(Moms note:  This story is from last week that I never had a change to post!)

 

Well this week was great!   We had a baptism on Saturday his name is Sergio Coc Chub he is 10 years old and he has a cool story how we found him and everything!!

So it started like 2 months ago he has two older brother and a sister who are members and his parents aren't members but his family is pretty inactive.  So we had a feeling to go visit them and turned out his mom has ulcers and was throwing up blood so we gave her a blessing and she went to Coban to get medical help...but big problem the parents left the kids without food so we cooked all of our food for them everyday until they got home.

Then about a week after that we met with them again and Sergio told us he wanted to be baptized and wanted to take the lessons so we taught him and he is now a member in the church.

That's not all his mom and dad want to get married sometime soon and be baptized as well, so as I have learned over and over again service is the key!!!

 

Happy Birthday Mema Love ya! and Jacky boo love ya bud Happy Birthday on Sunday......Wow what a week so turns out it was a blessing I went to Coban.  I didn't really see the reason cause my comp could of just come with the other missionaries here but Sunday night before I started peeing blood so I called the nurse and long story short I  have a urinary tract infection hahaha but so that was fun hahaha!!!!

My companion Elder Aguilar is from Mexico City, Mexico. He is cool and I am finishing his training. It's funny his first comp. was Elder Fuller my comp. from the ccm hahaha.  Elder Aguilar really wanted to learn Qeqchi but now that he is here he isn't so sure.  It's been rough for him but he´ll make it.

His first day we came to K´anlun in a pick up and the driver killed a dog on the way it was so terrible.  I chewed him out for it and didn't pay him my way for the trip cause it was just super stupid, so that was the first thing he saw.  We finally got home and I wrote him a testimony and prayer in Qeqchi and he studied that then he just broke down and it was sad.  I felt bad he just told me it was so much and I just stood up and gave him a hug then told him to pray then off we went and he still doesn't really like it here but he is learning fast  - he will be fine!!!!

As for me wow its been nuts!  Lets just say lots of personal prayers and studying like crazy.  I have had a headache this whole week because I have 3 languages going in my head at the same time hahaha! It's been good I have learned from this last week to really rely on the Lord every second of everyday!!

Well I am glad Easter went good for you all and had a good time.  I had a good Easter as well, I finished the day off with eating pumpkin and some other thing I forgot the name.  It's tradition to eat those foods during Semana Santa!!

Well I hope you all have a nice week and are safe.   I love you all tons and nekexra means I love you guys in Qeqchi so...

Nekexra Elder Barker

 

 This a hole where people will go potty!

 

Happy Easter!

 

So if you are wondering why I titled the email this way is because we are back in Coban and Elder Griffiths has to go get checked for parasites!

So parasites really aren't that bad you just take pills for 3 days then its gone so really not that big of a deal but yep I took the 6 hour trip here to Coban and I am going to enjoy it with some McDonalds hahaha!!!! 

Anyways to important stuff -  this week was a good week for me we didn't work a ton because Elder Griffs was really sick and in bed for two days but it was some good study time and I learned lots of Qeqchi so I still made those two days good, it just sucks being inside all day and our house gets so hot but all is good!!!

But I am stoked for General Conference!!! Wooooo all the missionaries in Polochik stay at the zone leaders house and they call it P-weekend because all of us are just hanging out watching conference and eating burritos so sounds like some good times ahead this week but everybody Provecho!!!!

So my good spiritual experience happened on Sunday and Thursday.  So Thursday I fasted to find some new investigators cause we have our 5 progressing but we just can't get caught up in them and not find new ones.   Every person we meet just doesn't want to progress so I fasted for some new investigators that will progress and it wasn't what I thought.  It was on Sunday we had like 55 people attending church and that is a lot for us and like at 9:30 this huge less active family come in and like 5 of our old investigators and I was just blown away.   We broke a record for most people at church ever for Kanlun wooooo!!! But wow it was a good answer to a prayer.  I testify fasting works and that our Heavenly Father loves you and will help you this is his work and nothing can stop the work of the Lord!! So fast every once in a while it works so well!!!

Well I love you all so much enjoy your week and be safe love you all!!

Nekexinra Elder Barker