tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15284402061095269792024-02-19T06:49:56.643-08:00Sister SunshineSouthern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-65710901553246768632014-05-28T14:43:00.003-07:002014-05-28T14:43:41.100-07:00You're gonna miss this<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hello hello :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Please disregard the late hour of night of this email... We helped</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">with incoming missionaries today, so President said we could do them</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">now... No worries, I'm obedient :) we are helping tomorrow too with</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">outgoing missionaries. Elder Braden Lott goes home tomorrow! Crazy.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I'm starting to have good friends leave... It's sad and weird.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Momma, you're too cute. Jacob!!! You look so studly for prom!!! Tell</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">me all about it :) :) :) can't wait to hear.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I don't think I've ever smiled so big in MY LIFE as I did when I read</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">that Houston is singing in the school talent show... HOW CUTE IS</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">THAT!!! Please please please record that for me. You will do so good</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">bubba :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well this week was outstanding as per usual ;)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">SISTER BAILEY AND I ARE STAYING TOGETHER!!!! Holla :) we couldn't be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">happier. Things are going so well and glorious things are on the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">horizon for this transfer.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Ethan and his older brother and DAD who is less active ALL CAME TO</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">CHURCH!!! It was the best day ever. I love that boy. He says he</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">funniest things... For example he asked me this week some question</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and evolution and the plan of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">salvation... Hahaha. This week we were talking about the word of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">wisdom and he got all serious and asked "am I breaking God's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">commandments if I...... Eat Oreos?" Completely serious. He's too cute.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Wants to be so good!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Awesome lesson with the a part member family. The wife is a convert</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and somewhat less active, but she wants her hubby to take the lessons</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so we started teaching this week and yay yay yay it was such a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">powerful lesson. She is SO EXCITED about him learning the gospel. It</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">is the cutest thing <3 do excited about them :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Kaitlin is back!! I sure hope I've told you about her, I LOVE THIS</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">GIRL. She is like a cute little personality/look mix of Megan Owen and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Mitra. Cutest girl ever. We hadn't been able to teach her for over a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">month, but we met with her this week and she came to church and FHE</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">with a member fam. I love her!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Insight of the week:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This week I read in Luke 10:38-42, and learned such a good lesson.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Christ comes to visit Martha and Mary. Mary sits at his feet and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">listens to him while Martha goes round the house trying to straighten</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">everything up for her Guest. Martha asks, uhh... Shouldn't Mary be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">here helping me get these things ready for You? And Christ responds</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">that she is busy, but Mary is actually the one who chose the good</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">part.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">President has said before "Good opportunities are the adversary to the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">best decisions." Satan knows that he can't distract someone who is</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">righteous with something incredibly unrighteous. So, he sneakily gets</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">in by confusing us and making us busy with things that are good, but</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">not leaving time for the things that might be best.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This week in RS we talked kind of about this, getting caught up in the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">everyday things of life and not taking the time to be grateful for the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">little things. I thought of that Trace Atkins song "you're gonna miss</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">this" that dad always sang to me :) moments that we are having RIGHT</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">now we are one day going to miss. I want to soak up every single day I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">live, especially hear on the mission. I don't want to get caught up in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the little details that don't matter, but live and enjoy and be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">grateful for all the little moments.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">So grateful for a Heavenly Father who gives us so many little moments</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to be grateful for :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Love y'all :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Take care</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Burton</span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-39810298147615200372014-05-28T14:42:00.001-07:002014-05-28T14:42:50.687-07:00Happy days<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;">Hello hello :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Mission time is so crazy, I can't believe it was only a week ago we</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">were on Skype together. Looks like you had tons of fun in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Yellowstone!!! Dad, you're lookin good... Losing weight?! Holla :) I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">posted a family pic on my Facebook for Mother's Day, and tons of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">people in the ward have come told me how beautiful my family is... I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">agree :) sure love you guys.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Can't believe jake is old enough to date... I hope he has tons of fun</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">at prom... Wish I was there to get him all ready (probs not as fun as</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">gettin girls ready for prom) and embarrassing him ;) looking forward</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to pictures!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Have fun on your mother-daughter date Ky and mom :) I would love to be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">there too mom, but we will be having mom and daughter dates up the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">wazoo pretty soon, can't wait :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Tomorrow I will be out for 15 months!!! Yikes... Dad, it'll be the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">"Top of the 8th" :). Love that that's how you count it :) saw someone</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">inna ranger hat the other day, great conversation starter. love me</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">some summertime baseball.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">New song..... HOLLER ;)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sung to my girl Beyonce's "Irreplaceable"</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It's my name, it's on that tag</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Pull up a seat we'll tell ya more about that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Standing in your front yard tellin ya all bout what we do</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Talkin bout how you'll never ever find a church so true</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We got ya to say-</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You want to know bout us</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You want to know God's love</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You can find joy beyond belief</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">And be with your family eternally</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(And your bay-bay)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You want to know bout us</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You want to know Gods love</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We can have another meeting tomorrow</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">So don't you ever for a second get to thinkin-</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">That you can get rid of us ;)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">THE RAIN!! :) okay, let's be real. There is nothing like Florida rain.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I'm in love with it. Wednesday we decided to walk all day long... And</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I mean we got caught in a the DUMPING rain.... We just laughed and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">laughed. Pretty sure people think the Mormon missionaries are helpless</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">psychos thanks to us, but we had fun :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Friday night we went on a mini exchange and both went to Dade City to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">split with the sisters there. That place is beautiful!! It reminds me</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">of all those "country drives" I used to take back home. Man... Love</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it. Kinda reminds me of Shelley... Kenz! This is where we can have our</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">neighboring houses and combined bbAll court and swimmin pool :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">They have been having trouble finding people to teach. Sister Bailey</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and I have been praying for them all week. Sister Ellis and I decided</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to go to the library to find... It was closed BUT there were two cute</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">girls right there who we talked to and set a return appointment with!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Answered prayer :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This week was so good!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Maritza- she is doing so so good!! we saw her almost everyday this</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">week. She is the best. She came to a baptism on Saturday and church on</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sunday. In our Friday lesson, i felt to promise her that she would</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">receive her answers this weekend if she prayerfully came to the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">baptism and church looking for her answer. We will meet with her</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">tomorrow and hear how it went :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Ethan! Boy oh boy I love this kid. He is so stinking cute and just so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">good!! He told us this week that he wants to go on a mission when he's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">18 :) :) sis b and I told him we'd come back for his farewell :) he</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">should be getting baptized this next month. He's always asking us the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">earliest we can come over, he just loves learnin. Such a good boy.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Saturday was so fun!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Amy got baptized!! One of the people the sisters in our ward are</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">teaching. Her hubby is a member, they have a 1 year old. It was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">seriously the cutest thing when he got all choked up in the font...</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sweet little moment :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Maritza and Ethan both came to that!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">One of the members had us go visit his neighbor, she was the sweetest</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">lady! She moved to Canada this weekend, so we won't see her, and I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mean she wasn't super into the doctrine we taught, but she said</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">something that really stood out to me. She said "I don't know about</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">this Joseph Smith thing, but if being Mormon means being like Trevis,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">then I think y'all are onto something good." Then she told us all the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">things that Trevis, her member neighbor had done for her and for other</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">people. People watch us, and if the only thing they know about Mormons</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">is that we are a serving, giving, kind and loving people, but they</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">aren't interested in the doctrine yet, I think that's okay. Who knows</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the day linda will remember her Mormon neighbor or the Mormon</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">missionaries who taught her about some prophet named Joseph Smith. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">guess my point is people really are watching, all we have to do is</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">live the gospel and be good and invite, and let God do the rest. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">can't wait to be a member missionary.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I read a talk from Elder Holland this week and I loved it! "Plan right</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">now! Plan right now for the stories you will tell your children about</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">your mission. Live right now in every way to look them in the eye and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">put them on your knee and rock them on your lap and tell them as I am</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">telling you, that you loved every day of your mission. That you worked</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">your head off! That you’ve never worked so hard in your life. That you</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">were tired and sweaty and dirty and hungry and you knew how Paul felt</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and you knew how Peter felt and you knew how Mormon felt and you knew</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">how Moroni felt. And I promise you that your children will remember</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and never forget it, and they will cherish it and hold it dear for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">their mission and so the generations go. So life is lived and this</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">dispensation is pursued, and the Kingdom comes and Christ does arrive,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">whenever that is. Live now for those generations."</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I already can't imagine not coming on a mission and missing out on all</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the blessings I've received.... And I can only imagine how much more</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I'm going to say that in 20 years, in 40 years. When we give The Lord</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">our will, He blesses us beyond measure... More than we could ever</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">imagine ourselves... I'm talking the literal opening of the heavenly</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">windows here. God always keeps His promises. I love hHim and seeing</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the blessings He is so ready to give.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Pics:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Please excuse me :) I be going picture crazy these days.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Spa day</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Ward girls Ava told me Sunday at church "sister Burton, I can't wait</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to get baptized" :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sis Nakamatsu, one of the sisters in our district, went back to temple</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">square this week.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Rain before and afters</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Kenz.... 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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-21878256049080601962014-05-27T22:58:00.001-07:002014-05-27T22:58:39.277-07:00Megan's Monday missionary message<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;">Can I just start off by saying how happy it is to see my family?!?!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Every Skype call it gets harder and harder to say goodbye, but the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">good news is... No more calls :) (100 days now, right dad) That was so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">cute that you're counting :) I love you guys so so so much!!! The</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Skype time goes by so fast. Can't wait until I can spend forever and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">ever talking to you, no time limits :) Jacob, I still can't believe</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">your driving, going to prom, working.... And your deep voice ;) Holla.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Blake, your hair literally looked dyed. You're such a stud! Houston,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">you're as cute as ever... Sad I couldn't hear your piano! I bet you</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">rock it. Ky, you are getting prettier and prettier you little soccer</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">star. And mom and dad, I could talk to you FOREVER, I miss ya so much.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">My two best friends :) So good to see you!!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Thanks for those pictures!! Everyone looks so cute and old :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well well well, you already know how good the week was.... (View the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">pic below to see how we feel about it ;)) Ethan is planning on getting</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">baptized on July 14 as long as everything goes good with his dad being</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">able to do it. He's such a cute kid! Came to church in his little</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">suit. :) He asks the deepest questions, things I've never even thought</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">of, smart boy. I am so so so excited for him!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then, Jen!!!! She is set to get baptized on June 7. Ask me how PUMPED</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I am?!?! I seriously can't even contain my excitement. Yay yay yay!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It's gonna change their little family so much! The thing is... They</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">just moved. Literally on the other side of the road of our area. We</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">are talking just one turn off. So, she will be in the Dade City ward.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We still will teach her though, so that's good. We have some</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">fellowshipping planned for this week with people from that ward,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">should be good :) so excited for her!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Maritza (sister Torres's daughter) came to church yesterday!! And she</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">really liked it :) :) I love her!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Things are going so so so good! Transfer calls are Saturday and I get</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">teary sick just thinking about it... Literally. I want to stay here</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">with Sister Bailey for the rest of my time.... But it's not about what</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I want :) so we will see how it goes! Whatever happens will be just</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">what we need, always is!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Insights of the week: :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Okay! So I read a talk from the RS session while I was on exchanges</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and I lost it. It's so so so good!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">“Oh, how we need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">young. And, hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It is a sociological fact that women need women. We need deep and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">satisfying and loyal friendships with each other.” Sister Hinckley was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">right; oh, how we need each other!'</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I know this is so so so true. WE NEED EACH OTHER. I have felt so so so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">grateful this week for people that I have needed. I love that our</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Heavenly Father uses other people to teach us. In the bible</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">dictionary, it says that faith is built by hearing the testimony of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">others. I know that my faith has been strengthened TONS by the faith</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">of those around me. I started to make a list, of people from home,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">people here, it's a long list :) I am so blessed with family and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">friends who have faith so strong that strengthens mine. I need you :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Love you tons and tons and tons!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">One love :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister B</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Pics:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">1. This is how we felt about Friday (our lessons with Jen and Ethan)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">2. The sisters in our ward :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">3. 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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-20496254469019272772014-05-27T22:56:00.000-07:002014-05-27T22:56:12.729-07:00Megan's Monday missionary message<div>
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<span style="line-height: 21px;">Okay... Ask me where I am. I'm sitting in a salon. Yes that's right,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">imma missionary and I just got a manicure, pedicure, and a facial. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mean.... Mission life is rough ;) our ward mission leaders wife asked</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">us if she could take us out for pday and this is what happened. They</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">are literally the SWEETEST FAMILY. This ward is incredible. I am so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">blessed to be here. Any ideas of what I can do to thank them?!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Monday- Okay! The "zone Olympics" with all the missionaries turned out</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to be SO MUCH FUN. I love being with the other missionaries. I feel</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">like I have met some of my very best friends out here... I love the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sisters I serve with SO MUCH. #sistasrule</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Ethan- So I told you about Ethan right?.. The boy who is 12? He is SO</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">SPECIAL. And so sweet. His parents are both less active, divorced, and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">going through some crazy things... This week we had a lesson with him</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and his two older sisters. I love this family! The kids are so so so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">good. I just hope the ward swallows them up and gives them all the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">attention and love they deserve. Goodness, it's so cool that even</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">though he doesn't have the best fam situation he is just good. But boy</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">oh boy am I grateful for a good mom and dad :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Savannah- Savannah is legit. She is 19, cute as heck, dating a less</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">active member. She is awesome. We went to lunch on Tuesday, told her</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">our purpose as missionaries and invited her to be baptized... (We were</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">working on being bold this week, can you tell?:)) she wants us to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">teach her! She basically has not a ton of religious background. We</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">taught her on Thursday, and it was such a powerful lesson about</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Heavenly Father, receiving answers to prayers, the atonement, and how</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">much this is going to bless her life. Her and I are a lot alike....</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">She can't wait to be a mom ;) I got all teary testifying to her how</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">much this is going to bless and change her life and her kids. Man. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love teaching people my age. I mean- imma missionary- I love teaching</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">everyone! There's something special though about teaching people in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the same stage of life. It's fun.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Exchanges- Wednesday we got to go on exchanges! The sister I went with</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">is actually from Inglewood Elder Foster! :) she is so sweet. I love</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">going on exchanges. She has been out about 3 weeks and is feeling a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">little homesick, made me think of me when i first came out:) we had a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">good tearful talk and then got to work. I love her!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Maritza and Sis T- OKAY... talk about miracle of the week. So FIRST</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">OFF, we go to teach Sister Torres, a recent convert. She told us how</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">she knew the Book of Mormon was true the first time she heard about</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it. Straight up had a DREAM. She told us the dream, and it was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">seriously incredible. It was about the temple! She wasn't even a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">member yet... Super cool right? She's awesome.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we started talking to her daughter, asked if we could teach her.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Maritza is 21, our age :). She is INSANELY PERFECT. We taught her</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">twice this week. She read the restoration pamphlet we gave her, took</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">notes and wrote down questions, prayed about what we taught, and WANTS</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">TO GET BAPTIZED.... UM HELLO MIRACLE. YES. She drew us a picture of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Christ with Moroni 10:4-5. Its incredible. The coolest thing is, we</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">didn't even tell her that scripture! I meant to take a pic but I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">forgot... I will take one and send it next week! She is so so so fun</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to teach, so sincere. I love her!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Friday- MLC... It was in Sarasota, which is supposed to be 1 hr</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">away...mended upmtaking us two and a half.... Oops! There was a CRAZY</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">rain storm, flood warnings, and tornado warnings. We saw a car</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">submerged in the water. But we were safe, no worries!! Pro driver</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">right here :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">MLC was so so so good though! I love president so much. He talked</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">about faith and how that's what our missionaries need. He said, the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">first 9 months I was here we have been focusing on obedience, and we</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">have made significant improvements in that, now he feels like faith</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">can be our focus. That's just what Sister Burton needed to hear too!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">The next day, Saturday we prayed for miracles and boy oh boy did He</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">let us see them!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">First, we ran in the rain... My fave. I am obsessed with rain. And it</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">rains all the time here... I could stay here forever <3</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We found a family of four!!! We have done service for Debra twice, she</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">let us "help" put her tile in. We went over on Saturday and her hubby</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">was asking all sorts of questions and she said we can teach her fam!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Mom, you are her and Joe her hubby and dad would be like best friends</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I feel like. We were sooo excited!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we had our rocking lesson with Maritza.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we had a lesson with the wards and it went so so so so good!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister ward opened up a lot and we are all on the same page that the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">temple is all our goal for their fam. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT DAY.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sunday was the ft Lauderdale temple dedication. So so neat!!! :) I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">miss the temple so much</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">In the temple dedication, Elder Christofferson explained a great way</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to think of the temple. He explained that when Christ came the law was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">fulfilled. He explained that when sacrifices were given before the law</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">was fulfilled, it was supposed to be as close to perfect as possible.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">The new sacrifice that is given is ourselves-- a broke heart and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">contrite spirit. But in order to be the most perfect sacrifice we can</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">be, we must attend the temple regularly and use the atonement daily.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Through the atonement and attending the temple we can become better</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and a better "sacrifice"- a more broken heart and contrite spirit.I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">don't know if I said it perfectly like he said it, but that is what I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">got out of it and I really loved that.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Insight of the week: quote from President Eyrings talk The Priesthood Man</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">"We all pray, but the (person) you want to be prays often and with</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">real intent. In the evening you will get on your knees and thank God</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">for the blessings of the day. You will thank Him for parents, for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">teachers, and for great examples to follow. You will describe in your</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">prayers specifically who has blessed your life and how, during that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">day. That will take more than a few minutes and more than a little</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">thought. It will surprise you and change you.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">As you pray for forgiveness, you will find yourself forgiving others.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">As you thank God for His kindness, you will think of others, by name,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">who need your kindness. Again, that experience will surprise you every</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">day, and over time it will change you."</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This week I made it a point to have more sincere prayers. I know his</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">words are true, prayer really does change us. I'm so grateful for a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Father who answers the prayers of his crazy, forgetful, full of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">weakness little girl. I love Him.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I LOVE YOU ALL TONS AND CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU ON SUNDAY :) :) :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Puppy lovin... Seriously the cutest dog I've ever seen.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Claire and I on our way to church <3</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Zone Olympics!! #allidoiswin #bronzemedal</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We are bein all healthy and stuff... A gallon a day. #watergirls</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">#carryinthejugerrywherewego</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Silly faces with Ava :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Plan of salvation fun!!!</span></div>
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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-65046344766913549422014-05-27T22:51:00.001-07:002014-05-27T22:51:54.157-07:00Lovin life<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;">The weeks are going faster and faster, I feel like I was just typing a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">letter! Haha :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sorry the letter is late! We and the zone leaders were in charge of a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">zone activity day today, and we were setting up all day, so we didn't</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">have time... So you probs won't get this until tomorrow morn when I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">have wifi.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">First things first:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We made a new song :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">"Listen to the Spirit"</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sung to Listen to your Heart</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Listen to the Spirit</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">When it's prompting you</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Listen to the Spirit</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">There's nothing else you should do</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You might not know where you're going</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">And you might not know why</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">But listen to the Spirit</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">So you can be like Nephi</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Haha we have some fun that's for sure. We sang our Tswift remix for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">President this week. He wants us to post it... So watch out for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Missionary Magical coming soon... Probs go viral :) hahaha</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Anyways, good solid week. Numbers wise, not so hot, but it was still stellar.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Let's see:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I finished the Book of Mormon this week!! Sups exciting, right? It's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so true :) I love it so very much.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We had some neat experiences this week, where we would get in the car</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and say"Well, that's exactly where we were supposed to be." I love</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">that feeling :) One of my favorites.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I am so grateful for my trials. I know that trials help us grow</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">stronger and knit us closer to God if we let them. Carlos's parents</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">are recent converts, and I love them to death! They are changing SO</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">much! They have been going through some hard things lately, and it is</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so neat to see them relying on God. We had the sweetest lesson with</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">them yesterday. There are too sweet. They are planning on being sealed</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">this year!! I will be there, Count me in! :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">A part member family we have been working with lost their grandma this</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">week. It was the dad, who isn't a members mom, and we spent some time</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">over there. It was so neat. First off, their girls are so cute!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Secondly, the whole fam was bearing testimony about the plan of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">salvation. The dad is much more open to the gospel then before, we are</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">teaching FHE next week, so excited!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Oh my goodness! Church was so so so stellar yesterday. Everyone was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">bearing their testimonies and taking about the Ft Lauderdale open</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">house to the temple. Can we talk about how temple hungry I am?! I miss</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it so much. That's totes gonna be one of the first things I do when I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">get back. I will never forget how I felt the day I went through for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the first time. Can't wait to go back.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Obvs, it was all about families too, which obviously made me miss</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">y'all! Goodness. Mom and dad, I think of you so often, and how many</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">things I learn from you. I'm so thankful to know that families can be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">eternal. I also think about my future fam and how grateful I am I came</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">out here. I can't imagine raising my kids and having a family w/o the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">things I've learned here. Mom- so you remember when I was deciding</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">whether or not I wanted to serve a mission and you said "Meg's, think</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">of your kids." Well, as always you were right :) man. I love family. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">miss y'all can't wait to see you in two weeks on Skype!!! :) :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Insight of the week: This week I read Morini 7 (a personal fave) I was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">thinking about charity, and in there it says charity never fails</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">right? And so I was thinking why doesn't charity ever fail? And this</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">is what I came up with: Well, charity is the pure love of Christ ya?</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well Christ's pure love didn't fail, never. that's why charity will</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">never fail. Charity never fails because Christ didn't fail.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Good good week! Sure love you :) thanks for all the things you do for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">me, they don't go unnoticed :) I'm blessed with the best fam and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">friends.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I LOVE YOU</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sis Burton</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Dragon fruit w/ sis Hernandez :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Gi drew a pic of me ;) haha</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">My girl <3 she reminds me of little miss Lilly.</span></div>
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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-48569733704896504922014-05-27T22:45:00.000-07:002014-05-27T22:45:08.585-07:00Megan Mission Top Hits<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hahaha Sister Bailey and I made a little list of so songs we've made,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">we probably have too much fun. Love you :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Mega Mission Top Hits</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(A list of songs written in the Florida Tampa Mission)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I mean... Sometimes (all the time) we like to write songs... We are</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">becoming pro Mormon-izers. Enjoy ;)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">#1 Gospel Rock</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(A Sis Millard and Sis B collaboration)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(To the tune of LMFAO Party Rock)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister missionaries in the house tonight</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Everybody is gettin an invite (passing out cards like nobodies business)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">And we're gonna help ya have eternal life</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We just wanna see ya (boom, boom, boom)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Get baptized</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">#2 We like to Bike</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(Written and performed by Sister Millard and Sister Burton... When we</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">were full bike )</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We like to bike and we cannot lie</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You other sistas can't deny</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">When we walk in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Just lookin so thin</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It beats yo four wheel drive</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">#3 Missionary Magical</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(Written by the Sister B and Sis B)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(To the tune of Tswift 22)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It feels like a perfect day</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">To dress up as sisters</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">And preach the gospel (uh oh, uh oh)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It feels like a perfect day</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">To show Christ's wa-ay</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">To a bunch of strangers (uh oh, uh oh)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Yeaaah-aaaaah</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We're happy, single, and spiritual at the same time</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It's MISSIONARY MAGICAL</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Oh Yeaaah-aaaaah</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Today's the day that we forget about the world</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It's fine</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Uh-oh</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I don't know about you,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">But I'm feelin the spirit too</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Everything will be alright if</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You keep it close to you</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You don't even know us</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">But we'll teach ya about Jesus</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Everything will be alright if</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You just keep prayin then you'll</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Know it's true-oo-oo</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">#4 Pen Pal</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(Written to the tune of my boy Justin Bieber's song Boyfriend)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(Written by sister Bailey and Burton)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Baby take a chance or you'll never ever know</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I've got letters in my hand that I'd really like to show</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Send, send, send-to you.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Cantcha feel the fire while we're talkin' bout truth</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I don't know about me</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">But I know about you</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">So say hello to the temple in 3,2 swag</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I'd like to be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sealed for eternity</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hey boy... Will you write me?</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">If I was your pen pal</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I'd never let ya go</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We could seal the deal</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">When I get home</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">You could be my husband</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">And I could be your wife</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then with our family</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We'd have eternal life</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">#5</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Toes</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(Sister Bailey and Burton)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">(Sung to the tune Toes... (We think) by Zach Brown Band)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Got my toes in my closed shoes</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">My arms in the sun</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Not a worry in the world</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Preachin' the gospel is fun</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Life was good today</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Life was good today</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sent from my iPad</span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-44521268951496569552014-05-27T22:43:00.001-07:002014-05-27T22:43:49.843-07:00Special Sundays<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!! Sure love you :) :) I hope you have a super good</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">day, hope the Rangers win, you get your favorite Lasagna, and all that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">good stuff. Got your letter today, thanks so much. Sure miss you. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love you dad!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Mom, your letters never cease to CRACK ME UP. I can't wait to hang out</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and laugh with you again :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Marisa Dietz is a married woman!! My goodness, what a beautiful little</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">bride she is :) Those pictures from Tabes and the letter from you mom,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I was waterworks this morning. What a happy day :) sure love my best</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">friends!! So happy for you and colt ris!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This week was so stellar!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We had SEVEN TIMES the number of lessons this week then were here the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">week before we got here, and we didn't even do missionary work Monday</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">or Tuesday cause we were helping president. We are being so very</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">blessed with miracles!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Where to begin?! I usually bring my journal so I can remember. what to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">write about... Yikes I forgot it, hope I can do this week justice :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mo</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">First off, PLEASE tell me you have seen the Because of Him video?! If</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">not, quit reading this email and watch it. I promise it's better :).</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Ha, but seriously, that video has been the best teaching and finding</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">tool. It is so so so good. And so powerful. Everyone has been posting</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it all over FB. It is so good!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://mormon.org/BecauseofHim" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">mormon.org/BecauseofHim</a></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well most of the magic happened Sunday we will start there.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Cutest thing- on the way into church I see Jeremy Catmull, one of my</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">buds from the Odessa ward. He yells " ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! It's sister</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Burton!!" He comes and says, don't tell my mom, I'm not supposed hug</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">missionaries anymore since I'm 12 now, but I'm gonna give you a huge</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">hug anyways ;) too cute!! Love that boy and that family.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I spoke on Sunday. Yikes- still not my favorite thing to do but that's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">okay. It was neat to be able to speak on Easter though, helped me</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">focus more on the real meaning and share that with others. Anyways....</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I don't know if I've told you about Jen. She's a little older than me,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">married, has a super cute little boy who is 1. Hubby was baptized at</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">8, doesn't sound like he was ever super active. She came to church for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the first time on Sunday. She told Sis Bailey that her and her husband</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">had been talking and they both said they want to raise their little</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">one in the Mormon church!!! AH!!!! I almost died out of happiness. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love her so much.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then Ethan. Ethan is 12. We have been teaching him for a while now. He</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">lives with his dad who is less active. Ethan is the sweetest boy I've</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">ever met in my life. He ,always asks us when the soonest time is that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">we can come back and teach him. He is so eager to learn. Too cute :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">he came to church all dressed up in a new suit :) our last lesson we</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">talked about the priesthood, he lit up like a Christmas tree when we</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">told him he would be able to receive the priesthood and pass the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sacrament now that he's 12. Our WML said that Ethan was watching the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">deacons like a hawk yesterday... Made me cry. He's such a sweet boy.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">The WHOLE family came to church. The ward's!!! Dad, mom and all three</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">of the girls. I LOST IT up on the stand. I was so so so stinking</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">happy. They were waving like crazy, so happy to be at church. Man I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love those girls. Cant wait for that fam to be sealed.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I saw Chico Hunt from Odessa too. He is the man. I almost cried when</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">he was talking to me about their fam, they are doing SO good. The</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">girls are memorizing the articles of faith he told me:) I've gotta</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">find out when they're going to the temple... I would die to come back</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">for that. Love em.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We are sister training leaders now, so lots of exchanges to come :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">which I'm very excited about. I love getting to know other sisters and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">learning from them. It will be fun!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Grandma Jocko: thanks so much for the Easter card! I loved it!! :) do</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">you remember a few Fourth of July's ago when we had the "Burton</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Olympics?!" Well we are in charge of a zone pday, and we want to have</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">missionary Olympics.. Haha could you (or anyone else reading this too</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">who has fun game ideas) send me those games we played soon... Really</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">soon :)?? All I can remember is the Cheeto and shaving cream one.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Thank you TONS!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Jacob and Blake/ anyone interested :) I am re-going through and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">studying Preach My Gospel... And I would love it if you wanted to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">study with/ tell me the things you learn from it. I wish I would've</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">been into it more before I came out, and it would help you two prepare</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to be even more awesome missionaries now and in a couple years :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love you two!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Some things I LOVED this week from studies:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Ether 12:27</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Just the other day I was talking to sister b about how the longer I'm</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">on my mission, the more I see how many things I need to work on and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">how imperfect I am. After I read that, I think it's a good thing :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">ha. As we come closer to Christ, we realize how imperfect we are and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">how much we need His help. I am definitely learning that. Yay for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">daily repentance :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sis B shared this quote with me from CS Lewis that I love now that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">kinda goes along:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">" No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">German army by fighting against it, not by giving in. You find out the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">life by always giving in."</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This quote I used in my talk, I can't get through it w/o choking up:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">In light of what we know about our eternal destiny, is it any wonder</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">that whenever we face the bitter endings of life, they seem</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">unacceptable to us? There seems to be something inside of us that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">resists endings.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Why is this? Because we are made of the stuff of eternity. We are</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">eternal beings, children of the Almighty God, whose name is Endless13</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and who promises eternal blessings without number. Endings are not our</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">destiny. (Grateful in Any Circumstances) Uchdorf</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I am obsessed. We are not made for endings. In the Because of Him</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">video it says there is no such thing as the end because of Him. I know</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">that that is true. That because of our Savior's love for us, death is</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">not the end, and sin isn't the end either. We are never too far gone</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">for our Savior's eternal and infinite Atonement to reach us and clean</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">us. I know that He lives.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I love you all so so so so so much :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Have a good week</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Love,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Burton :)</span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-91784398439997023612014-05-27T22:41:00.001-07:002014-05-27T22:41:10.402-07:00Missionary Mail Monday <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><iframe height="0" id="trackingIframe" src="https://skypewebexperience.live.com/content/3-14-1744/tracking-iframe-outlook.html?sts=1401251722261&sessionid=467c8787-926f-4d41-0a98-2676ce65c514&hostproperty=outlook&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fsnt148.mail.live.com&dynamicConfig=%7B%22Data%22%3A%7B%22visitorSampling%22%3A0.001%7D%7D" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; left: 0px; line-height: 19px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" width="0"></iframe> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Well here I am sitting on Presdient's couch writing you this little</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">email. I seriously can't believe it's Monday already.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We have become so close with the Cusicks, it's the funnest thing.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">They've become our mom and dad out here and Kate is like a sister,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it's too fun. We are helping tonight and tomorrow night with the new</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">missionaries coming in and the old missionaries leaving. Helping with</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">dinner and all that fun stuff. I love them, feel so at home with them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Mom: you're the best. Me and sister Bailey were talking about how</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">awesome our moms are this week. I think of you often and how much good</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I learned from you.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Dad: that email about what Houston said killed me- I was laughing so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">hard! Haha. No worries, I won't be gettin married that fast! Haha. Got</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">a letter from you today :) tho make my week. I love you dad!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hmmm let's see... This week was so good. They are starting to fly by</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and they're getting better and better I feel like. I hope I stay on</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">this area until I go home. This ward is on fire and we are starting to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">fit right in with the members, working together so well. I love this</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">ward!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Monday is FHE with members now. We get to stay the whole night and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">talk with them about missionary work... It is helping so much to get</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to know the members better and help them see how easy missionary work</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">can be. We went to the Bezerra's.... Dad! Bro B served in the same</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mission as you... He thinks he remembers you... He told me to tell you</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to send a pic of you from your younger years so I can show him :).</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Anyways, they are an AWESOME family. Six kids, too cute, just got</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sealed a couple weeks ago, and they are the best missionaries.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Seriously. They give us a referral like once a week. They are so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">natural at sharing the gospel... I want my fam to be like that. They</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">had another family from the ward come too, one of my favorites, too</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">fun!!! (That's the pic with all the fun kids)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Tuesday we had a referral we went to visit. We went in and she was so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so so happy to see us! Turns out she just moved here a month ago from</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">upstate NY and got baptized last summer. She hasn't been able to drive</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to church because of medical reasons and she was so sad that she</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">hadn't been to church for a week. She told us she knew we were coming</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sometime because she had a dream the Mormons were going to come find</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">her again :) We got her a ride this Sunday and she was so so happy!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Wednesday we had some super good lessons!! Jen is doing so so so good</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and the ward is really reaching out to her. Amanda and her girl Gianna</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">are the cutest. Seriously. I laugh so hard over there, we were hoping</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to see them at church yesterday, but they weren't able to make it.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Friday we went on exchanges. I was with Sis Larsen, her and I served</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">in Tampa 1 at the same time. I love her to pieces. We had a super good</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">time together. It's so fun how close you get with people on the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mission. I love it :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Saturday... Holla.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Dinner with the Wards (the SUPER cute fam with the little girls). I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">honestly can't get enough of them. Our goal with them is the temple. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">seriously can't wait!!! They put leggings on under their shorts when</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">we came over be they "wanted to be modest for the missionaries";) haha</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">too cute. I love them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We had a lesson with our boy Carlos (he one who's 26). We love him so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so much. He is so fun to teach. He's praying about getting baptized</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">next month!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sunday Bro H (Carlos's dad) text us and told us that Carlos was coming</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to church and that him and his wife were so excited! I screamed for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">joy like a giddy little girl. Ashely and Shannon and their two little</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">girls came too. The ward swallowed them up. They are the CUTEST couple</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">in the world. Ashley is hopefully getting baptized soon and then it'll</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">be temple time!! I honestly felt so happy, I even got a lil teary. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">loved having all of them at church. Happy day.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We had an awesome lesson on Sunday too!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then then then President had us over to tell us what we'd be doing for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the dinners. After we had s'mores and hung out by the fire-too fun:) I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love the Cusicks!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I seriously love this. I love being a missionary so much! I dread the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">day I haveta take off this tag. Sunday was the happiest I think I've</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">ever felt in my whole entire life (besides like the temple or family</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">time of course). This work is so worth it when we have those little</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">pieces of heaven. I hope I can be a missionary my entire life, I know</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">that's one reason I've been in the areas I've been in. To see these</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">rockin families who are so good at being good. Good moms (obvs none as</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">good as my own mom;)) and good member missionaries. I feel like I am</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">gaining so much more out of this experience than I thought I would or</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">even then I thought I needed. I didn't know how much I needed a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mission. I can't imagine living my life without the experiences I'm</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">having. I am so glad I'm here, there's no where else I would rather be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">right now.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I know God lives and loves us, so does His Son. This is His church. It's true.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I love you all so so so much!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Only four months... Yikes! :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Love you!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">One love</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sis Megs Burton</span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-65277969721423114922014-05-27T22:37:00.000-07:002014-05-27T22:37:26.491-07:00Mission life is the life fo' me :)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 21px;">Hey Y'all!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">The weeks are flyin faster and faster... Can't believe it's Monday</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">again already :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well this last week was so great.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Where shall we start?!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">How about conference?! Yikes. It was so so so good. All my questions</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">were answered like always. How blessed we are to have prophets and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">apostles who tell us just what God wants us to hear. I love how bold</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">they are, makes me so happy- lots of "God's ways never change even</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">though the world does." Goodness I love conference.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We watched three of the sessions with President and his family.... I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love that family so much. They have become our little family here.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">They do so much for us, we are blessed to live so close by to them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I'm glad you got that picture from sister Cusick!! I didn't know if</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">you still had the same # mom, so I just had her send it to dad. Next</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">time I'll give them yours too :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We had a lesson with Kaitlin (the cute sweet little 18 year old) this</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">week. Kate (Presidents daughter... I LOVE her) came with us. Kaitlin</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">agreed to be baptized this month!!! She is such a sweet girl, so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sincere. Her prayer at the end of the lesson made me cry. She has told</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">us "I don't wanna just do it halfway, I wanna know for sure. I want it</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to be my whole heart and soul that goes in the water." So sweet. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love her!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Wednesday was a good day!! We had dinner with Amanda, she's soooo</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">nice. She's a potential investigator. She is so so sweet to us. She's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">from New York, has the funnest accent. We love her. Her little girl,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">11, was there too. We are going back again this week to teach!!:)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we went to teach Carlos, and his mom and dad (sweet recent</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">converts) were making us dinner. Y'all know I can eat.... Hahaha but</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">double dinners kill me. Ha I feel sicky like the whole rest of the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">week. But they were both good so it was worth it :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Friday Sis B had a dr appointment in Tampa, so I got to drive by my</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">old downtown area... Tore a little piece of my heart, I miss that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">place :) but at the dr, we talked to this guy and it was great. We</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">said hi and made some small talk, he asked where we were from and said</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">that he could tell that we weren't from Tampa because we were "too</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">happy" :). Haha. We told him why we were so dang happy and he said</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">he's been looking for a church!! So we referred the missionaries in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">his area to him. I love talking to people everywhere we go about the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">gospel,I miss doing that everyday in metro.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">After the dr, president asked us to come to MLC to train on the class</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">we taught last Sunday in third hour on hastening the work. It was fun</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to see all the missionaries I haven't seen for a while.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Oh! I loved loved loved Holland's talk on defending our faith. The</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">beginning of this week was kinda rough, we had some incidences of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">people we met with trying to prove us wrong and what not, some anti</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">stuff. But all we could do was testify of the things we know to be</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">true. Holland said that when we defend our faith, our faith grows, and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I felt that this week. :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We met with Jennifer this week. WE LOVE HER!!! She's 23, married to a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">less active member, and has the CUTEST little boy. She is so sincere</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and prepared. We love her.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Crystal left for Utah to be with her bf in Utah. We already miss her!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">That's who the picture is with!! :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Okay! Sis B and I are twins. We are seriously like turning into one</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">another. It's kinda crazy. We always say the same things. People ask</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">us if we're sisters all the time. When we contact we always start</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">asking the same things at the same time... It's kinda embarrassing,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">like we are scripted or something hahaha. I love her.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This week we made up a funny little missionary game. We wrote down all</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the Christ-like attributes from Preach My Gospel, and put them in a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">bowl. Everyday we pick one out and try to focus on having that</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">attribute, at the end of the day we haveta guess what each other's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">are. Kinda fun :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Studies were so good this week! In PMG it says to pray to know if the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Book of Mormon is true. I've done that a couple times here on my</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mission, and I get the same answer that I got when I asked the first</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">time when I was 14 :) i know that that book is true. And because I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">know that, I know that this is Christ's church. I know that Joseph</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Smith was a prophet of God, just like the prophets of old, and just</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">like the men we heard from this weekend. I know it I know it I know</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it!! :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I love y'all so so very much!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">One love <3</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Megan Burton</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Here's some pics... MOM AND DAD!! Look what kind of ice cream they</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">have here!!!! Yummmmmmoooooo :) :)</span></div>
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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-29480166340383904552014-04-06T10:13:00.002-07:002014-04-06T10:13:34.363-07:00It's 80 degrees as I sit here on the porch... ;)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hello hello everyone!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I miss and love you all!! This week was so so so so so so so good. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">want to be a missionary forever... I love this.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I will just try and give y'all a run down of the week, hope I don't bore you. :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Monday:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">President came by our apartment while we were doing emails... He lives</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">in our neighborhood, and he was out running. I love him! Anyways, he</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">came and saw us for a sec, then called us about 5 min after he left</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and told us there was an alligator... So obviously we went and saw it.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Bailey hasn't seen one yet... She's been dying... We finally</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">found the alligator and sis b and I took about a million pics,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">modeling the gator of course ;) I will send some. Too much fun.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we had dinner with a member fam (Monday nights we get to go to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">members for dinner now). And taught them all about hastening the work.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It was good! It was fun to be there!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Tuesday:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Lesson with a less active. We had a member come with us, she's a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">convert, and she bore a powerful testimony. It was great.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We did service for a lady we met walking around in a neighbor hood...</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We helped her tile her floor. I mean, you can call me handy Mandy-</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">not. I didn't have a clue what i was doing. She's a super sweet lady</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">with a cute family, hoping for an opportunity to start teaching them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we went to a baseball game of one of the primary kids... Good way</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to meet new people it was great :)... They played the rangers ;)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Wednesday:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We taught Carlos again, the 26 year old. He's seriously like a dream.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We LOVE teaching him. He has so many questions and is so sincere. He</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">said he would get baptized if he knows the church is true! We are</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">excited to watch conference with him!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we taught Crystal. She is a recent convert, just got baptized in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">November. She's moving to Utah this week, to be with her fiancé...</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">He's the one that introduced her to the church... Too cute. I love her</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so much!! She's my age.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Thursday:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Taught Kaitlin (the cutest, sweetest, happy girl I've ever met). She</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">is so cute. She's 18, good friends with a boy serving a mission, and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">he introduced to missionaries before he left. I love her, she's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">seriously so cute... Mix of Megan Owen and Mitra... She reminds me of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">both of them. Too cute.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Friday:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Shoutout: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!! :) I love you.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Friday was so good. We had a lesson with a family who hasn't been</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">coming to church. No one from the ward has been able to get in contact</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">with them for months. They have three little girls 11, 8, and 6. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">mean... I'm obsessed. They are the cutest girls. The dad wasn't home,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so we had "girls night." Pizza and a lesson. The 8 year old isn't</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">baptized yet, so we are teaching her and the whole family. She is the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sweetest thing. I LOVE teaching kids. It's so much more fun ;) not</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">really, it's just easier for me, ha not as scary. She said the closing</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">prayer and said "please bless that the missionaries can come and watch</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">conference with us and that we can snuggle..."WHAT?! Yes please.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Goodness, they are just too cute for words. Then before we left, she</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">gave us a big hug and said "thank you for teaching us about Jesus</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Christ." Okay. Cutest.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Saturday:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">It was raining so hard. We could like FEEL the lighting, I mean it was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">scary, but it's fine/ super cool. I can't wait for the summer</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">lightning storms... They are unreal.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Women's broadcast with Crystal... I LOVE HER!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sunday:</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Um okay I love fast and testimony meeting.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Crystal got up (the recent convert). It was so so so sweet. She was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">thanking all the people in the ward who had helped her, and then the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">missionaries she said "you guys have changed my life." My goodness, I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love her. I'm glad she will be in Utah... We can party together.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then a boy we are teaching, who's fam is less active, he's 11 bore his</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">testimony too. He said "I used to be a horrible kid (not true, he's 11</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and a sweetheart) but ever since I came to church I feel different and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it's making me better. I realized that when I was doing those horrible</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">things, I wasn't thinking about God or Jesus, it now that I go to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">church, I think about them all the time." Okay. Talk about a happy day</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">for sis.Bailey and I. It was the sweetest thing.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We taught 3rd hour- combined relief society, priesthood, and young</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">women. It was so so fun. This ward is insanely good at sharing the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">gospel. A lot of the things we used were from "The Power of Everyday</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Missionaries"... You should read it !!! It's so good.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Then we went to Presidents for dinner last night. IT WAS SO FUN. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">seriously love them so so much. We are going there for a session of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">conference this weekend too. Too fun!! I love them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Things are going so good, time is flying too fast. I was talking to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sister Bailey about it last night. Time is so funny out here, feels</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">like I've been gone forever, and out for a month all at the same time,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it's weird... But it's starting to fly and it kinda scares me. Just</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">gotta love everyday I guess, huh? :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Man. Something in testimony meeting really stuck out to me yesterday.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Someone said something like, we know that Christ died for us, lots of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">people know that. But even more than that, he LIVED for us, and lives</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">for us. I loved that. This gospel is so very full of hope. I am so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">excited for Easter, to get to celebrate the most marvelous and hopeful</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">thing to ever happen. I know He lives!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well I sure love y'all so so much!!!! Thanks for all the love. I sure</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love you tons.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Megan Brialle Burton :)</span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-49466511694007555762014-04-06T10:11:00.000-07:002014-04-06T10:11:10.559-07:00It's already time for another email?!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well, this week literally FLEW by. I can't remember like a single</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">thing that happened I feel like.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well let's start with Monday.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We had a lesson with a part member family. The husband is a member,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">but he was working. Their son is 14 and he just got baptized in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">October. HE IS A STUD. I love him, such a good boy. Then they have a</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">little one who is like 7 months. I AM OBSESSED. He is literally the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">CUTEST baby I've ever seen in my whole life.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Anyways, the mom isn't a member. So we taught her about Joseph Smith</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and the restoration on Monday night. Her 14 yeAr old boy who has been</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">a member for about 6 months bore his testimony about how he knows it's</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">true... Then at the end he said the most humble prayer I've ever</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">heard, asking that his mom would get her answer and know that it was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">true. Tender little moment.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Saturday we had a lesson with Carlos. His parents are both recent</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">converts, he's 26. He is SO COOL. We love him. Saturday we had the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">most awesome lesson. For twelve week we had been studying one of the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">videos from The District and role played it. In our lesson on Saturday</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Carlos asked the basically the EXACT same question we had role played,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and we were able to help him recognize the Spirit! He was pumped to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">read the Book of Mormon!!! He is so neat.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We met with the family that we met last week. They had so many</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">questions, they are so so neat. It was really good.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I got to see tons of people from Odessa yesterday. Man, I love them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">They all said I look way different.... So watch out, might not even</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">recognize me when I get home... Sis Bailey and I are gettin YOKED. And</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">burnt... We decided to walk ALL DAY Saturday ( I was missing metro) ;)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">and we got FRIED. I love floridA:)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Glad Andria sent you that pic!!! Their kids are so stinking cute!!! :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Can we just take a minute and talk about my companions?! I've been so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">blessed. I saw sis Millard yesterday and got the neatest little letter</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">from her. She is the best. And then there's sister Bailey. I know for</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">a fact Heavenly Father knew I needed this girl. She is teaching me so</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">very much. She is one of the sweetest, happiest, most hopeful people</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I've ever met. She's just got so much faith. I love her so much. Her</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">dad will be in Rexburg this week, i gave her your number to give to</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">her dad, dad so you might hear from him?! Her and I will be friends</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">forever. I hope she never goes to Brazil ;)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Well I love ya'll so much. Yesterday was a rough one. but that's ok</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">:)...they can't all be good. I went back through and read letters from</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">y'all, then I felt better....</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sooooo.....thanks for all that you do!! I love you so very much!! So</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so so much.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hope you all have a good week and a fun little spring break!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Megan Brialle Burton</span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-24571802012691264542014-04-06T10:10:00.000-07:002014-04-06T10:10:02.740-07:00Most Miraculous Moments<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hello hello!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This week has been probably my favorite week my whole mission. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">re-read the Fourth Missionary talk (the best talk in the world...READ</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">IT) and then after I had a very sincere prayer/conversation with</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Heavenly Father. Just that I would really be able to give my whole</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">entire heart 100% of myself to right now, to this work.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">All week I have been having moments where I think to myself "this is</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">exactly where I am supposed to be." We are seeing miracles every</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">single day. Yesterday we had the most miraculous day. We were trying</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to make visits with a list that our WML gave us. We went to a house,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">didn't end up being the less active that we were looking for, but the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">couple let us right in. The mom said she wanted us to teach her</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">granddaughter. We left them with a prayer and they told us we could</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">come back. When we got back in the car we realized we had gone to the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">wrong address of the less active, it wasn't even close to where we</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">were. We still don't know how we got there... Well obviously it was</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">God.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">THEN we had a dinner with a member and their non member friends. A</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">FAMILY!! this family is so great. They have two little girls, and</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">they have so much faith. The member met the dad at the dad's work.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">They became good friends, he took them to night in Bethlehem, and has</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">given them a Book of Mormon. He is the best member missionary. The</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">spirit was so very strong in that home. They were asking all kinds of</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">questions about the Restoration. I wanted to burst with tears. The</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">member family was so happy, so happy. I don't think I've had a sweeter</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">experience on my mission. This is what it's all about. We are seeing</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">them again this week.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">THEN we met with this boy named Chris. He's 18, reminds me of little</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Blake :) he had been meeting with missionaries in Clearwater. He wants</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">to get baptized!!!!!!!! It's fine. Miracles are happening every two</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">seconds.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">The two best member-missionaries I've seen this week are two special</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">people. They both have lots of trials, lots of hard things going on in</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">their lives. They'd be the one to have the "too busy" excuse for not</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">listening to the prophet and sharing the gospel. But they don't take</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">it. They are missionary machines. Seriously. So incredible. And they</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">are happy. I've learned a lot from both of them.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Had interviews with President this week. I love him. So much. He told</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">me so many things I needed to hear, he's indeed an inspired man. He is</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so sweet too, he even gave me a hug after :) I love him!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Bailey is the best. Don't worry dad, I'm learning all about her</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Texan ways :) she's so good. Makes me want to be better.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I never want to leave this place.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">They had us bear our testimonies yesterday at church. I don't know why</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I still get nervous, but this time my heart was pounding so very fast,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">faster than normal even. I know that Jesus Christ lives. I know it</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">because of blessings I see, but most importantly from how i feel when</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I say it. He lives, and because He lives, we can find strength, hope,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">peace,forgiveness, and WE CAN CHANGE. We can become better, more like</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Him. His light is so very real. It covers all that darkness of the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">world.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I love you so so so much family and friends!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Big hugs!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sis Burton</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-69557403328490939032014-04-06T10:09:00.001-07:002014-04-06T10:09:07.920-07:00You'll never guess where I am at.....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Guess where I am right now?!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Wesley chapel... Serving in the Tampa 2 ward, which probably means</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">nothing to you, but it's the ward that neighbors Odessa!! So we share</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">a building with them... How awesome is that?!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">President is in our area... Holla :) this ward went from having two</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">sets of elders to now no elders but two sets of sisters!! :) they are</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">so sooo sooo excited to have sisters. Our ward mission leader is the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">MAN. I LOVE HIM!!! He put us right to work.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Daddy!!! Guess where my companion is from?!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Allen Texas!!!! I LOVE HER!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">She's so stinking cute, so pumped about the work... She has made me</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">more excited about it to. She's super happy all the time, so sweet. I</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">love her!! She was originally assigned to Brazil, so she will head</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">there when she gets her visa. She's a sweetheart.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">I was so excited to be staying in Tampa in an area that's pretty</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">familiar. Kind of awesome. I will probs be here the rest of mission,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">which is rad.</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Dad you asked me forever ago if I knew the date, and I do. My return</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">date is like august 20th</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Oh, since President is having all the new missionaries go out to do</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">metro their first couple days, we got to go to metro this weekend!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Yay yay yay!! It was so so fun!! We got to ride the bus and contact,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">which I hadn't done before it was fun. Passed out cards at the</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">lightning game, it was just really good. Downtown's got my heart,</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">excited to take y'all there!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">This ward had a total (with both sets of missionaries) of 6 lessons</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">the week before we got here, sooo there's lots of work to get done :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Itll be good. Sis Bailey is a super hard worker, so it'll be good!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">We'll well well I have no time... Weird huh?!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Love you tons!!!</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Sister Burton</span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="line-height: 21px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;"></span></span>Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-19738019437106028472014-03-06T14:46:00.002-08:002014-03-06T14:46:41.016-08:00See ya later, Metro :(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Okay everyone.... This was our faces when we found out the results of transfers.....</span><br />
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Sister Millard is training!! Just after 3 months.... (because she is a ROCKSTAR) She's gonna do so good. I'm gonna miss her so much though. We have had little moments all weekend where we look at each other and just start crying. I seriously love her so much! It'll be hard to leave her.</div>
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Saying bye to the ward was rough, not as bad as last time though. I only cried a couple times... the Lewis's. MAN I will miss them SO stinking much. They've been like my mom and dad here. I seriously think the world of them. Their oldest just got her call to Portugal this week! I love them so much. I will really miss them. </div>
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Uhhh... I was sick at the begginning. But I'm getttin better!! </div>
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I literally have no time to email, I'm so sorry (probs no personal emails today... SO sorry friends :))</div>
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I wish I could remember what happened. OH cool story. Weds we had a lesson with this lady who recently lost her 23 year old son. She is so sad :(. We said a prayer for her. Earlier that day in my personal prayer I had prayed to have my testimony of the plan of salvation strenghtened... Boy does He answer prayers! :) While we were saying this prayer with this lady I could literally feel angels in that living room. Her boy was there, there was no doubt in my mind. Such a neat experience. </div>
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Friday we went out contacting as usual. Talked to this guy for about five min, said he wasnt big into religion, too much hypocricy, just a short little contact. The next morning we had a voicemail on our phone from him. He had checked out <a href="http://mormon.org/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">mormon.org</a> and said "Okay, I wanna know more about this mormon thing, can we meet up?". Yes sir, yes we can meet up. It was just SO stinking cool, cause he was the last person we thought would get back to us. YAY. We never know who's prepared... but God does. That's why we just gotta open our mouths and invite EVERYONE :)</div>
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Man. I love being a missionary. I feel like the things I've learned in Metro are going to bless me for the rest of my life. I know that the Spirit is what makes this Work work. He leads us, helps us know what to say, and he teaches the people. I have LOVED spending everyday with this badge on, walking on the streets of downtown Tampa, and inviting everyone I see to experience the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I am so blessed to have this opportunity here. Downtown Tampa will always have a special place in my heart.<span style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU GUYS THIS PLACE! :) </span></div>
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This ward taught me so much too. Man. All these cute little families make me so excited to be a momma and a wife someday. They have taught me a ton. I love them. Wanna be like them someday. Such good, strong, faithful families. Hard to leave.</div>
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<br style="line-height: 21px;" />This week was super good!! Ask me if I'm typing y'all this message on<br style="line-height: 21px;" />my new IPAD?!? Holla:)<br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />Well this week was good.<br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />Johnson ( the one from Nigeria) is still the funniest person ever. We<br style="line-height: 21px;" />had a cool lesson with him this week all about the Book of Mormon. He<br style="line-height: 21px;" />really likes to question things... But we used a scripture from the<br style="line-height: 21px;" />bible that talks about the Book of Mormon, and he couldn't say a<br style="line-height: 21px;" />thing. The Spirit was strong.<br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />Srujan ( the one from indiA) is soooo cool. I LOVE teaching him. He<br style="line-height: 21px;" />said he knows the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith is a<br style="line-height: 21px;" />prophet! He agreed to get baptized if he gets answers to his prayers<br style="line-height: 21px;" />about God being there. Man I love him so much!<br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />I told you about the mom and daughter right?! Man they are the best.<br style="line-height: 21px;" />Mom agreed to get baptized and has a date set for March 22. Daughter<br style="line-height: 21px;" />will hopefully have a date too this week! They are so so so so funny!!<br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />Jacob and Blake!!! You're birthdays are this week!!! Oh my goodness!!<br style="line-height: 21px;" />You are gettin so stinking old. 16 jake?! Who's your first date gonna<br style="line-height: 21px;" />be with?! Tell me everything :)<br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />I love you all so so so much!!! :) have a good week!!!<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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Wednesday we got invited to MLC, so we went (duh) and it was INCREDIBLE. The best training I think I've ever had. We had two people from the missionary department come and train us.... (cause we're getting ipads... tomorrow!!... ya that's right) They taught us how to be better teachers and MAN is it helping SO much. I feel like imma brand new missionary learning all over again. We found 6 new investigators... we TRIPLED our goal! Heavenly Father is blessing us SO much!!! </div>
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Everyone keeps talking about this sense of "urgency" to share the gospel, hasten the work and whatnot. I'm gonna be honest, I wasn't quite feeling it... just kinda going about the usual routine. But after this week BOY AM I FEELING IT!!! This work is ROLLING. Seriously. This is God's work and it's hastening. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">SOOOOOO remember the family I told you about like 3 months ago that we met outside the strip mall having a bday party and invited us to come and eat cupcakes with them?! Well anyways one of them is a 23 year old girl, super sweet. I had friended her on FB, talked a few times, but then she like deleted me... (sad day, right?). SO THEN <span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.899999618530273px;">Sis Millard needed a haircut today, so we went to get it done. The receptionist turned out to be her!!!!! She came and gave me a huge hug, her new FB account (she had deleted her old one), and her phone number. She said she has been having a rough time, feeling really down and confused, and that she prayed this morning on her way to work for some help. She said she knows that it was no coincidence that we came in today, she knows it was God. I can't wait to start teaching her!!!</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.899999618530273px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-66010361207678215482014-02-12T08:09:00.001-08:002014-02-12T08:09:14.397-08:00Welcome to the Metro Hotel<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">This week was so good!!</span><br />
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Sister Mortensen came!!... I dont know if i ever told you about her. She was the first sister i went on exchanges when i got here... reminds me tons of Melanie Klingler. I LOVE HER. She was like my mom when i first came out. It was so nice to see her!! :)</div>
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I feel like our Indian investigator is teaching me SO SO SO much. He said the closing prayer again, and i teared up. He's so great. He told us that he since he's been meeting w/ us, reading, and praying, that "I dont feel so sad at the end of the day... I'm more happy, and I feel hopeful." AHH!!! He is so great. </div>
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Tuesday two sisters and their trainee come stay with us. It was so much fun! I went out with the new sister, (who is the Nadauld's in our wards cousin!!) We went to this baseball game and talked to this guy. He loves mormons! He said that he got a blessing once, and he's been to church twice. He was with his little granddaughter. She was so cute!! Sis N was talking to the guy and I was talking to her and she said "I just want to talk to you forever, but I know you're going to have to leave, so i'm just gonna talk really fast" She was like talking at 100 miles an hour. She was so cute! Drew us pictures :) They should be at church next Sunday!!!<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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SO rad. Weds, we had a lesson with our investigator from India. The Spirit is working on him, it's SO stinking cool. So, our lesson this week was on faith. We read Alma 32 together. We got to verse 21, the one that explains what faith is, and he said..."Woah, that was for me." IT WAS SO COOL!! Even though he doesn't have a Christian background, and doesn't really understand the BofM, the Spirit was able to teach him something!! He is starting to see God's hand in his life, and to believe in him. He knows he needs to increase his faith. He's so great! He's coming to church this Sunday!!! YAY!<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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Saturday we had a conference with Elder Kapischke (70) and President Thompson. It was SO SO SO SO SOOOOO good. Man. The Spirit was so strong. There's so much I needta work on! Woo!</div>
Then Sat night was Stake conference in... ODESSA!! :) so that was super fun being able to see everybody!! I love that ward :)<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
This weekend was this big festival nonsense here in Tampa called Gasperilla, celebrating something about the pirates or something. Anyways, there was TONS of garbage everywhere... beer cans and cups and yuckies, so we went out w/ trash bags last night and cleaned up. It was really fun :) we havent done service inna while, so it was super fun to be able to do that!!<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
This week we have 2 groups of Sisters from the mission coming in to stay with us! We have six coming to stay with us tonight, and another set on Thurs. Should be a good time!! <br style="line-height: 21px;" />We haven't moved yet, so you can just keep sending mail to this address. If we do move, it'll still be a missionary apt, so I'll get it :) <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-69871119682051165862014-02-12T08:07:00.001-08:002014-02-12T08:07:06.028-08:001/20/14<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Another great week in Florida!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 16.899999618530273px;">Oh! President has this suups cool idea about having new missionaries come here to Metro their first 3 days in the mission field. So they will all stay in our apartment. Like a little missionary hotel. :) we're getting bunk beds and all sorts of fun stuff. Cool huh?! It should be super fun. They'll all be here tomorrow. We're excited!!! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 16.899999618530273px;">It's been kinda cold lately... Well cold for here. Pretty sure I've already turned into a wimp. I freeze here. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 16.899999618530273px;">Mom, seriously you are the best! You're such an example to me! Thanks for your email this week!!</span></span></div>
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Soooooo Tuesday we had a lesson with one of the guys we met at the library, whose been coming to church. HE'S GETTING BAPTIZED!!! YAY :) he actually isn't in our area so we handed him off to the elders in his area. This guy is SO prepared. I haven't met anyone so prepared my whole mission. He's been looking for this. He has SO MUCH FAITH. He's great. I am so excited for him!! Man, he's wonderful. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
GET THIS. Wednesday we had lil extra time before we needed to be home, so we went to Wal-Mart to contact. We met this girl, Mary. SHE IS UNBELIEVABLE. I LOVE HER SO MUCH. Like so so so much. She's so funny.She has been super devout in her Christian church, but the last couple months, she has kinda veered off the path a little, and has just been feeling kind of guilty. We were able to bear testimony to her of the Atonement IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ISLE AT WALMART!!! How dope is that?!?! There we were, in the middle of walmart all teary eyed. It was so cool. Man I love those experiences. THEN, SHE CALLS US (that never happens) and schedules an appointment with us, takes us to lunch, agrees to read the BofM, and come to church. I love her so much. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
We are still teaching the guy from India, he's so great! It's neat/hard to teach someone w/o a Christian background... trying to help him have his own spiritual experiences instead of just spittin out info. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
Jae is doing so good too. She's the one with 3 cute lil ones!! She started a new job today, which is really great. She seems really happy lately.:) We were finally able to see where her interests are, so that was really great. She's so sweet. I love her kids SO MUCH. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
There was a music convention thing downtown this week, and there were lotsa members downtown... it was so nice to here "Sisters!!"... kinda comforting, most people downtown don't know who we are. Always say hi to the missionaries, it makes their day :) <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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Soooo..... Saturday night we're biking home in the POURING RAIN right? Tampa's drainage system doesnt keep up with the immense amount of rain, so there's huge puddles EVERYWHERE. okay? okay. Soooo, we're biking home, almost to our nieghborhood, gettin drenched, laughin our heads off. Sis Millard is in front of me... when a semi comes... and envelopes her in a HUMONGOUS wave of puddle water.... hahahahaha I about DIED laughing. She's such a trooper :) I sure love her.<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
Well, we've got another meeting with President tommorrow about this Metro area! Should be great. Elder L. Tom Perry is coming to our mission next month to see how we're doin... YIKES! :) <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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Monday was SO much FUN!!! I will try to send pics... we went to a member's hubby's coast guard boat. Totes fun. </div>
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Thennn tuesday was STELLAR!!! we went la hunting and met THREE PART MEMBER FAMILIES!!!!!! YAY YAY YAY!!! :) they allll said that we could come back!!! YAYAYAY!!!</div>
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The circus was goin on this week... so we handed out cards there. It was fun!!! Saw elephants and tigers and lions... holla :) </div>
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we got a referral for this guy from <a href="http://mormon.org/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">mormon.org</a>. He's AWESOME. he's form India, studying his masters at UT. He has been goin to Christian churches, and when he researched online, the first thing that came up was us! :) He is great. </div>
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Yesterday was super fun!! President invited us over for dinner with his fam!! We played games with his daughter and his wife, while he watched a game. It was cool to see him in that setting. It was a super super fun night! :) I sure love him. </div>
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welllll that's about it!!! I sure love you all tons and tons!! hope you're being good and stayin happy!! I LOVE YOU!!!</div>
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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-88274000925314498352014-01-13T21:39:00.000-08:002014-01-13T21:39:04.732-08:00Christmas Fun 12/30/13<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">MAN. Christmas Call was definitely the highlight of my week. It was SO SO SO SO good to see ya'll :) I loved every second of it. </span><br />
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Christmas was honestly so good. We went to the Smiths and it was so nice. We felt so at home there with their cute little family. Bro Smith is from Denton TX dad. Their the cutest little family. We had fun. </div>
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This week was really good! Awesome lesson with an investigator and her cute kids Christmas Eve. Taught her little boy to pray and he said the closing. It was suppa cute. They all came to church yesterday!! YAY :)</div>
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Handed out TONS of cards this week. Lots last night at the Lightning hockey game, just planting lotsa little seeds :), getting some addresses or names to add on facebook. It's fun work. </div>
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I feel like there's not much to tell cause I just talked to ya :) haha I sure love you!! Sure love being a missionary. It's the best.</div>
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Southern Exposurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521731539771525619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528440206109526979.post-90736025906310119142014-01-13T21:33:00.000-08:002014-01-13T21:33:00.170-08:00Christmas Miracles 12/23/13<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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First things first, did I mention that we were FULL BIKE now? Okay well we are. And it's great- we just laugh the whole time. Especially Friday night. hahaha Soooo i had already had a bunch of close calls all day friday on our bikes then we were going home for the night. I went through our gate to our apt complex and the arm fell on my head, then rebounded forward, came back and hit me in the face. Sis Millard and I DIED laughing. Man it was so funny. Theres your funny story of the week for ya :)<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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Tuesday: Riding our bikes to see a less active, we stop to talk to a woman on her porch. She lets us pray with her and says she'd love for us to come teach her more about the Mormons. So we go back on Thursday, teach her the restoration lesson and SHE WANTS TO GET BAPTIZED. Miracle.</div>
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Wednesday: Different guy comes up to us at the library, told us that "something told me i needed to talk to you",talk for a while, agreed to take the lessons. Met with him on friday. He had read the chapter we gave him in the BofM. He knows he needsta get baptized. He came to the ward party on Saturday and to church yesterday. Miracle.<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
Thursday: Going to see a less active. She wasnt home. Legitimately RIGHT after we walk off the porch, a mom and her little girl walk by, agree to let us come over. Miracle. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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After handing out TONS of cars at an event at the Straz in our santa hants :), we were walking and across the street we see a momma with her 3 kids (THEY ARE SO CUTE.... the boy is 3, girl 2, baby girl 9 months I am obsessed with them.). I had a feeling that we needed to talk to them, so we went all the way back around, talk to her, she agreed to let us come over, went by on Saturday. She wants to start the lessons. Miracle. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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Friday: Got a referral from the elders for a girl who works at our FAVORITE place, Taco Bus. Went and asked her if she was still interested... she is. We have an appointment with her this week. Miracle. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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We did a chalk activity downtown... "<b style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px;">What are you giving for Christmas Tampa</b>?" where everyone came and wrote/drew w/ chalk. there was lotsa people. It was rad. Met a guy who moved here 3 years ago and hasnt been to church since... got his address so the other missionaries in his area can go see him. Miracle. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />Crazy miraculous week huh? I know with all my heart this is God's work. There is no way we could do it without His hand, it's be impossible (my favorite scripture Alma 26:12) I know that He lives and He loves us so much. He is SO mindful of His children. He wants them to come home to Him.<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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I know that His Son is Jesus Christ. I know that He lives too, that His love is infinite and eternal, and so is His Atonement. I know that we can change and become better only because of Him. He knows us individually... every little thing and He loves us perfectly. How happy I am to be able to testify of Him... of His birth, His Atonement, His resurrection, and His love. I love Him. I know He lives. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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This has probably been the most treasured week thus far. I am a grateful girl. I love you guys SO much!! SOO much. Mom, Dad, Jake, Blake, Bubba, and Ky... I cant express to you how excited I am to see you in TWO DAYS :) I've been so anxious. Merry merry Christmas :) :) </div>
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SISTER MILLARD IS MY NEW BEST FRIEND. Heavenly Father knows just who you need, ya know?! :) Man. I love her so much. She's 23, from Salt lake, and just the sweetest thing. She is SO FUNNY. We just work super super hard and laugh all day long. We are full bike now, so the laughing increases on those things. :) I love her. SO soooo sooo much. She reminds me of kenz alot :) <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
Well well well. GUESS WHAT?! Our assignment changed just a little. We are now half metro half working with the Tampa 1 ward. Which is pretty stellar/perfect. I am so excited to get working with a ward again, and so happy to be doing metro work too. Things are goin good :)<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
We got to go to Night in Bethlehem yesterday (a live nativity in Odessa). All my Odessa family was there. I got to see Sis Ramos!! :) she is like my mom here, so that was really really great. We both cried. I love her. And Sis Catmull too. And the Hunts! and Shannon. Man. I love that ward. One of the girls we were trying to start teaching is an investigator now!! Shes 12 and super cute! She made me a Christmas present, SO STINKIN SWEET. It was nice to go there, kinda my own little Christmas present :) I love those people. I'm so excited to be workin witha ward again!<br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
Things are going so good. I am SO pumped for Christmas, so pumped to see ya'll on SKYPE!!! :) HOLLA!!! :) man. That's gonna be super rad. I love you guys so much. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /><br style="line-height: 21px;" />I cant believe how fast time is flying... it's starting to FLY. I dont like it. I love being a missionary. <br style="line-height: 21px;" />I'd do this forever if i could. There is no where on this planet I'd rather be than here in downtown tampa wearing this badge and testifying of my Savior. I love Him. That's why I'm here :) I love you all too!! SO SO SO MUCH. <br style="line-height: 21px;" /></div>
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