We went on exchanges with all of the
District Leaders this week and it was a success! Lots of learning, lots
of teaching in different languages, and lots of finding finding finding!
This coming week we will be conducting exchanges with all the sisters
in the zone who are training/new missionaries. These exchanges are
always the most fun. (:
We have a new
investigator from Washington state and he is just the most humble man
I've ever spoken with. He was referred to us by a member who met him on a
plane ride home! (This member was a sister on the plane ride home from
her mission by the way... being a missionary doesn't ever end!!!)
We called him last week and he told us about how his wife recently
passed away and he was curious about how our beliefs differ from his (he
is Catholic). We felt impressed to speak about living prophets (not
what you'd expect right?) and we told him about Thomas S. Monson and, of
course, he was really interested in that! We sent him an email with a
talk from the prophet and invited him to listen and pray to ask God if
this man was a true prophet of God. We are looking forward to talking
with him again soon. (:
I think I mentioned to
y'all last week that Sister Brock and I were planning an MLC training
for the District Leaders in the mission? Well we held that last Friday
and it was exceptional! We really enjoyed it and the sisters all
walked away so excited for their next district meeting and all the ideas
and training they gathered! We were SO happy it was a success because
we were hardly able to squeeze in the extra time to prepare the
training, it was pretty hectic, but the Lord provided and we had the
time (barely) and it was a success!!!
Speaking
of training's (man I love giving trainings..probably just because I love
being in front of people) Sister Lytle, our other sister from St.
George, asked me to visit her zone training meeting to help her train on
Unity. She specifically wanted me to do a the training I gave in MLC to
all the zone and district leaders. I think she just wanted it because
it makes everybody cry... haha(: But I went yesterday to do it and it
was so fun! Not only that but being able to give these trainings and see
these sisters feel the spirit is such a testimony building experience
for me. I love watching them and I love it when they have those "Ahha!"
inspiration moments. Those are the best.
Several
months ago I was teaching an investigator out in Ohio with Sister
Merrill. She was so prepared to received the gospel but some negative
events took place with the local missionaries and then we suddenly
couldn't get a hold of her anymore. :( It was the saddest thing ever.
Well, two days ago I felt impressed to look through my area book at my
list of former investigators. I called a couple, with no responses and
then I dialed this lady's number. Well she picked up!!! And she was so
happy to hear from me! The first words out of her mouth were "Oh!!! Oh
sister I've missed you! I love the church!" hahahaha(: I was so happy I
almost cried! She is still meeting with missionaries and she goes to
church and Relief Society activities and just loves it! She says the
ward loves her, which I believe because she's the sweetest person ever,
and she really wants to get baptized! Right now she is working on
quitting smoking. "But once I'm free of smoking," she said, "I will be
baptized!" Ah! Everybody stay calm. (: The church is true. The Lord sure
loves us.
Yesterday we had our zone leader
reports with president. Those are always so fun because as soon as you
sit down in his office he pulls out his big container of nuts and passes
them around so everyone can have "brain food" as he calls it. (: Haha
he's crazy. At the end we all started talking about the next coming
transfer, how many sisters from the MTC, how many departing, etc etc and
President said, "We have many new sisters coming that would need to be
trained, so we need to find those trainers first!" I raised my hand and
said "I'll extend if you want me to president!" Then we started having
this serious discussion how it's not too late for me to extend because
I'm not even flying home....and then I asked President if I could...and
then he said he would love to have me...and then he asked me if it were
interfere with schooling or work. And then I frowned and had to consider
that... Anyways now I'm rambling but that was an interesting
conversation haha
By the way AWKWARD story
about zone activity...so we're emailing later today because we went
shopping first for zone activity things...and as we were going around Walmart we were buying fake flowers (long story, not they have nothing
to do with valentines day we're not that desperate) and three bags of
chips, so we looked a little unhealthy and odd. The funny thing is, we
were shopping at the Walmart in Taylorsville, not Salt Lake, so we ran
into lots of Elders from another one of the SLC missions and it was so
weird because they were looking at us like, "Why would Temple Square
sisters be eating that junk food and buying themselves fake flowers!?"
Seriously. That's what their face said. So now all the rumors out there
about Temple Square sisters having to eat a super healthy diet have
just been destroyed. Haha you're welcome world.
Anyways
that's this week... Even though this week was even more wonderful and
miraculous than I can describe my emails never do missionary life
justice...they just make missionary life sound busy and awkward. But
missionary life is also very busy and awkward...
But I just love you all! Have a happy day of love this week!
Sister Davis
I was on exchanges with Sister McDaniel when this took place...
While Jeffrey R. Holland was giving his training to Seminary and
Institute teachers we ran down in the tunnels and took pictures on his
golf cart... #nevergetsold #stgeorgekids
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