Barton Family News

Hello family!!!! That was so amazing talking to you all!!!! It seriously felt unreal!!!!! I miss you all so much!!!!!! I hope you all have a merry merry Christmas!!!!!!Love you all so much!!!!! So, we already had the emotional face time, hehehe, so Ill just write about a few more things that happened this week. My testimony of the word of wisdom skyrocketed this week!!!!  In one day , we had a ton of things happen to us!!!! We visited an investigator named Joao Pedro. When we got to his house, only his mom was there. We just talked to her outside of her door. She told us about some concern for her son and about some things that were going on. Just a little bit after, Joao showed up. he was pale and looked in a rush. We asked him how he was doing. He said, not good. Then he showed us a handful of drugs. And said he had to go. We walked away and were just in shock. He later called us and asked us if we could come back to his house the next day to help him stop. We did. He seems...

Hey there party people!!!! You all sound so good!!! Love the Christmas pics!!! You look like a pretty good looking family! Love all the Christmas decorations in the house too! Super fun!  This week was super fun! We had a Christmas conference with a lot of the missionaries there. It was so much fun! Sister Tavares even got me a bag of gluten-free treats especially for me!!!! We got hear president and sister Tavares speak, and we got to participate in and watch some acts performed by the missionaries. It was super fun and super funny! Each district just did some acts making fun of some of the worst situations that could happen in missionary work. We also got to hear some of the missionaries play some instruments and sing. It was awesome, and the spirit was super strong at that moment. There have been a lot of moments where when I feel my mind is in the right place or that I am ready for something that God needs me to do, something awesome always happens. There was one point we...

Boa tarde Familia!!!! Espero que tudo estejam bem com vocês!!! This week was amazing!!! Seriously!!!! This week, we got to have an awesome christmas party with our ward. Everyone is super into bringing tons of food!!! We were asked to bring some stuff too and the people here really wanted me to make pancakes. They say its a really cool american thing that they love! We were at the store getting some stuff to make it, but the store didnt have syrup. Syrup!!! Are you kidding me!!!! Europe. So, I got stuff to make crepes instead. I made a ton of crepes for the party and we got some delicious toppings to go along with it. The party was fantastic! I felt tons of energy that day, which was a blessing, and went around talking to and helping out tons of people!!! The Portuguese is coming along really well!!! It is super neat to see God´s hand in my life and the lives of others. Irmã Daise made me 2 gluten free cakes this time!!!! So nice of her!!!! They were super good!!! And other people ...

Hey there happy family! hope you all are doing super well! sounds like the Christmas spirit is rampid in the barton home! it sounds like you all are doing well. im so happy you could get the Christmas decorations up too! dad, i really hope you dont get too crazed with all the work and responsibility you have! mom, sounds like you are doing great in teaching your class! i wouldnt want any other teacher! ellie, keeping pushing forward in soccer. i know you have so much to look forward too! and nice job on the english test! so proud! your so smart! chloe, it sounds like you have been the big helper around the house! keep it up! i hope school has been a little bit better for you the past while with your teacher and all. carter, im so proud of you for keeping the tradition going and keeping the christmas light thing going on in our room! i totally remember that night too with Jacob and Jesse! that was so fun! i remember we got home super late too and had a summer christmas with the girl...

Hello Family! Wow, you all look so good in those pictures! The Thanksgiving trip sounds and looks like a blast as always! Ellie won! What?!?!?! I´m so proud of her!!!!!!! Hahaha! I love how everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit! Those spongebob costumes were fantastic! My companion and I laughed pretty hard when we saw those! Ellie, I will for sure do the letter thing! Let me know if there is anything else you want me to do! I´m still debating how I should send it all, but I´m sure I´ll figure it out. Mom and Dad, you both sound great! I love hearing from you! Oh, and mom, I love it when you go on tangents like that! Believe it or not, I needed to hear all of that! I didn't cry!!!!! haha, just a little! you always know what to say. I hope you all get to put up the Christmas stuff soon, I know seeing that stuff always made me happy every day! I also hope Parker is doing ok. I´m happy he gets to go back out in February. Gpa of course wrote me a nice letter about thanksgiv...

Olá Família! I hope all is well at home and on the colorado trip! I cannot believe how much things seem to be changing at home! Dad, it sounds like you have a lot coming your way! Crazy! Everyone must thing you can take care of the whole world or something! And, ya , the language is pretty interesting. I´ve been able to contribute here and there and talk to some people on the street, but it is all very basic. I feel like I am being pushed to learn and grow every day. My companion speaks very fast too! I feal like I am learning more spanish than Portuguese! I have to adjust to hearing actual people from portugal after hearing my companion talk in his spanish accent. I actually love it! I notice my attitude has everything to do with the language too! If I am upbeat and excited about learning, it is much easier. I have also been reading the Book of Mormon out loud in Portuguese out loud like you told me to. Carter sounds like a beast tearing it up on the court! Chloe, thanks for stickin...

Olá Família! Hope you all are doing well! Yes, first week in Portugal! Crazy! I cant believe all that is happening! It still feels like a dream to be honest! Im so sorry about the cut off on the phone. I probably left you clueless! Its nothing too crazy. Ill for sure have to tell you some other time! So, Ill continue where I left off with you. So we got on the plane like right after. We landed in minneapolis and got to our next gate to fly to Amsterdam. When we got to the gate, I saw Elder Mortensen and Elder White! It was so crazy! My heart started pounding so hard I was getting so excited! We got on a huge plane! Seriously! Huge! We flew for a long time as you might guess. We got to talk to a man named Mr. Beggs. He was super nice and we were able to teach him the whole restoration on teh flight and give him a Book of Mormon! He even started reading it on the plane! I was so happy! I was able to pass out for a little bit and was then woken up by a stewardess last second after all t...

Got this note from Taggert's mission president this morning: Hello! Your son, Elder Barton has arrived in the Portugal Lisbon Mission safely, and will eat and sleep for the rest of the night. He is very loved and in Good hands, we are excited to have him here. With Love, Presidente & Sister Tavares We also got to talk with Elder Barton while he was in the airport yesterday.  It was so great to hear his voice.  He sounded very excited to go to Portugal.  

Hey Family!!! What a week it has been!!!! So crazy!!! I found out   Wednesday  that we got our visas! So exciting!!!! We leave today, and I am just sending a quick email before I head to the airport! I am going crazy in my mind right now! There is so much going on in my head! To be honest, I thought I would not ever really feel like Boise would be a home for me. As soon as I got the call that we got our visas, I got excited and sad. I realized Boise was my home for a while. I'm getting really sad thinking about the people I am leaving. I'm really going to miss them. I really feel like we were just getting started!!! I really wish I could have seen some things play out. Another time or another place perhaps. We had a great week!!! Preparation day, we got to go see the capital! It was so pretty!!! we walked around the whole inside and I got some sweet pictures! That night was a packed night. We had a ton of visits. I'll just tell you about the more prominent ones. We go...