My Beautiful Family!! :) I love you all so much. I'm so grateful for you all! You're letters this week were truly inspiring to me. But anyways I had such a great week. We have 12 baptismal dates set right now. ( there not all super solid but... there doing well) We had 2 investigators at church this week who are super solid. One of them is a former I picked up again. Her name is Tiffany and she is awesome. She is 17 years old and we set a baptismal date with her this week while explaining the Apostasy! It final clicked in her head that the true church needs to be restored one, if EVERYONE who held the authority died haha. Then we invited her to be baptized and she said that she wants me to do it. So we'll see if she keeps progressing. She came to church and so that is a good sign ;). Then we have Fatima Lopes who is super solid and should be baptized within the next month or so. We had a run in with a 7 day Adventist at her house this last week and it sucked haha. I didn't listen to the spirit very well and it just turned into a bashing session which is unfortunate. A mistake I really hope I never make again. But live and learn right? The good thing is that Fatima and her L/A Boyfriend totally testified of the Truthfulness of the church so... :) progress when the investigator testifies huh haha. But we had a lot of good experiences this week. I got my hair cut today again before transfers haha same girl and last time and it was really funny I'll tell you when I get home ;). I may get transfered this next one because I've been here 6 months... but we'll see. I would love a new experience but then I'm torn because if I go I wont see all the baptisms and I wont be able to perform them. So we'll see what the Lords wants from me. I saw a preview this week walking into our apartment and the movie comes out after I get home????? crazy goodness! But yeah that was our week.
I was thinking this week about how my mission life is not very different from real life. I have days where I don't want to do everything haha. I don't want to tract or find or talk to anyone but we have too. And I remember the time I told dad I didn't want to go to church. The response was okay then get a job... haha so I went to church. Now that i'm older I see the Joy in going to church. I haven't missed a day of church in so long that It's a part of who I am. Church is what we make of it. The attitude we take into anything spiritual is what we will get from it. Attitude is key! Just because sometimes we don't want to follow everything the Lord asks of us doesn't excuse the fact that he does still ask it of us haha. Because at some point in our spiritual life we'll will all kneel and confess that Jesus Is The Christ. Why not put our pride aside and accept this in this "life" so that we can enjoy the blessings From our Savior ;). I'm on board! I love my Savior, his mission, and I know it is the only thing that makes me happy in this world of changing standards!
I love you all,
Elder Jonny Burton
