Marcelo was baptized!

Another week that has flew by holy cow. Sounds like everyone is doing terrific. Before I start writing my email no mother I'm not sick or anything I think I was just tired or something, but I am healthy as a horse I eat and apple a day to keep the doctor away and I floss and change my underwear every night no worries! Thank you thank you for the money I'm going to pull out like 100$ The guy is going to do all the measurements today for my suit he is a member in our ward. I talked to him yesterday and ya it will be great. Haha I will for sure take home my missionary shoes that I have ( my old ones that I don't use). Also I still play the piano every Sunday and I teach on Wednesday nights a few youth. We are learning the D major scale this week ha. Again thank you for all of the sacrifices that you guys have done for me and do for me! This week we had a huge service project just like last year that they did all around the world. We went to an old people place and painted, cut stuff and cleaned. We also had the baptism of Marcelo who I baptized 5 times and never got baptized. We ended up only having to do it once this time haha thank goodness. The zone leader life is good, it helps me work hard and stay focused, besides not sleeping as much it is great. Not much else going on, the time is flying and I cant believe it. I hope everyone is excited for conference!Also this week our zone is going to the temple whooooo!!! Well I hope every ones doing great, I am out talk to you next week!! Love ya peace! Tell Rocko congrats on homecoming king! Elder Burr

You are the Best

Hey sorry I'm writing a little bit late it was a crazy day! Pdays always fly but hey what can you do. How is everything going at home? Sounds like everyone is doing pretty great and that all is terrific. This week we had a baptism of a little girl named Laura, her sister is a member but her mom isn't yet, we are trying to work with her alot more but she is a tough cookie. Lucas and I are working really hard, we brought 8 to church on Sunday so now we are working more with them. I haven't bought the suit yet because I wasn't sure about the money. I am planning on buying it the first week of October because I think the guy is out of town and he has to measure me, Elder Brown also bought a suit from the same guy. Haha random thing before I forget I ate what seemed to be bloody big intestines yesterday hahaha it was nasty! Also about the stuff you want to send please just send letters and pics of everyone and maybe a little dough to buy everyone something. I hope all is going well it sounds like everyone is doing great. Oh yeah we got permission to go to the south mission of Paraguay because 2 missionaries from our zone wanted to buy a cameras and we got permission to wear normal clothes so that they wouldn't rip us off knowing we are Americans haha i will send the pictures we were all undercover. I'll send a few pictures. love you all stay fly! PEACE! Elder Burr PS yes the kid of Ramon that we baptized is a member

Marcelo's Baptism

Everyone who participated in our service project.

Salty Senorita!

Hello Father Mother family friends conocidos y todos que me conocen! Well we got the changes and big Lu and I are staying together in Zeballos so I'm pretty excited! Also the whole baptism didn't go down Sunday it was crazy. I had to baptize him like 5 times but he kept kicking his feet out of the water and he wouldn't put his head in the water haha it was crazy but ya he never got his whole body under the water so we will see what happens. Other than that not much else is going on, all of our converts are doing sick here in Zeballos. I'm very happy that I am staying, I have a really good feeling that we will have alot of success this change. Not to much else going on, sorry I haven't been answering to many of your questions lately. About shoes and everything please don't send me any, and I don't need any when I get home I have my crocodile shoes haha I think this week or next I will buy the suit. How much do I have to take out? Also with packages for Christmas please don't send anything! I will have like 3 months left after Christmas, if you want you can send money, i want to buy a few things for everyone but seriously I don't want any candy or anything I can wait three months. Also I don't need an ipod, Tracie has my ipod. Again please don't send anything, you can send like pictures and letters but I will need nothing for Christmas. Also I got the letters and pics from the cabin they were tight!I loved them! I hope all is well and that everyone is doing great. You are all in my prayers. Stay happy stay safe! peace! Elder Burr also tell Salty Señorita to write! That's way sick that you talked to her!

"No throwing away trash??"

Ramon and his family!

Big B

Hello sweet family of mine,
Well we had the baptism of dear sweet Ramon on Friday, which was rad. This guy has been an inv for a few years and just has never wanted to get baptized. His wife and two kids are also members. After we got to know him better and we were more direct with him he began to listen more. They are now preparing to go to the temple in one year. It was crazy though because two other missionary's baptized this girl in our zone and while they baptized her 3 little member kids took her clothes that she wore to the baptism and put the in the toilet haha it really wasn't funny but now that I look back on it it really was haha. Any who today we had another one of those council things for zone leaders and then we played some soccer. Not going to lie iv got soccer just about down and I am ready to play in the bigs. I'll have to check and see if I can sign up for a coach kick kind of like coach pitch for baseball. Also please don't send me shoes, my shoes I have are pretty much brand new and the work perfect! About the whole suit, I have 50 dollars here and the suit costs about 100 dollars. As for everything else here not to much is going on, I'm just working like crazy and trying to build the Lords kingdom like usual. I hope all is well at home and everyone is happy and what not. Tell Sarah and Gloria I'm praying for them! PS we have another baptism this Sunday, the guys name is Marcelo, please pray for him. Also this next Tues is changes but I think we are staying together. Well I hope all is well, I am out! I have to go grocery shopping haha that sounds random. para siempre dios esta con vos Elder Burr

Congrats Sarah and Justin!

What up fam! this was a pretty crazy week with the four day capitation that I went to, my comp was in another area. I learned about these 8 lessons in preach my gospel that helped us to be able to put stronger commitments with the people, invite others to church, follow the spirit and a few other things. It was pretty rad! Any who it was a pretty sweet week, Friday we baptized this kid Alcides who is 21 and is preparing to go on a mission! He is one of the funniest kids I've ever met haha then on Sunday he was confirmed and next week he will receive his priesthood. We have a really great president in our branch who will help Alcides get ready to go on a mission. Other awesome news is that I talked with two different missionaries from my old areas. The first one from Pedro Juan told me that Sullie and her husband the girl Peterson and I baptized is getting ready for the temple in March and that they are super active! The second missionary I talked to was an elder who is in Ysapy my old area with Elder Alarcon. He said that the old lady we baptized is leaving with them to work and that she gives them referrals and gives them food haha she is so cool! Any who its been a great week. By the way yes I always get your letters every week with out fail haha you are a heck of a girlfriend the missionaries in my zone say haha I don't mind I love getting your letters sorry I haven't written to many I have just been really busy lately! Also don't worry about sending me packages for Christmas I will only have 3 months left haha how crazy. But ya if you want you can just send money because I want to buy some things to remember Paraguay and to get everyone something. Thank you for everything you guys do for me, Everyone is in my prayers. PS The suit I want to buy will be hand made buy a member don't worry it wont be ugly or rip in two days haha all the missionaries buy them Elder Curtis bought one, they are way fancy! Love you all again thanks for everything! PS Nicole our American inv went to the baptism on Friday!!! I will send pics later today this cyber doesn't work. The girl we baptized last week is doing really well by the way and her name is Adriana. We will be looking at another one hopefully this week so pray for Ramon! para siempre dios este con vos! THE GREATEST MISSIONARY WORK THAT WE WILL EVER DO WILL BE WITHIN OUR OWN HOMES. CHUASITO! ELDER BURRO

How is G Town?

Hello family, how is everyone doing?how is Gloria doing? Tell her she will be in my prayers, let her know everything will work out and that she doesn't need to worry the Lord will guide her and comfort her. Sometimes we have trials and things that come our way in life so that we can grow spiritually. Send her my love from PG please. Well this week was a little crazy we only had one baptism which was pretty depressing but the other girl that got baptized is way cool she was confirmed on Sunday and ya it was great like all baptisms are haha. This week was another insane full week of no sleep and thinking about others before yourself. Something I learned as a zone leader is that you have to love everyone! Its pretty sad but before the mission and during the start of my mission I judged people like crazy and instantly decided if I liked them or not haha sad I know but now I love everyone and ya its alot better haha anyway like I said this week was crazy we did a division with two elders on wed to help them out and then my comp and I went to the hermanas area to help them out so it didn't leave us much time to work. Tomorrow until Friday I will also be in training meetings with other missionaries so we will lose more time haha its crazy! Tell we had another tight zone activity, we went to Tobati again to rock climb just like last year it was way fun! Not much else going on here I loved the pics of Kenz and Blake that Court sent Kenz is going to be a way pretty girl it made me miss her so much seeing that pic haha I'm glad everyone loved the bracelets and the key chains haha I didn't have much money but hey its better then nothing. I hope all is well and I hope everyone is doing great! Give my love to the gtown! para siempre dios este con vos. ps I am savimg up to buy a suit because mine is super small haha Love Ya Boy Elder Burr

Pray for Adriana and Norma

What up hey I'm glad everyone got their gifts haha I know they weren't amazing or anything but hey its something. Not much is going on, my comp and I are working like crazy and we are looking at 2 baptisms for this week. Please pray for Adriana and Norma. Norma needs a little bit of permission from her grandma but we had an amazing experience with her. We asked if she wanted to do a fast, she agreed and didn't eat for two days haha I swear we only told her two meals haha it ended up turning out amazing. Wefasted with her and we came back and her grandma is super catholic but she told her that it is her dads call now so the big problem was the grandma so we will see what happens on Friday. Adriana is way cool she is a 22 year old girl who has a really strong testimony and is more than ready for this Friday. We have a couple more planned for next week. Today we did a zone activity playing baseball haha it was sick! I have never had so much fun I forgot how much I miss playing.I decided I'm going to play in one of those old people leagues over at freestone haha and then after that we went to the Paraguayan river to go fish haha. Any who so you are probably wondering where did we get the gloves and everything to play baseball? Well long story short is that we found and American named Nichole who is 24 from new Hampshire. She is doing one of those Peace Core things with some college. Anyway we were walking and I heard her speaking on the phone in English so I told my comp that we should follow her and talk with her. We ended up chasing her for like 10 blocks haha but we got a hold of her and set up a date to talk to her. Last night we went and taught her in English! It was insanely hard hahaha I felt so dumb teaching in English but it was an amazing experience. When we left she invited us and our zone to go play baseball with her Paraguayan group of teenagers! It was great! Se is super interested and wanted to know more but she said with the whole peace core thing it kind of gets in the way because the people will start thinking bad if she was baptized because the people here would stop participating in what she is doing here. I hope that all made since, I cant even speak in English or write well anymore ha. We will see what happens with her, she has her bom in English. Well I hope all is well and peachy love you all thanks for the support! para siempre dios este con vos! Elder Burr