Hey family, another great week to report on in Forks. We got our greeny in the water yesterday, when he baptized Regina. Regina is Eleanor's sister, and Eleanor has been very helpful in teaching her and resolving her concerns. In fact, earlier this week Regina was having some doubts when an anti-mormon friend tried to convince her not to get baptized, and Regina said a prayer to ask for help on what she should do. At about the same time, Eleanor recieved a prompting to go to La Push and see her sister so she and another recent convert headed off to La Push. Because the Lord loves all of us and is willing and able to answer prayers Regina was given the help she needed and was able to do the right thing. Of course we all have our agency, the Lord will never take that away, but the Lord does know exactly what we need to do to fulfill our divine potential and we are given ample opportunity to take steps in the right direction. Many times we make the wrong step and faulter, but I'm sure that the principles of trial and error are neccessary for real progression to take place, and no matter what happens the Lord will never turn His back on us. I have seen many investigators begin to turn away from the Lord and yet the Lord still has a plan for them. Eleanor is a good example of this, she did not show any good signs of progression when she was first taught and so she was dropped by the Elders before me, but of course the Lord knew when the time was right and months later and she found her way back into our teaching pool. A few powerful spiritual experiences became a turning point in her life and this Sunday she will be giving a talk on the story of her conversion and the work that she has been able to accomplish in sharing the gospel with her family and friends, I will send you guys a copy.
Well anyways I have some good news and some bad news. For the good news we had a lot of fun in Sequim today playing capture the flag and having a multi-person birthday party at the sisters apartment. The bad news is I got call from the office elders letting me know that they accidentally canceled my MSF card because an Elder Berger lost his card and they mixed up our names. So.. I might have to use the credit card a few times over the next 7-10 days until they can send me a new one.
So there is also a Sister Burgess missionary that is in Sequim and I found out that we are related. We were at the library doing service on Saturday and sister Burgess's Aunt, from St. George, was at the library and she invited us to go to La Push to the family reunion they were having down there in the cabins. We were planning on going to La Push anyways and so we went to the reunion and painted these little piggy banks them. And we pretty much blew them away with the banks that we painted, so they got some pictures and they said they would email them to you. So now you should understand that if some random people email some pics to you. I think we are both related to William Burgess Sr., the first Deacons Quorum President or something like that.
Well, I hope everything is going good for you guys.. In fact, let me know how everything is going..Well, talk to ya later!
Elder BurgessHey family, another great week to report on in Forks. We got our greeny in the water yesterday, when he baptized Regina. Regina is Eleanor's sister, and Eleanor has been very helpful in teaching her and resolving her concerns. In fact, earlier this week Regina was having some doubts when an anti-mormon friend tried to convince her not to get baptized, and Regina said a prayer to ask for help on what she should do. At about the same time, Eleanor recieved a prompting to go to La Push and see her sister so she and another recent convert headed off to La Push. Because the Lord loves all of us and is willing and able to answer prayers Regina was given the help she needed and was able to do the right thing. Of course we all have our agency, the Lord will never take that away, but the Lord does know exactly what we need to do to fulfill our divine potential and we are given ample opportunity to take steps in the right direction. Many times we make the wrong step and faulter, but I'm sure that the principles of trial and error are neccessary for real progression to take place, and no matter what happens the Lord will never turn His back on us. I have seen many investigators begin to turn away from the Lord and yet the Lord still has a plan for them. Eleanor is a good example of this, she did not show any good signs of progression when she was first taught and so she was dropped by the Elders before me, but of course the Lord knew when the time was right and months later and she found her way back into our teaching pool. A few powerful spiritual experiences became a turning point in her life and this Sunday she will be giving a talk on the story of her conversion and the work that she has been able to accomplish in sharing the gospel with her family and friends, I will send you guys a copy.
Well anyways I have some good news and some bad news. For the good news we had a lot of fun in Sequim today playing capture the flag and having a multi-person birthday party at the sisters apartment. The bad news is I got call from the office elders letting me know that they accidentally canceled my MSF card because an Elder Berger lost his card and they mixed up our names. So.. I might have to use the credit card a few times over the next 7-10 days until they can send me a new one.
So there is also a Sister Burgess missionary that is in Sequim and I found out that we are related. We were at the library doing service on Saturday and sister Burgess's Aunt, from St. George, was at the library and she invited us to go to La Push to the family reunion they were having down there in the cabins. We were planning on going to La Push anyways and so we went to the reunion and painted these little piggy banks them. And we pretty much blew them away with the banks that we painted, so they got some pictures and they said they would email them to you. So now you should understand that if some random people email some pics to you. I think we are both related to William Burgess Sr., the first Deacons Quorum President or something like that.
Well, I hope everything is going good for you guys.. In fact, let me know how everything is going..Well, talk to ya later!
Elder Burgess
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