Hey Everyone!
How are all of you doing? Life's Good. We're so blessed. I'm
doing well in Sandusky, Ohio. It's transfer week, but I'm not going anywhere.
All of my District is staying put. I have a few more pictures, but I don't have
an SD card reader, so next time I will ;). Ohio is pretty neat. It's really
flat and there are a lot of trees, so it will be cool when the leaves come
back, because apparantly it's really green. Milan, Ohio is in my area and it
has the birthplace of Thomas Edison. They have a little museum thing so that's
cool. The house from A Christmas Story is also in my mission, it's in
Cleveland. This area is all called the Firelands because I guess in like
1812 a lot of property got burned up back East so they set aside this area
for all the people that had to leave their homes. They don't have Fry Sauce
here, so that's kind of a bummer. I was surprised, apparently it hasn't spread
to Ohio yet. A bunch of the people in Seminary wrote me letters this last week.
It was really fun to hear from them, and I loved reading their testimonies. It
was a good pick-me-up and meant a lot to me. So Happy Birthday to all the
birthdays recently. Grandma and Grandpa Barker and April Stacia? Hope that's
right... Well anyway tell them all that I love them and Happy Birthday!
Basketball sounds exciting. I love March Madness so much, it's going to be a
little bit tough for me to miss it haha. Congrats to Kenzee on making it to
State. I'm proud of her. I knew she'd make it. She's going to do awesome this
weekend too, I know it! Good Luck to her and the boys team! They will represent
Evanston well. Isaac emailed me. He's doing awesome in Panama, I'm happy for
him. I got word that a sister from my old zone got her Visa, so that's exciting.
We have a few investigators that are really progressing! We
don't have any baptismal dates, but we're really close. We met some really
great people this week, so we're excited. One guy's name is Kyle David. He's 37
and he really likes to have us over. Imagine Shaggy from Scooby-doo and that's
what he's like. He's been baptized into a different church so we had a good
lesson about the Priesthood. He also has doubts about why the Book of Mormon is
necessary, so we're going to talk to him about that next time and hopefully
help him gain a testimony of it. He quit drinking since the last time we met
with him, so for about a week and a half. He's making great progress with
quitting smoking too. It's amazing that I've already seen a change in him since
he's started trying to live the Word of Wisdom. He's really close to getting a
baptismal date.
We're setting up a Kirtland trip for our investigators. It's
going to be awesome. I'm really excited to go. We're really fortunate to have
such cool history in our mission. There is a lot I have learned about the
Church history and I want you all to look more into it too!
Well love you all. If there's anything you could send me,
some pictures would be nice and maybe some music just like on a CD or
something. Maybe like some of the Vocal Point stuff or something. As long as it
is uplifting and gospel related, it's okay.
The Church is true. Jesus Christ lives. He is at the head of
this Church and he loves every one of us.
Love, Elder Barker
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