11/7/2011

With the Stevens family

Hello family..
Man things are going insane Im trying to keep up with all of everything but it just feels like it keeps going faster and faster.
things are good. After a particularly irratating Elder moment after we wre in the car I just laid it out I told him what was wrong how we could fix it what i was willing to do and it all came down to me saying Elder I can be your companion or i can be your secretary what do you want i can't do both. I could tell he wanted to challenge me but after a little silence he said your companion and All I said was lets go. and off we went we have taught 11 member present lessons which is a big deal and 13 other lessons which is a total of 24 lessons and for this mission that is a pretty big deal i really think we found our stride and Im glad. Its a little late but Im ok with that. I talked with preseident about our zone and he told me to pick a dream team so i suggested alot of green fire I want to leave this zone on fire I also picked a companion Elder Rickers who was in my district in canyon country he is a hard worker so I hope thats what happends president just told me to throw out a name and that was the first that cme to mind so we will see.

Im so excited to have a niece named stella just like the nutty professor.

i know that those are your dream jobs for me.. Id like to do it its just out there we will have to see i really like the take care of you and the home stead idea. with neals extra three acres we could have a phrisbee golf course and charge peopel 2$ to come and play that would be cool and we would get support from the PDGA and stuff we will have to look into it.

well favorite memory with nail. would have to be when I saved his life at the lake or the time right before i left when we cooked marshmellows on the pitch fork.

man I love you guys Im working hard so i can come home and live the life with you thank you for always standing by me and supporting me. I know i would never be ablet to face the giants i have without you as my steadfast parents.

man o man

so you my take another look at the picture from the stevens and look at brother stevens then go ahead and pop in the church classic DvD our heavenly fathers plan and if you are adding 2 and 2 you will notice that the guy in our heavenly athers plan is Brother stevens crazy huh.

I love this ward they are exciting and stuff.

I miss you guys tons and cati she better not be getting lazy. Ive gotta have an adventure companion.

welll you guys put a hold on getting old. you two are my bestest friends dont get crazy on me.

well I best be off i love you tons and am loving every second out here ill work till i drop no worries there.

love your son Elder Burbidge

HURRAH FOR ISRAEL.

10/10/11

wow life is a blur at this point i love it but things are crazy...

Its so much fun to be a zone leader I love helping missionaries. I had a sit down talk with my companion and I told him I want to magnify my calling and asked him how we could help each other do so. It threw him off a bit but I think he felt the spirit of the situation. we had an awesome training this friday at combined district meeting it was powerful. I really focused on how much joy ive experienced out here on the mission and how it came through the hard work ive put in.

It seemed to go well.

That is so fun that hannah went with dayton I love hannah fine And dayton.

my actual go home date is feb 8th

you should be getting a letter soon I just got one. what a wierd day that was its super wierd to see the actaul end is near. It makes me want to double my efforts.

well Im having a good life and loveing every second,,,

Love you all much
love Jesse Wayne Burbidge

I got Pictures Today!!!

9/26/2011

Hey family.... wow when did this week get over.. its crazy out here.. we just had one of our investigators get out of jail but he is on probation so he cant be baptized for a while. but we have 3 others that are really coming close to making the splash.. Guess what this wednesday a sister that i baptized in north hollywood is going to the temple and I get to go im so excited this will be number 2 for me it will be fun to be there for her and she dosnt know im coming yet so it will be a suprise... Man I love you guys and i miss you lots i love your emails and your letters they build me up and support me more than you know... today we went for a hike in the early morning and it was pretty awesome it followed a water way that had a steady centimeter of water flow which is pretty good for here in california. we tried to make a little dam like we used to in the good old crick at home but the water was moving too slow to even build up behind the dam so we had to give up. I cant wait to come home and hang with our neighbors it will be much fun always. so I heard presly is comondering my precious pooch, that doesnt sound good! remind Cati of her commitment to wait for me! Im glad to hear the roof was completed.. that sounded fun to go see a good old rainy football game i wish i could go Im loving the work still some times its hard because of companions and what not but i always have those good old gospel sharing moments where the spirit is telling us both what to say so it just feels awesome so I cant complain too much about the guy right? he is better than the past few thats for sure. well im kinda rambling here but im having a ball and working hard enough that the days are just flying by. they just dont seem to slow down at all but im sure grateful for the time I have had to be a missionary and the time i still have. i cant wait till conference we have our investigators excited and stuff so it will be a good old time. yes i did get my suits fixed and yes i was able to get some needed clothing namely a pair of brown shoes and a couple pairs of pants and some socks. so i should be good in the clothes sector for the long haul. happy anniversary when it comes. thank you mom and dad for being married in the temple and sticking to it. just last night i was testifing of what a blessing that has been for me and my siblings and for you guys.. we are tring to help a less active couple to get to the temple so I love you much and miss you the same i hope this email finds you well and dry Love your son Elder J Wayne Burbidge..

9-19-2011

How did you feel about that cinnamon video it was pretty crazy huh.. it was weird as soon as i put the spoon in my mouth all the syliva just got dried up instantly. and then it started burning it wasnt too fun but now i can say i tried it. today was pretty good we went and played volleyball and had pizza and we went shopping at trader joes, that ws fun. this morning we went real early to the carsons and did our laundry and helped Bro carson load some of his trailers for work it was fun. I love them... well two of our good investigators went to jail this past week(I guess they werent so good) so we are setting new dates for new investigators now its hard to help people change there lives its crazy... but I love that there are those who do change and I love seening the love of the light in their eyes its great, its real most importantly. well good old silvia yochleson from the northhollywood area/ward is fixing my black suit so it should turn out good she is number one she is kinda like another grandma... as for worries of what will happen after the mission ive put those behind me it will still be hard but i can do it I only have a little time left. anyhow if im not careful with these last moments they will go by and leave me wanting. and we cant have that. i want to come home and stumble into your guys arms because i wore my self out in the lords work. well I love you guys and hope this email finds you well I sure love you guys Im sending home a camera card this week so that will be exciting.. until next week love your son Elder burbidge HURRAH FOR ISRAEL

9/12/2011

Hey mom do you think you could make me a facebook so that all the people i meet here can add me and then you can accept them and then I wont forget anyone? I thought it might be a good Idea..... love you talk to you next week. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Jesse Wayne Burbidge wrote: I sure love you guys Im so glad to have such a good support group... I know i shouldnt worry about school and what not but sometimes I find my self trying to figure out how im going to fit all of this together a family a job and school its over whelming but im sure that if i trust in the lord it will all work out. so today we went and kied up to the hollywood sign it was cool it was like a 8 mile hike but it was cool this week on wednesday we have a general authority coming namel Elder Golden from south africa or something its gonna be awesome we wants to have interviews with all the leadership so im way excited. thanks for sending the dog quote I never read anything that made me so happy I will follow catis example... so how far has the roof come is it almost done or is there still a ways to go? so are we going to be able to make a trail to the logging roads from don lakes house do we know? that will be a good project. Im loving my new area still there are alot of swell people and they are all really loving so its been alot of fun to get to know them better. Im just loving my life right now... Im studying the acts really closely its such a cool book. It just seems like a record of when the apostle said alright lets do it and went for missionary work holding nothing back I love it. It makes me feel like i want to step it up.... well I love you guys and hope all is well give cati a hug for me and tell her i love her... HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!!!!! love Elder J. Wayne Burbidge

wow life is crazy these days...we are really working our brains out i love it it sends chills down my spine. I wont deny that i do love coming home at night and just hugging my pillow because im about to shut down operations its a lovly feeling to be exhausted in the lords work. well I gotta tell you the coolest story ever that i didnt tell you last week. so I dont know if you remember the couple in my first area the Newmans? but they were the ones who got married and then the next day got baptized. well its been a year and some since then and they were ready to go to the temple two weeks ago. they got there endowments and they got seald for time and eternity and i got to be there... wow it was so special. it was so cool to see the ward turn out because A i know them all and B deeana the sister dosent have any family to love and comfort her and It was just so special to see the whole ordeal I was so happy and she gave me a big old tear filled hug in the celestial room and i didnt even feel bad. Its amazing to me how real the gospel is i could really feel it there in the temple with the newmans that day it really made me feel like i have a better idea of my future and family... Elder mcCorristin and i are still having a blast. sometimes i catch myself almost getting frustrated with his utah ness but then i snap out of it by thinking of my list of previous companions. but what is it about the utah missionaries that get on my nerves...? its been real hot here as well. it isnt in the 100s any more but its real humid lately. which is kinda poopy but hey "it all ends in a cool shower" right.. ? Its so cool that nicole and brydon live right next door to us Im so excited. lately ive been really nervous about life after the mission.. like school and stuff i just dont feel confident that i will be any good at college... Ive been thinking about all the things i need to do but it gets in the way out here i dont like it too much any suggestions? yeah the video was fun i love the carsons they just seem like bro and sis i cant wait for you guys to meet them they are our kind of people. i got paytons email from sarah it sounds like he is the number one missionary I wish I was his companion.Its kinda funny how he wants to punch his companion in the face i always wondered what it would be like for payton to have a companion on the mission. well what can i say I love you guys and miss you a ton... love Elder burbide