Dear Family!
The work is very sweet, but we also have been sweating a lot
because of how hot it is. :) (Couldn't help it, Dad. Love you lots and
thanks for taking the time and energy to write. ;))
You are all wonderful and I am happy to hear how brilliant things are going. The Peruvian party sounds especially nice!
Also, I will report that Kate has had the royal baby(which I know
you are already aware of :)) and leading up to the announcement almost
every house we went to had the news on waiting to see it or staying
tuned to hear details about it. Other than that we haven't heard much
else.
Going on a mission definitely hasn't taken the
optometric technician out of me. Half the time when we stop people and
talk to them or even with members of the ward, I often notice how much
their glasses need adjusting or how much they really should have gone
with something different. haha. I should probably work to stop doing
that.
We have had quite the weather here. Mostly it's been really hot
and humid (NOT ENOYABLE AT ALL). I hate humidity. But then the other day
we went tracting and it started raining buckets. WEll, because it has
been so hot lately and because we are missionaries with no access to
weather reports we were caught in it with no umbrella and we got
completely soaked! It was actually quite fun and atleast it was a warmer
rain so we weren't cold at all and we didn't get sick from it (so don't
panic). We also had a ward BBQ on Saturday
and it started raining buckets during that as well so our bishop and
the other bbqers were soaked, but the food was still delicious!
Sister Greenfield and I have worked so hard this week! We have just
always been on the go. We had over 50 accountable hours this week
(which seems impossible), but somehow it really did happen. It was a
little bit exhausting though, ok really exhausting. Thankfully the Lord
gives us the strength to carry on.
We started teaching a wonderful Latvian lady who has an 18 month
old daughter. They are great. Her lessons are a bit difficult though
because she doesn't have the best understanding of English and we don't
have many Latvian materials (just a BoM and FTSOY pamphlet). We were
able to find the Latvian version of the restoration video online
thankfully and could show her that. I think that is one of the hardest
things about serving in such a diverse area is that so many don't have
the best English so we REALLY have to simplify things and often repeat
things different ways several times before it's understood. We also met
several Romanian people this week :) One was going to come to church but
he got the right bus number going the wrong way so he ended up not
getting to where he needed to be and just went home. That was sad; next
time we are going to have the Elders get the bus with him so he can find
it.
So sad news. We were just taking our break between finishing emails
(we only have an hour at the library so then we have to come back later
for the extra half hour). While we were out we ran into Aiva, the
Latvian investigator. She is moving to sittingbourne this week :(. That
is in Gillingham 2nd Ward area (we are G1). Hopefully the Elders in that
ward will take good care of her and help her to progress, but it's
always hard and sad to pass people over. And that seems to keep
happening to us. We have found several people this week from Maidstone,
which is London South area. Atleast we can be part of their process in
bringing them closer to Christ, even if we cannot see their progress.
And we FINALLY got to start watching the broadcast. We got our ward
mission leader to burn a dvd for us to watch. We've been
watching little bits at lunch and dinner and if we have time after
planning. It's amazing!! Our leaders are so wonderful and inspired!!
Also, this is random, but I didn't know if I told you they have
Peanut Butter Kit Kats here. Do we have those in America? They are
amazing! It's like my two favorite chocolate bars put into one! So good!
Now they just need to make dark chocolate peanut butter kit kats.
We met this awesome old couple this week. The gentleman is super
austere. He dresses very smartly with a cravat and all. He's hilarious!
We get on quite well with them and had a really good first lesson with
them. Although, they talk FOREVER! I'm pretty sure we know all of
Gillingham's history now. haha. But they are great!
We met so many wonderful people this week! I'm excited and hopeful
that many will progress. This is a wonderful work; it is the Lord's work
and I'm so thankful to be a part of it.
I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!
Love,
Sister Davis
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