Week 75

This week has been SOOOOOOOOOOO BUSY!!!! and apparently it has been really busy for non missionaries too because we had 14 cancellations this week!! HAHA but that's ok, we met quite a few new potentials =)  I've been sick most of the week but don't worry... that doesn't stop me! Sister Arnott has essential oils, nyquil, Emergencie and cough drops =D

Gorda. Just kiddin that's not her name. This is Kaily, the Arnotts cat.
She has a really big belly. Sometimes during studies she come and snuggles and distracts me............

IT RAINED THIS WEEK!!! for like 3 days my feet were wet! oh my word.... maybe that is why i am sick!?!? for real though, my feet looked like raisins... it was gross. 

 

Tiger and Sister Cecilia Gonzalez. She got Baptized 18 months ago and is getting ready to go do temple baptism for the first time! she never got her after baptism lessons so we have been teaching her EVERY week since i have been her in Redlands. I LOVE HER!!!!!!!!!

I went on exchanges to Yucaipa this week and we had an awesome experience with Family History. We met one of their potential investigators at the family history center. She has family in China and Malaysia two really difficult places to find family history information on..... BUT the FH worker lady was able to help her find so much! She go SO excited!! it was really cool to see her so happy, we were even able to leave her there with the FH worker. She felt comfortable enough to do that.When we were leaving she thanked my companion so much and said "i will give you a call and we will meet up! thank you so much!!!" she is so much more open to the sisters now. That was my first experience in "finding" ppl and info on my search.org. it was really awesome. it made me want to do family history! so that is one of my goals when i get home. 

 

This puppy ran up to us and we started a conversation with his owner! isn't he cute. I want a puppy so bad.......... his dad actually writes religious books... so we read the part on "Mormonism" and it was factually correct =) he said we could come back and asked for a book of Mormon to read!

Danny and Dina had their baptismal interview yesterday and they are so excited!!! i feel sooo blessed that i was able to teach them and help them reach baptism. They are so happy! I’ve seen Danny completely change! at our last lesson he volunteered to say the opening prayer! We were all shocked. it was AWESOME! They have so much faith, last week they were struggling in many ways but they pushed through and are triumphing over the adversary! They are great examples =) they are getting baptized on Saturday the 13th at 6 o clock. 

Well, I hope ya’ll have a great week! 

Love,

Sister Kersey Davis 

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Remember the True meaning of Christmas!! 

Weekly planning outside with Sister Boyack.

Week 74

I LOVE THANKS GIVING. How cool is it that we have a holiday centered in THANKS!?!? Thanks giving day was really fun =) we decided to visit a bunch of the members and investigators and potential investigators and just stay for 10-ish minutes and share a short message on gratitude. We were running around EVERYWHERE! It was so fun! 

I found out the Arnotts (the family i live with) grow almonds too! And avocados and grape fruit and mango! Not just oranges! This is what a almond looks like when it grows on a tree. Cool huh!?!? Their oranges are WAY good.

 The message we shared was a story in the Bible. Luke 17:11-19. It's about 10 lepers who meet Jesus and they ask for mercy and that Jesus would heal them. Jesus told them that if they went to the priests that they would be healed. The 10 lepers were excited and ran off to see the priests. Then we read....  

15: And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

 16: And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

 17: And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

Only 1 man came back to thank Christ. I know when i read that i thought to myself "wow.... how many times have i forgot to thank someone or i have chosen not to thank someone because i am too prideful". Then we handed out thank you cards and invited everyone to write a thank you note right then and there. I LOVED seeing a few husbands and wives hand each other cards and seeing the smiles they exchanges after reading them. And hearing grand kids thank their grandparents for EVERYTHING. It was very rewarding. I know when someone acknowledges something i have done and thanks me it makes me want to do more good/nice things! it makes me want to do better!

I want this rug.

I have two miracles i want to share that happened this week... 

So when i was in Fontana Sister Buswell and i were driving along feeling kind of down because one of our investigators didn't show up for her appointment AGAIN.... when we see a woman in her yard watering her flowers. She was wearing a beautiful white dress and smiled and waved at us. We smiled and waved back and continued to drive and talked marveled at how kind she was to smile and wave at us! We are usually the ones who do that... as we continue down the road we said "should we go back and talk to her...??" hesitantly we turned around and parked the car near her house and awkwardly walked towards her. She was happy to see us!! She speaks only Spanish so Sister Buswell and i introduce ourselves and talk to her in our extremely broken Spanish. She gets her phone out and calls her husband and says "talk to him" we talk to him and set up a time for them to meet with the Spanish missionaries. The appointment time came a week later we show up at their house and the Elders forgot about the appointment........... and so did Fanny and her husband............... =/ we wrote a note and left it on their door and left the Spanish elders number with the note. We left and forgot about the whole situation.... about 5 days ago i get a call from the AP's and they ask me if i remember a "fanny from Fontana??" i say YES!!! and they tell me that her and her husband are getting baptized on Sunday!!! i was able to attend the baptism =) it was absolutely amazing. My faith grew so much. Fanny and her husband is my 3% miracle! (Only 3% of people get baptized if the missionaries find them randomly) They were SO happy at the baptism! i could see it in their eyes! I am so grateful that i get to be a full time servant of Jesus Christ, his work is absolutely AMAZING!

This is Fanny and her husband after their baptism!!! I wanted to speak to her soooooo bad!! I forgot a lot  of the Spanish i learned in Fontana =(

I told her that i am excited to talk to her in heaven someday =)

Love,

Sister Kersey Davis 

I love being a warrior for Jesus Christ! I will fight for him forever.