Scary Sunday Night!!!

Well Hello hello :)

 

So.... Thought I would start out w/ a scary story.... Seriously the scariest thing that has ever happened to me. It all started last night, at 11:56 when I woke up to a knock at the door. I sat up in bed when all of the sudden, there was another knock. AH. At this point Sis. Goodman is still out cold. I walk down the hallway to peek around the corner to make sure the door is locked, which it is, then notice the blinds arent shut (we have a HUGE sliding door w/ blinds) So I start walking over to close the blinds, when i hear rattling behind the door... doorknob moving and all. LIKE SOMEONE IS TRYING TO GET IN. I ran the fastest that I've ever ran in my life... turn on the lights, but Sister Goodman is still out cold. So I sit in my bed for about two seconds FREAKING OUT trying to decide if I'm making this all up in my head (it's midnight, im tired). Then, I finally wake her up. We go close the blinds together and say a prayer and sing hymns. I'm still scared outta my mind, so she comforts me like the best little companion that she is :) I love her! After about an hour and a half, I finally fall asleep. So this mornin, we wake up and there's a note... from our neighbor. I left the keys in the door, and she was trying to return them.... OOOOOPS. hahahha So all that scaredness for nothing. OOOOPSADAISY!! haha

 

So, now that that horrific story is over, Let me tell you about this glorious week! I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!!! Did ya'll see the Broadcast last night?!?! Talk about MEMBER MISSIONARIES!! So exciting!! Missionaries getta use FaceBook?! WHAT?! It's crazy all the changes that will happen! But it's absolutely GREAT!! I'm so grateful for leaders of the church who are inspired by our Father in Heaven! I'm so excited to see all the blessings that will come from this!! Working real close w/ the ward council is exciting and something we've been trying realllll hard to do. YAY! (ps. I would like you to know that when they talked about Tampa, the missionaries in that part were Sister Bowe and Sister Mortensen and that the sacrament meeting with President Patrick... I was there when they filmed it.. if you look real close you can see me in the back right... :))

 

Well, Ta'shanda is really progressing! We had 3 lessons with her this week w/ members and a couple of lessons w/ just us. The Elders in our ward had a baptism (it was really cool, a recent convert baptized his best friend) and TaShanda got to come to that, she LOVED it. She is so easy to teach, so humble and has SUCH strong faith. She always talks about how this church does things "the right way"- which she means by the Priesthood. I love her :) Our date for her baptism is scheduled for the 6th of July! We are so excited for her!! She's the best!

 

We found a family of four this week!! They are great!! Then we found a cute little older lady named Dottie and her grandson (who has some interesting ideas about religion) that we have a return appointment with tonight!! We went tracting on like the best road in America I'm pretty sure. Seriously. EVERY single house had like the NICEST people ever. We knocked on one door and was talking to this SUPER nice guy, his little girl named Maycee (4 years old) came out. She grabbed my hand and whispered "Hey, I needta tell you something... I love you.".... SO STINKING CUTE HUH?!?! I raced with her down the hill a couple of times while Sis. Goodman talked to the dad. We have a return appointment with them too!!! I'm SUPER excited. They are a super super great family!!

 

The Lord is leading us to people who have been prepared. I know that He is SO very aware of His children, and that means that He's aware of you and me :) I know He is. I love Him! and I love you!! :)

 

Well thats bout it, we are havin a Bday party today for Elder Scribner! That should be REAL fun! Then I'm going to Tampa 4 on exchanges w/ sister Bowe!! I dont wanna leave Sister Goodman though, haha its funny. I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!

 

Be safe, have fun, be happy, be nice, share the gospel, and DONT LEAVE YOUR KEYS IN THE DOOR :)

I love you SO so much!!!

 

Sister Burton

 

 

Baptismal dates and Rainstorms‏

HELLO HELLO :)

 

I love you SO MUCH!!

 

soooooo...... This week was STELLER.

 

First off, Thursday was nuts. Sis. Goodman and I woke up to our weather radio alarm thing going off at FOUR THIRTY in the AM with a TORNADO WARNING. It told us to go into an interior room w/o windows so, we took our blankies and went on into the closet and slept in their hahaha (come to find out later that we didnt have to do that... the elders made fun of us, oops, at least we were safe! ha). Then we had to stay inside ALL day because of all of these tornado warnings going on... So, we had a little "girls night". We ordered pizza and watched "The District" ha- missionary reality TV... doesnt get much better than that :) HA. I love Sister Goodman! 

Then yesterday we road our bikes and it was going all great, just about to start tracting... when all of the sudden out of no where comes a CRAZY rain storm... it DUMPS out here. It's awesome. anyways, so we are on our bikes and it starts thundering REAL loud (we all know how i feel about thunder...) and then lighting... and we arent supposed to be out when it's lightning here cause its suppa bad here... like Tampa is the #1 place in the nation of deaths by lightning... (comforting huh?) . SO we road our bikes in the POURING rain to a members house and dried off their- the Matthews (the one that reminds me of Gpa young). He made us hott apple cider and soup! he's the sweetest guy! then it was over and we were on our merry way!

 

Enough of the weather report, Lets get to the good stuff!! :)

 

sooooo Monday night we did lesson one with Ta'shanda (23) her daughter La'Niyah (6), Ta'shanda's cousins Unique (19) and Sameron (12). The lesson was out in a field and their was all this commotion and nonsense (her brother hit one of the cars in the driveway, dogs were barking) during the whole lesson, but as soon as we started telling the First Vision, everything was quiet, adn the Spirit was SO strong. All 3 girls committed to be baptized!! It was the happiest I've ever felt in my entire life! Sameron is on her way to Ohio today, to be w/ her dad for the summer, but wants to get baptized when she gets back. Both her and Ta'shanda came to church yesterday!!! IT WAS GLORIOUS... my first time having investigators at church!!! Oh, it was great! They loved it! Sam LOVED young womens!

 

then we taught them The Plan of Salvation last night... that's my favorite lesson! I love love love love Heavenly Father's plan, and I'm realizing what a blessing it is to be able to know it- and how important it is to share it w/ EVERYONE... imagine not knowing what we know about where we came from or where we were going. I LOVE THE PLAN OF SALVATION!!!

 

So yeah, basically this week was STELLAR. I love Sister Goodman. We have been working so hard. I know we will continue to find people to teach that are prepared as long as we keep doing what we're supposed to!  

 

I LOVE YOU AL SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!

SISTER BURTON

Hello FAMILY!! I LOVE YOU!!!

 

TEXAS?! WITHOUT ME?! WHAT THE HECK!! I'm all little mad, but I'll get over it :) No, I'm excited for ya'll!! I met a couple in the Tampa 4 ward who moved from Dallas. It was PDay and I was wearin my American Leauge Champs shirt... They freaked out. they are HUGE Ranger fans:) she gave me a rangers towel;) haha I thought of you dad!

Mom! Last week of school for ya'll! I bet your super busy!! and you haveta speak in church?? thats always nerve racking. I think I know how you feel, because I inheritied that trait from you. Speaking isnt my favorite thing to do either. But you will do SOOO good!! Remember to bring tissues;)

Jake! Almost done with your first year of high school?! SO exciting!!! your getting too big... its wierd.

BLAKE!! YOU GOT HIT BY A CAR?!?! on your bike?! you and sis. Bowe are twins :) I'm glad you are okay!! thats really scary!! I think you're right, you are definitely being watched over :) I love you!

HUEY!! I miss you bud! I think about you alot! I miss your sweetness! I bet you're excited for school to be done!! Hows soccer going?!

KY! okay, every letter I get it sounds like you're absolutely STELLAR at soccer. Is that right? GEEZ!!! just remember you got all that from me ;)

 

I love you all SOOOO MUCH!!

 

Well well well, this week was WONDERFUL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Sister Goodman. We have been working SO hard. SO HARD, trying our hardest not to waste one minute of the Lord's time.

and guess what?......

I LOVE TRACTING these days. We are having SO MUCH FUN while we work. We are finding MIRACLES every single day. we found SIX new investigators this week!

We recommitted Louie and Audrey to take the lessons

We found Louise who let us come in and teach her the first lesson. She committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it.

We found sweet miss Jan who let us leave the Savior's Peace and Blessing w/ her. She also committed to read the Book of Mormon and pray.

 

Yesterday is when the big miracle happened (I've been doing a fairly large share of happy dances) :)

     So, we tracted an entire street. No one was letting us in, And they were a little less then mean.... But, Heavenly Father led us to that road and He ALWAYS provides a way. So, as we are walking back to our car we see a mom and her daughter on a walk. We tell her who we are and ask if she knows anyone who would be interested. She says "Ya, me and my family".  Uh.... YAY! :) so we walk down with her (Ta'Shanda) and her cute little 7 year old daughter (La'Niyah) to their home. We left the Saviors Peace and Blessing with them (a special prayer we leave as representatives of Jesus Christ). They loved the feeling they had as we left that prayer. They felt the Spirit and wanted us to come back TONIGHT!! So, we are going to teach them lesson one tonight and plan to set a baptismal date with them!! SHe is inviting her gma and her sister too!!! Heavenly Father is preparing these people that we are meeting, and it is WONDERFUL to see. We arent doing anything special, just doing what He sent us here to do, and He is providing us with MIRACLES! I LOVE being a missionary!!!

I love you all SOOOO soo sooo much!!! have a beautiful week!! :)

 

ONe love:)

Sister Burton