Well Helloooo!
This Summer Heat is really a killer, but time is still flying! This transfer is soon coming to a close! I can't even believe it! We find out this next week about where we are going! I have been in Beautiful Boulder City for SIX MONTHS! I am pretty sure I will be going somewhere else for my last three months.. but you'll have to wait and see!
Last Monday we met with Lou! He is doing so great! We also had an awesome Family Home Evening! We learned a little more about the Pioneer's and played a Pioneer puzzle game! The Slack's hosted it, they are wonderful. We met with Bishop at McDonald's later that night to make plans for our Boulder City Why I Believe Fireside. But before we met him he texted us and asked if we could me at the McDonald's, I thought he met a family in the ward, who's last name is "McDonald" Not the fast food place. Thankfully we got that cleared up before we met him. It was pretty funny.
Tuesday I gave a training in District Meeting about Charity! It was great! I know that it is so important to have Charity as a missionary and even just as a person. I am thankful for Christ's example of Charity! He truly is the greatest! We later met with Lou and taught him about the importance of teaching and learning from others in the gospel! Lou loves learning and it is so fun to teach him because of that. After our lesson, Sister Nichols and I had to drive out to Vegas for a doctors appointment. When we got there they told us that they accidentally scheduled us wrong and that we would have to come back on Friday.. that sure was a long drive for nothing and waste of our miles! We met with the Relief Society President and the Sunday School President, Brother and Sister Woodbury. (Did you know the 215 Highway here in Vegas is named after Brother Woodbury? Pretty cool! Fun Fact!) We shared with them the ward challenge of using the "willing and brief invitation" within the next three days! They accepted and are excited to share the gospel! I am grateful to be serving in such a supportive ward!!
Wednesday we had Caitlyn with us, our recent convert, she is just a ball of sunshine! I love being around her! We had a couple lessons with her! I love hearing her share her testimony! She has grown so much! We also met with Lou again, we shared with him the "Because of Him" Easter video! HE LOVED IT! He said that he wishes everyone in the world could watch this video! What an amazing video it is! Lou is so missionary minded. He told us that he has been talking to his son in California about the gospel and plans to send him a pamphlet and Restoration DVD. He wants his family to know and feel what he is experiencing!
Thursday and Friday we had exchanges and I was with two different Sisters in two different areas in Henderson. It was a long 48 hours! I was grateful to be back in Boulder City by the end, but it was really a great experience!
Thursday I was with Sister Crowe, the day was certainly not normal. Their AC went out the night I got there and we tossed and turned all night trying to sleep in an apartment that was 90 degrees! I thought I might die! We had the opportunity to do some service during the day and had to meet with a repair guy to fix the AC.. we waited and waited the time frame he gave us then we called and he said he wasn't going to make it! It was crazy! We also received some very inappropriate and nasty texts from a man who was very Anti. It was horrible, we blocked his number and hope to never hear from him again. How he got a hold of the sisters number I do not know!
Friday I was with Sister Chevalier. We had quite a few lessons with recent converts and twice we share the video "John Tanner" It is an amazing movie about a man who sacrificed all his wealth, time, and talents to build the Kingdom of God on the Earth. It is so inspiring and makes me want to be better and to sacrifice more! It was neat to see how other wards in the church work with missionaries. I am so grateful to be a missionary!!
Saturday was full of weekly planning, but we did attend a Baptismal Service at the 5th Street Chapel. Lou came with us so he could see what it is like and know what to expect for his Baptism! It really excited Lou even more! The crazy thing that happened on Saturday was our dinner appointment. We walked in and they said we are having a Barbarian dinner! They handed us trash bags and told to make a head and arm wholes, we put our trash bags on sat down at the table. Then the slapped Navajo Tacos with all our toppings on the table and told us "you are not allowed to use your hands to eat or drink, only your mouth" So we began to eat like pigs, literally. It was soooo fun though. We had chilly and sour cream all over our faces. We had ice cream for dessert! It was a mess! I can't wait to do this with the missionaries back home when we feed them! It was awesome and gross! It would make a great diet technique, because you get soooo full on such little food, because it takes you so long to eat it! Sister Lopan called us up and we went over to have fresh homemade bread! Yum! She gave us our own loaf! It was wonderful!
Sunday we had soooo many meetings and our day was packed with finishing weekly planning and preparing for the Why I Believe Fireside! In Gospel Principles we taught about Eternal Marriage and read "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" read it here: https://www.lds.org/ensign/2006/06/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world?lang=eng&query=the+family+proc It was a great discussion! Lou was all chocked up as he explained to the group how much he wished he would have had this knowledge and the gospel sooner in his life! He expressed how lucky we all are to have been brought up most our life in the church. He wishes he could have shown his kids this righteous path. He is excited to be able to influence others and share what he now knows! We had dinner with the Hess and the Birds and all their family! Like 20 people! I love Sunday Family Dinners! It was so great! We had our Boulder City Why I Believe Fireside that night! We had a pretty good turn out and so much dessert brought by the members! The Spirit was strong in the meeting! We had 3 amazing convert speakers and 3 outstanding musical number preformed by missionaries! It was fantastic! I am excited to have it continue and build! This will be something Boulder City will continue to do throughout the years to follow!
I am so grateful to be serving here in Boulder City! I love the people and the many lessons I am learning! I am grateful for the support and love I feel from those around me! What a joy it is to share the gospel! Pure joy! I hope you will be able to feel this same joy as you learn and grow in the gospel! What a Blessing!
Love,
Sister Davis
Our district leader, Elder Anderson, is leaving :(
No comments:
Post a Comment