2 Month Mark and Week 9 at the MTC!!

Leih Hou!!!

I got my haircut today!

The sisters get one free haircut during their stay at the MTC,

it comes to my neck, a bit below my chin, maybe I can send pictures soon the picture machine has been down lately,

But sister kelly said that my hair looked chic and that it really brightens my face, which is good i guess because I do want people to notice me so I can tell them why I am so happy in my life haha

Anyways, it's so crazy, I only have less than 2 week left until I fly out to Hong Kong!!!, we will leave before the sun comes out on monday morning on September 5, it's crazy how close it is!!

To be honest the reality hasn't really hit me yet, it's pretty weird here at the MTC, especially with the time,

I feel like I died in my old life and was born in the MTC again, and that I'm gonna be here the rest of my life and that people back home are kind of like a dream or my past life, it's really wierd, I must have just been here for so long haha, but it doesn't feel like I've been here 2 months and one day, it feels like I've been here my whole life, yet it also feels like that two months flew by, Our district has made a goal to sprint this last two weeks that we have so that we can be the best prepared we can be.

Anyways, I've just read my own journal entries from when I first got here, and in one entry, back in June 24 (wierd how far away that seems!!) I recorded my prayer, and part of it I asked the Lord: " Please polish me, prepare me as I humble myself and turn to thee, so that i can be most useful unto thee in this thy great work, thy glory. this is not a sacrifice at all, this is an ultimate privilege. I am so blessed x infinity."

The Lord really does hear and answer all of our prayers. No wonder I felt so squeezed and pushed to my utmost limits for so long, I know that He is only helping me become better and grow. He is really preparing me and polishing me.

But despite how hard it is to be a missionary, i do not belive that i have ever felt so comfortable and so at peace as I have been ever since i came to the mtc and ever since i became a missionary. i really do love my life as a missionary. i get up without problem in the mornings and by the end of the day i am way exhausted but i am truly happyand feel so accomplished. I have this peace of mind, a mind free of cares, I am just really comfortable. I don't know if it;s only because we're at the mtc among other missionaries where the whole place is just filled with the spirit all the time, or if I can continue to have this feeling throughout my mission out in Hong Kon g and even through out the rest of my life, but I do know that i want to do a ll I can to continue to have this feeling of peace and comfort as long as and as often as i can.

god has such an interesting sense of humor, I have such an interesting father-daughter relationship with Him. He is my heavenly father and he has known me all my existance. and even when i was leaving further and further away from him lost in pain, sins and suffering, Heavenly Father still sought me out and when I finally found him again, I embraced him. I have really missed out a lot for those early years.

Right now, I am so happy to be on a mission, I want to help people, but i know without god i am helpless. With Him, he can use my best effort to help people in His own way, the best way, the most effective way

with His wisdom, none of my efforts are in vain, every little effort does help

I love my heavenly father

I know where I came from before this life,

I know who i am

I know where I am

I know I am where I should be

I know where I am going

I know where I want to go and be

I know how to get there

and right now, I have been given this opportunity to share what i know with my brothers and sisters and invite them to Christ, to be able to tell them about his good news, that they have a heavenly father who loves them, and everything about the gospel, and invite them to the right path back to our heavenly father.

Anyone can come to know this,

anyone and everyone, Everyone has the privilege to find out for themselves

I love you all so much, and I pray for you every day, I think of you and my heart goes out for you, and I can't wait to find more people I care about in this journey to serving in Hong Kong

May god be with you :)

Sister burningham