It sounds as if everything is going really well at home!
As for last Tuesday - The zoo was tons of fun! Only downfall was the amount of walking we did. It was crazy. Well we saw Pandas, Koala's and Zaboomafoo! Oh My! That's right, our favorite ring-tailed lemur. :) look him up if you can't remember. :) It was tons of fun so I'm sending you some pictures. I hope it actually works this time and the message is sent.
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I also sent a picture of Becky on her baptismal day! Might I just say, that is the craziest baptism I've had yet. Everything was late, or didn't work, etc. At least we had a towel for Becky this time (Dessa didn't have a towel) I misspelled names in the program and we didn't have the right keys to the font, or to the closet to get the tv so we could show our clip during intrmission (that we hadn't really planned for yet) Yeah it was pretty crazy, but it happened and we were all crying the spirit was so strong! But I did realize that when I'm under a lot of stress in a small amount of time, I don't like being touched. :) It went through though and we were so happy it did! Becky was ecstatic! We were all super happy! On Sunday when she was supposed to get confirmed - they forgot. Bro. Kvavle (quiv-ley) forgot. So his wife walked around and more or less scolded him from the side door, it was pretty entertaining (I think only the missionaries noticed). :) She was confirmed After sacrament and it was a momentous occassion.
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As for the rest of the week, we really didn't do anything. How sad is that? I know our days were full of things but nothing wonderful and we didn't teach anyone. We were pathetic. So we're working on getting more people to the center. We do teach a mission prep class on Thursday nights now. The first one went really well, but it wasn't structured because the elders didn't feel the need to prepare for the class... I'm re-learning charity, patience and humility. So we'll see how the others turn out. We do have two new senior couples at the center however, The Robisons and the Browns. We love them both. :) Both Elder Brown and Robison are incredibly talkative and Sis. Brown is very crafty so she's starting crafts classes. Sis. Robison is just super sweet and she takes good care of us, inculding saving us from Elder Robison's teasing. :) They are awesome. Side-tangent - you remember insideout? One of the guys who was in the group, Kendall, he's the Brown's son! I know right? So we've listened to Sharing Time, which I guess was their latest album and I've still got the snow-man song memorized. :) We've had lots of fun with all of them.
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Recently we finished a story of Jenna's (in the 18th ward) conversion. It was very insightful and I feel like I understand now more of how the investigator feels. So now we just need to get the investigator to feel what they need to feel to be converted. We got to use that mentality with a referral we received the other day. Emily. The funny story with that referral is that we realized yesterday that we need to have a lot more faith if we plan to find anyone to teach as our teaching pool is now empty. Once we decided that we had more faith we got a call from some elders saying they had a referral for us! Heavenly Father truly blessed us! Emily doesn't know if she believes in God but she's really interested in the Mormon's. And we were able to teach her the plan of happiness yesterday. It was really neat because she kept saying "wow, no one else thinks that God loves us this much!" We stressed how muc God loves her and wants her to find out if He's real and she'll find out by praying. She's a little weirded out by it but we think she will definitely try it. :) We're so happy!
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In fact that's another story entirely! On Sunday, I don't know why exactly, but while I was sitting in 18th ward fast and testimony meeting, I felt really happy. Really happy, a more complete happy then I'd ever really felt before and so right before the end of the meeting I bore my testimony of how important this Gospel is because it brings us sooooo much happiness, a happiness that lasts beyond everything else. I more or less told everyone to help their friends feel this happiness and I started bawling a LOT at the pulpit. It was pretty embarrassing. But I knew I felt happy! I know this Church is true! I love it! There is no other place where I can feel this happy! I know it's Christ's church here on earth and I am so grateful I am a member of it! I hope you all know how much I love this Gospel and that I know there is no other way to come to Christ then by living His doctrine. How wonderful that we live in the time the Gospel is restored in it's fullness! "Oh what comfort this sweet sentance gives, I Know that My Reedemer Lives! May the whole world know it is my humble prayer" -Pres. Monson (and me) :)
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I love you all!
Love Sister Davis
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