Letter from Elder Burns 07/18/2010

HAPPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY

YOU ARE SO AWESOME THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR ME I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AS MY MOM...

LOVE YA HEAPS,
ZACHARY
ELDER BURNS

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GDAY!!!


Dear mom and dad, everything here is going awesome. I couldn't be happier.  Being a missionary has really helped me to become a better person and has prepared me for everything in my life. I like being a senior companion, but elder Radovanovic is really hard.  We are too much alike so sometimes we argue, but if I'm learning anything from him, it is patience. It's amazing how beautiful Coffs Harbour really is. You guys should look it up online - its amazing. I hope you guys will be getting the memory card that I sent you.  There is some funny stuff on there. I was able to see Elder Kingi again right before he went home.  It was awesome.  He was really excited to go home but sad at the same time.  It's really wierd to say goodbye to your trainer. Man, it really has to be a relief to not have company any more. It's fun for a day, but then it just becomes a burden.  This week was kinda hard because Bree's dad told us that her legs wont be healed until september, so she wont be getting baptized on the 24th.  The branch is throwing a party for me on the 24th, so that will be fun.

I want you to know that I love you so much. I would like to share my testimony with you that I know with all my heart that this church is true and that God and Jesus Christ did indeed appear to Joseph Smith and chose him to be a prophet - to restore, not reform Jesus Christ's church again to the earth for us so that we can have the truth once more. I leave you these things in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.
P.S. I am going to be buying a watch with the birthday money it is a really cool one i will send you guys pictures.

LOVE YOUR SON
ELDER BURNS

Letter From Elder Burns 07-12-2010

Gday Mom and Dad and Jared,

I am so excited that everything at home has been going very well I received a letter from Breanna I was so happy. I haven’t gotten the birthday package yet but I should be receiving it soon so that would be good. I didn’t realize that it charged a dollar for me to check my account I’ll stop doing that. Jared, thank you so much for your wonderful letter that you wrote to me. I really loved it and sorry I didn’t write back.

Everyone here seems to be set in their ways and they don’t really want to change but we are still trying to find people every day. This week we taught a lot of lessons we taught 25 lessons had 2 people at church and found 5 new investigators. This week we found an African family of 5 people that invited us in and we taught the restoration it was awesome they want to come to church we will be visiting them again on Saturday. Their last name is George so if you could pray for them that would be awesome. Yes the baptism is still on for my birthday it’s so exciting.

Well I’m out of time but I love you heaps we should have another baptism soon and I am sending my memory card home today.

TONS OF LOVE

YOUR SON

ELDER BURNS

Letter from Elder Burns 07/04/2010

G'Day


Dear Family

Me and elder Radovanovic are still getting along very well.

Happy 4th of July! I can't believe they dont celebrate here. Im glad that everything is going really well at home and that you are still going to light fireworks on my birthday. Well I havent heard from Breanna in ages.  I wish she would write me. That's way funny that they went camping together...LOL.

This week has been awesome we taught 20 lessons again and we set a baptismal date for the 24th of July with Bree.  That is awesome because it is on my birthday as well.

It was way funny when the mission merge happened we didnt get our dispersements, so we were eating rice for 3 days...LOL we have our money now though. we bought a dart board this week so that we have something to do on preparation days because the closest missionaries live 2 hours away. well im still happy and healthy and lovin the mish.


LOVE YA HEAPS

YOUR SON

ELDER BURNS

Letter from Elder Burns 06/27/2010

DEAR FAMILY,

I just want you all to know that everything with me and elder Radovanovic is going well. I was just wondering if Breanna had recieved his post card... LOL

I am glad to hear that everything is going well at home. By the way...Happy Birthday!!!! Well everything here is going well. This week, the mission reached its goal of 100 investigators at sacrament meeting so that was way good. Both me and Elder radovanovic are staying together for another transfer the mission merge went very smoothly. President Scruggs had his last meeting with us on Thursday. The reason I used the phrase is because I just had to realize that i could learn things from Elder Radovanovic and accept the council he gives. Everything with me is going awesome. We are still trying to find more people to teach. Continue to pray for Coffs Harbour. Thank you for the videos and the photos. I will be sending another memory card this week so you can have more photos. I took heaps of videos this time.

Well thats all for now.

LOVE YOUR SON,

ELDER BURNS

Letter from Elder Burns 06/20/2010

G'DAY Family,

This week has been awesome! Me and elder Radovanovic are getting along really well and we are becoming better friends.

Im so happy that everything at home is going great. I really want to go to the miracle pageant that would be way fun. The mission address is going to be the same so just send it to the same place. I took a real hard kick in the butt this week i had to take the time to humble myself and just grow up.... lol this week has been so awesome!  Me and elder Radovanovic smashed the goal for coffs harbour that was set by president scruggs he said that we should be getting at least 15 lessons a week well this last week we got 21 and we have 1 progressing investigator that should be baptized soon. I will have to wait until next month to send you some pictures because I only have one memory card and it takes 20 minutes on the LDS website to upload one picture and I dont have that much time. I have been studying the book of mormon more and more and increasing my understanding of it even more. Helaman 5:12 read it you guys gave this to me and it has become one of my favorite scriptures.

The Lord has blessed us in many ways, such as random as people to teach and accept the gospel. Well thats all for now.

LOVE YA HEAPS

YOUR SON

ELDER BURNS