Hello strangers! This week has been
pretty good, I think... I forget a lot of what happens..... all I remember are
the things I write down to tell ya’ll. BUT I do remember that this is the
Lords work and he truly is hastening it! There are people out here and wherever
you are who are ready to receive the Gospel. My testimony is growing each day
and I am learning so much! Even though trials come and stuff happens that
sister Rogers and I can't control or help I know that God will comfort me IF I
ask. IT ALL STARTS WITH PRAYER.
BEAUTIFUL Yucca Valley! I get to see
amazing sun rises and sunsets every night and morning!
One miracle/funny that happened
this week was... we were trying to track down this less active recent
convert. She lives in this trailer park right off of twenty nine palms hwy
(hmm.. you didn't need to know that) .... we decide to park kind of far away
and walk to her apartment... on the way there a young man is walking, we
are counseled to talk to EVERYONE sooooooo that is what came to mind "talk
to him" BUT... he is young and pretty handsome so I get nervous ha ha
(that always happens with young men...) BUT I decide to be a good example to
sister Rogers so I start talking to him and we start talking about the church
then he says "You know what how about I just invite you in" and
starts walking towards his trailer (the trailer is BOOMING with loud music...)
we get closer and I say, awkwardly... "umm... is there a female in the
house?" he just walks..... in and I peek my head in and there is Jazmine!
the less active we have been trying to track down!!!! And we are just like OH,
awesome, we can come in. And we talk to Jazmine and the music is SOOO LOUD! ha
ha ha ah oh my word It was ridiculous.. and it was Eminem so it was pretty vial
too.... we ask Philip if he would meet with the boy missionaries and if he
would be interested in learning more and he said yes!! Janzmine came to
the YM/YW activity on Wednesday and got a priesthood blessing! I know that God
blessed us for being obedient to the "talk to everyone" rule =) I was
so happy!
We had a lesson this week with Steve
and we invited President Van Cott (mission pres) to come with us. At first I
was way nervous for him to be there... BUT as it got closer I got more excited.
He was so awesome and down to earth, Steve and President Van Cott got along
perfectly! We had planned to teach him about the joy that comes from repentance
and we wanted to give him a vision of what his life will be like when he joins
the church and partakes of all these blessings! We actually didn't do a lot of
talking ha ha President kind of took over but he totally gave Steve a vision of
what his life could be years from now. It was amazing and the spirit was so
strong. I am so grateful for the wonderful leaders of this church and for the
opportunity we, imperfect people have to change each day.
Betty Kerr taught relief society
yesterday! This is the activity she had us do. We had paper pinned to our
backs and wrote nice things about each other. She is soooo well! I was so
proud of her =) I can't wait to go to the temple with her in November. I love
her so much!
Melinda texted us a few mornings ago
and said that she woke up with a date!!!! =D I have been working with Melinda
for almost 5 months now! She will be baptized on April 12th =) she really wants
to get to the temple. She is the one that went to the Gilbert temple open house
thing. She LOVED the celestial room and wants to get back there and feel that
same feeling that she had. I love temples and I love Melinda! She came to
Kaydens (8 yr old in the ward) baptism and she learned a lot! Invite all your
non-member friends to all the baptisms! They will feel the spirit! This is the
3rd baptism she had been too and she said that "the 3rd time is a
charm" =)
we were walking down this pretty
rough area/apartment complexes where people are always out smoking, drinking,
starring, reading talking on the phone... anyway we stop to talked to this
lady and to the right of us were 3 young guys rapping up a storm...
in my mind I thought "you need to go talk to them" I immediately
thought NO way.. Then after we got done talking to the lady I all the sudden
was scared anymore! I just decided to be myself... we walk up to them and I
tell them that I wish I could rap! Then they invite us to rap with them...
sister Rogers does poetry so I tell them she could do it and she got so nervous
ha ha ha whoops I think I scare my comps all the time. Then we start talking
about the church and invite them to come and what not.... I don't know if
anything will ever come out of it BUT hey maybe they have a different take on
Mormons =)
I wish I could rap....
DING DING DING!!! Car in the food
for less parking lot. Do they have food for lesses in Utah..? I forgot.
Pray for opportunities to do
missionary work, pray that God will put people in your path. Be specific and he
will be specific! Look at others the way Christ does. Look at EVERYONE as a son
and daughter of God. I promise you that if you really do want to help someone
receive the gospel God will answer your prayers. He will bring names to mind
and faces. Don’t ignore the promptings you receive. maybe they won't except it
in this life... just imagine going to the spirit world and having one of your
friends you introduced to the gospel on earth run up to you and thank you for sharing
the gospel with them. Because of YOU they were able to recognize the true
gospel in the spirit world. You also might just change their life down here on
earth too =) Missionary work has brought me so much happiness; I know you can
all feel it too!
Read, go to church and never forget
to PRAY!
Love,
Sister Kersey Davis
Let the Savior lead you
to........
.......Happily Ever After
