Barton Family News

Bom dia alegria!!!! Hows it goin fam??? You all sound like you are doing super well in your emails!!!! This week was super awesome!!! We got to teach some new people here in the Azores. The people here are so open and super nice! They are just those types of people that the more you get to know them, the warmer they are to you.  We have been visiting lots of members. Here we are working a lot to strengthen the members and find people to teach through them. There are tons of less actives here. Its actually super awesome to work with them. I feel like it is a ton easier to know what to say to them. They already know a bunch, so we don't have to start from the beginning. We are literally just reminding them what they already know.  I feel like there are more opportunities to testify which is my favorite part of teaching because the spirit is so much stronger. People here love it when you try to get to know them. The other day, we passed by this member who seemed v...

Hey there from the islands!!!! Hope you all had a wonderful week!!!! You all sound like you are doing so well!!!! That always makes me feel soooooo good to hear that!!! Transfer day  this Tuesday  was pretty hard. It was so sad to say goodbye to Elder Gusmão and Elder Goff. They were such amazing missionaries and such good examples to me. We had our last hugs and goodbyes at the train station that we all meet at for transfers. I feel like my family gets bigger and bigger as I get more and more companions. They are basically my new family for the time we are together and after. Its always like a huge family reunion when we see each other again. I'm gonna miss them tons that's for sure. The Azores are soooo cool!!!!! The first day we got here, we met up with Elder Fogg, my companion, and Elder Lewis, one of our zone leaders. We were a trio for the first few days. The first day here, we did some contacts and knocked a bunch of doors. The people here speak differently th...

Hey there family!!!! Happy Happy B-Day Chloe!!!!!!! Love you tons and hope you had the best bday ever!!!! You guys are seriously the best family ever for writing me and saying all those nice things. Seriously love you all soooo much!!!!  So yes, I will be getting transferred. You will hear in the recording where too, but I'll say where at the end of the letter. We had such a great week!!! We got to help some members in our ward move  Saturday  morning and got to teach some pretty spectacular lessons. This Sunday, we got to bring a friend to church. Her name is Fernanda. She is a bit older. When we went to pick her up, she had another friend with her that she invited to church!!! So cool!!!! Church went super well!!!!  We also had a super fun, probably the best, companion study this week. Every day, we have to do companionship studies for 30 minutes. To study, Elder Gusmão and I taught the lesson of the Restoration in english! it was super cool and Elder G...