10.19.20: SIMP's B-day

 This week was awesome! 

We taught Luca a few times he said he just feels way happier and he has no idea why. Something funny that he said: 

É muito top ter um profeta vivo -Luca

(It's top to have a living prophet) like basically it's the best! YES 

Another friend we found through FB watched our Portuguese Sunday school this week! His name is Charles. Good job, Charles. 

A place we did service at last week called us and asked us to come back next week bc we were "the best volunteers they have ever had". Hah I guess we are just REALLY good at sorting clothes.

SIS. SIMPSON'S BDAY was on Friday and we went to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate! We also had to give a "training" in district council about planning which is super ironic bc I am supposed to sign up for my classes this week and I have NO LIFE PLAN. 

The nicest stake missionary named sister Everette saw that we were dressed up as the cheetah girls at Zone conference and she bought us matching cheetah print masks! We all wore them out to dinner. 

Scripture!

3 Nephi 6:5 And now there was nothing in all the land to hinder the people from prospering continually, except they should fall into transgression

Basically the ONLY THING stopping us from THRIVING is ourselves! Our own "transgressions". 

Also, everyone should read this talk: 

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/david-brooks/finding-the-road-to-character/

It's about character and how to be a good person! 

Tchau tchau, 

sister barton 












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