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

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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

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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

week 41 Nao Sol

January 27, 2014

Oi!

 

Well like always this week was pretty good!

 

We had a great district meeting on Wednesday all about the atonement. The awesome thing was later that day we ended up teaching about the atonement to one of our investigators! I love when we can apply things we learn in meetings so quickly. At district meeting we all made transfer predictions and almost everyone predicted that I would be leaving Yakima....but ha ha they were all wrong! Yep...on Saturday we got a call from President Ware asking if I would be willing to train another missionary! And then he told us that I would be staying in Yakima and Sister Rasmussen would be going to Othello. That was definitely surprising. I thought I was going to leave. But I am excited to stay, and I am actually excited to train again! I know Heavenly Father will help me be the trainer that my new companion needs.

 

I don't remember if I mentioned this before but my district leader and his companion stole our phone last week (?) when we were in interviews with President Ware. They wrote on the chalk board "Yak 1st rules ;)" and took a picture of it and set that as the screen on our phone. We wanted to get back at them in some way but they almost always have their phone with them...except for on Monday...we were about to leave the stake center to go eat dinner and we saw their phone sitting on a table. So we quickly wrote on a piece of paper, "5th ward sisters are awesome!" and set that as their screen. Later that night we got a text, "silly 5th ward...trix are for 1st ward ;) nice ha." So that was fun, I am glad that we get along with the elders so well. They have definitely helped us a lot in the last transfer with keeping us postive when the work was slow.

 

Well I think thats about it. The only other thing I can think of is that it has been cloudy for over a week. So we havent seen in the sun in a really long time. This cloudy, cold weather makes me so tired so I hope the sol comes out again soon :) Have a great week everyone, and keep on smiling!

 

Eu amo voces!

 -Sister Kaycee Davis

Week 40

January 19, 2014

Ola Familia!

This was a great week! We taught so many lessons, more than I have ever taught before in
 one week on my mission. I love teaching about the gospel. 

 We had specialized training this week and I learned so much. The main topic
was asking inspired questions. We were told to "go to Heaven" for our inspired 
questions. Asking inspired questions is hard but it does make a huge difference
 in our teaching I've noticed. Also our investigator Angie is back on date for being
 baptized on February 14th! She has to stop smoking but we think she will make it :)

We also had interviews with President Ware. He knew how frustrated I have been
 with my visa and he told me- "give your visa to the Lord." So that's one thing I did
 this week. Its amazing how much happier I have felt. I feel like a burden has been
 lifted off my back. I'm not worried about my visa anymore. It will come when its
 suppose to come and I shouldn't worry about something I have no control over.
 I know that when we really do turn to Christ that He is able to help us in ways that
 no one else can.He is my Savior.

 We had a guy come up to us this week and start talking to us as we were sitting
n our car waiting for the road to clear so we could turn. He said a lot of weird things,
 including...show me your fingers.What? We showed him our fingers and he asked 
why two beautiful girls like us aren't married. We tried to explain that we are only 20. 
Then he asked us if we were like nuns. Nope, we are not nuns ha ha..
.we might be a little bit like nuns but only for these 18 months. He was a really
 weird guy and he invited us to stop by sometime. I don't think we will be doing that
 any time soon ha ha.

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

Eu amo voces!

 -Sister Kaycee Davis 

P.S.- picture. We have a Sherwood forest here in Yakima! We tracted there this week :)

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Week 39 9th Month

January 13, 2014
sententa e cinco

Oi!

 This week had a lot of ups and downs. Up...its been warmer! Actually the weather has been so weird. It snowed on Tuesday, was really icy on Wednesday, on Friday it got really windy and its stayed windy since. Ha ha random weather report, just thought I'd let you know :)

 So I hit my 9 month mark this week! Its crazy to think that I'm half way done with my mission, its got fast. I have learned so much though, I feel like I am closer to my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ than I have ever been before. I know they have helped me though everything that has been hard.

 Our zone leaders gave our zone a crazy challenge this week. They asked us to fast on Friday and then on Saturday to go and talk to 100 people! So we bascially tracted all day on Saturday. We ended up talking to 75 people, which is still an amazing amount of people to talk to in one day. We were definitely blessed in our efforts because there were a lot of people home that day. 

We were able to go to the temple this week which was great. I love the peace that comes from going to the temple. I think there was a reason we went this week too because I got news that I had to fill out another background check and also call the missionary travel department and FBI. I didnt take that news very well, but I think I would have been even more upset if we hadnt just gone to the temple. The temple is amazing and I know we are blessed when we go.

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

Eu amo voces!

 Sister Kaycee Davis