October 20,
2014 (week 8 in Argentina)
Dear people
of the world outside my small area of Fontana,
These weeks
have been so life changing and humbling for me and I hardly ever want to leave
from this work. We have days that we
have great success and other days where we are frustrated by others. It’s just like life honestly. We can be trying our best to teach someone and
show them how much love and happiness they can have in their lives, and they
reject us. Imagine two people in the
world who come to your door solely to give you an invitation to have the
greatest feelings you could ever experience in the world. Would you listen to it and even follow the invitation?
That’s really how simple it is, nothing
more than sitting down and talking, reading, praying, and acting on the
invitation.
I invite everyone
to do just that, read, pray, go to church just to try it. And listen for a feeling. A feeling that is so great, that if you are
looking for it you will find it. It is
crazy what you find when you start looking. Elder Allen and I have worked and had good and
bad outcomes. We have learned about
agency, patience and love more.
Some of the
people we have taught don’t wish to talk to us anymore. And that is there choice. I love that we always have our free will to
choose for ourselves and to choose between what is right and what is wrong. I thank my Heavenly Father for such a gift. And I thank my entire genealogy of family
members who have chosen certain paths that have brought me to existence. I am always grateful for my life and the
people that choose to be my friends. I
love you all and I am oh so grateful for my mom!
Happy mother’s
day mom from Argentina (Argentina has mother’s day in October)! I love you and I am beyond appreciative for
raising me to be the man I am today. You
are above every family member I could ever have in my life and I hope you know
how much I love you mom!
Elder Burke
Notes from mom: Taylor was given permission to skype home for Argentina Mother's Day...however, I was on the road coming back from California. We tried to get it to work on the Ipad from a McDonald's parking lot, but didn't have much luck. At one point through all the static I finally made out the words, "I love you mom". I could barely hear it, but it was Taylor's voice and I loved it. We tried again a few hours later and we were able to see him and talk to him for about 2 minutes and then lost connection. He was able to Skype with Matt (Matt was at home) and got permission from his mission president to call the following Sunday since it didn't work well. Tender Mercies!!!
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