Hey hows it goin?

Well this week I didn't do much!  First we had a zone conference which was average, and the rest of the week I didn't do much cause my comp has parasites and I only left the house one day.  From Thursday to Sunday I have been stuck inside which if you are a missionary or have been you know how it is! I had a lot of time to think and study haha!!  It's all good actually the worst was that we didn't have water since Friday so I had to adventure to the river for water and to wash my dishes.  The only problem that is killing me is the toilet but I guess we just have to wait that one out hehehe!!!

But that is life up in the mountains and I asked to do divisions so I can actually work in my area so I will be doing divisions all week so that will be good. I am ready to put some Baptismal Dates!!!

Well I hope this week will be better but for now this is all so I love you all have a great week and be safe peace!!

Nekexinra Elder Barker

Baptismal Font in Seriqueche

Wow what a week I don't know where to start but here it goes.

So I got up to Senahu last Tuesday and I met my comp Elder Miranda he´s crazy, I love him we get along great. He is from Columbia and he is a little disobedient but I am a buena onda with him so I am just trying to chip away the small disobedience before I get to the big but so far so good!!

Plus we have two houses!  One in Senahu in the Zl´s house we have a room where we put all of our stuff and we only take what we need for the week to Serit´Quiche so that means just the necessities.  I wasn't expecting that and there is no food so we have to like battle for food down here in Senahu but all is good!!

It's about a hour truck ride up the mountain to Seritquiche.  The thing is we have two Branches so like two different areas.  We have Serit´quiche and Semarak which is a hour and a half hike up over a mountain and we mostly work in Semarak.  The first time we went I about died but I am used to it now but it is just incredibly gorgeous here.  I wake up and I just walk outside and bam just pine tree forest and then mountains and of course a river where Qeqchi´s are bathing but its incredible!!

My house is in church property all fenced in and its the same as the house in Canlun and nope I don't have hot water.  I still have yet to have a hot water shower in my whole mission but this isn't like Canlun cold water this is ice cold our shower head freezes haha so we shower out of a tube haha.  I sleep in my sleeping bag on a cot until they get us our mattresses haha so my life is camping but its dope!!!

The work is great the people love my name Kaqi´ tul and they are just the best. I love this people, we did have a heart break this week so we are trying to get people married and baptised but first this couple had a problem.  It turns out the husband was married before so he needs to get divorced first, but the district president from Senahu was going down to Coban to do divorces so we got all the paper work to him and then he calls us and tells us it won't happen cause he has a kid.  We had to go back and tell the family that he has to pay a lot of money to get divorced and the lady member just broke down and said all she wants is an eternal marriage and stuff so it broke my heart.  We do have plans to marry another couple and to baptise the husband so hopefully that goes well but we have a lot of work to do this week. The hardest part is that for every lesson you have to plan a hour to walk to the next one so we only get like four lessons in so its hard but its fun here I love it!! 

It was hard to leave Canlun and Elder North and Victor but I know that Victor is going to be a great help with the branch in Canlun.

Well I love you all stay safe and have fun and share the gospel!!

Elder Barker

Well its been a great last week and just crazy!!!

First the most important we had a baptism wooooooo!!!

His name is Victor and he is 19 and his story is cool.

So we found him about 4 weeks ago, well I actually knew him my whole time in Canlunbecause he was always at church. He wanted to be in the choir so we took him a hymn book and I also asked if we could teach his brother.  So we taught his brother a couple of times then the brother of Victor tells us Victor isn't baptised... it blew my mind he knew a lot and was always at church he was just to shy to ask someone to baptise him hahaha!  So we taught him and I had the opportunity to baptise him which was awesome!!  We also had a great spiritual experience with him as well, he got sick and his family was going to take him to Coban a week before the baptism.  He was just having a lot of problems with his stomach and so we gave him a blessing and after the blessing he was asleep so we waked him up and he was just like wow I feel good so from then on he was better.  So he´s great and I am super happy I could  baptise him my last week in Canlun.

Yes it is my last week in Canlun. I didn't have a change we got the calls and our DLtold us that Canlun had no changes haha so I was a little disappointed but happy I could be with North and have more baptisms but I got a call this morning and our ZL´s told me I have a last minute change to the Mountain District. I am going to Serikitchehigh up in the mountains of Senahu and my comp is Elder Miranda from El Salvador.  I heard he is really cool guy. I am excited but now I have to go back to Canlun and tell everyone I am leaving which sucks but ya I am excited for the new change too.  Well that's about it.  I love you all have a great week and be safe!!

Neketinra aj Elder Barker