In reference to the title of my email, Halloween really DID come early this year! We kept scaring people as we were out and about knocking doors. At this one house, we knocked twice and then waited. We saw a shadow walking towards the door and then a lady with a big ole bandage on her nose looks at us and screams!! She then said, "Hey, there are 2 girls at the door!" They were super friendly, opened the door, and she(later found out her name was Cathy) had just had surgery earlier that morning on her nose and she nearly popped her 50 stiches when she screamed at us. haha. But wait, there's more. The man's response was, "Hey, there are raccoons in our backyard, come check it out!" Sure enough there were 2 raccoons scaling their palm tree in their backyard. We had a nice little chat with these people, not interested in learning more, but nonetheless, a fun and exciting experience. Planting seeds and scaring them! Gotta love it! Later that night, again after knocking twice, a little girl came and opened the door, not realizing that we were there, and then gasped, walked away, and said, "Mommy, there are people at the door!" I've never unintentionally scared this many people back to back before! We have been chuckling about it all week!
This week we had 2 exchanges! I got to stay in my area with Hermana Hinton, who is a brand spanking new missionary and she is awesome! We got along so very well and had a great day as companions! We worked really hard and were able to have some great conversations! We even went and did some chalking at a nearby park! We started writing down scripture verses and were able to talk with others as they walked by about THEIR favorite verses. We even had a friend write down his favorite Bible verse! Chalking is so much fun!
I also got to go on exchanges with Sister Evali and Sister Koivisto in their area! Sister Koivisto is a Temple Square missionary so she is here for 12 weeks to gain the full proselyting mission experience! She is from Finland so I got to learn a lot of cool facts about our Fin friends! We saw miracle after miracle that day! We were able to get in touch with a few of the people they've been teaching and were able to meet others along the way that wanted to learn more too! I've missed being in a trio so it was fun to be in one for a day! It was so fun to learn from them!
As for Sister Steele and myself, we've been continually finding and finding, looking for those who are ready! We've been meeting lots of amazing people, but not too many of them are ready at this time or don't want to make time for it....which is an utter shame. And we've been meeting some people who...don't particularly agree with our beliefs. BUT, while on exchanges, Sister Steele met this guy, Erone, who IS searching! They had a great lesson with him and we'll be going back in a few days to teach him more! Wahoo!
We've also been trying to get to know the members and get them out with us! It's such an awesome ward and we want to help them SOAR in their missionary labors!
Yesterday, the 4 of us missionaries got to be special guests in Primary! We filled out some basic questions ahead of time and as the Primary President read out the answers, the kids had to guess who said it. I got nearly emotional as I talked about people who influenced me to go on a mission(my Dad...among many others), the best thing about my mission(meeting amazing people and seeing them change), and how my relationship with my Savior has changed(IMMENSELY). I could feel tears welling up in my eyes as I shared these answers with the precious little kids! It hit me then that, wow, I really will always have fond memories of my mission. I mean, I always knew that I would talk about this for the rest of my life, but during your mission, it can be hard to see the whole perspective. But I really did catch a glimpse yesterday of just how much my mission really DOES mean to me and how it will continue to influence me for the rest of my life.
My relationship with my Savior has grown so very much! I've had to rely on Him in everything and as I'm striving to love my brothers and sisters, I'm becoming like Him. And for that, I'm forever grateful!
Love you all! Thank you constantly for the love and support, near and far ;) Have a spooky Halloween! Talk to y'all next month!
Sister Burton
2500 N. Bristol St.
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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| Trio Life! |
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| Pancake Brunch with the other Sisters in our Complex. |
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| Chalking With Hermana Hinton. |
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| More chalking adventures. |
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| Last week Exchanges with Sister Akers! |
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| Dinner with Cassity Last night!!! |
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