Throwback Thursday


BBQ at the Mission Home...Tons of Fun!
Hey everybody!! This week was pretty busy. We were actually out of our area a lot due to exchanges and we gave a number of trainings this week, but here is one thing I'll share that was awesome from this last week!

Thursday, we did an exchange and I went with the one and only....Elder Grigsby! For those who don’t remember he was my first mission companion, in other words my “trainer”. It was a ball, we had tons of fun and it was a blast to the past for sure. We met with a number of people who were recently baptized in the last few months, and then we had a lesson with a guy named Richard, who has been looking in to the church for the last few weeks. We had a really cool lesson with him, the first question he asked us was, “Can I learn more about this whole baptism thing?” Our eyes lit up, we taught him about baptism, and he is now moving towards getting baptized at the beginning of March! Such a cool guy, and it was a cool experience to be back with Elder Grigsby again, we needed that. He goes home in about a week, so it was a good opportunity for us to learn from each other before he heads off. 

Another cool thing, Adrian, the man, myth, and legend, spoke at the new convert devotional last night, and it was awesome! He has such a powerful testimony and it touched everybody that was there.  He had a number of friends there who hadn’t been to church before, so he is doing great! 

I love this work and to see the changes that it makes in the lives of others, and then seeing them going on to help others and change their lives as well. 

Out of time! Love you all, have a great week!

Elder Barlow

Ran into Barbara who got baptized last year in Casa Grande!

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