November 18, 2013
Well dear family! This week has been a good one, a busy
one, a tiring one, but God is always there to carry me through! :)
So let me think...what even
happened this week???? Good
question. On Tuesday we taught Kelley and invited her to be baptized this
Saturday, she said yes, and had her interview, she is clear to be baptized, but
yesterday she got nervous about the date, so we are praying real hard for her,
and prayers in her behalf would be great! We also taught Judy, who
had her interview yesterday, and she is GOING TO GET BAPTIZED on Saturday! So this week is going to be a crazy
one, getting ready for that, but we are excited and she is
excited! So that is what will be happening this week!
:)
We also invited Ben, Shirin and
Elizabeth to be baptized, and they said that they want to learn more before
they get baptized, but they still come to church every week and we have a
standing appointment with them once a week, so they are progressing, just
slowly!
Wednesday was good, we had a zone
training, and that was good! We
also had choir, and then we taught Jung. (Oh did I mention that he also
gets taught by president Orgill???) Haha, anyway he doesn't get the priesthood
yet, but he really wants to know all about our church before he decides what he
is going to do about it. So that is sometimes stressful, but
it is also good. He also said this "Sister Putnam and Lang are good
singers.” (we sing with him) then he said, "Burningham not
good singer, but good teacher."
Haha. It just made us laugh, and well, obviously I can't sing, but
that's ok, I'll keep singing anyway, cause I love it! :)
Thursday was good, we saw
Charlotte and her daughter (and they came to church cause we sang in Sacrament
meeting!) so that was a miracle! :) We also saw Kelley again, and
were just helping her get ready for baptism! :)
We also went to a Relief Society activity, cause Shirin went, it was a good use of time! Plus we got to know the sisters in this ward better! And many of them are a bit anxious cause transfers are next week, and both Sister Putnam and I have been here for 4 months, so we could get transferred. But we'll find out Sunday night. But this week we are just going to go out and kill it! And have baptisms!! :) So yay super exciting! Hmmm also, I'll tell you my transfer predictions…I think I may be going. Which is sad cause I love this area, but I really think that my time here may be close to an end. But we'll see. Do you have any guesses??? :) Before I tell you next week!?!?!
Friday was supposed to be
planning day, but we didn’t get much planning done. We did this thing
called "nails and tales" and we went to a senior center and painted
their nails and asked them about their family history, so that was fun! And just
being there reminded me of all the times we danced at senior centers, and that
was a good memory, I’m glad I had that opportunity to do that!
:) Tell Angela thanks for me! :) Then we had lunch, and then went and learned more about
family history, and I attached documents to people, mostly just census records,
but it was still cool! Then we taught Mackey, and that was good! Just continuing to make baby steps with
her! :) And then we also saw Jung again, and that went
well. We did sing, and teach him more about the priesthood!
Saturday we had lunch with Kelley
before her baptism interview, so that was fun! :) Then we
planned. And I can't really
remember what else happened.
Yesterday really didn’t even feel
like Sunday. Why? K, here was our day, got up, got ready, practiced for
choir at 8:00, sang in the first ward, then went to our own Sacrament
Meeting. Then Judy had her
interview, and while our District Leader was interviewing her we hung out in
the mission office, and missed Sunday School and Relief Society. And then we went and got Sister Murphy
cause her comps had a meeting with President, then dropped her off after we
studied, went to dinner, which was great!
And then went and taught a member. It was a go, go, go kind of
day, but it was great! And I think
I prefer busy days to days when there isn't much happening!
And then today!
:) Today is pday. Yay!
Haha, much needed and I always love them! :) HMMM, but really things are going good,
and I am so grateful that I am a missionary right now! :) It is just amazing. I love
that I am able to see the atonement at work everyday. I love that I can share
the gospel with my whole heart. I love that I am a missionary. I
just love it! I know that this is where I am supposed to be!
I know that God has a purpose for all things! I know that the Church is
true! That God loves us and knows
us and truly wants us to be happy! I love this gospel! I love the
plan that God set up for us! I love that there is more to life than just this
life! :) I love it!!!
I hope you all have a great
week! Things sound good (and cold)
at home, I'm grateful for the warmer weather, but it still is chilly at night
;) Haha. I feel blessed to
be in California though! :) I just feel blessed, full and happy right
now. I'm so grateful that I felt like I needed to serve a mission, and
then heeded that prompting. I feel like people talk about the things that
get in the way of them serving, but I feel like I took of running and didn't
look back. But I'm grateful. I'm grateful for the time I've already served, and
the time I have left. It's going so fast, but I'm enjoying every second!!!!
I love you all! Have a good week!
Love,
Sister Taylor Burningham
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| Just taking some pictures while Kelley has her interview |
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