Well this week for us has been kind of up and down. Some days were
really good and others were kind of blah. We definitely still saw and
recognized miracles throughout the week, but it just seemed like a
non-exciting week. Well actually we did have two investigators come to
church which is always super exciting. The work is going well here. We
have two families that are coming along pretty well. Unfortunately no
one has made resolutions to do missionary work except one brother has
decided to do more and he is pretty much the only member of the branch
council that helps us out. It sure is amazing to see how these wards and
branches function inside and out and to learn from what they do.
Well since I can't think of anything too major that happened I'll
just tell you two experiences we had this week with our investigators.
So the Hispanic family we are teaching had a pretty impressive
experience. Hispanics are pretty well known to have dreams or "visions"
about religion and things pertaining to God. Well this week we were on
exchanges so Elder Young wasn't with me for this lesson. In fact I had
an English missionary with me so he had no idea what was going on and
just sat and smiled at the baby girl the mother was holding. Well I
taught the entire lesson on baptism and what the covenant means and why
we do it and all that jazz. Well in the middle of the lesson I felt
prompted to just ask them if they had ever prayed as a family about
anything we have been teaching them. The father then began to tell us
how they prayed one evening and that night he had a dream where we had
come by and taught his family something and then when we left we
extended our hands for a hand shake. Well everyone accepted our hands
except his sister that lives in Honduras. And she began to yell and tell
them that we were from the devil. Well he said that as she started to
drive us out him and his family right there began to defend us and he
just felt really good about everything. He said that he interpreted that
dream to be his answer that this is what his family needs. Pretty neat,
right? I was impressed and our next appointment with them I had them
tell Elder Young all about it as well. He didn't understand one bit of
it, but I got to hear it again. :) It was pretty amazing and that family
is progressing smoothly. It was a good day.
The other experience was the other family we are teaching, who are
super southern white people. Well the father is like
75% Cherokee Indian, but super heavy Pentecostal. Well we got to teach
him for the first time with his boy this week and he just went on and on
about religion and his experiences in the military and how it has
affected his outlook on religion and God and all that stuff. Well we
through a curve ball that he wasn't expecting. You see we have this
little blue book called the Book of Mormon and it is all about his
wonderful ancestors and their relation to the Tribes of Israel and how
they too need to come to a knowledge of their Redeemer. Thank you 1
Nephi 15:14. It was funny to see his desire change once we introduced
that. We didn't even get to talk about Joseph Smith or most of the
restoration for that matter, but we felt like he needed to hear that
right then and he has now committed to read and pray about it. The power
of that book is indescribable. We have to flood the Earth with it. It
was a pretty good day I would say.
Well family that is all I have for now . I sure hope things are going well over there. Live long and prosper!!!
Con Amor,
Elder Burnham
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