Email February 24, 2019

Email February 24, 2019 – Elder Jackson Kunzler Burton

Hey Everyone!

                  I don't have a lot of time today because we're going to Costco with the Von Forrell's, the senior office couple, so this is going to be short but this week was great! We got three referrals from other areas which was a huge miracle. Also, Takahashi San, the person who came to church last week on his own, came to English class and to church again yesterday! We haven't had a chance to teach him a full lesson yet but we're going to on Wednesday. We also met with Watanabe San a few times this week, but unfortunately he woke up late on Sunday and didn't come to church, so we had to push back his baptismal date another week, so it'll be the 9th of March. But he's still doing well and he'll be more prepared now which is good. He had a cool experience where he prayed about some past hard experiences that were part of why he's smoking, and he just forgot about why he was worrying about them. God works in mysterious ways, hopefully now he'll be able to overcome that problem.

                  We also had a lesson with Kawamura San, he's the one who had a baptismal date a few weeks ago but didn't make it. He's got a testimony but there's some challenges that he's facing and we're trying to help him increase his faith and really trust that if he follows God's commandments regardless of how hard it is he will be blessed and will be happier. We watched a general conference talk with him from October 2017 called "Do We Trust Him? Hard is Good" and it helped him a lot. I know that as we trust God, we will find that there is no need to fear what others think or the challenges in our lives. God will always prepare a way for us to accomplish the things which He has commanded(see 1 Nephi 3:7). I've felt that so many times on my mission as I've trusted God even when I feel inadequate. I love you all, have a great week!

Love,

Elder Burton