I learned so much this week. I'm so grateful for my mission! But first, I want to have a pity party because I missed my ONLY SISTER'S wedding. Qué triste... I hope you all had a great time without me. Second, my English is getting really awkward at times now, so I pido disculpe (ask forgiveness) if something I say makes zero sense.
The other two missionaries in our district (Bartlett and Hawes) got transferred (BOOOOO) and now there are two Colombians and two gringos. The zone leaders are in our district too but they never do much with us because they need to work with the other districts, so it's just the four of us.
The Morales family is struggling right now (Mabel and Mauricio) with keeping commitments but I'll keep you all updated. We are also teaching a mother and daughter in a family called the Guebara's. The mother has leukemia (spelling?) :( and for that reason, we are really focusing on them this week. I've really felt the pwoer of revelation while thinking of investigators' needs.
Just from thinking about experiences this week, I learned something that meant a lot to me personally. A fairly common reason why people distance themselves from God is that they see him as unfair. When something bad happens, we always seem to turn around and point our finger at the person who wants to help us. Heavenly Father doesn't EVER give us trials to push us away. NEVERRR. Constantly blaming God causes our problems to build up and we become even more frustrated than before. If we would just swallow our pride for a couple moments, we could see that He really is the source of all direction and peace, through his son Jesus Christ.
I pray for all of you. I challenge you to be insanely patient with a trial this week and see what comes of it.
Mucho Amor,
Elder Burns
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