mountain so the clouds and that made it look kinda like a jungle... It was the furthest thing from Arizona we have seen in a while... And as we went higher the clouds got thicker and when we made it to the parking, it totally looked like a scene from Jurassic Park... haha! It was awesome. I will attach some pics...<br />
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But this week has been good. On Sunday we had our group mtg. with the people on the reservation, we had a good turnout. Last time we only had like six people show up and this time it was double! Ha-ha!! E Seare and I want to get a mtg. down there every week; I don't know why they are only limited to one mtg. a month - I think it was the stake or something that decided that...... :\ But it was fun.<br />
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Today the whole mission is doing a big exchange where each companionship gets split throughout the zone they are in and everyone focuses on one thing, like finding investigators, member present lessons and such. So E Seare went over to another area and I got a visa waiter for the day; he is waiting to go to Brazil. But we have two lessons in Sells (reservation) today. One is with our only investigator and the other with a potential... On Sunday a member from Sells called her uncle just before church and set up a teaching appointment with him and us over dinner... haha It was awesome. He was willing to listen to us, so we will see how interested he really is tonight... :)\<br />
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Oh and on Friday, we got rained on pretty hard. We had just gotten back from an appointment and it started to rain... And it didn't stop... Pretty soon our front yard was starting to flood so we decided to see what the wash looked like; and it was a raging river! Haha! It was amazing how much water was coming down! So we were trapped in our trailer for a couple hours and we were a little late to dinner... But it was fun. I remember a lot of people telling me back home I wouldn't see any rain down here, but there is too much rain sometimes... haha!<br />
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So that is pretty much the highlights of my week... We have to go get an oil change today... :\ I wish we could just do them, it takes the place we got to like an hour sometimes... And the Jeep should only take like two seconds, the filter and tank are right there, I wouldn't even have to lift it up... But we have to listen to the vehicle coordinator... :\<br />
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Hope you guys have a fabulous week!<br />
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Love you all!!!<br />
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Love<br />
E Barlocker II<br />
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Pics:<br />
1. The wash/river or as we call it ...the road in front of our home!<br />
2. The Jungle in AZ<br />
3. The big telescope at the observatory<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-20230613816678012012013-09-03T18:44:00.000-07:002013-11-26T08:41:38.921-08:00Another holiday over... 9/3/2013<b>What has been going on with you?</b><br />
Not much... Just doing work... Well mostly trying to find work... This area isn't too exciting when it comes to missionary work, but we are getting what we can done... We have to go down to Sells today to teach our only investigator, he is awesome though. I look forward to driving down there...<br />
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<b>Anything exciting or fun?</b><br />
Every day is fun! Haha! We went to the temple! It was awesome!<br />
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<b>Best/worst of the past 2 weeks?</b><br />
Yesterday was dumb... Everyone went out of the zone to go to lunch and didn't tell us... So we did absolutely nothing yesterday... But hopefully today goes better (I don't see how it can get any worse...).<br />
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<b>Teaching anyone?</b><br />
One guy... His wife is a member, very less active, and he just wants religion in his life... He is really solid and is way cool... I think him and his wife are about two years older than us so it makes it easy to get along...<br />
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<b>What is your area like?</b><br />
Big... This Sunday the EQ pres said that the ward is over 5,000 square miles... The sisters cover only a couple square miles, so that means our area is just a little over 5,000 square miles! It’s crazy... And there is not a lot out in our area... There is one part that is a new home development, but it’s kinda a the edge of our area so it is a little drive...<br />
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<b>What are your goals for the rest of your mission?</b><br />
Read the BOM again (want to read it cover to cover each of my last transfers), read all of the D&C, and Read as much of the Bible as I can.<br />
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<b>Who do you miss the most about home?</b><br />
Being alone... haha…. I really don't miss a lot of things... Just being with you guys, going camping and being able to be alone... Don't get me wrong I love E Seare and most of my comps, but I just wish I didn't have to tote around someone everywhere, and have to be responsible for them... :\ But I guess it will prepare me for kids...<br />
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<b>Any pranks lately?</b><br />
No... The closest people to us live about 40 min away... But I have started on some pranks in the apt...<br />
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So yeah... I guess the biggest thing that has happened is the temple trip... I learned a lot from the session this time, the new video explained things a bit more. It made the week so much better! And one night we went up to the top of the mountain with some other elders to catch the sunset - it was fun... :)<br />
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Well thanks for doing those questions... haha it helps me remember my week! :)<br />
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I hope all is continuing to go well back home!!! Can't wait till next year at cherry hills!!! :)<br />
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Love you guys!!!!<br />
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Love,<br />
E Barlocker II<br />
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P.S. Could you send me the instructions on how to make the peach cobbler... I really want to make some! Haha!<br />
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PICS:<br />
1. Sunset with some cactus :)<br />
2. Utah!!!<br />
3. A horny toad we found outside our trailer!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601811828433101183.post-66343729253991297302013-08-26T18:37:00.000-07:002013-09-18T18:37:51.099-07:00Rain drops keep falling on my head, and I am going bald...8/26/2013Yeah I have heard the new video is everywhere... We have it here in the Gila Valley temple, but I don't know when I will be able to see it; I lose track of when the temple trips are... :\ But I know even if it is far away it will sneak up on me way too fast!!! I hate and love how fast time goes... Life is really too short to not be happy... :) I just can't imagine how fast the eternities will go after this life... :\<br />
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But things are going great down here in Arizona! I don't know what is wrong with me but I don't mind the hot days anymore... It kinda feels good... And we have gotten quite a bit of rain down here. Yesterday it rained pretty good, but it didn't flood our front yard so it was kinda disappointing... haha I don't know if I told you guys but the road that goes to our trailer goes through a wash (dry river). And when it rains pretty good it floods and makes the whole area fill with water... Right before I got here E Seare said that it got like four feet of water in it and the water was like shin deep in front of our trailer! I want to see it do that, but it is kinda scary to think about it... So many bad things can happen... ha-ha!<br />
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And I have not received the box yet... The mail system sucks in the mission... :( But I am sure I will see it in a week or two... haha<br />
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We really haven't been doing anything too exciting... Just trying to find people to teach... This area is infamous for having no work; but we are changing that! This week we have eleven people to go see that we got from the ward... Plus we have to set up like three sets of new member lessons, which the ward should have done long ago...>:( And then we have to go to the reservation tomorrow for a lesson... It is gunna be a busy week!!! :D And if we find time we might go down to the reservation and spend some time at the rec. center... We were there last week and one of the admins from there said we should come more often to talk with the people and play around with them... So we plan on doing that...haha That is like our only finding idea on the reservation, because I guess the tribe (tohono o'odham) voted against proselyting missionaries; so we can only bring up the gospel if someone comes to us for it... And if we are interacting with the people all the time and they see our badges, someone is bound to ask a question... :) We will see what happens though... It’s a new kind of missionary work for sure... haha<br />
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So yeah... I am doing good... :) I hope all keeps going well back home!!! Don't have too much fun up at Cherry Hill without me (whenever that is...)! Before we know it I will be up there too!!! ha-ha!<br />
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I love you guys a lot!!!!<br />
Thanks for everything!!!!<br />
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Love,<br />
E Barlocker II<br />
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