Subject: Happy Spring Equinox!!! and HAPPY EASTER!!! Fuhuo Jie Kuai
Le! **Happy Resurrection Festival!**
WELL HELLO EVERYONE!
ASHTON ALSO EMAILED ME!!! Super happy about that :)
I hope that everyone had a splendid Spring Equinox and is looking forward
to a great Easter Weekend! This past week has been amazing and fill with a few
days indoors ORGANIZING EVERYTHING!!! It's been great!!!!
SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK:
Isaiah 40:31
Isaiah 40:31
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength...They shall
run, and not be weary; and shall walk, and not faint."
When we rely on the Lord in ALL THINGS that we do (Thoughts, desires,
actions, etc) He will give us strength. If we align our will with the Lord's and
do what he requires of us, he will give us the strength to succeed. This is true
in all aspects of life, whether as a missionary, or in our work, in our
families, or in our ward families. We must serve him, and to do that we must
serve others. WE ARE HIS CHILDREN and we must ALWAYS remember that. :)
QUOTES OF THE WEEK!!:
Elder Carl B. Cook:
"We must look up and step up. And as we do, I know we will cheer up, for
God wants us to be happy."
This is soooo great! If we follow the advice of the prophet and his
apostles, and we always look Heavenward. We will be able to keep a more positive
outlook on life, and be able to be so much more happy! That is God ultimate
goal. To help us acheive our FULL POTENTIAL and to have ETERNAL JOY!
Elder Neil L. Anderson (quoting a Christian Mum's blog):
"[Growing] up in this culture, it is very hard to get a biblical
perspective on motherhood...children rank way below college. below world travel
for sure. below the ablitiy to go out at night at your leisure. below honing
your body at the gym. below any job you may have or hope to get....Motherhood is
not a hobb, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them
cuter than stamps. it is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in.
It's what God gave you time for."
WOW! This is so true! and think about what our roles in life here on earth
are. Parenthood is up at the top. And I AM SO GRATEFUL for amazing parents who
realized this. That God sent them here to be my parents. They have really taken
that to heart and have done everything they can to teach us children to make
good choices. They have been so patient with our crazy antics. and when we
messed up, even messed up real bad, they always helped to guide and lovingly
direct us back on the right path. THANK YOU MUM AND DAD and to all other parents
out there who take their families seriously. You are a rare breed, and God
treasures you! THank you for your examples and love you have shown me in my
life.
Well like i said before, we spent more time inside organzing our books, old
records, former investigator files, and contact cards. It's really fun, but
weird, to see my friend Megan (formley Starley) Hendrickson's name on the old
records! It's cool to see where she and her companion went and what they did,
and to be able to pick up from where they left off and try to help the same
people come unto the Lord!!!
FUNNY/AWKWARD STORIES!!!!....this one really might be
too awkward for some people (like auntie Linda)....so WARNING!
****We were at our Ward Correlator's home for FHE last night and my
companion and I taught the lesson and led the game. It was all really fun and we
were all sitting around afterwards chatting and bonding with our investigators,
RCs, and members. Little Butterfly was running around and we were teaching her
some girls' camp songs in English and fun stuff like that. She really LOVES me!
When we were getting ready to leave, she ran up and hugged my leg so I bent over
to say goodbye to her. When I did her eyes got HUGE!!!! She reached up and
started smacking my boobs with boths hands and said: "Zhege hen Da!!!! ZHEGE HEN
DA!!!!" x4 (Translation:These are HUGE!!) hahahahahaha her mum and everyone
starting laughing really hard....of course I was laughing way hard tooo....(PS
don't worry mum, I was wearing a high-cut and completely modest shirt)....and
her mum told her that someday she'll be like me and can have big boobs too...and
then told me that all women in Taiwan wish they could be like me.....after all
this...Butterfly looks at me again....hits my boobs again...and then yells ZHEGE
HEN DA!!!! x3 hahahahahahahaha If it had been anyone else they probably would
have died of embarrassment....but i just laughed...hahahahahahahaha
Well that's prbably enough awkardness for this email....
Daddy, Thanks for the mula in my account! :) I also wanted to just tell you
about how during my Personal Study the other day Iwas reading the NOV 2011
Liahona (Conference Issue) and I was reading Sister Dalton's talk "Love Her
Mother." You are exactly what she describes! You really have been my hero my
whole life, and Ive looked up to your amazing example for as long as I can
remember. Some of my best and most fond memories from my childhood are spending
time with you. From the way you treat mum and me, I have always been able to
have a good sense of self value, and I know that I will never marry someone that
doesn't treat me good, because I've seen how you treat mummy and I want someone
like that. Thank you so much for being such an incredible father and good
husband to my mother. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! Have a great week :) Thank
you!
I also got a really awesome letter from my friend Elder Lotutlelei who was
in my MTC district. He's in Tonga right now, and he sent me a card/letter made
out of Tapa Clothe! Super awesome! He also gave me a CTR necklace made out of a
shell....SUPER Sweet! So thanks to him!!! :)
Well I love you all and I want you all to know that missions are the
GREATEST THING EVER!!! There are so many highs and so many lows. You have
investigators that you just want to understand the gospel, but you have to
realize that they need to be ready. There are also people who are eternal
investigators for other missionaries, but when you teach them, they just decide
that yes, they do after all want to take the path that leads to Eternal Glory.
It's amazing how close you feel to the Lord, and also how much you sometimes
feel alone. Through it all though, if you try your hardest and do your best. The
Lord will guide you to those that are ready, or He will guide them to you. He
will never EVER desert you. EVER.
We will watch Conference, but not live. And we'll just watch it at our
church. THey'll record it and we'll watch the English version, while our ward
will watch a translated chinese version. I think we watch it the week after
conference...but I'm not really sure about it!
I LOVE YOU ALL and hope you all have an AMAZING EASTER!!! and Happy
Conference!!!!
Love and Hugs.
Sister Vasha Burrows
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