April 25, 2011

 March 27^

This week was really awesome man haha I love being a missionary. We had alot of success this week!  We found some very solid investigators and we will be baptising Jr Selvestre Rosa this next Sunday so that is really awesome. He is a great kid!!! We found about 3 new investigators haha and one of them is gay..... kind of awkward in the middle of the lesson when he asks if being gay is a sin and will keep him out of heaven.... but I told him straight up that it was a sin but everyone has the agency to choose for them self if they wanna sin or not. It was fun being bold but not overbearing! But we found this family who I really hope has some potential. We taught this 17 year old girl named Tiffany and after the lesson she was saying wow I need to be baptised huh, and I need to go to church, But she didn't come this week. We'll get her next week for sure :) and her sister who is 18 (Elina) they are from the Dominican Republic. We taught Jodie again and she is SO interested and REALLY wants to know. I've never met anyone on my mission who wanted to know as bad as she does. She didn't read though so I told her that is it way she'll find out if what Im telling her is true haha she agreed and winked at me one the way out of church yesterday while making a phone shape in her hand telling me she'll call me...... haha don't know what that means ;) jk jk jk she's cool.

But also this week I was talking to one of our members about the Atonement and we were talking about Forgiveness. So listen to this I've realized the Atonement makes it possible for us to forgive other people when we get offended. Alot of times we think of the Atonement in the way of how we can be forgiven but... its much more then that. Lets say you and this man have a huge problem ( said mean things, accidentally killed a family member, ect) you're so angry wit him because he has made your life so hard. He sets up a meeting with you to talk or something you don't know. You agree because your thinking he is going to apologize to you or something within those lines. You're waiting for him at the designated area you planned for before had. When all the sudden you see this man walking toward you and the closer he gets you realize it Jesus Christ. He comes up to you and you ask what he is doing here. He says "My son/daughter I've taken apon myself the sins of this man". Then he asks "will you forgive me?" Thinking out loud you say of course you're Jesus Christ, you're the son of god, you're perfect..... Take this into your life guys... seriously think about it.. We never have to offended ever again. Jesus Christ has made it possible for us to forgive. I'm so grateful for my saviour!! I make mistakes and I know that others make mistakes and I never have to be offended again. And I now I can be forgiven and I can forgive others because of him. What a beautiful gift :) I love Easter!! We didn't have an Easter egg hunt haha had a dinner with an old member haha so funny he swares so much but he is just old school, and we biked around, help a less active member try to get over this girl who broke his heart. haha I shared the experience of Tricia and Kade with him (in Portuguese) very hard to do haha but by the end he had faith that Christ would help him if he had faith and hope. I had to opportunity to give him a blessing and it was a great night. We had interviews this week and Pres. Pehrson said I'll be staying Pawtucket until the switch and probably longer then that so haha I'll be here probably 7 1/2 months also.. which means I'll have 2 areas at about 15 months out.... crazy hahahaha I love it though. I got a couple letters this week and the Pkg from mom. Thank you for the garments. kinda weird but very light and cool. I love them!! Only two weeks until we talk haha crazy then we talk in Dec. again and I'll only have 4 months left :S so crazy.... Yesterday was so hot and humid it felt like when I came out to The East Coast. I love it though haha the smell is amazing when its warm! I don't know why I like it so much... Just so many great memories I guess. But that was my week I love you all

The Church is True haha I truly know it for my self

Elder Burton