Sister Emma Rose Barker (2023-2025)

When i was in elementary school, my mom tried to start a family motto. And i feel like i might have forgotten if this was ever our family motto because maybe i confused them but i do know "do great things" was definetly a part of it. And i think my mom said "do hard things" too.  Ive been thinking a lot about doing hard things this week. Because being a missionary is hard.  Waking up at 630 every day is hard. People telling you no is hard. Wearing a dress every day is hard.  Not eating lettuce or strawberries is hard. Speaking spanish is hard. Not listening to the new taylor swift album is hard.  When people dont show up to church, thats hard. Hard, tricky, difícil whatever. Maybe its not for you, but for me,  being Hermana Barker and thinking about other people 24/8 and trying to do your very best is very hard. But its something very great too. The lord talks about how by small and simple things great things will come to pass.  Small and simple things like...

Knocked a door that some lady had told us we could come back later and she opened it and her dog came out and was so nice until he decided he needed to mark his territory and peed on my foot. Like in my boots. My really cute boots that I don't like as much as my ugly shoes that look like potatoes but still. I've been claimed as one of the Peruvians now.  Jorge got baptized this week! I literally love him with my whole heart. He's this little old man from Lima who is the funniest ever. We were going over the baptismal interview questions and asked him if he had ever had any troubles with the law and he goes "no no nada." Waits 5 seconds and tells us he's killed someone. Waits for our reaction of ultimate HORROR because no way can this little old buddy whose watch is too big for his wrist and rides his blue bike to church (peewee herman vibes fr) killed someone. Mentira! He goes. So that's a relief. He's so in tune with the spirit, he's sent us a mil...

I very much want to listen to Heat Waves because it's like "late nights in the middle of juuuune" and its JUNE. My comp is on the phone with her family and they're all talking about delicious food and I miss cream puffs and brownies and also pasta salad. But enough with my pity party because Peru is so sick.  Buenas tardes o noches o días I'm not sure what point of your life you'll be reading this but hiiii!  Barrio parachico is the best barrio in all of Peru (and my friends who are in this mission can't even argue with me cuz they can't respond lol). But right now there's some weird drama but whatever.  Put some friends on date this week(pray for Thiago, Alejandro and David...we need it :[] ) Stan and I realized that we really only have a year left which is crazy cuz we just left but we were in the mtc 6 months ago, which means in 6 months it'll be Christmas and then we only have 6 months which is literally how long we've been out so basic...

Heyoooo! Wanna know something actually crazy that President and God planned?  I'm back with my MTC comp hermana Stanley. I'm not kidding when I saw the picture of transfers I was like HOWWW but yes it's true.  I had a party week in Leguia, I think hermana Kelsey and me and Hermana Sotomayor would absolutely kill it juntos en leguia (hint hints prez) but it was such a party. I loved getting to have a Lil sleepover and also just learn so much from them. We had a slight problem when I couldn't get money off my card and it was already 9 at night and we were out of both of our areas...problema. but we provechered this moment and snapped some cool pics.  Had lessons en Parachico and Leguia. I missed Hermana Bautista so much it was lamesauce but we vibe. Stan and I literally justlaugh and have a serious problem speaking English. It's crazy I really didn't realize how much Spanish I can do until I was back with a gringa and it is very easy to speak normal English...eek ...