June 27 Email

Dear Wonderful People,

This week was great. We put two people on date to be baptized on the 30th of July. That's really exciting. 

We had stake conference on Sunday. President Stevens spoke. Also, Elder Leimer of the area presidency spoke. His talk was really good. He talked about helping your neighbor. 

That's about it. So I'll share a spiritual thought.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 

(Hebrews 13:2)

This goes along with what Elder Leimer spoke on. We need to help others always, because they might just be angels sent to help us.  Just like in the hymn "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief." 

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

Love,

Elder Warburton 

P.S. I haven't sent a picture in a long time, so here you go.

Elder Warburton and Elder Wen

June 20 Email

Dear Wonderful People,

This week was pretty good. This week was the first week of the transfer, so we got to meet our new district. The only new person in our district is the district leader, so it's pretty much the same.

We met a few people this week. The problem is getting them more interested in the gospel. Speaking of getting people interested in the gospel, Elder Wen and I will be giving a training on member missionary work on the fifth Sunday of July. We're using the book, "The Power of Everyday Missionaries". This book has great ideas. Something I've learned so far is that the gospel and the church are some of the most amazing, brilliant, attractive things in the world, it just so happens that we as members are just terrible at advertising it. So one way of giving people a taste is by asking them to help us with things in the church. For example, invite them to help someone move in, or invite them to help you write your talk for sacrament meeting. There are thousands of little things that they would be more than happy to help with, and they would get a taste for themselves what the church is really like. Just a thought.

Well, other than that, we're just keeping up with the work here in Ramsey.

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton

P.S. Today is my 10 month mark. I'm so old.

June 14 Email

Dear Wonderful People,

This week was pretty fun. We got to see Elder Oaks again on Tuesday when he spoke to the mission. He told us that we need to preach of the reality of God. Even if that doesn't lead to baptism, we'll be preserving our religious freedom, because the absence of a belief in God leads to the false belief that you aren't accountable to anyone.
So remember, God is there and he wants you to choose the right!

Other than that, we have somebody we're teaching named Adam who accepted a baptismal date of July 9th. We're really excited for him and I would ask you all to keep him in your prayers.

Well, other than that, transfer calls were yesterday and elder wen and I will be staying together here in Ramsey.

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton

I asked him what he learned from all of the speakers:

Hmm... The best advice I got from Elder Oaks was that, even if we don't baptize anyone on our mission, teaching people to believe in God is the most important thing to do. Because, if we teach people to believe in God, then they will feel accountable for their actions. He said that most of the world's major problems are because of world leaders that don't believe in God. Since they don't believe in Him, they don't feel accountable. They do things without any thought that God will judge them for it. So the least we can do is convince people that God is there and he knows what we are doing and that we will be accountable for our actions.

For everyone else, I'll give you my notes that I took.

President Kearon:

We are meant to be stretched 

Rejoice and thrive on opposition

Bring it on, Satan. Punch adversity with the spirit, smash it in half

The process changes our spirituality 

I will do

Choose to be changed, you will then view things at a different perspective

Be careful about how we carry the message

Personalise the message of the Restoration

How are we the messenger?

Courage, fear not, an unseen power will aid me

Be the kind of investigator that God wants you to be

Sister Kearon:

It is a privilege to serve a mission

Everyday is a gift to serve the Lord

Nothing else is greater than serving the Lord

I'll try/I will

Be bold lovingly with God and with myself

I will go, I will do, the things the Lord commands

We are righteousness from Heaven, truth sent out from the earth, charged with a divine commission to gather the elect of the Lord

Wake up with excitement 

Sister Oaks:

The character of God is unchanging

Sharing the truth is an act of love

We are the Davids against the Goliaths of the world

They will get it of they feel our spirit

Every act we do is important

Don't go through your mission, let your mission go through you

I live for Christ

June 6 Email

Dear Wonderful People!

This week was great.  We found lots of people to teach.  The sisters in Huntingdon gave us someone to teach named Adam.  He came to church with us and he loved it!  Too bad he could only come to church, because after church we went to the stake center to listen to Elder Kearon and his wife and Dallin H. Oaks and his wife.  I only have one thing to say and that is that apostles are way funnier and more down to earth when they're not speaking to the whole world.  Elder Oaks and his wife were going at each other the whole time.  It was super funny but you could tell that they really love each other. And I get to see him again tomorrow!  Yay!

What else happened this week...We had our zone training meeting on Friday.  That was fun.  Though, it took us three hours to get there.  So, if you look at a map, then you would see that Northhampton isn't that far from Huntingdon but, since we can't take the car because we're low on miles, we had to take the train.  And the way the train system is set up here, all the rail lines branch straight out from London, so instead of just going straight from Huntingdon to Northampton, we had to go into London, then take another train back up into Northampton.  That changes the distance traveled from 40 miles to 140 miles, plus London traffic.  So, we had to leave around 7 in the morning to get there on time.  Fun.

Also, on Sunday I got a surprise visit from some friends from back home...the Milletts.  Brother Millett was my first bishop in Texas.  They also brought me some Round Rock Donuts.  Just going to mention, it probably Round Rock Donuts that gave me diabetes.  Just kidding.

(A little background to this visit...Sara Millett asked me where Jared was serving and when I told her, she looked it up and figured out that they were staying 30 minutes away from where Jared is, so they decided to attend church there in his ward.  She asked if there was something she could bring him and Jared had just asked if I would overnight RR Donuts to him (I said no) so I asked her if she would take him some donut holes and a hug from his mom.  She suggested that she bring her son, Jared, over to get a hug from Carson and then he would bring that hug from Carson over to our Jared.  I included a picture so you could get all teary-eyed like I did).

Oh, I also passed my driving test.  So now, I'm a full fledged English (Offensive) driver.  I'll send a picture when I get it.

Well, that's about all.

I'll leave you all with a spiritual thought.

31 What shall we then say to these thing?  If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8)

Remember, since God is with us, nothing can prevail against us.

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton