This week has been kind of rough.... BUT sister Buswell and I have stayed positive and have NEVER quit. We have fun every day, I feel like we have been laughing AAALLLL week. It has been a blessing to have humor and positive thinking in the work. I invite you all to be humorous!
I have ALWAYS been Obsessed with dogs. When i was little i got stuffed dogs for Christmas and when i made a goal in soccer =) I got a stuffed dog EXACTLY like this one man Christmas's ago! one of our investigators had this sitting on their coach!! brought back many memories =)
I have always been interested on the topic "receiving revelation" or in simple terms... answers to prayer. I feel like i have always struggled with that... I love reading and pondering this topic. this week i read in preach my gospel page 101 on recognizing the spirit.
“[A person may have] a strong desire to be led by the Spirit of the Lord but … unwisely extends that desire to the point of wanting to be led in all things. A desire to be led by the Lord is a strength, but it needs to be accompanied by an understanding that our Heavenly Father leaves many decisions for our personal choices. Personal decision making is one of the sources of the growth we are meant to experience in mortality. Persons who try to shift all decision making to the Lord and plead for revelation in every choice will soon find circumstances in which they pray for guidance and don’t receive it. For example, this is likely to occur in those numerous circumstances in which the choices are trivial or either choice is acceptable.
“We should study things out in our minds, using the reasoning powers our Creator has placed within us. Then we should pray for guidance and act upon it if we receive it. If we do not receive guidance, we should act upon our best judgment. Persons who persist in seeking revelatory guidance on subjects on which the Lord has not chosen to direct us may concoct an answer out of their own fantasy or bias, or they may even receive an answer through the medium of false revelation” (“Our Strengths Can Become Our Downfall,” Ensign, Oct. 1994, 13–14).
Fontana is Beautiful! actually this earth is beautiful! God is good.
We need not forget that our Heavenly Father has sent us here to learn. He has given us our agency to choose. As we make choices prayerfully he will guide us. That doesn't mean that he will make the choice for us but that as we ACT in faith he will confirm to us through the spirit that what we are doing is what God wants us to do. I know that is true because i have experience that exact thing in my life. Answers to pray come in many ways! But they all involve ACTION filled faith. Here is an awesome video on a "God works in mysterious ways" kind of answer to pray.
Cutest little Boston tarrier ever!!!!!!! Even sister Buswelll thought it was cute =D
Funnies/cools/interestings of the week:
we Met a bounty Hunter!!?!?!?!? you kiddin me... that was awesome! a for real bounty hunter.
hmm... i can't think of any others... ok i'll tell you about the miracles we had this week! we had many.
we text a less active family we are working with to see how they are doing... they are now reading and praying as a family!! everyday!!! WHAT!?!?! we didn't even tell them to do that... I am so grateful for the spirit. I know that they are ready and their hearts are open to the prompting of the spirit. I feel so blessed to be in their lives right now.
Sister Nora Baker Galdamez from Yucca Valley got me an origami owl necklace!!!! WHAT!?!?!??! i've worn it everyday since saturday =) i love it so much. it has 4 little charms inside that describe me perfectly! it has a dog =) a camara, a cactus and a CTR thing!
We were headed to our next appointment and.. no one was home... so we head back to the car and we decide "NO, we planned to come to this area last night for a reason, lets go find that reason" so we continue walking down the street and we meet a family sitting in their garage. We introduced ourselves and had some casual convo... we told them of our message and they were all interested. They Son came to church this sunday and the elders are planning on teaching him this week!!!
Church FLEW by. I was SOOO focussed on the 2 investigators we had there and other members of the church that i didn't even recognize that i was absolutely STARVING. I am so much happier when i forget about myself.
This week we were running low on food...... and guess what!?!? God provided. Thanks mom and dad for the food! I didn't even tell them!
There were many other small miracles that i could talk about but you all wouldn't even know what i was talking about ha ha so i just want to invite you all to look for the small miracles that happen each day in your life.
I'm so grateful that i have the opportunity to share what has made me happy with others. I love the people i teach so much.... I can't even imagine how much God loves them. It's an amazing feeling to feel even just an ounce of love that our Heavenly Father has for his Children here in Fontana.
Love,
Sister Kersey Davis
4 more fast Sundays WHAT!?!??! eeeeekkk....
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