Monday, April 7, 2008
4/1/08
Hey Everyone!
How are you guys doing?
NEWS: I AM GETTING TRANSFERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT SEND ANYTHING TO WARR ACRES ADDRESS OKAY!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL LET YA’LL KNOW WHEN I GET MY NEW ADDRESS OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Things are going well! My knee hurts pretty dang bad, but it’s getting better. We had an okay week, we taught 16 lessons which is pretty good because I couldn’t really ride my bike because my knee but we made it do!
I am kinda bummed about leaving, I love being with Elder Motua. He is so tight! But it happens, part of the mission! At least I get a car now, which will be nice. I wont be sweating my butt off all the time!
I don’t know were I am going to go, I find out tomorrow where I’ll go, I think he will keep me close around here so I can get my knee better and keep going to this doctor but I don’t know, WE WILL SEE! Who knows, he could put me up on campus on OU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That would be way tight, it would be cool to teach people my age but we will see!
Church was good! It was fast Sunday and I was thinking the whole time should I get up and bare my testimony but didn’t! So the last hour was combined with everyone so the whole church and Bishop come over and says why didn’t you bare your testimony, I say I almost did, I was thinking about it! He said well you should of! So he goes, be ready, haha! So he called me up in the last hour to bare my testimony so that was cool. I am really glad I got to! The church is true! I know it is!!!!! I am doing well, hanging in! My knee and body hurts but it’s all good!
My new bike is so nice, I really haven’t got to ride it much but it’s nice! Better than the Scott, that is for sure! I love ya’ll, thanks for all the prayers and support! I am so glad I don’t have to come home!
We have 2 people committed for baptism but they didn’t show up to church so we have to move it back, and we have 2 other we are trying to commit, so hopefully it will happen!
I love you guys!
Whit and Ash - I am so glad my princess got to come up to Boise and hang out with ya’ll! Sounds like ya’ll had a ton of fun!
Paul - Thanks for telling everyone she is your sister in law!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SO TIGHT!
Brittany - My Princess, I love you! You are amazing. I miss you so much but I know we can do this! Thanks for all your love and support, you are amazing! Miss and love you! Hugs and kisses!
Dad - hope all is well glad to hear you are doing well! Ash should of sent you that stuff I want from Eastbay. Could you order that please!?! Love you and miss ya.
Thanks everyone!
How are you guys doing?
NEWS: I AM GETTING TRANSFERED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO NOT SEND ANYTHING TO WARR ACRES ADDRESS OKAY!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL LET YA’LL KNOW WHEN I GET MY NEW ADDRESS OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Things are going well! My knee hurts pretty dang bad, but it’s getting better. We had an okay week, we taught 16 lessons which is pretty good because I couldn’t really ride my bike because my knee but we made it do!
I am kinda bummed about leaving, I love being with Elder Motua. He is so tight! But it happens, part of the mission! At least I get a car now, which will be nice. I wont be sweating my butt off all the time!
I don’t know were I am going to go, I find out tomorrow where I’ll go, I think he will keep me close around here so I can get my knee better and keep going to this doctor but I don’t know, WE WILL SEE! Who knows, he could put me up on campus on OU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That would be way tight, it would be cool to teach people my age but we will see!
Church was good! It was fast Sunday and I was thinking the whole time should I get up and bare my testimony but didn’t! So the last hour was combined with everyone so the whole church and Bishop come over and says why didn’t you bare your testimony, I say I almost did, I was thinking about it! He said well you should of! So he goes, be ready, haha! So he called me up in the last hour to bare my testimony so that was cool. I am really glad I got to! The church is true! I know it is!!!!! I am doing well, hanging in! My knee and body hurts but it’s all good!
My new bike is so nice, I really haven’t got to ride it much but it’s nice! Better than the Scott, that is for sure! I love ya’ll, thanks for all the prayers and support! I am so glad I don’t have to come home!
We have 2 people committed for baptism but they didn’t show up to church so we have to move it back, and we have 2 other we are trying to commit, so hopefully it will happen!
I love you guys!
Whit and Ash - I am so glad my princess got to come up to Boise and hang out with ya’ll! Sounds like ya’ll had a ton of fun!
Paul - Thanks for telling everyone she is your sister in law!!!!!!!! YOU ARE SO TIGHT!
Brittany - My Princess, I love you! You are amazing. I miss you so much but I know we can do this! Thanks for all your love and support, you are amazing! Miss and love you! Hugs and kisses!
Dad - hope all is well glad to hear you are doing well! Ash should of sent you that stuff I want from Eastbay. Could you order that please!?! Love you and miss ya.
Thanks everyone!
3/25/08
Hey everyone-
Hope all ya’ll had a good Easter! Mine was good! Church was good and we had a dang good dinner over at the wards house!
This past week was the best week I have had ever out here! We taught 25 lessons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We did it! We got 9 new investigators! And it was a bomb week! They Zone Leaders and APs called and said that those are some of the best numbers they have seen and that we worked the hardest in the mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is such a great feeling! I love being out here! I love serving and it’s amazing!
On that note, I got some of the worst news yesterday! My knee popped out on Saturday BAD!!!!!!! Real bad! The worst it has been! And it was killing me so I called and told president and I went and got a MRI. I tore my ACL and have a slight tear in my MCL. I have to have surgery and they are going to take a muscle out of my foot and put it in my knee and then put 2 screws in my knee cap! So I think that I am coming home to get it done! I am so UPSET! I have been crying for the last 24 hours about it! My knee is messed up! I am in SO MUCH PAIN! The worst pain ever.
I am meeting the President Gee today to see what we gotta do and get everything figured out!
Love you all,
Elder Burnett
Hope all ya’ll had a good Easter! Mine was good! Church was good and we had a dang good dinner over at the wards house!
This past week was the best week I have had ever out here! We taught 25 lessons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We did it! We got 9 new investigators! And it was a bomb week! They Zone Leaders and APs called and said that those are some of the best numbers they have seen and that we worked the hardest in the mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is such a great feeling! I love being out here! I love serving and it’s amazing!
On that note, I got some of the worst news yesterday! My knee popped out on Saturday BAD!!!!!!! Real bad! The worst it has been! And it was killing me so I called and told president and I went and got a MRI. I tore my ACL and have a slight tear in my MCL. I have to have surgery and they are going to take a muscle out of my foot and put it in my knee and then put 2 screws in my knee cap! So I think that I am coming home to get it done! I am so UPSET! I have been crying for the last 24 hours about it! My knee is messed up! I am in SO MUCH PAIN! The worst pain ever.
I am meeting the President Gee today to see what we gotta do and get everything figured out!
Love you all,
Elder Burnett
3/18/08
WHATS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well it’s p-day!!!! It’s been raining for the past 2 days, it stopped for a little while yesterday! But been raining all night and still is!
Things are going well, we had a good week, kinda crazy. just a lot of stuff to do! We had a good week though! We got 5 new investigators to teach so we are excited about that and being able to teach new people! This week is going to be crazy! We taught 16 lessons last week which is good! But this week we set our goals to teach 25!!!!!!!!!! CRAZY! It has never been done in our area for like 3 years. We were looking through the book but its all good! So we are way excited and going to get it! We will teach 25, I Promise you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had interviews with Pres. Gee yesterday. It was okay but didn’t really want to go the way I wanted but its all good! I just have to humble myself and be molded the missionary the Lord wants me to be! The whole mission is switching to cell phones which is cool! It will be nice because now for real we can spend all day out and not have to come back to the APTs to see who called and for out meetings and stuff so it will be nice!
At church Sunday we got to teach Primary! It was so much fun!!!! The little kids our so cute! So now they all love us! It so cute! We got to teach them about the BofM and J.S. so we had a lot of fun doing that!
I am trying to think what else is going on, nothing really I mean stuff is good but it just pretty much all the same! Oh I got to give 4 blessing this week! So Elder Motua and me have a thing. Here we switch off every other blessing! But I have had to do the last 4!! Haha. Because we always ask so who would you like and we switch asking because usually they say ask you just do it (to whoever ask) So we have been asking and I have gotten asked to the past 4 times! It’s good though! It’s amazing to see the priesthood and the power that it holds!
Things are going well with Roy! He loves us! He came to church again so he has come 3 weeks in a row and really likes it! He is not sure about the date about getting baptized but we are working with him! Also we meet a family and they are doing really well!
Sunday we had to pull a double dinner! Because we had one at 4 and then at 6! Because a member had us over at 4, and then an investigator had us over at 6!!! And they always try to feed us as much as we can! But Seriously I thought I was going to puke everywhere! They we had a 3mile walk home and I seriously almost went poor in my pants!!!!!!! ITS NOT FUNNY, SO WHOEVER IS LAUGHING IT SUCKED!! (Britt I was doing my run haha) But I was running home for the last like 1/2 mile! IT WAS A CLOSE ONE!! BUT I made it hahahah! Joys of a mission! You just gotta laugh and love it! So yea it’s good!
I have read all the way through the BofM and D&C and started the New Testament and the PofGP! So its all good! I am so excited for Easter!! It is an amazing time of year! Did you know the Ensign took 2 years to put together for this Easter! Crazy I was reading about it in the Church news! Its crazy but so good! One of the best ones I have read! I Know the church is true! I know that it’s the only thing that can bring people real happiness!! It’s amazing to see how it changes people’s lives! I am so thankful for my Savior, and all the things that he has done for me so I can return to my Father In Heaven! I have a very strong testimony about the power of prayer! It’s so comforting to get answers to prayers! The Lord really is watching over me and is helping me! I know mom is to! I miss her so dang much! It breaks my heart, really it does, to know that my kids will never know her and that they will never know my Mother! I am so thankful for all I have been given! I am a very blessed and lucky kid! I have been given way too much! I am grateful for my family and all they have done for me and helped me along the way! For my dad, always helping me and letting me choose for myself what I wanted to do, and let me fall, but was always their to pick me up! I am so thankful for my sisters and all they have done for me! I am thankful for my nephews, and I love them so much and so glad that I can be an example for them. I am thankful for my friends, all along the way, who stuck by my side and loved me and helped me! I am so thankful for Brittany and the love that she gives me! For helping me through the hardest time in my entire life, she was there to help me and love me! I know that my Savior put her in my life for a reason and that is because I would be so lost without her and would not be out here today serving if it were not For "My Brittany!" I love you sweetheart! Justin Thompson! I love you more than anything man! I pray for you everyday! You were always by my side and never gave up on me! You are amazing man! I love you man!!!!!!!!! I love you all! The church is true! Do what is right and the Lord will bless you! I miss you all, but I know this is where I need to be and the Lord needs me to help my brothers and sisters!
You are all in my prayers.
xoxo,
Elder Burnett
Well it’s p-day!!!! It’s been raining for the past 2 days, it stopped for a little while yesterday! But been raining all night and still is!
Things are going well, we had a good week, kinda crazy. just a lot of stuff to do! We had a good week though! We got 5 new investigators to teach so we are excited about that and being able to teach new people! This week is going to be crazy! We taught 16 lessons last week which is good! But this week we set our goals to teach 25!!!!!!!!!! CRAZY! It has never been done in our area for like 3 years. We were looking through the book but its all good! So we are way excited and going to get it! We will teach 25, I Promise you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had interviews with Pres. Gee yesterday. It was okay but didn’t really want to go the way I wanted but its all good! I just have to humble myself and be molded the missionary the Lord wants me to be! The whole mission is switching to cell phones which is cool! It will be nice because now for real we can spend all day out and not have to come back to the APTs to see who called and for out meetings and stuff so it will be nice!
At church Sunday we got to teach Primary! It was so much fun!!!! The little kids our so cute! So now they all love us! It so cute! We got to teach them about the BofM and J.S. so we had a lot of fun doing that!
I am trying to think what else is going on, nothing really I mean stuff is good but it just pretty much all the same! Oh I got to give 4 blessing this week! So Elder Motua and me have a thing. Here we switch off every other blessing! But I have had to do the last 4!! Haha. Because we always ask so who would you like and we switch asking because usually they say ask you just do it (to whoever ask) So we have been asking and I have gotten asked to the past 4 times! It’s good though! It’s amazing to see the priesthood and the power that it holds!
Things are going well with Roy! He loves us! He came to church again so he has come 3 weeks in a row and really likes it! He is not sure about the date about getting baptized but we are working with him! Also we meet a family and they are doing really well!
Sunday we had to pull a double dinner! Because we had one at 4 and then at 6! Because a member had us over at 4, and then an investigator had us over at 6!!! And they always try to feed us as much as we can! But Seriously I thought I was going to puke everywhere! They we had a 3mile walk home and I seriously almost went poor in my pants!!!!!!! ITS NOT FUNNY, SO WHOEVER IS LAUGHING IT SUCKED!! (Britt I was doing my run haha) But I was running home for the last like 1/2 mile! IT WAS A CLOSE ONE!! BUT I made it hahahah! Joys of a mission! You just gotta laugh and love it! So yea it’s good!
I have read all the way through the BofM and D&C and started the New Testament and the PofGP! So its all good! I am so excited for Easter!! It is an amazing time of year! Did you know the Ensign took 2 years to put together for this Easter! Crazy I was reading about it in the Church news! Its crazy but so good! One of the best ones I have read! I Know the church is true! I know that it’s the only thing that can bring people real happiness!! It’s amazing to see how it changes people’s lives! I am so thankful for my Savior, and all the things that he has done for me so I can return to my Father In Heaven! I have a very strong testimony about the power of prayer! It’s so comforting to get answers to prayers! The Lord really is watching over me and is helping me! I know mom is to! I miss her so dang much! It breaks my heart, really it does, to know that my kids will never know her and that they will never know my Mother! I am so thankful for all I have been given! I am a very blessed and lucky kid! I have been given way too much! I am grateful for my family and all they have done for me and helped me along the way! For my dad, always helping me and letting me choose for myself what I wanted to do, and let me fall, but was always their to pick me up! I am so thankful for my sisters and all they have done for me! I am thankful for my nephews, and I love them so much and so glad that I can be an example for them. I am thankful for my friends, all along the way, who stuck by my side and loved me and helped me! I am so thankful for Brittany and the love that she gives me! For helping me through the hardest time in my entire life, she was there to help me and love me! I know that my Savior put her in my life for a reason and that is because I would be so lost without her and would not be out here today serving if it were not For "My Brittany!" I love you sweetheart! Justin Thompson! I love you more than anything man! I pray for you everyday! You were always by my side and never gave up on me! You are amazing man! I love you man!!!!!!!!! I love you all! The church is true! Do what is right and the Lord will bless you! I miss you all, but I know this is where I need to be and the Lord needs me to help my brothers and sisters!
You are all in my prayers.
xoxo,
Elder Burnett
3/11/08
Hey Everyone-
Things are going well here! BUSY!!!!!! SO BUSY!!!!!!! But it’s going well! We are working hard and enjoying the work! This past week was good! We had some meetings on Thursday because they had Zone leaders conference on Wednesday so all the district leaders had to go and since Motua is DL, I got to go too! It was good, LONG!! 3 1/2 hours but good! Then we had District meetings on Friday, I had to give an eight minute talk, and the ZL were at it and so were the AP's, so it was good! Then Friday I went up to Yukon on exchanges with Elder Starnes, he is the ZL. It was good, he is kind of weird and bugs me sometimes but it’s part of a mission. We are all out here to serve Lord and to figure it out together!
We are working with Roy still. We went over to his house last night and talked a lot about baptism. He wants to but is not sure of a date yet so we will hopefully set one this week!
Sunday was good, long, but good! We are working with a part member family trying to get the kids to come to church but it’s not working, so we don’t know what to do!
The church is true, its amazing to see how it changes peoples lives and how so many people have no idea how much peace and joy it will bring to their lives!
We are working our hardest to serve! The main thing for us we talked about is that at the end of the day, when we come home, we want to feel that we have handed our days over to the Lord, say we did our best and that we gave it our all, no matter what! It is a great feeling knowing that I am giving it my all. It does not matter if we teach 5 lessons or 1, just as long as we are working our hardest!
The mission is HARD!! NO DOUBT about it! It’s hard, but I can tell I have changed and I can recognize that the Lord is helping others find joy too! The Lord is blessing us and helping us find and teach. We are doing are best!
I am up to 220. I put on 10 lbs but I have been working out A LOT. I have been riding my bike and walking, so I think it is 10 good lbs! I think this is the best shape I have been in since high school, kinda tight! I am getting pretty cut and Jimmy is GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!! Finally! haha!
But all is well here! I miss you guys tons but I know the Lord will bless me and my family for serving him! I am so grateful for the Church! IT’S True!! IT’S the only TRUE church on the earth! It’s funny out here because everyone always says, " Yes, I have been baptized." And we say, “NO, YOU HAVE NOT!!” And some people get mad and some people listen. We explain that they do not have the authority of God to do it! You have to be bold and just tell it how it is! And my personality is like that, so it’s good! I am starting to love this mission!
Elder Motua and I are having fun! I am so lucky to have him as my companion! He goes home in three months! Britt, he is excited to meet you and says you better come to his homecoming!!
But for real, we work great together and we are having fun serving!
I love you all!! Do what is right and the Lord will bless you!
Britt - I love you to death! You are such a sweetheart!
Ash - You are amazing! I am glad you had a good week with rich!
Whit - Sounds like you are keeping busy with the boys and Paul!
Dad - Hope all is well, sounds like you are doing well and are happy!
Love you and miss you guys!
Elder Taylor Burnett
Things are going well here! BUSY!!!!!! SO BUSY!!!!!!! But it’s going well! We are working hard and enjoying the work! This past week was good! We had some meetings on Thursday because they had Zone leaders conference on Wednesday so all the district leaders had to go and since Motua is DL, I got to go too! It was good, LONG!! 3 1/2 hours but good! Then we had District meetings on Friday, I had to give an eight minute talk, and the ZL were at it and so were the AP's, so it was good! Then Friday I went up to Yukon on exchanges with Elder Starnes, he is the ZL. It was good, he is kind of weird and bugs me sometimes but it’s part of a mission. We are all out here to serve Lord and to figure it out together!
We are working with Roy still. We went over to his house last night and talked a lot about baptism. He wants to but is not sure of a date yet so we will hopefully set one this week!
Sunday was good, long, but good! We are working with a part member family trying to get the kids to come to church but it’s not working, so we don’t know what to do!
The church is true, its amazing to see how it changes peoples lives and how so many people have no idea how much peace and joy it will bring to their lives!
We are working our hardest to serve! The main thing for us we talked about is that at the end of the day, when we come home, we want to feel that we have handed our days over to the Lord, say we did our best and that we gave it our all, no matter what! It is a great feeling knowing that I am giving it my all. It does not matter if we teach 5 lessons or 1, just as long as we are working our hardest!
The mission is HARD!! NO DOUBT about it! It’s hard, but I can tell I have changed and I can recognize that the Lord is helping others find joy too! The Lord is blessing us and helping us find and teach. We are doing are best!
I am up to 220. I put on 10 lbs but I have been working out A LOT. I have been riding my bike and walking, so I think it is 10 good lbs! I think this is the best shape I have been in since high school, kinda tight! I am getting pretty cut and Jimmy is GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!! Finally! haha!
But all is well here! I miss you guys tons but I know the Lord will bless me and my family for serving him! I am so grateful for the Church! IT’S True!! IT’S the only TRUE church on the earth! It’s funny out here because everyone always says, " Yes, I have been baptized." And we say, “NO, YOU HAVE NOT!!” And some people get mad and some people listen. We explain that they do not have the authority of God to do it! You have to be bold and just tell it how it is! And my personality is like that, so it’s good! I am starting to love this mission!
Elder Motua and I are having fun! I am so lucky to have him as my companion! He goes home in three months! Britt, he is excited to meet you and says you better come to his homecoming!!
But for real, we work great together and we are having fun serving!
I love you all!! Do what is right and the Lord will bless you!
Britt - I love you to death! You are such a sweetheart!
Ash - You are amazing! I am glad you had a good week with rich!
Whit - Sounds like you are keeping busy with the boys and Paul!
Dad - Hope all is well, sounds like you are doing well and are happy!
Love you and miss you guys!
Elder Taylor Burnett
3/4/08: What’s up!
Hey Everyone!!
How are ya’ll doing? Hope all is well!!! Things are going well here! I am glad it’s p-day! I am so tired and my body needs a break! This past week went well!! We taught six lessons on Thursday, so that was way cool! We were very excited about that! We had four baptisms but they have not been coming to church so that kinda stinks!!! So we have to move two of them back! We had two who were committed, and they didn’t come to church on Sunday. They promised that they were going to but NO! So we went over to their house on Sunday and this guy answers, and says, "Yes, I am a preacher from so and so Baptist church and I wanted to let you know the Curtis became members of our church and they will not be attending yours!" OH I WAS SO MAD!!!! OH, I wanted to knock the guy in the face!!!!! So THAT STINKS!!! NO GOOD!!! BUT IT’S OKAY!! We did out best and it’s not their time to join so we did all we could! They were the coolest older couple, but it’s all good!!!!
On Sunday night a tornado hit!!! CRAZY!! The alarms went off and all this stuff!!! I WAS FREAKING OUT, HAHA! But it hit on the other side of town but the RAIN WAS SO, SO, SO, SO, SO BAD!! The hardest I have ever seen it rain was the other night, CRAZY!!! It was so cold yesterday but today it’s 50 so that is nice!
We got this new Investigators!! SO FREAKING AWESOME!!! His name is Roy!!!!!!! He use to work at Four Seasons in Los Colinas. His best friend is Byron Nelson!! The PGA golfer!! He has so much stuff signed by him; he said he is going to give us some!!! TIGHT HUH!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He came to church on Sunday and REALLY LIKED IT!! He is 70 and was married for 27 years and his wife divorced him 2 years ago and has been going through a really, REALLY HARD TIME!! But he said that on Sunday after church is the happiest he has been in two years and he is so happy that we are helping him!!!! SO we are hoping things will keep going well with him! WE LOVE HIM!!! He is so tight!
So things are going well!
Yesterday, I was sick and had a fever of 102 and felt LIKE POO!!!!!!!! But it’s all good! I feel a little better today and everything is GREAT!!!!
SO we are just doing all we can! We have dinner every night this week, the ward is really starting to like us and can tell we are working hard so they are always calling us and trying to help out! It’s great! Last night they, the Sphinx, brought us Steak!! SO GOOD!!!!!! The ward is pretty tight!
We were over at out ward mission leader’s house for dinner the other night and he goes, hey Burnett, what you want to drink? I go GIVE ME A BUDLIGHT!!!!! And him and his wife just stopped and looked at me!! SO FUNNY and AWKARD!!!! Then I said just kidding!! BUT IT WAS FUNNY!! Then Elder Motua, goes man, that joke was awesome Burnett! HAHA! But it was good! Pretty funny though!!!!!
I miss you all but I know the Lord is going to bless me for my work! I am glad for the calling to serve and the love that I feel from you guys!! THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE!!
Whit -Love you! I am so SO, SO, sorry about missing Luke’s b-day! I wish you would of told me! Kinda makes me bad but I am going to try to get him something in the mail!
Ash - I FREAKING MISS YOU SO MUCH!! You are so TIGHT! I love you! Everyone out here thinks you are so tight!! They all know Ashley!! haha!
Britt - My baby! Oh, I love you! You are the most amazing thing ever! Thanks for your love and support! We can do this! xoxo
Paul-Love ya man!
JT-LOVE YA!
DAN-LOVE YA
JP-Love ya!
Sukhan-LOVE YA!
I LOVE EVERYONE!!!!!!! I wish ya’ll could see me out here!
My knee is getting better, today it’s kinda bugging but the stuff I have been doing has been making it stronger, so it’s all good!
THE CHURCH IS TRUE!! I know it is! EVERYONE READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!! DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love ya’ll.
Elder Taylor Burnett!
How are ya’ll doing? Hope all is well!!! Things are going well here! I am glad it’s p-day! I am so tired and my body needs a break! This past week went well!! We taught six lessons on Thursday, so that was way cool! We were very excited about that! We had four baptisms but they have not been coming to church so that kinda stinks!!! So we have to move two of them back! We had two who were committed, and they didn’t come to church on Sunday. They promised that they were going to but NO! So we went over to their house on Sunday and this guy answers, and says, "Yes, I am a preacher from so and so Baptist church and I wanted to let you know the Curtis became members of our church and they will not be attending yours!" OH I WAS SO MAD!!!! OH, I wanted to knock the guy in the face!!!!! So THAT STINKS!!! NO GOOD!!! BUT IT’S OKAY!! We did out best and it’s not their time to join so we did all we could! They were the coolest older couple, but it’s all good!!!!
On Sunday night a tornado hit!!! CRAZY!! The alarms went off and all this stuff!!! I WAS FREAKING OUT, HAHA! But it hit on the other side of town but the RAIN WAS SO, SO, SO, SO, SO BAD!! The hardest I have ever seen it rain was the other night, CRAZY!!! It was so cold yesterday but today it’s 50 so that is nice!
We got this new Investigators!! SO FREAKING AWESOME!!! His name is Roy!!!!!!! He use to work at Four Seasons in Los Colinas. His best friend is Byron Nelson!! The PGA golfer!! He has so much stuff signed by him; he said he is going to give us some!!! TIGHT HUH!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He came to church on Sunday and REALLY LIKED IT!! He is 70 and was married for 27 years and his wife divorced him 2 years ago and has been going through a really, REALLY HARD TIME!! But he said that on Sunday after church is the happiest he has been in two years and he is so happy that we are helping him!!!! SO we are hoping things will keep going well with him! WE LOVE HIM!!! He is so tight!
So things are going well!
Yesterday, I was sick and had a fever of 102 and felt LIKE POO!!!!!!!! But it’s all good! I feel a little better today and everything is GREAT!!!!
SO we are just doing all we can! We have dinner every night this week, the ward is really starting to like us and can tell we are working hard so they are always calling us and trying to help out! It’s great! Last night they, the Sphinx, brought us Steak!! SO GOOD!!!!!! The ward is pretty tight!
We were over at out ward mission leader’s house for dinner the other night and he goes, hey Burnett, what you want to drink? I go GIVE ME A BUDLIGHT!!!!! And him and his wife just stopped and looked at me!! SO FUNNY and AWKARD!!!! Then I said just kidding!! BUT IT WAS FUNNY!! Then Elder Motua, goes man, that joke was awesome Burnett! HAHA! But it was good! Pretty funny though!!!!!
I miss you all but I know the Lord is going to bless me for my work! I am glad for the calling to serve and the love that I feel from you guys!! THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE!!
Whit -Love you! I am so SO, SO, sorry about missing Luke’s b-day! I wish you would of told me! Kinda makes me bad but I am going to try to get him something in the mail!
Ash - I FREAKING MISS YOU SO MUCH!! You are so TIGHT! I love you! Everyone out here thinks you are so tight!! They all know Ashley!! haha!
Britt - My baby! Oh, I love you! You are the most amazing thing ever! Thanks for your love and support! We can do this! xoxo
Paul-Love ya man!
JT-LOVE YA!
DAN-LOVE YA
JP-Love ya!
Sukhan-LOVE YA!
I LOVE EVERYONE!!!!!!! I wish ya’ll could see me out here!
My knee is getting better, today it’s kinda bugging but the stuff I have been doing has been making it stronger, so it’s all good!
THE CHURCH IS TRUE!! I know it is! EVERYONE READ AND PRAY EVERYDAY!!! DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love ya’ll.
Elder Taylor Burnett!
2/26/08: Hey!
Hey Family and Loved ones -
How is everyone? Hope all is well and that everyone is doing okay!
Well things are going well here! Last week was really hard and slow! We didn’t teach much and just had a hard week! Thursday was TERRIBLE!! So bad, it was 25 F out, wind blowing HARD, and we were out in it all day from 10:30-9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND We didn’t teach a single person, we walked all the way down from 72nd to 12th!!! But it was good, you just gotta laugh at it and have fun because if not it will be the worst day of you life, and it was but who knows something good will come of it! It’s all about your faith!!! We have four people who are going to get baptized here with in the next couple weeks! IT’S SO COOL!!!! Its amazing to see the gospel and how it can change peoples lives! Two of the people are Jim Curtis, he is 72, and Mrs. Curtis, she is 60! THEY ARE SO FUNNY! We found them when we were knocking doors! They love the church! She loves us, she is so happy every time we come over, so happy! She told us yesterday that she has never been this happy in her life and wants to get baptized! SO COOL!!! She was asking us about our families and if we had girlfriends and I told her about Britt and showed her a picture of Brittany on my camera. Oh, she just went on and on for about five minutes, how pretty she was and all this! It was funny. I said, “Yup, that is my Brittany. She is my everything.” It was so cute! She is kinda like mom, just really nice, talks to everyone, her best friend work at CVS. So things are going well! It is starting to warm up, well, today it’s 30 but tomorrow it is supposed to be 65, I think! It’s crazy!!!!!
I am hoping we will have a good week this week! We should, we got a lot of people to teach, so I hope we do! Nothing really exciting is going on other then just working and trying to give myself to the Lord and let him make me into the missionary he wants me to be!
We got this cool thing set up where we are going to the high school and we teach kids on Wednesday from 1030-1! Which is really cool. We are way excited about that and hope some good things will come out of it!
I went to Lauren Nutttals little sister’s baptism on Saturday, it was really cool! I am glad we got to go! It was good to see Lauren and Taylor and meet the family! They are a really cool family! They have a really pretty home! So that was cool and fun!
My knee is getting better, still sore but not as bad, I have been wearing a brace and been doing stuff to get it better, we haven’t been biking as much because of the rain and then because my knee hurts to bad so its kinda had some time to heal and get better!
I know the church is true! It is so amazing having the spirit with me! I am so glad that I am out here to serve my Father in Heaven and my Savior! The Ensign for March IS AMAZING!!! We got it a week ago, and it is AMAZING!! I have all ready read the whole thing so EVERYONE READ IT, OKAY!?!? I am so thankful for the love and support that I have to be out here! I am so thankful for Brittany, that she supports me and has been by my side and loves me for me! She is such a blessing in my life and I cant wait to marry her! D&C- 103:12, that is it! Brittany is my blessing and I would not know where I would be without her! I love you Brittany!
Ash - Oh my love, Ash!!! Hope all is well! Didn’t get an email from you but guess you are busy! It’s all good! I love you do what’s right! I love you, I love you, I love you!
Whit - I got your card, thanks for that, (kinda gay with a whale) haha, but thanks! Tell Paul hi and I love him! Tell Tru and Luke I love them and that they are the coolest nephews ever!
I love the church! I love my Savior! I am so thankful for the power of prayer and the comfort that is brings to me!
I love you guys!
Elder Burnett
PS. JT - I hope you got my letter and that you are doing well! I am so excited that you are trying to go back out on a mission! The Lord needs your help, Justin! We need to bring people the truth and let them know of the joy it brings to our lives!! I LOVE YOU MAN!! I am so proud of you!
Dan - What up man?! Hope all is well! I hope you got my letter too, you are so tight man! I miss you! The church is true! I am so thankful for you and Justin for being my friends and helping me come on a mission! I love you Dan!!
How is everyone? Hope all is well and that everyone is doing okay!
Well things are going well here! Last week was really hard and slow! We didn’t teach much and just had a hard week! Thursday was TERRIBLE!! So bad, it was 25 F out, wind blowing HARD, and we were out in it all day from 10:30-9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND We didn’t teach a single person, we walked all the way down from 72nd to 12th!!! But it was good, you just gotta laugh at it and have fun because if not it will be the worst day of you life, and it was but who knows something good will come of it! It’s all about your faith!!! We have four people who are going to get baptized here with in the next couple weeks! IT’S SO COOL!!!! Its amazing to see the gospel and how it can change peoples lives! Two of the people are Jim Curtis, he is 72, and Mrs. Curtis, she is 60! THEY ARE SO FUNNY! We found them when we were knocking doors! They love the church! She loves us, she is so happy every time we come over, so happy! She told us yesterday that she has never been this happy in her life and wants to get baptized! SO COOL!!! She was asking us about our families and if we had girlfriends and I told her about Britt and showed her a picture of Brittany on my camera. Oh, she just went on and on for about five minutes, how pretty she was and all this! It was funny. I said, “Yup, that is my Brittany. She is my everything.” It was so cute! She is kinda like mom, just really nice, talks to everyone, her best friend work at CVS. So things are going well! It is starting to warm up, well, today it’s 30 but tomorrow it is supposed to be 65, I think! It’s crazy!!!!!
I am hoping we will have a good week this week! We should, we got a lot of people to teach, so I hope we do! Nothing really exciting is going on other then just working and trying to give myself to the Lord and let him make me into the missionary he wants me to be!
We got this cool thing set up where we are going to the high school and we teach kids on Wednesday from 1030-1! Which is really cool. We are way excited about that and hope some good things will come out of it!
I went to Lauren Nutttals little sister’s baptism on Saturday, it was really cool! I am glad we got to go! It was good to see Lauren and Taylor and meet the family! They are a really cool family! They have a really pretty home! So that was cool and fun!
My knee is getting better, still sore but not as bad, I have been wearing a brace and been doing stuff to get it better, we haven’t been biking as much because of the rain and then because my knee hurts to bad so its kinda had some time to heal and get better!
I know the church is true! It is so amazing having the spirit with me! I am so glad that I am out here to serve my Father in Heaven and my Savior! The Ensign for March IS AMAZING!!! We got it a week ago, and it is AMAZING!! I have all ready read the whole thing so EVERYONE READ IT, OKAY!?!? I am so thankful for the love and support that I have to be out here! I am so thankful for Brittany, that she supports me and has been by my side and loves me for me! She is such a blessing in my life and I cant wait to marry her! D&C- 103:12, that is it! Brittany is my blessing and I would not know where I would be without her! I love you Brittany!
Ash - Oh my love, Ash!!! Hope all is well! Didn’t get an email from you but guess you are busy! It’s all good! I love you do what’s right! I love you, I love you, I love you!
Whit - I got your card, thanks for that, (kinda gay with a whale) haha, but thanks! Tell Paul hi and I love him! Tell Tru and Luke I love them and that they are the coolest nephews ever!
I love the church! I love my Savior! I am so thankful for the power of prayer and the comfort that is brings to me!
I love you guys!
Elder Burnett
PS. JT - I hope you got my letter and that you are doing well! I am so excited that you are trying to go back out on a mission! The Lord needs your help, Justin! We need to bring people the truth and let them know of the joy it brings to our lives!! I LOVE YOU MAN!! I am so proud of you!
Dan - What up man?! Hope all is well! I hope you got my letter too, you are so tight man! I miss you! The church is true! I am so thankful for you and Justin for being my friends and helping me come on a mission! I love you Dan!!
Friday, February 22, 2008
2/19/08
Hey everyone -
How are things going? I hope all is well! I heard that Utah is getting nailed with snow! Sounds like fun!
Things are going well here! Busy and hard, but good!
We had a good week. We got two committed and we have three others who wanna get baptized. We haven’t set the dates yet but its going well!
I am sore and my body hurts! My knee is still really, REALLY sore and hurts but its getting better! Dr. Welch, from the ward, got me a knee brace and some stuff for it! He said I could use surgery but thinks I should wait until I get home! It’s pretty messed up but it’s okay, I’ll figure it out!
We were walking to the church on Friday for a district meeting and it was really icy! I totally ate it SO, SO, SO HARD!! IT HURT SO BAD! My elbow hurts bad. Laugh it up. It was pretty funny though!
I have lost more weight! I am at 210. When I went into the MTC I weighed 238! Crazy! I am getting in pretty good shape! My legs are cut! It’s pretty tight!
Elder Motua is sick so we didn’t go out yesterday. It kind of sucked, no TV, nothing. We just read and hung out! Some of the other elders came over and chilled with us. It was tight!
I miss everyone and pray for you guys!
Brittany - I love you more than anything! Elder Motua and me were talking the other night about what we have been through together – you are honestly amazing! I was in the biggest hole, my life was a mess and you NEVER gave up on me and on us! You are amazing! I don’t know where I would be without you! I know I would not be here! You are the love of my life and I can’t wait to marry you in the temple for eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dad – No, I did not get the shirts! I NEED THEM SO YOU MIGHT WANNA WORK ON THAT!!
Whit - Got your letters, thanks! It is fine if you use the name Susanne but me and Britt get Rachel. We wanna name out girl Riley Rachel Burnett! But it’s fine you got it! Hope all is well! I am excited to see my new little niece! Wish I could be there to see her!
Love you and miss you all.
Elder Burnett
How are things going? I hope all is well! I heard that Utah is getting nailed with snow! Sounds like fun!
Things are going well here! Busy and hard, but good!
We had a good week. We got two committed and we have three others who wanna get baptized. We haven’t set the dates yet but its going well!
I am sore and my body hurts! My knee is still really, REALLY sore and hurts but its getting better! Dr. Welch, from the ward, got me a knee brace and some stuff for it! He said I could use surgery but thinks I should wait until I get home! It’s pretty messed up but it’s okay, I’ll figure it out!
We were walking to the church on Friday for a district meeting and it was really icy! I totally ate it SO, SO, SO HARD!! IT HURT SO BAD! My elbow hurts bad. Laugh it up. It was pretty funny though!
I have lost more weight! I am at 210. When I went into the MTC I weighed 238! Crazy! I am getting in pretty good shape! My legs are cut! It’s pretty tight!
Elder Motua is sick so we didn’t go out yesterday. It kind of sucked, no TV, nothing. We just read and hung out! Some of the other elders came over and chilled with us. It was tight!
I miss everyone and pray for you guys!
Brittany - I love you more than anything! Elder Motua and me were talking the other night about what we have been through together – you are honestly amazing! I was in the biggest hole, my life was a mess and you NEVER gave up on me and on us! You are amazing! I don’t know where I would be without you! I know I would not be here! You are the love of my life and I can’t wait to marry you in the temple for eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dad – No, I did not get the shirts! I NEED THEM SO YOU MIGHT WANNA WORK ON THAT!!
Whit - Got your letters, thanks! It is fine if you use the name Susanne but me and Britt get Rachel. We wanna name out girl Riley Rachel Burnett! But it’s fine you got it! Hope all is well! I am excited to see my new little niece! Wish I could be there to see her!
Love you and miss you all.
Elder Burnett
2/12/08: Hey!
Hey everyone -
Things are going great here! I am having so much fun serving the Lord and doing His work! Our two baptisms went really well. The spirit was amazing! I was a witness and then stood in the circle to give her the Holy Ghost! It was cool! We actually committed two more people yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO TIGHT! And hoping to commit two more this week! We are working hard and the Lord is blessing us!
IT’S SO COLD! I hate Oklahoma but love it! We are tearing it up and have being doing a lot of good! The lord is blessing us! Elder Motuaonly had one baptism but we are about to have four together! So we must be doing something right!
At zone conference President Gee called me up in front of 30 missionaries and had me talk about my basektball career and all this stuff, he related it to working hard! It was cool!
I think I am going to buzz my hair today! IT’S SO LONG! Everyone just buzzes it, so, we will see!
My companion is so, SO TIGHT! We have so much fun together. We work hard and keep the spirit with us at the same time! I know the lord is molding me into the missionary he wants me to be! I know the key to success is being humble and know that this is the Lord’s work, we don’t teach, the spirit does! I love having the spirit with me! It’s amazing! I have never felt it like this but I am going to make sure it stays! I had no idea it was going to be this hard!
My knee is messed up. I might have to have surgery on it! NO GOOD! We will see! It popped out of the socket the other day! IT HURTS SO BAD! It’s all black and blue! We have a doctor in our ward and he says it is messed up but I am just trying to work through the pain and hope it heals! It’s getting better but don’t know! We will see what happens!
My companion is getting his wisdom teeth out this week or next, so, I will have to take care of him! YEA, BRITT! I am getting it back in my face! You did such an amazing job of taking care of me when I had mine out! YOU ARE AMAZING!
Ash - I got your pics and the cookies! They were so good! Thanks. I love the pics, they are cute! I am glad Justin and Dan came out and you got to spend time with them! I love you boyz to death and miss yall!
Whit - Have not heard form you but thanks for the meds! Great job!
Dan - I LOVE YOU!!! I heard your party got a little crazy the other night, huh!?! HAHA!!! Take care of my Brittany until I get home!
Justin - WHAT UP MAN!!!! I miss you! I hope all is going well!
JP - Britt told me you called her the other day! YOU ARE SO TIGHT! Thanks for everything! Stay in touch with here! I know she loves talking to you and it means the world to me when you do! I love you!
Kenny Brown - DUDE YALL ARE BALLIN HARD! I saw ya’ll are 8th or 9th! That is so cool, man! Congrats! I miss you and love you!
I am going to miss March Madness but saving peoples souls is pretty cool to though, haha!
The church is true! I can’t wait to raise a family in the church with Brittany and be able to have it part of my life!
BRITTANY - I Love you so, so, so, so much! I could not do this without you! I am so grateful for you. You are such a blessing in my life. I know we are going to get through this together! You are my everything! I love you! You are going to be my wife!
Love you all. Thanks for the letters and emails!
Elder Burnett!
Things are going great here! I am having so much fun serving the Lord and doing His work! Our two baptisms went really well. The spirit was amazing! I was a witness and then stood in the circle to give her the Holy Ghost! It was cool! We actually committed two more people yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO TIGHT! And hoping to commit two more this week! We are working hard and the Lord is blessing us!
IT’S SO COLD! I hate Oklahoma but love it! We are tearing it up and have being doing a lot of good! The lord is blessing us! Elder Motuaonly had one baptism but we are about to have four together! So we must be doing something right!
At zone conference President Gee called me up in front of 30 missionaries and had me talk about my basektball career and all this stuff, he related it to working hard! It was cool!
I think I am going to buzz my hair today! IT’S SO LONG! Everyone just buzzes it, so, we will see!
My companion is so, SO TIGHT! We have so much fun together. We work hard and keep the spirit with us at the same time! I know the lord is molding me into the missionary he wants me to be! I know the key to success is being humble and know that this is the Lord’s work, we don’t teach, the spirit does! I love having the spirit with me! It’s amazing! I have never felt it like this but I am going to make sure it stays! I had no idea it was going to be this hard!
My knee is messed up. I might have to have surgery on it! NO GOOD! We will see! It popped out of the socket the other day! IT HURTS SO BAD! It’s all black and blue! We have a doctor in our ward and he says it is messed up but I am just trying to work through the pain and hope it heals! It’s getting better but don’t know! We will see what happens!
My companion is getting his wisdom teeth out this week or next, so, I will have to take care of him! YEA, BRITT! I am getting it back in my face! You did such an amazing job of taking care of me when I had mine out! YOU ARE AMAZING!
Ash - I got your pics and the cookies! They were so good! Thanks. I love the pics, they are cute! I am glad Justin and Dan came out and you got to spend time with them! I love you boyz to death and miss yall!
Whit - Have not heard form you but thanks for the meds! Great job!
Dan - I LOVE YOU!!! I heard your party got a little crazy the other night, huh!?! HAHA!!! Take care of my Brittany until I get home!
Justin - WHAT UP MAN!!!! I miss you! I hope all is going well!
JP - Britt told me you called her the other day! YOU ARE SO TIGHT! Thanks for everything! Stay in touch with here! I know she loves talking to you and it means the world to me when you do! I love you!
Kenny Brown - DUDE YALL ARE BALLIN HARD! I saw ya’ll are 8th or 9th! That is so cool, man! Congrats! I miss you and love you!
I am going to miss March Madness but saving peoples souls is pretty cool to though, haha!
The church is true! I can’t wait to raise a family in the church with Brittany and be able to have it part of my life!
BRITTANY - I Love you so, so, so, so much! I could not do this without you! I am so grateful for you. You are such a blessing in my life. I know we are going to get through this together! You are my everything! I love you! You are going to be my wife!
Love you all. Thanks for the letters and emails!
Elder Burnett!
1/29/08
Family, Brittany and EVERYONE!
What up everyone!?!? I hope everyone is doing well and everyone is okay! Things are going good here. I am starting to love the work and starting to lose myself but more than that I am starting to find myself and becoming a better person for serving and giving everything I have to the Lord! It is way fun! SUCH HARD, HARD work but I know it will all pay off and the lord will bless mine and Brittany’s family one day!
So nothing really happened this week, just working! We actually have 2 baptisms this Saturday!! Cool, huh!?! We are way stoked; we are hoping to get three other with dates this week, so things are going really, REALLY WELL!
Saturday was a bad day, I was in tears, so upset about everything. Mostly because I didn’t hear from anyone, I just missed the fam AND BRITTANY SO, SO, SO BAD!! I was crying for 45 minutes. Haha. I know, lame right? But it is hard! Then I humbled myself, got on my knees, and prayed for 25 minutes. I have never been so HAPPY!! The power of prayer is amazing! I love being out here! I love everyone and am just soaking it up!
Ash - You are so very welcome for your stuff! Thank you for my cookies and stuff! LOVE IT!
Dad -I LOVE YOU! I am so happy for you! I need those white shirts ASAP!! OK!?! Hope the wedding goes well!
Whit - Thanks for the letters. I have still not gotten that package, no good. I don’t know what happened, or what!?!
Brittany - OH MY!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!! I miss you but know the Lord will bless our family for my hard work! I love hearing from you! I am so proud of all your hard work in school and being such an amazing person! I cant wait to marry you in the temple!
JP - I got your letter! I will write you back! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! Send me a pic of the new 22's on the H2, baby!!! I bet it looks so, SO tight! MIss you and think about you all the time!
JT - Have fun in NYC! Give Ash a hug and kiss for me! Love you. I sent you a letter yesterday so you should be getting it!
I was so, so sad to hear that President Hinckley died!! So SAD. Someone in the ward asked me, “So, what next big thing will happen in the church?” I said, “President Hinckley dieing because that is the prophet I have grown up with and he signed my mission call!” SO SAD!! He was an amazing man! I know the Lord was happy to get him back!
I love you all! Keep writing. I love, love hearing from you!
BRITTANY, I love hearing from you the most! The VERY MOST!! I love you, princess! You are amazing, that is really the best word that sums you up, AMAZING!!
Love you all.
Elder Burnett!!!!
What up everyone!?!? I hope everyone is doing well and everyone is okay! Things are going good here. I am starting to love the work and starting to lose myself but more than that I am starting to find myself and becoming a better person for serving and giving everything I have to the Lord! It is way fun! SUCH HARD, HARD work but I know it will all pay off and the lord will bless mine and Brittany’s family one day!
So nothing really happened this week, just working! We actually have 2 baptisms this Saturday!! Cool, huh!?! We are way stoked; we are hoping to get three other with dates this week, so things are going really, REALLY WELL!
Saturday was a bad day, I was in tears, so upset about everything. Mostly because I didn’t hear from anyone, I just missed the fam AND BRITTANY SO, SO, SO BAD!! I was crying for 45 minutes. Haha. I know, lame right? But it is hard! Then I humbled myself, got on my knees, and prayed for 25 minutes. I have never been so HAPPY!! The power of prayer is amazing! I love being out here! I love everyone and am just soaking it up!
Ash - You are so very welcome for your stuff! Thank you for my cookies and stuff! LOVE IT!
Dad -I LOVE YOU! I am so happy for you! I need those white shirts ASAP!! OK!?! Hope the wedding goes well!
Whit - Thanks for the letters. I have still not gotten that package, no good. I don’t know what happened, or what!?!
Brittany - OH MY!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!! I miss you but know the Lord will bless our family for my hard work! I love hearing from you! I am so proud of all your hard work in school and being such an amazing person! I cant wait to marry you in the temple!
JP - I got your letter! I will write you back! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! Send me a pic of the new 22's on the H2, baby!!! I bet it looks so, SO tight! MIss you and think about you all the time!
JT - Have fun in NYC! Give Ash a hug and kiss for me! Love you. I sent you a letter yesterday so you should be getting it!
I was so, so sad to hear that President Hinckley died!! So SAD. Someone in the ward asked me, “So, what next big thing will happen in the church?” I said, “President Hinckley dieing because that is the prophet I have grown up with and he signed my mission call!” SO SAD!! He was an amazing man! I know the Lord was happy to get him back!
I love you all! Keep writing. I love, love hearing from you!
BRITTANY, I love hearing from you the most! The VERY MOST!! I love you, princess! You are amazing, that is really the best word that sums you up, AMAZING!!
Love you all.
Elder Burnett!!!!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
1/22/08: What Up!!!
HEY EVERYONE!!!
How is everyone doing? Things are good here! COLDER THAN COLD!!!!!!! This past week was good, hard, very hard, we rode over 180 miles and walked 60 miles!! CRAZY!! My legs are getting pretty cute though so its all good! I am starting to get settled in and use to this! Sunday was stake conference, it was good pres. gee and sister gee talked they did a good job! I was SO SO home sick Sunday! i don't know why! I was just having a bad day! But things are looking up! Just trying to take it one day at a time! So my Baptism fell through! we can not have it till June of July bc of some stuff! But its all good! We taught 11 new people this past week and got a lot of good lessons in!
But for real, it is so cold here! I had NO IDEA it was this cold out here! We have been riding out bikes when its 17 deg. out!! and the wind is blowing 20 mph! FOR REAL SO COLD!!!! everything is iced over right now bc it rained last night and its so cold out!
Listen to this Story- We were knocking doors, and we came to this door, so i knocked and this guy answers, Not wearing a shirt and says "What the F you want'" I say "well we are from the church of Jesus Christ and we our out sharing a message about his gospel" He says "What the H are you doing get the F outta here you stupid mother ____!" I started laughing and said "Sir god loves you!" He slammed the door! And we were walking off and he opened it again and just WENT OFF!!! I Was laughing! I was wating to meet a crazy guy like that haha! IT WAS SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THen the last above him said " I hope you die and have a terrible day!" So funny i just laugh! Then i put pass along crads in the door!!! Its fun though!
Elder Oreilly is in out disrtict, he is from Riverside, HE IS SO TIGHT!! We have been calling each other everynight to talk!! HAHA HE IS TIGHT THOUGH!!!
My compaion and i are doing okay, we had 120 new contacts this past week and taught the most lessons and talked to the most people out of our zone! So that is pretty cool!
I miss all you guys and love you tonz!
Ash- Happy Birthday sooN! I need your work add. or somewhere i can send packages! SO SEND ME A LETTER so i can get it sent out before your b-day this week OKAY!!!
Whit paul and Boyz! Hope all is well! You need to write me, you were doing a good job now, NOT SO MUCH!!
Dad- Miss ya, i hope you are sending out all that stuff to me! I love yoU! that is good about the wedding stuff! I hope everything works out for ya!
Brittany-LO- Princess- I LOVE YOU! you are amazing! I could not do this without you, i am so glad you are by myside! you are the biggest support ever, i know i can do this bc i get to come home TO YOU!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! I am so SO proud of you for all your hard work! Keep it up!!
Yall need to read 3nephi Chap. 8-12! SO GOOD! Crazy but good! i think that is my new favorite part of the BofM! I am in 4 nephi! Almost to the end! THe church is true! i know that Jesus Lives and loves me as well as you! If you do whats right and serve him you will feel his love and know he loves you! I am so thankful for everyone! i know Mom is so happy and watching over me! When its SO COLD OUT all i think, "this is for 3 people, Brittany, Mom, and Jesus Christ!" I know he will bless me and watch over for me!
LOve you all and miss you!!
Elder Taylor Burnett!!
How is everyone doing? Things are good here! COLDER THAN COLD!!!!!!! This past week was good, hard, very hard, we rode over 180 miles and walked 60 miles!! CRAZY!! My legs are getting pretty cute though so its all good! I am starting to get settled in and use to this! Sunday was stake conference, it was good pres. gee and sister gee talked they did a good job! I was SO SO home sick Sunday! i don't know why! I was just having a bad day! But things are looking up! Just trying to take it one day at a time! So my Baptism fell through! we can not have it till June of July bc of some stuff! But its all good! We taught 11 new people this past week and got a lot of good lessons in!
But for real, it is so cold here! I had NO IDEA it was this cold out here! We have been riding out bikes when its 17 deg. out!! and the wind is blowing 20 mph! FOR REAL SO COLD!!!! everything is iced over right now bc it rained last night and its so cold out!
Listen to this Story- We were knocking doors, and we came to this door, so i knocked and this guy answers, Not wearing a shirt and says "What the F you want'" I say "well we are from the church of Jesus Christ and we our out sharing a message about his gospel" He says "What the H are you doing get the F outta here you stupid mother ____!" I started laughing and said "Sir god loves you!" He slammed the door! And we were walking off and he opened it again and just WENT OFF!!! I Was laughing! I was wating to meet a crazy guy like that haha! IT WAS SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THen the last above him said " I hope you die and have a terrible day!" So funny i just laugh! Then i put pass along crads in the door!!! Its fun though!
Elder Oreilly is in out disrtict, he is from Riverside, HE IS SO TIGHT!! We have been calling each other everynight to talk!! HAHA HE IS TIGHT THOUGH!!!
My compaion and i are doing okay, we had 120 new contacts this past week and taught the most lessons and talked to the most people out of our zone! So that is pretty cool!
I miss all you guys and love you tonz!
Ash- Happy Birthday sooN! I need your work add. or somewhere i can send packages! SO SEND ME A LETTER so i can get it sent out before your b-day this week OKAY!!!
Whit paul and Boyz! Hope all is well! You need to write me, you were doing a good job now, NOT SO MUCH!!
Dad- Miss ya, i hope you are sending out all that stuff to me! I love yoU! that is good about the wedding stuff! I hope everything works out for ya!
Brittany-LO- Princess- I LOVE YOU! you are amazing! I could not do this without you, i am so glad you are by myside! you are the biggest support ever, i know i can do this bc i get to come home TO YOU!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! I am so SO proud of you for all your hard work! Keep it up!!
Yall need to read 3nephi Chap. 8-12! SO GOOD! Crazy but good! i think that is my new favorite part of the BofM! I am in 4 nephi! Almost to the end! THe church is true! i know that Jesus Lives and loves me as well as you! If you do whats right and serve him you will feel his love and know he loves you! I am so thankful for everyone! i know Mom is so happy and watching over me! When its SO COLD OUT all i think, "this is for 3 people, Brittany, Mom, and Jesus Christ!" I know he will bless me and watch over for me!
LOve you all and miss you!!
Elder Taylor Burnett!!
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
1/15/08: HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Family -
Hey! How are you guys doing? How are things back at home? Is it snowing? How is the cabin, Dad?
Things are good here! I made it to my first p-day!! We have been doing wash and trying to get all this stuff done today! We are supposed to go bowling at 12 but who knows! Kinda lame! My trainer is pretty cool! Kinda weird and quiet but a good kid! He is Tongan and is from Utah.
We have been riding our bike SO, SO, SO MUCH!! My butt hurts so bad! Seriously, it kills me! I have ridden over 85 miles since Wednesday! CRAZY!!! I have lost a lot of weight but getting back in shape. We don’t have a car which stinks because it would be nice to drive but OH WELL!! Just my luck! Whatever it takes to humble me then so be it!
We have been teaching a good amount! I have run in to some crazy, SUCH rude people but it’s good! I just like talking to people! I actually have my first Baptism next Saturday!!!!!!!!!!! WAY COOL! Took my 5 days, President Gee said that is the fastest he has ever seen anyone get a baptism that fast, so it’s cool! He had all ready had the 1st and 2nd lesson. Then we taught him the 3rd and 4th lesson. His name is Steve Toney age 50, male and black! SUCH A TIGHT GUY!! We were teaching him yesterday and trying to get his date set and what not. He had a big thing of coffee that he got from his food stamps and he said, "Well I gotta drink my coffee because it was 13 dollars so I’ll get baptized after I finish it!"
I said, “How much was it?”
He said, “13 dollars, why?”
I said, “I’ll pay you 13 dollars to go dump it out and to set your date for you baptism.”
He started laughing and said, “No, you won’t!” I pulled it out of my wallet and put 13 bucks on the table! He started laughing and said, “OKAY!!!”
He had not had it in 15 days but it was free with his stamps! So he did it! He dumped it out and got him to pick his date for next Saturday!!!!!!!!! SO COOL! He came back in and gave me a huge hug and started crying. He said "I never knew that someone would care about me that much to pay me to throw food away!"
Such a cool thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best 13 dollars I have spent or Dad has, so thanks Dad!! That one is on you!
We are teaching four other people who will probably get baptized! The average person only gets two to four baptisms in the mission for two years. My companion only has one! So we will see! I am working so hard to do the work! It is hard but I know the Lord will bless me!
So we were knocking on doors in an apartment complex and we came to this one door. I knocked on the door and this OLD Lady answers with no teeth. CRAZY?!?!? I said "Hi, I am from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
And she said, "OHHH NO! GET OUTTA HERE!” She slammed the door in our faces so HARD!! I got shot down by a lady with no TEETH!! Haha, it was funny. My companion and I just started laughing.
I am kinda down in the ghetto, like for real! It’s pretty crazy. We are not allowed to be in parts of the city at night because it is so bad! But it is tight! I have gotten flipped off, yelled at, honked at and called some bad names in only 6 days! But it is tight!
I was pretty home sick at first or I guess I should say, Brittany Sick! But it is getting better. I am trying to lose myself and GIVE MYSELF (James Sukhan). Ha ha! SO it is good! We OYM (Open Your Mouth) to 24 people yesterday and didn’t get out until 1:30! So in 6 1/2 hours, which is pretty good.
Sukhan - I LOVE YOU MAN!! Thank you so much for everything! We sat down with this guy the other day that just went off about all the stuff we talked about - the questions about blacks, the temple and what not. When we left, my companion said I handled it really well. I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU. I told him my half brother, James Sukhan, told me all about it! I love you man! Thanks for everything! We are chillin when i get back everyday! You, me, Britt and hopefully your wife but probably not though, JK! I miss you and love ya!
Whit, Paul, Tru and Luke - That is so cute about Luke and the song! I Love you so much!!! I miss you guys but know the lord will bless everyone!
Dad - YOU ARE TIGHT, DAWG!! I am almost done with the Book of Mormon, which is cool, first time ever! I miss you! Send that stuff out for me ASAP! Miss you and love you, tell Barb hi!
Ash - Oh dear Ash!! I love you! Miss you so much! I hope all is well! That sounds tight when I get home! I think I am going to go to OSU (Ohio State) So you, me, JT and my Princess (aka Brittany) can all live together!
Justin - I love you man! Miss you! Thanks for all you have done!!
Brittany - I love you so much, you are amazing! I am sending you a tape today and some other stuff! I hope you got my other email.
JP - I sent you a letter the other day so I hope you get it soon! I LOVE YOU!! You are so tight man. I miss you and am thinking about you! You are so tight!
I know the church is true with everything in my body! I am so thankful for Jesus Christ and that he has made it possible for me to return to live with Him one day! I am so thankful for families and all they stand for! I can not wait to start my own with Brittany and have the church in my life! I am so thankful for Brittany, for always standing by my side, for being an amazing girlfriend, and for being my Partner In Crime (PIC), a new nickname, ha ha! I love all you guys and know the Lord will bless me for doing His work! Everyone read the Ensign - the article that Monson wrote! AMAZING! And read Alma 20! AMAZING! Brings such comfort knowing that Mom is happy and she is watching over me! I have felt her very close and helping everyday! I LOVE YOU GUYS! Do what’s right! BRITTANY, I love you. I know you are in my life for a reason and I thank God every night for you. I love you!
LOVE YOU ALL. Love you LO (aka Britt)
Elder Burnett!
Hey! How are you guys doing? How are things back at home? Is it snowing? How is the cabin, Dad?
Things are good here! I made it to my first p-day!! We have been doing wash and trying to get all this stuff done today! We are supposed to go bowling at 12 but who knows! Kinda lame! My trainer is pretty cool! Kinda weird and quiet but a good kid! He is Tongan and is from Utah.
We have been riding our bike SO, SO, SO MUCH!! My butt hurts so bad! Seriously, it kills me! I have ridden over 85 miles since Wednesday! CRAZY!!! I have lost a lot of weight but getting back in shape. We don’t have a car which stinks because it would be nice to drive but OH WELL!! Just my luck! Whatever it takes to humble me then so be it!
We have been teaching a good amount! I have run in to some crazy, SUCH rude people but it’s good! I just like talking to people! I actually have my first Baptism next Saturday!!!!!!!!!!! WAY COOL! Took my 5 days, President Gee said that is the fastest he has ever seen anyone get a baptism that fast, so it’s cool! He had all ready had the 1st and 2nd lesson. Then we taught him the 3rd and 4th lesson. His name is Steve Toney age 50, male and black! SUCH A TIGHT GUY!! We were teaching him yesterday and trying to get his date set and what not. He had a big thing of coffee that he got from his food stamps and he said, "Well I gotta drink my coffee because it was 13 dollars so I’ll get baptized after I finish it!"
I said, “How much was it?”
He said, “13 dollars, why?”
I said, “I’ll pay you 13 dollars to go dump it out and to set your date for you baptism.”
He started laughing and said, “No, you won’t!” I pulled it out of my wallet and put 13 bucks on the table! He started laughing and said, “OKAY!!!”
He had not had it in 15 days but it was free with his stamps! So he did it! He dumped it out and got him to pick his date for next Saturday!!!!!!!!! SO COOL! He came back in and gave me a huge hug and started crying. He said "I never knew that someone would care about me that much to pay me to throw food away!"
Such a cool thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The best 13 dollars I have spent or Dad has, so thanks Dad!! That one is on you!
We are teaching four other people who will probably get baptized! The average person only gets two to four baptisms in the mission for two years. My companion only has one! So we will see! I am working so hard to do the work! It is hard but I know the Lord will bless me!
So we were knocking on doors in an apartment complex and we came to this one door. I knocked on the door and this OLD Lady answers with no teeth. CRAZY?!?!? I said "Hi, I am from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
And she said, "OHHH NO! GET OUTTA HERE!” She slammed the door in our faces so HARD!! I got shot down by a lady with no TEETH!! Haha, it was funny. My companion and I just started laughing.
I am kinda down in the ghetto, like for real! It’s pretty crazy. We are not allowed to be in parts of the city at night because it is so bad! But it is tight! I have gotten flipped off, yelled at, honked at and called some bad names in only 6 days! But it is tight!
I was pretty home sick at first or I guess I should say, Brittany Sick! But it is getting better. I am trying to lose myself and GIVE MYSELF (James Sukhan). Ha ha! SO it is good! We OYM (Open Your Mouth) to 24 people yesterday and didn’t get out until 1:30! So in 6 1/2 hours, which is pretty good.
Sukhan - I LOVE YOU MAN!! Thank you so much for everything! We sat down with this guy the other day that just went off about all the stuff we talked about - the questions about blacks, the temple and what not. When we left, my companion said I handled it really well. I GIVE IT ALL TO YOU. I told him my half brother, James Sukhan, told me all about it! I love you man! Thanks for everything! We are chillin when i get back everyday! You, me, Britt and hopefully your wife but probably not though, JK! I miss you and love ya!
Whit, Paul, Tru and Luke - That is so cute about Luke and the song! I Love you so much!!! I miss you guys but know the lord will bless everyone!
Dad - YOU ARE TIGHT, DAWG!! I am almost done with the Book of Mormon, which is cool, first time ever! I miss you! Send that stuff out for me ASAP! Miss you and love you, tell Barb hi!
Ash - Oh dear Ash!! I love you! Miss you so much! I hope all is well! That sounds tight when I get home! I think I am going to go to OSU (Ohio State) So you, me, JT and my Princess (aka Brittany) can all live together!
Justin - I love you man! Miss you! Thanks for all you have done!!
Brittany - I love you so much, you are amazing! I am sending you a tape today and some other stuff! I hope you got my other email.
JP - I sent you a letter the other day so I hope you get it soon! I LOVE YOU!! You are so tight man. I miss you and am thinking about you! You are so tight!
I know the church is true with everything in my body! I am so thankful for Jesus Christ and that he has made it possible for me to return to live with Him one day! I am so thankful for families and all they stand for! I can not wait to start my own with Brittany and have the church in my life! I am so thankful for Brittany, for always standing by my side, for being an amazing girlfriend, and for being my Partner In Crime (PIC), a new nickname, ha ha! I love all you guys and know the Lord will bless me for doing His work! Everyone read the Ensign - the article that Monson wrote! AMAZING! And read Alma 20! AMAZING! Brings such comfort knowing that Mom is happy and she is watching over me! I have felt her very close and helping everyday! I LOVE YOU GUYS! Do what’s right! BRITTANY, I love you. I know you are in my life for a reason and I thank God every night for you. I love you!
LOVE YOU ALL. Love you LO (aka Britt)
Elder Burnett!
1/10/08: Letter from President Gee
Dear Brother Burnett,
Please be assured that everything is OK in the Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Mission! Elder Burnett arrived safely yesterday, tired from beginning the day at 2 a.m. but also full of excitement and anticipation to begin his missionary service. He was able to spend part of the evening proselyting. We are happy to have him here with us. Enclosed is a picture of your son with President and Sister Gee.
We have assigned one of our best missionaries as your son’s missionary trainer. His name is Elder Motuapuaka from Taylorsville, Utah. He is pleased to share these first weeks of your son’s mission with him. Their address is:
7215 North MacArthur #4
Warr Acres, OK 73132
For your information, the Mission office telephone number is (405) 601-9926 and that mission home telephone number is (405) 692-2040. Should an emergency arise, please feel free to contact us using these numbers.
As your son begins this wonderful experience, he will have a great desire to share it with you. We encourage your missionary to write or email home every week. Likewise, please know that your weekly email and especially letters are so important to keep him encouraged about the work. Because we, along with you, have a great desire for him to feel happy and successful, we encourage you to express your love and support to him often.
We count it as one our choicest blessing to share this time with your son, as will as the other missionaries who serve with us. We will do our very best to build upon the wonderful foundation that you have already laid. He will bless the lives of may here in Oklahoma as he brings souls unto Christ through dedication, sacrifice and love.
God bless,
James R. Gee
Mission President
Please be assured that everything is OK in the Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Mission! Elder Burnett arrived safely yesterday, tired from beginning the day at 2 a.m. but also full of excitement and anticipation to begin his missionary service. He was able to spend part of the evening proselyting. We are happy to have him here with us. Enclosed is a picture of your son with President and Sister Gee.
We have assigned one of our best missionaries as your son’s missionary trainer. His name is Elder Motuapuaka from Taylorsville, Utah. He is pleased to share these first weeks of your son’s mission with him. Their address is:
7215 North MacArthur #4
Warr Acres, OK 73132
For your information, the Mission office telephone number is (405) 601-9926 and that mission home telephone number is (405) 692-2040. Should an emergency arise, please feel free to contact us using these numbers.
As your son begins this wonderful experience, he will have a great desire to share it with you. We encourage your missionary to write or email home every week. Likewise, please know that your weekly email and especially letters are so important to keep him encouraged about the work. Because we, along with you, have a great desire for him to feel happy and successful, we encourage you to express your love and support to him often.
We count it as one our choicest blessing to share this time with your son, as will as the other missionaries who serve with us. We will do our very best to build upon the wonderful foundation that you have already laid. He will bless the lives of may here in Oklahoma as he brings souls unto Christ through dedication, sacrifice and love.
God bless,
James R. Gee
Mission President
Sister Gee, Elder Burnett and President Gee
Thursday, January 3, 2008
1/2/08: Send this to peeps, Dad and Brit!
Hey everyone!!
Things are going well! I am starting to get settled in! The church is amazing! I really never had a testimony but now I cant wait to go serve the people! I had an amazing thing happen in the RC (aka Referral Center) the other day!
A 25 year old lady wanted to chat and had questions about the church! Talked to her for 30 minutes. I talked her into letting the missionaries come over so they can teach her the lessons! I know the church is true!
My Companion is leaving tomorrow, yes!! He is crazy, for real! I have gotten really close with Elder Katoa! He is way tight!
My teachers are amazing! A week and then its game time! Ash your friend Sister Payne is amazing! Really so nice!
DAD - I LOVE YOU!! Thanks for the cookies! The ice cream was a little crazy but still good! I have lost 15 pounds! I have been working out a lot and eating better! Jimmie is running AWAY!! YES!!!!! ha ha! I love you all DAD. I Miss you! You are a man of God and did a great job raising me!
Ash - You are so freaking tight! I love you.
Whit, Paul, Tru and Luke - I love the letters. I love you! I know the church is true!
Britt - YOU ARE AMAZING!! I can't wait to marry you and spend forever with you! WE CAN DO THIS, I KNOW WE CAN!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!
JT - I LOVE YOU CUZ!! Doing it big all the time, cuz! You are so tight! I love you! Thanks for everything!
I miss everyone and love you all! The church is true! The Book of Mormon is a true book of God and has been put here on the earth today for us!! READ IT!! 2 Nephi 4:15 - to the end!
LOVE YOU ALL!! KEEP writing!!!!!!!
BRITTANY I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Things are going well! I am starting to get settled in! The church is amazing! I really never had a testimony but now I cant wait to go serve the people! I had an amazing thing happen in the RC (aka Referral Center) the other day!
A 25 year old lady wanted to chat and had questions about the church! Talked to her for 30 minutes. I talked her into letting the missionaries come over so they can teach her the lessons! I know the church is true!
My Companion is leaving tomorrow, yes!! He is crazy, for real! I have gotten really close with Elder Katoa! He is way tight!
My teachers are amazing! A week and then its game time! Ash your friend Sister Payne is amazing! Really so nice!
DAD - I LOVE YOU!! Thanks for the cookies! The ice cream was a little crazy but still good! I have lost 15 pounds! I have been working out a lot and eating better! Jimmie is running AWAY!! YES!!!!! ha ha! I love you all DAD. I Miss you! You are a man of God and did a great job raising me!
Ash - You are so freaking tight! I love you.
Whit, Paul, Tru and Luke - I love the letters. I love you! I know the church is true!
Britt - YOU ARE AMAZING!! I can't wait to marry you and spend forever with you! WE CAN DO THIS, I KNOW WE CAN!! YOU ARE AMAZING!!
JT - I LOVE YOU CUZ!! Doing it big all the time, cuz! You are so tight! I love you! Thanks for everything!
I miss everyone and love you all! The church is true! The Book of Mormon is a true book of God and has been put here on the earth today for us!! READ IT!! 2 Nephi 4:15 - to the end!
LOVE YOU ALL!! KEEP writing!!!!!!!
BRITTANY I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12/26/07: First email from Elder Burnett
(this email was to me personally, Ashley - his sister and keeper of this blog, but I thought I would share it)
I LOVE YOU. This is my e-mail! Hope all is well! I will write more later when I have more time! Today is p-day, so yea! I forgot my iPod and that is what has your email on it so i had to go get it out of my room! Hope all is well! Love you and miss you! Hang in there tomorrow! I know it's going to be a hard day but we can do it together! Give people my email! I love you!! Tell Brittany I love her and that she better wait, please! YOU ARE AMAZING! Thanks for talking to me the other day, it really helped!
Lots of love,
Elder Burnett
p.s. I think I can only check this once a week and it's on Wednesdays, so yea!!
I LOVE YOU. This is my e-mail! Hope all is well! I will write more later when I have more time! Today is p-day, so yea! I forgot my iPod and that is what has your email on it so i had to go get it out of my room! Hope all is well! Love you and miss you! Hang in there tomorrow! I know it's going to be a hard day but we can do it together! Give people my email! I love you!! Tell Brittany I love her and that she better wait, please! YOU ARE AMAZING! Thanks for talking to me the other day, it really helped!
Lots of love,
Elder Burnett
p.s. I think I can only check this once a week and it's on Wednesdays, so yea!!
12/19/2007: I Say Goodbye, You Say Hello
On Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Taylor entered the Missionary Training Center (the MTC). Some might say it is the end of one life and the beginning of another. It was almost one day to the year when he promised his mom he would go on a mission. Way to go Tay! Not only is Mom so proud of you, we are too! We love you.
Brit putting Tay's name tag on - now officially Elder Burnett
Grandpa Don, Elder Burnett and Dad
Elder Burnett.jpg)
Elder Burnett and Justin Thompson.jpg)
Paul, Luke, Elder Burnett, Whitney and Truman.jpg)
Dad (aka Scott) and Elder Burnett.jpg)
Sean Ballew and Elder Burnett10/17/2007: Where in the World?
On Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Taylor was called to serve in the Oklahoma Oklahoma City Mission from December 2007 to December 2009.
Oh Taylor, just smile.
He will report to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah on Wednesday, December 19, 2007.
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