Hey Everyone!
It is so good to get your emails and your letters! This has been a very very busy week! We've had 20+ members coming out with us for the past three weeks and it is truly making a world of a difference in our area! We are getting to know the little details about the members, and are having lots of success as they get to know us!
On Tuesday, Elder Neil L. Anderson of the quorum of the twelve apostles came to speak with us - along with Todd R. Callaster, president of the seventy. It was such a powerful meeting. We were in the Nevada Las Vegas WEST mission. There were 500 missionaries at this meeting - which means there are 500 missionaries in Vegas alone! Pretty cool! Elder Anderson took the time before he spoke to shake everyone's hand! Since I was sitting in the front, I was one of the last ones to get to shake his hand... So I took a little piece of paper and wrote a scripture verse on it from the Book of Mormon, and handed it to him in my handshake! It was pretty sweet!! He was very grateful for it! And what an amazing thing it was to see that, though he is a servant of the Lord he is still just a regular guy! There were so many things I learned and loved from this meeting. But I think the thing I loved the most is when Elder Anderson talked about being in a competition with ourselves. We should always be trying to better ourselves, Often times we, and myself especially, look for recognition of others to feel like we are really moving forward. However, as we consistently strive to try a little harder to be a little better each day I know that we will be able to look back and see how far we've come. I am trying each day to be a little better. Christ truly was our perfect example, and I know that following Him is not always easy, especially in the time we live in today, but it is possible and it is worth it. It is so worth it! I see so many different people all the time, especially here in Vegas! And it truly amazes me to see how Heavenly Father guides them to be in our path.
Speaking of how Heavenly Father guides people to be in our path, this week and every week actually, I see Heavenly Father placing us at the right place at the right time. I think that truly is amazing. Yesterday we were able to meet a girl named Janice. She lives above some Elders in a apartment and the Elders told us to go visit her. She was very open. She told us that she is going to all of these different churches in the valley trying to find good wholesome people her age (in their 20's) to be friends with! Well what more young, good wholesome people can you find, than the LDS Robindale YSA Ward??!!!?!?!? She is so excited to come to church and to learn more about our religion and to meet some good people here in Vegas!!! It was a blessing that the Elders were put in her path and we were able to contact her as well! Heavenly Father sure knows and loves each one of His children!
Just a couple Tender Mercies I thought I would share....
On Tuesday are dinner appointment cancelled on us.. and two minutes later a recent convert we were meeting with later that night sent us a text to ask if we needed dinner tonight!!! What a blessing!!!!!!! Heavenly Father sure loves us!!!
On Wednesday we went out to lunch at Zupa's. my all time favorite restaurant! And as we were standing in line to order food, there were two young married couples in front of us who started to fight over who would be buying our lunch for us! What a blessing!!!!!!!!!!!
We had another great lesson with Katie! She will be getting baptized here pretty soon! She wants to meet with Bishop and was asking us all sorts of questions about the process to be baptized! She truly is so prepared and so ready!!!
Love, Love, Love, You All!!!!
Stay Strong!
Love,
Sister Davis
P.S. I hit my 5 month mark tomorrow!! Woah.....
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