Oh How Lovely Was the Morning

Hello everyone!

This week was great! Let me just share some of the highlights:

1) Mclynse was baptized and confirmed! It was so great and Crylodge can’t wait to follow this weekend! Addlight is next!;)

2) We got to see the new house we will be moving into hopefully next week! Could either be princess a castle, or a super sketchy haunted house haha. But Elder Wilcken is pretty sure that Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ there, so it’s pretty pretty!

3) They are fixing the roads in Mkoba, so our travel time to the area just got cut in half!

4) We got to work with President Magaya on Saturday which was super fun!

5) Church was only 1 hour this week because there was no water.. hopefully it is fixed by next week!

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I can increase my faith. As I have been reading the Book of Mormon, I have noticed that faith is not only believing, but acting! One of the ways to exercise and strengthen faith, is simply by keeping the commandments! And when it is especially harder to do so, that is when your faith is tested and will grow the most when acted upon in accordance with God’s will. And in that sense, I have been working on facing my fears with faith like what Nephi and his brothers did while they were trying to get the brass plates in 1 Nephi 4:1.

Love you all!

Sister Burt

Pics:

Every time we park the car:

Overcrowded selfie with Mclynse:

Sister Smith wrote about McIynse, “Mclynse is 13 and what amazed me out of no where he comes on his own bringing his young brothers to church with him. He expressed just how much he wanted to be be baptized. He is the sweetest and it just melted my heart getting to teach him. every time i see him i still do not believe his age because he is so small and he is yet so mature for his change so he could pass by being older. I know if he continues like this with such faith he will be able to fulfill; all the plans that the Lord has in store for him.” – Smith Email 20March17