Imagine that you've been given an
assignment to go into a giant arena of over 100,000 people and your task
is to talk to everyone that you see...literally...everyone...
One of the first people we met on Saturday
morning was a lady who lived here in SLC, member of the church and she
was trying to find tickets so she could attend conference with her
daughter. She was a little worried but we promised her that the Lord was
aware of her situation and He would provide a way for them to see
conference. Literally two seconds after saying goodbye, we turned around
and started talking with another man who was visiting from Washington
state. He informed us that his bishop sent him to conference with extra
tickets to give to someone who was trying to get in. We got SO excited
and told him about the women we had just been talking with and he said,
"Well! Let's go find her!" So we ran after her with this man and he was
able to give her tickets for her and her daughter to attend! What a
miracle!!!
We also met this man in the North
Visitors Center who was just spending some time sitting on the couch
reading his scriptures. We got talking with him and it turns out he was a
former less-active member who was just deciding to make some changes to
come back to the church. We talked with him for a little while and he
shared his amazing re-conversion story with us! At the end he pulled out
an envelope and said, "My prayers have been answered! Look at this
letter I received a week ago!" We opened the letter to find that it was
from the PROPHET Thomas S. Monson!!!! This faithful man had received a
letter from the prophet giving encouragement and congratulations and
thanks for this man who was so willing to make these changes and share
his testimony with people all around him. That was such a special thing
to see. (:
Another SO tender experience: On Sunday
morning as we were walking past the reflection pool we met a young lady
with her little nephew who was about 1 1/2 old. This adorable little
boy ran up to me and grabbed my hand and began tugging on it, saying all
sorts of things to me in baby language, as he continually looked at me
and pointed up at the Temple over and over again! By the look in his
eyes he was SO excited, for some reason, about the temple and continue
to keep pulling on my hand until I sat down next to him on the ground
and started pointing up to the temple asking him, "What? What's at the
temple?!" Then a thought popped into my head and I pulled out a picture
of Jesus that I had. I handed the picture to this little boy and he took
the photo and just sat there and stared at it for a moment or two.
Then, he started pointing at the picture of Jesus, started up the
excited baby talk again, and began pointing back and forth from the
picture to the temple! I was so excited and I kept thinking, "I wish you
could speak! I wish I could understand you and I wish I could see what
you see!" It was such a testimony building experience for me to know
that children are so pure and heaven is so close to them. He was such an
adorable little boy!!
Before the Sunday
morning session of conference started, we decided to walk down by the
doors of the Conference Center where everyone was waiting in line to go
inside. I saw this girl standing in line who was wearing the cutest
skirt so I said, "Hey! Your skirt is so cute!" She replied, "Wow, thank
you! I'm glad I have it because it was the only modest thing I could
find!" That statement intrigued me so we started the fastest contact I
have ever done in my mission. I came to find out that she knew the
church very well, all her family are members, but she was not a member
but she really wanted to be! I told her that, as missionaries, our
responsibility is to help people like herself who have that desire to
learn more and be baptized. She gave me her number and I told her I
would text her! It was so fast, honestly no more than a minute, because
she had to enter the conference center for her session. Well she sent us
a text last night while we were sleeping and asked if she could come to
the square today to begin being taught by missionaries! So about...3
hours ago we met up with her again to teach her. (: Turns out she lives
here in SLC and she's had a lot of crazy experiences that has led her to
where she is now. She wants to be baptized sooo bad and knows that this
is where she belongs. She is SO amazing and so fun! We have so much in
common as well. In fact, she was supposed to move to LA last week to
begin her singing career but she felt so strongly that she should stay
and now she understands why. We'll be meeting her again on the square
tomorrow to continue helping. She loves to sing and write music and
she's extremely passionate about the human body so we talked for like 20
minutes about The Word of Wisdom and how amazing our bodies are and
that was fun! Haha(: It's so cool when you meet others who have the same
passions as you because they just GET you! It's awesome!!! So yes. We
love her lots. (:
So those are just a few of
the little conference miracles we saw this weekend. We were so tired
every day...all day...but it was amazing! I got to see some familiar
faces over the weekend including the Farmsworth's from the home ward,
the Ford family from St. George, Brenna Reimer (wooo!!!), lots of former
Temple Square sisters, and the Nicholls family visiting from England!
Conference
was such a spiritual experience. I received answers to many prayers and
counsel from Heavenly Father. We attended the Saturday
afternoon session (best session ever)! Lets face it when you have Elder
Oaks, Elder Holland, and Tad R. Callister in the same session...you
know it's getting real. Haha! It's funny though because many of the
answers I received came, not while I was in the conference center
listening to talks, but while I was out on the square meeting people,
and laying in bed each night reflecting on the days work. All in all, it
was truly immense. I'm very happy...and I know that God is guiding me.
On Sunday
night the mission gathered in one of our theaters and the mission
president spoke to us. Then, he announced that we would be WATCHING MEET
THE MORMONS...AGAIN! Hahah! It was my second time seeing it but other
sisters in the mission hadn't seen it yet! So we watch it again! And I
cried a lot...again. You all MUST go see it when it comes out to
theaters on October 10th! Please! Go see it! PLEASE!
Alright well that is the bulk of the news I wanted to share. I love you all SO much! I pray for you all! See you soon. (:
Sister Davis
The morning of our first day of conference!
In the Conference Center waiting for our session to begin! We attended Saturday Afternoon
To prepare for conference they p-day before we went to NIELSENS FROZEN CUSTARD! Of course. (:
Oh, and we got tacos because it was taco Tuesday at DEL TACO! And no I'm
not trying to give free advertising to these companies haha(: But
you're welcome Nielsen's Frozen Custard and Del Taco.
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