Email: September 23, 2019 - "Watch out Elders, you're walking into a war zone!"

The quote this week comes from me actually. We had exchanges with our district leader Elder Russell who came to my area. During our dinner hour we weren't hungry, so we decided to pass the time by having a nerf war. It started out pretty normal but it escalated quickly. Before I knew it the couch with our dinner table stacked on top of it was blocking the hallway and had a blanket covering it. I'll send a picture.

This week was very busy for Elder Kim and I. Covering two wards isn't easy by any means but it makes you feel like you are accomplishing a lot at once which I have enjoyed. We still have a lot of room to improve but we are seeing success and it's wonderful.

Monday. We had an awesome P-day! We went out to Malibu to try some fish tacos (they were pretty average) but we also drove Malibu canyon which is the exact border of the mission and it was awesome! One of my favorite drives in the mission. We then finished out the day with some soccer and driving through Topanga Canyon on our way home. 

Tuesday: Exchanges and we began to teach a new part member family. It was also the year mark of when I picked up Elder Mora from the mission office and officially began training so we had a small celebration

Wednesday: We had our district council meeting in the morning which was fun followed by many contact attempts, studies, and appointments

Thursday: We had some service in the morning followed by 80¢ wings at Buffalo wild wings, we then went to the mission office for English class

Friday: We had a chapel tour with our new friend Chamberlain he enjoyed it and started asking us a lot of questions about doctrine. He enjoyed the appointment and he wants to attend church with us some time. 

Saturday: We were super busy in the morning with multiple appointments, so we did a brief split with the Burbank Elders to cover our appointments, we then had weekly planning, studies and my plan so that lasted us a good while. There was also a surprise party for a member in the North Hollywood ward that we participated in for our dinner hour.

I also want to apologize for the fact that I am not putting as much effort into these weekly emails anymore (hence the lack of spell checking) but hey at least y’all are getting something right?

Take it easy and enjoy the moments

-Elder Barton