week 48 Verde

March 17, 2014
Oi! And Happy St. Patricks day!

Well this week was a little crazy with transfers and an unexpected Doctrine of Christ training that we had to go to, a Zone breakfast, and a Relief Society activity. Busy week.

We had a few miracles this week...1. we got to do a lot of service! I love doing service! 2. a family just moved into our ward and the wife served a mission about 7 years ago...in Brazil! She said she would do language study with me. That is going to help me so much :) 3. I saw Josh Perez (from Las Cruces) at the Doctrine of Christ training. He's doing great just so all of you know :)

One thing I've learned lately is how as missionaries we can't do this work by ourselves. Believe me, I've tried. But right now the work in our area is so slow and we don't know what to do. So I encourage all of you to go out and open your mouth! Every member a missionary! In the scriptures it promises if you open your mouth it will be filled. I challenge all of you to put that promise to the test...and tell me what happens :)

The Doctrine of Christ training was so good! One thing that President Ware told us was to make Christ the center of our circle (life). "When you focus on Christ in the center of your circle all the sweet things in life become sweeter." I know this is true.  Life IS better when we let Christ help us, and He does help us when we let Him in.

Well have a great week everyone and keep on smiling :)

Eu amo voces!

-Sister Kaycee Davis

Week 47 Onze! Onze! Onze! (11)

March  10, 2014

Oi!

 

 Well we had transfer calls this week annndddd... I'm staying in Yakima! I have already been here for 6 months so this will probably be my last transfer here. But I am grateful that I get to stay a little longer, at least to be able to finish training Sister Steen.

 

So I hit 11 months today! I know I say that time is going so fast all the time, but its true! I have learned so much from my mission so far. I am excited for the next 7 months because I know I will learn so much more and change more too. Being a missionary is often times hard but everything about it is worth it and I'm grateful for the chance I have to continue serving for another 7 months :)

 

We had a great lesson this week with our investigator Juan. We hadn't seen him in 3 weeks and honestly I was ready to drop him and our other 2 investigators because no one has been progressing. But we were able to finally have a lesson with Juan and it went well! We taught about the Restoration (which by the way is my favorite lesson to teach) and he understood everything. He is ready and now we just have to get him to come to church.

 

Oh...so spring has started to come to Yakima! Its been raining a lot more. We were tracting the other day in the rain and there were worms all over the sidewalk, it was so gross ha ha. But it made tracting more exciting because we had to avoid steping on worms.

 

Well I hope you all have a great week! Keep on smiling :)

 

Eu amo voces!

 -Sister Kaycee Davis

Week 46 Olhos (eyes)

March 3, 2014

Ola!

Well this week was interesting...so I have pink eye...so gross! It started Friday afternoon in my right eye, then I woke up Saturday with it in both eyes. Luckily my district is awesome and so on Saturday I was able to send Sister Steen out with the other sisters and I stayed home with Sister Black. Then on Sunday all 4 elders in my district came and gave us both blessings (Sister Steen is having some back problems). I am so grateful for worthy priesthood holders. By the way...my eyes are doing so much better today :) The power of priesthood blessings is real.

One interesting thing about being a missionary is there are a lot of days when you wake up and you just want to go back to bed and sleep for a couple more hours, but you dont. Then when you get sick and have to stay in all you want to do is go out and get back to work. Staying inside for two days has been hard and I am ready to work again. 

We had a really slow week, but one thing we did was a role play with our district leader and his companion. We have been struggling with our door approach and with teaching. So we got to role play with the elders and one of the young men from their ward. It was fun, and I definitely learned some things I need to work on, like bearing my testimony more often.  Our district leader said he wasnt going to be easy on us and he wasnt which was good, even if it made Sister Steen cry ha ha. But our door approach has really improved in the last few days, which is great :) I really dont like role playing but I know it helps a lot.

Well I hope you have a great week! One thing I've really learned lately is that a good attitude is really important...so...keep on smiling!

Eu amo voces!

-Sister Kaycee Davis

week 45 Rejected...at the gas station???

February 24, 2014

Oi!

This week was not our best week. We have had a lot of trainings lately on commitments and we realized that a lot of our investigators are not progressing. So we took a leap of faith and dropped almost all of our investigators. We dropped a family I have been working with since I first came to Yakima and that was really hard. But I know that we will find more people to teach through faith and hard work. There are people prepared here in Yakima and we just have to find them :)

We had a zone meeting this week and it was awesome! I always learn so much from other missionaries. We were split up into groups for part of it and I ended up in a group with my district leader, one other sister and a lot of elders. We talked about what it means to minister. I got out of it that ministering is really showing love and loving the people we are working with. I think if we really love those we teach than we will be able to help them more.

Also we had something weird happen this week...we went to go get gas and the gas station rejected our gas card! Ha ha, we get rejected at doors all the time, but I never have at the gas station. We called the mission office and they are still trying to figure out what happened, hopefully they figure it out soon :)

Well I hope you all have a good week! Keep on smiling :)

Eu amo voce!

Sister Kaycee Davis

Week 44 Quase = Almost

February 17, 2014

Ola!

Well this week was a little bit crazy. We spent a lot of time with our investigator Angie this week trying to prepare her for her baptism. She got baptized on Friday and it was great! She was so happy. I am grateful that I have had the chance to teach her, she is going to be a great member :)

We did have a little bit of fun this week. We went and heart attacked the other members of our districts houses. It was great to get to show others how much we love them and are thankful for them. 

In case your wondering about my visa...I heard 2 things this week. On Tuesday President Ware called and said that my visa would most likely be here at the end of the transfer! I was SO excited and a little scared ha ha. Then we had zone conference on Wednesday and President Ware came up to me and he had just gotten an email saying that the Brazil consulate in Houston, TX rejected all the visas that were going through. It was definitely hard to hear that my visa has been rejected again. I was so excited and then to hear more about it made me really sad. But I know Heavenly Father has a reason I am here. I dont know the reason but He does and He has a plan for me.

Zone conference was great! We learned about making commitments, and we have been able to apply that the rest of the week. President Ware said something at the end of the conference that I really liked. "Turn first to Him, sometimes what comes wont seem reasonable but remember some miracles dont seem reasonable at all." Things happen for a reason, I know that is true.

Oh the subject. Sister Steen has been helping me do flashcards for language study. Yesterday I could not remember what 'quase' meant in English. It means 'almost' ha ha. I don"t know why it just would not stick in my head ha ha. 

Well I hope you all have a great week! Keep on smiling :)

Eu amo voces!

 -Sister Kaycee Davis

DSC01703.JPG

Week 43 10 Awesome months

February 17, 2014

Ola!

Well this week was a little bit crazy. We spent a lot of time with our investigator Angie this week trying to prepare her for her baptism. She got baptized on Friday and it was great! She was so happy. I am grateful that I have had the chance to teach her, she is going to be a great member :)

We did have a little bit of fun this week. We went and heart attacked the other members of our districts houses. It was great to get to show others how much we love them and are thankful for them. 

In case your wondering about my visa...I heard 2 things this week. On Tuesday President Ware called and said that my visa would most likely be here at the end of the transfer! I was SO excited and a little scared ha ha. Then we had zone conference on Wednesday and President Ware came up to me and he had just gotten an email saying that the Brazil consulate in Houston, TX rejected all the visas that were going through. It was definitely hard to hear that my visa has been rejected again. I was so excited and then to hear more about it made me really sad. But I know Heavenly Father has a reason I am here. I dont know the reason but He does and He has a plan for me.

Zone conference was great! We learned about making commitments, and we have been able to apply that the rest of the week. President Ware said something at the end of the conference that I really liked. "Turn first to Him, sometimes what comes wont seem reasonable but remember some miracles dont seem reasonable at all." Things happen for a reason, I know that is true.

Oh the subject. Sister Steen has been helping me do flashcards for language study. Yesterday I could not remember what 'quase' meant in English. It means 'almost' ha ha. I don"t know why it just would not stick in my head ha ha. 

Well I hope you all have a great week! Keep on smiling :)

Eu amo voces!

 -Sister Kaycee Davis

'

DSC01703.JPG

week 42 A sunBEAM

February 3, 2014

Oi!

Well this week was pretty awesome! We had transfers, I am staying here in Yakima and my new companion is Sister Steen. She is straight from the MTC. We get along so well. Actually its kind of amazing how well we get along. This should be a great transfer :)

By the way...GO SEAHAWKS! Ha ha...I heard the super bowl wasn't all that great. We did weekly planning during it, but we could hear the neighbors yelling when something happened.

We had a lesson with our investigator Angie this week and she has completely stopped smoking which means...she is getting baptized on February 14th! We have been praying for her a lot so that she will be able to continue to not smoke. She is struggling a little bit but I know that prayer works and that if we keep praying for her she will be ok.

We also met with our investigator Ted and his 3 grandkids this week. We try to include the kids in the lessons and at one of our lessons we sang a lot of primary songs. We must have sang "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam" about 5 times and of course we had to jump up every time it says 'Sunbeam.' That was a workout ha ha...but the kids loved it :) And the spirit was definitely there while we were singing.

Well I think that's about it. Just so you know...its snowing right now...yuck. I cant wait for winter to be over ha ha. Well have a great week and keep on smiling :)

Eu amo voces!

 -Sister Kaycee Davis

P.S.- pictures...We straightened my hair, and that is also our first companionship picture :) And that's Sister Steen and I out in the snow right before we started emailing today