Letter from Elder Burnett

Dear Family and Friends,

This last week has been amazing. Everything is going so well here in Wright! We had several beautiful days and then we had snow, thunder, and lightning for Friday and Saturday. It was so awesome; the whole town was covered in white puffballs! (It was more of soft hail rather than snow...it was 44 degrees. Wyoming seems to defy all natural laws...like the snow and ice melts when its 23 degrees!)

So, we had Stake Conference yesterday and my companion and I had so many people there! An inactive family that as recently been activated (like 3 weeks ago) came. We are teaching their son who is 9 so technically we had an investigator there also. We tricked two less actives into driving us so they were there also! We also had an in-active guy named Courtney.

Courtney was one of the members of the church that went because his parents told him to. He lived in Utah so it was kind of a "requirement"; it really turned him off when he was 14 when he started doing a lot of drugs. He moved out and we don’t know quite what happened. My first transfer we tracked into him and we started talking. He said he didn’t want to learn anything or talk about church, but he would love having us over because he said he won’t deny the spirit. So, that was a first step. We have been just visiting every now and then since. Well, he has made some mistakes these last couple weeks; enough to have the cops looking at him. He all of the sudden realized he was not going down the path he wanted. He said his first prayer in YEARS and asked for the strength to change and become better. MINUTES LATER...guess who showed up to the door? Yes, we did. He told us of how amazing that was. We chatted for a bit about how he was feeling and the power of forgiveness. He shared his desire to change then he asked for a blessing! He asked me to give it. I have never been so close to the spirit or to the Lord! I couldn’t believe how the Lord was using me as his mouthpiece; it really strengthened me!

Thank you all so much for the wonderful support! I know I say this a ton but I really mean it. I receive more strength every time I read the words that are sent my way! Remember to keep the Lord in your heart and be willing and desirous to do what He would have you do! Keep the faith always!

Elder Burnett