Family!!
oooh i'm excited to get a dear elder! mary should tell people to do that i know they're always on their laptops and it doesn't take long at all!! ahhhh easton and preschool that's exciting! i keep seeing little 4 yr old boys and i miss him! on sunday we got recruited to be the judges for primary idol in one of ours wards! they were practising songs for the primary presentation and there was a judge with a big heart neckalce to feel the spirit, i had to wear MASSIVE pink glasses to see if they were looking to the front, and this other guy wore these elephant ears to listen if they were loud enough! it was super fun!! we had a baptism on tuesday, tamara! it was super good but the ward mission leader in that ward is not the greatest, he texted us at 2pm and was like yeahhh i can't fill up the baptismal font can you ask your elders to do it? so of course we had to do it because the elders have to proseylte in their own area and we had to stay by the font because apperantly they couldn't find anyone else and it took forever!! i think that is the thing that stresses me out the most, feeling like i'm wasting time...and it was kind of hard this week because sis abarca was sick for a day and he was to stay in for the first half and i was like ahhhh i'm wasting the lord's time but i know it's better for her to not over exert herself and get better quick instead of push and be sick for like a week! but yeah i guess i just need to get over that internal battle in my head! we really do try to work effectively and use the most of our time!
oooh i'm excited to get a dear elder! mary should tell people to do that i know they're always on their laptops and it doesn't take long at all!! ahhhh easton and preschool that's exciting! i keep seeing little 4 yr old boys and i miss him! on sunday we got recruited to be the judges for primary idol in one of ours wards! they were practising songs for the primary presentation and there was a judge with a big heart neckalce to feel the spirit, i had to wear MASSIVE pink glasses to see if they were looking to the front, and this other guy wore these elephant ears to listen if they were loud enough! it was super fun!! we had a baptism on tuesday, tamara! it was super good but the ward mission leader in that ward is not the greatest, he texted us at 2pm and was like yeahhh i can't fill up the baptismal font can you ask your elders to do it? so of course we had to do it because the elders have to proseylte in their own area and we had to stay by the font because apperantly they couldn't find anyone else and it took forever!! i think that is the thing that stresses me out the most, feeling like i'm wasting time...and it was kind of hard this week because sis abarca was sick for a day and he was to stay in for the first half and i was like ahhhh i'm wasting the lord's time but i know it's better for her to not over exert herself and get better quick instead of push and be sick for like a week! but yeah i guess i just need to get over that internal battle in my head! we really do try to work effectively and use the most of our time!
we have been working with alot of less actives, they are focusing more on that in the mission which is cool, it's amazing to see people feeling the spirit that they haven't for so long and have the desire to change and come back to church!! we had a super cool experience on thursday, we'd been trying to contact a media referral for ages adn we weren't going to try again but we decided to knock on her door one more time and she answered! it was super dark because her power had just gotten shut off and she was super sick...we had a realyl good lesson(adn the rs pres was there too!) and then we asked her if she wanted a blessing becaus sis abarca wanted one from the elders too...and p.s this lady looks like a thug as the elders put it, she's mexican and had tattoos all up and dwn her arms and all these piercings but is so sweet and loves to talk! anyways so elder birch, he's just finishing up his first 6 weeks gave her the modsty amazing blessing i've ever heard of complete healing and all this stuff and his voice CHANGED you could tell it wasn't him speaking, he was just being a mouthpiece! talk about seeing the priesthood in action! and we saw her yesterday and her finger that she sliced open that was super infected and she had to go to the hospital every 8 hrs for iv was healed!!! it was crazy and she totally recognized that it was because of God! she is on date for oct 3!
we have a baptism on saturday and then 3 the next sat but i don't know if i'll be here because trasfers is tuesday!!! ahhh so scary!!! i am nervous if i train? but i guess the Lord knows what i am capable of and whatever He asks i will do! so you guys tototally have to do the bom challenge they are sedning you! i did it my first 2 transfers and it was so amazing to read it so quickly! and when i did it i cirlced any reference to christ! this one is the underlingin the doctrine of christ which i didn't realize how central it was until i came out here, it really is the meat of the church and you will be amazed at how many times it comes up!!
love you tons!!!
amy/sister burtenshaw
Like she said, write dearelders are soooo easy, and for those of you who have served missions, or even lived abroad, you know how fun it is to get mail!!
Sister Amy Burtenshaw
Utah SLC South Mission
8060 S 615 E
Sandy, UT
84070-0522
Utah SLC South Mission
8060 S 615 E
Sandy, UT
84070-0522
And she's super good at writing back, so you know if you send her one, you will get one in return!
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