Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles!

Haha, I was trying to thing of a fun subject line and this is the first thing that popped into my head, but it has nothing to do with my week 😂

I forgot to tell a fun story in my email last week so here you go!! My companion and I were in McDonald's doing some studies and I set my phone on my tray. A little while later one of the workers cam and grabbed our trays and took them away from us! Very nice, I know! So we finish our studies and go to leave and I wanted to turn on a song in the car because I had an unconsecrated song stuck in my head from McDonald's. So anyways I'm looking and looking and I can't find my phone! I check all of my pockets at least three times and it is nowhere to be found! So I figure I left it in McDonald's! As we drive farther away my phone disconnects from the car because it's too far away so at this point I am 99.99% sure it's in McDonald's and then when we turn around and drive back to McDonald's my phone reconnects to the car. So at this point I am 100% sure my phone is in McDonald's. We have a pretty good idea of what happened and I am fully prepared to go dumpster diving to find it! Haha! So I say to Sister Nye, "I have a distinct impression that it's in McDonald's!" So I take one step inside McDonald's. One single step and I stop. All of a sudden I feel a weight inside my pocket and I turn around and look at Sister Nye and pull my phone out of my pocket. I have no idea what happened, but all I know is that I believe in a God of miracles! Haha!!!

On to this week:

Another time we were at McDonald's and this guy who I've been talking to on Facebook works there in the back! So he said I should say hi to him sometime when I'm there. So I ask someone to grab him so I can say hi and he comes up front says hi and then walks away!! As he was walking away I look at him dumbfounded and there is a pickle on his shoulder!! Haha!! Sister Nye and I walked outside and just burst out laughing it was so awkward haha!!

We also went to visit this lady we are teaching and it was so crazy funny! We had bought her some ornaments for her Christmas tree and were going to deliver them to her, but when we knocked no one answered! So we were just like, "let's check to see if the door is unlocked and we can surprise decorate her tree!" So we check... and the door is locked. Luckily all Vermont houses have at least 5 outside doors. So we go to check the other door and it;s unlocked!! So we open the door and walk inside and are like, "Hello??" And this lady jumps off the couch and comes running and is just like, " Oh! Hey, how are yall?" She is totally chill!  She doesn't are in the slightest that we just broke into her house! Haha!  So we chat for a little while and are reading from the scriptures when This lady goes into this story of how she was kidnapped when she was 17 and she goes, "Yeah, and then I witnessed a murder! I know, right? Yeah and then I got arrested because after I escaped I didn't report the murder. I know right??" We were just like, "What in the world is going on!" So then I just feel the strongest prompting to invite her to be baptized! So I do and she's just like, "Yeah, That would be way cool! Oh, I have a question, Are all baptisms the same? Cause my foster parents sent me to a Christian camp when I was younger and at the end they dunked me in a river, but I had no idea what was going on." Haha! We told her that it had to be done by the proper authority and she said that made sense! So anyways, that was pretty cool!

Then yesterday, this guy who we were teaching came to church! We've been teaching him for about 5 months and this was his first time coming to church!! After church was over we walked him to his car and GUESS WHAT HE TOLD US! He's already a member! He was baptized in Massachusetts 20 years ago! Haha, so that was crazy!

It's been a fun week!

I have been so grateful this week for all the wonderful gifts Christ has given us!! I am so grateful for the love and the comfort He offers us! I have felt His presence in my life and I have come to know Him as my brother, my friend, and my Savior! Follow Him and He will carry you through your trials! ❤❤

I love you all so much!! 

Sister Warburton

Pictures (in no particular order haha!):

Donkey's

Ice mountains

Sunsets at 3:00pm

Sister Nye playing the piano at our ward Christmas program

Our big Service project sign

The Christmas tree we delivered to a family we are teaching :)

Lights at Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial

Merry December!!!!

Hello all!!

This week was a good week!!

Tuesday we went and built a snowman on the green in South Royalton and it was so much fun!! His name was Elder Snow and he was a beautiful Snowman! Sadly he was murdered sometime between Thursday evening and Friday Morning. May he rest in peace 🙏

Friday we went around talking to people and had a really good lesson with this cute family!! They are going through some really hard trials but we were able to have a good lesson and go see them!!

Saturday was the worldwide day of service!! We drove down to Woodstock for the very first time to volunteer there. On the way down we got very lost and our GPS took us to this weird place. We went up to this house to knock on the door and ask for directions and when we got out of the car something just felt very off. Almost like we were in a ghost town. It was so incredibly silent that all you could hear was the crunch of our boots in the snow and nobody answered the door. So we drove down a little bit and fount a maple farm. So we parked the car and walked over to this store area and there was just this huge empty barn with no one and nothing inside except a single shelf with bottled maple syrup and an open cash box where you leave your money. Anyways we were able to find one person in this entire town and ask him for directions haha, but it was fun!! We ended up driving about 120 miles around our area 😲 It was crazy!! We also hacked at some ice on the stairs up to a young mom's apartment for her. Her steps were covered with like 2 feet of snow and 2 inches of ice under that! So we hacked at it for an hour and I broke the shovel I was using, but we got it all cleared!!! That evening we went to the Memorial and helped out up there!

Sunday we woke up and Church was cancelled, so we went to Catholic Mass instead! Haha!! It was a lot of fun! We went with this young family that we are trying to teach and it was a lot of fun! It was so interesting to see how other church's do things!! After mass we went to this families home and visited with them for a little while before going to a mini sacrament meeting with all the senior missionaries. It was a lot of fun and we sang! After that we went and visited some ward members and finished off the night!! 

Today we did normal shopping and cleaning and such and as I was leaving to come down here I sliced my thumb with the top of a can so that was fun and it started to bleed a lot, but I think I'm fine haha!! I haven't fainted yet!!

This week I was thinking about this quote from Joy D. Jones' talk in women's conference.

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“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give the world the best you’ve got anyway. You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God … anyway.”

My Dad shared this quote with me right after conference and I just love this because sometimes I let my fear of whatever overcome my faith, but I know that as we follow God and as we turn to him and do what He would have us do we are happier and more full because of it!!!

I love y'all so much!! Have a wonderful week!!

Sister Warburton

Christmas lights at the memorial!!

Elder Snow and me

Shoveling/hacking at ice!!

Fun Christmas tree

Mourning Elder Snow's death

Elder Snow, Sister Nye and me :D

'Tis the Season!

Hello Hello!!!

One of my fillings fell out on Tuesday Haha, so I went to get that filled today. 

Wednesday I woke up feeling sick and threw up. So I took a nap and we stayed in until about noon when I felt somewhat better and decided we should go out and work haha! We were also able to decorate a Christmas Tree up at the JSM (Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial) which made my night!

Thursday was THANKSGIVING!!!! That was a lot of fun! We went and did some service and helped make Thanksgiving meals to people who couldn't afford to make thanksgiving dinner. Then we went up to the JSM and had dinner with all the senior missionaries and the people without family in the ward. That was a lot of fun and I decided that if I couldn't be with my family that I am glad that I could be with My family away from family :)

Friday was the lighting ceremony at the JSM!!! It was beautiful and so much fun! I also accidentally backed into another car, but no damage was done so we are all okay haha!!

Saturday we had a very dramatic evening and I ended up crying haha, but It's truly amazing what the Atonement of Jesus Christ can do for a person! 

Sunday I was very distracted and didn't pay attention at all during church, but I felt the spirit a lot so that's good!!

Life is so good! And trials are here to help us grow!! I can testify that as we turn to God during our trials we will be healed and we will become more like him! Learn of Him! Love Him! Follow HIM!! 

I love you all so much!! and I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Sister Warburton

Pictures:

-GIANT ICICLE

-It got down to 5 DEGREES on thanksgiving!

-Missionaries at the JSM for the Lights

-The Tunbridge Store: where Lucy Mack and Joseph Smith Sr met!!

-More missionaries at the JSM

-Mill Bridge

-Thanksgiving Dinner group

-The tree we decorated!!

-More Missionaries!! Woohoo!!

-The day of Thanksgiving

-More missionaries with Bro Sypher aka Santa

-Thanksgiving dinner

-More giant icicle

-More Thanksgiving Day

-Do I look like Santa??

How many miracles can you fit in a week??

Hello!!

I don't have ton of time so I'll probably just send a lot of pictures, but we saw a ton of miracles this week and had some really cool experiences!! 

I know that as we turn to God and look to him for guidance and comfort he will provide it!! All we need to do is ask for his help, reach out and be patient. Help will come, we will be delivered from our trials and we will be able to keep moving forward!

I love you all so much! Sorry for the short letter, but here are some pictures to make up for it!!

Sister Warburton

SNOW!!!!

I was a cold banana!

The lights on the church building!!!

My first time shoveling snow!!!

more lights 

more lights and funny faces

it was 14 degrees outside!!!!! 😬

more snow shoveling

a cute picture I drew on a chalk board at the church

a beautiful sunset!! (at 4 in the afternoon 😵)

All of the stuff I managed to fit into my bag!!! haha!!!