Dear Family
Belated Happy Marriage Anniversary Birthday Details! (I think that covered it all....). So I did get the card, and I am grateful for y'all thinking of me on my birthday. Hopefully Josh and Morgen had a good anniversary as well.
I'm glad that the wedding went off with a hitch (Get it? No? Sigh...) and that Daniel has found his eternal companion. Funnily enough, Saturday I and my companion helped a member of the branch build a little overhang over one of his porches. It took all day, but he and his wife can no longer do all of the things that they used to when they were younger, and we're two of 5 members of the active Elder's Quorum here in Gatesville, so we're the workhorses of the branch. I am really happy that we helped them out, and that all of those years of me messing up on our own projects prepared me to serve. Remember how I could never seem to cut a straight line, or that I would cut it the wrong size? I cut everything to the exact size it needed to be, except for one, which is a miracle in my opinion.
It's amazing how the Spirit amplifies our own natural abilities. Things that I struggled to do back home, such as cutting a straight line, or envisioning the finished project, just come naturally to me now. It is really amazing. I never realized how much I truly relied on the Spirit back home, and now that I am giving credit where credit is due, my abilities have been amplified. I really want to stay close to the Spirit all throughout my life.
We have done a lot of Less Active work this week. The biggest news is that we were able to see Leoni and Andrea, the daughters of a Less Active family, come to mutual! That's the first time that they have been to a Wednesday Night Activity in a long time, and they really enjoyed it. They should be coming this week as well, and we feel that this is the first stepping stone in getting the whole family back. Also we saw Brother Merkling at church as well. He hasn't come in a long time due to health reasons, and some other things, but he actually came! It was a struggle for him, but he said that he knew he needed to be there. He plans on coming more and more as his health gets better, and we are going to keep in contact with him as he progresses.
In other news, there are a bunch of fires burning in Texas at the moment. The air has been of bad quality the past couple of days, even with the extremely strong winds that have been blowing through Gatesville. Today it is supposed to get up into the 90s and it is about 70% humidity. Here comes Texas Summer!
I did have cake for my birthday, Mom. Emily sent me a package and it had some cake mix in it. I decided to experiment with it. I tin-foiled the pan and baked it in a pan that would make it much taller. It actually turned out pretty well, but I did have to bake it for about 35-40 minutes before it set. Also on my birthday a lady in the Stake donated a bunch of her husband's old clothes and stuff to the missionaries, so after our District Meeting we went and ruffled through it. I found a sweet three-piece suit. Unfortunately, everything fit me but the pants. SO I gave it to my companion, Elder Randle, and it fits him perfectly. With the free hat that someone gave him, and that suit, he looks like one of those businessmen in the old western films.
I know that I have said that I don't want y'all putting anymore money in my account, but I could use some. I don't want to seem like a needy guy or anything, but I could use the cushion. Whatever y'all feel is appropriate would be great.
Love,
Elder Barney
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