Man I've been slack a lackin on my weeklies. Feels like it's been a while fam.
A lot has happened so it's
been bueno bueno!
Noteworthy things from the week :
-J__ and M__ are still on track for their baptism!! They just have their baptismal interviews this week and then they'll be baptized on Saturday! It's been so cool to see them learn, live, and love the gospel. We were talking with their mom during a lesson and she said J__ and M__ have been the ones encouraging the whole family to live the gospel. They are reminding everyone to do spiritual CPR. Go to Church, Pray, and Read the scriptures. It's awesome to see how they are becoming great examples to those that are around them. They are so much fun to teach and I can't wait for Saturday!
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| -pic with President Oaks!! |
-President Oaks came to our mission! A little over a year ago, right before I got to LA, President Oaks was planning on coming to speak to all the missionaries here. But the night before he was supposed to come, he called President Haynie and said he had to cancel. But he promised he would come back before President Haynie finished his mission. Well about a month ago he called President Haynie again and said he wanted to come talk to the missionaries! So last Saturday we had an all mission conference and got to talk with President Oaks! It was so incredible!! We got to meet with a member of the first presidency and shake his hand! 
One thing he said that I really liked was, "The lord reserves his choicest blessings for those who make commitments and then keep them. That is why the Gospel is a gospel of covenants!" Keeping covenants brings so many blessings. That's why it's so great to be on a mission helping others make and keep covenants!
Have a great week!
-Elder Burgon
Photos and Stories:
-last p day we went to Palos Verdes and planned to go to a shipwreck on the coast and take some pics. But we got there and found out the trail was a straight up cliff. We definitely weren't prepared for the hike and came in our proselyting clothes... We decided to just yolo it. My MTC companion Elder Walker said, "I'm still gonna send it" and jumped down the cliff faster than we could believe. We all followed him down but it turned out to be a pretty insane hike so we got down to the coast and looked at how wrecked our clothes were getting and decided to turn back. Fun times. From this adventure we got the pic by the ocean, the comp pic, and the pic of our wrecked shoes.
-went to Handel's aka the best ice cream place in the world. We got a guy to take our picture for us and it turned out epic. "ok on three... 1... *click *!... 2,3."
hahaha solid stuff
