Sister Burnham: Mission Tour With the Nielsons!

Family and Friends!!

So I just found out on Sunday that our p-day is today, not Friday...Sayang!! But it's okay, I'm grateful for the emails I had and the time to catch up and write everyone :)

I can't believe that the holidays are already here...haha we actually thought Thanksgiving was this past Thursday but it's tomorrow! Oh well, we already celebrated with sinagang which is masarap!! Love it and Sister Wilson is obsessed with it. Haha The hoildays are weird here because it never gets cold and just doesn't feel like it's the holiday times yet....I feel like it's still August. Haha The only way I can tell is everyone's Christmas lights and music but other than that I just don't really feel it yet. Haha But I think it will be fun to spend Christmas here :)

Our work is going really great, last time I wrote about Brother Ricky and he is golden!! Definelty someone who was prepared by the Lord. He's been to church twice already and he's just beaming with happiness. I wish I had a picture of him but he's a tricycle driver and we see him all the time drive by on his tricycle. Haha and he wears these shades and always yells "SISTERS!!" Whenever he sees us. Haha He's the happiest, smallest, and kindest Filipino man I've meet. I love teaching him. And I think he'll be our next baptism :) It's just amazing to find these people who I didn't think would be ready but they are because the Lord prepared them :)

So mission tour was so so good!! We had Elder and Sister Nielson of the seventy give our mission tour and it was amazing, it was everything that I needed to learn and hear. I especially loved Sister Nielson's talk for just the Sisters, she said that we learn lessons throughout our life and can only learn them through opposition and trials because we wouldn't learn any other way. She shared D&C 123:13-17 with us and it perfect for me, especially the last verses. I learned that Heavenly Father offered me this mission to learn and become "holy". He wants me to learn many things through the experiences, my companions, and everything and apply it throughout my life, especially in my marriage and family that I will have. This is the time to learn for that. She also talked about to not focus on the what we can't do and focus on what we can do. Then do what you can and watch Heavenly Father take care of the rest. It really changed my perspective.

I know that I'm imperfect and that I make mistakes everyday. And that I have quite a ways to go but I know Heavenly Father doesn't count those, He counts what you can do and where you are heading. And that we have His promise, that after all we can do, He will take care of the rest. It really taught me to hand him over the reigns and let him lead me, even if it's through storms. I need it to learn to lessons I'm meant to learn and become the person I'm suppose to be.

I hope you can all see that in your own lives and let Heaven'y Father guide you where you're suppose to go. I know that is always there. I love this gospel and I love how blessed we are to have it. It has changed my life even more as a missionary.

I love you all so much and I miss you just as much. Have a great week and look for the holiness of all things. Or in other words, looks through Heavenly Father's eyes :)

Mahal ko kayo!!

Love, Sister Burnham