Miracles are great

Miracles are great! In case you ever wondered. I finally received my flight itinerary in the mail this week. That was a hard day. I thought I would be able to handle all this coming home junk. It immobilized me for a good hour or so, so I called President and just said "Hey, I did not think this would happen, but it is, any advice?" He said something I did not expect, and something I completely expected. He said: "Elder Burnham it's coming, and you know it. If I knew how to prevent or fix these feelings it would have been done and you would be all happy and baptizing someone right now. It is natural and you just need to take some time to commune with your Father and work this out. Remember that working hard to the very end is the best and I know you will do it, so do it!" It was a very short phone call, it was all I needed. Just hearing the confidence of my President in me gave me the strength to get up and work. The rest of that day was amazing! We gave a few blessings and had a great correlation for Post. Since then, I have been happy and have accepted the inevitable. I am happy to come home. I am satisfied and fulfilled! I have no regrets! I am proud, and have received the assurance that God is proud as well!

We had another baptism on post this Sunday. He had been coming for 5 or so weeks, and he came up to me before Sacrament meeting started and told me he is ready to commit himself to God and be baptized. It was awesome! I also was able to invite two other soldiers that I have been working with to the baptism and they are praying for baptism this Sunday. I have been praying more earnestly than ever for these two soldiers. I feel a very odd connection to them. They are both women, and from completely different backgrounds. One is Sis. Ray 20 yrs old, from Georgia, married, a Jehovah's Witness, and has been homeless for most of her life, and joined the army. The other is Sis. Riebe she is 18 from Wisconsin, Catholic (but hates the Catholic church), lived in Spain for 2 years as a nanny, and joined the army reserve. All I know is I have truly come to see them as my sisters and I have this burning desire to help them to those waters. They Graduate this next Friday, so this Sunday is their last. I have been praying so hard that they receive the witness and then ACT! I know it may be more of "my will not thine" but I know it can happen. I know God wants it to happen. I wont give up on them! 

This Saturday Jesse, a man we have been working with since I got here, will be baptized. He has elected me to perform the baptism and Elder Bueno to confirm. It will be an amazing day! I'm super excited! 

We have interviews today with President, I'm a little nervous/excited to see what the final interview will be like. Unless he interviews us in the Mission home one last time. I don't know. I had a bunch of questions for him, but I felt the prompting of the Spirit to throw them all out and accept all counsel and to only ask what I am prompted to ask. 

Today is going to be a good day! I love you! I hope your day goes just as well!

NEVER a Second Wasted,

Elder Ryan Burnham