Sister Laekynn Davis: April 28 2014

Helloooooo from beautiful the Boulder Cityyy!

I'm not sure where this week went! I feel like I was just emailing you yesterday! 7 days just flies when you are in the service of the Lord!

Last Monday we went on an "exciting adventure" to the Hoover Dam! It was sure an adventure, but not very exciting. There is a member of the church who is the head guy of the Parker, Davis, and Hoover Dam. He agreed to take our district on a secret tour of all the ins and outs... things normal people can't see! We started on top of the Dam and were out there for about 30 mins... All of a sudden Sister Mawby was very sick and she thought she was going to pass out because of the heat. As we moved along down into the Dam she just got worse. The remained of our tour was spent in the nurses office. She was feeling much better after about an hour in the nurses office and we met up with the other missionaries 10 minutes before the tour was complete. Our tour guide said we could come back in 6-8 weeks and he would give all the missionaries another tour! We are counting on that! Man oh man! It sure was a bummer. Later that night we practiced teaching a lesson on the Bird Family! I love them! Bishop Bird, the former Bishop, and I were both in tears at the end of the lesson. The Spirit was so very strong and I know that because we shared that lesson with them their family is even more motivated to share the gospel. Kyle, their 12 year old son, shared with us that that same day he gave his best friend a Book of Mormon! It was so amazing to hear how their children are reaching out in love to their friends to share the gospel. We also had our weekly FHE as well. Ruby, a 10 year old girl. came with Olivia. We taught her about the Book of Mormon and Christ coming to the people in the Americas. She was hanging on every word we said! She has such a light about her! It truly is amazing! We also saw the Sargaent Family! He is in the Bishopric and his wife is the Young Women's President. Their daughter is a senior in high school and she shared the neatest story with us. On Easter she watched the Because of Him video that was produced by the church. She thought of one of her friends who is very active in her own Christan church, her friend's dad is actually the pastor. She texted her about the video and her friends reply was, "Oh! My dad showed this video to our congregation this morning!" Isn't that SO neat!!!! This random pastor at a little christian church here in Boulder City shared the Because of Him video with the members of his congregation!!!!!!!!!!!! SO AMAZING! I love the gospel! I love that it can touch so many people!

Tuesday we met with Sister Shattler, she has been a member for about 10 years. She hasn't been to church, because it causes so many problems with her family. Her husband just makes fun of the church and is pretty Anti. Her kids have their own problems and issues! It is so sad! I hadn't seen her in a month or more. The last time I saw her was when she got a call that her aunt died, while we were sitting there! We are going to start practicing our lesson with her and hopefully teach her 10 year old daughter! Speaking of 10 year olds, we met with Ruby and Olivia again! We taught them about Faith and Repentance! They loved our object lessons and just had a ball! We really hope to be able to teach Ruby and her mom, Jenny, whom we haven't seen in 2 weeks. We had a great dinner with Bishop Taggard and his family! They are so good to us! We also saw Sister Nutter and we were able to read a little more in the Book of Mormon with her. She deals with a lot of depression and has found strength from reading the scriptures! It is truly amazing! We also had our former investigator, Emily, who is 13, text us randomly and say that she wants to be Baptized. It was so out of the blue!

Wednesday we had district meeting it was great! As always! We went out for district lunch! We do this every week, but it is still always so great! We had Brother Morris, a newly wed in our ward, come out with us! We said a prayer with him before we left and let him choose a street for us to work on for the first 30mins. He chose sixth street! We went to see a potential investigator with no luck, and then to see another potential investigator, Anna-Lee. She welcomed us in and we taught her the first lesson it was so great! She is about 90+ years old. Ancient! But such a delight. She had the biggest crush on our "Body-guard" and went on and on telling him how handsome he was. Awkward. She asked how she could get a hold of him, if she needed help and he quickly told her, "call the sisters" It was too funny! We saw Emily to talk to her about why she wanted to be Baptized and what that meant to her. We explained that she won't be able to just be baptized, but that there was a process and she would need to be truly committed to remain active in the gospel! She wasn't too sure about wanting to be an active member after she is baptized. We will try to keep working with her, but it seems like it will continue to be a slow road. We also saw Brother Norris and Helena again! They are so sweet and sharing with us their conversion stories. It is truly amazing to hear how the Lord prepares people to receive His Restored Gospel. Afterward we went to meet up with some other sisters to do an exchange. I went to Henderson with Sister Crowe.

Thursday was a very stressful day. I did receive some pretty neat revelation. "The Spirit doesn't stay when we do not fulfill our purpose." I have never been with members and investigators for such long appointments in my life.. We were there for 1-2 hours each visit. It was ridiculous! I know that there are so many people we need to see that we must be somewhere different every 30mins! I never want to "hang out" with the people here! I want to teach them and get out, so they can continue to feel the Spirit. It was so good to get back to Boulder City and be with Sister Mawby again!

Friday we had weekly planning all day! It was really great! We stopped by to see a member of our ward who has been pretty sick. We found out that her father-in-law passed away. Their family was having a hard time with his passing and we were able to do some service for her. I am grateful that Heavenly Father can place u sin the paths of those who need our help. We met with Olivia and shared a short message with her! It was so great! She is such a ball of sunshine! We also saw Maya and Gene! They are an older couple in our ward. We shared a sweet message with them and then afterwards Maya brought out two pairs of llama fur slippers. She told us she was at the llama imports store yesterday and she felt impressed to buy them for us. She told us that she knows we walk a lot and wanted us to have something soft to put on our feet when we get home each night! She is such a sweetheart! It was a fun surprise for us!

Saturday we saw Anna Lee again and she asked about Brother Morris. She asked us if he was single and why we didn't bring him with us. It was just too funny! Our night ended pretty bad. After we had dinner I felt very very sick and I was. Not fun! We did had a few good visits with our members, but nothing too exciting or different to report. The Bird's gave me some medicine and are so loving! They are my family away from my real family. They are always concerned with how they can help.

Sunday we had a great fast and testimony meeting. Many members bore their testimonies about missionary work and the impact that we, the sisters, have had on their lives. It was very touching and will hopefully spark more interest in the members and their missionary work! We had yummy chicken wings for dinner at the Birds! They know I love chicken wings so they made it special for me! Aww! They are so wonderful! We shared a great message with them about helping our families all return to live with Heavenly Father again. I am so grateful for their families example! I am learning so much from them!

I wish there was more to say, but everything is just a blur this week! I hope you have all seen the Because of Him video! It is so powerful! Share it with everyone you know! I so grateful the Because of Him I can return to live with Heavenly Father. I know that Because of Him the gospel has been Restored and we have another testament of Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon! I know that Because of Him I can be forgiven of all my short comings. I know that He Lives! He loves us all!

I love you all!

Love,

Sister Davis