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

Holy Crow! Transfers!

I am being transferred!! I am going to Rainbow Valley YSA with Sister W! I am so excited!! I am not sure where that is but I think it is on the SouthWest Side of Edmonton. So totally opposite of where I have been, North East of Edmonton. :) I am so excited!! Sister W has been out 3 months so I am the Senior Companion....eek!

Sister G is TRAINING!! I knew it!! She is going to be amazing!!!! The took the Elders out of Sturgeon so there will be the only one set! CRAZY!!!

 

 

This week was great! I can't think of what happened. 

I am so excited to serve in a YSA! 

I love you all!!!

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

Sturgeon Adventures!

This week was really great! (Like Always!) We had some amazing lessons with Less Active members! This week at church 4 LA's came!!! It was amazing!!! 

Me and Sis. Gunnell with Sturgeon in the background

We got a new Ward Mission Leader this week so it has been a weird transition week. But really good! I think he will be a great Ward Mission Leader! 



Me looking over my kingdom!

We officially started Facebook this week! So weird! It is going to be an excellent finding and teaching tool once we get all of the members on board! :) Feel free to comment, like and especially SHARE my posts or the posts I share! :) Let the world be flooded by spiritual messages!

Car Selfie

 

This week we received a referral for a Lady who lives out in Legal. Which is a tiny town 40 minutes from St. Albert. We had supper with a member out in Legal. Then drove to the lady's house. She wasn't home :( So we had to drive home in the dark, foggy, snowy night. I thought we were going to get lost. She lived on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. But after much praying and driving we found our way home! Hooray!!

 

Driving in Legal.  This is what the town looks like...nothing!

 

Well I love you all! 

 

Graffiti made for me and Becca :) BK>>

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

Amazing Week!

This week was amazing! We met with C twice and he said that he would read the Book of Mormon every single day for 15 minutes. We are going to meet with him again on Tuesday and see how it is going! He was going to come to church yesterday but something came up and he wasn't able to :(

 

J came to church again yesterday! And we had supper with her neighbors and her last night! It was such a good night! We showed the Because of Him Easter Video and everyone loved it! We had a really good discussion and J seemed interested. She is planning on coming to church again and hopefully she will want to learn more and we can start teaching her! 

B and C cancelled their appointment the day of and then C called later and told me that he loved meeting with us and learning more but they are getting so busy and don't want to waste our time or theirs because they were not looking to convert just to be informed. It broke my heart right in half but they said I could come over and take a picture with them and get their email so we can stay in touch!! 

We went on Exchanges this week! I went out to Spruce Grove with Sister E! I had so much fun and learned so much from her!!

While we were on exchanges Sister G and Sister W met with N and invited her to read the Book of Mormon every day! She said she would read it every morning when she reads the Bible! So many miracles are happening in the Sturgeon Area and I have grown so much!!! 

Love, Sister Burton xoxo

We had the best popsicles this week!  Even though
it was freezing outside we still ate them!

We had to take the Campbell's tree back this week.  I got kicked
out of the front seat so the tree would fit :)

Temple Trip

This week was amazing and crazy! Ahhh.. I have so many stories I don`t know which ones to tell. Maybe I will get to them all.

Temple Trip

This week we met with G again. She is a less active who we are basically treating like an investigator. She doesn`t know anything about the church. She came to church last week and loved it. We taught the first half of the Plan of Salvation in SundaySchool. So we decided to finish the Plan of Salvation on Tuesday. We taught that and she understood and then she asked us a question about the Restoration. So we taught her the last half of the Restoration. It was such a good lesson! She is going to pray and read from the Book of Mormon and come to church again this week! She has been such a blessing in my life!

On New Years Eve we were meeting with Sister B helping her make lunch, because she is like 80. And we got a text from the Elders that said, ``Sister M` basement is flooding we need your help ASAP.`` So we told Sister B we had to go and rushed over. We were supposed to be helping this family move out later that night but we went over early to help. It was just us and the Elders. The family hadn`t packed up anything and when we got there the kids were still playing X-Box. The Elders were down in the basement and we were in charge of the upstairs. There was so much stuff and I didn`t know how we were going to move everything out that night because they had to be out of the house by 10 AM the next morning. We called a few people in the Ward to see if they could come help but because it was New Years Eve they said they couldn`t. All of the sudden someone showed up with a trailer to put everything in. Then every 5 minutes after that everyone started showing up. It was amazing! There was over 30 people helping us move this family out and clean the house.New Years Eve and the Sturgeon Ward came out to help! It was incredible!

On Sunday in Ward Council the Elders Quorum President said that he sent out an email to ask if anyone could come help to everyone in the ward and no one responded. So he thought that it would be him, his son, and the missionaries moving this family. It was amazing!! 

Thursday we had District Meeting and a white Elephant Gift Exchange. Which was super fun! Then right after we went as a District to help a family move down by West Ed Mall, who is Anti. They were moving from Ontario and they don`t know anyone in Edmonton so when they saw us show up they were sooooo grateful! We moved them in in 45 minutes! By the end they told us they were going to have us over sometime for a party! They aren`t getting baptized but now when they hear anything about Mormons they will have something good to say about us! 

On Sunday we went to help out at Mission Prep! I love going there and helping the Youth! They are so much more prepared than I was when I went on my mission. They practice in Seminary and at Mission Prep! I love talking with the Youth and encouraging them to go on a mission because it is the best thing I have ever done in my whole life. I have learned so much that I probably never would have been able to learn had I not come on a mission. It is incredible!

I just want you to all know that I know this Church is true and I love this Gospel more than anything! I am so fortunate to be in Canada serving my Heavenly Father. Love you all!

PS I will joining the Facebook World by the end of the week. So please don`t try to message me on there. I will not message back. :) 

Canada has really funny signs.  This one is telling us not
to dance and ride skateboards at the same time, eh.

Making gingerbread houses a while ago.
(I stole this from Sis. Gunnell's camera)

Bringing the Christmas Tree in a couple of
weeks ago! (Also from Sis. Gunnell)

This was me painting this week.  I was trying
to get underneath.  Tricky, Tricky!

Kamree-This is for you...It is the water park in
West Edmonton Mall

We recieved more snow this week.  It was so cold this
weekend.  Sunday morning it was -30C with
a wind chill of -39C.  BRRRR!

I am wearing 2 layers UNDER my tights!  it is really cold :)

Love, Sister Burton xoxo