Another Week Gone! March 16, 2015

Another week gone. Can you believe it? This week was full of miracles! Surprise I know! :)

 

On Tuesday we meet with D, K, and K!

 

D is being baptized on Saturday! She is so excited! She has been investigating for less than a month! She has watched almost every video on mormonchannel.org including The District, which are missionary training videos. We taught her the Law of Chastity last week and she related it to the District! It was so funny! D has taught me that it is solely by the spirit that someone is converted. I haven't done anything except prepare to teach her and the spirit takes it from there. She loves the gospel and is so excited to come closer to her Father in Heaven and Savior Jesus Christ!

 

K is steadily progressing! She is still having Word of Wisdom problems but she received a priesthood blessing on Thursday and loved it!  The Spirit was so strong and everything she needed to hear was in the blessing. Heavenly Father knows exactly what each of us need to hear exactly when we need to hear it! She quit her job so that she could come to church! I love seeing the change that people go through as they come closer to their Heavenly Father decide to align their will with his! Her baptism date is still set for March 28! We might have to push it back a week but hopefully not!

 

And K! We met with her on Tuesday and she had a question for us. She has been researching the church for quite some time, her only question was about the Great Apostasy. She just wanted more clarification on it. We decided to teach her the whole first lesson so it made sense. The spirit was so strong! She is so ready to hear the restored gospel! She said that she has been praying to know if this is the church that she should join but hasn't received and answer. We talked about how the Holy Ghost works and she realized that she has received and answer! She wants to be baptized but she needs to talk to her parents first, they are out of the country but when they get back she is going to talk to them. They are not religious so hopefully all goes well!

I have learned so much about the nature of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost through my experiences this week! I love being a missionary and being a tool in the Lord's hands to bring His children back into His fold.

 

Sis. Burton, Sis. L, Sis. W, D

 Love you! Love, Sister Burton xoxo

Another Amazing Week! March 2, 2015

What a week. I know I said that last week but I really mean it this week. We finally heard back from the Doctor about Sister L's ankle. It is broken.. She was ordered to lay in bed with her foot elevated all day Friday so that meant that I was also in the apartment all day Friday. I almost went crazy. The doctor told her that she might need surgery so her and Sister Manion went to the hospital on Friday to get it looked at again. We had appointments all night so we went to those. We got a text around 2:30 that Sister L had to go home for surgery..So we were freaking out. It was nuts. We finished our appointments and then headed home to plan and pack for Sister L. She was flying out the next day. Around 10 we got a text from Sister L that said, "Surprise I am not going home yet! They are going to reset my ankle and see if it will heal properly and if it doesn't then I will have to go home for surgery." So that was a huge relief! So she is working in the office every week day from 10-5. Then she will come around with us every night.

 

Even with all the craziness of the week. We met with K twice and D (miracle media referral) 3 times! D came to church again yesterday and is coming to FHE tonight! She is so excited to learn about the church!!

Missionary work is amazing!!! As you all probably saw, Saturday was our Social Media Split. Every set of missionaries in the Canada Edmonton Mission were followed around by members of the ward, who took pictures of us and posted them on Facebook and Instagram! The Book of Mormon Musical is coming to Edmonton at the end of the month so we want to show other what missionaries really do instead of them being deceived by the musical! It was such a great experience!

 

All of these pictures are from our Social Media Split, posted by members of the

Rainbow Valley YSA Ward! 

 

 

 

I love you all so much!

 

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

PS I found Rob's twin. I about had a heart attack when I saw him! :)

The craziness continues... February 23, 2015

Since the last time I emailed things have just gotten crazier. But a good crazy! We got X-Ray's for Sister L's ankle on Tuesday but the Doctor who is going to be looking at it is in Mexico on Holiday. So we will get the results whenever he gets back. So for right now she is on crutches, hobbling everywhere. :)

As we are covering the 3 wards we have been very busy! We didn't even get a chance to meet with everyone last week! We are going to have to do splits this week to get everything done. In all of the craziness we saw so many miracles! We found 3 new investigators this week! One for each of the 3 areas we are covering! 

I was praying all week for a Miracle Media Referral. A media referral is someone who goes online to mormon.org and requests something like a Book of Mormon, a Bible, or a visit from the missionaries. I have never received one so I wanted one! On Friday we got a text from the Rutherford Elders wanting to pass over a girl to us. They taught her the first lesson and she seemed really interested! She is YSA age so they passed her over to us! I told my companions that I was praying for a Referral, too bad she wasn't a media referral. And at that moment the Elders texted us and told us that she was a media referral!!! It was so cool! Heavenly Father answers prayers! Even when they are a silly thing like wanting a Miracle Media Referral! D came to church yesterday and loved it! And she is coming to FHE tonight!! 

Yesterday I spoke in church and taught the Gospel Principles class with Sister W. Hopefully they are not too tired of hearing from me! I spoke on Loving Others and Living with Differences. The talks I based my talk on were "Love-the Essence of the Gospel" by President Monson and "Loving Others and Living with Differences"by Elder Oaks. You should all read them because they are so good! :) 

On Saturday we went to a Baptism of someone that Sister L taught. It was such a great experience! She is 14 years old and is so excited about the gospel! I love the gospel and the joy that it brings into everyone's life!!

I love you all! 

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

One Companion For One Area! February 16, 2015

This week was NUTS!

 

Monday we received a call right after emailing last week from President Manion, who informed us that a Sister had to go home so her companion Sister L would be joining our companionship! So we would be picking her up on Thursday! We had a lesson with K and her mom Ke and watched Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Restoration with them! They loved it!!!! They are so amazing!

Tuesday we had Zone Conference! We talked more about Facebook and how we are going to make it more effective. We are all new at Facebook so we do a lot of trial and error. :) 

 

Wednesday we had District Meeting because Sister W was leaving the next day so Elder Ca our District Leader decided to have it before she left! We took some pretty sweet district pictures!

 

 

Thursday we picked up Sister L at the Mission Office and the crazy began! We are covering Rainbow Valley plus Sister L's area, Belmead, and we are Sister request for Coronation Park. We are going to be so busy!!! It is great! We met with S, a less active, who has returned to activity! And she has a meeting with the Bishop on Sunday to get her Patriarchal Blessing!!! She has grown so much! I just love her!! The atonement of Jesus Christ is amazing! It can help us overcome anything!!!! 

 

Friday we Weekly Planned. Weekly Planning for 3 areas was CRAZY!! It took us alllllll day! There was so much to go over and so much to do. But it is finished and we are semi-organized. :) We will get the hang of it soon!

Saturday was Valentine's Day. I totally forgot! haha :) Sister L cut out little hearts and we heart attacked less-actives and investigators! It was so great!! Sister L is amazing! She is from Las Vegas! She has been out 5 months. So I am still the oldest. How strange is that?? 

Sunday was interesting. We had to go on splits to cover all of the wards. Belmead and Rainbow Valley meet at the same time. So we dropped Sister L off at that chapel and we headed over to the Institute for our church. :) It was very strange to be away from Sister L and she said it was strange to be with a member the whole time! Tripans are weird! But amazing! :) 

Monday was Family Day in Canada so everything was closed. That is why P-Day is today!! :) 

For FHE yesterday we went to Hawrelak Park! They had an ice skating rink on a lake. It was so cool!!! I can now say that I have Ice Skated on a Lake in Canada! But...Sister L fell and twisted her ankle. She can't walk on it but because yesterday was Family Day we couldn't go to the doctor. So we are going to get it X-Rayed today...The adventures are never stopping here in the Rainbow Valley, Belmead, and Coronation Park Wards...haha :)

 

Sis. Burton, Sis. L, Sis. W

We were not able to meet with D this week because he was out of town :( Hopefully we can meet with him soon!! 

Despite all the craziness we did get a lot of missionary work done and we are seeing so much success! I love being a missionary!!!!!! 

Love, Sister Burton