August 1, 2022 - 😎

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Ayoo here's another week! It's been a solid one but also kinda tough at the same time. The work is probably going better than it ever has on my mission and it's been so nice. Lisa is still on date for Aug 25th and we just put our friend Joanna on date for Aug 27th! They both came to church and then we have a young couple and then a youth kid who are exploring baptism and the church. I've been feeling really blessed to have the work going well and have a good comp. The everyday grind is pretty dang hard but it's always worth it when we get to see someone accept it or just help them. 

We've had a ton of fun with it too. Things like riding an investigator's bike that's absolutely crazy. Or we went on exchanges and some Latinos invited us into their party and fed us burgers while they all drank modelos lol. I got to talk soccer with all of them and I haven't been able to talk actual soccer with people in so long, it was a tender mercy for sure. I'm convinced I was meant to serve Spanish to talk soccer with everyone. My comp and I rode a dinosaur together and we've just been having a fun time. 





We had a super wild experience where we had a prompting that someone needed us that night and we didn't know who it was but we ended up in the sketchiest apartments in our area at like 9:30 kind of downtown and found this couple who really needed us. I just bore my testimony of the Atonement and told them how it can help them in their specific situation. The Spirit is real and guides us to where we need to be and what we need to do. It's not always that dramatic but I do know God promises it will be with us as we remember Him and are willing!


Hope you all have a good week! 

Elder Barlow🏋






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