What a miraculous week we just experienced. Holy cow i cant
even explain what just happened!!! It was just amazing! I will try to describe
in words what we just experienced but that just will not do it justice!!!
Okay so first we went to our investigators house for dinner.
The ones that had the hardest time coming to church and praying out loud. So we
were over there and we were getting ready to eat. So sister Hatch and i are
sitting there with our arms folded waiting for the prayer and the dad was like okay
who wants to say the prayer and we all sit in silence for a minute. Then
totally unexpected the mom pipes up and is like "I will say it
tonight" We were all just shocked!! Sister Hatch and i couldnt believe
what we were just witnessing. But the prayer she said was amazing!!! The spirit
was so strong as she prayed! So that was miracle number one for the week. Then
we had been praying super hard for how we were going to teach them the word of
wisdom lesson because they have some addictions that they would have to
overcome. So we were in there and we were praying super hard for the spirit to
be there because that is truly the only way they would accept what we were
going to say to them. So we shared with them the word of wisdom and they took
it so good!!! Their only concern that they dont quite understand is the coffee
thing. But they are willing to pray about it and they love everything else we
have shared with them so they are like that is no deal breaker for us. They
asked us if there was any other commandments that they should know about that
are usually hard for people and we had already taught them the law of chastity
so they were good. That was miracle number two for the week and Jasmine prayed
that night too!! The spirit was so strong there it was amazing!! The room was
just full of love and happiness. The gospel is so true!!!
Next the little boy we were teaching got baptized on
Saturday!!! YEAH!!!!!!!! It was the most amazing baptism i have ever been to.
That little boy is so wonderful. So leading up to his baptism this last week we
were finishing up some of the lessons. He usually says the closing prayer after
the lesson. One night he was praying after the lesson and he said "Please
bless the sisters and their families" That made my heart just melt. He is
ten let me remind you and for him to pray for our families was just the
greatest feeling every. So just know that you all have a ten year old little
boy praying for you out here in Ohio as well. So then Saturday he got baptized.
He was so excited! The smile on that kids face when he walked into the church
was so big!! He was smiling from ear to ear! We asked him how he was feeling
and he said he was so happy and that was before the cute kid even got baptized.
Then we got him all ready and he looked so handsome!!! His dad and his little
brother was there. His dad who is trying to come back to church bore his
testimony after his little boy got baptized. He said that this brought back
many memories of when he first got baptized. He said that he has seen such a
change in his son since he has met with us and he knows the church is true. We
just need to get him to act on that belief now. But it will come. Then his son
bore his testimony. He has got the purest testimony! He did so good. I am
so proud of him! Then we went by after church on Sunday and he just seemed so
happy. That is truly what the gospel of Jesus Christ does for ya! He has got
such a special spirit and that little boy is going to set such a great example
to his whole family especially his dad. We talked to the dad after the baptism
and asked him what he thought of it all and he said "This was seriously
the highlight of my day" That little boy has helped my testimony of the
gospel grow. Miracle number three!!! But it just keeps going... So friday we
were on exchanges with some of the other sisters in our zone and sister Hatch
and one of the other sisters found this guy who was a member of the church but
his records were not here. So they talked to him for a minute and he said that
he would be at church on Sunday. So Sunday came and we were sitting next to the
little boy who just got baptized and his dad and in walks this less active.
Well he looks at the dad and sticks out his hand to shake it. So we were
thinking oh cool they know eachother. Well this less active sits down behind us
and is like "I see you found my brother" We were like WHAT???!
Miracle number four. The cool thing was that the dad didnt even know his
brother was a member. And he got to be there to see his little nephew get
confirmed. 
So we have been teaching this mom whose kids have already
been baptized but she has struggled with a word of wisdom problem for a long
time so she hasnt been able to be baptized. Well about a month ago she was
clean for about three weeks. She was so ready to be baptized she was so
excited. Then we found out that she had a felony. But it was all good we told
her not to give up. We just had to have her meet with our mission president and
he had to write to the first presidency to get permission for her to be
baptized. We told her it would be about a month before we heard back from them.
She was a little discouraged and felt like every time she got close to baptism
something came up and she couldnt get baptized. She had been working at it for
several months now. Well she kinda slipped back into a rut and started smoking
again and was just super down. Well this last week we finally started to see
her start to perk back up again. Then on Friday we were sitting there studying
and we got a text from our mission president saying "She is good for
baptism i just got the letter back" Sister Hatch and I stood up and just
started screaming and laughing and rolling around on the ground. We were so
happy. The other sisters that were there were laughing at us so hard. It was
the best thing ever. And when the mom found out that she could be baptized she
was so excited. We were all just beyond what words can describe excited!!!
Miracle number five!!!!
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Man i cannot even tell you how wonderful this last week was.
It makes up for the hard weeks out here. Something that i have learned from all
of this is that God never leaves you hangin. He will always pull through for
you. We must always remember that. Especially when times are hard. Remember
everything happens for a reason and God will never leave you hangin. I know
this church is beyond true. It is the biggest blessing that we can give to
people. I know our Heavenly Father loves us all. We are all his children. Keep
smiling and being super strong. I love you all so so much!!!!
Love your sister Davis :)
P.S. i hope my emails make sense. Sometimes i just get so
excited and throw it all out there ;)
Love you!!!
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