The Elder Barr Blog

Thanks for the letter. I hope that you had a good time at the conference and are now safely back in Seattle.

Things are going pretty well here. I am not sure if this is my final area or not. There is one last transfer opportunity, next week, so I will know by then. But, things are definately coming to a close as far as my time here. (~55 days)

We had a good mission conference on Monday, which was nice. They showed some training videos on how to create a spiritual atmosphere while teaching. It was nice. They also showed a video of Elder Holland reminding all the missionaries to be safe, which was nice to hear. It is important that missionaries do all they can to be safe of their own power, in addition to turning to the Lord for assistance. Both are important.

I am glad to hear about school. I will print out a course catalog today and send you some choices next week.

I hope everything is going well at home. We had a good lesson last night with an active family, and we recommitted them to family prayer and scripture study. It was good. I have really seen those 2 things, and FHE as well, be a huge blessing to the people that apply it. So, just a friendly reminder .

Things have improved within the apartment. I think the next couple of weeks will be great. We have some good people what we are working with. I really enjoy seeing people when the understand true concepts for the first time. It is great.

Take care and I hope you have a good week.

Love,
your son,
Elder Stephen J. Barr