23 Enero, 2012
querida familia,
well how is everyone doing? what is new? it is amazing to see snow!! (picture of the only snow Boise has received) wow. well transfers came and i have a new companion and i am STILL in panamericano. we had three people baptized also on your anniversary. happy anniversary.
my companion is elder Alonso. is from DF. DF is like Wash. DC but for méxico. everything is different with him. i am learning a lot with him. he only has three months in his mission and still loves to talk about his home. he is a very good guy though. i just hope i can teach him the importance of obedience. so i am missing elder carvajal un poco mucho
everything is going great. the weather is still really warm but they say that the cold will come again. i sure hope so because i am not ready for the heat again.-
well i dont have much time becasue we cleaned house today and went to cut hair. now i know to clean the house after internet and buying gracieries.
another thing i am starting to forget english and spelling. i can talk with people in english but if i have to ask questions, it is a little harder. very weird. its not really hard but i have to think a little and its not smooth.
well everything is going great.
oh mom there is a new book for the women called daughters of my kingdom or something like. you should look for it and read it.
well i need to go.i love you all and sorry this is a short letter. i love you tons and miss alot. ttyl
Elder Barnes
Monday, March 5, 2012
Loving the Mexican Food!
Querida Familia,
wow another week gone. the days are flying by. how is everyone doing? what is new? this letter wasnt very long mom! why? i love to hear about everything. oh una idea, maybe my sibling letters could be two every week because now i have to wait for almost 8 weeks to hear from them. idk just an idea.
well everything here is going great. the weather is really nice. right now i have my sleeves rolled up and it is sunny and nice. there is a little wind but not much.
oh tell jill that i am having fun with the glow sticks. my companion and i have wars right before we go to bed. we cut them open and spray each other and the whole room. so when we go to bed the whole room is glowing. pretty awesome.
yes i ate at Zandii´s house again. the food is amazing here. i love the food. it is really good. i also am starting to love to have spicy food. i got this one salsa called yucateco, it is really spicy but really good. even my companion says that it is spicy. oh also i love the hamburgers here. they are so good. also i had a hot dog the other day and it was amazing. usually i dont like hot dogs but this had beans, chile, onions, salsa, bacon, ketchup and mustard. it was amazing.
yes it has been cold some days. i bet it is freezing in juarez. crazy that this part of mexico gets cold.
well i dont have to wash by hand. this area has a washer but no dryer. none of the areas have dryers and very few have washers.
oh this sunday was really cool. we had a stake conference but it was a regional conference. so it was by tv. elder oaks spoke and elder ALONSO y ELDER rasband and hermana Cook. it was really cool. we had 11 investigators there. pretty cool. also we have 4 people that are going to be baptized. a lot of success.
oh package ideas. home maded rasberry jam with peanut butter. peanut butter is really expensive here. also captain cruch peanut butter. candy. ties, the usual.
well i need to go. i love you all so much!!! i miss you tons! tell my friends hi and that i want to hear from them
Thanks
BYE
Elder Barnes
wow another week gone. the days are flying by. how is everyone doing? what is new? this letter wasnt very long mom! why? i love to hear about everything. oh una idea, maybe my sibling letters could be two every week because now i have to wait for almost 8 weeks to hear from them. idk just an idea.
well everything here is going great. the weather is really nice. right now i have my sleeves rolled up and it is sunny and nice. there is a little wind but not much.
oh tell jill that i am having fun with the glow sticks. my companion and i have wars right before we go to bed. we cut them open and spray each other and the whole room. so when we go to bed the whole room is glowing. pretty awesome.
yes i ate at Zandii´s house again. the food is amazing here. i love the food. it is really good. i also am starting to love to have spicy food. i got this one salsa called yucateco, it is really spicy but really good. even my companion says that it is spicy. oh also i love the hamburgers here. they are so good. also i had a hot dog the other day and it was amazing. usually i dont like hot dogs but this had beans, chile, onions, salsa, bacon, ketchup and mustard. it was amazing.
yes it has been cold some days. i bet it is freezing in juarez. crazy that this part of mexico gets cold.
well i dont have to wash by hand. this area has a washer but no dryer. none of the areas have dryers and very few have washers.
oh this sunday was really cool. we had a stake conference but it was a regional conference. so it was by tv. elder oaks spoke and elder ALONSO y ELDER rasband and hermana Cook. it was really cool. we had 11 investigators there. pretty cool. also we have 4 people that are going to be baptized. a lot of success.
oh package ideas. home maded rasberry jam with peanut butter. peanut butter is really expensive here. also captain cruch peanut butter. candy. ties, the usual.
well i need to go. i love you all so much!!! i miss you tons! tell my friends hi and that i want to hear from them
Thanks
BYE
Elder Barnes
Friday, February 17, 2012
A facebook Message from Mexico!
(This is a message I received on fb from a sister in Mexico...also interestingly, I have seen more pictures of Jaron on fb than I have from him. Isn't this technology wonderful?)
I just want to thank you for raising such an amazing son.I've only talked to him once ( 12-25-11) and I could tell he is all sorts of amazing. Not only does he have a testimony, you can see it and even feel it, but he is also willing to share it and spend two years of his life doing it and seeing people's life change. Not many people are willing to do it, and of those that are willing to do it, not many of them do it as well as he does.
He and his companion are the first set of missionaries my Grandmother has listened to[there have been at least 5 sets] . I am not sure if she is still taking lessons from him, but last I heard, she had made an appt. ( she is very stubborn and won't let go of her traditions, but this is all changing now thanks to him. )
There are not many words to describe how thankful I am for him, and you,his mom, for teaching him the gospel and supporting him on his mission. He truly is changing lives for the best.
If there is any way I can be of help to you, don't hesitate in letting me know. It is the least I can do.
-Selene Burns Ramirez
I just want to thank you for raising such an amazing son.I've only talked to him once ( 12-25-11) and I could tell he is all sorts of amazing. Not only does he have a testimony, you can see it and even feel it, but he is also willing to share it and spend two years of his life doing it and seeing people's life change. Not many people are willing to do it, and of those that are willing to do it, not many of them do it as well as he does.
He and his companion are the first set of missionaries my Grandmother has listened to[there have been at least 5 sets] . I am not sure if she is still taking lessons from him, but last I heard, she had made an appt. ( she is very stubborn and won't let go of her traditions, but this is all changing now thanks to him. )
There are not many words to describe how thankful I am for him, and you,his mom, for teaching him the gospel and supporting him on his mission. He truly is changing lives for the best.
If there is any way I can be of help to you, don't hesitate in letting me know. It is the least I can do.
-Selene Burns Ramirez
Pangaricutirimicuaro...What is that?
9 Jan 2011
Querida familia,
hola! how is everyone doing? oh what is going on with the whole president deal this year? will obama be president again? i dont think he will be! who will most likely be president? the president here in méxico is going to change also, but here he is pres for 6 years and he cant be pres again. interesting.
well everything here is going great. the last two weeks have been really warm. one or two days i didnt use my sweater but when the sun went down i did. but i think it is going to get cold again.
chihuahua was great. when we go there we spend the night in the offices. the office is huge. its like three buildings and really spoiled. the main house building is really warm. but we slept in a different part and it is just a big room with 20 or so bunk beds. nothing else. the president talked with us about the new era and what we need to work on. also told us to concentrate 100% in the investigadores and nothing else. he also is telling us that if we have any free time we need to read the book of mormon. i have been doing alright with the reading. I didnt finish but i will finish here soon. i hope. i am in Helaman. i have set some new goals for this year. they are to become a missionary de predicad. el presidente talks about this a lot and i think there are great missionaries but they arent 100% concentrated. elder hatton was one missionary de predicad. the president talked about him the other week. but i have a lot more goals and i hope to complete them. i hope to read the book of mormon more and have more confidence en myself. i need to learn to just talk with people. i had this problem in english also. if people werent talking about something that important or interesting, i just sat there quiet. so i am going to try to join in the conversations more and show that i am interested and want to talk with everyone.
oh the president came again yesterday here in delicias. he talked about some stuff about the book of mormon. also hermana Angulo talked a lot about how we are planning and about our key indicators (?). i think i am starting to have touble with spelling in english.
another goal that i have is to study spanish more. lately i havent studied much because we have to leave the house on time and i want something to eat. but i am going to study spanish better now and have a big improvement. i just learned a word the other day and i am stilll learning it but its pangaricutirimicuaro. it is a town here mexico. i dont know where but it is fun to say. ask jill or ryan how to say it. hopefully they can say it :) some mexicans cant say it. so i am trying to get it down. there are also a lot of tongue twisters. some are the same as english like peter picked a pickle thing. i dont know it but its in spanish.
well everything is going great here in méxico. transfers are next monday so we will see what happens. hopefully i dont get transferred. We are starting to have a lot of success. we have 9 people with a baptismal date and had 10 in church this sunday. so hopefully i stay here to see the future baptisms.
well i need to go. i love you all so much and miss ya tons.
oh i loved the captain crunch cereal. it was perfect (hint hint). oh also i think i am getting better at eating spicy food. well adios. love you all.
Elder Barnes
Querida familia,
hola! how is everyone doing? oh what is going on with the whole president deal this year? will obama be president again? i dont think he will be! who will most likely be president? the president here in méxico is going to change also, but here he is pres for 6 years and he cant be pres again. interesting.
well everything here is going great. the last two weeks have been really warm. one or two days i didnt use my sweater but when the sun went down i did. but i think it is going to get cold again.
chihuahua was great. when we go there we spend the night in the offices. the office is huge. its like three buildings and really spoiled. the main house building is really warm. but we slept in a different part and it is just a big room with 20 or so bunk beds. nothing else. the president talked with us about the new era and what we need to work on. also told us to concentrate 100% in the investigadores and nothing else. he also is telling us that if we have any free time we need to read the book of mormon. i have been doing alright with the reading. I didnt finish but i will finish here soon. i hope. i am in Helaman. i have set some new goals for this year. they are to become a missionary de predicad. el presidente talks about this a lot and i think there are great missionaries but they arent 100% concentrated. elder hatton was one missionary de predicad. the president talked about him the other week. but i have a lot more goals and i hope to complete them. i hope to read the book of mormon more and have more confidence en myself. i need to learn to just talk with people. i had this problem in english also. if people werent talking about something that important or interesting, i just sat there quiet. so i am going to try to join in the conversations more and show that i am interested and want to talk with everyone.
oh the president came again yesterday here in delicias. he talked about some stuff about the book of mormon. also hermana Angulo talked a lot about how we are planning and about our key indicators (?). i think i am starting to have touble with spelling in english.
another goal that i have is to study spanish more. lately i havent studied much because we have to leave the house on time and i want something to eat. but i am going to study spanish better now and have a big improvement. i just learned a word the other day and i am stilll learning it but its pangaricutirimicuaro. it is a town here mexico. i dont know where but it is fun to say. ask jill or ryan how to say it. hopefully they can say it :) some mexicans cant say it. so i am trying to get it down. there are also a lot of tongue twisters. some are the same as english like peter picked a pickle thing. i dont know it but its in spanish.
well everything is going great here in méxico. transfers are next monday so we will see what happens. hopefully i dont get transferred. We are starting to have a lot of success. we have 9 people with a baptismal date and had 10 in church this sunday. so hopefully i stay here to see the future baptisms.
well i need to go. i love you all so much and miss ya tons.
oh i loved the captain crunch cereal. it was perfect (hint hint). oh also i think i am getting better at eating spicy food. well adios. love you all.
Elder Barnes
A New Era
dear family,
well it a lot is going on. i am in chihuahua right now and i wont have time to write tomorrow so i am writing now. i also dont have much time. we came to chihuahua today around 4 and we will be here for like two days because of a conference. i think the president is going to teach and talk about the new year and how this is going to be a new era. i have set really high goals this year.
this week went really good. we didnt have many lessons but we tried really hard and we ended up having 6 investigators in church. it was a great day to start off the new year. i hope everything is going well over there and i hope to hear how everything went for the new years party and whats new. i love and miss you tons and im sorry this letter is short but i need to go. i love you all tons. take care and i will talk to you pronto!!
Elder Barnes
well it a lot is going on. i am in chihuahua right now and i wont have time to write tomorrow so i am writing now. i also dont have much time. we came to chihuahua today around 4 and we will be here for like two days because of a conference. i think the president is going to teach and talk about the new year and how this is going to be a new era. i have set really high goals this year.
this week went really good. we didnt have many lessons but we tried really hard and we ended up having 6 investigators in church. it was a great day to start off the new year. i hope everything is going well over there and i hope to hear how everything went for the new years party and whats new. i love and miss you tons and im sorry this letter is short but i need to go. i love you all tons. take care and i will talk to you pronto!!
Elder Barnes
More Christ in our Lives
December 26, 2011
Hello Familia!
well everything went amazing yesterday. the phone call was really cool. really short too!!!!! well like i said right before you called i was with the garcia family and they were talking with their son that is in chile on skype. him and ryan talk somewhat the same to. really funny. i am really grateful for the mission president that i have and his strict standards.
christmas was really cool here. i got your packages, the garcia fam brought food, selene ramirez gave me some candy and another member also. it was really cool. also this christmas (not x-mas) i think i learned the true meaning of CHRISTmas. its all about CHRIST. another thought is christmas . . .CHRIST and MÁS. so more Christ in our lives. during church we sang the sacrament song and the spirit touched me and i really realized what the words said. ya i knew before what they said but now i know the importance of them. the song was i stand all amazed.
also i am so grateful that i went to the temple a lot before my mission. the members just got back from a trip. they went to DF to the temple. during sacrament they went up to talk about it and how beautiful it was. this is when i realized that I miss the temple so much. i havent been for so long. i miss the feeling/spirit it brings. i really want to go to temple square again during christmas time when it is all beautiful and there are so many people. i bet it was amazing when you guys went and i am sure that chase and trevor will remember that forever.
well i need to go.i love you all tons and miss ya tons!!!
Elder Barnes
Hello Familia!
well everything went amazing yesterday. the phone call was really cool. really short too!!!!! well like i said right before you called i was with the garcia family and they were talking with their son that is in chile on skype. him and ryan talk somewhat the same to. really funny. i am really grateful for the mission president that i have and his strict standards.
christmas was really cool here. i got your packages, the garcia fam brought food, selene ramirez gave me some candy and another member also. it was really cool. also this christmas (not x-mas) i think i learned the true meaning of CHRISTmas. its all about CHRIST. another thought is christmas . . .CHRIST and MÁS. so more Christ in our lives. during church we sang the sacrament song and the spirit touched me and i really realized what the words said. ya i knew before what they said but now i know the importance of them. the song was i stand all amazed.
also i am so grateful that i went to the temple a lot before my mission. the members just got back from a trip. they went to DF to the temple. during sacrament they went up to talk about it and how beautiful it was. this is when i realized that I miss the temple so much. i havent been for so long. i miss the feeling/spirit it brings. i really want to go to temple square again during christmas time when it is all beautiful and there are so many people. i bet it was amazing when you guys went and i am sure that chase and trevor will remember that forever.
well i need to go.i love you all tons and miss ya tons!!!
Elder Barnes
Understanding the True Meaning of Christmas
19 Dec. 2011
HEy mommy and daddy and everyone else,
well i am so so excited right now. i can hardly type because i am just so
excited. i went to chihuhahua this week and had a conference and had a
christmas dinner and everything. we also did another concert thing there
but with a little more missionaries. but it wasnt as cool because stakes
sang also after us so we didnt have much time. also they had about the same
amount of people there even though it was three stakes together. ours was the
only one. very cool!!!!
i also got two letters from shalene and from sister
Egbert. it was really nice to read their letters. very special. tell them
thanks and that i will try to write back asap. I ALSO GOT MY PACKAGES!!! it
was so cool open these packages. i waited til i got here in delicias to
open them. truely amazing. i got three amazing ties and a lot of candy and i am doing the 12 days of christmas. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!!
i read the talk from grammies funeral. that was a little hard to read but very nice. i imagine that it was hardfor you and still is, but she is truely in a better place waiting for everyone and in a state of peace (alma 40:12). i hope that everyday i am making her proud by the way i am teaching people here in méxico. she is one of the best teachers. i bet she is teaching a lot up there.
i think i am starting to truly understand the true meaning of christmas.
this week was one week to remember with all of the one i have and will
have. i learned so so much this week. i have been fasting every week on
sunday and i know this has helped me a lot.
spanish is coming along. i need to work on my vocabulary y pronunciation ???
well ineed to go.
i love and miss you tons!!!!!!!! Love so so much. cant wait to hear everyone. oh i loved the tape. very funny!!!! tell jenessa hi and that i love her so so much and miss her a lot and i love hearing her voice and reading all her letters.
Love Elder Barnes
HEy mommy and daddy and everyone else,
well i am so so excited right now. i can hardly type because i am just so
excited. i went to chihuhahua this week and had a conference and had a
christmas dinner and everything. we also did another concert thing there
but with a little more missionaries. but it wasnt as cool because stakes
sang also after us so we didnt have much time. also they had about the same
amount of people there even though it was three stakes together. ours was the
only one. very cool!!!!
i also got two letters from shalene and from sister
Egbert. it was really nice to read their letters. very special. tell them
thanks and that i will try to write back asap. I ALSO GOT MY PACKAGES!!! it
was so cool open these packages. i waited til i got here in delicias to
open them. truely amazing. i got three amazing ties and a lot of candy and i am doing the 12 days of christmas. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!!
i read the talk from grammies funeral. that was a little hard to read but very nice. i imagine that it was hardfor you and still is, but she is truely in a better place waiting for everyone and in a state of peace (alma 40:12). i hope that everyday i am making her proud by the way i am teaching people here in méxico. she is one of the best teachers. i bet she is teaching a lot up there.
i think i am starting to truly understand the true meaning of christmas.
this week was one week to remember with all of the one i have and will
have. i learned so so much this week. i have been fasting every week on
sunday and i know this has helped me a lot.
spanish is coming along. i need to work on my vocabulary y pronunciation ???
well ineed to go.
i love and miss you tons!!!!!!!! Love so so much. cant wait to hear everyone. oh i loved the tape. very funny!!!! tell jenessa hi and that i love her so so much and miss her a lot and i love hearing her voice and reading all her letters.
Love Elder Barnes
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