Week 34

This week has been alright............... EMILY GOT BAPTIZED so that was the highlight =D She was so happy and full of light! I was so happy for her! She said that she wants to go on a mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT! oh my word she would be such a wonderful missionary. she gets 10 points on the "being a powerful missionary scale"  just for being a convert! I love her so much, I am so excited for her to receive all the blessings of the gospel! The down part of this week was one of our investigators who was SO excited and so happy and so ready to get baptized has been reading a bunch of anti Mormon stuff... It really broke my heart. I really do love her and her family and I want them to have the gospel so bad. I was holding in tears the whole time we were visiting her and listening to all the anti she had been reading. After we left her house I just bursted into tears. I hope and pray that she will be able to recognize truth and that she will be able to remember the way she felt in our previous lessons, at church and as she read.

EMILY GOT BAPTIZED!!! AHHHHH!!! I was so happy/ really stressed out because the elder that was going to baptize her called me 15 mins before the baptism and told me they got a flat................................................................... so yea i was freaking out a little, but obviously we found someone who holds the priesthood and got her baptized!

I came out here on a mission  because God told me to and after making a list because it would make me stronger, I would be a good example to my future children, because service is good, because I wantrd a stronger testimony.The reason why I came out on a mission is completely different than why I have stayed out here.  I love my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ, that is why I have stayed. I made a promise to them and I will keep it! I will stay out here until Dec 23rd unless He tells me other wise. eeek. That was scary to say... because sometimes I really do just want to be done. God has put his trust in me and I do not want to let him down. I want to help as many of my brothers and sister here in California to receive true happiness! I want to do Gods will. Before my mission I always wondered "why do we have to do him will!?!? why can't we just do what we want!!?" because Gods will, EVERYTHING he asks us to do is for our good. It will make us happy if we would just trust in him and do his will. I have learned that. Nothing he has asked us to do will produce sadness.... YES it might be difficult but ULTIMENTLY it will give us true joy =). Wow ok I just lectured myself. Fine I will stay.

Ha ha this is what they do when someone says "ok picture!" I love them =D they are wieirdos

ok, FUNNIES OF THE WEEK:

It was dark out side and I was already a little sketched out... and Steve my friend and investigator greeted me at their huge glass door with a big scary mask, I screamed. loud.

The Vikdal Family are (awesome!!) all black belt and they taught us some self defense moves. A few days after a man named Lorenzos (who was under the influence of something) who we talked with for about 10 minutes and a homeless man near Lorenzos apartment complex who we were walking and talking with almost got into a fight over us ha ha ha Lorenzon yells "hey those are my girls" then the homeless man yells something and I'm thinking about all the moves that the Vikdals taught us and I'm getting ready to use them. Lorenzo starts speeding up closer to us and the bum and sister Rogers stops and I grab her and say LETS GO! and they continue to yell at each other ha ha ok this story isn't making sense... anyway! all is well and they didn't hurt each other and we gave the Bum a book of Mormon and we gave the elders Lorenzos number because we are NOT ever talking to him again. ok sorry that was kind of a dumb story...

ok during our anti Mormon "lesson" the only thing that was keeping me from crying was the country music that was playing in the background. It was nice =) I think there is a new song called "chillin it.." or something but that sounded beautiful. Thank you country music for keeping me in tact.

We don't' see grass very often..... Sister Harper REALLY misses grass so she made this little shrine. The scripture fits very nicely =)

this week I did the strangest kind of service I have ever done.... I filed a lady in our wards nails! ha ha. It felt so good to help her out though! she got bit by a spider and lost movement to her one of her hands. If you are un happy go help someone! go do service and I promise you, you will feel much happier!

ok end of funnies.

hello I'm sister Giant woman Davis

I love my family so much! Thank you for all the support you give me. Also thank you to my friends, I like you guys a little bit too.

This gospel is amazing! Don't forget to pray or read your scriptures! and go to church!

Love,

Sister KErsey davis

Week 33

Happy Valentines day! Wait... did I already say that in my last email home...........? well I hope you all got kissed on Valentines day! I sure did! it was really awkward.... ick! I don't even want to talk about it I get too awkwarded out! AH ha ha ha ha oh man.......... ew.

Soooo I get really anxious and nervous (do those words mean the same thing....?) when investigators are getting interview BUT this time I had this animal name Rebel to play with! IT. WAS. SO. FUN! I think it was the most fun I have had on my mission! I love him. He look like he has lazar eyes! He is SO hyper it is fun

well this week went by pretty well... me and my companion don't see eye to eye... but we both don't hold grudges so that is good. I am REALLY not liking mornings lately... That is the hardest part of being a missionary! waking up! seriously... every morning I think to my self "I can't do this..." "I'm going to die" "I want to go home" but... once I wake up everything is fine! OH HEY guess what!!!!! I got a Letter from GAGE CARLESON!!!!!!!! and Chelsey on V-day. They were awesome V-day presents it was so good to hear from friends that I have had since 2nd grade!

 us at the temple! The new NEW video is AMAZING! ! if you haven't been to the temple in over 2 months you should GO! Go get some blessing! get!

This week at Church a 27 year old lady that Sister Jones and I taught the restoration on the side of the road about 3 months ago came to church! and she loved it! She came with her neighbors (who are members) they invited her to come listen to her sing a solo in Sacrament. She was only planning on staying for the first hour but she decided to stay for all 3!!! She loved it and said she was learning so much and all of her questions that have always been un answered were being answered! I was so happy to see her there =) hopefully we will be able to start teaching her this week.

I have replaced my addiction to chap-stick to something else...................................................... jk. but someone is addicted big time!

I think I'm becoming more blunt being out here... if you can imagine that...

Emily is still on date for the 22nd =D her interview went great! and she is SO excited! =D

Met a lady named Lea-vonna. cool name..

That investigator called me "kers" again..................................................=/

Sorry... I have NOTHING to say...... if all else fails bear testimony right?

This is what we come home to every night! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

I love this gospel with all my heart! sometimes being surrounded by all these different beliefs and doctrines make me wonder for a split second... wait... "is this church really true...." I am ALWAYS assured that yes. yes it is. Christ's gospel is the only thing that has ever given me true happiness in this world. I hope I can help others find this same happiness, you can do the same!

This is what I got for Valentines day from my companion! yay more chocolate. I've been eating WAY to much this week......

go do good in this crazy world!

Love,

Sister KErsey davis

Week 31

Hi everyone! this week started out pretty rough... but thank goodness for companionship inventory! ha ha. . . those of you who don't know what that is it is; we give each other suggestions on how we can improve and talk about our strengths and weakness' so yea I LOVE that. Because I was seriously  about to just give up and just decide that I was going to suffer through these next 6 weeks but then we talked it out =) yay. is that to much information....? maybe...

Me and my new favorite foods!

So this week we found out that there are 150 people arrested EVERY WEEK in Yucca valley, Joshua tree and 29 palms...HA HA! What!? that's a lot.. Also I found out that Johnson Valley (in my area) is where the movie "the hills have eyes" was filmed! it is a creepy place so I can see how that Creepy movie was filmed there..

Sister Rogers and I saved a Pigeon ! it was in the middle of a weird intersection and it had a broken wing or something so we stopped and I ran out and put my arms out to stop the traffic and sister Rogers grabbed the bird and we took off and drove him to a pet store!

This is a picture that is in the hall way of the 29 palms church building! I love it!

I am so happy that this area is finally picking up in missionary work! Members are inviting their friends to have dinner with us and we are teaching ALOT! when I got her 6 months ago we had ZERO investigators now we have around 12! There are people out there who are prepared to hear the gospel we just need to find them! I am also sooo happy with the ward the chapel is getting more full! I have noticed I am so protective over my wards... and my investigators... I don't want to leave them!

This week was testimony meeting =) hopefully you all attended and didn't skip out and go watch the dang super bowl... I love testimony meeting. This week there was a lot of talk about families and how we have the chance to be together forever. I couldn't help but think of my own family and how amazing they are. Sometimes we get caught up with all that we have to do from day to day and it seems like we spend the least amount of time with those that we actually want to be around, our family. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be with my family for ETERNITY. This life is too short, I don't want to be with them for just time. I don't want to be separated after death. I want to be together forever, and that's exactly what Christ Gospel gives us! As we live according to the commandments of God and we keep the promises that we make to him we can live assured that we will be with our family for time and all eternity. It gives me so much peace to know this =) I cried during sacrament meeting just listening to all these people talking about their families. IT just hit me that I REALLY do have that opportunity to be with them forever. I know that I will only be separated from my family for a time, 18 months. I know that only through the sealing power of the priesthood that we can be together forever. EVERYONE on this planet has that opportunity! Anyone can go to the temple. GO TO THE TEMPLE! if you don't have a recommend go talk to your bishop! if your not a member talk to the missionaries they will teach you how you can get to the temple =)

It was 8:30 pm and we had a meeting at the church.. I didn't park in the lines because I didn't want sis Rogers to back me out... and this is what I found on my car! ha ha it was pretty funny. I didn't see it until I was actually driving and I was so ticked that I got a ticket! then when we got out I saw that it was fake haha thanks Elders.

2 of our investigators went to the Gilbert temple open house thing and they said it was an amazing experience! They said they felt the spirit so strong in the Celestial room =) We weren't able to teach them this week because she went to the hospital for a few days, but she is now home and she received a blessing!

Steve also received a blessing this week (thank you elders...) and he has been reading from the Book of Mormon EVERYDAY at 5:30 am. He is doing great!

I love teaching people about the Gospel! ! !

I know that God lives and that Christ Gospel has been restored. Blessings of the temple have been restored too!

I love you all =)

Love,

sister Kersey Davis

Let the Savior Lead you to....

.....Happily Ever After