Dear Family,
Can you believe this week marks my 6 months?! It is going by much
too fast, but I am so grateful everyday for inspired leaders and the
opportunity the Lord has given me to devote myself to full-time service.
It is hard to believe it was a year ago that President Monson made the
announcement that has completely changed my life and is completely
changing the world. I am so excited for GEneral Conference!!!!!!
HOpefully we will be able to get many people there. However, sadly
because of the time difference I won't be able to see all of the
session. Hopefully, it will work to be able to see all but the last
session. We haven't seen the RS broadcast but they are broadcasting it
this week. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
Shayla is still doing amazing. She is integrating into the ward
really well. She went to institute this week and really enjoyed it. They
are just starting the Book of Mormon course so it will be perfect for
her! The miracle man in the library is doing really well. His name is
Lakota. HE accepted a baptismal date in November!! It would have been
sooner but he is going on holiday for 2 weeks to Germany. We had taught
him Word of Wisdom in our first lesson and when we went back he had
already given up tea completely and was cutting down on coffee. So
wonderful!! We had this other amazing investigator, Carla, who was
getting so excited to be prepared for baptism, but sadly one of her
friends sad some negative things about our church that Carla took as her
answer that it wasn't true. I was devastated! It is so sad to see
people blinded by the craftiness of men and fail to understand the
happiness that their loving Heavenly Father so desperately wants for
them. Hopefully in time her heart will be softened.
This week truly has been full of miracles and we have met so many amazing people!
Sacrament Meeting was absolutely wonderful! IT was the primary
program. Other than General Conference I think it is my favorite Sunday
of the year. There is just such a sweet spirit about seeing and hearing
the children bear testimony of sweet, simple gospel truths. Our bishop
and his wife have been working closely with their friends who have three
children. They were able to come on Sunday and two of their children
that were old enough were able to participate in the program. THey are
definitely going to join the church one day. They are such a wonderful
family! And it was a really sweet experience to see a once less-active
man and his recently baptized son pass the sacrament. Sister Greenfield
and I had been teaching the son, but then passed him to the elders
because we felt that it would help him relate with the priesthood more.
He was baptized a couple weeks ago and received the priesthood last
Sunday. We are still teaching his younger sister (who's 10), but her dad
who was originally hesitant for her to be baptized is eager for her to
be able to be baptized as well. So hopefully in a couple weeks she will
be baptized as well. It is amazing to see the growth this family has
made. In general on Sunday it was just a really sweet experience to see
the growth the ward has made since I've been here and to be able to see
how I've been able to be an instrument in the hand of the Lord in making
it happen. I felt it was the perfect Sunday to be my possible last. The
Lord definitely knows what is best. We received a call last night.
I will be..... staying in Gillingham! Sister Som is leaving to Romford
and I am getting Sister Larson here. I think that she just finished her
12-week training. I honestly was pretty shocked that I am staying here; I
had SIster Som all prepped to take over the area, but I think she is
relieved to not be in that situation. By the end of this transfer I will
have been here for 6 months. I am really happy though because I just
absolutely love the people. The ward is fantastic and we are working
with so many wonderful people. When the Lord decides it is finally the
time for me to go somewhere else it will be really hard to leave. I'm
excited to see the miracles that will happen this next transfer. This is
truly the Lord's work and He is doing things in His way:perfectly. I
know this church is true; that it is God's kingdom on the Earth. I know
that through the prophet Joseph Smith the priesthood, the power and
authority of God, was restored to the Earth. I am grateful for the
saving ordinances it allows us to perform, the sweet covenants it allows
us to make. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God. It was
written for our day and I come to love it more and more every single
day.
Enjoy listening to a prophet's voice this weekend! (Don't forget to
come prepared with questions and prepared to receive personal
revelation :))
I love you all!!
Love, Sister Davis
"We invite all men everywhere to read the Book of Mormon, another
testament of Jesus Christ.The Bible sits on the pulpit of hundreds of
different religious sects. The Book of Mormon, the record of Joseph,
verifies and clarifies the Bible. It removes stumbling blocks, it
restores many plain and precious things. We testify that when used
together, the Bible and the Book of Mormon confound false doctrines, lay
down contentions, and establish peace. (See 2 Ne. 3:12.)
We do not have to prove the Book of Mormon is true. The book is its own
proof. All we need to do is read it and declare it! The Book of Mormon
is not on trial—the people of the world, including the members of the
Church, are on trial as to what they will do with this second witness
for Christ."- President Ezra Taft Benson
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