My dearest family and friends!!
How are ya'll doin? I just love you so much!!! So i am in a
new area now. Funny story i am actually back in one of my old apartments so my
address is 6403 Clough Pike Apt 5 Cincinnati OH 45244. I have such an awesome
companion. She is so fantastic. We have a lot of fun and are makin a lot of
memories. We have seen so many miracles this week!
So first off the sisters had been trying to see this less
active member and they just couldnt get in touch with her. So we were over by
her apartment on Thursday and we were talking to this guy outside. Then all the
sudden she pulled up and was walking into her apartment so we were able to get
in contact with her. But not only that she invited us in to share a message
with her. Her non-member grandson was there so we were able to teach him as
well and pick him up as a new investigator. He is so prepared! He came to
church on Sunday and wants to be baptized and change his life around. He is 18
and has been through a ton. He told us that he just wants to change his
life around and feel forgiven of his past. He is preparing to be baptized on
June 20 so we could really use everyones prayers that he will make it there.
That has happened a lot this week. Heavenly Father has put us in the areas we
are needed this whole week. It has been amazing to see how he is working
through us. That is truly one of my favorite parts of this is to see God
working through us.
Now for the funny moment of the week. We met this lady that
has these big ambitions to travel the US and see all the national parks. She
was getting ready to go and we asked her if we could help her. She said she
needed help getting rid of all her stuff so we went by on Saturday to help her
with that. Well her van filled up and she still had a chair and an ottoman. So
we told her we would try and fit it in our car. Well she left to go take a load
to Goodwill and we were there trying to get the chair in our car. Well it got
stuck half way in and half way out. It wouldnt budge. We had no idea what to
do. We tried everything. We tried rolling down the window to give it more room.
We tried going in the other way and pulling it in. We tried pushing it out and
pulling it out. But it was stuck. There was no hope and we were dying of
laughter cause of how rediculous it looked. But we couldnt go anywhere because
we couldnt close the door. Well the lady came back and saw we were still trying
to get it in the car. She laughed for a minute then started to help us try and
figure out what to do. Then we got the bright idea to slide the front seat up
and lean the chair forward and we were able to loosen it up enough that we
could rotate it in. We havent tried to get it out so we dont know if it will
come out but we got it in there. haha! It was so funny!!
I dont know if you all have had the chance to watch the Lift
video that the church has put out but it is amazing. There is so much that is
said in that video that can be implemented in our lives. One thing that really
stood out to me was when they talked about how healing the body in and inward
turn but healing the soul is an outward turn. It is so true and i totally saw
that in my last area i was serving in. There was this young man who had been
through so much as a little kid. He was abused and just had seen things that no
little boy needed to. He had a lot of hurt built up inside him. He was recently
baptized. He still struggled with depression and feeling happy. He would tell
us the only time he would feel an ounce of happiness was when he went out and
taught with the elders. We told him that is because as he was teaching the
gospel he was serving God therefore he was turning outward and healing his soul.
Sometimes souls take a long time to heal but i truly know that by serving
others our souls can be healed from any hurt or pain we receive throughout our
lives. Here is the link to the video. I would really encourage you all to watch
it. https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2015-05-003-lift?lang=eng.
I want you all to know that i know this gospel is true. I know God loves us and
has a plan for each of us. I know we can develop the character of Christ as we
live our lives the way God has directed us to live and as we do new things
every day that take us out of our comfort zone and change us. I love the quote
"There is no learning in the comfort zone and there is no comfort in the
learning zone." It is so true. But i do know God will help us as we put
forth the effort he will consecrate our performance. I sure love you all and
pray you have a fantastic week!!
Love your sister Davis :)
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