tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69595645947454246982024-03-13T10:11:38.069-07:00Elder William M BarkerJanethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-35024176345908598142014-12-08T13:19:00.000-08:002014-12-08T13:19:28.459-08:00Wednesday, November 26, 2014<h2 align="center">
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-57652318216925120372014-12-08T11:11:00.002-08:002014-12-08T11:11:43.564-08:00Monday, November 24, 2014
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Querido Família,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Só falta dois dias! Estou muito animado ver todos vocês.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Can´t wait to see you all. Any last requests? Did you get
the email from E. Dean? I´ll be arriving in SLC at 10:27 am on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, Dean asked if I could get some brazilian clothes for his
kids. I´ll do my best, but there is not really `traditional` clothes, I´ll try
to get some indian stuff.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Love you all. Just got out of my interview with Pres.
Dalton. Pretty crazy. See you soon!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Barker<o:p></o:p><br />
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-76925655325235947492014-11-18T09:51:00.003-08:002014-11-18T09:51:31.782-08:00Monday, November 17, 2014
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Dear family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love you all soo much. I´m excited to see you too! I´ll be
flying home on the 25th and I´ll get there on the 26th. So, don´t worry about a
thing ;) So Monte already got married or is engaged? I´m confused. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The weather has been great these last few weeks, it´s a
little warm for my liking, but I can´t complain.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I´ll be visiting recent converts today and on Sunday I´ll
get to go again, it´ll be really cool to see people from my past areas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Great things are happening here and we have three baptisms
planned for this last week. It´s going to be a great way to finish my mission.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next week, I think I´ll just send a quick message from the
office, so if there is anything you need to send, I´ll still be able to read it
next week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>This has been the absolute best experience of my life. I´m
so grateful that I have had this opportunity. I love these people, love this
country, love the food and most of all I love the eternal truths that I have
taught for the last two years. I know that this church is the restored church
of our Lord Jesus Christ. He really lives. The doctrine and organization are
perfect. It is to bless our families and bring about eternal life. How blessed
we are. There is no better work than this. The Lord gives His spirit to those
who are in the front lines of the battle, the people who share the gospel!
That´s one of the reasons that I will ALWAYS be a missionary. <o:p></o:p></div>
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One idea I had is to start inviting a lot of people to
church for the 30th of November. Use my talk as an excuse to invite people that
have never visited, it´ll be a good opportunity for them to get to know the
church.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love you all! I´m very excited to see you here in a few
short days :)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Elder Barker<o:p></o:p></div>
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-29355073041633610102014-11-10T08:25:00.001-08:002014-11-10T08:25:35.400-08:00Monday, November 10, 2014
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Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well we had another fantastic week. I love this work. We´re
seeing a lot of results in the ward from reactivation and retention. The bishop
couldn´t be happier. Really good things happening. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Meg´s engaged?! Good for her! That´s great, is Beau getting
close as well? I guess I´ll be home for the wedding... sweet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We´ve had a dry, dry year here in São Paulo. It hasn´t
rained hard in a really long time, but apparently in other parts of Brasil they
are flooding. So, the area presidency sent a letter asking all members in
Brasil to participate in a special fast this weekend to ask for rain in the dry
places. It´ll be cool to be a part of it. I haven´t been affected by it, but a
lot of people go two or three days without water, get water for a couple days
and then go without again. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A mission is great because you learn to feel what others are
feeling. When investigators and recent converts go through conversion I feel it
as well. When they succeed we´re happy and when they quit we´re devestated.
It´s actually quite the emotional roller coaster. We´re teaching a family that
has gone through a lot. They love the church because it´s the only place
they´ve felt real peace. The three teenagers (Sabrina, Samara and Alex) went
to a church dance on Saturday and they said that they loved it. They had never
been to such a clean dance or had healthy fun. The gospel may seem to restrict
us sometimes, but it really does set us free. The commandments and Jesus Christ
are the only path of true, lasting happiness. It´s incredible.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well I love y´all. (E. Fisher´s got me saying y´all) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Is it really at this point? I have to admit, it´s a little
bit hard for me to accept the fact that I´ll be leaving soon. I´m sure it´ll
sink in at some point.<o:p></o:p></div>
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See you soon!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Elder Barker<o:p></o:p></div>
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P.s. Mom, I´ll talk to the secretary about the travel plans,
you don´t need to be concerned :)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-58501792412355196632014-11-10T08:22:00.004-08:002014-11-10T08:32:01.763-08:00Monday, November 3, 2014<br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">I am so very blessed. I love
you all so much. Thank you for your emails and words of support and
encouragement. A mission is really hard for some people, but it´s the easiest
thing in the world for me because I have all of you back home rooting for me! I
had an incredible week. I´m learning so much about faith. Pres. Dalton let
everyone read Calling Down the Powers of Heaven by Grant Von Harrison. I´ve
been studying it for a while now and it has really helped me exercise faith as
a principle of power. There are some things that are out of our control, but
there are many, many things that can be controlled by the powers of
heaven. </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Something
interesting I´ve learned is that the Lord will always try our faith. He wants
to see how bad we want it, he wants us to depend on Him, and he wants us to be
purified, be cleansed and grow in the process. Tribulations are blessings!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">"</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">And not only <i><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">so,</span></i> but we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience;
and experience, hope" Romans 5: 3-4 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: white;">I remembered Elder Uchtdorf´s talk about being grateful in all
circumstances. The Lord has a perfect plan. He is letting us participate in
this mortal life. We are already eternally indebted to Him for His son Jesus
Christ and the atonement. He has been so good to us. We should thank Him for
the good times and for the hard times. He really loves us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: white;">We have some great people that will be baptized this weekend.
One family, specifically, is going to be very special. They are family members
of a young woman who has been going to church on her own for the last three
years. Her family just barely started to accept the church and most of them
will be baptized this weekend. Her aunt, cousin and sisters. Her parents will
just take a little longer because we had to mark their wedding this last
weekend, so they won´t be baptized until December. The church is true!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Love you all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: white;">Elder Barker<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="color: white;">"As we act in faith we often find that the blessings of the
Lord are much different than we expected, but much better than we
imagined." - Elder Neil L. Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I forgot to tell B-ridge happy birthday! Happy Birthday
little brother, hope you had a great one! Now you can do home teaching visits,
yess. (And go to stake dances ;) )<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Love you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-73020786103944429562014-10-27T13:12:00.002-07:002014-10-27T13:12:43.996-07:00Monday, October 27, 2014
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Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Loved the pics! Thank you for sending them. A good looking
family. Could you ask the teenage boys to stop growing so much. Jesse? Carson?
Bridger? Those aren´t the little boys that I remember. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, I´m short on time today, but I´m loving life. I can´t
think of a better place or way to end my mission. We´re having great success.
The Lord is really blessing us and great things are happening in our ward. The
attendance got up to 110 this last weekend, which is great for this ward!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This weekend was election week in Brasil. It´s mandatory to
vote here and everyone has to go on the same day, Sunday. So, there were some
investigators that tried using that as an excuse, but we still got a good
number of people to go to sacrament meeting. <o:p></o:p></div>
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President Dalton announced a mission tour that Interlagos
will have on the 26th and 27th of November. The Area President of Brasil,
Claudio R.M. Costa is coming. How cruel. And on that same weekend, in this
stake, another general authority is coming to call the new stake president. Bad
timing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had success in reactivation this last week, which was
great. A woman that hasn´t gone to church in three years. We visited her on
Saturday night, and she went to church Sunday morning with her husband and kids
that aren´t members. Her name is Simone, and she said that the kids said that
they have to go to church EVERY week now. We were very happy to see them there,
and the son and husband accepted baptismal dates in November!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is such a great work. Love you all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Have a great week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-64822025571388577012014-10-27T13:05:00.000-07:002014-10-27T13:05:15.191-07:00Monday, October 20, 2014
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Dear family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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How are all of you? Sounds like the regional conference was
pretty cool. Getting ready for Halloween festivities? I´m doing fantastic in my
new area. I´m in Vila Natal (Christmas Village) with E. Fisher. We live with
the Stake President, he´s also a great guy. I couldn´t ask for anything more. I
can´t think of a better way to finish my mission. We´re already having a lot of
success together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Elder Fisher is from Houston, Texas, but he actually lived
in Evanston when he was really little. He says he has family there, Van
Langens? I didn´t recognize the name, but maybe you will. He´s very talented,
he plays piano and sang in the BYU men´s choir. We get along really well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Yesterday, we had a surprise at sacrament meeting. Paulo, a
guy that we taught one time showed up at church all on his own. His brother
(Moisés) is a member, but didn´t go on Sunday. So, Paulo went walking by
himself. He´s only 18, but he´s really intelligent. He used to go to a
different church, but said he prayed last night and felt that he should go. He
loved church, went to an FHE last night and we have another appointment with
him tonight. He said that he´s had trouble with the word of wisdom lately and
that he had been feeling guilty. But he felt a feeling of peace and tranquility
at the church. He gladly accepted a baptismal date. We´re going to teach the
rest of his family tonight, including Moisés.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I could go on and on about the great people that we´re
teaching, but it´s sufficient to say that the Lord is preparing His children.
The elect of the Lord really recognize us as representatives of Jesus Christ. I
could do this for the rest of my life. I love this work. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Heavenly Father loves all of His children. It truly is
incredible.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>The work goes on!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Love, Elder Barker</div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-82632845914018375742014-10-27T12:53:00.000-07:002014-10-27T12:53:39.595-07:00MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014
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Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>How was the wedding? I´m so happy that everything went well.
Sounds like mom worked pretty hard. Now tell all the cousins to wait until I
get home to get married! Monte. Happy birthday to Josh and Jen and Beau! Hope
they all have fantastic birthdays. That´s crazy that Megan is already home and
reported. I love our family.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, this week is the start of my last transfer. I don´t
think I´ll be finishing my mission here in the office. I´ll most likely be
heading to a new area for these last weeks. I am very excited!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really, really love this work. We had some great meetings
yesterday. We´re teaching a young couple that is living together, but they´re
not legally married. Their names are Rafael and Camila. The class was about the
law of chastity and the sacrament talks were great. After the meeting Camila
said, "So, to get baptized we need to get married first?" I said yes
and she replied, "Then we´re going to get married." <o:p></o:p></div>
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It was really cool because they have so many questions and
doubts and weren´t really sure if they wanted to get married. The church
meetings were perfect for their needs. I am so happy for them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love our savior Jesus Christ. I know that this work is
true. Joseph Smith really was a prophet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Love, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Barker<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>P.S.- We made an awesome video for the transfer, I´ll try to
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-38184951249649996102014-10-27T12:39:00.002-07:002014-10-27T12:39:42.405-07:00Monday, October 6, 2014
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Before I forget...<o:p></o:p></div>
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Luncheon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Well, I can´t believe I´m having to do this. It wasn´t too
long ago that I was selling lemonade in the street with my little blonde, kid
sister. I´m very happy for the two of you and I´m happy to have a new brother
in the family. Welcome to the family, Brad! Yankees shirt and all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love you Kenzee and I´m very proud of you. Can´t wait to
see you here in a couple of weeks. <o:p></o:p><br />
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So, a good memory about Kenzee... First of all, she´s had
many, many pets. Hermit crabs, kittens, fish, rabbits and guinea pigs. Sadly,
she never had much luck with any of them. None of those pets reached the
average life expectancy for their type. I remember one summer day, it was very,
very hot. Kenzee didn´t have much to do, so she decided to take her guinea pig,
Harry on a walk around the neighborhood in an old red wagon. It must have been
more than 100 degrees. Poor thing. About a half an hour later, Kenzee returned.
Harry did not make the trip. And so it was with Snuggles, Jo, Shy Anne, and
many others. So Brad, a voice of warning. Protect your dog!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really love you Kenz. I hope you can feel that. I couldn´t
be happier that you will be sealed in the House of the Lord. I know that you
will receive many, many blessings because of that choice. I know that families
can be together forever. The blessings of the gospel are true.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I´ll be seeing you soon! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p>Weekly Report. General Conference was awesome. I especially
liked Elder Godoy´s talk in Portuguese. All of the talks were very, very good.
We are so blessed to have a living prophet on the earth. Everything is great
here, this is the last week of the transfer. We´ve got one meeting with new
missionaries on Wednesday and that´s it. Sounds like the deer hunt was a
success. How are the preparations for the wedding? I´m very happy for Brad and
Kenzee. Hope everyone has a great week. I have one request. I want to see
pictures and videos of everything and everyone, okay? How´s Megan doing? The 93
club is going to be back together, just without me. I´ll be home soon
enough. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I love you all. I don´t have too much to report on. I
really liked Elder Scott´s talk. We can all do the simple things. Read, Pray,
FHE and Go to the temple. We will have the Lord´s protection. Our leaders are
called of God and this work is true!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-82103225846169184712014-10-27T12:25:00.004-07:002014-10-27T12:46:04.189-07:00Saturday, October 4, 2014<div dir="ltr">
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I´m sorry that I wasn´t able to send email this week. We were running all over the place. I´m watching conference here at the stake center and it´s right by the office, so we thought we would send a quick message. If I know my family... Dad went deer hunting today with the boys? Hope everyone is still getting a dose of conference. I´m loving it. We´re three hours ahead so the priesthood session will be 9 at night. President is going to let us watch it and then sleep in until 8! I´m excited to sleep in ;) The work is going well. I´ll be sending another email on Monday, but I can´t believe Kenzee will be getting married in one week.</div>
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This is a picture of my birthday cake. Speaking of birthdays, how was it for Zoe? Did she get all she wanted? I love her! Tell Roy happy birthday too!</div>
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Love you all!<br />
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-80528980149084076872014-10-27T11:35:00.001-07:002014-10-27T11:35:59.824-07:00Monday, September 29, 2014
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Hey mom, we don´t have time to send email right now, but
I´ll write later today... or maybe another day. I love you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dearest Will,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another week is here and we enjoy the blessings of life and
the gospel. This week was especially memorable with Mackenzee going
through the temple to receive your personal temple ordinances. It was
awesome. I felt the same way I felt when you went to the temple, total
happiness and joy. As parents all we really want for our kids is what the
gospel can give. No other worldly success can compare to being with your
family in the temple as a parent. I am so pleased and happy that both of
my children have made these choices in their lives. I am so blessed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the sessions at the Jordan River Temple the girls went
to Kristens house for the shower, Dad and Chris went to Cabellas, and I took a
3 hour nap on Jims bed while watching golf. I have been pretty stressed
and busy latlely and to take a undisturbed nap with the windo open and the rain
coming down was heavenly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today was a good day. We had 3 missionary farewells
and I reorganized the High Priest Group Leadership in Yellow Creek Ward.
Tonight me and the boys went to a bishops fireside at Bishop Wellings house and
I talked with the youth about preparing for missions and making the decisions
now to follow Jesus in our lives. It was a good night.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the fireside we came home and watched Brooklyn 99 with
the family. (new fall episodes) Now everyone is in bed. Janet and
Mackenzee are sending out wedding announcements and I am talking to my first
born son. My Will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Any way the next few weeks will be exciting. We have
conference, deer hunting, Kenzee’s Wedding etc. October is going to fly
by. Jeff Lee is home in 19 days. Crazy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well son, we love to hear of your mission experiences
and the lives you are changing. Love the people continually and God will
do the rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love you son. Keep up the good work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dad.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-54914453521041806182014-10-27T11:28:00.003-07:002014-10-27T11:28:34.235-07:00Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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Hey family! Thank you so much for the messages and the
video. Zoe is so grown up. Still a cutie-pie. President told me to reply to
you. It´s been chaos here in the office today. We had a transfer and we´re
preparing meetings for the rest of the week. 13 zones and 240 missionaries. I
haven´t had time to breathe, but I´m loving it. I got my package yesterday! I
loved it. I can´t believe you sent waffle crisps. You should have seen my
joy.Thank you so much! Don´t worry, I made my birthday cake last week and I´m
going to buy a pizza tonight. There are some members that did some stuff for me
too. So, I´m doing great!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pres. wanted me to tell you that he had everyone at the
transfer sing to me and everyone in the office did, too. He wanted me to report
to you ;)<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have the best family in the world!<o:p></o:p><br />
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Well I sure love ya, sorry I don´t have more time. I´ll talk
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Love you all!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Elder Barker<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello sister, Good Night!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My name is Kemely and we ward Campo de Fora / Sao Paulo /
Brazil. We just have a party for Elder Barker, and he gave us his e-mail we
send a little pictures that are attached but forgot to tell her sister's name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">His son has followed our family since my baptism.
Congratulations to your son, he is very special to our family and today he had
the privilege to talk to you this made him very happy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A big hug,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-38548761788567360362014-10-27T09:14:00.000-07:002014-10-27T09:14:04.799-07:00Monday, September 22, 2014
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Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Boommmm Diiiiaaaaa! How is my lovely family? I´m doing
great, it really is a wonderful life. I just don´t know how it passes so fast.
Tomorrow I´ll be 21. That´s so old. Oh well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So, I spoke in church yesterday. It was a really edifying
experience. I learned a lot. And it was very interesting that I learned more
giving the talk than I did in the preparation. The Spirit testified of simple
truths and lessons. I spoke about feeding the Lord´s sheep. I was able to share
some personal experiences that I had in Wyoming that many Brasilians never
have. I talked a little bit about the ranch and taking care of the animals, I
also shared some personal experiences I had had doing home teaching with Dad
and Grandpa. I talked about Bev and Howard and about some of my friends that
were baptized in high school. I´ll never forget those moments. I learned
valuable lessons.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Josefina was baptized this weekend. She is such a sweet,
humble lady. She´s a widow and has a son that doesn´t take very good care of
her. He´s more interested in drugs and his girlfriend. It really is a sad
situation, but she is so faithful. After the first time she went to church she
said her feet weren´t touching the ground. She returned home flying. She said
she´ll NEVER leave this church. It was so good to hear her testimony. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We´re also teaching an English teacher that has gone to
church a few times. His name is Nelson. He´s a great guy, but is having a hard
time leaving his other church. Sometimes we teach in English, it´s very strange
and a lot harder than you would think. We left a bunch of English Liahona´s for
him to give to his students and he´s given us a bunch of referrals. The work is
going great.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have the multi-zone meetings this week, should be fun.
Pres. Dalton is going to train us on goals. (A training that he gave in his
business career many times and in many countries)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well I love you all and hope you have an incredible week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-83168129916964943122014-10-27T08:59:00.000-07:002014-10-27T08:59:45.042-07:00September 15, 2014
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<o:p> </o:p>I had another fantastic week. Thanks for the emails and
pictures! I still didn´t get that package yet, but no worries, I´m sure it´ll
get here. Wow, I´m getting old. The temple dedication sounds like quite the
deal, I´m jealous. Thanks for news update, I loved it! Sounds like everyone is
doing well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>So... this week was pretty normal. We had some meetings, and
we´re just preparing everything for some conferences next week. We´ll also be
getting six new Americans next week. I have to go to the Federal Police to
renew my visa on Wednesday, seems like yesterday that I was there, but I guess
it´s been a year and a half already. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">But we have
this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of
the power may be of God, and not of us.<span style="border: 1pt windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> <i>We are</i></span> troubled on
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but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
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There are so many things going on in life, but we´re never
distressed, in despair, forsaken or destroyed. We are God´s people and He loves
us. He is on our side. I love the gospel and I´m grateful for the chance to
serve. I love you all and hope you have a great week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-24047787947325210062014-10-27T08:26:00.000-07:002014-10-27T08:26:32.330-07:00September 8, 2014
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Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Spring is arriving, the weather is getting warmer, and there
are more kites in the sky. They fly a lot of kites here, it´s pretty
impressive. Wow, I was surprised to hear about those weddings. Good for them.
And everything is getting prepared for Gizmo. Can´t believe she´s all grown up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>So, miracles of the week.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>We did a contact in the street with a man named Luiz. He
went to church and really liked it. He even got up to bear his testimony. I was
a little bit worried to be honest. You never know what investigators or recent
converts will say at the pulpit. But he got up and said, "I know that this
church is true. I´ve been to others and I was baptized in a different church.
But I want to be a part of this church. I want to stay." It was really
cool. He said that he got an answer from God through small things. The only
part that was a little bit different was that he said Gloria a Deus! at the end
instead of in the name of Jesus Christ. It was surprising, but very, very cool.
He will be baptized next week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>We also had recent converts bear testimony about overcoming
addictions and repentance. The spirit testified very strongly when they told of
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<o:p> </o:p>I love this gospel. And I love the work of Salvation. The
Lord is so wise in his purposes. As we work in the work of salvation we´re
really changing our own lives. He´s molding and changing our lives as we are in
His service. I´m loving my mission and my area. A lot of great things are
happening.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Love you all!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-75769934832543213732014-10-27T07:54:00.002-07:002014-10-27T07:54:20.117-07:00September 1, 2014
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Hey Mom!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hope you had a great birthday. So, President doesn´t do that
call for anyone else, he was willing to do it for me, but I couldn´t tell
anyone else. He said that he left a message. Hope you liked it! So, I would
love to live in that house, I think it would be awesome. Elder Cole really
liked the idea too, but some of the Elders say that it isn´t good to live off
campus as a freshman or sophomore. But, I trust the Hamblins. What do Josh and
Hailey think of it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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For me, it´s great and Pres. already did the endorsement, he
said that he endorsed me full-heartedly :). I´ll send the pictures again, and I
still didn´t get the package, but I´ll keep an eye out. Thankk youuu!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Another great week has begun! We had a great week and good
things are happening in the mission. I ate at Fogo de Chão today. It was the
fanciest place I´ve been to eat maybe in my whole life. I didn´t know what half
of the stuff was. It´s a buffet but they bring the meat around like at Braza
Grill and Tucanos. They even had free mouth wash in the bathroom. Sweet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Last night we went to a musical fireside in a ward called
Jardim Ângela. It was one of the best firesides I´ve ever seen. There is a lot
of talent down here in São Paulo. It certainly brought a strong spirit to all
that were there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, congrats to the Red Devils on the win in Cheyenne.
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A new transfer is starting and I´m really excited. It´s been
fun preparing everything for this week. A lot of meetings and new things
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So, I have to tell you about Renato and Laura. They are a
great couple and have two kids, Agatha (6) and Vinicius (5). Well on
Saturday, a half an hour before the baptism Laura wanted to give up and leave
it for another day. She didn´t really have a reason for wanting to quit, I
think she was just nervous and unsure about the future. Well, we talked with
them and told them they were ready and bore our testimonies and told them that
we loved them and just when I thought there was nothing more we could do, there
was a pause, and Laura started crying. She said, "Why wait?" "I
stopped smoking for this. I went to church for this. This is what I want."
It was incredible. It was a pretty chilly night and the water heater broke
(again) but that didn´t stop them. It was a very special experience. We´re
going to take them to the temple garden this week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I love the gospel and know that families can be together forever.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-15246099186010786962014-08-26T05:42:00.000-07:002014-08-26T05:42:07.506-07:00Monday, August 25, 2014
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I´m thinking about just sending
email every other week instead of every week, because it seems like they are
passing faster than ever. Just kidding. I will write every week, it´s a rule
from the Prophet. I´m doing great and I´m loving the work. Our area is being
extremely blessed. We´re having great experiences and the mission is doing
well. Happy Birthday for the best Mom in the world! Hope you have a great week
and that everything goes your way :). I love you so much! Have fun at school
and work! I loved the video of the family reunion! Crazy that Matt Johnson got
married. Good for them, I´m happy for them both. Sounds like the open house at
the temple will be pretty cool! <o:p></o:p></div>
Well I love you all and hope you have a great week. I have
gained a strong testimony of obedience. It is the key to happiness. We can
always choose the right and trust in the Lord. He will bless us for being
obedient. Miracles really happen. God is a God of miracles and they will always
happen according to our faith. This is the true church of Christ, I bear my
testimony of it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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You guys are the best!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Elder Barker<o:p></o:p></div>
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-63984949297685031212014-08-26T05:38:00.000-07:002014-08-26T05:38:04.399-07:00Monday, August 18, 2014
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<o:p> </o:p>Well... My week was fantastic. I believe that the Lord knows
exactly what I need to pass through and experience every day. He prepares
everything. It seems like there´s always something new to learn how to deal
with. Just when I think I´ve got it all figured out, there´s a new challenge. I
got to thinking, Is it going to be like that my whole life? And I think that it
will, huh? We´re here to learn, and we wouldn´t learn much if we already knew
how to handle everything. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyone is getting excited about football season? I´m happy
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So I read a talk about Remembering and Gratitude by Elder
Eyring. It´s a classic apparently. I realized how blessed I really am. We often
think that things are "ours" or "mine" when really we came
into this world with nothing. Everything that we have comes from the Lord. We
also often take for granted two of the greatest gifts, The Atonement and the
gift of the Holy Ghost. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>I´m grateful for an experience we had this last month-<o:p></o:p></div>
So... About four weeks ago a member in our ward was robbed
walking home from work. A guy on a motorcycle pulled up and ended up taking her
purse. So she was very upset and crying, and a woman that lived near by helped
her and took her into her house. They said that she was a very nice lady and
they wanted us to pass by there. Well, that week we marked a visit with them to
visit a different investigator that we had met in the street. Her name is
Lucia. When we got there, they couldn´t believe that it was the same lady! So,
she had clearly been prepared by the Lord to receive the gospel, missionary
contact and member referral in the same week. Turns out that her husband was
receiving the missionary lessons right before he died and that her son wanted
to be baptized in the church many years ago, but she didn´t let him. When we
taught the Plan of Salvation and about temple work it really touched her. She
was very emotional, knowing that she could be forgiven of the past and return
to see her husband one day. And even have his work done in the temple! Lucia
accepted the invitation and was baptized on Saturday. She loves the church and
is anxious to go to the temple. She is a great lady.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I love the gospel. I especially love the hope it gives us
when we think there is none. And the relief that replaces regret. Families
really can be together forever. The Lord lives and loves us. We are so blessed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>I love you all,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-79741697201076822672014-08-11T10:47:00.002-07:002014-08-11T10:47:24.109-07:00Monday, August 11, 2014
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> 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". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Things in the area are great and there are so many cool
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Have a great football season! Go Red Devils!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Love you all,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-2026934985801148222014-08-05T13:59:00.003-07:002014-08-05T13:59:27.215-07:00Monday, August 4, 2014
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I love you all and I´m grateful for all of you! This week
was great. A man named Eduardo was baptized on Saturday. His family was
baptized a few weeks ago, but he had to stop smoking. His son, Bruno baptized
him and it was really, really cool. This is a special family. They now have a
picture of the temple in their front room with the date of one year from the
baptism as a goal to be sealed. They are incredible! We´re also teaching some
of their friends in the same neighborhood. The other missionaries are some that
taught him before the transfer. I´m loving my new area and my companion. It´s
been really great. Thanks for the pictures and updates. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, I don´t have much news. The days are blurring together
and the time is flying by even faster. Sounds like you had a good reunion! Too
bad that everyone got sick... Don´t worry about the emails mom. You are the
best. Tell Hailey happy birthday for me. She´s getting old! I know that this
work is true and that the Lord works with us according to our faith. Faith is
truly a principle of power. I´ve seen that so much is possible when I just
believe and ask for specific blessings. The Lord wants to bless us! He just
wants us to ask Him and show that we are dependent on Him. Love you all! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-39373342761883401052014-08-05T13:39:00.000-07:002014-08-05T13:39:02.411-07:00Monday, July 28, 2014
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I hope all is well with you. How was the 24th? Is Kenzee
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This was a very hectic week. I got transferred to one of the
best areas in the mission. It´s called Campo de Fora. It is really great. My
new companion´s name is Elder Cole. He´s lived in many places, but his family
is currently in St. George. He will be going home in October. He was a skater
before the mission. He skated with a lot of pros, he also likes wake boarding
and his dad is a brain surgeon. He is a great missionary, I´ve already learned
a lot with him. I got called as an assistant as well, so we´ve had a lot of
meetings and trainings to prepare. It´s been cool to work with Pres. Dalton a
little bit more. I was hoping to be able to train a new missionary to finish,
but I´m happy wherever the Lord wants me. I love being a missionary.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So is Preston Pace home? And how´s the summer going? Has it
been hot? It´s been pretty cold here lately.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I really know that these things are true. I love the Savior
and I love serving Him. I´ve seen so many things in these last few weeks, I
couldn´t write half of them. The gospel changes lives. We are so blessed, and
we don´t realize it sometimes. We have Temples that are so precious. Families
really can be together forever. God is our loving heavenly father, and he
really knows us personally. I love you all!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-5343857018815380162014-07-24T21:15:00.001-07:002014-07-24T21:15:42.167-07:00Monday, July 21, 2014
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was our temple trip that we made with investigators and
recent converts. It was a classy bus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The other is The Ranieri Zone. It´s missing a couple of
missionaries, because it´s always like hearding cats trying to take pictures.
The Chilean in the front is a cool guy, he is a surfer. He surfed with Jack
Johnson! He was sponsored by Billabong and his name is Pablo Córdova. We also
have a couple of Valedictorians, a genius, a dancer and a lot of other talents.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This was President Pinho´s last meeting with us. I´ll send a
new picture with Pres. Dalton soon. You´ll see the height difference!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dear Will,<br />
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First of all I believe that you can NOT beat up Brad. Because he works out
everyday. And even Kenzee can not. Our Kenzee. Are there any animals in Brazil?
Because I heard there are monkeys</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol","sans-serif";">😱</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
I need to be working more this summer, because mom says I work 100 hours I will
get an iPod 6 or 5. I'm so exited!!! I love you please please PLEASE
write back soon.<br />
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Love, Mia.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hey! I work out everyday too, ya know. I´m a pretty
physically impressive missionary... Okay, maybe not impressive. There are all
kinds of animals here! Sooo many dogs and cats and rats and possums and owls
and cool birds and monkeys too ;) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Keep working hard. You´re the best!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks for the email. Very good to hear from you.
How was the week? Did you go on a trip? Pioneer Days this
week too. Fun Stuff. I like the family history stuff, keep sending it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, I got transferred again. I don’t know where I’m
headed now, but I’m sure that there are great things in store.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The zone took 28 recent converts and investigators to the
temple garden on Saturday! The stake rented a bus for us to take.
It was really cool. We taught in the garden and went to the temple store
to buy things. It was a very good experience. And it helped the
investigators understand that baptism isn’t the end, it’s just the first
step. Well, not much to say this week. I sure do love you
all. Hope that everything is well and that you all keep writing me
;). Have a great week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-72610936022392055472014-07-14T09:45:00.007-07:002014-07-14T09:45:53.423-07:00Monday, July 14, 2014
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Dear Family,<o:p></o:p></div>
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How was your week? Mine was fantastic! Happy anniversary Mom
and Dad. And Happy Birthday for you Dad. Hope you have a good.... 50th? Not
yet. But I love you both and hope you have a great week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had interviews with Pres. Dalton this last week. It was a
very good experience. We talked about the mission, family, goals for after the
mission and everything. Transfers are next week, I´ll let you know of any
changes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>We had a baptism this last week. His name is Darius. He´s
dating a member of the ward and had been going to church on his own. He said
that last week at church he received an answer. He felt peace. His baptism was
very special. We´re taking them to visit the temple this weekend, to start
thinking about the next steps. He´s anxious to take the name of his
grandparents to do baptisms. He is a great guy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The world cup is over, so that´s nice. Not as many
distractions now. And things are basically back to normal. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>It´s incredible to think that I´m never alone on the
mission, well I´ll always have my companion, but in DC 84:88 it says that there
are angels round about us to bear us up. I learned recently that those angels
are not necessarily strangers. Why would the Lord send angels that didn´t have
anything to do with our lives? I believe that they are the people we love. Our
ancestors, descendents and the family of our investigators. <span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="24"><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: #486fae; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Alma 13:24</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
<span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> For behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our
land; and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men to receive</span><br />
<span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> his word at the time of his coming in his glory.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<o:p> </o:p><span style="border: 1pt windowtext; color: #2f393a; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Love
you all!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-38567258128507297582014-07-14T09:41:00.006-07:002014-07-14T09:41:49.602-07:00Monday, July 7, 2014
Dear Family,<o:p></o:p><br />
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How was your week? Mine was great! We had the first
leadership council with Pres. Dalton and then another meeting with all of the
zones. Sister Dalton is great too. She doesn´t speak Portuguese, which is kind
of nice. I like speaking english sometimes. Pres. Dalton showed a slide show of
his life. I was impressed. He´s very humble for the kind of success he´s had.
He played basketball in Powell, Wyoming. He said the coaches didn´t want him
anywhere, but it was one of his goals, so he did it. Then he said that one of
his goals was to graduate from Harvard. After being rejected once, he got in.
THEN, he decided he wanted to graduate in the top 10 percent of the class. And
he did it. He´s been the president of three companies and has given speeches in
many parts of the U.S. He is a Huge (almost 7 foot), happy man. He has enough
energy for the whole mission to feed off. We have a strong focus on the temple
now. We´re going to take everyone to the temple. Investigators, Recent Converts
and Less Actives. Everyone will be doing Family History and taking their own
family names to the temple. Very cool.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<o:p> </o:p>Speaking of family history. In my zone there´s an Elder
Hardman. He´s from Liverpool, England. And I remember that story of our
ancestor Margaret Hardman also from Liverpool. Maybe we have ancestors in
common. Do you think Grandma Lynn could send me her generation chart and
Grandpa Jess? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>We´re teaching a lot about the temple. It´s a new rule for
missionaries everywhere to teach the 5th lesson before and after the baptism.
It´ll be very good.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Woohoo! I got accepted to BYU. Thanks Uncle Jimmy. Now, I
just need to make a final decision. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>I love you all and I know that families can be eternal. I
also know that there are many people in our family on the other side of the
veil waiting for their work to be done. Keep up the great work with family
history, because it truly is missionary work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Love you all!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Barker Vai Brasil!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09635054075667761851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959564594745424698.post-16417636063132601732014-07-14T09:35:00.003-07:002014-07-14T09:35:34.934-07:00Monday, June 30, 2014
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I´m doing very well. Missionary life is the best life,
because you can´t go wrong serving the Lord. Life is good, can´t complain...
just that my sister is getting married in October. So much for waiting. I´m
just kidding, I´m happy for them and hope all goes well in preparation for the
wedding. I used to think that a month was a long time. I now realize that as
fast as you count them, they´re gone. We have a ward activity on Friday (4th of
July). Maybe we´ll make hamburgers and light of fireworks... Oh wait, they´ll
be doing that anyway for the Brasil game. It´ll be perfect. <o:p></o:p></div>
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How´s Grandma Barker doing? Tell her that I love her and am
praying for her. I´m sure that everything will be alright. <o:p></o:p></div>
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President and Sister Dalton got here on Friday. We have a
meeting with him tomorrow and then another one with the zones on Friday. He
sounds like a really good guy. He said in his letter that they were trained by
all 15 of the Apostles these last few weeks, so he´s definitely excited. The
zone is making progress and we´re excited for July. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Have I told you about Robson? He´s a cool guy. He´s been to
church the last few weeks and he´s preparing for baptism. He was just a street
contact that was really needing spiritual help. He showed up at church all by
himself (we didn´t follow up) and he said, `told you I would come`. Pretty
cool. He participates in protests and movements of some sort. He doesn´t like
the government, but he really likes the Book of Mormon, so that´s good. He will
serve well in the church.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>Love you all. Being a missionary is the best. We don´t have
problems, only solutions. Jesus Christ is our captain and master. He is leading
this work and I know it. The Book of Mormon is the word of God and it will draw
us nearer to God than any other book on earth. I love it. Have a great week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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