Last
Friday a member from Idaho called in to refer her dear friend who had
moved from Idaho to the other side of the states. She told me about this
lady and I decided to call right after I got off the phone with the
member. This dear lady picked up the phone and we began talking for
quite a while. (: She had talked with missionaries before back in Idaho
and gone to church, but after moving out east she began to feel like she
was forgetting her purpose in life. She was incredibly lonely and did
not know anyone in the town she is living in. I talked with her about
attending church and that I knew she could feel that same happiness she
had before back when she was attending in Idaho. She was very hesitant
to go but come Sunday
morning she went! As she was walking up to the doors of the church she
saw another older lady and said to her, "Excuse me ma'am, could you help
me? I just don't know where to go!" The lady said, "Well you just take
my hand and we'll walk right in together!" So wonderful! She met so many
wonderful people at church and made so many friends. She felt the
spirit SO strong that she knew this was the right path for her. The
missionaries came over after church and invited her to be baptized, to
which she said yes! We talked with her yesterday and she is very excited
as she is now on the path to prepare for baptism!
Isn't
it wonderful, the things we find in the gospel of Jesus Christ?! We not
only find a large support group, but we also have a place where we can
be fed so strongly by the spirit of the Lord! We have the knowledge of
the purpose of life and a hope for better things to come. We have the
power of God on earth, the same power Jesus Christ had when He walked on
the earth! There is so much goodness and hope from God that anyone can
find in His church. It's a remarkable thing, to see the gospel change
the lives of so many people.
We were so
ecstatic to hear from our investigator in England when she told us that
she made the decision to attend church (although her original plan was
not to attend this week). She felt a real desire to go and she said that
she knew she needed to be there. Our investigator in Ireland felt the
same way as he sat in the testimony meeting listening to many people
bear testimony of the truthfulness of this gospel. When talking to him
afterwards, he expressed to us how touched he was to hear and see so
many people talk about how they knew this was true.
This
last Wednesday Sister Sherratt and I were asked (very last minute) to
put together a musical number for Relief Society. We were flipping
through some sheet music Sister Klein had and found the song "My Soul
Hungered." The only reason I knew that song is because dad used to
listen to it back when I was younger (it's super old) haha! We chose
that song and it was the perfect choice! The song reminds me so strongly
of Enos from the Book of Mormon and his prayer to be forgiven of his
sins. It also reminded me really strongly of some times in my life when I
prayed harder than I ever had to be forgiven, or receive answers to
prayers. One part of it says, "With all my heart, with all my soul, I
wrestled before the Lord to make my life whole. He filled my hunger, he
fed my soul." I love that. I honestly believe that most people will come
to a time in their life when they really have to pray with all their
heart to God to make their life whole. But those are the moments that
really shape who we become. (:
Oh! Fun story! On Sunday
night as we began our shift in the Beehive House, our Zone leaders held
up some church materials (e.g. missionary information pamphlets, pass
along cards, etc etc) and asked each companionship to pick one thing
that they wanted to give to a guest, who came there, by the end of the
night. They had lots of little booklets and pass-along cards but they
were only holding one copy of The Book of Mormon. So I jumped up and
grabbed the Book of Mormon before you could say, "And it came to pass.."
I was surprised when it turned out no other sisters fought me for it!
They all wanted to give out pass along cards! What?! I remember thinking
to myself, "The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and
the most powerful tool that we as missionaries have to share with
others! Why am I the only one who ran for it!?" Well, needless to say,
on our very first tour of that shift we didn't give out one Book of
Mormon...we gave out THREE!!!! Isn't that amazing!? The Lord knew we had
the faith so He led 3 wonderful women to us who were prepared to
receive a copy of The Book of Mormon! Miracles!!!
Well
those are just a few exciting stories from this week. There are a few
more, but I don't want to make this extremely long, but I hope you
enjoyed reading from them. I know that when we are diligent and patient
the Lord will help make more of us than we ever thought. I really love
being a missionary. (: It is the BEST!(:
Have a wonderful week!
Sister Davis
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