Well another week has come and gone and I have been left wondering where in the world it went. We started last Monday at about 9 in the morning and didn´t stop until last night at 10 at night. It was a week jam packed with stuff and little of it had to do with investigators which was something that made me sad. I feel that sometimes the investigators that we have slip lower and lower on the priority level as our weeks are filled with conferences and training meetings and planning meetings and all that stuff, but I have felt that the Lord has given me strength in my times of trials and has directed my actions towards Him.
This week Elder Menocal and I were able to receive the new assistant, Elder Jacobs. He is a great missionary and I feel privileged to be able to be with him as his companion and help him learn the ropes around here. These next few weeks we will be around travelling with him throughout the mission and working with the zone leaders and helping close off some baptisms. It is going to be an incredible transfer and we will be baptizing a fair share in our area, which makes the work only that much better.
Today as I was studying the Book of Mormon I read something that I absolutely loved and taught me a ton about Nephi and his character. I was reading in Chapters 31-33 in 2nd Nephi when Nephi was talking about why Jesus Christ was baptized. This chapter is one of the most used chapters in missionary work but there was something that really caught my attention. In a few different occasions Nephi quotes words from the Father and then he quotes words from the Son. First of all, that must have been a HUGE spiritual experience for Nephi. To hear the voice of both the Father and the Son as they testified of each other. That would have been an amazing experience for him. Nephi then concluded his teaching of the doctrine of Christ and then said that the Spirit stopped his utterance. Nephi, being obedient, quit talking and then invited his people to pray. This story applies so much to the missionary work. There have been so many times where I have been in lessons with my companion and we have been talking about baptism and we have been inviting people to be baptized and the people struggle against the Spirit. Once we see that the person is not going to accept the baptismal invitation we always end up leaving them with the commitment to pray. It was the exact same model the Nephi used and it works like a charm. Nephi is an incredible example of a fantastic missionary.
On Thursday we had the opportunity to be with the zone leaders and teach them a little bit about what it takes to ¨Mark the Path.¨ It was great being able to plan for it but what made it even better was the video we used of the Blue Angels and how there is always someone calling the shots and organizing the formation. We related this to the role of a zone leader and how they are the companionship in the zone that calls the shots and guides the formation. It is hard to explain in an email, but it turned out great. We were able to have a great meeting with them and they all left excited to work which is a big mission complete.
I´m sorry this email is all over the place, but I hope you were able to get the point. I am super excited for this week to come and for the opportunity to go out and work with the zone leaders. It is going to be a great experience.
Well not much else to report on the battlefield. I´m still loving life and having a blast out here. I love preaching the Gospel to the Argentine people. It is an amazing experience and it has changed my life forever. I know that this is the work of salvation. It is more than just baptizing converts, it is strengthening the infrastructure of the full and true Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love it!
Love,
Elder Burr
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