Hi! Happy Veterans day =D First of all, I just want to give a shout out to all of those in the military, all the veterans and all those who have passed on to the spirit world, thank you for your service. Today Sister Gardner and I attended a Veterans Day celebration breakfast. It was so fun singing all the song I used to sing when I was little! Like; “You’re a grand old flag a high flying flag…” and “this land is your laaaaaannnnd this land is mmmmmmmmmyyyy land.” being here in Yucca, I have gotten to know so many veterans and others who are serving now and it brought tears to my eyes (not a surprise) seeing all of the different military units stand and sing their units song.
Ok first off just
some boring numbers… the California Redlands mission started out with 156
missionaries in July and now has 222! We have one more big transfer Dec 10th
then we should settle down a little bit and become more stable. Cool huh? More
than half the missionaries out have been out less than 4 months!!!! Yes that
means that I am in the “older” group of missionaries ha ha ha that’s funny
because I still feel like I need more training!
This day we walked for 2 hours. I
know to all the RM's out there they are probably thinking "that is
NOTHING". I actually really enjoyed walking; it's a lot more enjoyable than
driving around in a jeep.
OK! So update on the Spanish guy we met several weeks ago, the one that we say “hola” to then awkwardly stand there while out ward mission leader talks to him in Spanish. Actually I don’t remember if and what I’ve told you about him…. Oh well! So bro Perez talked to him this week and he said he talked to his family and they were like “stay away from the Mormons they are a cult” BUT he said to bro Perez “ I know what the holy spirit feels like, I want to meet with you guys sometime and learn” =D!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAHOOO!!! So happy =) I’m sad I can’t speak Spanish =( but… the Spanish elders are going to come teach him.. so yea.
BETTY GOT BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!!! It was so beautiful =) she was so happy and 5 of her non- member friends came and her non-member 95 year old dad came!!!!!! She is already doing missionary work! The baptism room was sooo full! There were so many members there to support her! I love the YUCCA MESA Ward!!! Almost as much as Henefer 1st
ward (wait… is that the ward I grew up in… or is it 2nd ward…. ? =/
) Betty bore her testimony at the very end and made me cry, she is so sweet and
sincere. AND FUNNY!!! I love people with a sense of humor =) She is so strong
and determined I know she will do wonderful things. I can’t wait to go through
the temple with her in a year!
Betty
got baptized!!!! =D we took a smiling picture and after it's usually ME that
says "ok now a fun one" but Betty likes to do fun pictures too!! She
is the one who suggested it ha ha! I love her so much, she is so amazing! we
will be forever friends.
We FINALLY met with Lisa!!! Sister Gardner and I have been trying to meet up with this referral since our second week together here! We have had several lessons scheduled and they have all been cancelled by her or by us for legit reasons…. On Saturday night we had 15 extra minutes to do whatever so we decided to go see if she was home and guess what!!! She was!!! She was excited to see us! She had time to talk with us so we taught her a little bit, introduced her to the Book of Mormon and she had already read it!! Years ago…. But... we talked to her about finding out for herself if it is true and she said “ ok, yea I guess I need to read it and ask” =D we are teaching her on Wednesday! I’m soooooooo excited! We are teaching her at 2:00 so pray for us please!! Jk, you don’t have to. So yeah, that was a miracle!!
Oh my word! An old lady in the ward bought me bath and body works lip gloss!!!! =D how sweet! I was so happy when she handed me the bath and body works bag! I couldn’t believe it! My lips are feeling good! My chin/cheeks are another story……. =s I think my zip medication is finally working and my skin is peeling off!
Sister Gardner trying to drain the
baptismal font ha ha we forgot to hook the chain up to the spout thing. Bishop
Davis figured it out don't worry =)
We taught a member family this week named the Millers. They are so cute! All the kids are so valiant! We taught them the restoration and they know more than I did before I came to the MTC!! Their little girl, she is probably about… 5, she gave me a beaded necklace =) it was cute speaking of cute! Landon Davis!!! Oh my word… he is adorable… we were teaching them last night and he is sitting next to me on the couch, all the little kids are talking and the dog is running around and it was a little hectic and he stands up on the couch and grabs my shoulder, looks me in the eyes and says “I’m really glad you are here” it made my day =) he is 5 years old! Who does that! It was so sincere. That family is amazing, I hope we are related!
OH! We found Emily at the church. =D her sister is a member of about…. 8 months and she made Emily come to church (YSA branch) with her last week. We talked to her a little bit and gave her a Book of Mormon and asked if she would like us to teach her. She said she wasn’t ready… but she did enjoy church! Yesterday she came again and after relief society I felt like I should ask her again if she has decided if she wants us to teach her… I was scared to ask… I didn’t want to be annoying or forceful but! I did it! And she immediately said YES! So we are going to start teaching her tomorrow! =D I’m so excited! I love teaching the restoration!
At Walgreens picking up
medication! and LOOK AT THIS CUTE DOG!!! O MY WORD...I want it.
Ha ha speaking about the singles ward.. ah ah ha ha it’s just soooo different from the home ward, it’s a lot more relaxed and there are like 15 people there and in Sunday school class or whatever it’s called.. anyway yesterday we were talking about stories in the Book of Mormon and the bible and this kid named Hunter is talking about Ammon ha ha ha ok I don’t know if any of ya’ll are going to think this is funny but he says “ ok so Ammon is taking care of all of the kings sheep and some people come along and try to steal the sheep, and Ammon frickin’ chops off all of their arms, (short pause) frickin… I don’t know if God wanted him to do that but…” ha ha ha ha ha I started laughing my face off! Actually I don’t think anyone else was really laughing… I think I have a different sense of humor than the whole rest of the world….. Does anyone else think that is funny???...... Maybe you would have to hear his voice… I’m still cracking up just re-playing it in my head!
Ok here are some verses I discovered during my personal study: Alma 40:11 has always bugged me… but I have always ignored it and thought “whatever… the church is true!” the part where it says “the spirits of all men are taken home to that God who gave them life” what? I thought no un-clean thing can be in the presence of God!!! WHAT! So that’s always bugged me… but in Mormon 9:3 it uses the word dwell! We can’t dwell in his presence! WHOAW! Mind blown!!! No more confusion! We will go back to our heavenly father but we won’t be perfect so we won’t want to dwell with him! Is this correct doctrine?.... this life we will never reach perfection. We just need to practice making decisions and master distinguishing between good and evil. Ok I’ve gotta go! I love you all and I love my mission and the people I have to teach and the people in the wards I am in! I am going to cry my eyes out when I get transferred =(
Love,
Sister Kersey Davis
“We become more humble not by thinking less OF ourselves, but from thinking less ABOUT ourselves”
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The plan of Salvation gives me so much peace. I know that this life isn't the end. I will do anything to return to my Heavenly Father and my Savior Jesus Christ. I know that there will be others in the Celestial kingdom I will be happy to see and who will be saving a seat for me =) NO EMPTY SEATS!!!! We know what we need to do to get there.... so lets do it! and warn your neighbor! oh and if you don't know what you need to do to get there... then go ask your bishop! or ask the missionaries, they can help too!
Wow… that was
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