Christmas + 2 days

 
Family,
 
I loved talking to you all on Christmas. It was so cool to see your faces as well as hear your voices.
 
Story time: About a week and a half ago, we knocked the door of a house, and the woman said we could come in. Her husband wasn't home, so we set up an appointment for the next day. We went the next day and saw the husband getting out of his car, and he asked us to come back another day. I was loosing hope in them. But the next time we went by, the wife, Rosa was there, with her nephew who lives with them. We talked to her for about 20 minutes, and found out that she had met with missionaries before, and had even bee to church. We were excited. She then tole us that her husband had been baptized into out church. They were a part-member family! They were on our records, but both the phone number and address were wrong. Last Sunday, we finally got to teach them. They were both very nice and open. Right when we walked in, they gathered their children together to listen (although through the lesson they slowly moved to doing other things). We invited then to church, and they said they wanted to come. They also want their 11-year-old son to come to scouts and their children to go to primary. Oh and we had talked to the husband, Pedro, before and he remembered a lot about Joseph Smith and the restauration. We asked him if he still believed it and he told us he thought it really did happen. We stopped by briefly two more times last week, and both times they mentioned they would come to church. And they DID!! It is quite rare that people come to church the first week after you teach them, so it says a lot about this family. They really liked church, and another member told us they said they were planning to keep coming. Pedro wants to come back into activity and Rosa supports him in it. The members fellowshipped them so well, and I think they really felt welcomed. Rosa even signed up to feed us today! They have four boys, and are all awesome. The oldest- Alex, 11- said after church, "Well, I guess we'll see you next week." I love this family already, and hope that she chooses to get baptized, along with their 11 year old son.
 
I love you all. :)
-Elder Burnham

T'was the p-day before Christmas

 

Merry Christmas!

 

I love you all, and our Savior does too. Remember him this time of year.

 

We had a good week this week. We found a really cool part-mamber family this week who wasn't on the records. They want to come to church, and seem golden. The father is the member, and he still has a testimony of Joseph Smith. I will tell more about them later. We also taught another part-member family who we had worked with before, and the mother is considering baptism. Eva (I've talked about her before) want to get baptized too, but needs to get married first. She want to get married, but was waiting for about 6 months for legal documents/money reasons. But she told us she would think about getting married sooner, like in February. I am excited for all of these people.

 

Seeing as I will be talking to you on Saturday, I am not much in the mood to write. But think of questions or things to ask me about in the call (I'll call at 4:00 your time). I love you all and look forward to hearing your voices!

 

-Elder Burnham

Transfers, Elder Keele

 

Family,

 

Transfers brought an unexpected result. Trainers usually stay with their companions for two transfers, but in this case, Elder Perez left. I am training another missionary, Elder Keele. He spent two months in the MTC, and that's how much Spanish he knows. He is from Idaho. He is a little quiet but is a good kid and is opening up and talking more. I like him. He seems to click better with me that Elder Perez did; we are just more alike. He wants to major in Physics. That's cool. I will send pictures.

 

Please sent all mail from now until the end of the year (especially packages) to my apartment.

Elder Burnham

610 13th Street #507

Sioux City, IA 51105

 

Saturday we had some crazy weather. It was a blizzard. It was about ten degrees all day, and snowed about six inches. And it was Super Windy. There is a thing called Tell Me, which is a number you can call to get information on sports, weather, etc. It described the wind as "moderate gale force winds". Needless to say, it was intense. We went out for about 90 minutes in the afternoon, and another 90 at night, after it had stopped snowing. I was very bundled up, and stayed warm, except my cheeks because snow kept getting blown into my face.

 

Our church was canceled this Sunday. We were sad that our investigators were not able to come. But we got permission from our bishop to hold a sacrament meeting in our apartment with the other missionaries. It was a very spiritual experience. It was one of the most meaningful times taking the sacrament I have ever had. The words of the prayer seemed to mean so much more. Afterward, we had a testimony meeting. It too was powerful. It strengthened my testimony of the priesthood and the sacrament. I know that we have the priesthood of God in the church. I know that the sacrament is an ordinance Christ set forth so that we could be renewed weekly. I know he sacrificed his life for us, and suffered for us in Gethsemane. He loves me, and I in turn love him as my brother and saviour. I know that the testimony that the Book of Mormon gives of him is true, and that any person on earth can strengthen their testimony of him through reading it. I love Christmas time.

 

I love you all, and look forward to talking to you in two weeks. Enjoy Christmas time!!

-Elder Burnham

December and Transfers

 

To my wonderful friends and family,

 

Don't you all just love Christmas time?? I do. I have waited for this for 11 months. The Christmas Devotional was fantastic. All three of the talks inspired me- -especially President Monson's and President Eyring's. I have an increased testimony of my savior and want to share that with others.

 

On Friday, we did not have a lot of success before we had come in for dinner. When we left, I wanted to see some. I felt like God could do a miracle for us. We prayed hard before leaving the apartment to find someone who had been prepared. After leaving, we continued praying, offering a series of about 6 prayers with specific questions of where to go. We were led to a corner and we went to a few houses. At the third house we went to a hispanic kid of about 18 answered. We asked if we could share a message and he said we could. He told us he loved Jesus and said we could come back to try to teach all in the house. I feel like we were led to him and I hope we can teach everyone there.

 

This Wednesday and Thursday are transfers. Another one has already passed. It is crazy. But I will let you know what happens.

 

So apparently Amanda got the story wrong from Silvia. It was kind of the opposite of what I said last week. But oh well.

 

We had interviews about ten days ago. In it, President said the following- We have a lot of Spanish missionaries coming in , and we will have about 18, which is 4 more than we need. If it is necessary, would you be willing to finish your mission as an English missionary? We will still need experienced missionaries to serve with some of the new ones, but would you be willing to switch if I needed you to?

I said I would if it was necessary. We will see what happens.

 

I hope you all have a splendid week and remember the birth of our Savior. I love you all.

-Elder Burnham

Spanish Meeting 11/22/2010

Family and all,

We are trying to work with all the new investigators we found last week. It has been hard. They don't have a whole lot of time and lots of appointments we makw with them fall through. I suppose that is part of missionary work. Eva, who had come to church once (I think I have already written about her) has basically disappeared. She started school and it seems like she is never there, or just chooses not to open the door. Either way it is frustrating.

We are working with a lady named Silvia. She is the next door neighbor of a recent convert of 10 months, Amanda. We had taught her once about 6 weeks ago, but then Amanda stopped comming to church for three weeks. Amanda is coming again, with her testinomy as strong as ever, and she is helping Silvia a lot. They have a strong bond, and there is a lot of fellowshipping. She brought Silvia to church with her this week. It was good. We hope to teach her one or two more times this week. Amanda actually brought up baptism in the lesson, and said that she wants Silvia to be able to do it. We are going to invite her to set a baptismal date this week. I am really optomistic for it.

We also had a cool meeting on Saturday. All the Spanish missionaries from the mission got together and had a specialized training. We talked about the culture, the language, and other things. It was fun to learn and see all the other missionaries. After, we went to the temple and did a session in Spanish- my second one. I was really cool.

I am also excited for thanksgiving. I hope you all are too. I love you and hope your testimonies are growing!

Alma 34:38

D&C 78:19

-Elder Burnham

P.S. Zach Anderson is the ward mission leader for the ward the assistants are in. While down in Omaha Saturday, I saw him! It was strange to see someone that I had known before the mission. We talked for a few minutes. Fun stuff.

PPS The picture with lots of people is of all the Spanish missionaries.

The one with four people is me with all my former Spanish comps still in the mission.

The one with 6 of us is the missionaries in our ward and our ward mission leader Ignacio who is going out of town for 6 weeks. We will miss him.

Thanksgiving

Hello There!

 

I hope you all had a fantastic Day of Thanks. I did. We played in a Turkey Bowl in the morning with the first ward. It started at 8:00 and when we left our appartment it was about 7 degrees, but by the time we finished it had warmed up to 15 or 20. It was a little chilly. I dressed warm and once I got moving I had a blast. My face was the only thing that was too cold. My companion did not have good warm clothes so he wore just shorts and a long sleve t-shirt. He was cold. I felt a little bad for him. We are all sore now from the game but enjoyed it.

 

We got a lot of invites for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a little different than last year when I got transfered the day before to a tiny area. We accepted two dinners. One was with the Flory family and the other was with Amanda and her family. We both liked the Flory's food better but both were good. We were stuffed. It was a good Thanksgiving.

 

We had a good week as far as the work goes too. I talked last week about Silvia. She did not come to church this week because her husband was sick, but Amanda told us some really cool things. Before, the husband was not interested. Silvia wanted to go to church as a family, but he didn't really want to. But she came last week with Amanda and really liked it. Her husband also has arthritis in his leg, and it gets very painful in the winter. But when Silvia was at church, he said it didn't hurt him. Not only that, but he felt a peace and calm unlike anything he has felt before in his life. He now wants to come to church. It was a really cool experience, and I know the Lord is doing what he can to help his children know the gospel. I am excited for them.

 

We had had an investigator named Julio Chavez. He read the Book of Mormon a little bit and had said he would get baptized if he felt it was true. But he was working a whole lot and we hadn't been able to teach him for about 5 weeks. He lives in a house with about 15 other people. Last night we walked by his house and saw someone outside. It was dark and I didn't think it was him. But something told me to go back and talk to the person. It indeed was him. We talked for a few minutes and he let us in. He lives in a tiny little bedroom in the 3rd floor of an appartment/house. The roof is only 6 1/2 feet tall at the highest point and slopes down on the sides. The floor space is probably 10' by 8'. He shares a bathrom and a kitchen with others. But he let us in his room and we read some from the Book of Mormon. We then invited him to be baptized the 1st of January. He acepted. We are both excited and will work with him some more. He will stop working so much this next week (staring next monday probably) and we will be able to meet more frequently. We are seeing things progress here and I am excited about it. We are really trying to work with the members and are seeing fruits of it. I like it.

 

I hope you are all doing well and I love you all!

 

-Elder Burnham

 

PS There is still no snow on the ground. I love it. Sat and Sun were in the 40s and sunny. But today is cloudy and cold.

New investigators!!

Family,

I am short on time again this week. :( But here is is.

Our president asked us what we admire about our companion. I said this: My companion has a strong desire to go out and work! He loves teaching and being a missionary. He is patient with himself and always tries to improve.

It is true. It is a pleasure to serve with him.

We had a really good week. We basically dropped all of our investigators because they were not progressing, and started over. We made finding our focus and found 8 new investigators!! It involved a lot of walking, and knocking quite a few doors. It was cold this week, being in the 30s and 40s. It snowed one morning but did not stick, and drizled two other days. But about the investigators: Three of them are from the same family, but the rest are all seperate. We look forward to helping them prepare for baptism! We plan on extending hard baptismal invitation to them all this week,a mnd helping them get to church. Many of them seem to have a lot of potential. We are working hard and loving it.

Sorry I don't have more time! I am in a writing mood this week, but can't

Love you all.

-Elder Burnham

PS the picture is of me, Elder Perez, and my trainer.

11-8-10

To the Burnham Clan,



This was a hard week. We did our best, but things just didn't go our way. We have dropped many investigators who were difficult to find home or would not keep commitments well. We are kind of starting from scratch again. We are going to exercise our faith and try to be led to the Elect. Both Elder Perez and I are striving to find, teach and baptize. I know there are people in this area that are ready to not only hear, but also accept and apply the gospel in their lives.



Elder Perez continues to have a strong desire to work hard and be obedient. he is learning a lot, and is getting more comfortable teaching and being a missionary. We have had some rough times lately, but he is pushing through, and we are focusing on the successes we have gotten.



We have recently been trying to work better with members. We have started giving them all thank-you notes for the things they do to help us, and for feeding us. We are going to be asking for referrals more often and powerfully, and may start teaching the lessons to active members so they can feel the power they bring and want to share it with their friends. I am excited for it. We do not have a lot of members, but we will do what we can with what we've got.
-Elder Burnham

11-1-10 November

Family and all,

 

I hope you all had a good Halloween. We did. Two investigators came to church!

 

So transfers came and went, and so did my companion. He left even though he had only been here for 6 weeks. But I got to stay!! I am happy for that. My new companion is Elder Perez. I am training him. He is about 13 inches shorter than I am. Ha I'll send a picture next week; I don't have one this week.

He is a good missionary with a lot of desire and enthusiasm. He has a great testimony. I have enjoyed getting to know him better. It is a little different training that I expected, but we are both learning. He has ADD and ADHD, which sometimes make it hard for him to concentrate in lessons, but he is doing his best to overcome that. Bing involved helps him focus. His Sanish is not qute as good as I was expecting; I speak a good deal better than him. But he speaks well enough to communicate, and that's what's important. He also has a little bit of a stutter in English. Is is magnified in Spanish, and takes him a long time to get out what he want to say. Being nervous, scared, or excited adds to it, but he is gtting more comfortable, and his speech has improved since he has gotten here. He has a great desire and we should have a good transfer or two together. I am praying that we have lots of good experiences together, so he can desire a love for the work and see success.

 

So, Rosalba (the one who was going to get baptised) disappeared of the face of the earth. I'm guessing that either she got some anti stuff or took of early to Mexico for vacation. Hopefully it was the latter. Very hopefully. We have not had contact with her since last saturday (the 23rd). But hopefully we can get some baptisms soon.

 

I sent something to pops that I'll throw in here because it's good:

This week on Monday I had an experience. I was visiting with a recent convert of 9 months. She had a strong testimony, but was having difficulty coming to church recently because of pressure from her her husband, who is going to another church. She told us she had made the decision to stop coming to our church so the family could be together, even though she felt much different in our church than inany other. She had a testimony of our church, but felt like God would hear her in whatever church she was in, and she wanted to have her family go together. I had no idea what to say, but tried my best to listen to the spirit. I began to talk and felt prompted to talk about the Sacrament. I told her that she could go there and God would listen to her, but she would never feel the same, and would not be happy because they did not have the sacrament blessed by the proper authority. I really felt the spirit as I testified to her that the only was to get her family happy and united was by coming to our church. I felt like the Spirit led me to know what to say.

 

That's about all for this week. If you have and questions, write and ask them! I love all of you.

-Elder Burnham

10/25/2010 This week.

One of the most frustrating things with the missionary work right now is teaching the people we find. We can find lots of people, and we find many people who seem golden. But then they are difficult to get for appointments and are hard to catch home. I am not sure if that's just normal, if it is the investigators we have, or just the hispanic culture. I am trying to figure that out. But I am going to talk to my companion and I think we will try to work on setting more appointments.

We are also struggling getting people to church. On Friday we had 4 people who looked solid and were somitted to come, but none did. It was frustrating.

I love you all and the work. We have transfers this week. I REALLY hope I stay. But the Lord's will be done.

Rosalba should get baptized this Saturday.

I want to send you all my testimony. It is a little different writing it out, but it will work.

I know what I teach is true. I know that every single doctrine of this church is from God. I know that the only way to get back to live with our Father in Heaven is through the Atonement of Christ. The only way to use the Atonement is by living the Gospel of Jesus Christ: having faith in Him, repenting, being baptised by proper authority, recieving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. By doing these, we will get eternal life- the greatest of all the gifts of God. I know God has reatored the church in these days, and that there is a living prophet who recieves revelation from God for us all- to guide us. I know that we all are children of God. The Book of Mormon is scripture. Christ is our Savior. He loves us all so much. I can feel his love and help every day- and even more so on days that are hard. I love him. I know God hears and answers prayers, and that he speaks to us through the Holy Ghost. I have felt it numerous times and I know that feeling can come from nowhere but God. I love you all.

 

-Elder Burnham

10-18-10 :)

 

Family,

 

 This was a a pretty good week. We had some trouble meting with some of our investigators, but should be able to teach them this week. Rosalba's baptism was pushed back, but I really feel that she will get baptised on the 30th. She will be going to Mexico soon after, but I feel like she will stay strong. I really want to stay here (transfers are on the 28th), I feel like the work is going to go well in November, and Elder Orellanaand I are learning a Lot of Spanish together. I guess we'll see what God wants.

 

I was discouraged on Tuesday when I wrote, but it didn't last too long, We had an amazing District Meeting on Wednesday. I came prepares to recieve revelation and learn what to improve on, and it ended up being one of the most, if not the most spiritual meetings of my mission for me. I'm not sure if it was the same for the others, but I felt the spirit really strong, and it strengthened my testimony a lot, especially on some aspects that I was trying to work on.

 

We are trying to switch the focus here from transfers to months. We are starting monthly planners, instead of transferly ones.

 

This coming week we are going to be focusing a lot on Church and Baptism with Everyone. We are praying to see results. It should be good.

 

I finished the Book of Mormon for the second time in Spanish this week. It is true; it is the word of God. I love it. I started again, reading everything before 1st Nephi. It is a powerful book.

 

I love you all.

-Elder Burnham

10-12-10

Family,

 

This was a tough week. It just seems like things were not going our way in anything. We had most of our best appointments fall through, and complications with Rosalba's baptismal date. Needless to say, I am a little discouraged and don't feel like an really effictive missionary. But I know this feeling with pass with a little time. I think the most important thing I learned was that I need to focus more on the spirit. I have been working, but I feel like a good chunk of it is just doing the normal stuff. After the meeting with Elder Ellis of the Seventy, I focused on this, and I saw good things happen.  I know it makes a difference, but I lost my focus this week. I am excited for our district meeting tomorrow, where I can learn how to continue improving, and feel the spirit. This is an opportunity to use the Atonement.

 

Love you all,

-Elder Burnham

 

PS okay so looking back on it, that is a pretty dismal letter. Not the note I want to end on. But missions can be hard at times. Know that I am working hard, and growing in my love and appreciation for the Savior and his atonement. I feel the spirit as I write this and I love it. I know what we teach is the word of God, and that it contains the fulness of the Gospel, to help people take advantage of the Atonent and reach the Celestial Kingdom. I know this is a growing opportunity, and I will try my best to get as much out of it as possible. Again, I love all of you. Have a great week!!

 

PPS I may send pictures next week. We'll see.

9/27: Hello.

 

Sorry, I am short on time again. I am going to copy my president's letter here, but I would like to preface it. This week, we had Elder Ellis of the Seventy and his wife visit. It was a really good Zone Conference.

 

The two things I took away from Zone conference were:

Prayer- more heartfelt and sincere

Cast out unbelief

 

I have continued pondering on these things, and faith. As I have done this, I have had a lot of personal revelation about what I have to do to change and be better. I was thinking about having the faith of a mustard seed, and got a little discouraged, because I thought, "I can't move a mountain. I don't even have the faith of a mustard seed." But then I got thinking. I know that if I felt the Holy Ghost tell me to do it, I would have the faith and power to do it. I later read a quote from Jeffrey R Holland about needing to pray with faith in order to take advantage of the Lord's promise "ask and ye shall recieve". Sometimes I don't have a whole lot of faith when I pray, but the same realization I had applies to this kind of faith. If the Spirit tells me to pray for it, I will have the faith to get it. I now relize why it is so important for the spirit to tell us what to pray for, as it says in Doctrine and Covenants. I am striving to be led by the spirit in my prayers, and really expect them to be answered.

 

I really feel like this is a crucial part in my mission. My faith and desire are really increasing, and I am being really obedient. I am doing what I need to to be the missionary I want to be. I have the spirit so much more with me, and I feel like I am a tool in the Lord's hands. I am sincerely excited for the work.

 

We had an amazing finding experience last night. We were heading back to the car at about 8:20. It was dark and I was tempted to go back to the appartment to work on the area book, but decided against it. Even though it was late, I decided to look through my planner and find someone else to visit. As we got to the car ans I did so, a lady walked up. We talked to her and she seemes so prepared. Her mom is a member in Mexico, and her sister too. She had seen us before, but was just too shy to ask us if we were the Mormons. She said she had been commenting to her daughter that they needed to find a church to go to, but did not want to go to the Catholic because they didn't know when the spanish Mass was. We have an appointment with her tonight. I am really excited, and know that we were led to her.

 

Love you all.

-Elder Burnham

9-20-10 Elder Orellana

Family,

I love you all. Here I am again. Basically I have only about 5 minutes to write today. We are now 5 missionaries, instead of four. One new one does not have a library card, so I am sharing a computer time with another. I will try to write lots.

My new companion is Elder Orellana. He was born in Guatemala, but moved here when he had 6 months. He is from Utah, but has lived a little bit in Arizona. He has been out 6 months, and just finished training. We are speaking spanish a lot, and both improving. He speaks just a little bit better than me.

I loved serving with Elder Markham. He is an amazing missionary. He came out ready, and has such a strong testimony. He helped me be so much better, and strengthened my own testimony. I miss him. But I know he prepared me to serve with Elder Orellana. I am excited for this transfer.

Rosalva came to church today with her mom, but the two others we were planning on did not. Sad day. We did have 47 people in our Spanish sacrament meeting, which was phenomenal.

The work goes well. I love you all and love God. Be missionaries.

-Elder Burnham

9-13-10 Good week.

Family,

The computers are rather busy today so I will not have much time. I will try to write a good letter still.

Thsi week was a really good week. We found 5 new investigators, and most seem pretty solid. I am excited to work with them. Here is a brief list of some of them (and others):

Alma- She is Evangeical. The first time we went, she said, "There's no comitment is there? I already have a church." She used to be cathilic, but was converted. She says it was difficult, and she faced opposition from her family, but was strong. We have met with her twice now and she said this, "I don't wan't to change, but if it is what God wants of me, I will do it." She agres 100% that she needs to ask God. She knows God sent us to her, for whatever reason.

The Hernandez Family- We have met with them three times now. I wrote this about them last week, "We found a cool family this week. It is a mother and Father and their children. They have 6 kids and we have met three. The mother seems really interested, and she wants to do what's right for her children. One of the children seems quite interested too. Her name is Dolores and she is 15. They all went to the Johova's Witness church (minus the dad I think) but don't any more." They are a really good family. They pray every day as a family, and are just such good people. We taught them yesterday, and I taught the parents in Spanish while Elder Markham taught two of the kids in English. It worked really well. They said they would pray to know if the Book of Mormon was true. They ask good questions, and I can tell they really want to learn.

Maria, Ricardo, Cristina- We knocked into this family two weeks ago, but they didn't seem too interested. We finally got to get in and teach them Saturday. The mom (Maria) and the 18-year-old (Cristina) are the most interested. Cristina didn't like how other churches said that they were right and if you didn't believe exactly what they did you were going to Hell. We were able to answer her questions. There are a bunch of other kids, and they kept coming in and out and listening for parts. When we finished, the mom asked, "When can you guys come back?" and the daugher said her favorite part was the first vision. They should come to church next Sunday. I am really excited for them.

Rosalva- She set a baptismal date, and is planning on getting baptised on October 9th. It's exciting.

Mauricio- He came to church for most of Sacrament meeting yesterday, right after he got back from work at McDonald's (our Sacrament meeting is last). We talked about how church is such a good thing, and then at the end of the lesson, he said, "I am going to talk to my supervisor to see if I can get Sundays off. He doesn't feel ready for baptism yet, but we are going to continue working with him.

We have some other investigators that should be coming along soon, but those are the ones we are teh most excited for right now. I am glad for the privelage to be able to teach them. They all are great people and increase my faith.

I love Elder Markham. We are working hard and being really obedient, and the Lord is blessing us. It seems like we just keep finding amazing people. He understands a lot of Spanish, so he can follow along with the lessons. He usually adds comments in English and I translate. It work pretty well. I will get a new companion at transfers this Friday. This turned out to be wuite a good letter. I love you all. Thanks for your love and prayers.

-Elder Burnham

9-7-10 Elder Markham

Family,

As of an hour ago, Elder Palomeque is no longer my companion. It is weird. It went so fast. My new companion is Elder Markham. I was going to write about him last week, but didn't. He went into the MTC to learn Portuguese, so he could go to Brazil. He couldn't get a visa, so he came here to wait. He has been in the field about two and half weeks now. He was with the Zone Leaders, but is going to be with me for the rest of the transfer (10 days). IT is going to be strange having a companion that doesn't speak Spanish in an area of all Spanish. He does understand quite a bit though. He is still so new, that he still has that "Greenie Fire", and we are going to work super hard and be really obedient. Elder Palomeque was a hard worker, but didn't have a huge respect for the rules. I miss him though. Elder Markham is from Provo, Utah. I will send pictures.

Oh- Preparation day is on Tuesday because President wanted us to work on the Holiday. Just in case you were wondering.

So another big change here is that our District leader and his companion- those with whom we share the car- got a mini missionary. He is From Omaha, and will be with them for a week. That is going to be strange and exciting. It reminds me of when I went with Elder Crook for three days. I loved it.

We found a cool family this week. It is a mother and Father and their children. They have 6 kids and we have met three. The mother seems really interested, and she wants to do what's right for her children. One of the children seems quite interested too. Her name is Dolores and she is 15. They all went to the Johova's Witness church (minus the dad I think) but don't any more.

There was a baptism this Saturday by the English Elders in our ward. We went, and Rosalva came too. During, Rosalva asked us when there would be other baptisms. We told her the 18th and 25th. After, she was talking to an English Missionary (she speaks some English), who asked her if she was going to be baptized. She said soon. She told him she was deciding between the 18th and 25th. I am so excited for her. She loves church and she knows it is true. I want to see her get baptized and continue faithful in the church.

Um... The end.

-Elder Burnham