27 October 2014

Dear family,

I don't really believe what the calendar is telling me, but it seems that this changes week is a little different. The changes call doesn't go out for a few hours, but this morning, I started putting things in suitcases, because I am almost sure that I have changes. I don't know how it happened, but the 18 months and the short extension is just about over.

This week we had some good adventures and experiences.

On Thursday we took the Webbs to teach our investigator B. He speaks English and Spanish, so the Webbs had a chance to teach without a translator. I also did a fair amount of teaching in English. It was a strange experience to teach the Restoration in English. But it's perhaps good practice for working with the sister missionaries at home. Hna O mostly understood what was going on, but she taught in Spanish.

On Saturday we went out to teach in the rain. After several of our plans fell through, we started contacting. We came to a house that looked remarkably like a boat. It was even set up on stilts so it had the appearance of floating. Too late--after we had rung the doorbell--we noticed a lot of chairs, a sure sign that someone holds church meetings there. An older man answered and let us board his boat to visit him and his wife. Upon entering, he asked which congregation we went to--east, west, or center. My companion told him we were missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to which he responded that he used to be a Mormon. It turns out that he is now  Jehovah's Witness and he had let us in because he thought we were Jehovah's Witnesses too. :) But he and his wife were very friendly. We chatted for a little while, sang ''I Am a Child of God,'' and left.

Yesterday I spoke in Sacrament Meeting. I wanted to share Doctrine and Covenants 84:88 to finish. But I fumbled the reference, looking in section 88 instead of 84. Luckily this verse was the first scripture I learned in Spanish during my language study in the MTC. So I gave it from memory, and I think I got it mostly right. There is a special spirit sharing scriptures while being able to still look the members in the eye.

Well I need to go now. I still have a little time left to go and share the things I know and believe.

I know God is our loving Heavenly Father.

I know that Jesus Christ gave his life to help us overcome the effects of sin and mortality.

I know that The Book of Mormon is true and that I feel happier when I read it.

I know that God hears and answers our prayers and that we are guided today by a living prophet.

I know that I love you all and that we are working toward having an eternal family.

Lots of love,

Hermana Davis