HELLO EVERYONE!!!!I hope y’all have had an amazing week!! I also hope you had time to pause and take a second to think about everything you are grateful for!! This week was amazing for me because I was able to spend a ton of time thinking about everything that I am grateful for!! 

During the holiday season keep up the gratitude! you’ll be amazed at how much your perspective on everything will change! Focus on what really matters! It is so hard to focus on the things that matter, especially right now. Also, remember to focus on the real meaning of Christmas and participate in Light The World!! So many people have worked hard putting that together. Try it out for one week and you will see a difference in how you feel I promise!!

There are two christlike attributes that I have been working on and I want to invite y’all to work on them with me!! It is PATIENCE and HUMILITY. They are the two hardest to perfect if you ask me, haha but I also think they are the best christlike attributes. 

Preach My Gospel gives a definition of patience and humility and I really like how they put them.

Patience: The capacity to endure delay, trouble, opposition, or suffering without becoming angry, frustrated, or anxious. 

Humility: Willingness to submit to the will of the lord and to give the lord the honor for what is accomplished. 

The problem we have with patience is that we want things in our timing, but it’s not “our timing” It’s actually the Lord’s timing. Everything is moving faster and faster in this world, but the one thing that isn’t is God’s timing. We need to remember that. As things feel like they are just moving too fast or moving too slow just remember they aren’t. What I mean by that is time is the same. We have no control no matter what we may think or feel haha. It’s a hard concept for some including me, but timing won’t change, so just endure. That makes me think of another quote. “In all of living have much fun and laughter, life is meant to be ENJOYED not just endured.” -Gordon B. Hinckley. So when people say to endure something we think of chugging along, buttttttt what we need to do is skip along!!! Just be happy with whatever happens!

Humility is, I think, to make God more of himself. Now what I mean by that is give God all of the credit because he deserves all of the credit. Everything we have is from our Heavenly Father. Humility is not a sign of weakness. It is actually a sign of spiritual strength. It makes you confident that you can do anything the Lord asks you to do. It will also help you be obedient, work hard, and be less selfish. 

I hope all of this isn’t just me rambling and at least makes some kind of sense haha. I love y’all so very much!!! This week I wanted to try something different and focus on something spiritual instead of telling y’all about the boring day-to-day things I’m doing haha. I am doing amazing and working hard in the technology zone! I hope y’all have an amazing week!! I love y’all!!
Elder LeBaron

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Hey, y’all!!! I hope y’all are doing well!!! This week has gone by so fast! Crazy how time works sometimes haha. Hope you enjoy my boring week as a missionary haha
Monday I went to a thrift store and then we went to Cains which is the best chicken in the world. then we played some basketball and volleyball at the church and then just chilled. Nothing too crazy. 
Tuesday we went to Walmart to get some things, watched some videos to prepare for Elder Teh’s online tour of our mission. He is the area authority. Then Elder Dorny (my zone leader) and I went to a thrift shop to find a grill and all we found was a panini press and he bought it and we tried to grill hamburgers on it and…. yeah took a while but it worked hahahaha definitely a highlight of the week. 
Wednesday we had a devotional with Elder Teh. It was really good and I really like him. Then I had a Korean tutor which was awesome. Then had dinner at this family’s house, the Williams. Then we went to get ice-cream at this custard place called Andy’s.
Thursday we had another devotional with Elder Teh which was also really good. then we went to the church and worked on a lot of things there on the computers and then came home. All the elders in the tech zone came over and we just talked about film cameras too which was fun! I could talk about them all day haha. 
Friday was a super cool day! We woke up and went straight to the cowboy’s stadium and did a huge service project in the parking lot for thanksgiving and we fed over 6,700 families and it was like 100,000 Ibs of food or something crazy like that which was crazy!! While we were doing that we listened to the prophet talk to us and it was the coolest thing to be helping all of these people while listening to the prophet speak to us! Then we had a zone meeting and did some more planning for projects coming up like Light The World and stuff. 
Saturday we went up to Denton to film a video and it was super cool and it was in a little garden/farm and it was just a service video for Light The World. Then we filmed something else at the church which was good, hopefully it’ll turn out haha. Then on the way home, we drove through the city Justin which was sick and we stopped at the Buc-ee’s on the way home and I got a ton of merch which is sick. I got a cool hat and hoodie which I really like, plus it was pretty cheap so I’m happy about that haha. 
Sunday we went to church and did some church stuff I honestly can’t remember what I did yesterday haha then we had some elders over and we watched the Chosen again which was soooooooooo good and I recommend y’all to watch it! You’ll be hooked I promise haha.
Thank you for all the love and support!!! Hopefully this wasn’t too long! I love y’all and hope y’all have an awesome week!!!! 
Elder LeBaron

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Hey y’all!!! Life is pretty crazy over here haha. Actually its really not but oh well haha. So sunday we found out I was being transferred which was crazy news because I was only in that area for 3 weeks haha but now I’m in the tech zone and I absolutely love it!! 
Monday was just a chill day and I talked to fam pretty much all day. We had a bbq with the zone because it was the last pday of the transfer and it was also my comps bday. We played football and ultimate frisbee at a park and then went to the church and said our goodbyes and stuff. 
Tuesday we got the new guy who was going to replace me and we just pretty much got him settled in all day. We also went to dinner with a lady who was from korea and her husband served in korea and they took us to korean food and it was soooooo good! 
Wednesday was Elder Benjamin LeBaron’s birthday and I wished him a happy birthday and he said it was a good birthday which was soooooo awesome! We also had transfers and I met the zone and I love it here!! It’s just the best I love it! 
Thursday I honestly forgot what we did but we were probably busy doing tech stuff. Did some meetings for projects coming up and yeah
Friday we went to lunch with one of my dads reps and it was so awesome! Best salmon I’ve ever had In my entire life!! 
Saturday we did lots of work and I also forgot what we did. Probably something sick idek. 
Sunday we went to church and then we did some more adobe work and studies and then we had dinner at this lady’s house and it was the best food ever like wow it was good. Then we had a pday eve and some elders came over and we watched the chosen which is the freaking greatest show! I definitely recommend watching it because the way they portrayed jesus was pretty amazing and it is just way awesome!
Well that’s my week for yall haha hope yall have a amazing week!! Remember to always remember christ and do your best, that’s all we are asked!! 사랑해요!! 
Elder LeBaron 

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Wow this week was a little crazy! We have someone who’s committed to baptism which is amazing and I’m also being moved to the tech zone which is also kinda crazy and kinda expected and kinda not expected because I’ve only been here for 3 weeks haha!
Monday we went to the stockyards for pday. The stockyards are pretty much an old western town and there are tons of cowboy markets and stuff which was way fun! I also destroyed my brand new hoodie on accident with some candle wax which sucked but its ok we got it out with a magical bar of soap called Zote haha. Its a pink magical bar of heaven. We got it at Walmart, so you can probably find it at Walmart haha. It will legit get anything out of your clothes and any stain. 
Tuesday we went to the church for a district council and then we went to a Mexican restaurant called Rosa’s and got bible bashed which was super funny haha. There were 7 elders against one random guy and he ended up leaving but it went nowhere lol. 
Wednesday we played pickle ball and then went to the food bank and did service for about 4 hours and then we called some people and texted some people and chilled at the apartment because president wanted us to stay in because the election was a mess haha
Thursday we did service again and boxed like 20+ crates filled with thanksgiving boxes at the food bank which was pretty awesome. There were like 30 or 40 boxes per crate or something like that. I don’t know exactly all I know is it was a lot haha. Then we did some facebook work, cooked some chicken, and then dinner at my bishops house. 
Friday we finally got our butts out of bed to go on a run haha! It was only like a mile run but it was still better than nothing. Then we went to dinner with this super cool family and then talked to a guy on zoom and did a study with him. He’s from LA so it was cool. 
Saturday we dug up some grass for a member and he took us to lunch at whataburger which is a pretty good fast food burger place. Then we went to a baptism. It was the bishops son being baptized and it was super spiritual. Then we went over to this sisters house and she is less active and has 3 kids and then just got 2 more kids because they were taken out of their homes. She’s a single mom and it was really sad to see the whole situation, but we are getting her some help. Her son wants to be baptized too which is awesome! He’s 11 and I think its the key to getting them back to church.
Sunday we went to church and people canceled on us, so I took a power nap which was amazing. Then we went to dinner at a less active members house, but he’s been coming every Sunday which is awesome! Then after that we went home and Jacob the guy we’ve been working with for so long texted us and asked if we had any food we could bring him because he is struggling with money this month and so it was the perfect excuse to finally come over. We talked to him for a while and we talked about Jesus christ’s baptism and we asked him if he wanted to ever be baptized in our church and he paused for about 2 mins and said well I’ve been baptized before and we told him about proper authority and then he paused again for about 2 mins and said what would I have to do and so we told him he can’t smoke, vape, drink coffee or tea, sleep with girls, and all of those things he does so he was like ok ok haha. But he said yes he wants to be baptized and it was the most incredible thing that has happened since i’ve been on my mission!! We gave him a blessing and we took his cigarettes from him and crushed them out back and tossed them in the trash and it was just an incredible experience!! Then after we got home and changed we get the transfer doc and it says I’m moving to the tech zone and my comp’s training a new guy and we were like what the heck!!! So now I’m being transferred after being here for only 3 weeks haha Sunday was just a crazy day haha!
I love y’all soooo much and can’t wait to see other miracles happen later on! I hope y’all have an incredible week and remember the savior!
Elder LeBaron

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This week was pretty good! It’s crazy how fast time is flying by!!! I’m doing really good and I still love it over here! This week we had a few miracles and we found some more people to teach which has been amazing. Sorry these are so long haha. You don’t need to read it all in one sitting. I broke them up into days that way you can just take it one day at a time haha. A lot has happened this week though which has been exciting and also disappointing haha but its ok. There was more good then there was bad!
Monday we woke up and went and worked out then we went bowling which was way fun, then we went back home and we all changed and got ready for the day and then we went to Cavender’s and I got me some Justin boots which are wayyyy nice I absolutely love them haha they are the best. I also got a belt, belt buckle, and a bolo tie to complete the outfit. Then we all put our cowboy stuff on with our church clothes and we went to Texas Road House for Elder Johnson’s birthday and it was way fun and super gooood. 
Tuesday It was super rainy and freezing, but we biked to a members house for dinner which was super fun and then we went to Walmart right after to buy some gloves haha because it was freezing. That’s pretty much the only thing we did on Tuesday. 
Wednesday we went to the food bank in the morning and it was also a rainy freezing day but the food bank was pretty great. There was a lady there that wanted to pray with me, so that was pretty cool. Then after the food bank we went to Bishops house for dinner again and it was good. We rode our bikes there and it was like a 25 min bike ride and my tires were both super low with air, so it felt like I was biking a tank to their house. I also had a Korean tutor which went pretty well. After bishops house he drove us home because we went to go pick up some pumpkins and in his trunk he had these super creepy sculptures from his moms house and he said he was going to put them in his friends house for fun and he asked if we wanted one and so we took it and its the funniest thing ever. 
Thursday we did some facebook work at this office at our apartment complex. then I had another Korean tutor which was good. We went to Walmart to get a pressure gage for our bikes and while we were there we were trying to find a super cheap one and there was a Walmart worker that came over and asked if we needed help and he told us what we need was a pump that had a PSI gage on it and we told him we don’t want to spend a lot of money on one and he ended up buying one for us which was super cool. We biked back to the apartment and realized we didn’t’t give him our contact info, so we biked back and found him and gave him a card. We went to Brother Karl’s house for dinner, he was a less active but now he’s coming to church, and it was way fun. I talked to him all night and he opened up to me a lot which is super good. Then we went to the church and met with this sister who almost got baptized but ended up having troubles with the ward but she wanted to meet and ask us a ton of questions she found while she was doing more research on our church. That went pretty good, but she said she would come to church but she didn’t end up coming. 
Friday we biked to the church and we met with this lady from the food bank and she brought her husband and daughter with her and we set up family history for her and then I explained why family history is important and we went on to talk about our beliefs and it went really good! I expected us to only meet for like an hour but we ended up meeting for like 2 or 3 hours. Then after that we went over to another guys house we’ve been teaching lately and brought him a pumpkin and it was good. Then right before we went to bed another guy called us back and said he wants to learn more about who we are and what we believe in, so hopefully it will work out. 
Saturday I woke up and went to the church for meetings with President and it went really good. I told him I use to make videos for fun back at home and I did photography and I have a ton of camera equipment at home that I could have my family send me if we needed it, so if I end up in the tech zone I wouldn’t be surprised hahaha. then we went to the church to make a video with the tech zone and I met Beccas friend Sister Bergstrom and she is super nice and it was fun to talk about Becca and everything so that was really awesome! then we went bowling as a district for halloween and it was super fun! 
Sunday I went to church and It was my first fast Sunday which was really awesome. None of the people we are teaching came to church which was pretty upsetting, and they said they’d want to meet after but that didn’t end up happening either haha but its ok. Hopefully this next week we’ll have more luck with them. We made a huge dinner and a couple other elders came over and it was great haha
I’m doing great! I love you all so very much!! I hope things are doing great back home! 사랑해요! 
-LeBaron 장로

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This week was pretty dang awesome! This is long, so you can choose to read it or not. I’m doing amazing and I love Texas. My companion is awesome and is treating me well and all is good! I broke it down to every day that way hopefully its easier to read haha. 
Tuesday I got here and I went to the stake center to fill out some paperwork and I met my companion, which is a stud, his name is Elder Stoker. Then we went to the mission office to pick up my bike, because I’m reassigned they had a loner bike for me at the mission office, then went to my apartment and i unpacked some things and then we went to Walmart with some other elders so I could get a blanket and a pillow. Then I went to bed. 
Wednesday I woke up and we went and played pickle ball. then we went to a food bank and helped out there for 3 hours and it was very fun. They let us bring home whatever we find there which is really cool too because then we don’t need to go shopping. It’s all free haha. Then we went home changed made some calls but no one answered. Then we went to dinner at a members house and they were really nice people. 
Thursday I played pickle ball as well. We play pickle ball about every morning. Then we got ready, watched a devotional, then planned out a lesson because we were going to teach the bishops family that night. Then we messed around and jammed out to some music in our apartment and then we got picked up by bishop and had dinner at his house and taught his son. Then after that we came back to the apartment and the District leaders came and picked us up and brought us to Buffalo Wild Wings and we met a bunch of elders there and it was a party. Then we did some pushups and curls and then went to bed. 
Friday we woke up to go on a run but it was down pouring rain so we decided not to go haha but then we went to the church and talked to some sisters about doing facebook work and they told me what apps to get for making videos and stuff and then we were going to teach a lady from the food bank but she canceled on us which kinda sucked. So we went home then went to dinner with this other family and they were really nice and then after that we went up to this parking garage behind our house and it was freezing but it was a sweet view and was worth it haha. 
Saturday we played basketball and then we went to the church to help with the bishops storehouse and then after that we did a free car wash and tried to get people to come and we were out waving signs and we were right by a auto zone and I saw a cool yellow ford van which was pretty sick and then I saw a yellow Porsche and I talked to the guy for a little and he was really cool. 
Sunday I went to church and then I went to a members house for dinner which was really good and then we went to the District leaders apartment to wash our clothes and we just stayed the night there.
Monday we went to an elders apartment complex because they have a gym and so we worked out for a little and then we went bowling which was so fun. Then we went home and changed and then we went to Cavender’s and I got me some cowboy boots and a belt and a belt buckle and then a bolo tie and then after that we all went to Texas road house for an elders birthday and it was so fun! We all dressed up in our fine get up cowboy gear and it was just a party. Then I went home and called my family and went to bed. 
I have been doing very good over here in Texas, so no need to worry about me. I’m working as hard as I can, Learning a lot, and enjoying the time I have here. I love you all so much! Have an amazing week!!사랑해요!
(pictures are in a file)
LeBaron 장로

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