Another week! I have 2
more weeks of normal stuff and 1 week of weird stuff and 3 days, and
then I am peacing out to the land of Ice Cubes and Tom Bruise!! I'm finally
going to get plugged into the social pipeline!! ( name that terribly, worldly movie)
I gave my first priesthood lesson as zone leader, it
went swell!! Teaching in unity is something Elder Matao and I got to
work on, but he has a lot of thoughts he's got to get out of that poly
body of his!
AHHH! We get 5 new elders and 4 new sisters this Wednesday. Two of them are international so I will pick them up Tuesday
and then show them the ropes, tell them the best places to sneak
naps.....NOT! ( lead by example)
We have this one Elder in our district who is the
holiest of holy, of course his name is Elder Sweeten, cause he is so
sweet, he has his own Mormon Message and everything ( it's called fulfilling your Duty to God) so anyways, he has never had caffeine before
and we smuggled in six caffeinated DP's and were trying to get him to
drink it for like and hour! It was way funny at first, but then I felt
kind of bad after.
We received a new Elder in our room, he looks
exactly like the kid from Up. He already knew Mandarin coming into the
MTC so they sent him to learn French and his French District left so he
is with us now. He is nice and soft to say the least, I'll get a picture
with him.
We had a pretty wild discussion with the French
Tri-panionship in our dorm. They have for a long time been wasting study
time to go and talk to Sister Missionaries or watch Mormon Messages. So
we had a heart to heart with them, that evolved into just a testimony
meeting of why we are here and whose time this is. The conversation made
me realize, that as of right now, every missionary in the world is
living the highest law ever, the law we will live in heaven, the Law of
Consecration. EVERYTHING that is being done is the Lords. Whether its
the time spent, or any success I have, or anything I learn, is
from the Lord. These next 23 months are so precious, I will never have
this opportunity again, and I hope and pray I will not have any regrets
at the end of it. That I can pray to Heavenly Father and he can tell me
"well done my good an faithful servant."
The 'everything' talk made us all also think about
Jesus Christ, and his sacrifice for us, that it was everything ever done
and everyone. He loves and sacrificed for everyone. Whether the person
has screamed with every fiber of their being, that they don't
believe in God or that they hate Christians and Jesus Christ. Our Savior
still atoned and suffered for them. And I am so grateful for Amanda,
and her example of truly seeing people through Christ's eyes, like the
beetle-nut dealer.
I love you all so much!
Elder Burr
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