PHEW!

THERE just is NOT enough time to say everything that I want to say! Being a missionary is the best job in the world and I wish I could show you all how amazing and wonderful it is but it's impossible to describe! 

Things that happened this week:

-We street contacted into the mayor of Winlock. We asked him if he wanted to hear a message about Jesus Christ and he wasn't really interested. Then we talked a bit more. He was worried about us walking around so late at night down town, and offered to get the cops to keep an eye out for us, but we told him it wasn't necessary. Then we walked past them, went down one block, and walked back to our car. I was hoping they wouldn't see how, not far, we had gone and then they yelled to us across the street "You could have just turned around!" and I yelled back "What if somebody needed the gospel on this street!" and they said "Did they?" and I said "No! But you never know!" haha Who would have thunk that I, Kinsey, would ever be that bold while talking to the MAYOR. Especially that loudly! 

- We visited a lady and ended up sweeping and mopping her floors for her. She wants to come to church now. When she found out that we were Mormons she wasn't as excited to come to church, but she still wants to come so her daughter can learn about God. 

- One of our investigators got mad at us for bringing a member to a lesson with her. Which made my stomach hurt (thanks mom!) but we cleared things up and I didn't start crying. She is still willing to meet with us and she is still reading the Book of Mormon. I think people forget sometimes that we really are just 19 and 20 year old girls who really have no idea what we are doing. The only thing that makes us different is that we WANT to serve God, and we want to help people, and we have name tags. That's about it. We still make tons of mistakes. All the time. We aren't perfect and we never claimed to be either. 

- We had a really cool lesson on Wednesday with a man named Scott. His beliefs in God were shattered years ago and now he doesn't believe in God. But he believes in something, he just isn't sure it's God. But you can tell that he really does still believe deep down, he's just been hurt, and been thinking too much. The gospel is simple. If you think too much, you put doubts in your mind. But we're working with him and he is willing to try out what we say. 

- Trunk or treat was Wednesday night. It was POURING. We dressed up as missionaries, and passed out pictures of Jesus with life savers taped to them. ;) Clever, huh? :)  It was really fun. We saw kids that were getting nerd ropes so we tried to figure out who was passing them out, but by the time we got there we were too late and they were all gone. One member though was helping us figure out where they were and she felt bad so on Sunday she brought us nerd ropes! :) So nice. The members here really take good care of us. We're spoiled. :) 

- One 8 year old girl that we are working with is named Charlie. We met her a few weeks ago and she is so sweet. Her dad is a member and her mom is not. She hasn't really grown up going to any church. We visited her this week and she saw my CTR ring and said "What does your ring say?" and I told her it said "CTR" and she said "I have one of those!" I guess 2 old CTR rings just kind of showed up around the house a little after we met her for the first time and she's been wearing it everywhere and telling old people that she runs into that it means "Choose the right." That was kind of a cool story to hear. I think they were her grandmas that were just in a sewing kit or something. But it just shows me how special she is to Heavenly Father and how important it is that we keep helping her even though right now she thinks church is boring. :) 

- It rained all weekend long, Washington is making up for it's warm, sunny summer I guess. 

- On Halloween, we had a zone activity at the stake center. We played board games, basketball, watched 17 miracles, and ate food. I'm getting pretty good at basketball (considering I never played it before my mission). Just another mission miracle. 

- And on Sunday I had the courage to bear my testimony again. I'm gonna be a changed person when I come home. You won't even be able to recognize me! :) 

So, that was my week. We're having fun. We're doing good. And I know that God is grateful for the small efforts that we have to give. :) 

"Now is the moment in the timetable of the Lord to carry the gospel farther than it has ever been carried before... Many a person in this world is crying, knowingly and unknowingly, 'Come over...and help us.' He might be your neighbor. She might be your friend. He might be a relative. She might be someone you met only yesterday. But we have what they need. Let us take new courage from our studies and pray, as did Peter, 'And now, Lord,... grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word."

So, study Preach My Gospel for ideas and for help, and then go out there and open your mouths! :) Share the gospel with everything you have because we have what other people need!

I love you all and I hope you have a great week! :) 

Love, Sister Warburton

Pictures:

The hail that hit our windows.

Some cute little mushrooms.

A pretty view from one of the houses we knocked on. 

The train that passes through 69 times a day. :)

Some of the Elders in our zone.

A picture that has most of our zone....but not all of it.

A picture that has more of my zone but not me.....