April 25 Email

Dear Wonderful People,

This week was really great. 

On Monday, we had interviews with President Stevens and Sister Stevens. We got some sleek new bricks (phones). They're pretty cool.

On Tuesday, we went on an exchange with the zone leaders. That was really fun. Elder Murri, the zone leader I was with, and I went to have dinner with a man named Chris. We talked about the plan of salvation. We also watched this Robin Williams movie. It was just on while we were eating dinner. We just didn't ask him to turn it off. 

On Wednesday, we did some missionary work. We met with this Jehovah's Witness lady and taught her the plan of salvation. She's really receptive. 

On Thursday, we had an exchange with the Bedford elders. I was with Elder Hinatsu. Man, he is a super finder. We went tracting and we taught this guy with awesome tattoos of horror movie characters on his neck. He's actually really cool. Hopefully we'll see him again soon.

On Friday, we did more missionary work and then saw our ward mission leader for dinner. We had cornbread and corn chowder. It was really nice. She gave us a bottle of honey so we could pour it on our cornbread, but I noticed that there were a bunch of ants in it. I still used it. More protein.

On Saturday, we did service all day. We also went on the American air base to eat some American food. It was awesome. We also got to destroy this shed as part of our service. That was super fun.  I don't have an after picture. Sorry.

That's all for this week. 

For my scripture, I'll share some counsel from Jesus' mother.

5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. (John 2)

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

April 18 Email

Dear Wonderful People,

This week wasn't really that interesting, so I'll tell you about today.

We went to Cambridge this morning so Elder Coon could do his theory test.  He passed!  Then we immediately went to Bedford to do interviews.  Sister Stevens made the best brownies ever for us. They were great.

We had some wonderful trainings by President and Sister Stevens.  They talked about being consecrated missionaries.  We need to put all of our fears, doubts, uncertainties and sins on "the altar of sacrifice".  I know that this applies not only to missionaries, but everyone.  As we sacrifice our sins, we'll be able to do amazing things.

I'll end this email by quoting Elder Holland:

"If we give our heart to God, if we love the Lord, Jesus Christ, if we do the best we can to live the gospel, then tomorrow--and every other day--is ultimately going to be magnificent, even if we don't always recognize it as such."

Love,

Elder Warburton

P. S. For all of you who have been to Round Rock Donuts, I'll need you all to write me an email explaining how you would describe how good they are.  For those who need it, my email is jared.warburton@myldsmail.net

(As you can probably tell, he's wishing I would overnight him some RR Donuts. ;))

Other news:

I still love England but now I'm starting to miss American food.  There are Americans here that feed us American food.  It's so great.  They get their food from the Air Force base.

About driving in England:

It's super fun.  Basically the rule of thumb is if there is enough space for a single electron to fit between you and the car on your right, then you're good.  So I can basically smack a quarter off of the side of a car with relative ease now.  That's what driving here is like.

I love my ward mission leader.  He's American, born in Florida and he's great.

April 11 Email

Dear People,

We had a lot of stuff happen this week.

The sisters in Huntingdon got a baptism this week. His name is Ryan.  Actually his name is Ryan David Joseph Marcus Thomas Henry George Lorch. Yes, that is actually his name.  And he is English.

We also went to this Africa concert. These orphans from Uganda came and performed for us. It was really good.

That's about it. 

I shared my testimony in testimony meeting this past Sunday. I just want you all to know that Jesus loves you, despite your imperfections. If you go to church, you will receive answers to your prayers. Read your scriptures, and you will receive answers to your prayers. Pray then you will receive answers. 

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

April 4 Email

Dearly beloved friends and family,

This week has been really great. I've now been in Ramsey for the past 6 days. By the way, on my way here we went to Kings Cross and took our train from platform 9 and 3/4. 

I wish. We walked past it, but there were millions of people is line, so we didn't have time to take a picture with the cart. My new companion is Elder Coon. He's the district leader. 

So last week I said that I was going to Huntingdon, but I'm actually in Ramsey. Huntington Ward was split about three weeks ago, and now we cover Ramsey while the sisters cover Huntingdon. But we still have the car, which is awesome.

Conference was great. I would encourage you all to watch it or read it. It will really help you all in your life.

Not much else has happened. I love the Ward, so that's nice but I am sad to leave the sea.

For my spiritual thought, I'll share a quote from conference that I really liked.

I really liked president Uchtdorf's talk in the Sunday morning session. I really liked the quote:

"There's nothing good unless you do it."

I'm sorry that I don't speak the celestial language, so I just have to share it in English.

If you want something good, you have to do something for it. Which reminds me of a phrase that Elder Cornélio shared with me.

"Quem não chora não mama."

I'll let you all ask a Portuguese speaker to explain that one.

Well, that's all. I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

P.S. The building we live in was built in the early 1200's. Even older than your house, Sheila. ;)

P.P.S Huntingdon is pretty far north of London. It's really pretty, but there aren't that many people.  Here's a picture I took while in the car. There are a lot of these kinds of fields here.