Whoop, Whoop!

It's -6 degrees Celcius today. Welcome to Canada, folks! haha I absolutely LOVE it! Yesterday morning during our personal study I look up and see snow falling outside..I gasp to Sister Waller and she looks then looks back at me and we simultaneously get up, grab our boots, and run outside. It was awesome!! So all day Sunday there was snow falling and it was amazing. So beautiful. We even had to scrape snow off the car..we were giggling the whole time because we were having so much fun! It was great.

Anyway, to the important stuff. Christine, Joe, and Tristin are officially members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!! Whoop whoop. Their baptism was on Thursday and it was absolutely magical. The ward really stepped up and lots of people came and it was a really spiritual night. The program was great, the two speakers were really in tune and the first talked on baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the second talked on the Plan of Salvation. But my favorite part of the whole nice was the actual ordinance of baptism. Joe was first and after he came up out of the water his face was priceless. Happy doesn't even begin to describe the expression on his face. Especially when he saw his wife walk down into the water and then when his son was baptized too. And I thought my baptism was the best day of my life! THIS WAS GREAT!! I love being able to share the joy and peace that comes from this gospel that I love so much, and to see others accept, live, and receive the blessings is such a wonderful experience. That's why I'm here.

Well it was so great.

There is probably so much more that I could write about but I'm going blank and decided to use the remainder of my time on the computer today to do some family history (thanks daddy!!!) and these are the most important anyway so highlights are all you get! Thank you for the love and prayers!

xoxoxo

Sister Davis

 Our first snow :)

 Me and Sister Waller so excited after the Jakins baptism!

The view outside our house. 

Yes that's our car! Woohoo for Subaru!

Let It Snow!

It snowed. Okay, maybe not really but it was pretty dang close. On Thursday it was freezing cold and windy and then started to rain and before we knew it this rain turned into slush and there was snow slush falling from the sky. It was awesome! We were parked outside a less-active member's home about to inside when all of a sudden  big plops of slush/sleet started hitting the windshield. I let out a scream of joy! I was so excided. It was so cool. Didn't last long though, only about forty minutes.

Anyway, as for the juicy stuff. The Jakins family had their interviews on Saturday and they are getting baptized!!!! Holy smokes. We've had lots and lots of ups and downs (way downs sometimes) but everything is coming into place lately. We had trouble booking the building, the stake centre is a busy, busy place that's for sure. But after many phone calls we got it and they are on schedule for Thursday, October 24th! Woohoo! We are so pumped. We were over at their home yesterday for Thanksgiving dinner and it was soooo good. If you're thinking, what the heck Sister Davis you're high Thanksgiving is in November, think again. Canadians do it in October. Yeah, took a bit to comprehend for me too but whatevs. So they made turkey and stuffing and brussel sprouts and sweet potatoes and beets and pumpkin pie YUM. Yes, I ate brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, AND beets. Surprised? Me too. And they were surprisingly delicious! I'll admit, Thanksgiving wasn't quite the same without hot fruit, but it was still yum yum yum. We also watched President Uchtdorf's "Forget Me Not" talk together and it was really good!! I'd never seen it before and I just love it. A good reminder to all that we truly are daughters (and sons) of God. Christine is super psyched she said yesterday "I have so much to learn, teach it to me now I can't wait!!!" haha she's so funny. She joked yesterday at how young we were "I could've birthed both of you!" she said. Good times, good times.

So yeah, life is fab. I finished the Book of Mormon yesterday during personal study HOLLA. We got to the end of the hour and I had two pages left and I looked up at Sister Waller and asked if she was done with her chapter and she shook her head no and I'm like good! five more minutes then! haha and so we each got to finish. It was so good. I love the Book of Mormon. There has been lots of stress lately (more than normal anyway) and I kept trying to figure out what the Lord was trying to teach me out of all of this and at first I thought it was patience because we all know we could use some more of that but as I read the last few chapters with this question in mind I realized once in Moroni that the Lord is trying to help me to increase my faith, hope, and charity. During our zone training meeting yesterday we were challeged to make a goal to do something that will help us to improve ourselves and right away I thought to how I can improve my faith, hope, and charity. There is always room to improve so that's something I'll be working on.

Our zone is wonderful. During this same meeting we had the opportunity to share with eachother our testimonies of how the Holy Ghost and the Book of Mormon have played a role in our conversion. It was such a spiritual meeting and taught me an important lesson: Always bear your testimony. It brings the Spirits and it changes hearts. I'm making a goal to share at all times whether it be in words, thoughts, or actions. I WILL NOT BE DENIED.

I love you all! You da best.

xoxox

Sister Davis

 Me and Tristin! He's such a goob!

 The leaves actually change colors here!

Lights On

Transfers are tomorrow...I'M STAYIN. Holla. Thank heavens! I love serving here in Arbour Lake with Sister Waller. I don't know what I would have done if I had to leave the Jakins before their baptism! Cried. Yeah, I would have cried a lot. Not that I haven't been doing that a lot recently anyway. I mean, lets get real, I cry all the time you know that! But this week there has been lots of tears, mostly good tears though so yay.

First, there was general conference. So of course that means tears. Multiple times. But it was so good! I don't have many conferences to compare this one to but I'd say IT WAS THE BEST OF THEM ALL. I loved President Uchtdorf's. He's amazing. And Elder Soares. And all of them. So for Saturday morning session we went to our less active Lisa Martins house and she made us breakfast and then we watched all together it was great! Her nonmember husband even watched with us which was a little miracle. Then Saturday afternoon we went to the stake centre and watched it with all the other missionaries. I made sure to bring my new blanky I bought from Target last week (YES they have Targets and I was in heaven). It's so fluffy i'm gonna die!!

So get this. As we're running out to the car Sunday morning to go to the stake centre again for conference I'm rounding the car to the driver's side and there's little egg shells on the ground and my first thought is aww that's so sad they must've fallen from the tree! But boy oh boy was I wrong. Our car got egged. Can you believe that?! Like who does that.. When we went to the Whitehead's yesterday to help Sister Whitehead do some baking/cooking her husband was outside cleaning it for us, isn't he a sweetheart?! Anyway then for the Saturday afternoon session we went to the Jakins house along with some other families in the ward. They are great at fellowshipping!! Except when we got there Christine was having a little freakout. Darn Satan. She was pacing all over the place fuming. She was really upset when she found out that during the baptismal interview they ask about committing crimes, having abortions, or participating in homosexual relationships but they don't ask about other sins like people raping or beating children who don't get convicted. She just didn't understand and didn't listen to us when we tried to explain it to her.. So we called up to President and he talked with her to try and answer her questions and calm her down. It sorta kinda helped but just resulted in tears unfortuneately. But then we took a breather and went back downstairs to watch conference (we'd missed the first 30 minutes or so) and by the end she was all calm and collected and it was great. We even played the board game that Sister Waller and I made. It's called Celestial Pursuit. It's adorable if I might say so myself. I wish I'd taken a picture. It all worked out well and they are still super excited about being baptized so they can be sealed and that eternal perspective is what really matters so yay! It's going great.

So yesterday we had a district meeting, the last district meeting of the transfer and oh my gosh it was amazing. Elder Krogue, our district leader, is going home this week. And he decided that for our meeting we were all going to share with eachother the circumstances before our missions that brought us here and why we're staying. It was the most spiritual time ever. Where else can you sit in the room with six nineteen/twenty year old boys who are bearing their testimonies and just bawling their eyes out. It was so tender. I have the greatest district ever! I'm sad that a couple of them are leaving us this week.

OH YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Just thank you! I got the "wallpaper" in the mail on Friday and that's another reason for happy tears this week. I have the best support in the whole wide world. I love all of your sweet messages and I'm so grateful for each and every single one of you. I couldn't have asked for a greater eternal family.

I have so thankful to be serving the Lord. I've been having a lot of lightbulbs going off in my head lately as I've been getting my priorities in order. Loving the Lord, and serving Him with all of my heart, might, mind, and strength. I know that this is where He wants me to be. I know that Heavenly Father loves and knows all of us personally. He's always there with open arms. Don't be afraid to ask! I hope you know that too.

Have a great week! I love yoU!

XOXOXOXOX

Sister Davis

 Sister Waller and me at the temple.

 My fave place to be!

 We had to stop...

Thank You!