Fwd: FW: MISSIONARY MEGAN LETTER

Date: Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: FW: MISSIONARY MEGAN LETTER

Thanks for sharing! It's always interesting to see how missionary work goes in other parts of the world. :)

Love you! And THANK YOU for the wonderful year update and card and cash I got in the mail this week! I loved reading it and the cash will come in handy for me in getting any clothes/Georgia stuff/any other items I might need. Thank you so much for thinking of me even though you'd already sent a generous birthday and Christmas gift. I treasure the letters and cards you send. Thanks again. :)

My family also told me over skype that you have prepared a file for each person full of programs, letters, pictures, etc that document our accomplishments throughout our lives. Wow!! Thank you. That must have been a huge investment of time and effort and love. I have a few months before I get to see mine when I come home, but I want you to know I'm looking forward to it very much and I'm already so grateful for it. You both have been a great example to me of how important family is. I remember and thank Heavenly Father for every time you come to a concert, a talk, performance, birthday, whatever it may be. I also treasure all the trips we make to your house where there is a lovely Sunday supper all prepared on a beautifully set table, with hot rolls and mashed potatoes and grapefruit juice; or when we had bowls of ice cream in front of the TV at night; and all our trips out to the barn, exploring in the woods by your house, riding on the tractors, having family reunions with singing around the piano, hearing you Grandma play the piano, watching the two of you swing dance while my mom played Feliz Navidad a couple years ago...so many wonderful memories I will always cherish! Thank you for those. And thank you for recording them and giving them to us. I love you both so very much and I'm so glad to have you both as part of my eternal family. :) When I get home I would really like to spend time with you hearing about your growing up years! As I've been out here on my mission, I've realized I really don't know very much about your personal lives. So I'd love to put that on my to-do list for when I come back. Does that sound okay to you? 

I love you lots! Thanks again. 

Sister Taylor

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Marilyn Johnson <momdadjohnson@hotmail.com> wrote:

I'm sharing this from a friend of ours whose grand-daughter is serving a mission.  I thought you might find it of interest, though you don't know her.

Love,

Mom / Grandma / Marilyn

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Subject: MISSIONARY MEGAN LETTER
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:12:28 -0700

HERMANA DAVIS LETTER:

 

DECEMBER 23,2014:   iFELIZ NAVIDAD!

Hola mis queridos amigos! Les amo muchísimo! (Hello my dear friends! I love you very much!)

This week we passed the same little miracle with crossing the street with the same investigator, we had minutes to get home and the lights didn't go out this time but there were spaces between cars enough to run to the other side! Woo! 

We had a great success in that in investigator came to the ward Christmas posada ha ha party. Posada is what they say here, quick cultural note, posada means to ask for a place to stay and so the people here when they do this they go in the streets reciting prayers with candles asking for inn and they end at one chosen house, there they sing and "recen" (I don't know what that word is in English) I think its recite, then they eat. I just think it's funny that even the members say the posada of the church I think they just use it like party. Anyway, Martha brought her friend to the party! They loved it too! But they didn't come to church. :C 

BUT, Alfredo came! With his kids! YEEEEESSSSS. His two sons Taylor and Calvin are going to get baptized this week! I love this family so much! They are passing through much difficulty, his wife is having what we think may be a psychological break down, thanks to an awful childhood and returning to her home town 4 or 5 months ago. That is making it hard for them to get married and baptized. But Alfredo doesn't give up! He told us on Sunday morning he got the kids up and dressed they read scriptures and then his wife wasn't wanting any of them to go, he then gave the kids a choice and said I am going, who is following? And all three, even the 6 year old came!!!!!! I WANT TO CRY! Alfredo even texted us last night and gave us thanks for everything that we do and that he feels the Lord is working alongside us to bring his family together.

We saw mini miracles all Saturday, we didn't plan for a member to come with us this day because we planned to go and contact all day in the area that we know hardly anything about. Well we were blessed with 3 spontaneous lessons with a member present. One was Dulce. We had a menos activo that works for a lady who lives close to us. On the way to the food appointment Rosa the menos activa said her boss was assaulted, as in people robbed her and broke her nose and her face is a little messed up. Well, Rosa said I want you to teach here right now, and then called the elders to give her a blessing today... so we did! I think her heart has been softened and she is ready for the gospel!

We had the chance to go to the temple this last Tuesday because my companion still needed to be endowed! It was a great session and I understand everything in SPANISH I was even able to say all the lines without too much help! :) While there, the coolest thing happened! We found some one that had given us references about 5 months ago in the celestial room! I talked with her about what she wants for these girls, one is very sick of the kidneys and we had been teaching the whole family but they don't progress so we had to drop them for a while, but we picked them back up a week or two ago and she told me she just wants them to have friends in the church, not missionary lessons. She said their time isn't now but I know it will come! It was sooooo coool! I love the TEMPLE!

This week I invite you to lose yourself in the service of others. Christmas is so much more exciting when you are completely occupied with blessing others. I have experienced so much happiness serving these great people, and we are always surrounded by those we love, serve them. Figure something out and do something for someone else this week!​

with love, Hermana Davis