May 23, 2022 - Time is Flyinggg

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Wassup everyone! The past couple weeks have been flying by its been so nice. About 2 weeks ago we found this girl Autumn who was smoking outside her apartment and we started talking and she basically told us she's wanting to join our church haha. We were like you what now?? Later that week we got a text from her saying she was up at the temple with one of our good friends. We were so confused so we called her and turns out her friend is a member and Autumn had gone to the temple to just have a quiet peaceful place to pray. It's been so cool, but now we just need to get her to meet with us consistently. That's always the hardest part it seems. We also put our friend Johnny on date for June 5!! I'm so hyped for him but we've definitely got some work to do still. I want to make sure he's doing it for himself and not getting baptized just because he loves the missionaries. We're also helping a lady get baptized here in Reno who is from Canada who was taught over zoom by one our members daughter who's on a mission in Kentucky. Crazy situation but we've done some zoom meetings with them for that. And yes, the Canadians are extremely nice. Like almost too nice lol. 


We had a ward talent show and it was all over the place haha. We had everything you could think of. A guy in a kilt doing magic and fencing, old ladies singing songs they wrote, music talents, ballet, batons, and Bishop jumping off the stage while doing a wheelie on his bike. All this while I pounded like three bags of popcorn haha. 

These are just a few of the highlights and it's been really amazing recently. Being able to just focus completely on others I've seen and learned so much. Theres a lot of really tough days but after each one I'm always grateful I didn't stop and I can always see where God's helping us out. 


Helaman 5:47


Love yall hope you're doing well!! Shoot me an email sometime!!


Elder Barlow🏋










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