This Week

Dear Family,

I wanted to just send you a quick email this week as we are leaving to Minot, ND again today at 10am. I hope that everything is going well! I hope to hear from you all on Saturday/Monday when I get to check my email again :)

Love you all!

Elder Burnett

This week's letter!

Dear Family,

     This morning we went to IHOP for breakfast because so many things are changing in our Zone. The AP is going home and my companion went ZL and is going to Brookings. I am getting Elder Richins from CA as well. I am excited to serve with him!

     I wish to share with you two quotes that have changed everything I have been planning on doing.

"Sacrifice brings forth the blessings from Heaven" - Hymn 29, Praise to the Man"

     I have decided that there is no time like now; after at, it is a present! I declined my release and will be coming home on the 8th of December like I should be. After all, I was called for 24 months, not 23. How could I expect myself or my future family to make sacrifices for the Lord, if I didn't. So, schooling at FCC will not be in my playbook. However...

"Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance" - President Monson

     Knowing that the Lord will bless me with my schooling needs, I am in the process of applying to BYU-I for the Winter Semester of 2012. I want to be able to have a schooling option open and in my opinion, wouldn't want it to be any other than BYU-I. I know that if it is what the Lord wants me to do, he will provide a way for payment through scholarships, or through a decent job. After all, I would much rather take a student loan and continue my education, than to delay an prohibit my progression through this life at a crucial time.

     I hope that you can support my decisions, after all, they are mine and mine alone. I do wish to have your input and your support however. I do love and miss you! May God be with you through all that you do!

Elder Burnett