February 27 Email

I'm feeling kinda lazy this week, so I'm just going to give you a recap of the days of this week. 

Wednesday - Today was fun. Elder Blad and I went into London so I could go to my new area. We traveled back to Bletchley with my super heavy bags. When we got back to the car, there was a ticket for 70 pounds on the windshield. Man. At least I don't have to pay it. Then we went back to the flat to unpack. While we were doing that, one of the less active couples that were being taught here dropped us. That sucked. Then after that,  the gas person who was supposed to fix the boiler told us that the boiler needs to be replaced, so we won't have have water or heating for the next few days, or longer. Over all, it was a good day. At least the district is cool. Also it seems like a cool place. I'm pretty excited. Also, we did our ceremonial clothing burning for elder Bourne's 6 months and my 18 months. He burned a tie for six months and I burned a pair of trousers for 18 months.

Thursday - Today was fun. We woke up to a hurricane. Like, a literal hurricane. Hurricane Doris, I believe. The wind was crazy. Also, since the boiler is broken and cannot be fixed, we went to the other Bletchley elders flat and had showers there. Later on we did some finding after a little bit of quick shopping. Then we had lunch and stopped by PIs and LAS until dinner. For dinner, a member in Kettering ordered us some domino's pizza. Two large pizzas, fries, garlic bread, and a bottle of soda. It was delicious.

Friday - The district is awesome. I really like all of them. After our district meeting, we went to an appointment with a PI, but they hosed, so we had lunch. We ate our leftover domino's pizza. Then we went finding on a lake. It was a beautiful day. We met a woman named Sam who met with missionaries in the past. We're seeing her tomorrow. While we were out, we saw a Lamborghini. Nice! After that we went to the flat because I forgot to take my insulin after lunch. So we did that, then stopped by a less active lady named felicity. We talked about her busy life and committed her to read the chapters from the book of Mormon. Then we had our companion study before teaching Amelia, an eleven year old girl with a dad who's a member. It was a really good lesson. We taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ. They're great. Then we went to the ward FHE. It was a lot of fun. We got some church coloring books. Then we went back to the flat for dinner and call-ins. We had korma on potatoes. Yum.

Saturday - Today was fun. We did our weekly planning in the morning. Then we had lunch. After lunch we took the elders to the chapel and did our progress record. After that we went to see Sam. She was home, but we didn't have a male with us, so we couldn't go in. Then we went finding for a bit. We talked to this really nice lady about Bletchley and the power of positivity. We offered to help her with any service that she might need. Then we went to pick up the sisters for a handover lesson with an investigator that elder Chong found. It was a really good lesson. Hopefully the sisters can handle them. Then we went to the chapel to pick up the elders to bring them to a dinner appointment. It was really fun. It was with the Webb family. They're great. We all talked about funny mission stories. Then they had to go, so we finished up. 

Sunday - Today we had ward council and correlation meeting. Then we ate lunch and went to church. We have 2:00 church, so it was pretty chill afterwards. We just finished our weekly planning, then went home for dinner.

Well, that was my week. I hope you all enjoyed yours! I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton

February 21 Email

Dear wonderful people!

This week has been great. I can't remember what happened.

Hmm... We had an exchange with the zone leaders. I was with Elder Falke. He was just called to be the new AP. (Assistant to the president) The exchange was fun. We did a lot of finding.

Another fun thing from this week was that Elder Blad lost his bag with his iPad, his wallet, his USB with all of his mission pictures, his camera and basically everything important to him. He set it on the
roof of the car and then we drove off with it on top. So we spent a lot of time trying to find it this week. But we still haven't found it.

On a brighter note, the lady that got baptized a few weeks back took us out to eat at a buffet in town. It was a lot of fun. They wanted to take us to an arcade afterwards, but it wasn't pday, so we weren't
able to go.

We also had a fun Sunday dinner appointment. We all went to the ward mission leaders home and the sisters made some Korean food that tasted awfully Mexican. It was delicious. Then we played some fun games.

Now for the big news. Transfers was on Monday, and I will be leaving Cambridge and going to Bletchley. I still have a car, so that's exciting. I'll be getting a Canadian companion, so that will be fun.

Well, that's about it.

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton

PS...Happy Birthday Mom! (Almost)

February 13 Email

Dear wonderful people! 

I'm feeling a bit lazy, so I'm just going to give you a summary of my journal entries. Enjoy!

Tuesday - Today we had district meeting. It was a lot of fun. Later, we went to Tina's house and taught her about temples and family history and eternal marriage. She's excited to get sealed to her family. 

Wednesday - Today was zone conference. President and sister Stevens were there. I love them. They are always so much fun to be with. The Norwich zone was there as well.

Thursday - Today we had correlation. It was fun. After correlation, we ate a bit of lunch with the Westenskows. Then we went into town to spec savers to get new glasses. I scheduled an appointment for Friday. After that we saw Paul. He's great. Then we had pancakes for dinner. They were tasty.

Friday - Today we went to spec savers and I got a prescription test. My left eye has gotten slightly more near sighted. During the day while we were finding, it started snowing super hard. We tried to get some pictures. We also had sports night! We played dodge ball and chair football. I love sports night.

Saturday - We went and helped out a man named Pete. He was very nice. We helped out with a few chores, then we talked for a while. We saw yousef as well.

Sunday - Today was church. Tina got confirmed. Also, today was ward conference. It was good. After church, we had a lesson with Yousef. After our lesson, we went to Saint John's college for evensong. The Westenskows and some of the YSA were there. It was a lot of fun. 

Well, that's all! I love you!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

February 6 Email

Dear wonderful people!

This week was great! I'll start with the most important news. I helped out a baby bird. It flew into a window outside and got a bit dazed. I got it out of the walkway and brought out into the open.

I did take it in for a bit of a photo shoot first, of course.

Next important news. We got a new car this week. It's the turbo version of the car we had before. Is way nicer. And cleaner. And the windshield wiper sprayers work. And it accelerates a lot faster. It's just better.

Next important news. We had our zone meeting on Friday. It was a lot of fun. The zone leaders came up with a parable. The parable of the tractor. I won't try to explain it, but it was about the effectiveness of missionary work. 

Next important news. On Saturday we had to drive nearly sixty miles to get a form signed by our zone leaders. While we were in Colchester, the zone leaders to us to taco bell. I think that is the only one in all of England. It was delicious. 

Last news. Tina got baptised! Yay! Lots of hard work finally paid off! It was a great baptism. Now her entire family are members. I can't wait until they can be sealed! 

Well, that's about all for this week. I love you all!

Love,
Elder Warburton