April 14 2014

Hello! Hello!

What a great week it has been! Lots of ups and downs! This was Sister Mawby's first full week in the mission field! We had so many miracles!!

Monday we taught a less active woman, Sister Nutter. She was baptized when she was 16 or 18 and is now in her late 50's. She has only gone to church a couple of times since her baptism. She does not remember anything about the gospel. We are teaching her just like we would an investigator, which is great real life practice for Sister Mawby! Sister Nutter is very open with us and let's us know exactly what her concerns are, which is so helpful! Later, we had our weekly Monday Night Activity, FHE. One of the girls that come each week just lost her grandpa. We were able to talk to her and comfort her. It was such a tender mercy! I just love being a missionary!!

Sister Mawby and I have been praying and praying to find people who are prepared! And who really want to come closer to their Savior. Our prayers were answered on Tuesday.

Tuesday we knocked on a door and metSherice, a girl in her 20's. She said that she would love to hear our message and had us share it with her right then and there. She expressed her desire to be baptized and agree that the beginning of May would be the perfect time! She said the closing prayer and thanked Heavenly Father for sending us. She said that before we came she was just doing the dishes and praying someone would come that could help her! And then we knocked on her door! We also met another lady that is super prepared! Her name is Jenny! Her daughter is best friends with one of the girls in our ward! We were able to visit with her and she is so interested in learning! We had so many members come out with us today! The ward is really getting more and more involved!

Wednesday we had another wonderful district meeting! Having the old AP as our District Leader is really great! We were able to visit with Tamara about Mikalina's desire to be baptized. She is more open then before, but still not totally open to the idea. We are still working with her. We also saw the Gossards! They are becoming totally active! It is amazing to see the change in their family! Later on we met a lady named Brandy. She expressed a great desire to come to church with her 2 little girls! We also started working with a less active man, Brother Norris and his daughter Helana!

Thursday we had an awesome lesson with Jenny! She is really excited to learn and wants to find a church to take her kids to every Sunday. She wants to be baptized and have her kids be baptized as well! She has a few questions, but really a desire to know! We saw Sister Nutter again and read in the Book of Mormon! She is learning just like an investigator! It is so great!

Friday was pretty rough, because everyone we had appointments with canceled on us! But Heavenly Father still blessed us with tender mercies!

Saturday was packed! We had a great lesson with Brother Solomon. It was our usual Saturday morning lesson. Colleen was the member that came out with us and she shared a great testimony! Then we had a young women, Maddie, with us and had two lessons with our investigators. We talked with Sherice about the Book of Mormon and she loved it! After walking around for about 2 hours in the heat we stopped at SisterPerdon's home and she made us smoothies! They were so so good! It is starting to get a lot hotter here... I know it will just get worse, but I can't even imagine.

Sunday we shared a great message with in Ward Council about having a balanced missionary day! The ward is really coming together to help us with the work! We dropped by to see Sherice and read in the Book of Mormon with her. She truly has a desire to come closer to the Savior! We also met a man named Tim who's wife, before she passed, was a member of the church. He told us we could come back and teach him! So we have an appointment set up! 

Heavenly Father is truly truly blessing us! I am so grateful for His guidance! I received the sweetest email today from Amanda in my last area. This is what she said about the Valentine Hearts we put on some of the members doors..

"I just thought you should know how wide reaching your Valentine "heart attacks" were! People are still talking about it! 

I visited Sister Burns last week, and she asked was I was doing on February 13th or the morning of Valentine's....she's trying to figure out who her angels are.

Sister Dolly bore her testimony during sacrament yesterday.....about how grateful she is for people who care....and how much it impacted her that someone "gospel tagged" her with hearts all over her door with scriptures. She went to work that day letting everyone know that she had been "gospel tagged." She talked about how she left them up for as long as possible because she wanted everyone who came to her door to see the scriptures and feel the gospel. She said even though she has taken them down now, she still has kept them. 

Also! Brother Buckwalter a few weeks ago was talking to me and Lori....and asked if it was the young women that had heart attacked him. He said it meant so much to him, that he re-taped them up inside his house...and kept a few in his journal! 

You and Sister Tucker touched so many lives with a simple act of love! You are both truly such incredible missionaries!"

You truly never know the affect you have on people! I know that Heavenly Father is able to use us as instruments in His hands! I want to do all I can to continue to be the Lord's hands here in the Nevada Las Vegas Mission!

I hope you all have a great week! I love you so very much!!!!

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http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694

Have a Happy Easter! BECAUSE OF HIM!

Love,

Sister Davis