Wyoming is the most under-rated state ever!

      A nice older lady asked the Elders to take some pictures with her pet rabbits. As you can see they were happy to help out!

Hello Everyone!

I have a lot to talk about this last week. So first of all Elder Ericksen got transferred! That was quick! He was awesome and I will miss him! My new companion is Elder Hewitt. He is a freaking stud! We get along super well and he loves working hard! We talk a lot and often about the gospel and we have already found loads of investigators and worked very very hard these last few days! He is also from Wyoming which is the most underrated state ever!

So unfortunately Deloris dropped us. She has decided to stay non denominational. It is a shame because she knows that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith was called of God to be his prophet and restore Christ's church. It is her decision and agency to choose what she does.

Luckily for us we have loads of new people to talk about! So we have Michelle, who has had a lot of very sad and tragic things happen in the past to her. She admits that she is still looking for God and thinks God might have sent her to us.

We also have a women named Toni. She is also interested in the Book of Mormon or as she calls it "A Mormon Bible" and says she is super interested in what we have to share. She is an Older lady so we will meet with her on Tuesday with Brother Pedigo.

Then we have Craig. We don't know much about him. He lives on casino road, and admits to have had drug issues in the past that fried his mind. He is looking for a change and was very happy when we gave him a Book of Mormon.

I am so happy for all of the fun and progress me and Elder Hewitt have had. I am looking forward to another awesome week! Something I would recommend everyone to do is look into the Joseph Smith papers project. It is a project to find everything that Joseph Smith ever wrote and compile it. The church has an awesome series on it and you should all watch it!

Love ya all! 

"Feeling Amazing"

Hello!

This week has been great! We have a new investigator! Raul is a great guy. His whole family is baptized members of the church, and he never was baptized. He describes how they feel so awesome actually coming to church and "feeling amazing". Of course we all know exactly what he was feeling. We were with Brother Hudson (our ward mission leader) and he had a very good time baring his testimony to Raul. I helped break down the way God works through prophets, and it really helped him understand how we could believe in Joseph Smiths prophetic calling. The Spirit was very strong in the room, and I am looking forward to meeting with him again this Saturday.

Deloris is still on date for July 28th, although we might talk to her about pushing it back a little bit, just to give her more time to make sure she is ready. She shares a lot of doctrinal ideas on facebook, both from the Bible and the Book of Mormon, and she gets a ton of anti Mormon misinformation from people. She doesn't bug into any of it though (neither do I) and she is staying strong. I continue to pray for her

Me and my companion are getting along very well! We struggled a little at first but we get along great and are awesome when we teach together. Elder Ericksen is super awesome and I am glad I can be companions with him.

I am really developing a love for cars out here! The Malibu we drive is super rad. The Malibu we drive is super huge too. It's a freaking land yaught! It also has a turbo, and we may or may not have raced a guy in his dinky 4 cylinder and smoked him.

While we were driving one time to dinner, a guy started yelling at us at a light. He was asking us for a Book of Mormon! I threw it like a Frisbee and it landed perfectly in his car! Talk about planting seeds!

The food has been especially awesome lately! We have been helping out and eating at the Pedigos a lot. They have 2 houses right next to each other. The senior Pedigos are super awesome and spiritual, and the younger Pedigos have a pickle ball court. We go there every morning to play pickle ball for our morning workouts. Great family!

I myself have been doing a lot better. I have been struggling a little bit with feelings of inadequacy and it has been rough. I feel like I never do enough. But I have to remember I am far from perfect and God understands that. As long as I do what I can and I bring people closer to Christ, I have done my job.

I can't express how grateful I am for the packages I have received from people. I love them and cherish them so so much. It really does make my day. 

I love and I pray for all of you!

Elder Burt

Elder Burt sent us this picture of him and his mini me buddy in the ward! How cute is that? I mean seriously!

Elder Burt and Elder Erickson

Happy Birthday Mom!

My mother has been such an inspiration to me, and has always been there for me. She has put up with me so much haha. I feel like I take her for granted so often. If any of my siblings are reading this, or any younger kids, be nice, respectful, and obedient to your mother. She is a guide and will probably be there for the rest of your life to guide you and help you. I love you mom. I miss you.

This last week was pretty rough. Elder Ericksen has been pretty sick so we had to stay in a lot so he can get better. It has been really rough, but I just focus on the scriptures and on the lord and it keeps me going.

We were able to meet with Deloris again and that is still going well. She is very smart and is good at reading and understanding the scriptures.

Nothing to crazy this week, sorry it's another short one. I will keep praying for all of you. I ask for your prayers too. 

Love you all!

-Elder Burt

(Love you and miss you too!)

I Love this Country!

Hello all! 

This last week has been great. Elder Conk has left me and is now in Granite Falls. He was a great trainer and an incredible friend and he is almost done with his mission. I am super excited for him and the rest of his life. I will hold all the awesome memories we have deep in my heart. Love ya BRO!

My new companion is Elder Erickson. He is going home in four months, and is a great companion. I am looking forward to serving with him. 

We also got a chevy Malibu to drive around our huge area in. My bike legs are gonna go away but that is OK! I have been eating a lot better I think haha. I have also been learning about cars a lot from my companions and stuff. I have decided muscle cars are sick and we should replace all the cars in the mission with the dodge heckcat.

We put Deloris on date for baptism July 28th. It is a goal she will be working towards. We look forward to continuing to work with her and everything she brings to our knowledge and mind.

I don't have much more time to email, but I want you all to know I love you, I love this country, I love freedom and the Agency that was paid for by Christ, and I love the Book of Mormon! 

Elder Burt

Have a Happy Fourth of July!

Hello world and all who inhabit it!

We spent all week trying to find people with no success. However it has a lesson of humility about it. Being a missionary isn't always rainbows and sunshine. Especially out here where it is all clouds. But it's OK. I looked to the scriptures for comfort, and the writings of our apostles and General Authoritys. The Disciples of Christ were few. It wasn't long until Christ's church was completely corrupted and lost to the world. It's a true miracle and blessing that it was restored in the Latter Days.

Although it is hard to be a Latter Day Saint, remember who's team you are on. Don't give in to worldly temptations. Let the scriptures and our prophets, and most importantly the Holy Spirit, guide you. 

Fast Sunday was super awesome. It was very relaxing, and it's nice to be the one getting taught. We had an awesome dinner with some of our favorite members the Campbell's. They are very good cooks and super kind. And they laugh at my jokes! That is always super awesome.

Me and Elder Conk have become quite good cooks as well. We made cinnamon roll pizza and brownies all week. It was great! It's awesome to come home from a hard day and make some food! He is probably getting transferred out, and I am going to miss him. He is an awesome missionary and a great guy. I wish him well. He is after all going home soon! 

I love you all. This fourth of July remember D&C 101:80. The constitution is inspired by God himself, for the freedom and agency of mankind. It is far from perfect, but this country is surely the best and most free. The founding fathers were not perfect, but they too were inspired by the Lord.

Have a Happy Fourth of July! 

-Elder Burt 

Keep Reading Your Scriptures!

Hello all!

I totally forgot something last week! We had a meeting with a General Authority 70 named Elder Kopischke from Germany. He is an absolutely incredible man. He is like a mini Elder Uchtdorf! (forgive my spelling I only spell English words) He got us all fired up to encourage people to do family history and how it is a great tool for the spirit to guide people. He also held up the Book of Mormon and yelled in a very thick German accent "YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM THIS BOOK!!" and he is absolutely correct! It is the best and most correct Book on this earth today.

This week things are starting to warm up. The temperature is getting hotter! It got 80 degrees one time and me and Elder Conk were dying! Haha just kidding we are good because we found out our apartment has air conditioning. We cranked it down to 60 degrees and we both LOVE it! It's like living in a refrigerator!

Our investigator Delores is still awesome. However she said she wants to stay non denominational. We are continuing to work with her and we will take her to the family history center this Tuesday. We answer all the questions she has, but we encourage her to pray. Next lesson we have with her we will talk about prayer and priesthood some more. 

I also went on exchanges with my zone leader Elder Roche. I love him to death but he is normally super strict and on the ball with everything, which is good. However, he was ultra sick and so we stayed in and made cake and stuff. We tried to work but he did not have the energy. We had tons of awesome conversations and he is a spiritual giant. 

We have also been listening to lots of talks, and have really gotten us into the Bible. It is super awesome and hey, if you study it, the Bible proves we are the only and true church of Jesus Christ on the earth today

I love all of you! Keep reading your scriptures! 

-Elder Burt 

Happy Father's Day to All!

Hello all!

This last week we taught Deloris again. She said she wants to stay non denominational, even though she has a testimony of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. We will keep working with her, she is so spiritual and incredible, and I know if she softens her heart and turns to Christ she will want to be baptized by someone holding the priesthood of God.

We also unfortunately bashed a lot this week. Idk what it is but they always end up being Baptist or born again Christians. I find it funny how they have anti-mormon classes, but we don't have anything like that in our church. We teach to love people we disagree with, and love our enemy's even more just like Christ said, while they teach that we should hate those that are even slightly different. Me and Elder Conks goal this week is to be more loving and humble. Bashing has got me super into the Bible though, and it just proves that this is the restored gospel of Christ on earth today!

Yesterday was Father's Day, and it was awesome. We heard an incredible talk from one of my favorite members Brother Pedigo. He is a convert and used to be a Stake President, so he was super on point and is kind of a legend. The Spirit was so strong, and it made me really remember and appreciate my Dad and everything he has done for me. I love him so dearly and he is one of my best friends. I love you so much Dad! He is one of the reasons I am out here, he raised me in a gospel centered home with my awesome Mom, and guided me through my roughest times. I kinda broke the rules and sent him a short text to make me feel better :). Don't worry, I will be more obedient in the future.

This week in my scripture study was great I finished the book of Alma, which I loved. Learning the history of the Nephi people's was an incredible and tragic part of the Book of Mormon, it is important to know however.

I love you all so much. Happy Father's day to all!

-Elder Burt