April 9, 2012

Transfers are May 1st and I'll get a new companion then cause sister juliano is going home. :( she can't leeave me!!! We have so much fun together.

 

So this week consisted of tracting... tracting... tracting... tracting... and moreeeee tracting. It was fun though. Except it is kinda difficult when we don't know where previous (the last set) sisters have tracted before. and it is a litttttle bit frustrating when we get half way down a street and someone mentions missionaries came by like 3 months ago. we don't want to be labeled as Jehovah witnesses because yeah. anyway

 

our recent convert Vai is AMAZING!!!!! We taught her last week and she bore her testimony to us and it was beautiful!!! She is going to be so strong in the church and her husband is just as determined to be strong in the church as well.  Vai also got confirmed yesterday and the things she was told during the confirmation were absolutely amazing.  I know she and her husband Kalili are going to be so strong in the church. :) (kalili is already a member)

 

we also spent a lot of time looking for a service opportunity cause we don't have one yet and we are supposed to do 2 hours of service a week. It's kinda frustrating.
 

we taught sunday school yesterday... that was an adventure and a half.  I don't think I ever want to teach sunday school again! Well for a while. Or I need more than an hour and a half preparations.  but everyone in our ward said we did a good job.  The Spirit did a good job. He is the one who influenced us the most.

 

anyway that was basically my week sorry no pictures I forgot my thing to load pictures.

Loveeee Sister Davidson

 

April 2, 2012

 Me in front of pittsburgh. 

 The beautiful city of pittsburgh!!

 me and a cool statue in pittsburgh

 Kahli my old investigator

 Jill and Meghan

 KIm!

 Sister Carter and I at transfers 

 Sister Denton and I the day before she went home.

  oh Pennsylvania road signs. they make me laugh

 sister juliano and I don't mind that it's upside down.

 Vai!!! At her baptism!!!

My beautiful companion glaring at me after me teasing her.

I LOVE my new companion.  It doesn't seem like we've only been companions for 2 weeks. We get along so well. 

So this week was FANTASTIC! It went by faster than any week of my mission yet! I am seriously contemplating whether a prank has been played on me and last Monday was actually yesterday. Heavenly Father must be playing an April Fool's prank on me. There is no way that week could have gone so fast.  

We had a lot of good things happen. And we don't feel as though we don't know what is going on as much anymore. I definitely don't feel as frustrated as I did when I first got here. But the reasons for that will have to wait until another day.  Because all that is important now is that I am happy and love this area and I love my investigators and my district and the other missionaries we're serving around. I am getting to know the members of my ward I am getting to know my area. And honestly I am so glad that Sister Juliano and I doubled in here because some of the things that were becoming traditions were not okay in this area. Not saying that missionaries were being disobedient but just the traditions needed to change desperately.  And Sister Juliano and I were able to stop some stuff without having to put up a fight with a companion. 

So we had a baptism this week!!! Yay!!! The woman's name was Vai and she is the sweetest girl ever.  So she and her husband Kalili are both from American Samoa and their families are still there.  Kalili's family are members and they wanted to participate in the baptism.  His dad was able to speak via Skype!! It was sooooooo cool.  Then his aunt did a musical number from Alaska! It was perfect for her.  The service as a whole had some glitches namely the font wasn't completely full in time for the baptism. Definitely something I learned for future reference. Missionaries will just need to fill the font. Cause it doesn't get full in 3 hours.... That font.Don't get me started. But she was baptized and that is what matters.  She was able to use the Atonement in such a big way.  Then she was so excited for conference as a baptized member.  And she is so excited for her confirmation this Sunday. It's great. I love her!!! 

I'm so thankful to Heavenly Father for allowing me to be here and allowing me to learn so that I could become better. It's amazing how much I feel like I have changed since last September. I know I'm not the same person. 

Anyway I'll send pics in a minute. love ya !!!
SIster Davidson

March 26, 2012

Before I get to my new area let me tell you what happened in Pittsburgh right before I left. So we meet with Kahli our investigator and taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ (faith, repentance, baptism, Holy Ghost, endure to the end). and when we were talking to her about repentance Sis carter asked Kahli what she thought about it?  And Kahli said well I heard about it at church and how you needed to do it everyday.  So I've started asking God for forgiveness everyday since that Sunday. And it was amazing. AMAZING!!! We didn't have to do the awkward will you repent commitment? cause she's already doing it!!

then transfers were probably the most awkward day of my life. My companion was in Harrisburg all day. So I got to spend alllllll day with Elders... being the only sister.  Okay I'm complaining and it really wasn't as bad as I said. It was actually pretty funny. I went out to lunch with them and my zone leader asked who I wanted to ride with and I said whoever will feel the least awkward with a sister in the car. Pretty funny. 

but now....
I am in the greatest county in Pennsylvania!! I'm in Lancaster again. I love this place.  I am serving in the Elizabethtown ward which is the neighboring ward to the Lititz ward where I was serving before. And it's weird cause there are now Elders in the Lititz ward.  So it's weird to be telling my companion this is the Elder's area when we drive through part of their area.  cause it used to be MY area. but whatever it's cool. 

So my companion is Sis Juliano. She is from southern california and she is fabulous. we have so much fun together. She is going home at the end of this transfer though. it's rather sad. But this is going to be an awesome transfer. Details coming in a few minutes. 

So it's weird my whole district doubled in. which for mission lingo means that both companions are new to the area.  I doubled in with Sister Denton when I was getting trained and had a great experience but this time around things are not so great.  There have been a few challenges but it's okay.  We had a handful of miracles fall out of the sky. 

both sets of elders in my district are training. It's kinda funny. They definitely had a deer in the headlights look about to them last week at district meeting. It was great. Ha. I shouldn't make fun of them but I remember my first week out and I was the same way. So it's funny. 

Then we called our bishop on Wednesday to tell him who the new sisters are and he told us about the ward a little bit.  He told us that there was a woman in the ward who was just waiting on some stuff so that she could get married so she could get baptized!!! So the stuff was finalized and this couple got married on Friday and she is getting baptized this friday!!! I'm so excited!! It's my first baptism. So it'll be awesome!! 

Then yesterday at church one of the members of our ward came up to us before relief society and pointed out a woman and said she is an investigator. So to make sure we met her.  So we went up to her and introduced ourselves.  and she was really nice. then after rs she asked how do I join the mormon church?  and I was kinda blown away.  But I said well we have to teach you some lessons, and then you get baptized. Is that something you want.  And she said yeah it is.  So we will be having another baptism coming in a couple of weeks. it depends on how quickly we teach the lessons.  But it'll probably be a couple of weeks. 

Then General Conference is this weekend!!! I'm so excited!!!

Love Sister Davidson