September 19 Email

Dear Wonderful People!

This week was fun! We had our Zone conference with the President. It was super fun. We had lots of good trainings on how we can improve our missionary work. I also got a chocolate bar to  commemorate the birthdays of everyone in the zones for September, October, and November. So don't forget, my birthday is coming up. (October 11th!  Don't forget! My address is 59a Saint Peters Road, Dunstable, LU5 4HY.  Send packages! You could also send them to the mission office if you don't think I'll be here for another transfer.)

We also had an exchange with our district leader. I got to go with Elder Paakkari and help out at a soup kitchen. We also got to discuss the gospel, the bible, and Ghanaian food with a Ghanaian born again Christian lady for nearly an hour. She wants to have us over for
dinner, so please pray that we'll be able to meet again! Not only for the dinner, but for her salvation! (The dinner would just be a nice side-blessing.)

Other than that, just a lot of looking for new people to teach and finding a couple of shaky people. Pray that they'll stop being so shaky and just meet with us. I love teaching people and it's hard to do that when you don't have anyone to teach.

I guess I'll share a spiritual thought I had this week.

1 Nephi 15

11 Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath said?--If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you.

As we do these things, life will become easier for us because God will help us learn what we desire, if it is righteous.

I love you!

Love,

Elder Warburton

P.S. Here's a photo! See if you spot me!

Here's a picture of the sunset in Luton....I edited it....it isn't really that pretty.

September 12 Email

Dear Wonderful People!

How's everything going?

This week was great! We had an awesome conference with Elder Zwick of the seventy. He's a great speaker.

Other than that, Martin was confirmed. He's great and I'm so grateful to have been able to teach him.

Well that's all the news from me. I'm doing great and I hope you all are as well.

I love you all!

Bye!

Love,

Elder Warburton

Sunset...picture edited by my companion

Here are my notes from the conference with Elder Zwick:

Sister Stevens

-Stay centered on Christ

-Christ is the center point of the gospel

-Christ is guiding this work

President Stevens

-Our purpose is not our key indicators, it is to teach repentance and saving souls

-We are here to tell people to put away the umbrella

-Every time we open our mouths, we are acting on out faith

-As we share the gospel, we bring back the remembrance of Heavenly Father to their minds

-The very presence of the missionaries brings something powerful to those around us

-This is his work

-Jesus is the Christ

Sister Zwick 

How is your heart?

-Elder Zwick is sister Williams' twin!?

-We are here to invite

-The spirit speaks to us through our feelings

-We need to write down those things

-If we write it down, we will have our own little doctrine and covenants

-When we can testify, that's when we can have converts

-Our purpose needs to be on our hearts

-PMG 198 powerful testimony is based on the conviction of your heart

-Without oxygen, we die. The atonement is like the oxygen mask. We need to use it I order for it to work

-Don't play with rattlesnakes

-We cannot "experiment" with sin

-Can you feel so now? Put somewhere in the flat.

Musical ite

Elder W. Craig Zwick

-We must not experiment with sin

-We must be worthy

-learn by faith

-We need a sure foundation 

-Marry above yourself

-Virtue has everything to do with a sure foundation 

-Don't even try to fake yourself into the temple

-A sure foundation requires virtue

-And He will

I will never limit myself by what I think is my capacity, I will allow the lord the expand my capacity, AND HE WILL.

-Simplify, intensify, and testify

-Mosiah 26:17 use my name instead

-First son shall be named Mark or Steven 

-Stay fresh

-Put Jesus Christ on your heart today!

-Let my experiences build my testimony 

-If I'm better today than I was yesterday, then I have exceeded and succeeded

-Don't be discouraged 

-Be stubborn in Christ

September 6 Email

Dear all of you great people,

This week was divine, because Martin got baptized!  He's a boss and I feel that I didn't even need to be there because he was so prepared.  Here's a picture.  He's the tall one:

Transfers were this week and Elder Suxo will be leaving.  He's going to Basildon and I will be receiving Elder Minamide.  He's from my MTC group and he's Japanese.  He is great.  I've already served around him and I know that he's a great cook, so I'm excited for that.

Other than that, I'm just happy to be here in England, the second best place in the world.  It would be first, but there are no flipping drinking fountains in the entire country!  Other than that, it's awesome opossum.

I love you all and hope you have a stellar week!

Bye!

Love,

Elder Warburton

P.S.  Here are some pictures because my mom loves pictures.

This is my zone from last transfer.

This is the full local history of Luton.  As you can see, there sure is a lot.

August 29 Email

Dear Wonderful People!

This week was very eventful. Let me try and remember.

So on Monday, we went to Luton to hang out with the elders there and with our district leader and his companion. We basically played monopoly all day. It was a lot of fun. Then we had family home evening with the YSA in the ward.

Tuesday was a regular day of work. Nothing too exciting.

On Wednesday, we did a lot of Work. Nothing too special there either.

Thursday we went to district meeting and then had an exchange with our zone leaders afterwards. I went with elder Jackson. We had correlation meeting with their ward mission leader, then he took us all out to this super tasty Japanese restaurant. Then we had a crazy lesson with one of their African investigators. After that we had to go to Stevenage to pick up on of the sister's investigators to bring to Watford to be interviewed by President Jarvis. Man, that guy is so good. He really wants to be baptized and he is definitely ready. And he's super cool. I'm excited for him. By now he will have already been baptized.

Friday we got back from our exchange and all of the appointments we had for that day cancelled. That happens sometimes. So we basically just went finding all day.

Saturday was good. We had a blitz with the elders from Luton and our district leader. I found two people to teach during the blitz. Then later we had a dinner appointment with a Jamaican lady. She made us this really good chicken and lamb. It was delicious.

On Sunday we had church and Elder Suxo's bike broke down on the way to church, so we were late. After church, we took Martin, our investigator, to a baptism in Luton. He really liked it and decided that he wants to be baptized next Sunday! So we spent a good portion
of our evening preparing for his baptism.

So yeah, that's all. I'm really excited for his baptism!

I hope you all have a great week!

I love you!

Love,

Elder Warburton

August 22 Email

Happy New Year!

Well, I hit one year on my mission, so now it's all downhill from here. Yay!

Other than that, we have an awesome investigator who is going to be baptized next month. His name is Martin. Please pray for him. 

So, yeah, everything is great.

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT!

44 But behold I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you; (3 Nephi 12)

Charity is hard, but we need it in order to be perfect. So pray every day to have this gift and it will come.

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

P.S. Here's a video from my one year shirt burning ceremony.

August 15 Email

Dear Wonderful People!

We got new bikes this week, so don't worry about that. I also got a bike lock that also serves as a weapon of self defense. It locks up your bike and it can whip the head off of an elephant in one fell swoop. It's pretty great.

We have this awesome investigator named Martin. He accepted to be baptized on the 18th of September. That was the best part of the week.

Other than that, nothing crazy has happened. Just normal missionary work. I haven't been mugged yet on my mission. I've heard that in this mission, Luton is the place to be mugged. I'm right next to Luton, so maybe one day I'll get to be mugged.

By the way, my address is 59A St. Peter's Road, Dunstable, LU5 4HY. If you want to send me packages, go ahead. Letters are welcomed as well.

I hope that you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Warburton

August 8 Email

Dear Wonderful People!

This week has been crazy! We spent most of our time outside of our area. At least it feels like that. We had an exchange on Tuesday and Wednesday, zone meeting on Friday, and we went to Luton on Saturday to help the elders there with a lesson. Also on Friday, we got our bikes stolen. Someone jumped over the fence of the chapel and stole our bikes in the twenty minutes we were in the chapel. Other than that this week was great. 

For my spiritual thought I'll share a scripture.

19 Neither shalt thou steal. (Deuteronomy 5)

Don't steal, it's not nice.

I hope that you all have a great week. Remember, always use your bike locks. Always.

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Warburton 

Here's a picture of my companion (right), our investigator, Martin (center) and me.