Monday, August 22, 2016

RELATORIO SEMANAL 8/22/16

E aí everybodayy!

This week was awesome. "só benção" 

It started off with an awesome "Zone Council" that elder bartling and decided to do with our zone to help everyone BOND a little bit if ya know what I mean... haha we had a lil breakfast, played a few GAMES "ryan knows what voice I'm doing that in" haha and we just had a discussion about how every things going in the zone and what we can do to become better, it was way cool and we all go to know each other a little better! Then, we had a multi zone conference with ohh big President Thomas which was way cool. Its cool to see how he is such an inspired man, and is already filling the shoes of President del Guerso. I know that I have so much to learn with him, I heard recently that you are called to a certain mission because of the president, that when the apostles and prophet choose they look at the presidents of each mission and choose by the president. I really believe in that. STUD.

I also had the opportunity to go back to my PLACE OF BIRTH, JARDIM CONCEIÇÃO I really want to put exclamation marks, but the key stopped working for some reason haha. And boy was it awesome, i did an exchange there and I was able to see so many people it was so dang awesome some of my favorite members there bought us pizza haha it was so sick<<< I learned a lot also with the missionary I was with, elder M. Souza. He's a super awesome, humble and happy missionary that was my son's elder travassos comp in the MTC, haha so its sweet. This week we also found a super awesome family from a girl that we met at church named Paloma. She just showed up out of nowhere last Sunday with a member whos trying to come back to church named Rita. She's super awesome and lives with her son Mikael who's inactive and Paloma who's his boyfriend. Mikael is being a little tougher, but Paloma is so awesome! She is loving church and accepting everything super well, we just need to see if we can marry these peeps. Paloma is awesome, so she's gonna push Mikael and help them to either get married or separate haha  All the other families are doing good, only one woman went, but she's awesome ha its like the same situation with paloma and mikeal, her husband's an inactive member and they aren't married. 

Feel super grateful for these people that we are teaching that Heavenly Father has given to us. I heard a quote yesterday that I really liked. "that when we pray, we should think about how it would be if we woke up with only the things that we thanked Heavenly Father for yesterday." It is so important to thank Him for all of the little things we have, even the most simple blessings. I love this work so much, and I am grateful for all of you guys, sorry this email was so long today haha. I hope you all have an awesome week.

Elder Barton




                                                                           Multi Zone Conference :)





Sunday, August 21, 2016

Weekly REPORT 8 - 15 - 2016

HOLYYYYY COW I'M JUST GONNA GO STRAIGHT FOR IT AND START OFF THIS LETTER WITH A HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SHOUTOUT TO MY BROTHER RYAN AND HANNAH'S NEW DAUGHTER BEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant believe she has finally arrived!!!! I cant believe you guys are PARENTS haha and that I'm an uncle!!!!!! Congrats you guys thatssooooo awesome the TINY has born!!!!

Haha, this week and last couple weeks have been some tougher weeks in the area but super good ones. Here in the "small river" its been a little tough to take the peeps to that church haha but its all good, we are being so blessed still! I had the opportunity to do an exchange with my SON this week also haha Elder Guimarães which was super awesome!!!! He is in my zone now and actually my district leader haha, its kinda weird being bossed around by your own son, but this kids a stud haha! It was cool to see how hes grown and to learn with him in our exchange! Hes really LEFT THE NEST if you know what i mean! haha but it was way cool, we went and did a baptismal interview for the sisters baptism in Novo Osasco and then came back to the smallllll river to work! During the week, we continued teaching these two new families that we have and did some FHEs with them which was awesome! They are being fellow shipped really well with the ward but just NEED TO GO TO CHURCH haha! 

 With work, weddings, and a bunch of stuff neither one of them were able to go to church but next week its all ready to go! We also were working with a bunch of other people that all bailed out Sunday morning haha :( but when we were picking people up on Sunday and when the last person wasn't home, we decided to say a prayer and we just felt that someone was at church. Even though everyone that we had talked to said they wouldnt go, we felt that someone was there. When we got there two different members had brought investigators!!! We were so happy and knew that it was a huge blessing! I have truly gained a testimony of how hard Satan works on Saturday to mess people up and not go to church, but I know that Heavenly Father always works in His ways, and has all the power! 

Love you guys sooo much and have an awesome week!!!!!!!!!

Elder Barton

                                                  Last Few weeks in Photos :)

Monday, August 8, 2016

Update... 8/08/16

I am so sorry I didnt have time to write a weekly report this week!!! :( haha the week was awesome though!!! We found two awesome families this week that are super cool!! I had a way cool experience with president thomas also this week! (it was kind of a more sacred experience so thats why i didnt send it in the weekly email action!) We also ate tacos yesterday at lunch HOLY COW I MISS MOM'S TACOS!!!  They even had tabasco and CRUNCHY tacos!!!!! sooo good! It was awesome haha. I am doing awesome and I just wanna let you know how much I LOVE YA! I promise next week will have a weekly report! :)

LOVE YA SOOOO MUCH!
Elder Barton


                                                                                    Tacos!!! 
                                                             

                                                               The Last few P-DAYS in photos... :) 


Monday, July 25, 2016

weeeklayy reporrrrt July 25th, 2016

OI GENTE BOAA TARDE!

I am happy to say that the BART team has been reactivated and that we have already eaten two pizzas together (attempted 3 times but the pizzeria was closed)

haha! But besides the pizza, (as usual, sorry i get a little excited about the pizza) it was an awesome first week of the transfer. It was a pretty mellow week and I was able to feel the spirit a lot this week. I have been thinking about the importance of love in missionary work and in everything that we do this week. In the Epistle to the Corinthians that Paul wrote, he talks a little bit about this. He talks about the importance of us having love in things we do. Its not important if we have the best talents, knowledge, or even able to move mountains, If we don't have love, it is of no worth. This week and recently I have truly been able to feel Heavenly Fathers love for me, and it such an incredible feeling. I know that he has an absolutely perfect love for each and every one of us. And that is why he is perfect in all things. Everything that he did and does for us is out of love. Its crazy how Heavenly Father helps us to feel this love for others also, I love these Brazilians so much, they are such grateful and humble people. I love you guys also and hope you all have an awesome week! 

Elder Barton

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. )(1 corinthians 13:2)

Monday, July 18, 2016

WEEKLY REPORT 7/18/2016

HELLOOO MY FRIENDS!

Got some newssssss for y'all this week! My good ol friend Elder Ramirez has finished his mission and I dropped him off at the mission office this morning!!!! hes heading out tomorrow morning at 1:30 am!! gonna miss thi s lil "peruano louco" I will be staying here in Rio Pequeno and my new companion will be ELDER BARTLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha thats right, AGAIN!!! haha I'm super stoked!! hes a boss and it will be sweet to be his comp again!! We also got a few other areas added to our zone including JARDIM CONCEIÇÃO!!!! My first area!!!! I am soo stokedddd cause I will be able to do exchanges there again and visit everyone!!!!!! 

As far as the week goes, everything was super awesome!!! We had a little miracle happen this week with a few members Analita and Marivaldo which was super awesome!!! They have been members for like 15 years now, and went inactive for quite some time. A few months back when Ramirez got in the area, he was able to reactivate them and baptize the other members of the family that weren't members. It turns our that when Analita and Marivaldo were baptized, their baptismal record was lost and there is no record to testify that they where actually baptized!!! Our bishop called the stake president, we talked to the bishop from that time when they where baptized, bishop called Salt Lake City and NOTHING!!! So the only way was to baptize them again!  We called president Thomas and he said "LETS MOVE FORWARD!" haha so we pulled the trigger and got em all prepared and interviewed and were baptized last night!! It was super cool for Elder Ramirez because he really loves that family and he got to baptize them both!! It was a super cool experience and it was truly a miracle! Not sure how the record was lost, but I know that it all happens for a reason! 
Also ran into a recent convert at the temple this week who I helped teach a few times in my second area Granja Viana, and he was buying garments preparing to be sealed with his wife and family!!! Sooooo cool!!!! His name is Ricardo and is a Japanese guy that was super hard and didn't want anything with the church but was baptized by the other elders! It was soo good seeing them and that they were sealed!! So awesome! this is the best work in the world. Excited for a new week, with my man. Bartling!! LOVE YA GUYS SO MUCH AND HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK!!!

Elder Barton 


Photos from LAST WEEK!  


Monday, July 11, 2016

July 11th, 2016

We received a few photos this week... 



We had a little "get to know president" meeting this week which was super awesome!!! He's sucha STUD!! 

Handy Man Elder Barton


Friday, July 8, 2016

4th of JULY- Pics 2016

Quick Email :)
We had mission counsel with our new Mission President and Sister Thomas on Wednesday and it was soo awesome! He's such a humble, and awesome guy! its still a lil weird without ol' DG but the transition was awesome!  It is cool to feel that heavenly father knows everything and it just always works out! haha They got super excited when i told them I'm from CALI! They are from Fresno and you would love sister Thomas haha she's a Hawaiian and is a super nice lady!

HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE AN AWESOME 4TH OF JULY!!!!! I'M GONNA TRY TO DO SOMETHING AMERICAN TODAY DEFINITELY!!! were gonna head to McDonald's after this to celebrate!!! :)
LOVE YA SOOOOO MUCH!
PS (His message to his cousin who just returned from his mission this week.... ) send chan a lil squeeze for me and tell him he's a chicken chimi!!! 
Elder Barton
                                                                           Saying goodbye... Sister DEL GUERSO

Surprise... pizza! 



baptisms... 




poor chicken...



Saying goodbye to President DEL GUERSO...



Meeting his new Mission President and Sister Thomas




4th of July P-Day



Helping in the Kitchen...




Baptisms

                                      





Helping at the Pool...




4th of July Burgers