What's Love Got to Do With It?

When you tryna hold a pet pig but dogs love you...
Hope you like the line from a classic oldies song, and trust me, just because the subject title doesn't say inferno doesn't mean it isn't hot anymore. We are still in triple digits. We are out of the worst of it though. Summer #2 is taken down!! I guess I'm a pro now. Anyways, I hope you all had a great week! This week was pretty crazy. It always is.

So, we were supposed to have a baptism this weekend for our investigator Lucia, but she had a baby on Tuesday, so that made that a little difficult! It was cool though, because she still had such a strong desire to be baptized as soon as possible!! She is the coolest person and has a very strong testimony. So, sooner rather than later, we will be having a fantastic baptism!! Love it!

We had a lot of opportunities this week to spontaneously serve others. We had a cool opportunity on Saturday, there was a new family that moved in that needed some help, so we stopped and helped. They had zero friends or family that were willing to help, so they were really grateful for us being so willing to be of service to them. We even got to scare the stray peacocks out of their backyard. I didn't know there was such thing as stray peacocks, but you learn something new every day.

As I have been in this area, I have learned a lot about how to help people. There are many people around me who are still struggling with things and the calling that missionaries have puts us in a position where we are responsible for helping those people to overcome those problems. I mean, nearly any problem you can think of, to some degree you deal with it on a mission. It's crazy, it's difficult, and lots of times you have no idea what to do to help these people. I have learned that prayer, and using time wisely are two very important aspects in helping other people. It's never easy to give up your personal time to the needs of others, it's never easy to help people move in a white shirt, slacks and a tie in 105 degrees multiple times a day. But I know that serving and helping others regardless of our circumstances is what is necessary to help us grow into the people God wants us to be. So keep looking for those opportunities this week. 

 Love you all. Have an awesome time with school, work, whatever you are dealing with. "Trust God, and believe in good things to come." - Jeffrey R. Holland

Elder Barlow

a fantastic drawing from a 7-yr old girl in our church


all 16 south Phoenix missionaries playing one game of Uno.

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