Dear Family,
Happy Father's Day, Dad! I had a card ready for you last week, but
with Elder Ballard coming, I didn't get a chance to post it, so sorry
that it will be late. I hope you had a fabulous day and know how much
you are appreciated! In the ward yesterday,
all the Primary children got up and sang, but they also each went up
and said why they love their dads. It was a nice moment to reflect on
the wonderful Father I have been blessed with and how grateful I am for
you. Thank you! And it made me really appreciate the knowledge I have of
my Heavenly Father and my relationship with Him. I am so glad that I
can share that knowledge with others and help them to develop that
personal relationship. It makes such a difference.
Robert, We haven't been given specific guidelines on who we can and
can't talk to. Since our area covers several towns(I think that's what
you would call them): Rochester, Strood, Chatham, and Gillingham. We
live in Gillingham and the Elders live in Chatham so we mostly just stay
in our areas. And since we just got Elders here this transfer, we just
carried on teaching those we were already teaching, but passed them a
few in Chatham. Interestingly enough, most of our investigators are
male, but we have good members that are usually really good to come
teaching with us.
This week has been a little up and down. Sam is still doing great!
Meeting with him always just brightens my day because I can literally
see the gospel lighting up his life. He will have a long way to go to
baptism, especially with giving up smoking, but he is working towards it
and as long as he keeps doing the simple things (CPR- church, pray,
read; and meeting with us) he will get there. We also are teaching this
Nigerian (there are TONS of Nigerians here), Justin. He had a baptismal
date for the 22nd but we are going to have to push it back. He is
getting there though. We met with him Saturday and the members we took
with us were AMAZING!! And he says he believes it's true!!!! HE just is
hesitant because he doesn't want to leave his church he's at now and all
his friends. He's getting closer though. Please pray for him. He really
is amazing. He takes notes during church and always comes looking so
'smart' (British lingo for nice/handsome/dressed up). He is great! Then yesterday
every single appointment we had fell through. It ended up ok because
all the members that were suppose to be coming with us ended up not
being able to come anyway. Luckily we were still able to meet with a
couple investigators and a recent convert. It turned out pretty good and
I guess there was other things the Lord needed us to do. It was just
strange for everything to fall through. Luckily it is the Lord's work
and we don't need to worry about the why of things as long as we are
following the spirit.
We had a dinner appointment this week that made me miss you all so
much. They have like 9 kids and they just know how to have a fun time
and there was lots of laughs. Thank you for all the fun memories around
the dinner table! The best part was Sister Hawkins had made 7
desserts!!! 7 desserts! Luckily, Sister Greenfield had prepped me for
this dinner appointment so I knew not to eat too much earlier in the day
and to go easy with the main course. I tried all but 2. They were
amazing! And of course there was plenty of ice cream to go around (no 3
gallon tubs though). So yummy! And we've been running hard every morning
to still work it off. haha.
Do you think you can send me the talk Elder Ballard gave at the CES
fireside about faith and knowing the Lord's will? Hopefully you know
what I'm talking about.
And Linda, you mentioned in one of your past letters about sending
visuals. If you can send those you showed me before I left that would be
great. I thought I had put them in with my stuff but I obviously
didn't. And any others that you think might be useful. Thanks :)
This work is great and is truly the Lord's work. IT is a work of miracles!
I love you all so much and am so grateful for your love and support. Thank you!
Love,
Sister Davis
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