Week 36

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