Wow!

Hello dear sweet family of mine. What a crazy week, on Friday while we were working my comp and I got a phone call from president madariaga. His stake president had called and said that Elder Lucas dad had passed away. I don't think I would be able to explain what these past few days have been like. It was crazy. a short summary about Elder Lucas. He is a convert of the church, he was the first to be baptized in his family. he was baptized when he was 20 and when he was preparing for the mission he baptized his girlfriend, and while in the mission his mom was baptized. his parents were divorced and his dad has been extremely sick. he had diabetes and he was 80 yrs old. his dad and all 23 aren't members of the church except for his younger sister. we went to the office Friday night and he called his mom. He said it was crazy how calm and relaxed she was but how crazy his brothers and sisters were, he said that they were screaming and crying but his mom and sister who were members were just fine. he was telling me how grateful he was for the gospel and how the gospel had prepared himself and his family for this.after we came back from church he was pretty bummed out and i gave him a blessing. hes doing alot better but of course it is a huge trial that he has been going through. I'm so grateful for a plan of salvation that answers questions like what is my purpose here? where are we going after this life? and where did we come from? other than that news, we will have a few baptisms on wed, so we are pretty excited! also i got my suit and it is SICK! it fits perfect and looks bomb. not much else going on, PS momma i decided to keep your letters because i know you will regret it if i burn them haha and besides iv only got 6 months left or how dad tells me 6 fast Sundays haha thanks for always making me trunky pops. hey is it true that there was a tornado in AZ? I here nothing here only random news from members here haha. not much else going on here I love you guys, thank you so much for everything your doing for me! One more thing we had a cool experience with one of the ladies that is getting baptized on wed. This lady has told us that she hadn't had an answer yet that this is the true church but a few days ago, there was a HUGE storm here and it was raining like crazy. She lives in a tiny little house and she said that her house felt like it was going to fall over. she began praying and then opened the BOM and started reading in nephi, the part where nephi and his family are in the boat and there is a huge storm. she said that the verses had answered her prayers and helped her to be calm. It was so cool hearing that! well i hope all is groovy! love ya lots peace! PS will you send me pics of my friends and i and just old pics of stuff like that when i was 16 17 or so. THANKS CHAU! ELDER BURR