This week has been so much fun and training is the best! It's been a lot of fun to think back to when I was being trained and remember what I liked and what I'd do different and share all that with my trainee. Greenie fire is very real and so are the miracles that come with it! We've had one of the most successful finding weeks I've had yet on my mission! My trainee Elder Dehlin is super awesome! He is from Alpine Utah and is amazing at Ultimate Frisbee, basketball, and eating lots of food. The Samoans are going to love him!
The beginning of the week was exciting! On my way up to the temple to pick up Elder Dehlin, Bishop Bradley and I got in a little car accident. But because traffic on the 405 is always moving so slow it was just a little fender bender. Just enough to make sure I was awake. Then picking up Elder Dehlin was a lot of fun! I was super happy when I found out that he is really into sports. It's made morning exercise a lot of fun! We go to the church building every morning and play basketball and ping pong with some other elders and it's been great!
Early in the week I got to go on exchanges with my district leader and we joined in with a group of people in a badminton club and played with them and shared the gospel with them! I never knew badminton could get so intense!
While I was studying this week I read a really great conference talk that had an amazing quote from Elders Hales in it that I really like! It says,
“When we choose to have faith, we are prepared to stand in the presence of God. … After the Savior’s Crucifixion, He appeared only to those ‘who had been faithful in the testimony of [Him] while they lived in mortality.’ [D&C 138:12.] Those ‘who rejected the testimonies … of the … prophets [could not] behold [the Savior’s] presence, nor look upon his face.’ [D&C 138:21.] … Our faith prepares us to be in the presence of the Lord.”
Faith really is important and it can really be a blessing in our lives. When we choose to have faith it can cast out our fears and we can be happier and have more peace in our lives.
Have a great week!!
-Elder Burgon
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