September 28, 2020 - Big Pig

 This week has been a great one. We did service for this lady named Deborah, all she wanted was this little 3 by 6 area of rocks moved so she could plant some plants in her front yard. So we started and there were a tone of rocks, we ended up putting all of them into the garbage can and filled it up 3/4 of the way, then Deborah decided she didn't want them in the can because it took up all the space for her garbage. This was the start of our problems. The alternative dump em in the backyard, it had rained the day before, no concrete pathway, lots of little hills. So decided to just go for it. Elder Rife and I poth got on a handle and went at it. This thing was so heavy and we were just digging into the soft ground. I felt like I was in a James Harrison workout. We got about halfway when we hit a little hill and the can dug in 2 inches and stopped, because of physics and me and Elder rife pulling if all our effort we got jerked back both fell and almost got crushed by the can. Wouldn't that have been a good story. Some neighbor came over and was like can I give it a try, I was like sure tough guy, he didn't even move it lol. We eventually got it done and dumped, and we are going back t on teach Deborah this week! The Lord really made us work for that one. 

Also we met a dude named James and we are gonna have a lesson with him this week too. He loves the NBA so we had a nice long convo and I got all the insights for the playoffs. He is a mavs fan but I'll give him a pass for that. I wish everybody liked the NBA like that lol so much easier to gain their trust and get to know them. 

Alright this is super long but last one. Miss Gwenda. A recent convert who is hilarious. She is awesome and got me a 12 pack of diet coke. She told us this story of how she was getting hit on by a waiter at cracker barrel and the dude goes "so can I get that number or what" and she goes (first little background she is this sassy black lady and she told us she was sorry for her language, I'll just insert brother instead of the other word lol) "brother you work at cracker barrel, you can't afford me!" I was dying, probably the funniest moment of my mission so far.

Anyways thats pretty much it, everyone should definitely tune in to General Conference this week and listen to the Prophet and Apostles! 

Love, Elder Barlow 

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