8-28-17

Yo! Hey Guys!

So another crazy fast week just flew by! We had a really great week with lots of fun and hard work. Last Pday was fun playing ping pong and pool. On Tuesday I went on Exchanges with one of my Zone Leaders Elder Ryan. He is such a great guy! Exchanges with him are always such a party! On our exchange we had one of the craziest experiences of my mission. So this is a long story so buckle up. Okay, so about two weeks ago we were doing a district tract in the Zone Leaders area when this random guy and his wife comes running up to Elder Hatch and I and invited us over for dinner. It was a little weird because non members don't usually do that so we said we would love to. We set it up for this last Tuesday and we decided it would be smart to bring one of the ZL's since it's their area. We were a little nervous about what was going to happen but when we arrived it was all normal until they introduced us to their friends. Once we got talking with the friends we quickly realized he was a pastor of the baptist church down the road. We instantly looked at each other and our faces just said, "well this will be fun." The conversation started out great and we just got to know them but it took a hard turn when we started asking each other religious questions. You could just feel the tension in the air. The pastor was obviously prepared for bashing when he tells us that he was just looking through the Book of Mormon the other day. He started ripping into us with some questions and we just answered them boldly and with the spirit. Once we could tell it was starting to turn bad we just said we had another appointment and left with our testimonies and a prayer. I learned a lot from that experience! First of all is that the Book of Mormon is truly the word of God and contains the full gospel of Jesus Christ. Second of all arguing does absolutely nothing for anyone! I learned that along time ago on my mission but it was definitely reconfirmed Tuesday night. After that me and Elder Ryan felt like we deserved a mcflurry so we made a quick McDonald's run. It was a good way to end the night! That was quite the fun exchange! The rest of the week went very well! We seem to just be running all over the place. One of our recent converts had their wedding which was a lot of fun!

This was the 2nd wedding in this area for a recent

convert! Their was a ton of non members and lots of great contacts. On Sunday we went to a baptism in the sisters area. It was really fun to see Dominic get baptized because I was the one who interviewed him. It was a little different experience interviewing someone but really amazing! Also Sunday we had a lesson with Jena who is a recent convert and we helped them rope some reindeer. Quick question, does reindeer poop come out of suit pants? Anyway well that pretty much sums it up for my week. I hope you all have a great week! Love ya!

-Elder Barney


2 Timothy2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.