Week ending 9-14-09

Friends and Family,

Not too much to write this week. (Sorry!) We had a district meeting on Tuesday. One elder in our district left and now our district leader is training a greenie. We still have a really young district.

We are still teaching Aaron Shanley. We met with him twice this week. We just found out that he is going to be moving the begining of October. He is still planning on being baptized here, and is excited about it. I hope he doesn't stop going to church after moving, but I don't think he will. He is the only really progressing investigator we have at the moment- we are working on enlarging our teaching pool.

We had dinner with a really cool member family this week. They are the Turpins. They are both about 25 and have an 18 month old baby. They just moved here a few weeks ago. They both served missions so they know how it is to be in our position. We have dinner with them again this week.

So most of the ward here is inactive. I think if every member came, the ward would be about three hundred, but we only get 40-60 depending on the week. We have lots of re-activation work to do, but they just don't seem to want to come to church! it's frustrating sometimes.

One of our members attends the community college here and has us over for dinner at the cafeteria there. We ate there this past week. When dinner was over, it was pouring, and our car was a three-minute walk away. We had just come from a meeting, so we had our suit coats on. We opened the door and took off. Rain was coming down in football sized drops, and puddles were EVERYWHERE. And these weren't just normal puddles- there were anywhere from three to five feet deep, and spanned miles and miles. At least, that's what it felt like. I ran with all my might, mind, and strength, laughing hysterically the whole way. Man, it was so fun. Needless to say, we both got soaked. Good times on the mission.

Okay that's all for this week, but I'd like to share a quote from Jesus the Christ by Talmage. "Prayer is made up of heart swells and the righteous yearnings of the soul, of suplication based on the realization of need, of contrition and pure desire."
That's going from memory, but I think it's word-for-word. I read it and really liked it. It's now hanging above my desk.

Love and miss you all,
Your Nebraskan Elder Burnham