No Time

so sorry... we have seriously NO time.

This week was really good... We had an AWESOME ward Fireside last night all about missionary work, President and Sis. Cusick came, it was stellar. I am SO blessed to be serving here... This ward is teaching me SO much. 

Zone Conference this week w/ Elder Tahe from the Seventy, he told us last month when he came to Stake Conference that he was going to "Turn our world upside down"... So... we are excited to see what he has to share with us!! :)

Shannon is getting baptized next month! So excited, she's great!!! She came to a baptism on Saturday and LOVED it. Still teaching Shawna, She's such a sweetheart, I love her. 

One thing I learned this week: Being obedient makes us HAPPY- we are soooo much happier when we are doing what we're supposed to  (Mosiah 2:41) 

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

SISTER BURTON 

YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!‏

GUESS WHAT?!?!

I'M STAYING IN ODESSA FOR SIX MORE WEEKS!!! :):):):)

That means by the end of this transfer I will have been here for HALF OF MY MISSION... That's right!! :) and I'll be with Sister Goodman for a third of it!! :) We're pretty stoked to be stayin together... we get along so good. 

President called us on Saturday and asked us to be Sister Training Leaders- so basically we go to a big leadership meeting with Pres and go on exchanges with the Sisters in our Zone-We are excited, we'll learn alot, should be great! :)

 Shawna is still doing awesome! We are hoping to set a date with her this week for her baptism... She's SO ready! Her bf came to church yesterday- and he hasnt been in a real long time, so that was great :) She is so cute- she tell's everybody she's Mormon and when they try to tell her she's making a bad choice she bears her testimony, tells them to look at mormon.org, and asks if they want missionaries to come teach them more... SHE IS PERFECT. I love her so much.

Shannon committed to baptism and we are going to set a date with her tonight! Thatll be great. 

I went on exchanges this week- Zepherhills has gotta be the prettiest place in the world. It's SO pretty there. I was w/ Sis. Costanio... she's from Rexburg, small world :) It was fun.

Things are going really good, I am very grateful to be staying here another transfer :) I love it here, i love what I'm learning, I love the people and I love my Heavenly Father! :)

I love you all and hope you have an excellent week, sorry its so brief.. I haveta write President still :) 

LOVE YOU!!! 

One love,

Sista Burton 

Ohhhh Heyyyyyy!!!‏

Well Hello Hello!!!

How are ya'll?!?! Probably suppa tired and worn out from what sounds like a super BUSY fair week!! YIKES! Hope you had fun!!! Tell Katie I was dreaming about the chocolate dipped cheesecake ALL week, and that we'll haveta get DOUBLE next year ;) Speaking of...I just wrote her a letter! She's the best! 

Well well well. Not much new over here in the FL. Shawna is still so great-she's so good. She's teaching me alot :) I feel like she's teachin me WAY more than I'm teachin her. I love her. Best friend status. 

We are teaching a girl named Tiffany- she's super wonderful. She's SUPER funny- cute and sassy. Her hubby is a youth pastor at their church but she's SUPER interested. She's reading the Book of Mormon and she's got a bajillion questions. She's already got SOOO much faith- you can see it in her eyes, she's great. 

We got a media referral this week for someone who lives in our apartment complex. it was a mom wanting us to go see her daughter who was going through a lot of hard times. We went and saw Shannon on Friday. She is going through lottttts of hard stuff :( we got to testify to her of the Savior, of His love for her and how He can help her through all these things. We get to see her again tonight- excited to help her come closer to Christ and be happier :)

The longer I'm out here, the more I realize how the Gospel solves all of the issues of the world. Keeping the commandments REALLY DOES keep us safe and happy. Being humble and relying on the Savior is actually WAY easier than trying to do things on our own. I love Heavenly Father for giving us these things to keep us happy and safe- He sure loves us alot... I feel that everyday.

Transfer Calls are this Saturday... I am definitely a canidate for leaving Odessa... which makes me wanna cry when i think about it... Sooo... I'm gonna quit talking about it! We will see :) I'll go wherever God wants me to be! :)

We had Elder Tahe (I dunno how to spell his name) of the seventy come to our stake conference this past weekend, that was pretty neat! He is coming back in a couple weeks to have a conference with us! Super exciting!!

Well well well, I sure love you all quite a bit!!! I hope you're all safe and sound and happy and being good! 

One Love

Sister Burtonnnnn! 

Short Letter Today

Hey Ya'll!! :)

(yes, i say ya'll ALL THE TIME NOW)... its great

Well I have absolutley no time and to tell you the truth this week went by SO fast I dont even remember what happened... The weeks are starting to FLY. 

We had an awesome lesson with Sue- she reminds me of Grandma Jocko... has pretty blue eyes and short hair just like her!! She's been readin the Book of Mormon!

We are going shopping with Shawna today- she is like seriously the best. She would fit right in w/ all of my friends back home. I LOVE HER!!! I know we'll be friends forever and ever... we talk about it all the time. She is just so GOOD- like so good. She is SOOO obedient to the commandments, always makes sure she's doing what's right. Someone offered her a drink and she said no they asked why not, cause you're mormon now and she said "YUP! :)" She's so good. I love her

Here's part of my email to President!

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he ward is continuing to get excited about missionary work! They are telling us their experiences, and are really interested in our investigators. The Jolley family is doing SO great with their Family Mission Plan. Sister Jolley's friend has come to church four times and Sister Jolley has invited her to meet with us THREE times.... She's not giving up! :) Brother Jolley took a Restoration pamphlet and a Book of Mormon to a guy he works with and is going to talk with him more about it this week. They are really really "Catching the Wave." We hope to get the whole ward as excited about missionary work as them! :)

Miracle of the week! We met a man named Robert on our bikes on Saturday afternoon. We invited him to come to church on Sunday. He came, and he even bore his testimony! He is excited to learn more!

We are seeing the blessings of talking with everyone. Heavenly Father is placing people in our path. He is giving me courage to talk to them about the gospel (which is a miracle in and of itself :))

This week was good- all the weeks are good :) However... I am craving a Bimbo Burger right about now.... Express mail?! sounds good to me. I love you SO SO SO SO much!!! Hope ya'll have a suppa good week. 

One love

Sister Burton

Oh! Can i get Brady and Mardell's address?! I have a letter i needta send them :)