8-30-10

Family,

We had a really good week this week! We found some good investigators and were able to work with some others that we already had.

My companion goes home in a week. It is wierd. Don't worry- I am not trunky at all. Enough said on that.

Could someone get a four generation chart for me and send it out? just a random request.

On Saturdays we usually go to Le Mars to see Rosalva. This Saturday we also went to Sioux Center to find people because it looked like there were a lot of hispanics there. We found some people we could teach. One of their names was Agustine. He let us right in, and we taught him for about 20 minutes. He had talked a little bit with missionaries in Mexico, and has now been in the US for 4 years. He left his family there. He seemed really receptive. He prays every night, and he told us he would read the intro to the Book of Mormon. It was also his birthday. We gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon and a pamphlet and told him they were presents from God.

Last week I mentioned a referal we got from the English Elders, named Mauricio. He is a really good investigator. We taught him two more times this week, one of which was at the church building. The spirit was strong. We went over the Gospel of Jesus Christ and ended at the baptismal font. We invited him to be baptized the 18th of September and he said he would try all he could to do it, although he says he is still struggling with faith. We have only taught him three times and look forward to teaching him more.

We had gotten a referal from a member for a Jehova's Witness. We have taught him at the member's house three times now. This last time was really frustrating. We had thought he was making a little progress, but he fell back on his old beliefs this time. He won't accept the Book of Mormon. He says it could have been inspired, but won't read it. IT was kind of a lame end to a great week.

I am out of time. I have some things to write next week.

-Elder Burnham