Hey family!
What a crazy week! I can't believe that June is already here
and that next week I will hit my year mark! Crazy! Anyway, I know you are all dying
to know who my new companion is and what all the details are, so I guess I'll
tell you. As you saw on FB Sister Bernards is my new comp. We actually came out
together and she was in my MTC district! It was a dream of ours to become
companions in the field and look what happened! She will hit her year mark with
me next week and she is from Layton, UT.
She did a year at BYU-I before coming out and wants to go into elementary
education. She has two older brothers and a younger sister who is Megan's age.
Her dad is the stake president. Um well, that's all I can think of right now.
Any other questions let me know.
As for my new mailing address, I'm not going to give it to
you because the elders said that sometimes they wouldn't get their mail. (We live
above the garage of the house in front of us, so I think the mail carriers get
a little confused sometimes because they are the same house number.) So, if
you'll just send it to the mission office that would be great! I'll be going
down to Broomall every other week for district meetings
now, so it won't take too long to get my mail.
721 Paxon Hollow Rd.
Suite B
Broomall, PA
19008
So, like I said before, this week has been crazy! Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday we spent doing a lot of cleaning. Monday was for
my old apartment in Phoenixville and Tuesday and Wednesday was
for my "new" apartment. Since Elders have lived in the apartment we moved into, we needed to do some deeper cleaning. (They liked to clean around things
rather than move them and clean.) This apartment is not as nice as my one in
Phoenixville, but it is starting to grow on my since we've rearranged things
and made it home. We also were very grateful for our apartment when we went
into Norristown the other day to try to find some
people. (Norristown reminds me of Reading--a
poorer area) We've spent most of the other days trying to get familiar with this
side of the ward--getting to know the ward members over here in the Bridgeport/Norristown
area as well as finding the investigators and other people the elders were
working with. Not anything overly amazing here this week. I think it will be
great to have Sister Bernards here, though, to bump up our lessons. I've never
had more than 12 in one week and she has had a record of 40! So, she will
definitely help me to build my faith and know that we can get that many lessons, too!
Mom, I'm glad that you read that CES devotional talk by Elder
Ballard! (See
https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/article/ces-devotionals/2014/01/be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god?lang=eng ) It is so good, and we actually talked about it on Tuesday night
at Institute and I gained some new insights from it. We talked a lot about the meditating/pondering
section that Elder Ballard talks about. Brother Muldowney is the teacher and it
is amazing. He is soooo knowledgeable in the scriptures it is crazy! I learned
so much about pondering. Something I learned is that it is not good to ponder
about anxieties or worries of the world, but we should be pondering on things
that are of good report, lovely, virtuous, honest, praiseworthy, pure, true, etc.
because if we are distracted by these worldly anxieties, it makes it harder to
hear the voice of the Lord. I also learned how vital pondering is. Some of the
greatest revelations/knowledges we have received are from those who have
pondered.
Sounds like you are going to have a busy summer! I hope
Megan has a fun time at EFY. I can't believe that she is a high schooler now! Ahhh!
So, I am emailing on my iPad today so I'm not going to be
able to send pictures. I'll send some next week though!
Well, that's about it for my week! I hope you all have a
fantastic week! Love you all!
Love,
Sister Davis :)
