Hello, Hello, from Florida

So, lets talk. FAMILY! You're the best!!!

Grandma J- Thanks so much for the package, just got it yesterday, I'm wearin the skirt right now. Sister Goodman and I ate all the cookies after church- we were starved thank you so much :)

Can I tell you how glum I am that I'm missin the IDAHO STATE FAIR?! Seriously though, we all know how much I love it. HAVE FUN..... Tell Trav he better be sendin me a cheeseburger pizza... YUM that sounds SO GOOD.

 

This week went by SO crazy fast. I cant even recall what happened. MIRACLES all around of course. We are trying to do way better at talking to EVERYONE we see about the gospel (I'm really bad at contacting... one of my many weaknesses- but that's why we're workin on it!) So anyways, we have been talking to EVERYONE and their dog (....literally everyone here has a dog, but that's besides the point). ANYWAYS, as we've been talking to people we are seeing MIRACLES!!! Good things are happening. We are finding LOTS of potential investigators. Its stellar. Heavenly Father is honestly just like putting wonderfully prepared people in our path. It's crazy how instantaneous He blesses us when we're obedient.

 

Shawna is still doing well. She's the cutest. She's so ready to get baptized... just gotta figure a few things out first :) I love her.

 

That's bout it. Oh, we are back on car share with the Elders... so that means...... DRUMROLL..... BIKES again!... Holla ;) Yay for a nice tan again. ha its great. I may roast alive it's SO hot lately- but it's great. I feel like a "real" missionary when we bike- more legit.

 

Well Ya'll things are going stellar. I love it here. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

 

Love

Sister Burton :)

I am one Blessed Girl!!!

GUESS WHAT?!?!?! 

I AM STAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) 

So, I love being a missionary.... It's the best thing to be. I LOVE IT!!! I am a happy girl.

THIS WEEK WAS SO STELLAR!! TSHANDA IS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH!!!!! HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE :):):) And guess what?!?! Sister Greenwood... The cutest little english sister in the ward made a DVD of the day... I'm going to send it to ya'll so you can see it!!! :):) It's super neat!!! WHAT A HAPPY DAY!!!!! SHe's the best- and the ward is doing SO great at taking care of her. They're the best. OH MY WORD- i cant wait for you to see the video!!! :) I LOVE YOU!! 

Shawna is seriously like my best friend. I know Heavenly Father wanted me to meet her. She is such a blessing for us. We LOVE teaching her. I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!! I know that we will be friends forever and ever. She is doing SO good. She's readin her scriptures, and LOVING THEM. She LOVES CHURCH. She came to Tshanda's baptism and she LOVED IT. The opening song was my favorite... "I like to look for rainbows..." She leaned over to me and pointed to her arm... She had goosebumps and had them the WHOLE TIME!!! She is SO excited to get baptized- just gotta figure out when!! :) I love her!!!

Well, I read the best talk ever this week. It's all about losing yourself in the work... Giving the Lord all your heart, might, mind and strength. I loved it. I want to be able to say at the end of my mission that I've done that. I want to give the Lord my heart, my mind, I want to make my will His will- and to LOSE MYSELF in serving all the people here. I want Him to have my heart and my mind FOREVER- who better to give it to than the Lord?! He will make me WAY WAY better than I could ever make myself. I love Him, so I'm working on giving everything to Him. 

Well, I finally have some pics to send you!!! I sure love you ALOT!!!!! Stay safe and be happy!!! 

One Love,

Sister Burton

Mon. Aug 12

SO, 

Let's talk about Monday. Monday was not only the best birthday I've had, but the best DAY I think I have ever had in my whole entire life!!

First off, The Catmull's went above and beyond for dinner. They decorated the house with balloons and streamers, jumped out yelling happy bday, got CHICKFILA, cake and candles, they are the best. I have pictures, but my camera is dead... I will send some next week I promise :)

Then, we went to Jeff and Luise's (a family we were teaching) they dropped us... It's fine. BECAUSE, we THEN had time to go see if Ta'Shanda was home... AND SHE WAS!!! Heavenly Father answered our prayer!! IT WAS THE BEST PRESENT EVER TO SEE HER and Niyah and to see that everything's okay!!! She just had lotsa family stuff going on.... SHE IS GETTING BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!!! :):) YEE HA!!! SO SO SO SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT!!!  

THEN, we had our first lesson w/ Shawna. Shawna is engaged to a guy who is a member (Staurt) and we have the lessons at his parents house. I'm pretty sure her and I were best friends. We get along SOOO good. She's 22, super sweet and cute, and she's getting baptized too!! After church yesterday, she kept telling us all the ways she has been changing. IT WAS SO COOL!!! He fiance is less active right now, and she is trying soo soo hard to bring him back. She is the BEST. She's obsessed with the Salt lake Temple.. So i already told her she's gotta come out and visit. She is the greatest!! I LOVE HER!!!

I got sick this week... BOOO!!!! Thursday was Zone Conference... I had a mondo migrane that mornin, and I had thrown up a couple times before the meeting. Thankfully, the  Relief Society from our ward was there doing the lunch, they all took good care of me!!! Sister Shepherdson took me home (Beth's momma) and I slept for like four hours. I still had a migrane on friday and saturday and didnt eat much,, but I am feeling better now!! All is well :) Sister Goodman's taking good care of me!!!

Transfer calls are this saturday.... I'm getting kinda scared... I really don't wanna leave!! :( there's soooo much GOOD going on here!!! I hope I stay one more transfer. But it's all good, I know I'll be where Heavenly Father wants me!! :)

Well well well, I love you all SO much!! :) Have a super super week!!!!

BE GOOD ;)

one love,

Sister Burton

Hey hey hey from FLORIDA!!!‏

Well well well. Thanks so much for all the birthday wishes!! You are all the best :) I wish I could do something for YOU!! 

Few things better than having your birthday fall on a P-day;) Can I just start off by saying that Sis. Goodman is the BEST?!?! She's so cute. She made a scripture scavenger hunt for me this morning... she's the best. Other than that our plans are to go to Buffalo Wild Wings after this with all the other Elders and Sisters, than we're goin' to the church where they have some sort of "suprise"... who knows?! ha. Then, the Catmull's (the COOLEST FAMILY EVER) are having us over for dinner (I think they're gettin me chick-fil-a... they know me well;)) !! THEN- we have two DOPE appointments!!! So, it'll be a great birthday!! :) 

So, this week was pretty much Dope city. Saturday especially was the best!! We ditched out the practice for singing the national anthem at the Ray's game and decided to go to the Baptism in our ward instead. Can i tell you how happy i am that we went there instead?! It was the coolest thing. They have the coolest story too:

So the husband got baptized as a youth, but hasnt been coming to church for a while. He started coming like two and a half months ago. They have the two CUTEST little girls (they look like Kylee). Anyway, he started coming back, got the priesthood, the Elders started teaching his wife (who is the coolest) and on Saturday he got to baptize his wife!!! IT WAS THE NEATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. After she got baptized they hugged  in the font... It was the coolest thing to see... yes i cried DUH!! Their family is going to be forever changed! SO NEAT. She was glowing like ALL day yesterday too. We (us and the elders) want to come back for their sealing. COOLEST THING EVER. I was a little jealous that the elders gotta teach her.... but it's fine :) haha. Such a happy day!!

THEN, saturday was the ray's game too!!! SOOO MUCH FUN.... I felt normal... (is that bad) haha. It was fun. Reminded of me of Ranger games:). All the other missionaries sat together in a huge group, but us and the elders sat with our AWESOME  ward. It was fun- they're like my little family for now :) the Catmull's drove us down. They're the best. They have a daughter who just went to Ecquador on her mission a couple months ago... so they take good care of us :) I love them!

Yesterday, a girl who is engaged to one of the member's came to church and we getta start teaching her tonight!! HOLLA :) we are excited about that!! Bill came to church yesterday too! And to the baptism!! He is really feeling the Spirit and he recognizes it!! (which is great cause lots of the people we're teachin dont always recognize it). Testimony meeting was awesome too- lotsa people talked about missionary work!

Friday Bishop Turnbow had asked me to speak at Brother Chris Taylor's funeral (if you remember him, he is less-active we are teaching his wife). There were lots of nonmembers their. Can I tell you how grateful it made me to know the plan of Salvation?! I KNOW with all my heart that death is not the end! In fact, it's just a step of the plan. We will get to see those we love again. Their in the Spirit World just waiting for us :) my word. The more I learn about the plan the more i realize how BLESSED we are to know it. Can you imagine NOT knowing it?! I cant. It'd be bad news bears. Sooooo... that's what I wanna teach every single person here in Florida... "Wanna be happy?!... Lemme teach you about God's plan of HAPPINESS.... IT IS THE BEST". I love the plan of Salvation. That's all. 

Well well well, I hope you all know just how much i absolutely LOVE you. You help me to keep going :) I LOVE YOU!!! Stay happy, be safe, be good!

I love you!!! 

Sister Burton