Awe, Yay! hey everyone!
So we got to skype last week so we weren't allowed to write and email so there is a lot to catch you all up on. First Happy Mothers day for all you moms out there. I hope your day was fantastic. Mothers Day is the 15 here so we got to celebrate it twice. But there is so much to tell you.
Okay first lets start with last week. P-day, on Monday the 7 was really fun. We made homemade cookies and it was so great. Then we went and gave them to Ronaldo and Flia Cespedez. There is nothing like a homemade cookie here, solamente like cracker cookies so it was really good and they loved it. This last week was really crazy because we were preparing for our baptism and so we didn't have a full day to work. For example on Thursday we had to fill up the pila baptismal, the font, and the water pressure here is super awful. So we cleaned it and started filling it up and it took about 5 hours. So we were stuck in the capilla because we couldn't leave. But luckily we could do our studies and that took up some time. 
But then we went and taught Ronaldo again before his baptism. It was one of my favorite lessons. He is such a cute kid. So we taught him how to mark his scriptures last week, and when we got there he was so excited to show us that he marked a verse in his scriptures. So we saw and then we had a really deep conversation about how Moroni saw God face to face but it the Bible it says that if any man saw God face to face they would die. It was such a good leccion and Ronaldo is such a great kid.
Then Friday we had his baptism!! It was so great. We had more investigators then we did members so it was so stressful to try and go around and talk to everyone. But still it was a really great experience and super spiritual. Ronaldo after was shining so bright and he was so happy. It was so cute. Then on Sunday he was going to receive the Holy Ghost. But he didn't show up. We were waiting and waiting and starting to get really worried. Church started and we were trying to call him but his phone was off. We thought for sure that he had slept in and forgot. We had to give talks and so we had to go enter the church. Hermana Fife gave her talk first and while she was giving it I was praying so that Ronaldo could come. I felt a sudden peace and knew it was going to be okay. Suddenly Ronaldo walked in, in his nice shirt and tie and sat in the front. We gave talks they were great, and he received the Holy Ghost. It was so cute. He was smiling so big and he just shined with happiness and light.
Also on Sunday we SKYPED, Wuhoo!! It was so fun to see the fam and I hope all you out there with missionaries enjoyed seeing your loved ones. It was such a great time. On Monday it was Dia de la Independencia here so there was a huge parade and lots of different activities. We got to watch it for a while. It was so cute all the little kids who went through. Also I hit half way on my mission. WOAH IM HALFWAY THERE, WOAH LIVING ON A PRAYER! I hope everyone sang that part in your head.
So Monday I decided to do something a little different and I cut off my hair. Crazy!! It was a lot of fun. Kinda sketchy because we didn't know where to go to get it cut but the Elders said there was a chuchi hair place and we went there. On Tuesday it was mothers day in Paraguay. We baked cookies on Monday and so we went to a few of the moms here and gave them some. It was super fun to see them enjoy American Cookies.
On Wednesday we had a good experience about listening to the Spirit. So we were doing our studies. We can only buy water on Wednesdays so we tried to coordinate when the water guy would be here but they didn't show up or answer there phone. So we decided we were going to put the money outside of our house and the water buckets. You might be thinking that's a stupid idea, but our house has a gate so no one could get in. So we left to work and got to the area we were gonna work in and realized we had made our plan but forgot to actually put the money and buckets out. Now normally I would say its a waste of time to walk all the way home just to put the money and buckets out because we were pretty far. But I had a very hard impression we needed to go home. So we tried to visit our investigator but she had left so we thought okay we are gonna walk home and talk to everyone in our path. So we started and when we got there we realized Hermana Fife had left the keys in our door. Now nothing would have happened, maybe, but I learned that you should always listen to the Spirit because you never know what could have happened if we hadn't.
Also we left the money and buckets and got more water. It was great. We also taught classes of English again. I taught it this week. It was a lot of fun. I think the kids really enjoyed it. Oh so for a long time there hasn't been any rain. We have kinda been in a drought. But that all ended on Friday. Ndirachori did it rain on Friday. We had plans to go to a new area we haven't really ever worked so we could find new people. We wanted to make the best of our day. It was the first day we had to be able to just work. So we went to try and work but it started raining really hard in the morning. It was raining and raining and when we left to go work it kinda died down. So we thought wow this is great. We went to lunch and during lunch it started pouring again. Now normally when it rains it is such a hard day because no one wants to talk to you and because everyone is inside asleep. But I don't know what happened, but Hermana Fife and I were in such a good mood. And we kept working and working and we had one of the most successful days. We taught a lot of lessons and hit almost all of our goals we had set. It was such a great day. It was so much fun too. We were soaking wet and it was freezing but it was so much fun.
Saturday was good too. All of our lessons fell through and we still had an hour to work. Everyone was in their house asleep already because it was cold. So we were walking around trying to find people. We ran into the elders in the capilla and were talking to them for a minute but told them we were going to go find a miracle. So we left again and felt the impression to go visit a girl we had only met once or twice named Catia. When we got to her house it was really dark and a lady came out and was super nice and told us to pass and to sit and was really excited to listen to us. She didn't look like Catia but the truth was we couldn't remember. But when we turned on some lights and it wasn't her. It was her sister Vania and we started sharing with her and we asked her why she let us in. well it turns out we had talked to her one other time but she was in the middle of showering so we left. But she told us that day after she talked to us she instantly felt better. She wanted to share with us but didn't know how to find us. Then Saturday we showed up. We started teaching and she started to cry. She cried through the whole lesson and accepted a day to be baptized right away. I don't know what she is going through but I do know without a doubt that we are going to be able to help her. We definitely found our miracle though. Sunday was great. We announced 7 baptisms!
This Saturday we are going to have a baptism tuicha which is guarani for super big. The Familia Cespedez are getting baptized and 3 of the investigators of the elders. It is gonna be so dope. I cant wait. Also this week we tried to hit every single one of our goals. And on Sunday we had to get 5 more nuevos to hit our goal of 20. All of our plans fell through again so we were trying to find people and we prayed really hard to be guided to the people who would listen to us and who would let us teach them. And I know God hears our prayers and like it says in Moroni 7:33 anything can be done with our faith according to the will of God. At times we ask for things and we don't get them so we think that we didn't have enough faith or God wasn't listening. But its the opposite. He heard us and knows us better than we know ourselves and He has a plan that is perfect. I know that I am on the Lords errand and that we are here on the Earth to become like Him. To learn and trust in Him so that we can return to Him better than we were. I love each and everyone of you. I know that God lives and loves you. Sorry this email is so long but there was so much to catch you up on. This is the work of God and I cant wait to have another great 9 months in la gran mission
Paraguay Asuncion!!!!!
Also shoutout to Skyler and Yaya for getting married. Congrats you guys and I love you both so much!!!!!
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To Heaven and Back!
Hermana Davis
Family email addendum which explains some of these last photo's
Hey fam!!
First I loved talking to you guys last week. It was so much fun. I miss you all so much. Second how is the craziness going. So Skyler and Ya are married and now yall are going to San Diego or are in San Diego. I cant wait to visit San Diego and Kelsey and Avery...and Zach I guess jaja ;) jaja jk I love you too Zach. But I am super excited............................................
. What else. This week we dont have a normal day to work. Tuesday we have the entrevista for familia Cespedez to be baptized. Wednesday we in Asuncion. I should be able to get my package if its there. Thursday we are also in Asuncion for entrevistas con Presidente. Friday we have intercambios and I get to be in San Lorenzo and Saturday our baptism Tuicha!!! I am so stoked!!! It is going to be so great. I love this work. Oh also it has been super cold here. So its winter and it has been like 7 degrees celsius. I think that is like 40 degrees fhrenheit . But normally that wouldn't be cold in Utah. But I am so freezing cold. I am Paraguaya now. What's gonna happen in Febrero when I come home to snow? I am going to die. AHHH. But thats a long long ways away so no hay problema. How was the wedding. Cute? We had our own little reception here. Hermana Fife was my date and Ya we didn't know your colors exactly but we guessed from your bridals and so we dressed up and I caught the bouquet but she took it from me. Also I gave a really nice toast. It was cute thanks for inviting us jaja. It was a lot of fun jaja. Any ways. I love you guys so much.
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