April 19, 2011

Hey everyone,

Well this last week and a half has been pretty dang good. We had some good appointments with our investigators but they will not be getting baptized on the 29th because they haven't been to church yet. They said they will be coming this week with our Branch President so we're pretty stoked for that. This week was T-texts and I found out that Elder Wright will be getting transferred to a place (still in my zone) called New Bedford. I have a missionary named Elder Horrocks from Cottonwood, Utah. He has been out about 18 months so he knows whats going on. He is a really good guy and has served in all of my areas so he knows all the people I do so... we have stuff to talk about. This last Monday was presidents day and the temple was open to all missionaries who had the miles to go. Unfortunately the vineyard doesn't have a car and the other Elders miles were gone so we couldn't go. Instead pres told those who couldn't go to take from 11-6 as kind of a 2nd pday. So we went to the west side of the island because normally it's super hard and time consuming to get there. The beach over there and light house is amazing. They have cliff views that over look the ocean and it's beautiful. My camera can't do it justice. I loved it. And there were tons of people on the island because it's getting warmer. I love it!!! We had transfer meeting today and it's super weird because I am now the OLDEST missionary in the mission. If these next 6 weeks go as fast as the last, I don't know what i'll do. I've been having a lot of fun these last few weeks and I feel so happy. I love the mission and being able to serve people. I love you all and i'll talk to you either Monday!

Love,
Elder Jonathan Burton