May 15, 2023 - My Third Son

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 Ayo this week was pretty solid. I liked it. 

Sooo this week was transfers and I dropped off Elder Young and so our companionship was short lived. But then I got to pick up my third trainee and his name is Elder Olsen. He's from Harriman Utah and he's a cool guy. I like him and training is definitely it's own experience haha. I remember what the beginning of the mission is like and how there's just so much to learn and do on a mission that it makes the beginning hard. He's doing good and he'll do a lot of great things.

Finding was slower this week because of some meetings and things. We had 1 friend at church, our buddy Berson who's from Haiti. He liked it and we're just teaching to his needs right now so hopefully we can make some progress. 


One thing with having a new missionary is God always blesses us up with some miracles. There's this one lady named Gabby who the missionaries were walking her dog and never offered a message. So we did and she said yes but then we could never get something set up. We finally did and we taught the restoration, and the spirit was strong.

Then we shared the first vision and I asked what she thought and she said, " I believe it, yeah i believe it". I was like can you say that again haha. It was awesome I'm really excited I hope we can keep the momentum. Pray for Gabby for us!

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there and especially my Mom. Happy Mothers Day and Birthday yesterday mom I love you!❤️

Elder Barlow 🐮





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