Dear family,
Life is so good. I love hearing from you all. I am happily
working and life is flying. I´m constantly tired, but really happy. It´s a
different feeling, that I think we only have when we are serving the Lord.
Elder Cole is doing great, he loves McDonalds. I think I eat more fast food now
than I did in the U.S. It´s pretty sad. There´s a Burger King here in Santo
Amaro as well, so it´s pretty hard to avoid. We have an elevator in our
apartment, too, so I´m a little bit concerned with my weight. Gotta keep doing
exercises.
I have learned a lot about faith these last few weeks.
Faith in Jesus Christ is the first principle of the gospel for a reason. When
we have faith, anything is possible! Sometimes it takes time, but our faith
really brings miracles. We just have to act, or exercise our faith. Think about
Peter. All of the other Apostles stayed in the boat, but when he saw the Lord
he took a few small steps onto the water. He felt a solid surface walking on
water! That´s incredible. But when he fell, Christ called him a "man of
little faith". If Peter is a man of little faith, what am I? Sometimes
people criticize Peter, but he is the only one that had the faith to leave the
boat. It´s hard for me to leave the comfort zone sometimes, but the miracles
happen when we "leave the boat".
Things in the area are great and there are so many cool
things going on in the mission.
Oh by the way, I got my birthday package this last week!
That was very fast. Thank you very much! I´m stoked to make the cake. And it
was perfect mom, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Have a great football season! Go Red Devils!
Love you all,
Elder Barker
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