Marc's email 4/16/2012

Sounds like a bumpin week back at la casa. Matt and Dad sound like they have a handful of problems after that lightning bolt jacked Maxine up but oh well stuff happens. This week was really good. We started off by going to Guadalajara which was awesome as always. It was a little bit rough getting there but all in all we got there. Tired. But we got there. That will be a story for when I am home. Anyway Elder Johnson and I are back here in Santiago trying to do work. He is from Arizona and was in school plays in high school... You can all assume how he is but all it all he is a great kid. We will have a good change. We were able to find several people these past few days and we had many people in the church on sunday. They are all people that will hopefully get baptized in the next few weeks. One major problem that we have here in Santiago is that there are several people who desire everything about the gospel but many of their wives or husbands are not so down. They threaten to leave them if they go to church or they dont let us visit them very often. We have found several people who have been threatened by their husbands and it truly is so sad. Now I understand why the Lord has given us the Law of Chastity. He always wants to protect His children and when we dont obey that is when He cant obey us. The obedience is crucial in this life if we want to succeed. That is a huge lesson that I have learned so far and up until now it has helped me out alot. Mom I have not received any packages for a while but I am sure that when Pres comes to do interviews he will bring them if you sent them a while ago. I dont need anything thanks though! Just living the dream out here in Santiago. Well Mom and Family I love you. Thanks for everything and especially the prayers. Until next week. Elder Burr