well flip its i miss you guys. it was fun to talk to you and get to see you. so just recently ive takin up tennis we have a member in our ward who is a pro and he is showing us how to play and some techniques and stuff. and its a two birds with one stone ituation because it just so happens that he is a less active member so he is come to church more and we are becoming pro tennis players. pretty dang exciting. well we went on our usual door knocking rampage yesterday and we were in a more gheto part of town and pretty much no one spoke english so i worked on my portugese/spanish it was horrible bu i thinik some people gothe idea. so im still working on the book of mormon im in alma chapter 27 this is probably my favorite part of alma its so cool to see these people that ammon and alma amulek are teaching and they accept the gospel but the cool part is that they make a firm resolve to live the gosepel. Im finding that as a missionanary how important it is to teach the gospel but even more that its important to continuew to learn and study. i fifnd so many times when something i read applies directly to the situation of a person we are teaching that day its cool and fun.
Wow mom R.S. counselor pretty legit. you will be great who is the R.S. pres? Im glad you said I will. like dad says the lord qualifies those he calls. it will be cool. well we are just getting ready for the new year and making goals and stuff. for new years day morning we are going over to a members house who promissed to make us waffles so im pretty excited. well not to much else to report. thanks for putting the money on my card i will send you my camera card in just a bit.
as far as the old gang the only peple i stay in steady contact with is eric jamie ayris and im writing carrisa lamb from utah and thats pretty much it.
love and miss ya
Elder Burbidge
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
12-22-2010
Hey I just sent the christmas present to boston i got him a pretty swell toy thing its pretty cool my companion had one and we had a lot of fun with it.
well on saterday im gonna call you from our cell phone (---)--- ---- . did dad talk to elder workman when he called the office i guess we will have to find our about the skype thing. so we just had an addition of 4 new investigators this last week and 2 of them are dying to get baptized its pretty cool the other ones are gonna take alittle work but it will be good im excited to have so many people to teach. well we havent got the packages yet but we are gonna open them all at the carsons house with them i love them they are so cool brother carson offered me a little bit of a job after the mission if i wanted to come back. they also said that they want to come and visit they washington casa. well i well talk to you on saterday im pretty dang excited.
love elder Burbidge
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Burbidge family wrote:
Hey Jesse Wayne!
How are you?
Plz tell us how we get to contact each other. Dad called the mission office and the Bro. there said we could skype each other ????? Make sure that's ok with the Pres. (except we don't want to do it if it's gonna mess you up....)
Did you get any of your packages yet?? Hope so!!!
I'm wondering if you're okay, but I know you are. I feel at Peace every time I pray for you and hope you feel that as well.
We've really been having fun skypeing the kids. We've only seen Nin once, but Sis & Tone's families almost every day.
Dad's been having Dave Coughlin come over and work on our computer a few times ~ more ram and clearing off a bunch of junk we don't need!
Dad's loving being the gospel doctorine teacher.
Well, hope to hear from you in a minute or two.
I love you tons!!!!!!!!!
Love Eternally,
~Mom~
well on saterday im gonna call you from our cell phone (---)--- ---- . did dad talk to elder workman when he called the office i guess we will have to find our about the skype thing. so we just had an addition of 4 new investigators this last week and 2 of them are dying to get baptized its pretty cool the other ones are gonna take alittle work but it will be good im excited to have so many people to teach. well we havent got the packages yet but we are gonna open them all at the carsons house with them i love them they are so cool brother carson offered me a little bit of a job after the mission if i wanted to come back. they also said that they want to come and visit they washington casa. well i well talk to you on saterday im pretty dang excited.
love elder Burbidge
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Burbidge family
Hey Jesse Wayne!
How are you?
Plz tell us how we get to contact each other. Dad called the mission office and the Bro. there said we could skype each other ????? Make sure that's ok with the Pres. (except we don't want to do it if it's gonna mess you up....)
Did you get any of your packages yet?? Hope so!!!
I'm wondering if you're okay, but I know you are. I feel at Peace every time I pray for you and hope you feel that as well.
We've really been having fun skypeing the kids. We've only seen Nin once, but Sis & Tone's families almost every day.
Dad's been having Dave Coughlin come over and work on our computer a few times ~ more ram and clearing off a bunch of junk we don't need!
Dad's loving being the gospel doctorine teacher.
Well, hope to hear from you in a minute or two.
I love you tons!!!!!!!!!
Love Eternally,
~Mom~
Thursday, December 2, 2010
December 2, 2010
wow sorry its been a while. I'm trying to stay on top of everything it hard sometimes. we just moved to our new apartment 6730 riverton ave #231
North Hollywood CA
91606
it was pretty crazy you wouldnt beleive how much missionaries leave behind and how much accumulates after 12 years we threw alot away...
I missed home alot on thanksgiving. However we did have alot of fun. i dont know if you remember me talking about the Greslie family but he is an less active member with a nonmember spouse. kind of an awnry old coot but he has grown to be like my uncle he is really cool he served in Vietnam and was there for a 2 years. you can tell its a memory he keeps kinda close. but any ways when i first got to the Big CA he was someone we picked out to try and get to come back to church. when we first met him he came off as kind of a mean ol cuss but we decided that we would go back anyways and maybe do some work. he didnt want to hear what the missionaries had to say so we went over there with our work clothes on and he was just out working in the yard and so we got there and just hit the dirt right beside him and we just without words started pulling weeds and diggin and so every thursday since we have gone back and done service for him and now we have been teaching him the lessons so we hope to see him at church. but he and his wife invited us over for thanksgiving and it was really good but interesting. Sister greslie is his second marriage so she has a family of her own and they were the ones that came for thanksgiving as well. sister greslies oldest son is gay and he came with his husband so we were a little nervous but it ended up being pretty fun. they tried to make us squirm but we would either brush it off or just go to a different room when things got weird. but it was alot of fun they really made us feel like family. and since the elders were coming to dinner they all drank nonacholic drinks even non alcholic beer so that was nice. it was a good sober holiday and we got to talk to alot of people.
well dad i just got your letter and you asked about training. I definitely love having a Go-fer boy instead of being the go-fer. its alot of fun. elder jensen and me get along real good. he is pretty redneck so we have lots of hilbilly fun. somtimes ive got to real him in a little but its fun. he has got at home a 46 chevy truck and right now its under major revamp he has got the cab and bed on a 1998 dodge chassis with a 12 valve cummins diesl so it gonna be pretty cool. before that he had it all original with the straight stove bolt six completely cast iron power plant. we have fun talking about cars and motorcycles and the gospel. as far as training goes im working on being better everyday i think thats what magnifying your calling is all about.
well on the 13 is transfers so there is a good chance that i will be leaving. I been here in north hollywood for the whole time ive been our my only other area is Barroso forteleza. so i will keep you posted but we will see. I do love the people here in noth hollywood I know just about everybody in the church including the less active members. so i kind of dont want to leave but at the same time man i hate the city i hate driving in the city it flippin sucks. but im happy dispit the stressful situations that present themselves. its fun to talk about home and people are like whats the population! or how many miles away is the nearest walmart? so i still have lots of fun with people.
right now we are putting together this really awesome fireside for families and our teaching pool. its The plan of salvation but interactive style its gonna be awesome. its starts out with everybody sitting in a plane(the over flow) and then the lights go out and we explain that everybody just died then from there we take them through a tour of " The other side" its gonna be really cool. I will have to send you an outline its awesome.
well this isnt even our regular email day but we got special permission because we have been moving and stuff. so sorry to throw everthing out of whack but thats just how it goes.
thanks for sending the money dad i needed to buy a new tube for my new bike the tire went flat but i think i need to get new tires these ones are paper thin and maybe for christmas you guys could send some of those tire liners. just an idea.
thanks for all the help you give me mom and dad im having a life changing experience out here. thanks for your prayers i feel them every day and they help more than you know.
Love Elder Burbidge
North Hollywood CA
91606
it was pretty crazy you wouldnt beleive how much missionaries leave behind and how much accumulates after 12 years we threw alot away...
I missed home alot on thanksgiving. However we did have alot of fun. i dont know if you remember me talking about the Greslie family but he is an less active member with a nonmember spouse. kind of an awnry old coot but he has grown to be like my uncle he is really cool he served in Vietnam and was there for a 2 years. you can tell its a memory he keeps kinda close. but any ways when i first got to the Big CA he was someone we picked out to try and get to come back to church. when we first met him he came off as kind of a mean ol cuss but we decided that we would go back anyways and maybe do some work. he didnt want to hear what the missionaries had to say so we went over there with our work clothes on and he was just out working in the yard and so we got there and just hit the dirt right beside him and we just without words started pulling weeds and diggin and so every thursday since we have gone back and done service for him and now we have been teaching him the lessons so we hope to see him at church. but he and his wife invited us over for thanksgiving and it was really good but interesting. Sister greslie is his second marriage so she has a family of her own and they were the ones that came for thanksgiving as well. sister greslies oldest son is gay and he came with his husband so we were a little nervous but it ended up being pretty fun. they tried to make us squirm but we would either brush it off or just go to a different room when things got weird. but it was alot of fun they really made us feel like family. and since the elders were coming to dinner they all drank nonacholic drinks even non alcholic beer so that was nice. it was a good sober holiday and we got to talk to alot of people.
well dad i just got your letter and you asked about training. I definitely love having a Go-fer boy instead of being the go-fer. its alot of fun. elder jensen and me get along real good. he is pretty redneck so we have lots of hilbilly fun. somtimes ive got to real him in a little but its fun. he has got at home a 46 chevy truck and right now its under major revamp he has got the cab and bed on a 1998 dodge chassis with a 12 valve cummins diesl so it gonna be pretty cool. before that he had it all original with the straight stove bolt six completely cast iron power plant. we have fun talking about cars and motorcycles and the gospel. as far as training goes im working on being better everyday i think thats what magnifying your calling is all about.
well on the 13 is transfers so there is a good chance that i will be leaving. I been here in north hollywood for the whole time ive been our my only other area is Barroso forteleza. so i will keep you posted but we will see. I do love the people here in noth hollywood I know just about everybody in the church including the less active members. so i kind of dont want to leave but at the same time man i hate the city i hate driving in the city it flippin sucks. but im happy dispit the stressful situations that present themselves. its fun to talk about home and people are like whats the population! or how many miles away is the nearest walmart? so i still have lots of fun with people.
right now we are putting together this really awesome fireside for families and our teaching pool. its The plan of salvation but interactive style its gonna be awesome. its starts out with everybody sitting in a plane(the over flow) and then the lights go out and we explain that everybody just died then from there we take them through a tour of " The other side" its gonna be really cool. I will have to send you an outline its awesome.
well this isnt even our regular email day but we got special permission because we have been moving and stuff. so sorry to throw everthing out of whack but thats just how it goes.
thanks for sending the money dad i needed to buy a new tube for my new bike the tire went flat but i think i need to get new tires these ones are paper thin and maybe for christmas you guys could send some of those tire liners. just an idea.
thanks for all the help you give me mom and dad im having a life changing experience out here. thanks for your prayers i feel them every day and they help more than you know.
Love Elder Burbidge
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010
From: jesse.burbidge@myldsmail.net
To: nicoleyskeem@live.com
flip i really just want some good ol rain storm days and weeks. I cant wait to see oklahoma im excited to come visit. we just had our stake conference as well and our mission president came and spoke andit was really good. it was sad that none of our investigators made it to conference but it was really good about missionary work and new members and about families.
so north hollywood is my only area on my mission and i have been here for ever its not a bad thing i might be ready for a little change but i have really come to know and love the members in the ward and they have helped me alot and i hope that i am helping them. for thanksgiving we are eating at a less active members house. its pretty cool because he hasnt been to church in over 40years and his wife isnt a member. but one day we just decided to go meet him and he let us come in and share a spiritual thought but as far as learning the missionary lessons with his wife we didnt want us to make the coming over and visiting a regular thing but one day we decided to put on our service clothes and just show up. and when we got there he was out working in the yard and so we just went and worked right beside him. it was cool and we have met every thursday since so he is making alot of proggress. and he and his wife jsut invited us to thanksgiving but she has a son named rick and he is gay and married to a man named rick so anyways she asked me if it was alright with us if they were there and i said that it was alright with us but that she would probably want to ask them if it they were ok with us being there. with the whole prop 8 deal. so then she said well if so they dont need to come. i felt kinda bad that she would pick us over her only son but, we have gotten really close over the past months.
well sis i love you and miss you and love to here about your new adventures.
love elder burbidge
To: nicoleyskeem@live.com
flip i really just want some good ol rain storm days and weeks. I cant wait to see oklahoma im excited to come visit. we just had our stake conference as well and our mission president came and spoke andit was really good. it was sad that none of our investigators made it to conference but it was really good about missionary work and new members and about families.
so north hollywood is my only area on my mission and i have been here for ever its not a bad thing i might be ready for a little change but i have really come to know and love the members in the ward and they have helped me alot and i hope that i am helping them. for thanksgiving we are eating at a less active members house. its pretty cool because he hasnt been to church in over 40years and his wife isnt a member. but one day we just decided to go meet him and he let us come in and share a spiritual thought but as far as learning the missionary lessons with his wife we didnt want us to make the coming over and visiting a regular thing but one day we decided to put on our service clothes and just show up. and when we got there he was out working in the yard and so we just went and worked right beside him. it was cool and we have met every thursday since so he is making alot of proggress. and he and his wife jsut invited us to thanksgiving but she has a son named rick and he is gay and married to a man named rick so anyways she asked me if it was alright with us if they were there and i said that it was alright with us but that she would probably want to ask them if it they were ok with us being there. with the whole prop 8 deal. so then she said well if so they dont need to come. i felt kinda bad that she would pick us over her only son but, we have gotten really close over the past months.
well sis i love you and miss you and love to here about your new adventures.
love elder burbidge
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
11-17-2010
hey sorry about not sending a letter i ran out of stamps and it will have to wait till i get some more. but this week was pretty good we got a new investigator. she was an older lady form india i guess she lived there when the british were still in control and she said it was pretty awesome she grew up there and did all her schooling there even colege. its funny how proper she is just like an english lady right out of a bbc production.
well we are getting a new apartment. ive been in this area for ever this is my only area on my mission besides barroso brazil. so this transfer monday i may be looking at a new area but thats 3 weeks away so whatever. but we arn't moving to our new apartment until the weekend after thanksgiving so tell the people at home that my address is gonna change.
this thursday is interviews with the president duh tomorrow. and in december we get to have a temple trip so im pretty excited for that. um bad news my drivers license is goining to expire in febuary wich is approaching i dont know how to renew it do you think you guys could find out if thats possible to do while im not living there?
well we just had stake coonference and our mission president spoke and so did the temple president it was really cool and made me think of home \\
well i love you guys and will talk to you later.
love elder burbidge
well we are getting a new apartment. ive been in this area for ever this is my only area on my mission besides barroso brazil. so this transfer monday i may be looking at a new area but thats 3 weeks away so whatever. but we arn't moving to our new apartment until the weekend after thanksgiving so tell the people at home that my address is gonna change.
this thursday is interviews with the president duh tomorrow. and in december we get to have a temple trip so im pretty excited for that. um bad news my drivers license is goining to expire in febuary wich is approaching i dont know how to renew it do you think you guys could find out if thats possible to do while im not living there?
well we just had stake coonference and our mission president spoke and so did the temple president it was really cool and made me think of home \\
well i love you guys and will talk to you later.
love elder burbidge
Monday, November 15, 2010
11-10-2010
well i dont have too much time today to email but i will write you a letter. but my son is fine. im glad you accepted that friend request from sister carson, the carson family is really cool they remind me of anthon and jennie so they are fun. but i really gotta go. but tell penny i said hi and squeeze luke for me. well have fun with no stk meetings now. well i gotta go and im kinda runnin short on money i just bought a bike from another missionary its the same as the bike that i fixed so now i have a good supplyy of parts for when anything breaks but i love you guys and miss home a little now that the holidays are aproaching but i will send you a letter
chow chow
Elder jesse wAyne
chow chow
Elder jesse wAyne
Monday, November 1, 2010
11/1/2010
Just recieved this piece of news :)
Hey mom will you send me the recipe to the gingerbread pancake and cinimon syrup ps the transfer just ended and guess who got called to train a greenie
Elder Burbidge.
Hey mom will you send me the recipe to the gingerbread pancake and cinimon syrup ps the transfer just ended and guess who got called to train a greenie
Elder Burbidge.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
10/28/2010
I like the tool bucket analagy thanks dad.
Well we droped albert we had an extremely spritual lesson with him about the atonement and jesus christ. He just needs some of his own time i guess. we were really hoping he wouldnt go for the drop but we kind of let him decide. i wont lie i got a little choked up just because all of the change ive seen him make and now i guess im a little scared that he will just fall away completely but i will continue to pray but we did what we could its up to him and god.
wow i thisnk im getting a litle tired of end of the world disscusions man i just dont want to hear it anymore. it seems like everybody in california talks about it.
well im glad to hear that cati hasnt given up on me.
so the last two days we have been helping a member in our ward with some good old ditch digging, bush pulling, and land changing it was so wonderful i had alot of fun. just last sunday i all of the sudden just felt like north hollywood ward is home ive really grown to love the people alot and there is just alot of families that seem like part of my family it just alot of fun.
Ive started walking every morning with one of the elders who lives with us.its been fun we walked like 3 miles this morning.
man i miss you guys and love to hear from you and i appreciate your prayers they help alot.
oh I got a haloween package today and received a happy dose of candy thanks a bunch.
love your son
Elder Burbidge
Well we droped albert we had an extremely spritual lesson with him about the atonement and jesus christ. He just needs some of his own time i guess. we were really hoping he wouldnt go for the drop but we kind of let him decide. i wont lie i got a little choked up just because all of the change ive seen him make and now i guess im a little scared that he will just fall away completely but i will continue to pray but we did what we could its up to him and god.
wow i thisnk im getting a litle tired of end of the world disscusions man i just dont want to hear it anymore. it seems like everybody in california talks about it.
well im glad to hear that cati hasnt given up on me.
so the last two days we have been helping a member in our ward with some good old ditch digging, bush pulling, and land changing it was so wonderful i had alot of fun. just last sunday i all of the sudden just felt like north hollywood ward is home ive really grown to love the people alot and there is just alot of families that seem like part of my family it just alot of fun.
Ive started walking every morning with one of the elders who lives with us.its been fun we walked like 3 miles this morning.
man i miss you guys and love to hear from you and i appreciate your prayers they help alot.
oh I got a haloween package today and received a happy dose of candy thanks a bunch.
love your son
Elder Burbidge
The Tool Bucket Analogy
by Arlin Burbidge
I am glad you miss home, it must mean that it is something special to you and that is something Mom and I always hoped for you kids, that you would feel like home was good and where you were loved.
Now on your mission its like you have a bucket, maybe its like my tool bucket. As you meet people and have experiences in the mission field its like you are acquiring treasures and special tools. They aren't made of steel, wood or plastic but they are none the less real. Think of going through your mission meeting all these people you work with, they have trials and experiences they share with you and you help them with those trials. As you do this they develop faith and trust in the Lord and you see that, you are filling your bucket up with manifestations of the Lord's love and blessings in people's lives. Now visualize coming home at the end of your mission and you pull out that bucket, it is heaping full; you pull out all these experiences and you lay them out on the living room floor. You tell us about each one and what happened, not all of them ended up good, some were hard experiences to go through, like albert relapsing and the companion that was tough to get along with, nonetheless you will have learned alot and you will share all that and you will feel that and you will thank the Lord for all he taught you and all you felt and all the people you worked with and loved and you will feel what charity is, the love of Christ. Thinking about it like this, I think you can see what it would be like if the bucket wasn't as full as you could get it.
I am glad you miss home, it must mean that it is something special to you and that is something Mom and I always hoped for you kids, that you would feel like home was good and where you were loved.
Now on your mission its like you have a bucket, maybe its like my tool bucket. As you meet people and have experiences in the mission field its like you are acquiring treasures and special tools. They aren't made of steel, wood or plastic but they are none the less real. Think of going through your mission meeting all these people you work with, they have trials and experiences they share with you and you help them with those trials. As you do this they develop faith and trust in the Lord and you see that, you are filling your bucket up with manifestations of the Lord's love and blessings in people's lives. Now visualize coming home at the end of your mission and you pull out that bucket, it is heaping full; you pull out all these experiences and you lay them out on the living room floor. You tell us about each one and what happened, not all of them ended up good, some were hard experiences to go through, like albert relapsing and the companion that was tough to get along with, nonetheless you will have learned alot and you will share all that and you will feel that and you will thank the Lord for all he taught you and all you felt and all the people you worked with and loved and you will feel what charity is, the love of Christ. Thinking about it like this, I think you can see what it would be like if the bucket wasn't as full as you could get it.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
10-7-2010
wow sounds like alot is happening.
so your driving to oklahoma that is pretty exciting i guess. Im kindof interested to see the oklahoma homestead of nicole and brydons.
so Im still adjusting to my new companion. sometimes i just have to tell it like it is and we seem to be moving along quite well. He does seem to think that he would be better at being senior companion. He is one of those who doesent realize that if i wasent called i wouldnt be the senior. but i just let him lead when he wants and rein him in when things are a little freaked out. This experience makes me think of the painting of george washington when he is praying in the woods and then i was reading in mosiah when its was talking about king mosiah (mosiah ch 6: vrs 7) and it just talks about how he did till the earth that thereby he might not become burdensome to his people. It just goes to show that the greatest leaders in history have always followed before they lead and even in there high standing position they follow i think thats how i want to be.
well i just got a letter from dalton today and a post card from danny and mindy it was fun to here that the air force has finly got dalton on fast track. and he gets to blow things up.
mindy is so great i really need to write her back soon.
as for the money situation im pluggin along things arent to bad yet.
well we have another investigator and we are moving towards baptisim i think he already know his in the water.
well i love you guys and misss you tell cati i love her and miss her and cant wait for the adventures we will go on.
P.S. did you get the picture card?
love Elder Burbidge
so your driving to oklahoma that is pretty exciting i guess. Im kindof interested to see the oklahoma homestead of nicole and brydons.
so Im still adjusting to my new companion. sometimes i just have to tell it like it is and we seem to be moving along quite well. He does seem to think that he would be better at being senior companion. He is one of those who doesent realize that if i wasent called i wouldnt be the senior. but i just let him lead when he wants and rein him in when things are a little freaked out. This experience makes me think of the painting of george washington when he is praying in the woods and then i was reading in mosiah when its was talking about king mosiah (mosiah ch 6: vrs 7) and it just talks about how he did till the earth that thereby he might not become burdensome to his people. It just goes to show that the greatest leaders in history have always followed before they lead and even in there high standing position they follow i think thats how i want to be.
well i just got a letter from dalton today and a post card from danny and mindy it was fun to here that the air force has finly got dalton on fast track. and he gets to blow things up.
mindy is so great i really need to write her back soon.
as for the money situation im pluggin along things arent to bad yet.
well we have another investigator and we are moving towards baptisim i think he already know his in the water.
well i love you guys and misss you tell cati i love her and miss her and cant wait for the adventures we will go on.
P.S. did you get the picture card?
love Elder Burbidge
Monday, October 4, 2010
10-4-2010
I finally got some pictures!! What a relief cause I've been hating not seeing this boy!!
He's pointing at the ring, it's one of the rings they used in the Trilogy "Lord of the Rings"
He's standing in front of the Dunder Mifflin bldg.
And yes, he managed to get himself a hammock ~sweet~
He's pointing at the ring, it's one of the rings they used in the Trilogy "Lord of the Rings"
He's standing in front of the Dunder Mifflin bldg.
And yes, he managed to get himself a hammock ~sweet~
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
09-29-2010
Well its been a pretty awesome week. you remember Albert the kid i told you about that we were working with we we set a baptismal date with him on oct 24. Before we set the date we had asked if he would pray with us for a resonable date for his baptism and we asked him to keep praying until we met again so. there we were in our weekly planning session and we felt impressed to pray for albert so we could know when he should and could be baptised. while i was asking i stopped and felt impressed by the the date oct 24 and so i asked if this was to be i then ended the prayer and my companion elder wood looked at me and asked why i chose oct24 i said i just felt impressed to do so. he said that durring the prayer in a moment of silence he felt impressed by oct 24 and when he said that we knew that we had our answer so we got back down on our knees and thanked god for our answer. The next meeting we had with albert we told him this story and he thought we were crazy I bore my testimony about the way the gospel has given me the oppertunity to not just help my self but to help others i told him about some sacrifices that looking back are easy to make if we show faith and just do it. after that we watched Joeseph Smith Prophet of the restoration. thats the one they show at the visitors center that you cant get ahold of. a couple of weeks ago this girl gave me a copy of it and i dont really know how she got it but when we watched it with albert it was such an awesome spiritual event. and then after the movie which we watched at the church for increased spiritual influence steve the member we brought with us who has had major addictions in his life with meth and other things bore a sweet testimony to albert and told him that he shouldnt worry about being baptised he said " when you are feeling like this cant be done or its impossible or even that you need to wait that that little voice is satan working against what you already know and have felt". how cool is that so then i asked albert how he felt about be baptised on oct 24. He knoded his head and said lets do it. we then promised him that we wouldnt baptise hime if he wasnt ready and that he will always have support in this huge commitment he is making. so that was awesome. And just before we had our meeting with him we had a meeting with a brand new investigator named melissa who is living at a shelter but just decided to come to church one day in our lesson with her we set a date for her to be baptised. and she said yes it pretty awesome.
well my new companion is pretty great. and he seems to like me the only thing i have a little trouble with is how he wears his emotions on his sleeves its all just a little to dramatic for me but im doing my best to communicate every thing i feel to him so we are on the same page its an adventure for sure.
Im glad to hear ducati is still waiting for me i miss her a ton tell her i love her. I was glad to receive your package thank you for the cookies they are wonderful and also the toothbrushes and toothpaste they were needed.oh and for the helmet. so the other day i was at our zone leaders apartment sleeping over because we were bug bombing our apartment. and i noticed there was this bike in the courner in sad contition in definate need of some TLC i asked if it work every one said know i asked whos it was they told me i called him up found out the prblem and asked if i could have it he said yes but it wasnt worth the trouble. COME ON i thought to myself im Jesse Flippin Wayne so i took it home took it apart on our apartment floor found the problem and it just so happened that we had a Bin of spare bike parts that i had put together while cleaning the apartment and i found the parts i needed that fit everything works out and bam bike for free. its a Trek 3700 a very nice piece of equiptment. All it needs now is some tire liners and some WD-40 Im pretty excited.
so nicole and brydon are making the move to oklahoma wow who would have thought. well anything is better than roosevelt I personally beleive. well i love and misss you guys i feel your prayers everyday.
love ELder Burbidge
well my new companion is pretty great. and he seems to like me the only thing i have a little trouble with is how he wears his emotions on his sleeves its all just a little to dramatic for me but im doing my best to communicate every thing i feel to him so we are on the same page its an adventure for sure.
Im glad to hear ducati is still waiting for me i miss her a ton tell her i love her. I was glad to receive your package thank you for the cookies they are wonderful and also the toothbrushes and toothpaste they were needed.oh and for the helmet. so the other day i was at our zone leaders apartment sleeping over because we were bug bombing our apartment. and i noticed there was this bike in the courner in sad contition in definate need of some TLC i asked if it work every one said know i asked whos it was they told me i called him up found out the prblem and asked if i could have it he said yes but it wasnt worth the trouble. COME ON i thought to myself im Jesse Flippin Wayne so i took it home took it apart on our apartment floor found the problem and it just so happened that we had a Bin of spare bike parts that i had put together while cleaning the apartment and i found the parts i needed that fit everything works out and bam bike for free. its a Trek 3700 a very nice piece of equiptment. All it needs now is some tire liners and some WD-40 Im pretty excited.
so nicole and brydon are making the move to oklahoma wow who would have thought. well anything is better than roosevelt I personally beleive. well i love and misss you guys i feel your prayers everyday.
love ELder Burbidge
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
9-22-2010
Well guess who went senior companion this transfer. yep yours truly. wow i cant barely handle it but it will be fun my companions name is elder wood andhe seems pretty cool. so this morning I had a pretty cool experience a real miracle. I got a phone call from a less active member and he was pretty angery at me/us mostly me since im the guy who has been here longer. I guess he called yesterday and left a message I never saw it or knew that it happened but he was pretty upset that we were "ignoring him" and he was saying stuff like "if you see me on sunday you better walk the other way". anyways i just sat there and took it and was just thinking man if i say anything he is gonna freak out anyways we ended up resoving the bad feelings with apologese and explanations. but after the phone call i was just like flip im incharge this transfer i dont think i can handle this so i was particularly ditraught at this point so i went into the bathroom with my scriptures and really wanted to feel the love. ifelt pretty alone and real nervous about this transfer so i just opened the scriptures hopeing and praying to find the lords lof for me. so BAM!!! open up to D/C section 7 where the lord is talking to oliver cowdrey and helping him pick himself up and see what he was ordaind unto. anyways i knew the lord was talking to me. "Fear not little flock"
well im hopin that i will live this transfer and that i will be a good senior comp. im glad to hear that cati enjoyed her bath and that tell her i miss her alot i wish she was here with me to be my seeing eye dog. but i know she will wait.
my address is the same good old victory Blvd
well thanks for the prayers i know that you are sending i feel them everyday.
we are getting close to another baptismal date so things are going good in the area still.
oh another really cool experience. last saterday we got to baptize an ex communicated member we had been working with her for a little while. she is at the hospital and is diagnesed with termanal lung cancer with only a littl time left here on earth. anyways she got moved to the hospital here in california and and called to have missionary visits and what not so we were working with her for a while and the the bishop ask the bretheren if she could be baptised and the permission came the only problem was that she had a trach or hole in her throught and the docter said that if she got any water in her longs that that would be it so sho put her faith in the lord and her life in the hands of two missionaries i performed the ordinace and was very nervous bet she was baptised without a sigal problem another miricale well i really have to go my times up but i love and miss you guys and give cati a kiss for me also sorry i didnt send you any thing for your birthday Mom i promise i was thinking of you and i love you
Elder
Jesse Wayne
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well im hopin that i will live this transfer and that i will be a good senior comp. im glad to hear that cati enjoyed her bath and that tell her i miss her alot i wish she was here with me to be my seeing eye dog. but i know she will wait.
my address is the same good old victory Blvd
well thanks for the prayers i know that you are sending i feel them everyday.
we are getting close to another baptismal date so things are going good in the area still.
oh another really cool experience. last saterday we got to baptize an ex communicated member we had been working with her for a little while. she is at the hospital and is diagnesed with termanal lung cancer with only a littl time left here on earth. anyways she got moved to the hospital here in california and and called to have missionary visits and what not so we were working with her for a while and the the bishop ask the bretheren if she could be baptised and the permission came the only problem was that she had a trach or hole in her throught and the docter said that if she got any water in her longs that that would be it so sho put her faith in the lord and her life in the hands of two missionaries i performed the ordinace and was very nervous bet she was baptised without a sigal problem another miricale well i really have to go my times up but i love and miss you guys and give cati a kiss for me also sorry i didnt send you any thing for your birthday Mom i promise i was thinking of you and i love you
Elder
Jesse Wayne
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Just got this one today!
so things are going more than great here we just had a zone conference and we had elder johnson form the 70 there it was a ton of fun. we got new phones pretty exciting and we are still walking iam gonna buy a bike soon i think im just lookin for on thats cheap im pretty confident that i can keep it working good for at least a year and 5 months. Im glad to hear that you guys are including catti in you adventures i dont want her to start gaining wait while im gone. I did get the letter with catis paw print and at night i put it under my pillow i will send you pictures soon im sorry everything is just a little harder without a car.
this last P-day we decided to go to the zoo because it was my companions first time to ever go to the zoo and i have to say that i was pretty dissapointed in the La zoo experience all the animals were desiesed and look really sad even the monkies didnt look happy i dont think i heard one animal sound the whole time i was there it was pretty sad i took lots of pictures so i will send those to you soon.
so transfers are this monday and this friday and saterday are transfer calls so its pretty intense because im gonna for sure get a different companion who could it be? well my companion is pretty sick right now he has had a really bad sore throat and cough and hes got joint pain and what not so i have been slammin the vitamin c packets that you put in your drink if you could maybe send some more of those and my bike helmet looks like i could use that soon. and toothpaste toothbrushes and hair gel would be fantastic.
I just got a letter from ayris in omaha last week it sounds like she is haveing a hard time geting used to things but i guess thats just how life goes.we had our baptisim 2 sundays ago and last sunday we confirmed her so thats pretty exciting. The kid i was telling you guys about albert who just got out of rehab has been clean from crystal meth for a solid month and 7 days and we just got this new guy who moved to our ward and he was a meth addict but he got clean about 9 months ago so we have been taking him with us to alberts house our last lesson with albert he commited to being baptized its been really exciting here some of these people i never thought even could change but there doin it.
well love and miss you guys and im havein a ball down here i hope all is well back home. i know i need to send you guys pictures but maybe in you nest package you guys send me maybe you could send me some pictures. I promise to get you some pictures. love you guys much/.
love your son
Elder Burbidge
this last P-day we decided to go to the zoo because it was my companions first time to ever go to the zoo and i have to say that i was pretty dissapointed in the La zoo experience all the animals were desiesed and look really sad even the monkies didnt look happy i dont think i heard one animal sound the whole time i was there it was pretty sad i took lots of pictures so i will send those to you soon.
so transfers are this monday and this friday and saterday are transfer calls so its pretty intense because im gonna for sure get a different companion who could it be? well my companion is pretty sick right now he has had a really bad sore throat and cough and hes got joint pain and what not so i have been slammin the vitamin c packets that you put in your drink if you could maybe send some more of those and my bike helmet looks like i could use that soon. and toothpaste toothbrushes and hair gel would be fantastic.
I just got a letter from ayris in omaha last week it sounds like she is haveing a hard time geting used to things but i guess thats just how life goes.we had our baptisim 2 sundays ago and last sunday we confirmed her so thats pretty exciting. The kid i was telling you guys about albert who just got out of rehab has been clean from crystal meth for a solid month and 7 days and we just got this new guy who moved to our ward and he was a meth addict but he got clean about 9 months ago so we have been taking him with us to alberts house our last lesson with albert he commited to being baptized its been really exciting here some of these people i never thought even could change but there doin it.
well love and miss you guys and im havein a ball down here i hope all is well back home. i know i need to send you guys pictures but maybe in you nest package you guys send me maybe you could send me some pictures. I promise to get you some pictures. love you guys much/.
love your son
Elder Burbidge
A Zone Conferance
Letter from the Mission President
Good Morning! I hope you are all having a great day. I hope each of you felt as richly rewarded as I did in attending Zone Conference this past week with Elder and Sister Johnson. I would like to thank all who participated; in the role plays, the beautiful music, the food and set up, prayers, etc. Thank you. I have attached photos Sister Anderson took at the San Fernando Valley Zone Conference so that you can forward them home as a keepsake. I will try to get the pictures taken at Palmdale Zone Conference on the email next week.
A few notes from the Conference: (Elder Johnson)
1) In connecting the role of the Holy Ghost in Conversion and We Invite, They Commit, We follow-up; an investigator must exercise faith by doing. John 7:17 "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." That is how they gain a witness of the doctrine, by doing it.
2) Don't get too far ahead of investigators where we can only see them in the rear view mirror. We must pace with how they are keeping their commitments.
3) We can manipulate people to baptism...but that is not our purpose. Our purpose is to bring them unto Christ. To do that, they must exercise faith in Christ by keeping commitments, including repentance.
4) If we teach people, they can sense our love. If we teach lessons, it is more difficult to feel that love.
5) Progress isn't related to how many lessons a person has been given but by commitments kept.
6) Strive to be high yielding, low maintenance missionaries.
(Sister Johnson)
1) It's not about me.
2) If the spirit can be with you, you have something the rest of the world doesn't have. (D&C 50:41,43,44)
From my Book of Mormon reading this week, I would like to share two highlighted areas of doctrine that really impacted me:
1 Nephi 15:8,11 "Have you inquired of the Lord?" If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you." (pray continually)
2 Nephi 2:25-28. "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. (Our eternal purpose) And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil, to act for themselves and not to be acted upon (free agency). Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given unto them which are expedient unto men. (Our probation and opportunity on earth). And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great mediation of all men (Atonement), or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself (opposite of joy). And now my sons (missionaries, liken the scriptures unto ourselves), I would that ye should look to the great Mediator, and hearken unto his great commandments, and be faithful unto his words, and choose eternal life. (the greatest of the gifts of God)
Next week I will be reading through 2 Nephi 27.
Last week the mission had 14 baptisms, bringing our total for the year to 323. I am grateful for that harvest. It is late Elders and Sisters so I think I will stop here. May I just say how much Sister Martin and I admire and love each one of you. How much we appreciate you 'thrusting in the sickle" to gather Israel. The gospel is true. It is Heaven or nothing! May the Lord bless each of you to accomplish all of your righteous desires.
President Martin
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday Aug 25
(I had just sent pictures to Jess of our Mt. St. Helens climb)
wow i cant even beleive how jealous i am of this wish i was there every day. that looks like so much fun and it looks like you had a pretty good group too. oh it looks so beautiful up there in the promise land. i think im just getting tired of our area and its city-ness
however last night we went on splits with some ward members and we went to the far reaches of our area to track this one guy down and we have some pretty un-city-ness parts of our area to its pretty cool so im hoping to go trackting out there and see the wilderness well almost.
so just recently we have started the new training for missionaries and we have like 3 extra hours of train ing a week its pretty cool and i very greatful for the training because i feel like i could use it. well september 5th we have a baptism coming up its pretty exciting ecspecialy because she is so excited its awesome.
the heat is hot lately its been in the 115's its been pretty crazy but our apt has aircondishoning so that is cool in every sense of the word. so why is ducati not in any of thes mt st helens pictures dont tell me you forgot the team mascot oh dear things have deteriated back at home that much with out me eh. tell the dearest dog i said hi and that i miss her much. one of the families we teach just got a yellow lab puppy and it looks almost just like cati except she has a black nose but its gives me great joy every time we go over there and the little thing is so happy to see me.
our mission president just gave us a chalenge to read the book of mormon again but this time marking evry reference to the savior, his words, his attributes, and any doctrines and princibles in the bom. its a challenge out of the preach my godpel manuel on pg 114 i think but it is really intense so far. but its alot of fun and it will be cool to have when im done.
so we have been playing sports lately well trying to and i just5 really suck at the normal required american sports except for when we play phrisbee or vollyball the rest is just a crap match but its fun.
oh and i tried to get on my bank account and the passwords or somthing is wrong i dont knwo what happened but i cant long on to check the funds. another thing we should talk about is the funds being depleted a little bit. its been a struggle the last couple transfers. to only use the mission provided money because last transfer my companion spent all his money on cds and poptarts so we had to live off my money for the tarnsfer that acctually has happend every transfer with this guy but he is going home soon so its almost over also im the only one who buys cleaning supplies and stuff so i have been using my own money to try and make a livible space for four elders this isnt gonna work anymore so im gonna have to just get what i can for myself and let them fend for them selves like the ten virgins right. but just so you dont think im spending all my money on suviners and stuff im trying to figure this whole thig out so bear with me. well ive got to get out of here i love you guys and miss you tons
Elder burbidge.
P.S. tell the ward i said hi and i love them and am greatful for them and that someday i will write a letter to them.
wow i cant even beleive how jealous i am of this wish i was there every day. that looks like so much fun and it looks like you had a pretty good group too. oh it looks so beautiful up there in the promise land. i think im just getting tired of our area and its city-ness
however last night we went on splits with some ward members and we went to the far reaches of our area to track this one guy down and we have some pretty un-city-ness parts of our area to its pretty cool so im hoping to go trackting out there and see the wilderness well almost.
so just recently we have started the new training for missionaries and we have like 3 extra hours of train ing a week its pretty cool and i very greatful for the training because i feel like i could use it. well september 5th we have a baptism coming up its pretty exciting ecspecialy because she is so excited its awesome.
the heat is hot lately its been in the 115's its been pretty crazy but our apt has aircondishoning so that is cool in every sense of the word. so why is ducati not in any of thes mt st helens pictures dont tell me you forgot the team mascot oh dear things have deteriated back at home that much with out me eh. tell the dearest dog i said hi and that i miss her much. one of the families we teach just got a yellow lab puppy and it looks almost just like cati except she has a black nose but its gives me great joy every time we go over there and the little thing is so happy to see me.
our mission president just gave us a chalenge to read the book of mormon again but this time marking evry reference to the savior, his words, his attributes, and any doctrines and princibles in the bom. its a challenge out of the preach my godpel manuel on pg 114 i think but it is really intense so far. but its alot of fun and it will be cool to have when im done.
so we have been playing sports lately well trying to and i just5 really suck at the normal required american sports except for when we play phrisbee or vollyball the rest is just a crap match but its fun.
oh and i tried to get on my bank account and the passwords or somthing is wrong i dont knwo what happened but i cant long on to check the funds. another thing we should talk about is the funds being depleted a little bit. its been a struggle the last couple transfers. to only use the mission provided money because last transfer my companion spent all his money on cds and poptarts so we had to live off my money for the tarnsfer that acctually has happend every transfer with this guy but he is going home soon so its almost over also im the only one who buys cleaning supplies and stuff so i have been using my own money to try and make a livible space for four elders this isnt gonna work anymore so im gonna have to just get what i can for myself and let them fend for them selves like the ten virgins right. but just so you dont think im spending all my money on suviners and stuff im trying to figure this whole thig out so bear with me. well ive got to get out of here i love you guys and miss you tons
Elder burbidge.
P.S. tell the ward i said hi and i love them and am greatful for them and that someday i will write a letter to them.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Most resent letter......
well its been in the triple digits here for a little while. thanks for the package it arrived safely and dont worry about the ear buds they are illegal on the mish so i bought a nice pair of speakers that work very well to spread cheer around our apartment. i feel almost 100% better having the right kind of music to listen to. well we haave been studying hard on the new curriculem for the gospel. We have two district meetings a week that are two hours long its great. I love how it is taught to us that we need to teach people not lessons ive always beleived that. and we have been seeing it help us in the lessons we teach to our investigators and our members. we have a baptism coming up for a girl that we started teaching in my second transfer. my companion is going home in 35 days so he is freaking out but that means i will be in this area for about 2 more transfers i think unless our area gets white washed. time is flying by and im defenatly in the hang of things. today at about 3 o clock we have our interveiws with the mission president and i always like that because interveiws always make me feel good. well i must be off i am gonna send some pictures home in a little bit i almost have one memory card full. well i love you guys and breath some air for me there isnt to much down here love ya
elder burbidge
elder burbidge
Written on Aug. 11th 2010
well im glad to hear the festivities are going well thanks for the pictures looks like fun. sorry for not sending a letter this last week things were a little crazy. my companion and i survived transfer calls and we are remaining in the same area. which probably means i will be there for at least 2 more transfers. it will be fun no one here seems a fan of the jesse burbidge way they all would rather sit on the couch for two years and just wait for the mission to get over but i try to rev em up, they don't appreciate that but, i have found that when that happens i just let it roll off my back and sing a song or hymn and just read the good book. im not trying to complain i just like the burbidge idea of working instead of whatever else they have in their heads. im not trying to be an over acheiver or a brown noser i just want to do what i came out here to do. dont get me wrong we are doing good out here and we are gonna have another baptism real soon. i just know that if we are doing this good now if we applied the real effort we would be doin way better. well enough of that i just got my hair cut again and i just had it all chopped off i look kinda goofy i dont think the lady understood what i wanted but it is cooler tempurature wise.
this morning we had an early morning service project and we helped a member gut his little rent out apartment he has on his house. it was real sad. the people that were renting the apartment left it in a total mess. so we had to clean out the rest of the gross furniture and then tear out all the carpet just caked with mold and then we are gonna have to take some of the sheet rock down. its just not a pretty site. but they dont even have a phone number or any idea of a location for the long gone tenants.
dont worry to much about me i find mor and more the reasons i want to stay and work here. its just easy to get weighed down sometimes.
well some good news the girl i told you about last week continues to write me she is alot of fun to write she will probably be married when i get home so dont worry im not falling in love or anything.i have been gettting letters i need to write a few more its just hard to keep up with it all.
so what do you think about my joining the army helicopter pilot idea then go to school to be a photographer? just another jesse wayne job idea. well i best be off time is running short.
love elder burbidge
this morning we had an early morning service project and we helped a member gut his little rent out apartment he has on his house. it was real sad. the people that were renting the apartment left it in a total mess. so we had to clean out the rest of the gross furniture and then tear out all the carpet just caked with mold and then we are gonna have to take some of the sheet rock down. its just not a pretty site. but they dont even have a phone number or any idea of a location for the long gone tenants.
dont worry to much about me i find mor and more the reasons i want to stay and work here. its just easy to get weighed down sometimes.
well some good news the girl i told you about last week continues to write me she is alot of fun to write she will probably be married when i get home so dont worry im not falling in love or anything.i have been gettting letters i need to write a few more its just hard to keep up with it all.
so what do you think about my joining the army helicopter pilot idea then go to school to be a photographer? just another jesse wayne job idea. well i best be off time is running short.
love elder burbidge
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