Dear Family,
I am so glad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Everyone in Ilford is famous. I don't think I told you yet, but we go teaching with Lola. If you don't know who Lola is, go to mormon.org.uk
and find her video. She is on all the pass-along cards and when they did
the huge mormon ad campaign in London her face was everywhere. She's
awesome! She's not in our ward, but she's in the Stratford ward, which
meets in our same building. The stratford ward only has Elders in it so
she comes with us teaching :) Also, the woman who plays Jane in the
Joseph Smith movie is in our ward! Crazy!
This week has been full of miracles. We have met so many wonderful
people and have gotten so many great referrals. Hassan really is
converted. He always talks about how happy he is now that he has the
gospel and he keeps talking to everyone about it. He's been bringing
friends along to all his lessons and they are great! It's awesome!!
Hopefully our members can get that conversion bug too! He didn't lose
his job from coming to stake conference, but he did get suspended for 2
weeks. He's not at all bothered about it and he said that the Lord
blessed him with more hours at another job. He made the connection that
it was the Lord blessing him! He's so golden! Hopefully we can get him
to come to church this next week though and find time to teach him
everything between working so he can be baptised on the 15th!
We had a musical fireside in our ward on Friday.
The England London Mission choir came and performed (some of the
missionaries are in a choir and play different musical instruments). It
was really good! And it was a great experience for some of our
investigators.
We have these other investigators, a mother (Virette) and her
daughter (jade) and ... her daughter's girlfriend. Jade would be so
wonderful except for how she chooses to live. And she recognizes that
she shouldn't be living like that too. We talked about how there are
people who have those feelings and it doesn't make them evil, but they
shouldn't act on those feelings. her and her girlfriend understand and
have such a strong belief in God and in Jesus Christ, but they say it's
just too hard for them to not live that way. They said they believe
everything we teach and it makes them sad because they know they can't
be baptized. It makes me so sad! They know it's true and I just don't
know how to help them have the courage and strength to do what is right
and receive all the blessings God wants for them. Please keep them in
your prayers as well. I know the Lord can inspire us how to best help
them. Hopefully we can help them to feel the spirit and have a desire to
do what is right.
Thanksgiving
was mostly like every other day in the mission. Teaching and finding,
and finding and teaching, BUT all of us missionaries in the ward got to
go to an American family's home for dinner. IT WAS SOOOO GOOD! A
traditional American Thanksgiving with keylime, pumpkin, and pecan pie. Yummy!! This family also sent us home with a sweet box of Christmas
presents! They gave each of us a Cadbury advent calendar and another
member of the ward had given us one, so we got to have two chocolates
every night till Christmas! Whoo. And the best part is that it's not yucky, waxy, cheap chocolate; it's delicious!
We are going to London today!!! YAY!! I'm so excited!!!
This week should be great! WE are teaching so many wonderful people and we have the ward Christmas party. And it's almost Christmas
and so everyone is so much happier and friendly. It's a unique and
wonderful time to share about the gospel of Jesus Christ!! It's true and
wonderful!!
I love you!
Love,
Sister Davis
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