Barton Family News

Hey hey hey!!!! Como estao?!?!?! Wow, already 2 weeks!!! so crazy!!!  I was thinking about writing you guys all day!!! Ok, lets see, so after I emailed you guys last P-day, we got back to our classroom and started studying and getting our lesson ready for Mateus, our "investigator" at the MTC. We planned to teach him about the plan of salvation. We went to teach him and the lesson went pretty well, but at the end he seemed iffy. We decided to bear our testimonies to him, I did it without any notes, just straight from the heart in the best portuguese I could. It was awesome, he seemed super happy and the spirit was much stronger. At the end, not part of the lesson plan, I told him to read d and c section 76, all of it! Elder White told me about it the first day we came here, and I read it soon after that; I thought it was perfect for Mateus. He asked me on the spot what d and c was so I had to tell him what it was in portuguese; I said stuff I dont think I would have s...

Hey family!!! Man is it crazy to be here!!! still feels unreal!! The flight was amazing, made it safe with no problems. you would not believe the craziness that happened on my way to the mtc. mom probably already told you guys the story, but I met this guy on the plane named Steven. he wasn't lds or anything but was totally opened to talking about whatever, made it so easy. landed and saw brother matsusaka and logan wells, so cool. Then, got back with ballards. they were so kind and it was so much fun to be with them. made a quick innout run and and got some secret sauce on my tie :( dont have much time to write but I feel super welcome here and super happy! all the other elders kept saying hi and welcome to the mtc. went right into my language class and met others from my district. they all seem like really cool people. anyway, love you guys so much!! I'll keep you guys posted and write more detailed emails when I have time. love you all so much!!! Love, Elder Barton

This one was pretty tough.

Getting everything packed up and (yes Carter was posing for the picture).

Elder Taggert Joseph Barton was called to serve in the Lisbon, Portugal Mission.  He reports to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah on August 16, 2017.