HAPPY
CELEBRATIONS! Family, Family,
Family! I love each one of you.
Quick Run Through of the
Week:
ARE YOU READY FOR
THIS?
- Couple of exchanges!
One with the Head Sister Training Leaders and another with the sisters we live
with! Incredible Sisters!
- Bridget and Chrissy
are still set for Baptism after some shakes.
- Heavenly Father
placed NENA in our path, the mother of Angelina and Sabien
- Chrissy is one of
the strongest youth I know
- We received some
wonderful dating, marriage and family advice this week!
- Michelle is set for
Baptism on May 24th
- Robert was asking
direct questions about Joseph Smith
- Heavenly Father
provided a way for us to teach Troy (Liza's husband)
- Debbie is craving
baptism!
- Ward members have
stopped by and introduced themselves to our investigators on their own.
- We had a 7 HOUR zone
conference with President Slaughter and the wonderful leaders of the
mission!
- Heavenly Father
placed another part-member family in our path!
- Debbie, Chrissy and
BRIDGET (and her 2 kiddos) all came to church!
- AND all the meetings
at church were phenomenal!
- A family referred us
to their neighbor and we have a lesson set up for this week.
- The Thornal family
invited one of our investigators over to have a lesson in their home!
- Sister Davis is
teaching me so much everyday (how to better walk in the light or follow the
spirit, how to be positive and upbeat at all times, how to live and apply what
we teach every day, and much more)
- A member made
invites for our baptism! Adorable.
- And we have a great
week ahead of us!
I pray every day that
I can prepare myself for what Heavenly Father is about to do next. He has
incredible things in store. I am not sure what it will be....but I can see
tremendous events occurring, testimonies growing, families making covenants
together, hearts overflowing.
I would like to share
a portion of another missionaries email if I may.
"A spiritual
experience I had this week was listening to fast and testimony meeting. One
sister got up and bore a short but inspiring testimony about the cultural
celebration that took place in Gilbert Arizona following the dedication of the
temple there. It began to POUR rain and twelve thousand youth prayed fervently
for the rain to stop. It didn't. But neither did they. They sang and danced
without a word of complaint. The following Sunday, they could only talk
about the rain and how it had strengthened their testimonies that Heavenly
Father doesn't always take the trials away. And that's exactly how I feel about
my life right now. It's pouring! But I know that sometimes Heavenly Father doesn't
calm the storm; instead, He calms the child. I also know that rain will make
the flowers grow. So I wait. I keep going. I watch for the flowers."
President Slaughter
shared some wonderful stories with us this past week. On one occasion his wife
and he planned to buy a house. They signed contract after contract after
contract. When Sister Slaughter went to go make the final payment and sign the
last signature the offer was gone. She immediately called President Slaughter
in concern, unsure of what to do, Why were we lead in this direction if we
weren't supposed to buy this home? President Slaughter responds, "Did you
feel that? Heavenly Father just steered us in the right direction?" We
were able to see that we don’t ask WHY, we don’t need to know WHY, we just
simply walk in the light and he is guiding us and will continue to guide us. We
don’t need to question the Lord. We show our gratitude for him steering us in
the right direction.
I love each one of
you. Thank you for your sincere love and support for all you have done. Thank
you for your prayers. Thank you for your joy in the gospel and your testimonies
that you share.
Sincerely, Sister
Davis
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