Well another week more and another week less. This last week has been awesome. On Saturday we baptized Brayan. It was an awesome experience but it was also pretty sad. He had been inviting all of his friends and his mom and everything and he showed up for his baptism and told us that none of them were going to come. So we had a congregation of like 7 people and I could tell he was sad but he is happy now and he is always talking to us about how he is going to serve a mission. He has pretty much memorized the pamphlets of the lessons that we teach and he is teaching and talking to all of his friends and his family. He will be an awesome member of the church. Other than that though this week has been full of appointments and finding people. We have found a few people that we will teach again this week and see if they progress or not and we have a few people that will be baptized within the next few weeks. I have come to find that everyday my testimony gets strengthened whether we are baptizing or contacting in the street. That is the amazing thing about the mission, everyday I am learning and everyday I am growing. My testimony of Joseph Smith and of this church gets challenged every single day and that just gives me more opportunities to strengthen myself. Today was sweet as well. Since it is the last week of the change we all got together as a zone and we played some basketball. It was fun for about 10 minutes but then with the heat it got to be a bit much. After that we went to the house of the zone leaders and had a BBQ. That was something for the records. Since nobody here has a grill, we found pieces of rock in the street and made a little grill. Then we had to start the fire which was a joke. It took 5 people and 30 minutes to get the coal hot enough to cook the food. Then after that we had hamburgers which I am almost positive were made from pigeon meat. But all in all it was a great experience and the people in my zone are awesome. My district leader is the grandson of Gladys Knight. He is hilarious so whenever we all get together it is a good time. It is almost like a football camp or a scout camp.
Well I am glad to hear that things back at the house are good. I am also glad to hear that Osama is dead. It sounds like dad is busy and the family is doing good. Mom I emailed dad and you guys are going to call me at 530 my time which I think is also 530 your time. I am excited to hear from you mom and dad and the family. Also I think quade might go over there that day as well. Mom thank you so much for everything that you have done for me and being the best mom in the world. I have felt your love and prayers everyday out here and know that I love you. I am so grateful for the chance that I have to live with this family for eternity. I hope you all have a great week and I will talk to you all soon. I love you all.
Elder Burr
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