Matt's email 1/31/2011

I am very happy to say that this week went by pretty well. It wasn´t a week full of legit stories, but it was a good week. On Tuesday it hailed like I have never seen hail before. We were about 10 blocks away from the church when it started so we tied up the nikes and headed for the chapel. Let´s just say we got in right on time because the second the door closed, all heck broke loose. Cars were getting trashed, dogs were getting punked, trees were falling... It was just a disaster. The next day we found out that a lot of the grapes and peaches were destroyed, putting everybody here in a bad mood. It was definitely one of those storms that I will never forget.
This week we were also working a lot with a little boy named Walter. He is a friend of a member and is too stoked to get baptized. He doesn´t really understand the lessons all that well, but he is super excited to get baptized and be like his friend. His parents have invited us over to his house to eat with them and are showing interest in the Gospel, so we are going to try to take advantage of this great opportunity to baptize the entire family. Our recent convert, Nahuel, was called to be the second counselor in the young mens organization and also received the priesthood yesterday. This kid was so prepared for the Gospel it´s unbelievable. He is super excited for his new calling and is looking forward to the day when he is called to serve as a missionary.
On Friday we had zone conference in San Rafael. It was great to be able to hear from the Lindahl´s and to meet together with some of the missionaries. It is always a good little break from the regular faces that you see daily. Hermana Lindahl gave a great talk on marriage.. Why she was talking about marriage, I don´t know. She expressed to us the importance of humility in a relationship and how sometimes you just have to humble yourself and let the Lord work out your problems. It was hard for me to comprehend, based on the fact that I have never been married before, but it definitely opened my eyes.
Other than those great little stories, nothing really cool has happened here. I can say that I love being out here. I love being able to serve the people of Alvear, and more importantly, serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It was interesting, the other day I talked with a man and asked him what he had done in the day for Jesus Christ. He told me that he had done nothing, but then he returned the question on me. I was proud to be able to say that I serve him all day every day, but I also realized just how important it is to do something for Him every day. I felt sad for the poor old man so if there is anything of worth in this email it is this: Do something every day for Jesus Christ. Serve someone. Read the scriptures. Pray. Do something. Just do it. I love you and hope you have a great time in Hawaii!
Love
Elder Burr