27 Sept. 2010

Family,

So we’ve been meeting a lot with the family that I told you about last week, and the father agreed to be baptized with the rest of them. The problem is, he still has not read from the Book of Mormon, or prayed. Then something came up, and none of them were able to come to church yesterday. We were pretty bummed about it, but it was the first time we really asked them to come. It was encouraging to see members that we had taken along take an interest in them though. When they didn’t show up, people came up to us and asked about the family – how they were doing, that they were excited to see them again, etc. It meant a lot to us. I still have high hopes for them.

Zone Leader Council is happening this coming weekend, and I just learned that I’m going to Guam for it. I’m assuming that means I’ll be the Zone Leader here in a couple of weeks, but you never know right? I’m pretty excited to go because I’ll get to eat at real restaurants and have fast food.

We were asked to give a blessing last night to the father of a less-active man that we’re teaching, and I realized how inadequate I feel sometimes. Here I am, 19 year old Taylor, being called upon to make the will of God known to people much older and more experienced in the walks of life than I am. I can’t help but be humbled at the opportunity.

I think I’ve mentioned the To the Rescue program, but part of what it entails is the active members are supposed to assign themselves to a less-active member, and go visit and fellowship them – in addition to normal home teaching to their other families. Anyway, it hasn’t been happening, so we’ve started calling members and just scheduling times with them to go and visit whoever they’re assigned to. We called one woman in particular, and she picked a time and day, and then decided, “You know what? Why don’t I just pick her (the other woman she is assigned to) up, and bring her to our house tomorrow for Family Home Evening?” So that’s happening tonight and I’m so excited for it.

Love,
Elder Barlow

P.S. In the newsletter you said “For Kandis’ babies” (plural) is she having twins and no one told me?


One of our families' diseased pet puppy. Sick.

Gross puppy again.


Our instant water heater and broken pipe in the middle of being fixed.



This is Rilang - the girl who left on her mission (in red), myself, Elder Lyman (not my companion), Rayda (a returned missionary in blue), and Rilang's crazy little brother, Ngirachsui.