Children

Hello children yes yes we are coming close to christmas with our 125 degree weather and 100 percent humidity. Not much going on here in PJC just working like usual verdad, anywho life is going well and I am looking forward to the call on thurs and fri.Thurs. I am planning on calling at 10 30 or 11 00 in the morning i'M pretty sure its 3 hours behind paraguay so i will call thurs at like 10 30 in the morning so it should be like 7 30 or something in the morning but ya we will find all that out when we chat thurs morning also I've got a new number for you all to call because we are calling at another members house the number is 11-595-0336-274604 and if it doesnt work put a zero in front of the number. I hope all is well and everyone is excited for papa noel! Also we arent doing anything for christmas as a zone because we are to far from everone so for what we have heard is that we are only working but thats fine! love you all and I will talk to ya soon! Love Elder Burr para siempre dios este con vos

Tudo bem

My companion and I contacting like the

U.S. missionaries!! ;)

Brazil on the left and Paraguay on the right

of the street!

Hello family! Wellllllp its another day in the PJC! This place is great haha the people are extremely weird and I see more and more Amish if only I had the song Amish Paradice by Coolio. You wanted to know about my comp, well he is a pretty funny guy and ya he likes to work so thats good. We are working super hard out here, its a little bit more of a tougher area but thats fine. I love it out here because President Wade has sent all the obedient missionaries out here because we are so dang close to Brazil in other words no Elder Riveras in our zone! Miguel the guy Brown and I baptized said that he finally got transferred out of Piribebuy haha he always emails me every monday and says that he is sick of Rivera eating his food hahaha anyone not much else going on I found out more about the Christmas call and I will send you the info that Pres.Wade sent. I still have to find a place to get your call. Yes that is correct you have to call me haha hope thats not a problem. I should have all the info and everything ready to go by next week but I'll send the email Pres Wade sent us. Love you all hit me up with questions or emails or whatever stay beautiful Gilbert. Here are a few pics. chauuuuuuuuu! love Elder Burr

Well Iv got alittle rittle. Whats 8 hours from Asuncion speaks portugues and lives a street away from Brazil. give up. MY NEW AREA! BIENVENIDIOS A PEDRO JUAN CABALLERO!! haha this place is insane! I am now teaching in portugues haha its so crazy! This tues night at 1030 we are driving in a huge bus to asuncion for our conference and we will get there wed at like 5. I have seen just about everything here blacks paraguayos mexicans amish americans indians cowboys a gothic person haha its so insane. Its super rich but poor at the same time here. We are walking everywhere and we only have 40 members that go to church. Its a pretty tough area but thats fine. My comp is a really funny kid his name is elder ormeño from peru. Not much else going on here I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving I completely frogot it was thanksgiving. I love you all stay beautiful! para siempre dios este con vos elder burr

I was a man forgotten he didnt know my name, I offered him forgiveness. wow Im going to miss Doug singing that for christmas. Anywho its beggining to look alot like christmas sweating at night rocking your two liter bottle fool of ice because its so hot. Its incredible how hot it gets here and Ihavent even felt the hottest it gets yet haha. Anywho not much happened this week, we are getting ready for a HUGE THANKSGIVING DINNER! Not haha we will be doing what we do everyday because thanksgiving does not exist anymore. Anyway tell Ruthann thank you for the package I loved the stickers especially the barbie ones I had to fight this little 5 yr girl to give them back to meat church. Life is going great and my comp and I are doing peachykine. Elder Betancourt our roomie finished his mission today so we got to go to Asuncionand send him off it was insane haha I like saw my future! Also Im still mad you opened the christmas package haha. yaaaaaaaaa not much else goin onin the ysssssssssssssssssssypooooooooooooooo we are getting changes today ortomorrow and the suns are talking about trading elder burr to the THUNDER(the office) haha no Im not kidding I was not excited to here that news but if it happens I will except and I will be me and serve like I do. not much else going on I love you all and have a great Thanksgiving! Eat lots ofturkey while I eat lots of mandioka and empanadas! para siempre dios estecon vos! elder B

Way to ruin Christmas! haha man I send a nice christmas package for you kids
and you just cant wait to rip it open. Anywho I hope you enjoyed everything
and its everything you asked papa noel. I recieved 3 of your packages
thansgiving and I believe 2 christmas packages and also the package from the
goddard flia tell them thank you very much! Hope you enjoyed the pics haha I
think you can watch it on the tv? maybe not. Anywho Iv got more pics for you
this wek last week I couldnt send anything pretty lame! This week was
awesome! We baptized a lady named patricia her daughter son and nephew we
are now working on her husband but he likes to play futbol on sunday and
doesnt want to give that up. Patricia is the coolest lady she will for sure
be a member forever! Also a few little things I wrote down so that I wouldnt
forget to tell you all. I got a great letter from Riley and Carley haha we
had interviews with pres wade in our house!! haha hermana wade and himself
decided to come to all the missionaries homes. Also I almost got in a fight
with some german who knew english and he decided to use the only word in
english he knew yes the one that starts with F. He wasnt to happy that we
contacted his house haha also have you seen the movie the testaments?
Will everyone send me some of their favorite quotes!
Thanks a mil. anywho not much else to report changes are next week and I
have no idea what will happen. one love! ps people dont care how much you
know until they know how much you care for them! para siempre dios este con
vos! elder burr

Happy Halloween!

Well this week was pretty swell we had a good Halloween haha just because we didnt have a pumkin to carve didnt mean we couldnt carve a watermelon. Also this week Elder Alarcon and myself had our first 2 baptisms together. Two twin 9 year olds in our ward. We have been working super hard and we have a few baptisms lined up for next week so I'm pretty pump. Last night was kinda crazy we found this guy who had a devil in his house and he was crying and freaking out he is 40 years old and lives by himself any way he said that while he was sleeping someone was yelling at him and began choking him but there was no one in the house. Long story short we said a prayer in his possessed house it was pretty dang crazy but he wants to go to church this week which is rad. Anyway that was pretty much my haunted house that I got to go in for halloween. Not much else happened this week that I can think of, I havent gotten the package you sent but im sure it will come soon, also I translated your letter you wrote to Miguels Mom haha it was pretty funny. Not much else to report I am doing great and working hard to have success please pray for our area. Also i didnt get the recipe or pics maybe next week I hope.I love you all and hope all is well with sports and just life enjoy the weather you all have because the infierno just hit Paraguay. Elder Burr the simple secret is this  put your trust in the Lord, do your best , then leave the rest to him.

Rodrigo and Madricio 

9year old twins baptized on 10-29-09!

Gustavo

Gustavo

Elder Brown and I before leaving the zone.

"Its raining men!"

Well I pretty much just got molested. Elder Betancor and I went next door to get our hairs cut haha that sounds weird. anyway I went first and he kept calling me mi amor and then after he cut my hair he was like rubbing my head and shampooing my head haha it was the most awkward thing in my entire life I was trying so hard not to laugh dont worryI've got pics of good old Gustavo the perv. trying not to get jealous of Gustavo Tracie. Anywho this week has been freakin awesome!!! We had eight people in church and we are planning on 2 baptisms this week! My comp is the man we are working like crazy andI come home every night dead tired. Life is great and I am loving my mission and everything about it! Anywho this week we had our primary program and I played for it haha it was horrible they dont know how to count so they were a good 2 measures ahead of me throughout the song oh well. Also we found a guy named Nestor who was a missionary and he had done something and got sent home. Anyway he knows english perfectly and I was able to talk to him and resolve his fears of coming back to church. He came and brought his brother sister and best friend who arent members to church haha its so awesome! He's the man though we are going to bring him back into the church for good. But I am slowly forgetting how to speak enlish because when I talked to him I could barely speak. Not much else going on I am doing great and loving life! Hey what part is Camerno in right now in Chile my comp is from the capital. He loves karate but its like break dancing karate its so funny the other night he was trying to teach me. Ya that was a nightmare never again. Also yes motherest I get all your letters and I love getting them. Also I wrote Pearl and Nana the other day. Not much else going on here are a few pics enjoy! Also ask Jenny what the guys name is in her ward that served here I think he was comps with one of the missionaries that lives with me Elder Betancor. Also Elder Timmy as everyone calls him here is from Idaho. Love ya"ll lots, talk to ya next week. Every ones favorite person Elder Burr Para siempre dios este con vos. salmons 37 5