December 26, 2022 - Christmas #2

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Welp my last Christmas on the mission is over which is pretty crazy to think about. Time is moving  


We had zone conference and it was pretty cool President and Sister Dunn got us all hoodies for Christmas that have our mission on it. We had some cool experiences with our friends Hilda and Drake. Hilda prayed to know if this is her path and she said she felt the spirit super strong. It'll be cool to see how the gospel continues to change their lives. They came to church yesterday as well so hopefully all goes well for the baptism in January. Christmas Eve we tried to talk with some people but not much happened. 




We had a dinner with the Ramirez family and they had all the extended family over. Pretty much felt like back home family parties. They did make some fire tamales and Mexican food and I'm pretty much convinced Mexican culture is the coolest out there. We gave Bruce some ties for Christmas and he's pretty hyped to wear them to church. We gave our boy Lloyd some cookies and he opened up with his let's go Brandon T-shirt tucked into his pajamas with his headset on because he was spending Christmas Eve playing Ghost Recon with his online buddy hahah. Too funny I'll add the pic below.


We spoke in church on Christmas so that was really cool, I spoke on how we can know Christ better through His names the Redeemer and the Prince of Peace. Testifying of Christ everyday is the best part about being a missionary and it was cool to talk about Him in church on Christmas.

I'm pretty sure 2022 isn't gonna end and it's just gonna turn to December 32nd on Sunday but we'll see what happens


Elder Barlow 🐢












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