Oh man everyone! The time out here in the Greatest Ohio Cincinnati has been so wonderful!! I am so grateful for the opportunity i have had to serve my Heavenly Father for the past 18 months. What a great week we were able to have though. We had so much fun!
The coolest thing happened this week. So we have been
teaching this guy and he has been really struggling with his family. He just
got custody of his daughter who was raised by a drug addicted mother that did
not take care of her and did not love her. He is trying so hard to love his
daughter but she just wont accept it. So he is just struggling. But we were
over there sharing the restoration with him and he was listening and everything
but he just didnt seem to quite understand how important it was and he was
saying "Yeah i will pray about it" and "Yeah if i knew it was
true i would be baptized" It wasnt a bad thing but it was just lacking
something. So sister Stokes and i just started to testify of Jesus Christ and
his Church and Joseph Smith. Then it finally clicked the spirit came in and
just hit him over the head! He was like "Oh so everyone thinks that
Christs church is dead but what you are telling me is that it is very much
alive?" and we were like "YES!!!!" The spirit came in so strong
and it was so amazing. He then sat and pondered on what we were saying more in
depth. It was so awesome!
So the funny thing of the week... this is really just a
blonde moment for me and my companion... bless our hearts... haha so each night
we have family prayer with our zone over a conference call. Well usually the
zone leaders run it but their phone was being weird and we couldnt hear them
very well so they asked us to run the prayer. So what we usually do just to get
to know everyone a little better is ask them a question of the night. So the
question that night was "What are your favorite kind of shoes to
wear" Since the zone leaders phone was being dumb they were texting us
their answers. One of them texted us "anything slip on" then all the
other one said was "Pros shoes" well sister Stokes and i just looked
at each other like we have no idea what kind of shoes those are but okay so we
announce over the prayer "Elder Pope likes slip on shoes and Elder Wilcken
likes pros shoes" .... well seconds later we get another text that said
"Proselyting shoes" so we were like "and they both like
proselyting shoes" then seconds later we get another text from them that
says "Proselyting shoes not pros shoes" Then at that moment it
clicked with both sister Stoke and i and we just died laughing.
Well my dearest family and friends, i just want you to know
that i am so thankful for the love and support i have received from all you. I
have truly felt every prayer. I feel so blessed to have such a loving home to
return to. These last 18 months have blessed my life forever. This is something
that i will cherish for the rest of my life. The testimony i have gained on my
mission will continue to grow but here is where i have to say i have truly
gained a testimony of my Savior and the enabling power of the atonement. I know
that He is the son of God. I know that He has felt everything we have ever
felt. I know He walks with us everyday. The Doctrine He established while He
was on the earth is the way we can change and become the children of God that
He has sent us here to become. It is only through that Doctrine that we can
truly carry the image of God in our countenances. I know that Joseph Smith is a
prophet of God, I know that Book of Mormon is truly the word of God. It is
powerful. I know God has blessed us each with power to perform miracles but it
is up to us to decide weather or not we are going to live in a way to access
that power. I love this gospel with all my heart and it has truly changed my
life. I love you guys so much!!!
Love your Sister Kirsten Davis
The Greatest Ohio Cincinnati Mission!!!
P.S. My homecoming will be this coming Sunday at 9:00 am.
Anyone is welcome to come and then we will be having a pig roast after at my
house. So come and eat some food too :) If you need the address to the church
you can call my mom because i am not sure what it is. But her number is
801-710-7791 :)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
