Last Wednesday we had our first zone conference/meet and great. My mission president and his family are amazing and sooo inspiring!!! They all spoke and prepared a little talk for us. First the president spoke, then his wife, then they told us about their 19 year old daughter who just entered the Chilli MTC. Then their 16 year old son, then 13 year old daughter, then 9 year old son, and 7 year old son! They are soooo cool and spiritual!!! Ha ha I want a family like that someday! They are so cute!
Meeting with President Van Cott one on one was really fun! He was really kind and fatherly. We both started tearing up in our interview thing when we were talking about our family =) He's awesome and he got me all pumped about missionary work! He talked about a time when he was talking to Dallin H Oaks and something he loved that he said was "the most important events in church history were Joseph Smiths first vision, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the priesthood being given to all worthy men, and NOW: The hastening of the work! I LOVED hearing that! We are all a part of this! Every member a missionary! How many times has that been said??!??! Like 1,000 times!!! Gosh, why haven't we listened?! It's been said since the beginning of the restoration! "After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to PREACH THE GOSPEL" -Joseph Smith.
"We will attain our exaltation in the Celestial Kingdom ONLY on the condition that we share with our Father's other children the blessings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and observe the commandments that will enrich our lives here and hereafter" -President George Albert Smith (1945 -1951) Ha ha Ok I need to take a breather... I just can't wait to be a missionary for the rest of my life ha... when I get home i'm not going to stop =) i'm gonna have the local missionaries on speed dial! Ok one last quote.... from President Howard W. Hunter "What does the atonement have to do with missionary work? Any time we experience the blessings of the atonement in our lives, we cannot help but have concern for the welfare of others. A great indicator of one's personal conversion is the desire to share the gospel with others." LOVE. I know you can all make a difference in someones life. Ok ok. I'm done. I've just seen the difference it makes if members are a part of a converts conversion story or a less actives re-activation process. Tell people about the book of Mormon. Tell them to visit mormon.org.
One thing that i LOVED that my mission president said was "I was first called to be a father, then a missionary, then a mission president" cool.
So this week was great! It went by really fast! Everyday actually goes by really fast... I'm not going to lie. I did have a moment this week were i thought "I can't do this for 17 more months... i want to go home... " BUT then i went and taught a lesson and remembered why i am here. I love telling people about the gospel! I wish i had a giant mega phone to reach the whole world and tell them "LISTEN UP Y'ALL THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST HAS BEEN RESTORED, SO ALL YOU ALL NEED TO SETTLE DOWN AND JUST LISTEN!"
Speaking of people not wanting to listen... this week we went to see this kid who said he was interested in hearing more and there were like 6 kids in the street that recognized us, they ran up to us and were so excited to see us and we told them that we are missionaries and we teach about Christ and they got so excited and wanted to learn more! They asked questions and asked about where our church was and they loved the pictures of Jesus we gave to them! They totally brightened my day. Children are so sweet. Why aren't adults like that? When is it that a person decides they want to become numb to Jesus Christ????? I DON'T KNOW! man.. I just wish everyone was as open as children were...
Speaking of people not wanting to listen... this week we went to see this kid who said he was interested in hearing more and there were like 6 kids in the street that recognized us, they ran up to us and were so excited to see us and we told them that we are missionaries and we teach about Christ and they got so excited and wanted to learn more! They asked questions and asked about where our church was and they loved the pictures of Jesus we gave to them! They totally brightened my day. Children are so sweet. Why aren't adults like that? When is it that a person decides they want to become numb to Jesus Christ????? I DON'T KNOW! man.. I just wish everyone was as open as children were...
So something funny/weird/crazy happened to me this week. Sister Busenbark and I were parked on the side of the road and she was on the phone, and i was just sitting there. Then i saw an OBESE cat outside and i got way excited cause i love cats so i jumped out and started petting the obese cat and he was really nice and purring and rubbing up on my leg then i said goodbye and started walking away and he jumped at me and bit my calf!!!! then just walked away like nothing happened! I was like WHAT!!!!!!!!?????? I got a little mad and i did have the urge to kick him... but i didn't... so yeah that was weird... i've never had a cat bight me before... I sent a picture of my bight mark.
This week the other sisters; sister Mucke and sister Young received a 2 week missionary. A two week missionary is someone who wants to try out a mission for 2 weeks so yeah. She is out here.. she's pretty cool. They only do this in California by the way. Maybe even only in the Rancho and Redlands mission.
So we have 2 new investigators.. I will call them.. Bre and Ryan. They are AWESOME! and they are so prepared to hear the gospel! They are engaged and soo in love! it is sooo cute to see that. they are always holding hands and touching each other - not grossly or over-doing it... but I love to see that! Anyway they have no religious background and they didn't have anything growing up and Bre just loves Mormons and wants her future children to have something because she feels like things would have been easier for her if she would have had religion in her life growing up. Her father is very much against religion and Mormons. But we set a baptismal date for August 3rd! They are sooo ready! We asked Bre to pray and to ask if what we are teaching her was true right then and there! and it was awesome! she loved it and said she felt so good! Oh man! i love them! We taught them the restoration and i think next we will teach them about Jesus Christ because they don't really know much about what he did for us.
Tu is getting baptized this week! So excited for her! she is amazing! We have dinner with her and her husband aug 8th so that will be good, hopefully her husband will feel less awkward around us and maybe his heart will be softened a little bit after he realizes that we are normal people! Funny story: This last week we taught Tu about Chastity and her and I were joking around saying like I bet he will walk into the house at the most awkward moment when we are talking about chastity and whatever and guess what!?!? He totally did... OH MY WORD..... ha ha ha ha aca-awkward...
This is Armoni. MY dad is rad! I love my dad and I have played out the reunion I will have with him in 17 months and I always have to stop because I always start to cry!
Adrianna is still on track to get baptized on the 27th! pray for her! she believes that Thomas S. Monson is a true prophet! WHAT?? we found that out this week when we were going over the baptismal questions with her this past week. She is so sweet! I want her to move to Utah with her friend who is moving to Utah in a few months! I hope she does... We met her brother this week and he is interested so we might start teaching him.
I love this video it's like a modern Joseph Smith story...kind of.. My testimony of Joseph Smith has grown so much! We have used this video like 3 times this week. Ha ha we love it.
If you haven't read your patriarchal blessing lately you should take it out and read it =)
ok well... I love you all! email me kersey.davis@myldsmail.net and write me! or not... you have your agency
Jospeh Smith is AWESOME!
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