Whenever There is Rain...

I don't know what's wrong with my eyes lately but they've been leaking quite often. It's ridiculous. We had zone conference on Tuesday and throughout the whole thing I couldn't get myself to stop crying! Just every little thing set me off. The Spirit was so strong and I know with all my heart that this is where I'm supposed to be and that Heavenly Father is very aware of us individually. He loves us. I'm so grateful to know that and to treasure that statement. Days are rough, but we are never alone. 

Sunday was fast and testimony meetings for us since it's Stake Conference next weekend. Our investigator, Butch, was coming to church and it's always a coin toss of who is going up to share their testimonies and if they might say something sketchy soooo we were praying really hard and oh my gosh it was probably the most amazing fast and testimony meeting of my life! So many great, simple and true testimonies from the members and it was wonderful. Butch loved it! He said it felt like a lot of the people were talking directly to him and what he needed to hear. Again, I love the Spirit! Then we scurried on over to the Mahogany Ward because we were expecting some less-actives to show. And that fast and testimony meeting was wonderful too! Way to surprise me. I've been realizing lately how much I don't trust the members....which is bad. Because if I want them to trust me then I need to trust them!!! Duh. I'm working on that. It will hopefully be easy because I love them all and they are so wonderful!

Anyhow. Saturday was hard though. Sister Smith's back was killing her and so during lunch she decided to lie down with the heat pad to rest and then she was in too much pain to move for a while after. But I made the best of it and studied Matthew 13, which is a great chapter! Who knew. I've been learning lots about our faith and where we need to plant it if we want to watch it grow. Especially if one day we want to partake of the fruit! I know I would like to. And I'm going to. NO ONE GET IN MY WAY PLEASE AND THANK YOU. You should come with me though :)

Oh and then I saw a double rainbow! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

Jesus Christ lives! And Jesus Christ loves! Whatever we are going through, Christ's atonement will help us.

Hope everyone has a great week! Can't believe school's out for everyone now..weirdie! Loved all the graduation pictures and I'm bracing myself now for all the mission homecoming pics of my generation. Boy oh boy. Keep 'em coming.

xoxoxo 

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Sister Davis

Two for One!

Okay, so I just realized as I logged in today that I forgot to press send on my email from last week? Yikes...So I'll just uhhh send both! haha Whooops.

LAST WEEK: Lots of wonderful things! And crazy things too. Like earlier this week it was so beautiful and perfect weather and we were outside cleaning the inside of cars for a service project and you'll never believe what happened. I was getting all dizzy and not totally there and I was like what the? And Sister Smith tells me "I think you have heat stroke..." after I've thrown up all over the place and am lying down on the ground. My response? "BUT I'M FROM ARIZONA!" haha I guess that doesn't stop anything considering I haven't seen the sun since last July practically and I may or may not of only hydrated with a slurpee that day...yikes you live and you learn right? haha It was an experience I'd never like to relive that's for sure. 

Then, on Thursday, we had a recent convert named Stacy who was going to the temple to take out her endowments and we got permission to go with her. It was amazing. She's had quite the roller coaster of ups and downs throughout her life especially in the last few months so it was a miracle that she still made it to the temple that night. She had canceled the reservation once and then re-reserved it so the whole time I was pouring out my heart in prayer for her to be open to the Spirit. It went perfectly. The Spirit taught me too which is always a plus. Really hit me that the whole point of Heavenly Father creating the Earth and sending His children here is so that we can reach our full potential and have JOY! What a wonderful plan it is!

Guess what else happened? Snow. Yup, I think Calgary is bipolar.. The snow was so pretty too though! It was the wet stuff and it stuck to the trees and it was a winter wonderland in May! Holla. Love it so much.

THIS WEEK: It was transfer week and dun dun dun we both get to stay!! YAYAYAY! We were super nervous that Sister Smith was going to get transferred but she didn't, obviously. And we're psyched! We have great visions for this area and we are just getting totally pumped working hard and being united. This past week though was really hard for her. Sister Smith's mum passed away almost five years ago from cancer so Mother's Day is her least favorite holiday which is understandable. We just tried to keep ourselves busy working but sometimes that doesn't help. We even had our first two Sundays ago because I wanted her to be happy but she wasn't being happy....Let's just say serving together is helping me to learn some very important lessons haha 

Anyway, it was great to be able to talk to my Momma and Poppy yesterday! Everyone looks so different, it freaks me out a bit. Especially to see how ridiculously tall Fletcher is. But it was great to be able to talk with them for a while. But then right back to work!

"Work" though in this area is pretty slow. We spend most of our time searching for the elite who are ready to accept the restored gospel. Which means days are long, but totally worth it. Diligence is key, hey? Trusting in Heavenly Father when He promises blessings for hard work. YAAAAAY

I LOVE MY LIFE

xoxoxoxoxox,

Sister Davis

​pics: at the temple yahoo!; snow all day everyday happy may!