February 4, 2014

Dearest Family, 

Thank you for emails. I absolutely love mondays to feel the spirit through your letters. I can feel your desire to be better, to stay close to the spirit and strengthen your families. Ayer en the church the teacher asked us to close our eyes and think about exaltation what we imagined and when i closed my eyes i thought of playing football with the boys en the park, tan austy nate grandpa mike jon steve and my beautiful sisters and mother and the babies having a picnic and cold watermelon. Kinda silly but i thought of the joy of our family. I think janae is right that it could be a little hard to keep in contact with our cousins now that grandpa is gone. Hopefully we can stay close as cousins. 

Kirsty and Mike i am glad to hear that mike is okay. Demonstrates the power of the preisthood and the temple. We have promises that we can be healthy. Go the temple often juntos to enjoy the blessings that can strengthen your family. Your little boys are growing up says mom. Sure love you guys! :) Mike hows the practice going? Keep me updated that everything's okay.

Janae and steve thanks for your emails :) I feel your spirit in your letters, how wonderful your family is growing! Sounds like your little family is growing rapidly. The lider misional has a nephew that is in between the age of aubrey and nate and i was think of them when i play with this little peruvian boy :) Janae thanks for sharing your experience with me. Demonstrates the love the Lord has for us and revelation por medio of the prays. Steve good to hear you are doing well! Good luck with your exams and your little fam :) 

Jonny and Nicole thanks for the pictures agian :) she is a cute little bugger. Kinda crazy that you guys are moving away from provo for forever! What a crazy exciting time in your lives as your little family grows :) Sure love you guys and Clara :)

Laurel hope all is well with you, the whole college life tehe :) I sure love your emails and i pray for you and this change for you. I wanna hear about and boys....tehe :) 

Mom and Dad thank you so much for your letters also. I sure do feel your love and strength. I feel an increase of love for my family every monday :) I am so glad that you are my parents and i have been taught by you. I always have the desire and ejemplo to become like you two. You guys are amazing :) sure miss you and the days and nights we had solo getting ice cream or sneaking out from grandmas house to go to kirstys for dinner...tehe :) Just laughing with you guys :) Thanks for telling me about the dirks, their family will be in my prayers and mind. Will be a grand trial but a time of strength and more close to the savior. He is such i good boy and can see it! 

So yesterday after church we went to a members house and had a HUGE feast and it was huge, loosen my belt and pants huge. The following cita we went and this is an hna that ahs been menos active for 30 years plus. She asked us if we were going to almorzar con ella. We about died. But her daughter isnt a member and we began to teach her daughter, during this lesson the spirit was strong and i was able to speak spanish clearly, and express myself. And even more they were able to understand me :) but i felt the power of the gift of tongues. The spirit is such a neccesity in our lives. Especially to teach people and be a missionary of success. Everything balances on the Holy Espirit. To feel the spirit is glroious. Always strive to have the spirit and feel the spirit. Strive to have experiences espirtuales with your families and personal also. This week i have felt the need and desire to strengthen my spiritual power. En 1 nefi 10 17 dice que lehi hablo por el poder del espiritu santo poder que recibio por la fe que tenia en el Hijo de Dios. The faith in the Savior strengthens our power to teach and speak by the power of the spirit. My invitation is to strengthen your spiritualness this week.

I pray for you and my family often and love you a whole bunches :)

Elder Burrup 

January 27, 2014

Buenos Dias mi familia :) 

Glad to hear all is well with nicole and the new sweet baby girl :) also i am so happy about kaitlin and robert :) how wonderful for them. It is a little crazy that weston is about done with his mission! How crazy. Seems like yesterday that he left! How cool that all my buddies are headed out on there missions as well. Couple of quick questions? How is mike and the practice going? and is janae, steve, nate and aubrey alive?! I haven't heard from them! 

Thanks to family Scott and Janel for the package :) 

Mom thanks for your letter :) i am definitely seeing the hand of the lord in the work here in san borja and i am learning a monton de cosas de mi companero Elder Toro. El es from Colombia. He es el maximo. I have difficulties talking english now! The other day elder toro asked me to pray in english and i tried....i couldn't! It was the weirdest thing ever. 

The work is pressing forward here in San Borja. it is exciting to be part of this work! Please pray for this people in specific:

Hernesto-so he can receive his answer

Estela-live the ley de castidad y dejar su esposo o el corazon de su esposo puede ser ablandado

Hna Delia-puede tener su deseo para continuar y actuar, sentir

Hna Yola Cuyubamba- Ella puede sentir el necessidad de bautismo, ella puede sentir los mismos sentimientos y sus esposo es un desafio tambien. 

This quote from elder Maxwell and i've thought about the atonement a lot and how it plays a roll in the process of conversion. How it is the base of my proposito. It is central to all. 

Elder Neal A Maxwell..... Consider this: What of Jesus’ ministry if He had performed additional miracles but without the transcending miracle of Gethsemane and Calvary? His other miracles brought blessed extensions of life and lessened suffering—for some. But how could these miracles possibly compare with the greatest miracle of the universal Resurrection? (see 1 Cor. 15:22). The multiplying of the loaves and fishes fed a hungry multitude. Even so, recipients were soon hungry again, while those who partake of the Bread of Life will never hunger again (see John 6:51, 58).

The lord can work miracles but more important is the need to change with the atonement, to change and use the atonement. Spiritual healing is more important than physical healing. I thought of dad and the desafios that we had with dad and i thought that all is for not if we do not use the atonement to become clean again, live as a family with our Heavenly Father. It is critical that use this part of the atonement. Other miracles are wonderful and glorious but we must use the redeeming power of the atonement. Not sure if i explained myself clearly but PME dice that we must repent on a daily basis. I know the power of the atonement is real and it can work in our lives, i invite you to use the atonement DAILY. In the name of the savior and redeemer Jesucristo. Amen

Con amor y carino

Elder Burrup

January 20, 2014

Well i have heard that all my buddies are headed out to their missions! So crazy. What a grand opportunity to serve in the Lords army. Couple things, I gave a talk in church yesterday, i've never been more scared in my life to give a discourse. Wow. I about peed my pants and i think nobody understood me. tehe. but was good :) I have a new comp, elder Toro. kinda funny, elder toro y elder burro. tehe. But he extended his mission to be with me! :) he shoulda been home the past wednesday but he extended a little bit more, he has 24 years and is a convert of 6. I am learning a whole whole whole ton from him. The work of the salvation is stretching forth in san borja and i think the hermanas are taking over next change which is a little sad but the work is going forth. english is getting so much harder and harder which i like :) tehe 

Glad to hear about my new niece :) Clara? why hasnt anyone sent pictures yet? i wanna see her :).....well just got the pictures from jon :) ask and ye shall receive. 

Kinda wierd but in my zone i have 2 "cousins", hna byington from moses lake and an hna winterton from heber. Wierd connections and a different hna was companeras with miranda rhoten in the ccm. crazy connections.

Well we have been working with some investigadores but 1 in particular who showed up at church and told us he wanted to learn more about the mormons and he is progressing super rapido and we are hoping to baptize him here soon. and 2 others that are on the edge that want to progress but need to complete there compromises. 

What i wanna share a little bit is simple but beautiful. Marcos 6:12. Talks preaching repentance. I thought about my objective has a misionero. My objective in realidad es to help people to repent and change their lives through the atonement and to receive the saving ordinances. But all of it starts with repentance. If they don't change their lives, repent and utilize the atonement they cant continue. I don't know if i explained this very well but my purpose is to call everyone to repentance. It says it countless time in the libro de mormon. The need to repent is universal and is necessary to return to the live with Heavenly Father. My purpose is to help people repent and be baptized and confirmed and then they can continue their path of enduring to the end as they make other covenants with God. In PME it says something like the central to life is repentance, i cant remember exactly and im translating it in my mind too tehe, but life is all about repentance, if we can learn to repent and do it every day every night then we will be happy and truly eternally happy. My invitation is to be accountable in your nightly prayers before God and repent each day form the faults we all have. There is no other way or name that we can be saved in the kingdom of heaven. only in and through Our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Hurrah for Israel

Elder Burrup

Sure love you guys :) send me pictures of my family my sobrinos everyone. I haven't gotten a picture of mom i a long time :)