Elder Burch π: “No sunlight, no sunlight...”

This week included a trip to Helena for MLC. Going to MLC from Powell is way worse than going to MLC from Great Falls or Missoula. A fun time, for sure, but far more stressful and time-consuming. Let me lay it out for you in steps.

Going To MLC in Wyoming West: A How-To Guide

1. Monday night, drive from Powell to Billings

2. Stay the night in the mission home with the Wyoming East Elders

3. Wake up at 3 to get ready to go

4. Depart the mission home in Wyoming East’s man-van (SaVANna) at 4:15

5. Stop in Bozeman to pick up those Zone Leaders

6. Arrive in Helena for MLC at 8:00

7. Enjoy MLC

8. Drive back to Bozeman to drop of those elders

9. Drive to Billings, arrive around 7:30

10. Get dinner in Billings (we went to Outback Steakhouse)

11. Sleep in the mission home again

12. Drive to Cody in the morning for district meeting

13. Drive back to Powell

14. Have a wrecked day because we’re dead tired

Good times. It actually was really good, though. MLC was great, and we really enjoyed the time with the other Elders.

Besides that, we have set some finding goals and have been striving to succeed. The recent weather (WHY IS THERE MORE SNOW) might hurt that a bit, but we will remain committed.

Conference was awesome. Just, straight up. I loved it. Revelation is strong. Miracles await in the near future.

I feel that the next decade and beyond are going to be years marked with many miracles, much sacrifice, and a powerful surge of the furthering of the Work of the Lord. I feel that, through the inspiration of the Lord through our living prophets and apostles, the Lord will accelerate His Work as never before seen among the children of men as the world begins to draw nigh to the Second Coming of the Messiah. I feel that the coming years will provide opportunity for the saints to definitively declare “Who’s on the Lord’s side, who?” as the lines between the teachings of the world and the teachings of God are drawn more clearly than ever. Satan is a very real being bent on the misery and destruction of the souls of men, and as the battles of the last day intensify, we will face increasing trials and temptations that are ever more subtle and ensnaring. The evil one will seek to bind us with addiction, doubt, and complacency. While these things are intimidating, the blessing that will come from them is more opportunity to become the firm and steadfast disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ that we were created to be. As the heat intensifies, so does our refinement if we keep our hands firmly on the rod of iron and our gaze always towards the Mountain of the Lord. Grand opportunity is before us, more than ever before, and ours is the commission to lift up the hands which hang down and build the Lord’s kingdom in these last days. As President Nelson said, the grandest miracles of the Lord are to occur in the time between now and the Second Coming. I feel strongly to echo the admonition of Joshua: “Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

Thank you all for all you do. Rock and roll ~

-Elder Burch π

“...It disappeared at the same speed, the idealistic things I believed...”