This week has been one of my favorites!
First off, T is the best!!!!! We had our first official lesson with him last Tuesday and he is so prepared for the gospel! He is beyond smart and seeks answers for himself. We are there to give him information, but he truly takes it to the Lord for validation. The best part is he's getting his answers. He loves knowing that he has a Father in Heaven who loves him and knows Him. That concept was completely foreign to him. He didn't grow up with any religious background, so it is a very special time for him right now. He is literally a sponge just soaking in everything he can get. It doesn't stop at the one lesson either. He is always texting M or us asking questions as he reads through the Book of Mormon. He got more insight/personal application out of 1 Nephi chapter one than I ever have before. He loves it.
Sunday night he came to a fireside at the Kirtland Visitors' Center and loved it! Then last night they came to sites for a tour. He asked so many deep and meaningful questions. Things that I completely take for granted that I have had my entire life he is coming to know and grow a testimony of each day. There is nothing better than seeing the Savior touch the heart of another person as they let Him in.
We get to meet with him for another lesson tomorrow and we are so excited! All of us. T is always the one counting down to the next time we meet. Ahh, nothing is better than sharing the gospel with someone else!
The rest of the week was full of service, finding, lessons, and sites days. Seriously so great!
Funny, panic story: We took this tour yesterday. The kids, four under the age of five, were so hyper and that's always harder to have a more serious tour when kids are running everywhere. Don't get me wrong, those are my favorite tours, but this one was speedy fast and a bit crazy. Anyway, as we finished the tour one of the kids ran to the end and President was standing right there. (We hardly see President, so this wasn't normal.) He turned around and the kid ran straight into his arms. The mom was like, "Oh yeah, we pulled one on you. President Vellinga is my father-in-law". *Heart dropped!!! Panic attack started* Ha. I'm sure glad she told us after and not before the tour started. You never want to be more perfect than for your mission president. I survived though and we had a good laugh over it.
Okay, one last thing. This Saturday, April 25th, is Social Media Splits for the entire mission. It's where members from the ward are shadowing us all day and posting things we're doing to social media. We're getting out to the world what we do behind the scenes. Pretty cool. So, you all should look for me in a post and share it with the world!! There are three hashtags we're using in order to find the posts. #adayinthelifeofamissionary #socialmediasplits #clevelandldsmissionaries If you think about it, we can only contact a few people each day, but you can share the post and within a few moments, that post can be seen my hundreds. Such an easy way to be a missionary. =)
I hope you all have a good day!!
Love you!!
Sister Burns
The lake is melted!
We were stuck here for a while. Stinky.
Ha! Meet Ahchoo. Sister K's cat. Seriously, everyone in Ohio has a cat or a dog and they're obsessed with their animals.
Sister K!
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