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HI FAMILY!

Another week passing by so quickly! I can't believe I'm already having another p-day. Wow. Anyway! This week was great. Not as wow as I was hoping but still good. I don't think I mentioned before but the day I got here I was assigned 'designated driver,' of course, nothing ever changes right? haha So I drive the car and Sister Fenn is in charge of the map....haha we've only gotten lost a few times and I am finally getting used to the area which is good. It's so confusing though, the street names are all so similar! There is like Edgemont Rd, Edgemont Way, Edgemont Cir, Edgevalley Way, Edgevalley Rise all within the same community of Edgemont, it's ridiculous! Oh, Canada.

So on Wednesday and Saturday's we help out at the retirement home and put on a game of Carpet Bowling. It's great. There is one pin at each end of the hall and their are couples as teams that try to knock them down. It was confusing at first but now I love it! The old people there are hilarious too! And so sweet. I have my favorites, that are usually on the same side of the hall as me: Nadia, Anna, Ed, Margorie, and Joseph. Let's just say we have a lot of fun and that our side of the hall is waaaay more exciting than Sister Fenn's side of the hall.

And this week we've been doing a lot to help out one of our investigators, Justin, with his wedding. He and Lorena got married on Saturday and we were able to go to the ceremony and the reception. We have been helping out a lot with planning and setting up and cleanind and decorating and so forth. They didn't have much organization for this and it was all pretty much pulled together in a week. But all the women in the ward really stepped up to make it work and even though on Friday night we were really worried it was going to be a disaster it was miraculously fabulous by Saturday afternoon. Power of prayer, people. And now Justin and Lorena are happily married! We are meeting with them tonight hopefully. So yay!

Oh my goodness. So on Friday night, Sister Fenn and I didn't have a dinner appointment set we we decided we would just go to the Stake Adult party to get our dinner. We thought it was going to be your average get together party but no. Were we wrong! We walked into the gym at the stake center and it had been transformed! Into a jazz club. There was a live jazz band and lots of furniture and the ceiling was beautiful with all kinds of lanturns and fabric. The food was great and there was even a lemonade bar where they were fresh squeezing lemons and limes. Sister Fenn and I got Mojitos haha they were delicious. And there was a dessert table and a candy table! We were set for dayzz. I've never seen anything like it. But the Arbour Lake Ward, actually the whole Calgary West Stake is pretty wealthy and have lots of connections.Practically all the houses here are three stories minimum and have some of the prettiest views of either mountains, city, or lakes. Ah-mazing. Like my jaw drops everytime I go inside some ones house. I wish you could see the trailer park here. It's a joke. The nicest "trailer park" I've ever seen, that's for sure.

Funny story! So earlier in the week, I think Tuesday, we parked our car in front of the Sutor's house and just walked to our next appointment to save on 'clicks' aka miles. And something came up at our last appointment with two girls in our ward, Thandi and Sandi. They are sisters and I guess they have been having lots of family troubles that haven't quite been resolved and Sandi wasn't doing so well with them, getting super depressed. I would have never guessed thought because they are both so cheery and happy all the time. So when we got to the Palmer's house ( our ward mission leader guy) and had a little sit down with Thandi talking and crying about her little sister I was so caught off guard. So we all drove over to Thandi and Sandi's house and Brother Palmer and his younger brother, also Brother Palmer, gave Sandi a healing blessing and then gave Thandi a blessing too. It was so powerful to be in that room and the Spirit was so strong it was almost unbelievable. But by the time we were leaving it was like 10:15 which is WAAAY past our curfew. So when we got back to our car that was parked in front of the Sutor's we had like a billion missed calls because Sister Sutor got so worried that our car was there and we weren't that she started calling like everyone and their mom. The next day we got more calls from our district leader and our zone leaders because I guess the rumor that was going around was that we were kidnapped! haha one of the elders told us it was because my scripture bag creates quite the target victim for us haha It was quite dramatic.. but nothing to worry about.

So, it's been raining a lot. And not warm rain like in Mesa, this stuff is cold. But when there is rain, that means there are rainbows!! My favorite thing. We were able to go to the Calgary temple Friday morning and when we went in it was raining but when we came out there was the most beatiful rainbow and the greatest view! My camera was incapable of capturing that beauty unfortunately. But I'm sure you could imagine. The temple is so pretty! And so new! They just had the open house here in November I think? Don't know for sure...but everyone was quite excited! The Cartson temple is the next closest and it's like a whole eight hour day trip to do that. But it makes me so excited for the temple in Gilbert to be done soon! I don't know when it will be done but keep your eye open for it because Mom and Dad and family, it is so beautiful and when there is an open house it is open to the public to go through and get a tour of all the rooms before it is dedicated and I think that would be a really great experience for you to see what it's all about inside!

Everything is going so great. It's hard. It's definitely hard. But it's so worth it. My relationship with my Father in Heaven is strengthened every day and I rely so much on Him for help, especially with patience. I know that He loves me and answers my prayers and I know that He loves you too and if you pray sincerely seeking for answers He will give them to you too!

I found a great scripture in 2 Nephi 2: 8 and inspires me every day as to why I'm a missionary!

I love you so much and I am so happy that everything is going fantastic for you. I am beyond excited to have a new neice coming on the way!! and I'm expecting so many pictures along the way. Please keep me updated and I love you and miss you tons.

I hope you have a great week!

Love,

Sister Davis

p.s. Mom the water bottle you sent me had literally saved my life, thank you!

p.p.s. So random but what's the name of that book that we used to read as kids that had the mom, dad and kid elephant that they wore crowns and were kings or something?