So, I'm not sure what happened last week, but I didn't get Maureen's email off. So you get two in one week! Sis. Russell is the mission health staff. Maureen's been having headaches for the past two weeks. Hopefully they'll figure out how to get her all better. We appreciate so much the prayers that you offer in her behalf. We can't believe how close she is to being home, and how slow time is going!
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Dear Family,
For starters, the best time for me to call will probably be 6pm, I know the girls go to bed soon after but I think that will be the best time that works for me. We're going to try talking to people during the day and then we'll just come back to make calls in the evening so we don't have to worry about driving elsewhere at night. Anywho... I'll talk to you on Sunday around 6. And Happy Birthday EMMY!
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As for Everything else going on.... Sometimes we go through hard weeks so we can appreciate the good ones. The past week was a hard week. This last week was really good! I had a lot of meetings this week. Between a zone meeting, zone leader council, zone conference, and the mission president's fireside, it's been a SUPER AWESOME week. The highlights were honestly the spirit felt in all those meetings. From our zone meeting when we talked about having the Lord walk hand in hand with us as we did his work to hearing our President's testimonyat the fireside, it was just a fabulous week. It's hard to really put emotion in through these emails but you can trust me, it was a Fantastic week. And after our zone conference, where all the missionaries in a zone meet together with President, I was just so excited to go out and work and talk to every single person that crossed my path that I literally Did talk to everyone, regardless of what situation we were in. It was really cool. And there are a lot more people that are open than I thought there were. :) "The field is white, already to harvest."
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At our mission president's fireside, President Clayton stood up and spoke to the members present. He encouraged them to share the gospel with their friends and not to be nervous when people ask about it. There are people who are sincerely curious about what we believe and they have questions. In our zone conference President talked about Mormon.org and how useful it is. There is an entire page devoted to answering questions that most people have about the church, so you don't have to scramble around for an answer when people ask you what the restoration means, or what is our stance on dancing (yes, people have asked me that). You can look up the answers yourself or direct them to the website. It's the coolest thing ever and we're actually asked, as missionaries, to go on the website for one hour outside of preparation day to learn more about it so we can help others know more about it. It's that cooL! :)
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Well other than those fabulous meetings we are having the exciting experience of having Elder Perry come to our stake for stake conference. :) And I happen to have stayed these 6 months in El Cajon JUST so I could see him. Haha okay not really, but it's so exciting to be here for that.
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So... I don't exactly know what else to say... this has been a Fabulous week, we've had our laughs and some tears, some really tough investigators and some really neat experiences... the same as usual. I'll let you know when anything out of the ordinary happens. :) As for your invitation this week: check out mormon.org and tell someone else (non-member) about it!
I love you all and thank you for your prayers. Stay humble. It's what I'm constantly working on anyway. AND be Excellent to each other. :D
Love Sister Maureen Davis
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I'm so glad we were able to talk on Sunday. I feel like I talked about everything I would have shared today already... But as for the new investigators, Melissa and Gina, they are both wives to less active members. One of the members has been trying to come back to church lately and so he's bringing his family around and Melissa's sister-in-law actually recently got back into the church and was sealed a few months ago! So the work is going well. :) They both have little kids that are super cute. So we enjoy meeting with them.
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Well as for the rest of this week... We've been super busy! In fact yesterday we met with a less active woman who recently was in a severe car accident. She should have died but she came out with only a broken arm and a few cuts and bruises. She said that God must have saved her life for a reason so she wanted to get back into church and have the missionary lessons again. So we met with her yesterday and she really wants to change her life around. She wants to read the book of mormon and learn everything over again. It was so neat speaking with her and seeing how Heavenly Father gives us so many opportunities to follow Him. She knew that too. And if it hadn't been for her visiting teacher who visited her every month even though she wasn't interested in changing then, she may not have known where to turn after the accident.
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Visiting and Home teaching Is SO important. I hope you are all doing it and following up even with those that don't seem interested bc you never know when their lives will change. There is another man who started coming back to church after 40 years of not coming, after his wife passed away. And it was because of his daughter and the home teacher who wrote faithfully each month that he came back. It is so neat to see those experiences and realize that there are people that are ready to come back, who hear His voice calling them and Follow Him. It's so cool to be a part of that.
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Thank you for the call and all that you said on the phone, it really was what I needed. And I love that each of you are trying so hard to choose the right, to give your best effort and to follow the Savior's example. I'm so grateful for the example you have been and for your diligent efforts back home. :) I love you so much and am so grateful to have a fabulous family like you! I have been blessed immensely in my life and I thank my Heavenly Father for always leading me in the right way. I've gone through struggles like every one else but I have been blessed by the examples of those around me so much. I know Heavenly Father watches over His children where ever they are, whatever they may be doing, whoever they are, He loves them immensely. I know that.
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Mom- I called Sister Russell but she hasn't returned my call yet, so I'll try again soon. I think what I really want to focus on right now is having more charity for others. I feel like I've been getting more easily frustrated lately. I don't know why but I know it needs to change so I'm going to work on it. Afterall the Savior loved everyone even when they are frustrating so I need to work on doing the same. :)
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Well I love you all. You are in my prayers! Thank you for your examples I really appreciate them and I know they have led me to who I am today.
Love Sister Maureen Davis
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