March 27 Email

Well, I'm feeling lazy again, so here's my journal entries for the week. :)

Tuesday - Today was fun. We only did four things. We had district meeting in the morning, then we did service for Glenice, a less active lady in the ward (we helped her out with her garden, planting seeds and clearing grass and weeds and such), then we had dinner with the Kassinens (I love that family), then we helped out the young men make para-cord bracelets. While doing service it stayed hailing. So while it hailed, she made us lunch. For our dinner, we had toads in the hole with mash and vegetables. It's like Yorkshire pudding with sausages in it. At young mens, I made a black bracelet and an orange one. Over all, today was great. :)

Wednesday - Well, first thing in the morning, the hot water was out, so we just packed up our stuff and went to our exchange early so we could have warm showers. I was with elder Chang today. I love elder Chang. He's hilarious. We had lunch at burger king. After that, we did some finding. While we were finding, this homeless man said that if we gave him 50��, he would become a seventh day Adventist. I responded with "close." Then he said, on, I guess I've gotten it wrong. Then we told him that we were Mormon. So he told us to come over so we could have a conversation, so I went over and sat down next to him. We talked for nearly 45 minutes. He was very drunk, but he was nice. Later, We had a lesson with this Romanian guy today named Alex. He was really cool. Hopefully he will progress well. Then we basically did finding for the rest of the day. It was fun. Before dinner, we stopped by Lidl to buy some baked goods. Then I made mash and this mince vegetable concoction. It was nice. Then we came home so we could sleep in our own beds. Also, Found these while out finding.

Thursday - Well, today was super fun. We met Anna, Sister McMullen's friend. She's awesome. We talked about our lives as missionaries, her life, and how awesome she is. She's basically the best. She wants to have us over for dinner or lunch, and also to walk in the woods and just talk. She's just really down to earth. I hope we get to teach her. Then Sister McMullen gave us twenty pounds for lunch, so we got pizza Hut buffet . It was delicious. After lunch, we had Companionship study. Then we met with brother Lovelock. He's doing well. We shared the Elder Holland rock climbing video. Then we talked and he gave us a heater. Also, the Kassinens gave us a heater. We picked it up after lunch from the Jacksons. After brother Lovelock, we went finding at Furzton Lake. We talked to everyone, but no luck. So we went to Bletchley town. The second person we stopped became a new investigator. His name is Jawad. He's great. We're seeing him on Tuesday at 1:00. Then we had dinner with the Terrys. We had some dodgy lasagna. They have a fun parrot named Paco. I love them. We talked about a bunch of these American TV shows. After dinner we went to the chapel for some online proselyting. It was fun.

Friday - Today was good. But, to start, Elder Bourne was sick. So we hung out in the flat while elder Bourne slept. I hemmed up my trousers while he did that. Then after a few hours, we went to Northampton for our zone leader exchange. I was with elder Lindsey. We did finding for awhile, which was super fun! We talked to all of the university students! We met some fun people. No new investigators, but lots of good conversations. Then we went to the chapel and finished the baptismal program for one of the zone leaders' investigators. Then we went to elder dunning's flat and had dinner. I made the fried rice. It was fun to hang out with him again. Then we had a lesson with the investigator that's getting baptized tomorrow. Her name is Millie. She's pretty cool. Then we went home for bed and call Ins. 

Saturday - Well, today was awesome, despite what I thought at first. So, we got home from our awesome exchange with the zone leaders. We did some planning, and it seemed that we were going to spend the whole day finding. So we started off finding for an hour at the lake. It was a beautiful day today, by the way. We had a couple good conversations. Then we went to pick up the other elders and take them to the chapel. They reminded us that there was a primary activity at the Chapel today that we were supposed to help out with. So we got a quick lunch (doner kebab) and helped out with the activity. It was a super fun art activity. We spent the entire time making silly art pieces. I really enjoyed it. Then we went to a lake near the chapel and did some finding there. No success, but lots of good conversations. Then we had a lesson with mercy. She's doing well. We taught her the importance of keeping the Sabbath day holy. Then we all went to Bletchley town and did finding with the other elders. I was super pumped. We tried to take selfies with people. We stopped the first person to walk in our path. He was dope! We took a picture with him right at the start. He was super interested and he gave us his address and phone number. But, he lives in Ireland. D: extreme sadness. HE WAS SO COOL!!! Well, I hope the Ireland missionaries take care of him. His name is Zubare. He's a boss. Then we talked with everyone in the town and met lots of really cool people. No new investigators. Then we went to the chapel so the other elders could do their progress record while we did some companion study. Then we went to the store and bought some ingredients and had dinner at the other elders' flat. Elder Nakaima made us some Japanese pancakes. They were really good. 

Zubare

Some other nice lady.

The other Elders finding.

Sunday - Well, today was awesome. We went to the chapel early for ward council, but there was no ward council, because it's mothers day here in England, so we went back to the other elders flat to take showers. Then we did all of our morning stuff. Then we went finding in Bletchley town. We met a lady named Vuyelwa. She's from south Africa. We're going to meet her on Saturday. Then we went to the flat to have lunch. I made this stir-fry stuff and then we went to church. Church was nice. I was falling asleep during the last talk, though. Then all of the primary kids got up and sang to the mothers while the young men have the moms flowers and chocolate. Then we had our other classes. They were good. Then we went around and hunted for dinner appointments. We got one with the bishop on Saturday. We'll be watching conference with them. Then we got an appointment with the De Kock family for tonight. It was the best dinner appointment is had in a while. We ate chicken casserole with rice and bread. Then after dinner we played a game called thirty seconds. It's kind of like heads up, but one person describes the words and everyone else guesses. Then for every word guessed right, your team moves up a space. Then who every gets there first wins. It was hilarious. I think that the De Kocks are up there for favourite family in the ward. One of them. Also, we found out that elder Lindsay is going to be joining us in a trio. Elder Chang, his companion, will be going to the land of endless p days (home). I'm going to miss him.

Today - today we went to Bletchley Park, the place where the German enigma code was cracked by the allies during world war two. There are lots of cool thing to see there.

And here's a Maserati.

Well, that's all. I love you!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

March 20 Email

Dear wonderful people!

Well, Today is my 19 month mark. I've been in England for 19 months now. How crazy is that? 

Well, I'll write a proper email this week. 

On Tuesday we met with mercy. We taught her the plan of salvation and the word of wisdom. She's awesome! She's going to get baptized. But, continue to pray for her. We need all the blessings we can get. Later in the evening we helped out with young mens. They made smoothies and milkshakes for the activity, then we played football.

On Wednesday, Today was bright and sunny all day long. It was great. You really learn to appreciate the sun when you're in England. We had our district meeting in the morning. I gave a training on the importance of partaking of the sacrament and why it's helpful for people investigating the church. Since it was so nice, we went finding for most of the day. then, we ate dinner made by a Chinese member. It was really nice.

On Thursday, we did a lot of finding as well. The weather wasn't quite as nice. Later on, a member of the ward baked us a cake. It was really sweet. Then we made a cake for the family of one of our investigators. 

Friday was Saint Patrick's day. I wore a green tie, so I guess I was in the spirit of the holiday. We taught mercy again. she was really receptive to the lesson. Then we went to subway for lunch. They were having a Saint Patrick's day thing, so they were giving out free subs if you bought a drink. Later on in the evening we went to an Indian members home for dinner. She made Mexican food. So it was a bit of an Indian Mexican mix. It was really nice.

On Saturday, we pretty much just stopped by lots of less active members and did lots of finding. Though, the other ward was having a 175th anniversary of relief society party, so we went as well. It was a lot of fun. 

Sunday was great. We have church at 2:00 pm, so our day after church is pretty relaxed. We had a dinner appointment way out of town. The member that had us over was loaded. He had a Bentley and a massive house. They even had a theater room. It was great. He actually co-owns a company with a member from one of my previous wards. 

Well, that was my week. I hope you guys have an awesome week!

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton

March 13 Email

Dear wonderful people!

You know, I think it's better when I just send you guys my journal entries for the week. It remembers everything better than I do.

Tuesday - So, today I met Mercy. Mercy was a referral from her mother to the ward mission leader. The other day Elder Bourne and Chang saw her on the exchange. Well, we saw her today with John Bullard and taught her lesson one. It was a really good lesson. We put her on date for the 9th of April. She is really prepared. After that, we had lunch and went finding with John. We went to a different lake today called Caldecott lake. It was a really pretty walk. We talked to lots of people, but not much success. It was fun though. After that we stopped by less actives for a while. We saw a family called the Freemans. We only talked on the doorstep, but it was a good talk. We are seeing them on Friday. After that we had dinner. Then, after dinner, we went to the chapel to teach the youth about missionary life and the daily schedule. It was fun. After that, we played dodge ball. That was also really fun. 

Wednesday - Today we got rail cards. That took forever. Then we had lunch, then we stopped by some people the bishop asked us to stop by. We stopped by a man named Stuart Hurwood. He was super nice. Then we went to the chapel to open it up for the Bletchley elders. We did some online proselyting while they had their lesson. Then we did some tracting, then we had a short dinner, then we picked up the sisters and went to the chapel for their lesson.

Thursday - Today was fun. We went to London for our mission tour. We were visited by elder Philips. He is the former stake president of the Hyde Park stake. He was called to be an area 70 last conference. He talked mostly about loving others and being genuine and how we should build our testimonies. We need to build our testimony like a spider builds its Web. We need multiple anchor points, rather than just a bunch of bricks. So that took the entire day. We got back at around 7:00 pm. So us and the other elders went to a restaurant owned by members and got a delicious free meal. It's called mii and u. It's awesome. Also, while in London, we saw a flaming tuba. 

Friday - Today was nice. Mercy cancelled in the morning, so we went finding in Bletchley town. While out we met a less active lady and we'll be seeing her on Sunday . Then we went home and had lunch. I made some really nice chicken spaghetti. Then we went and picked up the Bletchley elders sports night clothing. After that we parked the car and I went to have an appointment for my diabetes supplies. After that we went to the freemans to have a lesson with them. It was mostly us helping her grandson with a scooby doo puzzle. It was fun. After that we went to Bishop Reeve's home for dinner with the Bletchley elders. We had pizza and rice salad and onion rings and garlic bread and it was awesome. After that we shared the the cups and the knives lesson with them. Halfway through it became a rotating session between everybody. It was really funny. After that, we had sports night at the chapel. We played basketball. Then we went home.

Saturday - Well, today was super fun. We had our zone training meeting today. We had some good trainings. The first was on referring to the restoration in our TTIs. The second was about the ten commandments of church attendance. Then we took some fun pictures, got girl scout cookies, then went to McDonald's for lunch. After that we basically did online proselyting and acted as a taxi service for the rest of the night. It was fun.

Sunday - Today was fun. Mercy came to church. She really enjoyed it, even though she only came for the first hour. During church, there was this returned missionary who served in the ward. He served in this ward about five years ago. It was fun to hear his thoughts and feelings about serving here five years ago. It was also fun to watch him meet with people he had served around. After dinner we taxied the other elders to their dinner appointment then stopped by less active. She wasn't home so we stopped by a potential investigator and set an appointment for tomorrow. Then we did some companionship study and went to pick up the elders from the dinner appointment. The member made us some Curry and pita bread for dinner. It was delicious.

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

Love,

Elder Warburton 

March 6 Email

Dear wonderful people!

Well, I'm feeling a bit lazy today as well, so I'll give you my week according to my journal. Enjoy!

Tuesday - Today is pancake day! Yay! We did service in the morning. We helped the De Kock family move across the street. Then we got back and had some lunch. It was fun. Then we went finding in town. It was raining, so not much success. Then we went to the church to open the chapel for the Milton Keynes elders. We did our companion study in the meantime. After that we went to have an appointment with Robert, but he wasn't home. So we started having to our dinner appointment. They live on the border of the area, so it was a long drive. Before dinner, we stopped by Peter and sue, a less active and his wife. They were nice. Then we went to dinner. We had dinner with the kassinens. They're a young family with two kids. Their kids are crazy! We had spaghetti for dinner then we ate pancakes for dessert. Apparently, the common topping for pancakes here is lemon juice and sugar. Strange. Then we went to brother kassinen's office, which is in his back yard, to watch some of his mission videos. He was a crazy guy on the mission. After that we shared the reclaimed Mormon message and invited them to share their joy of the atonement with someone in March. After dinner, we went to go visiting teaching with one of the sisters in the relief society. The woman we were teaching is named dawn and get husband is named Alan. Hopefully we'll be able to teach them again soon. Then we went to the chapel for youth and afterwards went home. 

Wednesday - Today we had an exchange with the district leader. I was with elder Lindsay, the district leader. The first thing we did was go finding. The first 10 or so people all yelled at us or straight up rejected and insulted us. It was fun. We talked to some good people, though. There was this nice lady from Minnesota. She was fun to talk to . After finding for awhile, we picked up lunch from this lady in the ward. It was delicious. Then we found again for a very long time, probably 2 or 3 hours. We stopped by one of their investigators in that time. He's basically dropped us. So we did more finding until we went to stop by this less active family. Their name is the Bajaj family. They have three daughters. Sister Bajaj is really funny. She definitely enjoys the missionaries. Brother Bajaj is really cool. He likes making music. He's done some pretty cool work already. They're just great. After that, we missed our bus home, so we waited like forty minutes for the next bus, then we missed our connection bus to the flat and went in the wrong direction. So we had to wait for another bus back and a bus to the flat. So we got back super late and ate a super late dinner.

Thursday - Today we had interviews with president and sister Stevens. I love interviews. I love being able to council with president and sister Stevens, though we didn't have an interview with sister Stevens. Sister Stevens gave a training on prayer. It was really nice. Then sister khan gave a training on the importance, benefits, and blessings of coming to church. Then we ate lunch and went finding at the lake. We did tomato finding. It's pretty fun. The we stopped by some less actives. Then we picked up John bullard to go finding. He's great. He had a wonderful testimony of the gospel and he has a great attitude. He's also really good at talking to people. He's the best. Then after that we went to pick up the Bletchley elders and went to dinner at the Jacksons. They're great. Brother Jackson works for Google. They have five kids. They're all awesome. After dinner, we went to the chapel so the other elders could have a lesson. Then when they finished, we all went home.

Friday - Today was awesome. We did companion study and weekly planning in the morning. Then I had some tortellini for lunch, then we picked up the Bletchley elders' sports  clothing for sports night. After that we dropped off the chapel key to the Milton Keynes elders. We then had a lesson with Robert, a less active member. He's pretty cool. Kinda like Richard from dunstable. After Robert, we picked up John bullard and went to have a lesson with Sam. Her son was sick, so we went finding with him instead. He's so cool. I love him so much. Afterwards, we dropped him of and had dinner with the O'brians. They're super cool. I love them. It was like being back home, but with a funny, sarcastic version of dad. I love you dad, by the way. Then we had a lesson with amelia and Graham. Pippa was there. It was such a crazy lesson. Pippa is crazy. She's so funny. The lesson took longer than intended, so we were late to sports night, but it was fine anyways, because everyone was late. So we played chair football. I was slaughtering everyone at the beginning, but then I got killed. It was fun, though. Afterwards we dropped everyone of at home, then I ate the pudding I made after lunch. Yum.

Saturday - Today was great! We went to get our area books synced, and while I was doing so, I got an email from mom saying that I had been accepted into byu provo! Yay! Then we went finding, then we had lunch with the other elders. We went to McDonald's. Then we went to the chapel so the elders could do their progress record. After that we picked up John bullard and went to an appointment. They hosed. So we went finding for a while. Then we spotted by some less active friends. They were really nice. Then we dropped off John and went to the chapel to do our progress record. Then we ate dinner, dropped off a Romanian book of Mormon to the sisters, and brought the other elders home from a dinner appointment.

Sunday - Today was nice. We had an area broadcast from Salt Lake. M. Russell Ballard, Linda S. Reeves, and two people from the quorum of the seventy spoke to us. It was really good. They rebuked the entire area (northern Europe). It was fun. After that, us and the other elders went to their flat and had lunch. Then we stopped by less actives. Then we went to the chapel to take the elders home after a lesson. 

Well, there you go. That was my week. I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

P.S. The husband of a member said that I look like this guy named Bill Evans. What do you think?