So we got rain this week...twice!!! That above everything else, made it the best week ever! It's crazy though because when it rains here it pours and the little streams rise up so high and it floods really easy. Anyways I have a new companion! Her name is Sister Sorensen and she is from Idaho falls! I guess they like to keep the Idahoans together! She is an English Major at BYU and she's a wonderful missionary and I'm lucky to have her as my companion. We were able to do some tracting this week which has been awhile but it's always good to let a new missionary experience the awkwardness of door approaches. These ones weren't too bad...had a couple of them without shirts on but no fully naked people like Elder Hiatt's Greenie had to deal with on his first door so that's always a plus! She set up two appointments while we were tracting so she's on her way to training next transfer already! People really are pretty open to listening here...and even if they don't want to learn mroe they are nice for the most part. We have a great week ahead of us with some appointments and lots of potentials to contact so it is going to be busy busy but that's the only way to be and then you forget how tired you are! We have a new ward mission leader and he's soo awesome!! He's so excited about it and he's very hands on which we needed! He's got great ideas about incorporating preach my gospel with member lessons to involve the members mroe and bring in more referrals. I don't have that much to say this week because we were in houston for a couple days with the rest of the trainers and their companions but that was a wonderful time. I'm so lucky to be on a mission I don't know how I got here, but it's the best place to be and I just don't ever want to be released. If it wasn't for my family I probably wouldn't be! Thank you so much for everything you all do and teh support you give me, it means a ton. I know that the Lord is at the head of this church and as we are exactly obedient in the commandments we have been given, both as a whole and individually within our callings, we will surely be blessed and have no need to fear about anything to come. Love you!
Sis Davis
Monday, July 20, 2009
Singing in the Rain!
So we got rain this week...twice!!! That above everything else, made it the best week ever! It's crazy though because when it rains here it pours and the little streams rise up so high and it floods really easy. Anyways I have a new companion! Her name is Sister Sorensen and she is from Idaho falls! I guess they like to keep the Idahoans together! She is an English Major at BYU and she's a wonderful missionary and I'm lucky to have her as my companion. We were able to do some tracting this week which has been awhile but it's always good to let a new missionary experience the awkwardness of door approaches. These ones weren't too bad...had a couple of them without shirts on but no fully naked people like Elder Hiatt's Greenie had to deal with on his first door so that's always a plus! She set up two appointments while we were tracting so she's on her way to training next transfer already! People really are pretty open to listening here...and even if they don't want to learn mroe they are nice for the most part. We have a great week ahead of us with some appointments and lots of potentials to contact so it is going to be busy busy but that's the only way to be and then you forget how tired you are! We have a new ward mission leader and he's soo awesome!! He's so excited about it and he's very hands on which we needed! He's got great ideas about incorporating preach my gospel with member lessons to involve the members mroe and bring in more referrals. I don't have that much to say this week because we were in houston for a couple days with the rest of the trainers and their companions but that was a wonderful time. I'm so lucky to be on a mission I don't know how I got here, but it's the best place to be and I just don't ever want to be released. If it wasn't for my family I probably wouldn't be! Thank you so much for everything you all do and teh support you give me, it means a ton. I know that the Lord is at the head of this church and as we are exactly obedient in the commandments we have been given, both as a whole and individually within our callings, we will surely be blessed and have no need to fear about anything to come. Love you!
Sis Davis
Sis Davis
Friday, July 17, 2009
not much time to write
From: "Caitlin Davis"
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Date: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:30 PM
Hey Family! Okay So I don't have too much time to write today I apologize but I will try my best! Phillip was baptized on Saturday so that was so exciting! His wife is a member and they have 2 boys so it completes a family which is the best and I am so happy for them! The work is going to well here and doors really are opening all the time. I have seen that as we are faithful and dedicated, the blessings are beyond our sacrifice and I am so grateful for the blessings I receive constantly from serving. Also Sis Lieber and I were able to go to a family's sealing in our ward and it was hands down one of the best moments so far on my mission. To see such a transformation from where they were a few months ago and then see them sealed to eachother and their kids and the smiles on their faces was absolutely priceless. I love it...all of the different parts of missionary work are incredible and are all equally important and sometimes we can forget that, but as President Hinckley tells us, There's no point in doing missionary work unless we hold on to those fruits of the effort and they Must be inseparable. So reactivating the lessactives is just as important as helping others gain faith, repent and be baptized. Just another little something I learned. This last transfer has been great to me and I know it will just keep getting better. Transfer calls were Saturday and Sis Lieber is leaving me...she is getting transferred to the University ward in Bryan and she's white washing an elder's area so that'll be fun for her. I am going to be training...haha I still kinda laugh when I write that cause I am still a baby! I don't know how I'm suppose to train! But I know the Lord is in charge and he'll help me the whole way as long as I do my part and rely on him in everything I do. So yeah I'm meeting her in Houston on Wednesday and we'll spend some time up tehre with President nd Sister Hansen and come back up Thursday after we do a session at the temple. We have some great investigators and a couple of them praying for dates so we should be seeing some baptisms soon enough. I'll write more next week I just have to get going now. Life is amazing and Mission life is even more so! Love you each sooo much!
Sis Davis
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Date: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:30 PM
Hey Family! Okay So I don't have too much time to write today I apologize but I will try my best! Phillip was baptized on Saturday so that was so exciting! His wife is a member and they have 2 boys so it completes a family which is the best and I am so happy for them! The work is going to well here and doors really are opening all the time. I have seen that as we are faithful and dedicated, the blessings are beyond our sacrifice and I am so grateful for the blessings I receive constantly from serving. Also Sis Lieber and I were able to go to a family's sealing in our ward and it was hands down one of the best moments so far on my mission. To see such a transformation from where they were a few months ago and then see them sealed to eachother and their kids and the smiles on their faces was absolutely priceless. I love it...all of the different parts of missionary work are incredible and are all equally important and sometimes we can forget that, but as President Hinckley tells us, There's no point in doing missionary work unless we hold on to those fruits of the effort and they Must be inseparable. So reactivating the lessactives is just as important as helping others gain faith, repent and be baptized. Just another little something I learned. This last transfer has been great to me and I know it will just keep getting better. Transfer calls were Saturday and Sis Lieber is leaving me...she is getting transferred to the University ward in Bryan and she's white washing an elder's area so that'll be fun for her. I am going to be training...haha I still kinda laugh when I write that cause I am still a baby! I don't know how I'm suppose to train! But I know the Lord is in charge and he'll help me the whole way as long as I do my part and rely on him in everything I do. So yeah I'm meeting her in Houston on Wednesday and we'll spend some time up tehre with President nd Sister Hansen and come back up Thursday after we do a session at the temple. We have some great investigators and a couple of them praying for dates so we should be seeing some baptisms soon enough. I'll write more next week I just have to get going now. Life is amazing and Mission life is even more so! Love you each sooo much!
Sis Davis
time is flying by
From: "Caitlin Davis"
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Date: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:01 AM
Hey yall how is everyone?! Sometimes the weeks go so fast I question myself that I didn't like write yesterday...anyways this week went well for the most part! I was sick in bed for 3 days with the flu and the Elders brought me a half gallon of Cookies and Cream BlueBell Icecream which is death cause it's so good! So I think I gained a good 15 lbs. but luckily we don't own a scale! Although I had to get weighed at the Dr's when I went to the pulmonolgist a couple weeks ago and I've gained 3 lbs...but keep that on the down low. But Sis Lieber taught Pai Shan without me on Tuesday night and asked her to be baptized and she said once she finds out if it's true or not she has no reason not to be baptized! She fasted for an answer on Sunday, all she could say was I'm so hungry! We are teaching her tomorrow night and setting a date for her...either the 18th or the 25th. Our district is doing awesome with baptisms and the only week we don't have one in the month of July is the 18th so we're trying to get her in that weekend but it may be to soon...we will just have to see what Heavenly Father wants. She's ready though and she loves the gospel. We taught Yuanfa's roommate again last night. His name is Hong and he's the one I have talked about before who doesn't believe in God and we've been teaching him a lot about the Plan of Salvation and Chinese people just eat that up. We truly take so much for granted in our lives having the knowledge that God loves us and has a plan for us. We've always believed that it's just been second nature and I think we need to plant that deeper into our lives and not only just believe it but say yes I believe that so what am I going to do because I believe that. And we should be constantly striving to be better people and also bring others to the truth of the gospel that are in darkness. There are seriously so many people all around us that really are only in darkness because they don't even know where to look for the light. And we have it and the only true light they can get is from us...we must share the gospel with everyone. Anyways Hong is going to pray to know if God is there...he was suppose to last week but he really is devoted to it this week. and he said I really hope tehre is a god. And teaching about the Kingdoms he said so I still have a chance to go to the Celestial Kingdom...and he was relieved and excited. He already believes in God you can tell. He said so if I find out God is real...what do I do? So it's only a matter of him finding out if God is there and the gospel will just flow into his life easily. I have a lot of joy teaching Hong seeing him come from complete darkness and seeing the light and walking towards it...slowly but very straightly. Transfer calls are this Saturday. I'm staying here cause I'm in the middle of tests and Sis Lieber could be leaving or staying we have no idea. Oh guess what! So Sister Lieber and I when we go to be we would always say Don't let the Bed Bugs bite and if they do beat them till they're black and blue and we would just always so that...well guess who really DOES have bed bugs!! I didn't even know they were real! But of course I get bed bugs and Sister Lieber doesn't cause I get everything haha...so we have been camping on the couch and she pulls her bed out next to the couch and we're getting our apt sprayed this week. We are meeting with Gladys this week the 90 year old woman who we had an amazing lesson with a few weeks ago? she was at the 4th of July breakfast we were so excited to see her! Anyways I need to end this but I love and miss everyone but not mroe than I miss the Lord and being on a mission is the best way I have found to please the Lord and my family and bring blessings to both so I'm content here for 15 more months...love you all so much!
Sister Davis
To:
Subject:
Date: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:01 AM
Hey yall how is everyone?! Sometimes the weeks go so fast I question myself that I didn't like write yesterday...anyways this week went well for the most part! I was sick in bed for 3 days with the flu and the Elders brought me a half gallon of Cookies and Cream BlueBell Icecream which is death cause it's so good! So I think I gained a good 15 lbs. but luckily we don't own a scale! Although I had to get weighed at the Dr's when I went to the pulmonolgist a couple weeks ago and I've gained 3 lbs...but keep that on the down low. But Sis Lieber taught Pai Shan without me on Tuesday night and asked her to be baptized and she said once she finds out if it's true or not she has no reason not to be baptized! She fasted for an answer on Sunday, all she could say was I'm so hungry! We are teaching her tomorrow night and setting a date for her...either the 18th or the 25th. Our district is doing awesome with baptisms and the only week we don't have one in the month of July is the 18th so we're trying to get her in that weekend but it may be to soon...we will just have to see what Heavenly Father wants. She's ready though and she loves the gospel. We taught Yuanfa's roommate again last night. His name is Hong and he's the one I have talked about before who doesn't believe in God and we've been teaching him a lot about the Plan of Salvation and Chinese people just eat that up. We truly take so much for granted in our lives having the knowledge that God loves us and has a plan for us. We've always believed that it's just been second nature and I think we need to plant that deeper into our lives and not only just believe it but say yes I believe that so what am I going to do because I believe that. And we should be constantly striving to be better people and also bring others to the truth of the gospel that are in darkness. There are seriously so many people all around us that really are only in darkness because they don't even know where to look for the light. And we have it and the only true light they can get is from us...we must share the gospel with everyone. Anyways Hong is going to pray to know if God is there...he was suppose to last week but he really is devoted to it this week. and he said I really hope tehre is a god. And teaching about the Kingdoms he said so I still have a chance to go to the Celestial Kingdom...and he was relieved and excited. He already believes in God you can tell. He said so if I find out God is real...what do I do? So it's only a matter of him finding out if God is there and the gospel will just flow into his life easily. I have a lot of joy teaching Hong seeing him come from complete darkness and seeing the light and walking towards it...slowly but very straightly. Transfer calls are this Saturday. I'm staying here cause I'm in the middle of tests and Sis Lieber could be leaving or staying we have no idea. Oh guess what! So Sister Lieber and I when we go to be we would always say Don't let the Bed Bugs bite and if they do beat them till they're black and blue and we would just always so that...well guess who really DOES have bed bugs!! I didn't even know they were real! But of course I get bed bugs and Sister Lieber doesn't cause I get everything haha...so we have been camping on the couch and she pulls her bed out next to the couch and we're getting our apt sprayed this week. We are meeting with Gladys this week the 90 year old woman who we had an amazing lesson with a few weeks ago? she was at the 4th of July breakfast we were so excited to see her! Anyways I need to end this but I love and miss everyone but not mroe than I miss the Lord and being on a mission is the best way I have found to please the Lord and my family and bring blessings to both so I'm content here for 15 more months...love you all so much!
Sister Davis
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