Letter from Elder Burnett

Dear Family,

Let me begin like I always do; starting with the things that I have been written to by you :)

I sent you an email about the whole freezing thing weeks ago. Yes, I am doing quite fine! It was fixed the day after and the pipes we thawed out with a lighter and running water. Everything that is broken is now fixed! We are so grateful everyday for the warm "love" that our home greets us with after a long day.

As for the weather, it has been an absolute HEAT WAVE! 40 degrees with no wind sure makes you begin to sweat when you are so used to 5 degrees and 35mph wind! It’s crazy at how warm 40 degrees feels when I wouldn’t go outside without a coat in the 60 degree weather back home.

How is everything going with the kids back home? I didn’t get a single email from them this week and it makes me sad! However, those hand-written letters mean more than you can ever know. I responded only to Mom's so far; it had a huge impact on me and you will see when you get the letters in a couple days if you haven’t already gotten them (included in that day was Rachel's Birthday letter that I wrote last week.) Please continue to do that in Sacrament! However, please also send me e-mails with more details of things going on. I know how much of a pain it can be to want to write so much in a letter but your hand hurts after the first page and you just end it there without saying everything that you wanted to say in the first place.

Now, for the stuff that is going on here. Donny is coming along great! We will be swinging by his house tonight to set up an appointment with him for Friday. I am currently on splits with the District Leader; I get to show him the work that is going on in Wright. I feel so honored to be the one showing him around as a "greenie". Anyways, we hope to commit Donny to baptism and have his family come to church seeing he was the only one who knew anything about our beliefs in the first place.

Speaking of baptism, I need you to ship out those white pants ASAP! :) We have one coming up on the 30th of January with Stephanie! We are so excited and I feel so blessed to be a witness to the power of the gospel as it takes hold of her life and she begins to change and prepare to enter into the waters of baptism! :)

Besides that, not much is going on here in Wright. However, there are transfer calls on the 30th, but I have a feeling I will be staying in the area again; this pleases me greatly!

To all my "blog-going" fans out there, thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement and support! It means a great deal to me! Remember the Savior who gave his life so that we might live. Also, never forget the people of Ammonihah who gave their lives because they knew what Alma and Amulek taught were true! We should strive to emulate their example and dedicate everything we have been given to our Lord and Savior!

Love you all!

Elder Burnett