April 7 2014

Helllllooooo from Boulder City!!!!

 

 

What a week! What a week! Boulder City is so great! This has definitely not been a typical missionary week!

 

First off I want to quote for you a sign that is on the corner of Ave B and 5th Street... "What is missing from CH  CH? ......U R!" Isn't that cleaver!

 

Well Monday was Sister Area's last day here in Boulder. She has served in this ward the first 6 months of her mission! We had dinner at the Bird's home! I love them so much! And we taught Sister Nutter, a less-active woman, about prayer! She agreed to have us continue to come back and teach her! She has a desire to return to church, but is still unsure about her conversion to the gospel. We had a great Monday Night Activity! We had a great turn out and read in 1 Nephi 17, about Nephi building the ship and then we all built paper boats and tested them out! It was so fun and everyone loved it! It was a great way to end Sister Area's time here!!

 

On Tuesday I took Sister Area to meet up with her new companion and I got with Sister Cummings for the day, since she is training too! We worked in Henderson in her ward for the day! We headed to Boulder City that night and on our way Sister Cummings got very sick! She had just had her gallbladder taken out a month earlier and was having sever stomach pain. She felt like she was going to pass out and couldn't move! I drove her to the Hess' home. Sister Hess was in her PJ's and so was Brother Hess. They welcomed us in though! Bishop came over and after talking with our medical advisory we came to the conclusion that we needed to take her to Urgent Care. The closes one was 30 minutes away and closed at 9pm... It was 8:45pm.. Brother Hess and Bishop drove us back to Henderson to the Urgent Care and we got there just in time! It was stressful to say the least! They gave her some medicine and after we were back to Boulder she received a priesthood blessing! She was still weak on Wednesday, but is feeling a lot better now!

 

Wednesday we had District Meeting! Our new district leader is Elder Fuller, who was just released as the AP! Needless to say it was the best district meeting ever! We saw the Gossard Family afterwards! They loved Monday night and plan to come every week! They even offered to trade off sharing a message some Mondays! What a blessing! We had an amazing lesson with Lou, our investigator from Germany! He read in the Book of Mormon and the pamphlet we left him! We talked and testified more about the Book of Mormon! He told us that he wished he would have been born into the church. We assured him that it is never too late to be apart of it! He agreed and is excited to continue to study and learn! Sister Cummings and I returned to the Mission Office to meet our new companions! There were only three English sisters coming... Sister Thomas, Sister Smith, and Sister Mawby. We asked the office staff who they thought would be our companions and we asked other missionaries to guess as well... I had been praying for all three of them, but I definitely thought that I would have a certain one as my companion! Well everyone said that Sister Mawby would be my companion and that's who I thought too... and I guess Heavenly Father thought that would be good as well... Because Sister Mawby is my new companion! She is from Oklahoma and is 19! She is a sweetheart! Her first night we had dinner with the Relief Society President's home and met with a couple of members it was wonderful!

 

Thursday we had a new missionary training meeting at the mission office. It was an all day event! I learned a lot about how to be a better missionary and how to help Sister Mawby make this transition. I know that the Lord will help me! When were back in Boulder we were able to see Mikalina and Tamara. They just happened to be outside. They were so happy to see I had a new sister missionary. We are trying so hard to meet with them! Their schedule is so crazy! Afterwards we had dinner with Bishop and his family! It was wonderful! They are just so supportive of us and it makes the world of a difference! We had our Ward Coordination Meeting with the Stubbs and Sister Graff took us afterwards to meet one of her clients, Taylor. We were able to set an appointment with her which was such a miracle!

 

Friday we had a long day of Weekly Planning. We practice our lessons on a couple of members and had dinner with the Morris'. She is a ward missionary and I've really been able to get to know her better these last couple of weeks!

 

Saturday was amazing! I love watching General Conference as a missionary! It is the best! We had a great lesson with Brother Solomon! We asked Sister Slack to come with us. She shared a powerful experience. I don't think I can do it justice.. But I will try to rely what she shared. She explained that she wen to a funeral on Friday and told Brother Solomon that his mom was there, his mom passed away 6 months ago. She told him that she felt her presents so strong there. She explained later that night we called her and asked if she could come with us at 11am or 4pm. She didn't have anything going on at either of those times, but 11am just blurted right out of her mouth. We then told her we would be going to see Brother Solomon. As we were sitting with him in his home Sister Slack went on to explain that she knows his mother wanted her to come and tell him that he needs to not be afraid and that he needs to put away his pride and read and pray about the Book of Mormon! She got right in his face and told him he needed to try! He needed to stop making excuses and he needed to find out for himself. It was the most powerful lesson I have ever been apart of here in Boulder City. His mother was there with us. She was helping us know what to say to him! It was a miracle and we were all in tears. Later we had dinner with Olivia, a 10 year old girl, and her less active family. Olivia walks to church each Sunday alone, while her family does whatever they do on Sundays. It was a great dinner and we shared a fun spiritual thought with them! They said they would love to have us back! Later on we went to visit with the Millers. We shared a thought about Faith and Sister Miller asked how we knew that that is what she needed to hear! She explained how overwhelmed she has felt and expressed so much gratitude for us being there tonight. It was truly a blessing!

 

Sunday we went to watch the first session of General Conference with Bishop and his family. We had an omelet bar! It was so tasty! We visited a few members and watched Conference at the church later that day. We had dinner with the Beekmans who could us Vietnamese food. It was really great! We practiced our lesson on them and they loved it. Brother Beekman went on and on about how much he felt the Spirit as I shared the first vision. He told me, "It doesn't matter what you say, it is how you say it." We have to share the gospel with enthusiasm and love and relive our own conversion as we share our testimony!

 

I am so grateful to be a missionary and to be able to share with others what has brought me pure joy and love! I know that I am needed here in Boulder City and that Sister Mawby and I need each other! What a great blessing it is to know that I am exactly where I need to be! I am grateful I could watch General Conference! I would just like to share with you a few things I wrote down during conference that really made an impression on me!

 

-Live True To The Faith

-Defend Your Faith with Courage and Courtesy, but Defend It!

-Nothing is worth loosing our treasures in Heaven!

-We never trouble our Savior when we turn to Him!

- Daily Scripture Study, Prayer, and weekly Family Home Evening - this has to be done - nothing else matters!

-Never let spiritual whirlwinds carry you away!
-Do all things the Lord asks of you!
-Truth is Truth - it comes from God - it is part of the Gospel!

-You can't change people's direction, but you can influence the change in their direction.

-Be careful who you follow!

-It will be a sacred time when our Savior comes again!

-The Savior cars about what we are thinking!
-Family History will bind your family here and the ones who have passed on!

-Gratitude is the catalyst to all Christlike attributes!

-Remain steadfast in bearing your testimony!

-The Gospel is not weight - it's wings!!!

-We have a short time here and an eternity to think about it!

-The Lord gives us strength to carry our burdens!

-Love is the essence of the Gospel!

-We don't know how or when blessings will come - but they will come!

-Respond to every call!

-There are very few one size fits all solutions.

-Prepare to Pray!

-Everything will work out- eventually!

-We must do all we can to find truth!

-We can have ultimate trust in our Savior!

-Heavenly Father will see us through the hard times!

 

I know that we have Prophet today and that the same authority that Christ had while he was on the Earth is Restored! It was lost! But now it is back! I know that Christ lives and loves us! I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for everyone! I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's kingdom on the Earth! I know that there are people prepared to hear our voices! Speak up! Speak out! Open your Mouth!

 

Love,

Sister Davis