Blessings April 27, 2015

This week has been another fabulous one!

My District before transfers.

 

On Tuesday we had a lot of lessons and said Sister W said goodbye to people. Leaving Sister W was one of the hardest things I have ever done! I love her so much! She is such an amazing missionary and best friend! I can't wait until we are both home and we can hang out and laugh together (because we do a lot of laughing together!) Our Mission President asked us why we were always laughing and we said it was because missionary work is a party!

 

Sis. W, K and Sis. Burton

 

On Wednesday I met my new companion, Sister R! She is so cute! She is from Kanab, Utah. I hope that I can teach her how fun missionary work is! I think I have because I laugh all the time :)

 

We met with Am on Wednesday. She is still doing super good! She has continued to read the Book of Mormon!! She as a lot of questions about the church culture. We are going to try to help her understand the doctrine and hopefully the understanding of why we do the things we do will come! We introduced to her to a member of our ward and she wants to come to our sacrament meetings! She has come such a long way in the few short weeks since we have known her!

 

Sis. Burton, Sis. R, Sis. Manion and Pres. Manion

 

On Wednesday we also met with a less active named Ch. She has had a hard life and is trying to figure out what she believes. We are teaching her the lessons again just so she can understand the doctrine of the church. Her stepdad has asked that we don't come to the house anymore so we walk her dog around the block with her then we sat in a park and taught her more about Baptism and the Holy Ghost.

 

Thursday we met with Au again! This week she read all of 1 Nephi! We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she loved it! She has always known that there was something after this life but she never understood what. She loves the church! She came to church again this week without her member friends. They were not even there! She is amazing! :)

 

Sis. Burton and Sis. R

 

Saturday we met with Kr for the last time :( She is absolutely amazing! And she will be a friend forever! We are going to keep in touch through email and facebook! We are having a skype lesson with her this week because she hasn't figured out where she is moving to. Once she does we are going to fax her teaching record to the missionaries and then she will finish the lessons and be baptized! She is so excited to be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost!

 

And on Sunday we met with J and S. They both came to church! J loved it! He felt the spirit and wanted to bear his testimony! (It was fast Sunday because we have Stake Conference next week). J loved looking at the temple and wanted so bad to go inside. He has come a long way since we first met him. He still has a long way to go but he has decided that he wants to be baptized!! He set a date for May 29! Hopefully he will understand all of the church doctrine by then and hopefully we can get S on board. She just comes to spend time with J. We can tell that she is listening because sometimes she explains things to J but she pretends to not be interested. She will feel the spirit and come around soon!

 

"My favorite picture EVER!  Sis. Wa, K, Sis. W
and I doing a nice temple selfie!"

 

We were not able to meet with Ka but we saw her when Sister W said goodbye and we have been texting her all week. We have an appointment for tomorrow and hopefully she can come to FHE tonight!

 

I am so grateful to be a missionary and to be able to meet all of these amazing people! I have learned so much about myself and my relationship with my Heavenly Father this week! I am so so grateful for everyone that has strengthened my testimony both her in Canada and back home . I love you all!

 Love, Sister Burton xoxo

Tripan Craziness! April 20, 2015

This week was amazing but also very crazy! Tripans are nuts! There is not enough hours in the day to get everything done we need to! But transfers are this week so we will not be a tripan anymore. Speaking of transfers! Sister W is leaving me! She is going to Sherwood Park and I am staying here and ....Training! Holy Smokes. I cannot believe it. I am so excited! It is going to be amazing! So I don't know who my companion is yet but I will find out on Wednesday! Sister Wa and Sister W thought it was hilarious that I am hitting my 9 month mark and I am training or having a "child" as we call it in the mission! I am going to be a mom! :) So weird. haha

 

Some things that happened this week are: K came to church yesterday! Wahoo! It was awesome! She loved it and all of the talks and lessons were so good for her! She is slowly progressing but she loved the gospel and the spirit she feels!

 

Kr came home this week and she came to a Relief Society Conference! All of the speakers were so good! She loved it! She is moving this next week. Which I am so sad about. She has come to be one of my favorite people on the earth! I love her so much! She has already told me that she is going to write me every week! :) We will see what happens this week! Hopefully she will get a job back up in Edmonton that she can move back up here and visit me! :)

 

Au, our new investigator, came to church again this week! She loves the church! We met with her this week and she has already started reading the Book of Mormon, she already knows that it is true! She is amazing! I am so excited for her to continue progressing!

 

D is still doing amazing! She got a calling this week! It is amazing to see her embrace the gospel! She loves it and hopefully her family will see a difference in her and question about the gospel!

 

We have a couple of other investigators that are doing well! A came to church yesterday! Her boyfriend is a member and they are thinking about marriage so she is deciding whether or not she believes in the church. She has such a strong desire to seek answers! She is amazing! J and S came to FHE a couple weeks ago and loved it! We weren't able to meet with them this week but they did go over to their fellowshipper's house and chat for a little while!

 

I know that this gospel is true! I know that it can make us happier then we ever would have thought! I have seen the change in others and myself as we come closer to the Savior. I am so honored to be able to be a representative of Him.

Love you all!

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

Sneaky Sisters April 13, 2015

This week was amazing! Sister W and I decided that we wanted to develop a "Passion for Finding" this week so really strived to and we did! We love finding now! Haha!

 

We did a lots of different things to find those who are ready to hear the gospel! We walked by and LRT (like Trax) Station and talked to everyone we passed. That worked really good but we wanted to think of other ways to get people to stop and talk to us. So we decided to ask people to take a picture of us and while they were doing that we would chat to them. haha needless to say we now have quite a few pictures of ourselves. haha sneaky sisters trying to get people to stop and talk to them! :)

 

This week we were able to meet with J and S and A! K is coming back to Edmonton on Wednesday! And K said she can meet with us after tomorrow!  I really craved Cafe Rio this week so you should go and eat some for me! :) Cherish what you have because sometimes you come to Canada and there is no Cafe Rio or Zupas!

 

Yesterday at church a girl named Au came to church with her friend again, this is her fourth time coming. Her and I have talked a little bit when she has come and this week I decided to ask her if she would like to learn more about the gospel and she said YES! So we are going to be teaching her this week! We are super excited! Sister W and I have been so blessed to have met so many people who are prepared to receive the restored gospel!

 

We also found out this week that we are going to be in another Tripan. But only for one week. We are getting Sister W because her companion is going home a week before transfers. So that will be fun! Tripans really like Sister W and I! :)

 

Love you!

 

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

 

I was going to send a lot of pictures home but the computer is not working :(

Happy Easter from Edmonton! April 7, 2015

This week has been great! I am typing on a little tiny computer so this email is going to be short because it is really hard to type on. So I will give little bullet points of the highlights of my week!

Well first off, General Conference! So good! I loved the Sunday Morning Sessions especially! I think that every talk was directed at me! I LOVED Elder Holland's talk about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. AMAZING!  I also loved Elder Nielson's talk about Watching, Waiting, and Praying! Sooo good!

We met with K twice this week and watched a session of General Conference with her! She loved it and is going back to watch all of the other sessions! We are meeting with her tonight! She has had really bad anxiety the past couple weeks and that has been why she doesn't respond to our messages but she thanked us for being persistant and is ready to meet with us again!! 

Kr talked to her mom this week and her mom told her that she is not going to support her decision to be baptized. Her mom isn't going to disown her which is a good sign but Kr is a little sad about it. But she is not going to let this stop her from being baptized. She is amazing!

D is still amazing! She watched all of the sessions of Conference and loved it! She is a little tender mercy every single day! 

We met with J and S again this week and we had a breakthrough with them! J admitted that Jesus is the Christ not just another person and he said that he knows that Christ can help him with every thing he is going through! The Spirit of Conference is so strong! They went to a members house to watch Conference. The member has two little boys ages 4 and 2 so it was a little hard for them to hear and pay attention to Conference but they still loved it and want to watch the other sessions that they missed!

We met with a new investigator this week named A. The Gateway YSA Sisters had a pass over lesson with us (they have been teaching her but she is in our area so we all met together and taught a lesson and now we are going to be teaching her) She is very intelligent and seriously desires to know if the Church is true. Her boyfriend is a member and they are getting to the point where they are talking about marriage and they both know that in order for their marriage to be solid they need to be on the same page religion wise. So she is investigating the church. Usually the word investigating isn't used literal but for A it is. She is digging down deep trying to find out what she believes. She is amazing! We are teaching her again tomorrow. 

Well this short email turned out to be longer than I expected it was just such a great week of finding answers to concerns, questions, and inspiration for investigators. I love being a missionary! I have always loved it but this week especially strengthened my testimony of missionary work and Jesus Christ. 

It was amazing to celebrate Easter on Sunday. It was nice to celebrate it without the things of the world. I studied the Savior's life and thought about his great atoning sacrifice all day! I know He lives. I know he loves each one of us and that is why he atoned for our sins and was resurrected for us. He knew that the only way we could return back to our Heavenly Father is if we could overcome sin and death and through Him we can. I am so grateful for His love and His sacrifice on my behalf. I love you all! 

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

I Love Edmonton March 30, 2015

D went and did Baptisms for the Dead at the temple this week and she loved it! She asked us if they would let her do 100 baptisms the next time she went? She is amazing! :)

We went on Exchanges this week! I stayed in Rainbow Valley and Sister A came down with me! I love Exchanges! They are amazing! We always see so many miracles and I always learn so much! Some miracles we saw on Exchanges this time are: #1 We stopped by a less active/lost sheep who has been ignoring us for 2 months and she let us in and we were able to teach her! She is really struggling. We asked her to study about the Atonement so she can understand it and apply it in her life! #2 We stopped by another less active that we have been trying to contact for months and she also let us in and we had a really good conversation about the church with her! She is willing to let us come back! Exchanges are great! :)

 

Sis. Burton and Sis. A

 

We were able to meet with K again this week! We taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ; faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the holy ghost, and enduring to the end. She is soooooo excited about Baptism! She went down to Medicine Hat this weekend to talk to her family! She is amazing! She was little tender mercy sent to us!

 

This is a random Totem Pole we found on Exchanges

 

K still isn't responding to us. She hung out with members this week and texted them back but she won't get back to us. We are just going to keep showing her how much we care about her and hopefully her heart will be softened. Satan is working really hard in the Canada Edmonton Mission right now. But we have Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ on our side! :)

 

This is a random Chinese Building

 

I love you all! Happy Easter! As missionaries we are sharing an Easter video that is amazing! You should all watch it and share it on Social Media ;) it is helives.mormon.org

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

Canadian Money...It is all real, I promise!

I left Sis. W laying on my bed like this for 30 seconds to get a drink. 
I came back to this and she jumps out from behind me and scared me!
I about died!  She scared me so bad!  Haha!

Baptism Week! March 23,2015

 

 

This week was phenomenal! D's baptism was amazing! She was so prepared and so excited! It has been an amazing experience to watch her progress the past 4 weeks closer to Christ! It is so amazing to see the Atonement working in her life and in the lives of many others! I have gained such a strong testimony strength that comes from Christ and the power of the Book of Mormon this week!

 

We had another lesson with K this week and she is doing fabulous! She wrote down a  bunch of questions she had for us and she came to church again! She is going to talk to her parents this week about Baptism. She is amazing! K is someone that I know I will be friends with forever! I just love her!

 

K hasn't been responding to our phone calls, texts, knocks on the door, facebook messages for the last two weeks. She is even ignoring the members. Hopefully her heart will be opened again to us!

 

We met with two new investigators last night, J and S. They are First Nation (Native Americans). They are interested in the Book of Mormon. They are going to be tricky but I know that Heavenly Father will help them come closer to Him and His Son.

 

After J and S, Sister W and I were talking about Natives and I mentioned that I was 1/64 Native. And I told her the story of Ruth and Anson Call. And guess what? She is related to Anson Call! We are related!! Haha! It was so funny!!! :)

Love you!

 

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

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

Transfer 6! March 9, 2015

I cannot believe that I am already into Transfer 6. That is crazyness! Good news is that I will be staying in Rainbow Valley with Sister W!   Sister L is getting a new companion and going back to Belmead.

 

This week was amazing as far as miracles go! We met with D 3 times this week and she came watch a baptism and came to church again! She has decided that she wants to be baptized on March 21! She knows that this church is true and she loves it!! She is amazing!!

 

We were not able to meet with K this week but we did get to text her and chat on Facebook!

A girl named C has been coming to church with her friend, A, the past couple weeks and we have become friends! Everytime we see each other we talk for a little bit! She came again yesterday and I decided that we were going to invite her to meet with us and learn more about the gospel. After Sacrament Meeting she came up to me and asked if it would be okay if she meet with us this week to learn more and ask some questions she has! HOORAY! I love her! She is amazing and an answer to a prayer! We are meeting with her on Tuesday and I can't wait to help her come closer to Christ!

I love you all! Sorry it is not longer I don't have much time!!!

 

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  

 

Amazing Week in Rainbow Valley! February 9, 2015

This week was amazing!! On Monday our investigator, K, came to Family Home Evening and loved it!! We played volleyball and after we were done she wanted to walk around the church and look at all the beautiful paintings! She loves church and the members of the ward! K has been investigating since November. When the Elders first met her she wasn't working and she never left the house because she had bad anxiety. Since she has been investigating she has gone back to school, gotten a job, and she hardly has anxiety anymore! K has noticed the change that the gospel has brought into her life! The Atonement is real!!

Tuesday we went on Exchanges! I went back up to Londonderry where I went my first transfer! I was with Sister R! I learned so much from her! It was amazing! I love exchanges! Even though you are only with the Sisters for 24 hours you learn so much from them! 

 

Sis. Burton and Sis. R

 

 Thursday we had district meeting! I love district meeting! It is very different from my last district! We are not the only Sisters anymore! I love serving near other Sisters! The Elders are fabulous as well! I always learn so much every district meeting!

We also met with K! We taught her about the 10 Commandments and the Nature of God. She loved it! She said that this was her favorite lesson yet. We shared a scripture in Moses 7 that she just loved so much! It was Moses 7:44 Which says, "And as Enoch saw this, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted; but the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad; and look."

The world around us is so wicked and there is so much in life to be sad about but we have this gospel and the Lord tells us to Lift up your heart and be glad! There is so much to be glad about in the world! We are so blessed! And our Heavenly Father loves us so much! If you get time this week read this story about Enoch. Moses 7:28-44.

Thursday we also met with S a Less-Active. She has changed so much as well and can see what the gospel has done for her! She comes to church every week as well as FHE!! The gospel changes people and is so amazing!!!

Friday we met with another Less-Active named Ch who hasn't gone to church in years, but she really wants to turn her life around and come back to church. She said she is missing something in her life and that the church is it. We had an amazing lesson with her! She wanted to take the Missionary Lessons again so we taught her the Restoration! She didn't come to church this week. She got nervous and cancelled her ride last minute, hopefully as we continue bringing her to Christ she will feel ready to come back to church!

Friday we also had a lesson with one of our investigators named D. He is roommates with a Recent Convert in our ward and is interested in learning about the gospel. I don't think he knows why he is investigating but he continues asking us to meet with him! We think his head and his heart are telling him two different things. His heart knows that this is good and that it is true and his head disagrees. He has listened to the wrong voice for so long it is hard for him to discern between what is from God and what is not. He is slowly progressing and I can see it in his face! We just need to continue to meet with him and help him recognize the Holy Ghost and how he speaks to him.

Saturday we went to the Chinese New Year Fireside with K! Most of it was spoken in Mandarin Chinese which was super cool! And even though we couldn't understand what was being said in the talks Karli felt the spirit! One of the speakers summarized what he said in English and that really touched her! He told of his conversion story and she loved it! After the fireside there was refreshments and K was talking to the past bishop of the Rainbow Valley Ward and he asked her if she was a member and she said, "Not yet, but I will be soon!" Then she looked at us and smiled! She is so excited to be baptized! She knows that this gospel is true! She is amazing!

Yesterday we had a member of our ward who was a facebook missionary as well train us on how to make facebook most effective. We have been using facebook but we know that we can be using it so much more effective! It was an amazing training! He taught us how to find people on Facebook who are ready to hear about the Restored Gospel and to teach them on facebook! It is going to be amazing! I can't wait to start tonight!

This week was amazing and I learned so much!!! I love being a missionary!!

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

West Edmonton Mall

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We are going to Rock Rainbow Valley!

Wow! YSA is so different from family ward! But it is so fun! I love it! I love Sister W and I love Rainbow Valley! I could hear the everything that happened in sacrament meeting and it was so easy to pay attention! It was so great! 

Sis. W at the West Edmonton Mall!  It is in my area so I can go
every week!  I love Sis. W!  She is the best!!! We are going to
ROCK Rainbow Valley!

 

This ward is fabulous! We are working with a some Less Actives, some recent converts, and investigators! I haven't met our most progressing investigator yet but hopefully soon!
 

Rainbow Valley covers the whole Riverbend Stake. So it is so big! The Riverbend Stake is the South West part of Edmonton! We spend a lot of time at the institute, we have church there, we meet with investigators there, members feed us supper there, and FHE is there. haha. Sister Wilson and I are going to get really good at cooking because we don't get fed by the members often so we have to make our meals, luckily I learned a lot from Sister G!!!
 

Finding for YSA is really hard. Tracting isn't effective, so we do a lot of Bus Contacting! It is really different for me but I love it!!
 

Our apartment is super cute! It is so much nicer than my last apartment! And it is 30 seconds from the temple! It is hard to see the temple multiple times a day and only be able to go every 3 months! But I am so grateful that I have a temple so close that I have the opportunity to go every 3 months!!
 

I have learned so much this past week! It is crazy! I love this ward!!! I am so excited to be serving here!
 

Love you all!!
 

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

Sis. G and Sis. Burton with the F kids

The L family

Sis. Burton, P, Sis. G

The S Family