Matt's email 2/21/2011

So I have to start out by thanking you all for the great birthday wishes. It was awesome to open up my email and see a million happy birthday emails. Just to let you all know I´m still the youngest in the family, despite the fact that I have passed through 19 years of this life. I would like to thank you all for the great examples that you have been to me and the awesome lessons that I have learned from each and every one of you. Thanks a lot for everything guys!
As for the week here in Alvear... It went really well. The weather was perfect. We woke up every day to clouds and even rain some of the days. It was definitely an answer to many prayers. Sometimes the sun just gets old, especially when nobody in this country has air conditioning. I´m sure you can imagine. Also on Saturday we had the opportunity to watch Nahuel, our recent convert, baptize a girl named Angela. It is amazing to see the progress that Nahuel has made in the church. Yesterday we had a good chat with him and he told us that he wants t be on the mission as soon as possible. He said that he wants to leave everything and serve the Lord. It was so awesome to hear that from a man who, 2 months ago, was a complete wreck. He should also be receiving the Melchezidek Priesthood this coming month so that will be really cool to see. The kid is super solid and I wish you could all meet him, but that won´t be possible. At least here on this earth. But he sends you all greetings, just to let you know.
Sorry this email is pretty lame, but that is about all that has happened. Alvear is pretty legit. Imagine being in Kanab for 4 months without leaving. Yeah after about the first week everything is the same. That´s how it is here, but the work is awesome. The ward is getting attacked by all the women passing along rumors... They are literally destroying the church, but it´s all good. We will just have to go drop some cane on the verdicts and hopefully things start getting better. You have no idea how frustrating it is to hear a 14 year old girl that doesn´t understand anything, start a rumor about a recent convert that just got baptized Saturday. She deserves a kick to the face, but lucky for her, nobody here will do it. Yep the rumors will do it, so the teaching of the week is DON¨T PASS RUMORS!! I don´t care if they are true or not, they come from the devil. They destroy the souls of the people. If I find out that anyone in my family does it... I can´t finish the sentence, but it won´t be good.
That´s all I got homies. I wish you all a great week. Thanks for everything. Keep doing what you do alright? I love you all!
Love elder Burr