Lead Acid Battery

Hello hello!

Sorry it has been so long. Last week one of my companions got transfered. :( She is so great and I'm really going to miss her but I'm excited to still be with Sister Davis! We have learned a lot together this week. We have 2 new investigators, which is pretty exciting news. :)

General Conference was incredible! I feel like I got answers to some questions I've had. I love learning from the Church Leaders-from God's chosen Apostles and Prophet. If you haven't watched it yet you should check it out on lds.org! :)

I know people love to hear about stories and experiences but all I seem to remember are the things that I've been learning. For example, I've always been bothered that something seems to click and make perfect sense at one point and then the testimony of that truth seems to diminish later. In Alma 5 in the Book of Mormon Alma asks the people if they have "sufficiently retained in your remembrance the things that the Lord has done for you." How can we "sufficiently retain in our remembrance anything?" It suddenly clicked that the old adage of "use it or lose it" bears more truth than I knew. If we don't consistently remind ourselves of what we know to be true, it's importance and clarity starts to diminish and we aren't using it in our lives. The primary answers of "pray, read the scriptures, and go to church" really do say it all! Yet, it is so difficult to be consistent with these things unless we make sacrifices for  these most important things. Heavenly Father has blessed us to be able to talk with Him whenever/wherever we want and to learn of him and his son Jesus Christ from the scriptures yet the world around us can easily get in the way.

Sorry if this is preachy...just chalk it up to me being a missionary. I just want everyone to know about the things that are changing my life! :) Our spirituality and everything about our human makeup is similar to a lead acid battery (car battery). We have to have a charge or else we die. As we are continually using what we have, we can be confident that we won't lose our charge and ability to function. If we go a month without using our battery...it  takes a "jump" to get us going again. I'm not doing this analogy justice and for those of you that are still reading...remind me someday to talk to you about this great analogy! :)

Life is a precious gift and I love what I am learning each day as a missionary because I spend my time talking  to people about things that matter most. A lasting happiness that the world cannot offer. It can only come from living the gospel of Jesus Christ. He loves each and every one of us and is waiting to bless us with so much if we but repent or strive to change our will to match up with his. His will ALWAYS brings us more happiness than what we could imagine for ourselves.

I love you all. This probably needs some comedic relief so I'll tell you about a lady that finally let us come in last night to teach her. Last week we stopped by and her 9 yr old daughter was coming to the door and the dogs starting running at the door, past her, and trying to stop itself, the larger dog slid right into the door! The little girl literally fell on the floor laughing. It was so funny! (don't worry the dog is definitely okay) Life is full of so many little joys...

Oh and we were at a member's home and their 5 year old grandson was there telling us about how the librarian was really nice to him after some girls were really rude. She gave him a bag full of goodies. He explained that his favorite part was "...and she gave me a BA looooonn!" You had to be there but it was darling!!!

Love you all! Thanks for your prayers and letters!