Thank you for the letters! It so good to hear from you all!
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And thank you mother for all the kind advice you give me. I'm trying my best to be good at being healthy. As for Mission Prep class, it's going well! We talked about Revelation this past week and this week we'll be discussing Teach People, Not Lessons. I really like it, though we tend to just discuss the topics then have a seminary-type lesson.
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I hope dad had a god Father's Day, know that even though I couldn't call I was thinking about him. We had a dinner with the Robisons and Browns and we were each asked to talk a bit about our fathers and how important they are to us. Everyone seemed to have one defining trait about their fathers. Guess what dad's was? Funny. It just purely defines you dad. That's all I can say. :)
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As for finding, it hasn't been going too well. It is just strange trying to find people while working at the Center. But we're working on it and Heavenly Father still blesses us even when we don't deserve it. :) He's too good to us sometimes. Just this week this lady named Gena randomly walked into the center asking us for a Book of Mormon. We found out she has been less active for the past 30 years and now she's trying to straighten up her life. So she's been readine Book of Mormon and yesterday she met with us. She wants to be re-taught the lessons so that she can become fully active again and be with her 1st husband who she is still technically sealed to! I can't tell you how excited I am for her! Coming back after 30 years, Still knowing it is true! We told her she needs to reconfirm her testimony and that as she keeps reading, praying and asking through life, she will keep that testimony strong. She just soaked in everything we said, we told her to contact her bishop so that she can get things worked out and she said she would this week, before Sunday and she'd go back to Church on Sunday. We are soooooo happy for her and blessed to be a part of this experience! I was really happy and excited as I talked to her, I hope she didn't find me too strange. Sometimes I just can't contain my happiness.... oh well!
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President Donaldson leaves next week. :( so we're having a last fireside in Poway on Sunday. We're sad but excited to meet our new president.
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So as finding by ourselves can be somewhat unproductive we are trying to find more through members. Mariah is one of our star members! Last wednesday we talked to her about missionary work and who she knows that is ready she said there is a girl named Stephanie who is ready. She wanted to know how to talk about the gospel so we role-played, which I still dislike but when I was doing it with Mariah it was so easy! We talked about sharing our testimony and letting people know why we find the gospel so important in our lives. And she was like "yeah I need to do that!" so she said she would. Well yesterday she texted us and asked if she could meet with us. We met and se told us she has some goals for missionary work. Yep! She said that she wants to work on 3 of her friends and she thinks they are all interested and then she wants to help two of her less active friends come back. So we're currently working on plans for them. We met Stephanie last night and we're planning on meeting with her this week sometime! Because new members usually want to work on missionary work more we also talked to Becky about it and the next day she had talked to her dad about the church, she suggested websites he should visit to learn more and she also told a friend in Florida about the church. Although neither in our area, we are so very proud of her and her desire to share. :)
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On a sad note, Emily dropped us. And Jen and Ilima, our only two other investigators are seemingly not interested. We're still working with them though it is difficult. Jen's boss contributes to our challenges and Ilima's lifestyle makes it hard for her to want to change. But we pray for pretty much Everyone!
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We have a new member named Taylor who is going through a Very difficult time. She just found out that her ex-husband who abandoned her and her children is getting full custody of the kids as she doesn't have a job. And she was deathly sick the other day And her roommate Hates mormons. She's having a very hard time with it all but we're working with her trying to help her see that no matter how difficult life is, Heavenly Father has a divine, eternal plan for her and she can't see it all right now. If she finds a job before august and works to have a income and a house she can get her kids back after a certain time period but it is still terrible that they won't let her have them now. Well we brought her brownies the other day and stick-note attacked her door with awesome comments so that she knows she's loved and she was so grateful for them. We saw her yesterday and asked her if she wanted a priesthood blessing, she said she did so we're trying to organize away for her to do it when her roommate is away and when her hometeachers are available. It's tricky but She's far more than worth it!
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Thank you for letters! They were a wonderful surprise!
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Oh something I learned this week - Instead of asking Heavenly Father to help and bless others we should be asking Him what We can be doing to help these people! It is through others that Heavenly Father blesses us. :)
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Last but Not least ... drumroll..... Guess what?! Bro. Thomas is getting BAPTIZED!!!! I know I talked about him before. He's in Clairemont and he is the one we had to tell we couldn't visit bc he wasn't ready yet, and the one who's wife was upset we didn't warn her beforehand, and who Sis. Cluff and I absolutely love!!! And after four LONG years of missionaries talking to him he finally decided to be baptized! The day is July 9th and he asked Sis. Cluff and I to sing at his baptism. :) We're so happy!!!!
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Well I love you all! I'm so happy to be a missionary and to be out here. It's such a blessing! I'm so glad everyone is doing well and that things are working out right now. Life is Awesome! :) I love you!
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Love, Sister Maureen Davis
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