Dear wonderful people!
This last week is a bit hazy in my memory, but luckily, I keep a journal just for you guys! Lucky!
So, here's my week!
Tuesday - Today was fun! We did our companionship studies in the morning. After our studies, we went to visit a less active member named DJ, but he wasn't home. While we were walking back, we met a really nice girl named Natasha. She was kind of interested in meeting with us. Hopefully we will be able to meet with her again soon. Then we went to the store to pick up a couple of things we forgot yesterday, like cleaning supplies. Then we ate lunch. After lunch we went finding. We met another girl named destiny. She was really nice as well, but she is really busy, so we didn't get a specific return appointment, so we'll have to try again later. After that we went to Witham to do a bit more finding before we helped out Derek with his garden. We turned over the soil and planted some ginger, onions, and tomatoes. We also cleaned up a little bit more. Then we went inside and had dinner with them. After dinner we played our usual Uno, then shared a message about teaching gospel truths. Then we went home and called Bobbie to read with her.
Wednesday - Today was pretty busy, which is good when you're a missionary. We had our normal morning routine and companionship study, then we went out to visit a few less active people. We stopped by one lady who was just super awkward. We knocked on her door, and when she answered, she just stared at us like a deer in head lights. We tried talking to her a bit, but she would only give inaudible, one word responses. Later on, we went to have lunch. We made fried rice burritos. They were delicious. We wrapped up the extra burritos into aluminum foil and saved them for dinner. Then we went to Witham to see Sue Jackson. She's doing well. Our lesson was really good. We brought brother Gough, who's a great teacher. We shared bout the plan of salvation. Then we went to the chapel to sync our area books. While we were there, we got two referrals from the Stevenage sisters. Thank you, sisters! After setting up return appointments, we went to Braintree to eat dinner. After dinner, we went to Karen Hall's house to mow her lawn. While we were mowing, the lawnmower stopped working, so we had to borrow the neighbor's. After that, we had a spiritual thought with them. We spoke about keeping the Sabbath day holy. By the end of the lesson we were talking about deep doctrine. It was good.
Thursday - Today was really good. We had companionship study in the morning, then we went finding. While finding, we met this interesting girl named Bryony. She wanted to learn a bit more about life after death. We will be seeing her next Tuesday. After finding we had lunch and contacted some investigators on the phone. Then we traveled to Witham to do some more finding. After finding for a few hours, we went to the Gough's house for dinner. They are a lovely couple in the ward. Very missionary minded. We shared a message with them about sharing the blessings of keeping the Sabbath day holy. They have a friend that they want to share with, so hopefully it will go well. Then we went to the chapel for Bowles club. That's always fun. Then we went home.
Friday - Today we had district meeting in the morning. It was a good district meeting. Afterwards, we all went to Pizza Hut for lunch. It was alright. Then we began our exchange with the zone leaders. We went to the flat to drop off our stuff and do companionship studies. Then we went finding. It was super fun. After an hour or so of that, we went to the library to contact some of the people that we're working with. Then we needed to go back from town to the flat to pick up the car. When we got out of the library, we realized that it was pouring rain outside. And I left my umbrella in the car. So, after getting completely soaked while talking to some people in the rain, we made it back to the flat and drove the sisters to the university campus, then we drove all the way to tendering, which is a completely different area. We went and had a pizza party with the branch president and some less actives and nonmembers at his house. It was really nice. After dinner, we shared a message about the restoration with everyone. Then we had to go home. I went to bed while everyone else did call ins.
Saturday - Today was awesome. We started off the day by playing some football with the colchester Ward and all of the missionaries. Then we drove home from the exchange. Then we had companionship studies, cleaned the car, went and went finding. We talked to this Muslim guy who went on and on about how we need to pray to Allah. It was a complete waste of time. Then we went to see Philip. He's doing well. After Philip, we went home to do our weekly planning. Then we had pancakes for dinner. I ate way too many. They were too delicious.
Sunday - Today was a lot of fun. We had church in the morning. It was fast Sunday, so we had our testimony meeting. The last testimony was given by a man from the Chelmsford ward named George. He's about 90 years old, and he might be the happiest man in the world. He's also not all there. As he walked up to the pulpit, he was talking to everyone and telling them to smile, because it's free! Then he got up to the pulpit and said, "Smile, it's free!" He also said a bunch of other really positive stuff and repeated himself a bunch. It was awesome. Then we had the rest of our meetings. Those were fun as well. Then we went home and I ate lunch, then we went to our appointment with our investigator, but he wasn't home, so we went finding. We talked to lots of people, but no one was willing to meet with us again. We talked to this really nice lady named Joyce, but she didn't want to meet with us. So we went home. While we were going home, we talked to this lady because she had a really cute dog. It turns out that she lives in our flat complex, and she wants to meet with us again. Yay! Then we visited a lady named Leona. She's doing well. We shared the prince of peace video. Then we gave her the sacrament. After that, we gave the sacrament to the Pews. They are a lovely couple in there 90s. Then we went to visit another lady in the ward. She wasn't able to meet with us, so we went home and I made biscuits for dinner. Yum.
Monday - Well, today was long. We had our zone conference. We had to be in Ipswich, which, by the way, is over an hour away, by 8:00 am. When we got there, Elder Meier went into a district leader council meeting, and I hung out with the missionaries there. Then I picked up some other missionaries from the train station. The meeting was really good. Really spiritual as well. Then we had pizza for lunch. Then we had a few more trainings by other missionaries and president Stevens. Mostly about how to use the Book of Mormon and centering our message on Jesus Christ. Then some of the soon to be departing missionaries gave their departing testimonies. Then we went back home and did a bit of finding before we went back for dinner.
Well, there you have it! I hope you all enjoy!
I love you all!
Love,
Elder Warburton
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