A Year of Opportunity

Hey everyone! Just so you know, this will be a short one. I had quite a few more tasks to take care of than usual, so if I wasn't able to respond to you, just know it is nothing personal! 

Coolest experience this week: yesterday Adrian received the priesthood, which we believe is the power to act in God's name here on the earth. He asked me to give that authority to him, which was a really cool experience. The coolest part was he talked about how he felt a sudden change in his love for others, and he has set personal goals to love others and be more kind in his everyday life. I think all of us could do well to do that same thing! 

Probably the weirdest experience of the week, someone contacted us about helping them move down the street, so we went over to help. We knocked on the door, and someone we didn't recognize answered. They asked what was up, we told them, they then said that the person we were looking for had stolen all of her stuff and moved it out of the apartment. As expected, things got pretty awkward pretty fast. Then the other person showed up, and the roommate called the cops as soon as that happened. The person moving then asked us to come help move other stuff, so being the innocent people we are, we just moved very slowly to slow things down until the cops showed up to get everything sorted out. The police came, they grabbed the person moving, they had a conversation, and told us to stay put. So we sat in the person's apartment alone until we were told to leave. Quite an interesting experience. Not sure what happened after that...so, yeah.

Well! That is all I got! Love you all! have a great week! 

Elder Barlow

P.S. No pictures, I don't have my tablet with me!

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