Sunday, June 3, 2012
Email Update: May 21, 2012
Hello FAMILY!
Hey we had a really good week this week. We taught 4 "other lessons" and 10 member/ LA's and received and contacted 1 referral! So we are definitely going out on a bang for sure. Especially this is our last full week to work! Because Next Monday is P-Day, Tuesday we are going to be with President all day (temple, fireside, testimonies, etc.) Then on Wednesday I go home. It's all pretty crazy it still hasn't hit me yet. I still feel like I am not going home and everyone is just playing a joke on me. But I will make these last 9 days count.
So yesterday I did give my talk and I was the first speaker. I was only suppose to take like 5-8 min. but I took like 10-15 ha ha. We were suppose to have a intermediate hymn but they skipped that and went to the last speaker, oops! You can't expect a missionary going home soon to just only talk about missionary work for 5 min! I mean I have done this for 2 years!
Hey we had a really good week this week. We taught 4 "other lessons" and 10 member/ LA's and received and contacted 1 referral! So we are definitely going out on a bang for sure. Especially this is our last full week to work! Because Next Monday is P-Day, Tuesday we are going to be with President all day (temple, fireside, testimonies, etc.) Then on Wednesday I go home. It's all pretty crazy it still hasn't hit me yet. I still feel like I am not going home and everyone is just playing a joke on me. But I will make these last 9 days count.
So yesterday I did give my talk and I was the first speaker. I was only suppose to take like 5-8 min. but I took like 10-15 ha ha. We were suppose to have a intermediate hymn but they skipped that and went to the last speaker, oops! You can't expect a missionary going home soon to just only talk about missionary work for 5 min! I mean I have done this for 2 years!
Our 4 other lessons were awesome, 2 of those were with Tyrone and he is the only man I have met here in Houston who can tell me all about Adam and Eve and I mean everything. This guy is so knowledgeable, but he is just your average guy. He never did like Bible school or anything, he just makes sure to read the Bible everyday. We are going to take a picture with him this week. Tyrone is huge! He is so in shape it's a joke! Another other lesson we had was with Guillermo and this guy asked so many deep questions! For example I will give you a brief overview of our interaction with him.
G: So the Mormons believe that god wasn't the only one to make the world?
Us: Yes
G: Is it in the Bible?
Us: Genesis 1: 26- And God said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
G: That makes sense! So who all created the world?
Us: God, Jehovah, and Michael
G: Michael? Who is that?
Us: Adam
G: Why does his name change?
Us: Jesus' name was Jehovah in the pre-earth life and changed to Jesus when he came to earth same happened with Adam.
G: That makes sense! Does God have a name?
Us:.......
G:I wanna know the name of my God
Us: Elohim
G: How do you know that?
Us: Modern day revelation (we also turned in the Bible dictionary to Jesus Christ which refers god as Elohim)
G: That is neat! Do we have a Heavenly Mother?
Us: Yes
Haha sorry kinda long but that is just a little bit of our interaction. We are always at Guillermo's house for like a hour and a half and it's always a question and answer session , which I like because it tests my gospel knowledge. Also, in those meetings the Holy Ghost really works through us to answer his questions it's really neat.
G: So the Mormons believe that god wasn't the only one to make the world?
Us: Yes
G: Is it in the Bible?
Us: Genesis 1: 26- And God said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
G: That makes sense! So who all created the world?
Us: God, Jehovah, and Michael
G: Michael? Who is that?
Us: Adam
G: Why does his name change?
Us: Jesus' name was Jehovah in the pre-earth life and changed to Jesus when he came to earth same happened with Adam.
G: That makes sense! Does God have a name?
Us:.......
G:I wanna know the name of my God
Us: Elohim
G: How do you know that?
Us: Modern day revelation (we also turned in the Bible dictionary to Jesus Christ which refers god as Elohim)
G: That is neat! Do we have a Heavenly Mother?
Us: Yes
Haha sorry kinda long but that is just a little bit of our interaction. We are always at Guillermo's house for like a hour and a half and it's always a question and answer session , which I like because it tests my gospel knowledge. Also, in those meetings the Holy Ghost really works through us to answer his questions it's really neat.
Things in the ward are a lot better. We visited with the Bishop to apologize about the things that are happening and wanted to know how we could help. And things in the ward have calmed down a lot. It wasn't really the ward it was just a handful of really opinionated people who like to express their feelings. But yeah that it's.
I love y'all continue to have fun and thanks for your e-mail!
-Elder Cory Barton
-Elder Cory Barton
Email Update: May 7, 2012
Hey family! So this past week we taught a other lesson to our eternal gator Guillermo. It was mainly a question and answer meeting but it was really good. He asked a lot of questions some of which were pretty deep. Some questions he asked were "Do we believe that we have a heavenly mother? Do we hate black people? was Jesus a god? and Why do y'all believe that other people help create the world when the Bible says only God did, etc." It was really neat to have the spirit work through me to answer his questions. He accepted all the answers we gave him and said that they really make sense. We continued with success with the less actives. We also had Stake Conference on Sunday. Elder Packer of the Seventy (son of President Packer) came and participated in the conference also President Bradshaw who is the president of the Houston Temple spoke. I really enjoyed his talk which opened my eyes to eternal principles of family history work.
-Elder Cory Barton
This past week I really dove into my studies and lessons for teaching on the atonement and eternal families.
I really appreciate all that y'all are doing to help me out when I get home by providing job options and car and clothing arrangements. Y'all are definitely easing worries that I have had on my mind.
I am waiting to see the attachment of President Hansen's talk at Elder Alders funeral. I love y'all. Also if it's okay with y'all, I would like to Skype y'all on Sunday. Please pray for me this week because I have no idea yet on what I want my talk to be about on Mother's day. Bishop gave me the freedom to choose plus it will be for a missionary's homecoming ha ha. Thank you again. Can't wait to talk to y'all on Sunday
-Elder Cory Barton
Email Update: April 30, 2012
Hey family before I forget I wanted to give a shout out to Jessica - thanks for the letter I really appreciate it. I have been thinking about shipping stuff home so I'll keep that in mind. So how would I use your account thing? So I have no idea what is upin SLC but I do have the munchies for Beto's ha ha you can have the family vote on what ever place they wanna go eat because to be honest I don't really care ha ha. Kyle are you enjoying doing track? So it's kinda funny that dad brought up the whole Mother's day and Father's day talks because guess what I am speaking on Mother's day for the Westfield Ward ha ha I laughed so hard because this will be my 2nd or 3rd time since '08 or '09 that I talked on Mother's day I guess I haven't learned how to appreciate mom :) So I am nervous about that because it's going to be at a missionary's homecoming.
Well this past week we had success again. We finally taught a "other lesson" to a investigator named Tyrone and he is super kind and friendly. Then we continue to have success with the less actives. In fact on Sunday we visited with the H family but when we got there it was only Sister H then see was shoveling sand for a yard project she was doing so Elder Tobchan and I started to help her in our church clothes. I was still in my suit pants so they kinda got dirty so I might need some extra money for dry cleaning ha ha but that was a really neat experience helping her because one, it was really fun and Sis. H is really cool but you could tell it touched her heart so it was neat. Oh also Sunday was fast and testimony meeting since next week we have Stake Conference so I realized near the end of the meeting this would be my last fast and testimony meeting in Houston so I got up and bore my testimony. It's so crazy how fast the mission is coming to a end, it feels like a dream, like it's not gonna happen.
I love y'all send my love to the Hunt's for me.
-Elder Cory Barton
Well this past week we had success again. We finally taught a "other lesson" to a investigator named Tyrone and he is super kind and friendly. Then we continue to have success with the less actives. In fact on Sunday we visited with the H family but when we got there it was only Sister H then see was shoveling sand for a yard project she was doing so Elder Tobchan and I started to help her in our church clothes. I was still in my suit pants so they kinda got dirty so I might need some extra money for dry cleaning ha ha but that was a really neat experience helping her because one, it was really fun and Sis. H is really cool but you could tell it touched her heart so it was neat. Oh also Sunday was fast and testimony meeting since next week we have Stake Conference so I realized near the end of the meeting this would be my last fast and testimony meeting in Houston so I got up and bore my testimony. It's so crazy how fast the mission is coming to a end, it feels like a dream, like it's not gonna happen.
I love y'all send my love to the Hunt's for me.
-Elder Cory Barton
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