Well family it is just me writing once again from Villa Hidalgo. I hope this past week was good for all of you and I hope you all returned home safely and are enjoying life. It sounds like Mom, Dad, Heather, Shea and kids had fun in Disneyworld. I remember a year ago Dad and I were tearing up the rollercoasters just us two. It was also senior day for the high schools and Dad and I were just chillin. Also how met is Japan and the Middle East? I dont hear much of the worldly news here but I sure hope the world isnt ending, I still have things I have to do when I get home. And what is up with David Tuttle? He just left the Church or what? That is odd to me. Jonny boy Barlow is getting married? I never knew that he knew how to talk to girls.. That is good though. LP took state again in basketball? And what is up with this family I belong to? I thought they were more reliable than this but have they just forgotten about their boy out here in Mexico? Anyway a little bit about my area. It is small, we can walk the whole area in a day. The roads for the most part are all dirt and rocks that make it hard on the feet. My shower has moved from a bucket to a cold shower head. I wash all of my clothes by hand on a wash board and eat beans and tortillas. My comp is still femi and my bed that I sleep on has a huge hole in the middle. The people here are mostly Catholic and lazy. You ask them why they arent willing to change and they straight up say because they are lazy and it requires too much work.. They are about as met as anything that ever was. Everybody works in the surrounding fields and every morning there are trucks with their beds completely full of Mexicans going to work. It is a sweet area and I love it. I would rather be here than in the city that is for sure. The Branch here is small but there are several awesome members. In attendance every week there are about 40 people. It is weird seeing it like this but the members here have stronger testimonies than I had ever seen in a Ward or Stake. This week we had a zone conference where we learned more about our purpose and how we can more fully understand it. My President is strict and straight forward. We are here to baptize and nothing else. He is always telling us to repent and commit people to baptize. The conference was good though. This week we had the chance to put two dates for this weekend and the next. This weekend is a lady named Dalia and the hardest part is her family. Her family tells her that the church isnt true and she needs to stay in the church she is in. I ask for your prayers so she can get baptized. The other is an old guy named Priciliano and he is just old and realizes that without a baptism he cant enter the Kingdom of God. I will let you all know how it turns out with them. Also the 12 of every month the people here celebrate the day of the Virgin and it is just an excuse to drink and dance. I dont get how people worship an idol even though it is a commandment not to.. It doesnt make sense to me. Anyway that is about it for this week. I know this church is true and every trial and challenge that we have been given has been given to learn. We will never be given something we cant handle and the Lord is always willing to help. Christ lives and He is the Savior of us all. Only throught Him can we be saved. He paid the price for our sins, our life is not free. Always be grateful for Him and what He did. I love you all thank you all for everything.
Elder Burr
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