Dear Family,
Paradise is great! We
are very very close to the strip which is kind of weird. I feel like we are
being disobedient just being close but as long as we don't cross certain
streets we will be ok. We also have UNLV en our area. just saying, jon and
nicole...if you visit unlv definitely look for 2 missionaries...they may or may
not be in a 2013 grey ford fusion. We have a new car again. i get nervous
driving new cars but because of the size of the area and the type of area it is
important for us to have a car. Well, my companion is sister Zegarra. She is
from Lima, Peru! She barely speak spanish at all. It was hard the first day or
so because i had to get used to 100% spanish but now i just think first in
spanish. We are going to have to work hard with the english because she only
knows what they taught her in the mtc. She doesn't let it get in her way
though. She reminds me a lot of Sister Cedillo actually. She is beautiful and
she loves talking to and helping people. She knows the scriptures well too! I'm
sure i'm going to learn a lot from her. She told me i speak spanish like a
mexican. best compliment i've ever gotten :) She's already teaching me some
peruvian culture with food and language. She's funny. She destroyed a
cup-o-noodles trying to cook it on the stove instead of the microwave and other
funny things with the culture. She tried a corn dog for the first time this
week. it has been a fun twist to missionary work. Well, for starters i have to
apologize a super a lot much because i feel REALLY bad but the GPS was stolen
while we were at church. It actually happened the sunday before mom's birthday.
I couldn't tell you on your birthday mom and then i forget the last week so the
truth is coming out now. I'm so so sorry! We are diligent about locking the doors
of the car. I think what happened is i locked the car without all the doors
being completely closed which left one door open. I'm so so sorry again. I know
it is just something but something that would be incredibly useful right now!
With opening an area it has been really hard to find our way around. We try not
to be but we are late a lot because we get lost or don't know how far things
are. Either way, no excuses. we are going to learn the area good with our
map. So missionary work is good here. There are a lot of spanish people. This
area is actually known for having more spanish people so we've recieved a lot
of referrals. We are trying to stay on top of it. We also have been doing some
street contacting. it's hard because if it's in english my companion can't
participate very much yet. We met someone named jasmine at the bustop this
week. She lives in another area but she speaks spanish so that was good. She's
been inactive for years and years. lost her copy of the book of mormon and
bible. She expressed her deep desire to come back to the church she loves but
her embarrassement to actually do it. Her husband isn't a member and isn't
supportive. We testified of the atonement and repentence. We testified of the
scriptures and promised that the elders would visit. She just cried as her
prayer was answered....Sister Zegarra and I on the other hand decided to get
one last contact in before going home at 9. New missionarires bring a whole new
level of faith to the mission which brings miracles to the mission. I love the
simple reassurances that come with occasional moments that God can and is using
us to answer prayers. i don't question that but it's sometimes hard to feel
that it also applies to us when we just work so hard and feel we aren't getting
ground. So, what do we do, we focus on the success stories. For example, right
before i left, Gabriela told us that out of the blue juan moved out so that is
one step closer to the gospel. i hope she continues working hard. bitter sweet
goodbye with her. i love gabriela. Also, this last saturday there was a baptism
of 7 people! 2 families into the paraiso ward. I felt the spirit strong and i
was reminded of my truest and deepest desires to share the gospel with
families. The savior worked hard and suffered much. so will i. but he overcame
it. so will i. I love the gospel of jesus christ. thank you dad for your
comments about stake conference. I admire and love you so so much. I am filled
with gratitude for you every day. i feel so blessed to know that my parents love
for me is a simple reflections of god's love me as well. Keep working hard and
mom, if you do missionary work with members it is ok! what counts is if you do
it! i bet he walked out of there thinking, " what a great missionary that
sister burrup! i want to be a better missionary!" I love you all! Take
care and happy happy eastern! what a special time of year to rejoice in the
resurrection of Jesus christ. The essence of the gospel all focuses on his
atonement which includes the ressurrection. I love you again!
Love
Hermana Burrup
ps- i met elder shaw.
he's huge now! and sister shenk is serving in paradise so we'll see each other
lots! I love it!
Dear President,
Paradise is great.
It's been slow going meeting the ward members, and investigators but little by
little we will get there. I don't know if i have ever spoken so much spanish in
my life. It has helped me a lot with my spanish and i think we are going to be
working a lot more with sister Zegarra's english. We are memorizing "my
commission" right now. She repeats it after me and i help her with
pronunciation. It has been a good opportunity to think more deeply about the
things we say and read as missionaries. How i love being a missionary. Sister
Zegarra is working hard. She has such good desire to help everyone. I am
excited to be here with her. We both feel a little confused at streets but we
bought a good map today that should help us. Thank you president for all that
you and your wife do. We love you!
Love
Hermana Burrup
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