February 17 2014

Hello Family & Friends!!!

Another week has just flown by! Another transfer is over! Another mission month has arrived! I have been out 10 Months today! That just amazes me! If the next 8 months go as fast as the last I won't even have time to blink! Hold on to your seat belts! This is going to be a fast roller coaster ride!

We were able to see Dustin and Maddie everyday this week! They are really growing in the gospel! 

Last Monday we were able to see Chermayne! She is doing so great! We were able to teach about the importance of going to church, praying, and reading the scriptures, aka CPR! She really wants to be more dedicated to reading her scriptures! She has found a lot of peace today!

Tuesday we had a great day! We Jacob came out with us to find people! It was great! We walked so much, by the time we were home for the night my legs were like jelly! We had dinner with Tim and Ashley! They just moved into our ward and Ashley is not a member, we taught about prayer and are going back next week to teach the first lesson! They are super sweet!

Wednesday! We taught Chermayne the 10 commandments and the Law of Chastity! She LOVED it! She really is hold tight to the truths she is learning! She feels so much peace! And is so confident in her desire to be baptized! We also started to heart-attack people that needed some extra love! There were a lot of people who needed our love!

Thursday! We had the sweetest  experience as we went to visit to less actives, the Burns. Sister Burns told us this very exaggerated story about two angels that came and left hearts allllllllll over their door with scriptures on them. She called the relief society president and the high council representative and no one knew who did it, but they all told her she was very special to have that happen to her! She asked if we did it we told her no, but that maybe the young women did it!

Friday was Valentine's Day!  This was one of my favorite days of my mission ever! We heart attacked tons of people! Some people guessed that it was us, others are still wondering!!! It was fun to go around like little cupids and leave love on peoples doors!!!! Then we had an amazing dinner with Sister Jones! She is so wonderful! She made it such a special occasion! After dinner we went to Chermayne's and had a lesson! We read Lehi's Dream with her and it was a lesson filled with the spirit. We were all crying. She expressed her gratitude for the hearts we left on her door and for how much she cared about us!

Saturday we started off the day with Service. We played with some dirt and then we raked some leaves!!!! It was great to get a little dirty. Nobody here lets us do service so it is nice to actually have somebody say "hey sisters will you help us do this?" Often times we make up our own service! Then after service we got our Transfer Doctrine! Jacob said he would go less active if I left..

Sunday was WOW!!!! Quail Ridge Ward is the best :) When they found out that I was leaving and they were so sad!!! Everyone crowded me and gave me hugs and encouragement. We sang in Sacrament Meeting with the Laurels. We sang "As Sisters in Zion" but to the words that Janice Capp Perry created for Sister Missionaries! It was powerful! I looked out into the congregation and saw so many faces that I love. Dustin and Chermayne were there. There were also many families that have not been out to church in a while that were there. I just wanted to cry tears of joy as I looked at each of their faces....so I had to just concentrate on the music. Then we had a wonderful Gospel Principles lesson on the Final Judgement. David started off by reviewing the Plan of Happiness! That was so inspired! I think it helped our investigators a lot and it gave them a review.

Well you probably figured out that I am leaving Quail Ridge tomorrow! Such a hard move! I am also leaving Las Vegas! I am going to Boulder City! Everyone says that I will love it! It is supposedly one of the safest cities in the country! There is no gambling or building allowed, super small town! I will give you more details next week! It is so hard to leave a place that I have grown to love so much! But I am glad that it is hard because to me that means I really put my all into the work here! I gave everything I had and now it is time to serve in another part of the Lord's vineyard.

Love you! Choose the Right! 

Sister Davis