Forgot Mom's Birthday

Jan. 11, 2010

hey mom and fgamily i want to start by saying sorry mom i forgot your birthday i felt really bad and promise it wont happen again i know that 50 only comes once in a lifetime but i will be sure not to miss 51 haha just kidding!!!
wow so much to write about... i dont even know where to start lol
everything here is going good like i said we had 2 baptisms and i got to perform them both because my companion doesnt have baptism clothes so that was just amazing it is so weird to think that the lord has put so much trust into these 19 old kids to change the lives of so many people. its so crazy... and a lot of presure on us too. but deffinateely worth it, if you could have only seen the looks on these kids faces as they left the water it was such an awsome expirience. and the whole family was there and we are continuing to teach them and im ppretty sure they want to get baptized but the parents have to get married first which is kinda tough and wierd but a big problem down here. it seems like all the good investigators we find are only here for a few weeks of vacation and then leaving we found this one girl who speaks english and she came to church twice and she was really interested but left to school last week which is really tough but i know we will find more. spanish is tough and i struggle everyday which sucks i continue to pray everyday for it to get easier and at times it seems like it does but then the next day i feel like i am even further behind. im not complaining or anyhting at all because in all honesty i love it here and i am haveing fun everyday but it is so hard wanting to express what i feel and knowing what iu want to say but not being able to so frustrating! but yeah i know our heavenly father will provide a way. so just so you know that fact that i am white and not married gives me litterally the pick of the whole town here i mean every house we go in someone comments on how pretty i am hahaha.. i dont like to brag but i may or may not be the hottest guy in the whole city hahaha! jk jk.. yesterday i had an encounter with another white guy he was like 60 and from england or something and i have no idea what he was doing here i was too shocked to ask but he came up to me and asked if i knew where an atm was and i just told him where to go.. and as bad as i am at spanish it felt weird to talk english haha but yeah that has pretty musch been it for my week... anyways my area is really cool mountains everywhere and lots of walking we walk everywhere usually but sometimes we take what are called mototaxis which are dirtbikes that have literally had the back wheel chopped off and welded on a bench and two wheels haha look it up on google im sure they have ppictures but yeah anyways everyone drives dirtbiles aroungd and i havent seen one more powerful than a 200 so thats kinda funny. another thing that is i think amazing is a family of 4 litterally 4 people all on the same dirtbike driving around town they use some kind of magic or something haha im not sure.
yeah so it sounds like things are pretty crazy down in thatcher. that is pretty sweet nick is on that trip all expensenses paid im a little jealous as for my snowboard boots. they are burried out back i had to hide them cause i didnt want anyone to use them... but now i dont care so i will tell you where the map is to find them if you walk into natalyas room and look exactly south you will see a ceramic cat... break that open and that will give you your next clue follow the steps exactly or you will suffer the consiquences....

i am just kidding i never bbought snowboard boots therefor they are nonexcistant therefor there is no map and there is no treasure sorry to dissapoint everyone lol.. no package yet but anyday now and i should get it i did recieve dads letter and i will try to write back this week annie too tell her thank you very much i also recieved a letter from marry white which was wierd but thank her too haha... you had said something about trina stevens putting together a list of addresses of my friends if you have that it would be nice i dont think i need anything im doing just fine i dont know if i answered all the questions but i have to go sorry anyways lovbe you all
elder barney

January 4, 2010

hey everyone!
sounds like you guys all had a fun holliday without me and thats okay i guess my new years was spent roaming the streets and i even had some drunk guy sing to me the jason miraz song your beautiful before he broak down into tears and started kissing his brother on the cheek wierd i know... but yeah things are going good here i am enjoying my area a lot we have a baptism on saturday my 1st one!!! im pretty excited it is two young boys 9 and 15 we have been teaching the whole family and they decided they wanted to move on to the next step i know that there example will help their family to make the right choices and they will soon follow. we make like at least 5 new investigators a day so its is nice. our pension is really great she is also the relief society president and she is constantly cooking 3 meals a day for us which usually consists of rice and some kind of meat which brings me to a question could you ask uncle chris to make me a work out program:
just tell him i want upper body and abs something that is not just going to keep me in shape but i would like to build a little muscle too haha. my diet is pretty high in carbs so idk if you could and if he isnt too busy thanks.. that is so crazy kacee is getting married lol my baby cousin all grown up next its going to be nick i give it 6 months haha. but yeah... that is cool you have that goal before the temple dedication i wish i could be there to see it dedicated if you could send some pics of what the temple looks like now that would be nice.. things are going good my spanish is still pretty rough but that is expected so yeah idk what else to put so i will end this cause im almost out of time anywyas love you and hope everthing is good.

elder barney

p.s. i had to sign a paper to pick up a package in piura so i should be getting your package sometim next week! and if you havent sent the one with my contacts a jump disk would be nice along with my camera stuff just like 10 gigs or less idc thatnks!

The Peruvian Jungle / San Ignacio

okay so i forgot the address for dads email but i guess youll get this when you get home

Dec. 28, 2009

Dear Family,

i am in San Ignacio 13 hours in the jungle of peru it is nuts i talked you guys on friday so i dont have much to say. the area is way awesome i am loving it more and more everyday. DAD, i think you would really like it here and i will give some reasons as to why
1. all the old men walk around with there shirts off and no one tells them to put one on
2. all the old men are wearing the same clothes they recieved for their 18th birthday.
3. horses are constantly running free without a care from the owners
4. i see at least one dog fight a day and i have yet to see a vet bill or lane jensen yelling at someone.
5. it is about as far from civilazation as anyone could want to go.çç

those are just a few haha.

so we have a pensionista and she feeds us 3 meals a day (3 huge meals) and does our laundry lol so that is pretty nice also today i had the opportunity to not oly tfy but eat a giant serving of liver yum...! haha i dont know how or why people would ever enj0oy that stuff.. me and my comp are getting along fine it is tough with the language barrior but i feel my spanishg improving everyday so that is good i am fine and i hope everything is going good without me while you are on ytour vacation lol love everyone bye

love the one and only elder barney!