Livin' the Rebel Life

Dear Family!

Mom, It was fun to know that a member here got to talk to my wonderful mother. I don't think he knows how lucky he is. It made me ponder about how regular people (non-missionaries) don't necessarily realize how lucky they are that they can communicate with their families basically anytime they like, especially with the amazing technology we have these days. And then I thought about how many people don't realize how lucky they are that they can communicate with their Heavenly Father anytime, anywhere, for as long as they'd like, without any unanswered calls, any dropped signals, any breaking up,etc. It's amazing!! I am so grateful that I can talk to my Heavenly Father always, and I am grateful too that I can contact you once a week!

I should have clarified about football. It's actually soccer. haha. Sorry. I guess British culture is really sinking deep. It's been really fun though. The Elders do play intense, but we haven't had any potential injuries or anything. And I must add that being a member of "the wall" has really equipped me with sweet defence skills! 

To clear things up with Hassan. He is a muslim. He met the missionaries on the street and has been meeting with us at the church. He was worried that his landlord might kick him out if he knew he was changing to be a christian. Most muslims are REALLY against Christians, especially back in the middle east. He is still in England, but we've had a hard time meeting up with him because of his busy schedule. 

We had a killer week. We almost hit all the numbers for standards of excellence and either hit our goals or exceeded them. We saw so many miracles and met so many great new people. We are teaching two friends Neli (from Cameroon) and Kizito (from Nigeria). They keep saying they will come to church but then things get in the way, aka Satan. We have been doing everything we can to help them understand the importance of coming to church and they said they really wanted to. We called them Saturday night and arranged a time to go by Sunday morning. We called them Sunday morning and no answer. So we went by at the planned time. No answer. We stayed there as long as we could and kept calling them. Nothing. I was a bit disappointed. We had really done everything we could. Then we got a call during Relief Society (our ward is backwards so RS is first, then Sunday School, then sacrament Meeting). It was from a man we had met at the bus stop the night before and he had come to church and was looking for us to know where to go. Miracle #1. We hadn't even talked to him for that long, but he came to church and loved it! Then a member of the other ward (they were having sacrament meeting) came and told us that a couple had come looking for us. It was Neli and Kizito!!! I was so excited!!!!!! I know that as we did everything that we could, the Lord did the rest! Miracle #2. 

Frankin is still progressing. He is still hesitant and we're not sure why. He's been praying but doesn't feel like he has gotten his answer. I hope that he can receive it and recognize it! I know that he will get baptised. I just hope it will be sooner rather than later. He is so wonderful and I know that he will be blessed so much as he makes those covenants. And he will be a great member missionary. He already has referred several people to us. Emerjeet (who we found out spells his name Amerjeet..oops) is doing amazing. He has started a new job which makes it a bit more difficult to meet with him, but he loves meeting with us and has started asking us when he can meet with us rather than the other way around. 

The Lord really is blessing us. Including with the weather; the weather has been so mild. Everyone says it is such a mild winter for England. However, rumour on the street is that it might snow this week. It's likely because this morning it was super foggy and frost everywhere! I hope it does snow just for a bit because that would be exciting and Sister Stoja has never experienced real snow. She's just seen it on the mountains. 

The Book of Mormon is true. This church is true. I know that God's plan is for our happiness and that in His Holy temples families can be sealed together forever. 

I love you!

Love, Sister Davis 

p.s. Funny story: after football (soccer) we were going to have a munch and mingle with the members and investigators that came. Well, the member in charge had an emergency come up so we couldn't but I had made a cake and brought it for the munch and mingle so we all decided to go back to the church to enjoy the cake. We got the bus back to the church with Frankin. And we were waiting for the Elders to come open the church. Sister Stoja asked me where I had put the cake. And then I realized... it was on the bus!! Ooops.  It was pretty funny though. All the Elders were super bummed about it. I just took it as an indication that I was focusing on the right things, like talking with Frankin and trying to understand more about his situation and concerns, rather than on cake. haha. Hopefully someone found it and enjoyed it.