Whats the number for 911?? -lil rascles

Hello everyone heres a little overview of my week!! Love You all :)

Sunday: little did i know but this was my last sunday in the ysa branch. We got transfer calls sunday night & i got a call from the senior STLs saying i will be going to Blairsville & training two new missionaries!! I was so excited for a change but so scared to be training so cross our fingers this works

Monday: we packed the majority of the day and said bye to all our college kids we were teaching awe it was a real sad day.

Tuesday: TRANSFERS!!! we went to transfer meeting and rip my heart out leaving my bff sister Graff!!

I got my new companions & they are awesome!! Sister White is from SLC & has been out for 5 weeks & Sister Venema is from sugar city Idaho & is straight from the mtc!!

We drove to Blairsville & wow Blairsville is a literal Hallmark Movie town!! Its so so cute but so so small & in the middle of the woods!! Im so excited to be here for the holidays!

Wednesday: a member took us to lunch at this cute grill on a golf course awe it was so nice!! We also met Josh who is a new person we can teach so wooo! Also Blairsville is filled with old people so by the time i leave this area im going to adopt so many grandparents hahaha

Thursday: we went to lunch at this cute southern place with our friends who just want to "get to know us" hopefully they will want to learn soon!! But they are so sweet & southern!

We also made a visit to a less active couple & read the book of mormon with them!!

Friday: we tracted so much! Blairsville is very spread out & the houses are wayyyy far apart so tracting here is so different on campus because you literally have to SEARCH for people!!

Saturday: we tracted & our day was good but literally crazy!! For the past 2 nights we have come home to our apartment door unlocked & on the second night they made us call 911 and find a members home to sleep at because they said it wasnt safe sooooo... yeah!! Hahaha funny not so funny

Sunday: we went to church!! So as ive said Blairsville is the smallest town and theres this little branch of about 30 people with a good chunch of them being visitors hahah but the branch is real cute!! We taught primary & there was a solid 7 kids & thats the whole primary combined! Hahaha blairsville is definitely different but so so good! We also had a thanksgiving feast after church so that was yum!!

I love you all and I am so thankful for all of you & I hope you have a great Thanksgiving week & Happy Birthday to my cute mom on thanksgiving day! I am so so thankful for her!!

Xoxo, Sister Barton

6 MONTHS 💓

Ok yes this week was so so good! & im so so happy & I hope y'all are too!! I love y'all!!

Sunday: we had spiritual sunday at the branch presidents house! President Bristol plays the guitar so we sang some hymns with him playing and had a spiritual thought and then roasted smores & did karaoke!! It was so fun & we even got to sing some songs sooo yes i love missiomary work!

Monday: We had a lesson with Tyler and talked about faith & repentance & how when we repent we are showing our faith because we are applying the attonement in our personal lives.
We also met with Nate!! We taught him the restoration and he had a lot of deep questions wow! At the end we invited him to read from the book of mormon and he said "of course I will! How else would anyone ever come to know if its true!" We were like yes exactly!!! hahahahaha

Tuesday: campus has been so slow lately because of the cold weather & we cant contact inside the buildings on campus so.... WE WENT TO THE MALL!! Yes contacting at the mall went great! Omg i got to look at cute clothes while talking people lol!!
One lady came up to me and said "cute outfit" then i turned around & (she saw my tag) & she said "ohhh i know you guys you came knocking on my door one day!!" We started talking & hopefully we can teach her soon!! Wooo!

Wednesday: highlight for wednesday was... Tyler who we are teaching came to institute!! Brother Rader talked about how important scriptures are and during institute tyler opened the book of mormon and read it during the REST of the class YES EVERYTHING WE WANT IN SOMEONE WE ARE TEACHING!!

Thursday: WE PUT TYLER ON DATE!!! We asked him to read 2 nephi 31 at our last lesson and he came with a lot of verses he loved! We started talking more about baptism & asked if it was something he would desire if he came to know the truthfulness of this gospel and he said OF COURSE! omg we were like yes woo when so yes hes getting baptized December 14th!! 

Friday: MY 6 MONTHS!! Yes everyone i entered the mtc 186 days ago whatttt time is soooo long and soooo short all at the same time!! I am so grateful to be a missionary and to have trials of faith everyday to grow me closer to thee! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY WOOOOO

Really though missions are so good and anyone thinking about a mission just take the huge jump of faith and go! I never thought I would be here but here I am and I'm so thankful for this opportunity! Also transfers are next week so p day might go a little crazy but stay tune for where in Georiga I end up :) LOVE YALL

xoxo, Sister Barton

Just me again :)

Hey everyone!! Another week in the mission! 

Monday: i spent the morning at the dentist but i should be done going there so yeah for me!! We had a lesson with Tyler!! He is very interested in learning and we are hoping that interest turns into interest in baptism lol

Tuesday: interviews with president!! Wow president Marsh is so awesome & everytime i talk to him he gives me a huge pump up and then i walk out feeling like i can change the world hahaha so its pretty awesome!!

Wednesday: they had a clothing swap on campus & yes you bet I wanted to go soooooo bad but unfortunately couldnt because it wasnt p day but you betcha i still watched everyone shop :) it was outside and really cute awe!
The highlight on wednesday was institute! We go every week and this weeks lesson was on repentance. Something i want to share is that repentance isnt just for people that are bad but its even for people who are good and want to be even better. I have a saying i think about often that helps me strive to be better "dont stop until im like Jesus Christ" (yes i wont ever be like him in this life) but it helps me remember to be better and better everyday and use repentance as a real time thing & everday gift.

Thursday: we taught Christopher! Ok christopher is so awesome hahaah he has this pokemon satchel that he wears everytime we meet & yes wow hes great!! Christopher wants to come closer to God and has a true real desire to learn more. He texted us this week and told us that his book of mormon hasnt left his night stand YEAH!!! We were so happy he is definitely prepared :)

Friday: It was so cold and not many people were on campus!! We were able to ride the bus so that was nice being able to find new was to do missionary work on campus!!

Missions are good but crazy!! To think i talk to random different people everyday is kinda a weird thought hahaha ive never talked to more people i dont know in my life hahah

Love You All & Stay Happy!!

Xoxo, Sister Barton

Halloween week!

Wooo another week down! A long and short week all at the same time!!

Monday: we contacted a lot and met someone who we invited to church!! We are hoping so badly he will be at church on sunday!!

Tuesday: we contacted a lot of people on campus again and taught 2 lessons woooo!! We actually went on splits & i went with sister erskine! It was so fun to see how other missionaries do missionary work and be able to learn new things!!

Wednesday: zone conference!!! Zone conference was so so cool! President Marsh talked alot about trials of faith and how they are actually blessings because we can grow so much from them. He emphasized that we should be looking for ways we can test our faith and things we can do to grow. I loved it!!

Thursday: Halloween!! We had a great halloween!! As a zone we played volleyball and it was so fun! Definitely missed having the family party at the Reynolds this year!

Friday: the weather here has been so cold so we were pretty much freezing all day but we did service in the morning so that was a good break from being out in the cold

Saturday: we had service this morning & helped with "taste of Kennesaw" which is a fun event where resturants all set up and have little booth's hahah Georgians love their food!!!

Shorter email this week but i am doing so good!! Its starting to feel like winter in Georgia and im not sure how i feel about it haha but i love you all and stay HAPPY!!