Found amazing investigator...

I am going to have a niece !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

That is going to be so awesome!!! Tell Stu and Jessica that I am so very happy for them and well I guess we all could have guessed that it was gonna be a girl, since we have a majority of girls in our family and huge lack of girls in the Reynolds family. Obviously this is a blessing for Lucy Reynolds as well. 

All the news I have for this week is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We found this amazing investigator named Carolina!! She is probably one of the smarts woman I have met in all my life. She is studying to be a psychologist and she is very religious. She is 21 and I don´t think that I have met anyone on my mission who actually does the extra work at the back of the pamphlets until now. She read everything we left then used the extra study sections that compare the Bible and the Book of Mormon. She then reread the first 2 Chapters of the Book of Mormon to make sure she understood it. She has her baptism planned for the  for the 8 of February. 8 of She came to church with us last Sunday and loved it! The best part was that in relief society they pass out the lunch calender for the Elders and she signed up for 4 days which is awesome. We have the heart now we just need the soul! My Companion is awesome!  He is the bomb and is helping me a lot with my Spanish. I have interviews with my president next week and I am pretty excited for them because he is the man! I have also been reading a talk called the 4th missionary that is super good.   If you can find it look it up, it rocks. I love you dad!  I know that the reason I am here is because mom and you took the time to teach me how to use my free agency and I am eternally grateful for your love and sacrifice for me.

Elder Christopher Ryan Barlow

Still as goofy as ever!

Elder Staton his partner in crime!

Elder Barlow's little pets!

Love my comp!!!

Jessica is glowing!!!! jk I have never understood that figure of speech but oh well. She doesn't look that big but Stu with a bit of scruff looks a lot older. You guys look awesome though!! My comp asked who the redneck in the camo is. I am doing good and we are teaching and visiting a lot of people. I am super pumped because we have some new investigators who are pretty good. This week we are going to see how good they really are with the lessons and with their commitments to read and pray. I love Elder Staton he is the man. He actually helps me a ton with my Spanish. I don`t have a lot to report but I do have some photos which should be fun! Tell Maddi and Lindsey I got their package finally!

Only year in my life that I will be able to dedicate my whole time, strength, mind and soul to the Lord...

Hey Momma!!! Como Estas? Estoy empezando el único año en mi vida que yo puedo dedicar todo de tiempo fuerza mente y alma al señor! Estoy super animado!!!!!!!!! Sophia es super bueno y empezamos esta ano con 3 fechas de bautismal pero todos se cayeron porque no asistieron. Pero vamos a renueva sus fechas y ellos van a ser bautizado en esta mes o la próxima. Elder staton es de Virginia y creo que encuentre mi mejor amigo de la misión con El como stu y Mike. El va BYU después la misión y quiere correr ironmen y marathons también después la minios. hacemos mucho mucho ejercicio y  es super bueno! Tuvimos muchos Citas esta semana pasada y mucho mas esta semana que es muy bueno. Yo amo me misíons y quiero ayudar mas personas entender de que Dios es justo y amoroso, poderoso y misericordioso. Las religiounes del mundo han cambiado las cosas de Dios tan mucho de que entiendo porque tan cuantos personas viven en obscuridad, es triste. Pero Yo invito ti para prepara por tu nuevo llamamiento a leer predicad me Evangelio y tomar los lecciones de los missioneros y ver como esta message puede le ayudar. I love you so much mama!!!!!!! 

Translation: Elder Staton is from Virginia and I think I have found my best friend in the mission, like Mike and Stu! He will be going to BYU after the mission and he wants to do the ironman and run marathons also! We have been working out a lot and it's really great!  I love my mission and I want to help more people understand that God is just, loving, omnipotent and merciful. The religions of the world  have changed the doctrines of Heavenly Father so much that I understand we so many people live in darkness. It is really sad!!! I ivite you to read Preach my gospel for your new calling, take the missionary lessons and see how these messages can help you. 

Hey Dad!! I will try to baptize a Chilean for you every week from now on!! I am doing super good here. I can really see how my companions work ethic is effecting me and our work. We have way more future investigators and we are teaching a lot more lessons. My Spanish is actually getting a lot better without a latino because I was trying to teach him English. We started last week with 3 investigators and with baptismal dates but they all fell through because they didn't attend church, which sucked! We are going to place them again and see if they are willing to be obedient or not. I'm starting the only year of my life where I am going to be able to dedicate all of my time, strength, effort, mind, and spirit to the Lord and I'm so excited to start working so much harder to find our brothers and sisters who are wandering in darkness. I have been reading my patriarchal blessing a lot.  I know I have the faith to see miracles in the lives of people but now I just need to put in the work. If it doesn't work out and I only have 2 baptisms in my whole mission I can honestly say that I am ok with it. But that is for the future and I am super pumped!!!!! How are Hannah and Britt doing? Are they in school again? Mom said that Jessica is starting to show, so can you send me a picture of the family next week?  I want to see how you guys have changed! 

Love Elder Christopher Ryan Barlow  

Im loving my mission so much!!!

Hi Momma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am still here in Ovalle!! I am going to be here for another 6 weeks and then Im going to be out of here!!! I feel a lot more focused ever since I got a new companion. O yeah I got a new comp! His name is Elder Cory Statton. He's from Virginia and has the same amount of time as me in the field but a little less time then me in the misión because he studied Spanish for 12 years before the misión. His parents loved him and taught him how to speak. He is a really good missionary and I am really looking forward to working with him. We have taught quite a few lessons and Francisco my convert is doing awesome. He is reading a lot and attending. He doesn't like primary but that is pretty normal for an 11 year old. He is super pumped to get the priesthood this year and wants to go to the temple so bad. He is super dope! We are teaching a few investigators who are doing super well. Our best is this 17 year old named Sophia. She is super smart and always has lots of questions. We have taught her the first 3 lessons and she said she is going to pray to know if she needs to get baptized. She said that she knows the answer is going to be yes. She has a little bit of fear because she doesn't want to make this commitment and then not be able to live up to the covenant. Which is super good. We have a lesson with her today and we are going to set a date for her baptism for 3 weeks so she can feel prepared and ready. I am loving my misión so much!!!  I have been reading my Patriarchal blessing a lot and I know that my misión is helping me fulfill and receive the blessings that were promised to me.

Love

Elder Christopher Ryan Barlow

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Elder Staton from Virginia is Chris's new companion