22 September 2014

Hi family,

This week I had a great birthday present. I got to go back to Palermo!!!!!! I was on divisions, with Hna A. I loved going back and being able to see some of the people there that I love so much. I had my birthday lunch in the house of Hna M and Hna M E. That afternoon we went to review the Plan of Salvacion with Hna L who was baptized in December. She is doing really well, and she is still working in her calling with the Young Women. In the evening, Hna M and Hna M E invited us to baleadas for dinner. And they got me a cake. (My comp had secretly sent a message telling the Sister training leaders in Palermo that it was my birthday....I have a good comp). Hna M decided to just smear frosting on my face instead of making me face plant, but I turned my head, so she got it on my hair too, which she wasn't trying to do :)

Hna A and I took the bus back to T, and we got on just the right bus. The sister sitting next to Hna A lives in Hna A's first area in the mission and is currently meeting with the missionaries there, so they got to talk. I wanted to listen in, but I realized that the sister next to me wanted to talk. She's twenty-something and believes in God, but doesn't go to church. She had heard some about the church and Joseph Smith. I taught basically the entire message of the Restoration and invited her to go to General Conference. I don't usually pull out my Bible to teach on buses, but this time I used various scriptures. I know that Hna A and I were on the bus we needed to be on and in the seats where we needed to sit.

Saturday afternoon, we got a reference from one of the members. We stopped by that night to meet G and invited her to church, and she came! Wow! Usually bringing people to church requires more effort. She has various challenges she would still need to overcome before getting baptized, but she is open to our visits.

We also took Hna A to church. Another miracle! We met her a week ago, and then she came to church with us Sunday. In the afternoon we stopped by her house. She asked if it was true that we don't drink coffee. We explain that we don't because we have a health code revealed by a prophet. A few minutes later she announced that she was going to stop drinking coffee (and she is used to drinking a lot). Just like that. You can tell she is ready to change.

And yesterday Hna O told me about her other language, giringonza (spelling?). They don't use that here, but they do in parts of Guatemala. So now we are practicing a little :)

I love you lots! Have a wonderful week!

Hermana Davis