May 1, 2012

Hey yall,

How is everyone doing? I can't believe it is pday again already... wait that was yesterday ha ha but we were off island until today so that is the reason I'm writing you today. This last week with Elder Horrocks has been good. We tracted a lot more then I have been lately and yes we talked to 3 people ( as in actually answered the door ;) ) in 2 hours ha ha so there are still quite a few empty doors here on the vineyard. But we have been having a lot of fun doing it. Elder Horrocks is an interesting guy. He has a different personality then I'm use to but I still really enjoy being with him. We actually didn't get to meet with our investigators this week... they seem to be dropping of the radar fast but.. we keep trying. We went over to Alice's house the other night and she is kind of struggling with stuff that has to deal with the death of her baby. She has some ideas and such related to a "conspiracy" and its hard because she is trying to find a reason for why it happened. We shared a message with her about faith and she wouldn't read any of the scriptures or pray.. so not looking good for her. It's hard because she is trying to find comfort in all the wrong places. And she wont find it either. But we are hoping to get over there and teach her friends English and the gospel as well.
Yesterday we went to Boston for probably my last time. It was a great experience. We decided that we wanted to go to Boston for the sunrise ha ha ha so we woke up at about 3:25 drove and got to the train at 4:15 to find out that the first train doesn't run until 5. We waited in the cars until it opened then watched the sunrise from the T. It was cool just really badly planned ha ha. After that we spend ALL day in Boston and I just love the city. It is the coolest place ever. We went to China town for my first time. We walked the freedom trail again and went up into Bunker Memorial. 294 steps ha ha my legs were kind of tired when I got to the top. We then went to Fenway but couldn't go inside because it was to expensive for some of us ha ha but the outside is sweet. I'll come back to watch a game later. It was a great Pday and I took over 100 photos. We ended up sleep off island last night because we got back to the apt at about 9:30 after dinner. And I was exhausted from waking up early and walking ALL day ha ha. So now were back on island sending emails. It's raining here and it stinks. I hate the rain on my mission ha ha but we learn to deal with it. I love you all and I can't wait to see you in t minus 31 days :) Talk to you next pday and mothers day.

Love,
Elder Jonny Burton