Hey Hey!!

Hey hey hey!!! This is prolly gonna be a short email....Sorry!!!

I had lots of emails today, Good to hear from ya'll :) Sorry if I didnt get back to ya... As always, no time!! (I feel like its a theme I've been learning)

Wellllllll things are going good!! We met with the Prezioso's for the first time this week!!! She is a less active member and her husband isnt. We taught the first lesson (the Restoration) and he really felt the Spirit!! When we were leaving he told us how all day before we came he "felt in heart" peace and that we were coming to share w/ him something important!! and that he felt that feeling the when we told the Joseph Smith story.... THE SPIRIT!! Then he (Bill) came to church on Sunday even though his wife couldnt make it!!! THEN he told us he's been reading the Book of Mormon everyday... and that he feels PEACE everytime he reads!!! Golden Investigator? I think so!! He's so great!

We didnt meet with Ta'Shanda and Unique very much this week.... and they didnt come to church on SUnday :( my heart cried a bit.... but it's okay!! We will get em back there!! :) bein a missionary is stressful!!! But great! :) 

Things are going good!!! I am happy happy!!! I love you all so so so so so so much!!!! :) 

LOVE YOU!!!

SISTER BURTON 

Pictures

462- Elder Scribner's Goodbye Party :( They're the elders who we serve with in the odessa ward!! He left on wednesday this week. He's the best, funniest guy ever. we miss him already!! 

481- This week was Unique's 19th bday, so we got her an oreo ice cream cake...and had a little party! HOLLA! It was fun :) Unique is the one on the left in pink, then little miss La'Niyah, then Ta'shanda on the right. I love them. They will be gettin baptized the 27th, it was gonna be this Saturday, but they didnt make it to church yesterday so we gotta push it back! They are the best!!! SO SO SO awesome!! I LOVE THEM!!!

479- Sister Goodman and I rollin in the Corolla... after the most awkward visit we've had thus far. hahaha I LOVE HER.

474- DADDY LOOK!!! look what we finally found :):) steak n shake!!!! HOLLA!! :) I was excited!!

Well, sorry it's taken me so long to send ya'll some pics. I love you alot.

Not too much new going on here. just loving life and teaching the gospel :) 

I've been thinking alot lately how absolutely BLESSED I am to have grown up with the knowledge of the gospel... Think about it!! We know ALOT. We know what's up- we know truth. I thank Heavenly Father for this knowledge everyday- lots of people don't know what we know, and we are very blessed to know. 

So..... what do we do with that?!?! Uh... we share it :) 

That's my little missionary motivation monday :) haha. 

I love you all SO SO SO SO much!!! I know this gospel is true. That it really  is the only true church on the earth- because its Christ's church. He lives, He loves us, and He is the way back home. 

The more I study and learn it just all makes sense. I know that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God. I know that he restored Christ's true church to the earth. I know for a FACT that living the gospel and being obedient is the ONLY way to be happy now and in eternity. Seeing the happiness and light that comes into peoples lives is insane. Watching Ta'Shanda and Unique change has been a miracle and a blessing for me to watch. They have definitely taught me faith, and repentance- that the gospel changes our hearts.I love them.  they've taught me more about myself than I've taught them. Being a missionary is the very best choice I've ever made. 

I love you all so so so so so much and hope you have a happy happy happy week.... Go find some people for the missionaries to teach :) ha! I love you all!!!! SO MUCH! 

FAMILY!! (and real cool friends)‏

Hello Everyone!!! 

Hope you had an AWESOME Fourth of july!!!! Ours was WAY great!! We had a pancake breakfast at the church w/ the ward. Ta'shanda and her little girl La'Niyah came! I mostly played with Niyah the whole time it was fun! We played baseball... she's suppa good! She's the cutest. Then we had weekly planning, then we went and visited with Audrey and Louie and their grandkids, then we went to dinner at the Taylors! It was great! then we met with our ward mission leader and the elders and watched fireworks. it was real fun!!!

First off, Mom- thanks SO much for the package. I'm wearing the skirt right now... Suppa Comfy thank you :) Tell mardell and Brady and the kids thanks SO much for the package they sent me... their letters made my day!! and sister Goodman and I may or may not have eaten all the oreos within 24 hours... Oooops :) I will write them all back soon :) 

WELL, can I just start off by saying how absolutley BLESSED I feel to be teaching TaShanda and Unique?! They are SO prepared by Heavenly Father, IT IS INSANE. We taught them the law of chastity one of the nights this week. The next morning Sister Scott and I go to pick them up for a baptism and they are all worried about covering up- asking me if they needta wear a shirt under their top and if this cardigan looks okay and all this stuff. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING!!! they want to be obedient SO bad. They are surely changing themselves, and they are changing me. I love them. They have a baptismal date set for the 20th!! 

I love repentance!! Isn't it just the happiest thing?! I mess up all the time, and I'm so grateful that I'm able to be forgiven by a Heavenly Father who love us SO much!! 

I only have 1 min and 11 seconds left on this dumb computer. Just know I LOVE YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!! I hope you all have a safe week!! 

Be good, Be nice, share the gospel, and BE HAPPY!!!

I Love you!!! 

HELLO, HELLO!!

Well hi there :) This week FLEW BY. I feel like I was just here emailing ya'll, and here we go again:) (Yes, I say ya'll ALL the time now... Holla;))

 

First off HUEY: Your email was SO cute. I love you bubba. And I miss your sweet-ness... Alot. I hope you are having a good summer!!! You seem like the same happy boy, stay that way :)

 

Momma: Your emails are the greatest. I love all the updates and input and such. First off, I'm REALLY jealous that the sisters get to stay out till 11... WE HAVETA BE HOME AT 8 :( The fourth of july is my favorite holiday, we all know how much I love fireworks... but its fine:) I think being obedient is more important than seein the fireworks :) It will be weird not being there w/ ya'll for the fourth! I hope you have tons of fun get me some candy from the bumpin parade :) haha

 

LOVED YOUR LETTER DADDY, as always :)

 

WEll, like I said, this week FLEW. Last monday we had a suppa fun party for Elder Scribners bday, he goes home next wednesday, which will be reallll sad cause he's the funniest guy in the world. AFTER, I went to Tampa 4 with my future roommate sister bowe. She is the best. We always have SO much fun together, and she teaches me ALOT.

 

We had lots of less active visits this week, and they are going great!! We had an AWESOME lesson w/ unique last night!!(Tashanda was gone, so it was just her) We taught the plan of salvation (my FAVORITE lesson to teach) and the Spirit was so strong. Beth (my bff who is going on her mission to Boise in august) came with us.At the end of the lesson, Unique basically shared an experience/bore her testimony to us about how both praying and reading the scriptures everyday are so important and that she has found answers to her prayers in the scriptures. Both her and Ta'Shanda are progressing SO much. I love them!! We are having FHE w/ them at a members house tonight... I'M PUMPED :) I love them SO MUCH!!!

 

Things are going great!! I LOVE it here, I love sister Goodman, its wonderful!!! The one picture is of us both...

I will attach a picture I'm sure you'll enjoy... I'm a looker, arent i?! ;) hahaha It's a wonder we dont have 3 million baptisms a week with this outfit ;)... I LOVE THE RAIN HERE!! I'll try to be better at sending and taking pictures... sorry i'm so bad about it!!

 

I love you all SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much and hope you have a happy happy fourth and a good good week!! I LOVE YOU

SISTER BURTON