Tuesday, January 20, 2009


Got this picture and letter the other day:

Dear Brother and Sister Burnham,

My name is Brother Kevin F. Jura and I am in the Crestview (FL) 1st Ward. I am writing to you today to let you know how grateful both my wife Sarah and I are for the privilege of knowing your son Joshua. He has not only been a positive example, but also a true testament to the Church and to his calling as a missionary.

Over the last few months Sarah and I have had the distinct pleasure and opportunity of getting to know Joshua and we cannot say enough good things about him. We are fortunate to not only look upon him as a friend, but also as family. He is a wonderful young man, as I am sure you already know.

Please know that he is doing a wonderful job in the mission field and has impacted more lives for the better than he will ever know or appreciate. Again, thank you for the privilege of getting to know your son.
Very Respectfully, Kevin F. Jura

From Josh:
"The new area is great. Fort Walton is a pretty big city right on the gulf. Its nothing like Crestview at all. To tell you the truth, I actually miss crestview a lot. The members there were like family. That’s funny that Kevin Jura wrote you guys that letter. He was a less-active member who has struggled a lot in the past.... He had not been to church in almost a year. We stopped by his house a couple of times and it seems like he just kinda took a liking to us. He and his wife started having us over for dinner all the time. We became really good friends with them to the point where we finally just told him that he needs to get back to church. So the next Sunday he came back and talked to the bishop. Every Sunday after that he came and eventually was able to take the sacrament again. They now have plans to get sealed in the DC temple in the very near future. Its been really fun seeing Kevins life turn around. That’s cool that he wrote you guys"...

(more from Josh on his blog)

2 comments:

Jessett said...

What a blessing. This letter gave me chills.

Miss you all.

Jessett

The Randall Family said...

What a wonderful letter. That was so kind of them to write to you.
We have some exciting news! We are buying a house! I posted pictures of it on our blog just this morning. Can you tell that I'm just slightly excited? : ) Let me know if you have more problems with our blog. I don't know why it's being a booger. I am feeling well and still healing quickly. We got some blood test results back and my doctor is surprised at how fast my body is bouncing back. He expected about me to need about three months to heal to the point where I am now at only five and a half weeks. I'm so grateful and I know that it's because I have had so many people praying for me. We sure love you guys and we hope that all is well.