How many things can you do in a week that you've never done before?

Wowowowowowowow!!! What a week!!

Wednesday we went and visited a million people before Sister Macbeth left and Thursday we drove to Manchester in order for Sister Macbeth to leave and me to get my new Companion!!!

I didn't cry at all, but now I'm missing Sister Macbeth a little more haha! 

My new companion is Sister Nye and now she has been out in the field for 4 whole days!! Haha! She is awesome!! She's from Ogden Utah and has a ton of excitement to be a missionary!!!

I don't remember a ton of fun stories from this week, but I did do graveyard finding, laundromat finding, and a ton of other things I'd never done before :) so that was cool!

Every day I have mini panic attacks, that the work in this area is going to fall to ruins and that everything that Sister Macbeth and I had done will burn up in flames because I have no idea what I'm doing and neither does Sister Nye, but then I remember that I have been called and set apart to be here right now and that the Lord trusts me, so I just need to trust him...

Psalm 125:1-2

"They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever."

I'm trying to be better and to have more faith in Christ because I know that if I do, as the scriptures promise, the Lord will be with me :D

I love y'all with all my heart!!

Love,

Sister Warburton :D

p.s. get excited for a flood of pictures XD

Kent's Ledge Pictures :)

We joined a biker gang!

Haha, Brother Sypher has us take pictures with his biker jackets when a sister leaves the area :D

Goodbye :'(

All of the people we said goodbye too when Sister Macbeth left :

Random scenery pictures:

Sister Nye!!!

It's A Girl!!

Man oh man!!

This week was a whirlwind of commotion!!

Monday we went bowling with our district (as you saw last week) and I bought a rain jacket!! Yay!! 

Tuesday we went and built a crib for this cute family who is having a lot of medical problems. It was actually kind of funny because we were on our way over there when we got a text from the mom and she was like "I'm not going to be home, but my husband will be there to meet you!" And we were like "NO!! We have to have a woman with us!!" So we're calling all the woman in our area to see if the can come and literally no one was answering their phones! So we run over to this ladies house who is super not interested in the church but thinks we're great, haha! So we go and ask her if she will come with us and she was having a super rough day, but she came with us anyways!It ended up being a really good experience for everyone and she went back the next day to help out some more!!

Wednesday we had some really good lessons and stuff in the morning and then we had exchanges! So Sister Macbeth went up to Montpelier for the day and Sister Rogers came down to SoRo. It was really fun, and all of our evening lessons fell through, so we went finding in SoRo. It was really funny because we are walking down the street and this guy comes out of his apartment and obviously isn't interested. So he's kind of running away from us and Sister Rogers is like chasing him down the street like, "Hey! We share a message about God!! Do you want to learn about God?" and he's like, "No" and then she goes, "Well do you know anyone else who wants  to learn about God??" and he's like, "Not even a little bit." Haha!! I felt so awkward that I turned down this dark peopless street so that we didn't keep following him haha! But then as we're walking down we run into this lady named Karen who hasn't been to church since like 2007, and she just moved here from Rutland. It was so cool and so we walked her to her apartment then walked back into town met a few more cool people and then we were rushing to get home on time when this guy yells from across the street, "Hey! Are you the Mormons?" (which we are not haha, but we let it slide this one time) And we were like,"Yeah we are! Do you know any Mormons?" And he was like,"nope." Then Sister Rogers goes, "well now you do!!" And we talked to him for a bit and he was like,"Yeah I'd totally like to learn more!" So we're going to go visit him sometime haha! It was awesome!!

Thursday we had a super good lesson with that family we built the crib for and they all got priesthood blessings! It was really cool! We did this mini conference after the priesthood blessings and so they were able to watch a talk by President Nelson from last conference. We sang a hymn and said a prayer and it was just super cool!! 

Friday we had dinner with this cool guy named Jonathan to celebrate his BIRTHDAY!! It was so much fun!! We stuffed his one slice of cake with a ton of candles and we did another mini conference.

Saturday was just amazing!! Conference was just fantastic! We had one guy named Nathan come for the first session and he really enjoyed it and we also had a guy named Terry come! Terry was way cool, because he was coming to church for awhile and then got offended and decided he would never ever go back to the church building ever again. So then he called us and was like, "I'm coming this Sunday because It's your (Sister Macbeth's) last Sunday. But besides that I'm never coming again" And we were like, "we'll take it!!" haha! So he came for all three sessions on Saturday haha because his ride was staying for the women's session  Haha! Anyways, it was just a really good day.

Sunday we did conference again and that was just as wonderful! I think this was the first year I have ever stayed awake for all 5 sessions! We had the cute family come for a bit on Sunday as well as another guy named Jacob and it was just super fun and super good!!

Monday was just a regular old day except that in the evening we had about an hour of finding time and so we go out and no one is out. It was almost like a ghost town! So we're trying to figure out who we were going to see and this guy we hadn't noticed before is backing his car out of the spot next to ours so I was about to jump out of the car and give him a Book of Mormon but then he pulled out and pulled into a spot farther down the road! So we jump out of the car and run down the street to go talk to him and he invites us to come have dinner with him!!! So we went and talked with him and gave him a Book of Mormon! He came up to the Joseph Smith Memorial today and it was just way cool!!

Today we went on a hike up to Kent's ledge and it was just tons of fun!! Oh also we got transfer calls today and Sister Macbeth is going up to Farmington Maine to be a sister training leader and I am staying here in SoRo to TRAIN A NEW MISSIONARY!!! It's kind of Overwhelming, but I know it will be good!! (Haha, the title of my email is because I'm going to train and so I'll be a missionary "mom" Haha!!)

I want to challenge you all to do President Nelson's Book of Mormon Challenge!! I've been doing it and it is so cool!! I know it will bring tons of blessings and foster a love for Jesus Christ as well as the Book of Mormon!!!

I love you all so much!! Hope you all have a fantastic week!!!

Sister Warburton

Rain and sun and rain and sun and rain and sun and rain and sun and rain

This week was interesting to say the least haha!! 

Tuesday was quite dreary and rainy and sad and cold, and I have like no winter clothes because there are no places to shop in SoRo. haha, so that was a bit of a rough day, but I didn't die and we got to talk to some really fun people!! You know what was really funny, it was like a classic movie, where I'm walking down the street in the cold mist, feet soaked, and this car just drives through this puddle and it just sprayed up and soaked me! Haha!! It was kind of depressing when it happened, but funny looking back! Haha

Thursday we had a bittersweet lesson.... We had a lesson and we brought someone from the church who really knows his stuff! So anyways the investigator wants us to convert to his Christianity and our member just totally smacked down and did the whole bible bash thing and I loved it because he just had so much knowledge and I just loved it!! While Sister Macbeth was like nonononono!! The spirit is gone!! So anyways, it was good and sad. We stopped teaching them because they just weren't open... :(

Saturday we did like 5 hours of deep cleaning a ladies house for an upcoming state inspection and it was so fun!! 

Anyways, I'm out of time, but I love yall!!!  

Sister Warburton :D

Booths, Baptisms, and Barbecues

Hello hello!! 

What a wonderful time to be alive!!! Who's excited for conference?? I am!!

Tuesday this week we went on exchanges and I was able to go up to Montpelier and Barre area and it was so fun!! We met some super cool people who I just want to be friends with!! We met two homeless guys, Tommy and Jake, who play the guitar, banjo, and spoons, and it was so fun to meet them!! They taught me how to play the spoons and it was a ton of fun!!

Wednesday we had interviews with president and I bawled my eyes out haha! But it was so good!

Thursday we had zone conference and we were forced to get flu shots 😲 It was fine I guess, but bleh, nobody likes shots haha!

Friday we had breakfast with Brother Sypher and he cooks meals for the missionaries at zone conference and training meetings and such and he was talking about how he has to feed 75 people at the October one and I was completely tuned out haah, so he goes, "that's a lot of pancakes" and when I heard that I looked around and said "where?" And he goes, "Oh, we lost her! " haha, it was funny!!

Saturday, we had a family history booth from 10am - 3pm and that was a ton of fun! Vermont has the cutest little fairs with live music and all that fun stuff!! Then DEBBIE GOT BAPTISED!! I've been here for the entirety of her teaching and it was just so cool!! I am so happy to be here for the beginning of her journey! Then right after that we had a pig roast with the ward!! It was crazy and fun!! At one point during the pig roast we are trying to help one of the people we're teaching get some ibuprofen because she was in a lot of pain, but she can't swallow pills. So we're in the kitchen smashing pills with an ice cream scooper and this cute girl named Summer comes running into the kitchen yelling "SISTER MACBETH WE NEED YOU NOW!!!" So we run out to the gym and Sister Macbeth has to take a minute to try and suck up skittles with a straw and deposit them on another plate. Then we run back to the kitchen and try to help our friend and she's like practically throwing up because apparently ibuprofen in applesauce is disgusting and there are kids running around and all the craziness and it was just so fun! haha!!

Sunday was nice and relaxing! It was the perfect fall day and we got to do our studies up on a sunny hill, and it was wonderful!!

It's been such an amazing week! 

I've been thinking a lot about this story in the New Testament lately and it just really touched me because we all have a degree of faith, but sometimes we falter and stumble and we have to get back up again, but even then the Lord helps us. I don't know if that makes any sense, but just believe and He will help you!!

   

"Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief." Mark 9:23-24

I love you all so much!!

Sister Warburton

When you're not only preaching to the choir but your singing a solo in it?

Hello all!! I have like zero time (sound familiar??) So here's something funny that happened this week.

We met this guy on Facebook and had two video call lessons with him. So we invited him to church and he said he would like to come. So we met him for like 2 seconds in person and gave him a Book of Mormon (he's in second Nephi!!!) and he came to church!! Then he stayed after church and went to choir(we had no idea)!! and while he was in choir he VOLUNTEERED TO SING A SOLO NEXT WEEK!!! hahahaha! How cool is that!! I don't even know if he sings!!! Haha!! I'm excited for next Sunday!!! :D

This is one of my favorite scriptures!!

Alma 26:36

"Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and my light, my joy and my salvation, and my redemption from everlasting wo. Yea, blessed is the name of my God..., who has been mindful of us, wanderers in a strange land"

Love you all so much!!

Sister Warburton!!

Christmas In September!!!

HELLO!! LIFE IS SO GOOD!! Haha!

This week was a good one!! We had a lot of good times! 

Wednesday we went up to VTC Campus to have a lesson with our friend Jacob and the lesson went really well! So as we were leaving Sister Macbeth starts driving away and I'm checking something on the phone and I hear Sister Macbeth go "Oh.. wait..." And I look up and we're driving down one of the campus sidewalks that's just really wide haha! So I jump out of the car to back her up and this one guy is just watching us laughing and he goes, "How's that working out for you?" Anyways, it was pretty funny!

Oh we're also doing a booth at the Bethel Forward Festival and when we first applied to get into the fair, the lady was like, "Oh I thought you already had a booth." and it turns out that they had been trying to get a hold of us to set up a booth! So that was pretty cool that they wanted us to be there!!

Friday we went over to dinner at the Turinetti's and they are so fun!! They have like 12 kids and all of them are just the sweetest people! 

 

Saturday as we were walking around talking to people we found two new people to teach and they are way cool!! I seriously love the people of Vermont!!

Sunday was such a good day!! Every Sunday we go and visit this cute old lady and the past few weeks she's been a little down and so we were trying to figure out how we could bring her a little joy and we figured what better way to spread joy than to bring Christmas to her!! So we put on our Santa hats, grabbed out our tiny Christmas tree, made some cookies and threw them in a gift bag! We came in singing Christmas Carols and she loved it!! Then we decided we would to the same thing for the other member we were visiting that night and he thought we were out of our minds insane! Haha!! It was so fun!! 

Today has just been a nice relaxing day and it was just wonderful!! 

I love you all so much!! Have a great week and know that you are loved!!! Here is a poem I wrote the other day!!

A Penny's Blessing

In the morning mist, my head was bowed,
I stared down at the ground.
I walked until my feet did still,
a penny I had found!

I heard a voice that said, "Look up!"
"God's trying to bless you!"
My eyes looked round, but not up high.
I walked on through the dew.

In midday sun, my head was bowed,
I stared down at the ground.
I walked until my feet stopped still,
a penny I had found!

I heard a voice that said, "Look up!"
"God wants to help you now!"
My eyes looked round, but not up high.
I walked on through the crowd.

In evening light, my head was bowed,
I stared down at the ground.
I walked until my feet stopped still,
a penny I had found!

I heard a voice that said, "Look up!"
"There is no need to fret!"
My face turned up towards the sky,
a beautiful sunset!

Though scared I was, to look up high,
I let my faith take hold.
When, finally, I turned to God,
the blessings did unfold.

Sometimes a penny's blessing shows
how much God wants you to
look up to Him in faith, and ask,
"What would you have me do?"

 

Look up!! There is so much to see!! Love you all so much!! 

Love,

Sister Warburton

Off we go into Vermont's  Green Mountains!!

Fun brick wall??

More sunsets and me :)

Wishing tree in Randolph!

Double Rainbows and Sunny Downpours

Hello all!! 

I have about 15 minutes to write this and since I am no good at stressful typing I will just tell you my favorite thing that happened this week and anything else that I remember happening! Haha!!

Yesterday was a hard day, but then we met this cool dude named Josh! He had just gotten a police escort out of the hospital and he had two giant black eyes and a chipped front tooth! We talked to him for awhile and sang him a song, but he used to be a youth pastor and then he decided that he wanted to see the US so he decided to become a freight train rider and see everything he could see!! Right now he's going to Maine to work on a weed farm, so that's kinda cool. Haha! Anyways my special miracle for me, was also yesterday. I just felt exhausted and sad and I didn't really want to do anything. But then we had a few good lessons and the miracle was that during one of our lessons it started raining and when we went outside to leave, and it was this amazing downpour that reminded me of Texas! And then as we were driving home, we were still having this crazy downpour but the sun was brightly shining and sunny showers are my absolute favorite!! Then we saw this beautiful double rainbow and I just felt like Heavenly Father was giving me all of my favorite things to show His love for me :)

Sorry again for the short email, but I love you all!!

Sister Warburton