MUY BUENA SEMANA

VERY GOOD WEEK

Hola mi amigos! Los Angeles is still treating me great! I keep expecting the weather to get cooler now that its fall but we just keep staying in the 70s and 80s  I definently can't complain. This week was another great one! Me and Elder Burns were able to find a lot of new investigators, general conference was AWESOME, and we had some very fun experiences throughout the week. 

On Tuesday me and Elder Burns had a fun experience with one of the many crazy people here in LA. We were walking around a neighborhood visiting members and referrals when a homeless dude walked up to us and gave us a rose. At first we were just like "oh hey thank you!" and kept walking. But then he just kept walking along with us. He was acting really funny and no matter how hard we tried we couldn't get him to leave us alone . After he followed us for a couple blocks we decided we should probably head back to the car and go somewhere else so we started heading in that direction. He kepy following us and eventually he got really angry that we weren't going to give him any money or give him a cigarette ( he asked probably 100 times ) and then he started freaking out. He starting throwing pinecones at us and screaming and rolling around on the ground so me and Elder Burns just took off and ran back to the car. Hahaha it was definently a unique experience. There's always something keeping me on my toes here.

But the rest of the week we just kept finding really cool people that are interested in learning more about the Gospel. It was a lot of fun! One person that we found was really happy to see us and absolutely loves the Church! His name is H______ and he is from Mexico and has been living in LA for just a few years. While he was down in mexico he said that he was doing a fundraiser to buy shoes for some orphans. While he was doing it he ran into an LDS bishop who ended up helping him raise a lot of the money he needed. So he said he is very greatful for the Church and would be very happy if we came to his house sometime. Unfortunately he lives outside of the mission so we have to refer him to someone else. But we kept finding super cool people like that all week. It has been awesome! 

These past few days have been so great because of General Conference. General Conference was the best! One of my favorite talks was from President Uchtdorf in the priesthood session. In it he said something that I feel is really important right now with how crazy the world is. He said, "It is up to us to be in the right place to see and feel the divine light and truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Even when night has fallen and the world seems dark, we can choose to walk in Christ’s light, keep His commandments, and courageously testify of His reality and His greatness." I know that even in this crazy world we can still find peace and happiness as we come unto Christ.

Have an amazing week!!

-Elder Burgon

Oh and our appartment was taken over by some crazy looking spiders. So if anyone knows what kind of spider this is feel free to let me know.