My area is now in winnipeg! I work in the YSA with all the young people so basically their college ward. My companions are Sister Allan from St. George, UT.(She is practically family) and Sister Capps who is from Portland, Oregon. They are both hilarious and they are hard workers. The weather has actually been quite cold the past few days. It had started to warm up and now it is freezing again. But I got to give it to these two sisters they are working out champs! The city is huge~ and there are so many people from so many nationalities. President Morgan lives here, and I have seen him twice this transfer so I think it will be nice to be serving around them. We won't seem them a lot, but occassionally so that is nice. The senior couples are the Heltons, work in the office, and the Hansons, who are city builders. Winnipeg is a lot different from Regina but it is fun.
So we as a companionship are playing the biggest losers with ourselves because i want to be healthier again, sister allan will be going home, and sister capps just wants to be healthy too. So it is going to be fun. So Linda... how did you figure out percentages? Lets see... We have set some stretching goals so we will be working hard which is good. I am going to be learning a lot. I am really happy and feel like things happen for a reason. So I was the only sister traveling into Winnipeg so they let me travel with two of the Zone Leaders. But before I left I said goodbye to some of my favorite people in Regina. One being Myles, who gave me a porcelein angel...it is very pretty. He really has a big heart. I love this area already, it will be a change from the family ward but there are great people here. I love the gospel it is true no matter where I serve, but I know that my morning studies are going to be more effective here so every transfer you learn something new. And I am excited to
see what I get to learn this time. I love you all. Thank you for your support. I
am excited to be here in Winnipeg so send any mail to the mission office.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
First Transfer
This is all we received today:
Sister North wanted us to email you and let you know that she has been transferred to Winnipeg. The LDS web site is down, so she couldn't email you. Sister Ferguson is staying in Cambridge. Her companion is Sister Wertz. Sister Dietrich is going to Saskatoon. Could you please let everyone know to send Sister North's mail to the Mission Office in Winnipeg.
Thanks
Elder & Sister Davis
P.S. We are really going to miss her! We have grown very close. We do have some great pictures of her, with her funny looks!
Sister North wanted us to email you and let you know that she has been transferred to Winnipeg. The LDS web site is down, so she couldn't email you. Sister Ferguson is staying in Cambridge. Her companion is Sister Wertz. Sister Dietrich is going to Saskatoon. Could you please let everyone know to send Sister North's mail to the Mission Office in Winnipeg.
Thanks
Elder & Sister Davis
P.S. We are really going to miss her! We have grown very close. We do have some great pictures of her, with her funny looks!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
New Pictures!
Lindsey's license plate was stolen right off their car and this is her with her new plate.
In front of the of the beautiful temple in Wascana.
Going about daily missionary activities.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The Baptism
Okay so you have all asked about the baptism well, here we go. So we had committed Myles about 1 1/2 weeks before his actual day. All he said was, Well i guess the sooner the better. So March 1st was set. Everything we taught him after that he accepted. We had a lesson on the priesthood and he had a blessing by President Quinton because we were at there home doing a Family home Evening, and the spirit was so strong, it ended in two grown men crying. Things were amazing. We just were trying to meet with him as much as possible and help in anyways that we could. So as we taught him, one night we told our member no worries because we are just going to watch the Restoration and answer any questions he has. So we get there, and his dad and brother are just leaving and we go up to teach him. Well we walk in and he is acting really weird. We sit down and he just starts shooting off really weird questions. So we are like, lets open with prayer. What his dad and brother had been doing was sharing lots of anti-mormon literature was him. and wow, it wasn't the lesson we expected at all. Myles has had a rough life anyways, and to have this pushed on him was really hard for him. We told him not to trust it and that we personally wouldn't trust anything that wasn't from LDS.org. and he did something i didn't expect him to do, he said, "so you are telling me these are lies" and we said we didn't know what was on them but we wouldn't trust it, and then he threw the papers behind him on the floor. It was reassuring that he still had faith in what we were teaching. We talked with him for a while, and then asked if he was still planning on saturday and he said, I will have to get back to you, we set an appt for friday and left with a prayer. Our member helped bear her testimony we apologized for the rough lesson. Well we started a fast that night, we were really worried. (oh yah sis D. stole the literature and we ripped it up when we got home). So the next day we went over there he said that his dad had called 3 times trying to see what his decision was. We showed him part of Special Witnesses of the apostles testifying of the all different principles. we added our testimonies, and the first question he asked that night was. What did you do with the papers? we told him and asked if he wanted them back he commented no. He then asked why would we want him to be a member of our church. Sister Ferguson said because we love you, and he said what? everybody who tells me that has backstabbed me. And I shared that it was a commandment to love, love the Lord, love they neighbor. He was quiet, and he said, I am going to trust you now, but so help me if you have told me wrong, You should know I haven't trusted anyone in 2 years. And he said I guess I will do it, tomorrow at 3:00 then. It was music to my ears. hehe. however he wasn't perfectly okay, but he was going to do it. He just said I am going to make a lot of people mad. And so Saturday we made the appropriate arrangements and we got ready for it. We called just to see how he was doing, and he said he had already had 4 calls that morning trying to tell him to back out. He finally showed up at the church and we asked if he had any questions, he just said "yah, but I asked them all this morning, i have been praying the whole time." So we took pictures, and waited for everyone to arrive. President and Sister Morgan were there, and so was every missionary in Regina. Plus a great turn out from the ward. Also his mom and dad were there, and his daughter and her husband. The service was amazing. The spirit was so strong, between President Quinton talking having a musical number and having the baptism take place. It was amazing. We then stood up to talk while he was changing. and as we taught the restoration of the gospel, me and his mom locked eyes and she sat there and nodded as I talked about families. She agreed pretty well with everything we said. and when the service was over she came up and gave all 3 of us a big hug and said, "I am glad he met such nice people as you." It was amazing. She was one of them that had called that morning discouraging Myles. I know the spirit touches hearts, and that it really can change lives. Its not us as missionaries. As I bore my testimony when Myles came back my eyes filled up with tears and all I could think was, How great shall be your Joy. And it was. It was an amazing day. He was confirmed the next day and I saw his countenance change, he just seemed....softer. As we talked about the baptism he said he was grateful for how it went, and that his daughter who doesn't believe in God was actually asking questions, and he was excited to just be there to answer them.
He is going to be an example to his family, and I know that he will be a great asset in the Kingdom of our Father because he has great faith. And I know that he fits in well. I know that I was blessed to be a part of this opportunity, and that I really am grateful to see how gospel changes lives for the better, and we are just small instruments in the hands of our Father in Heaven.
Thank you all for what you do for me. I am truly blessed to be so supported. There are some out here that aren't supported at all. One is from Tonga, and I admire him greatly, his family disowned him when he came out because they didn't want him to go on a mission. He came and didn't hear from them for the first 10-11 months of his mission, and he got a letter from his family for Christmas which brought a huge smile to his face. And I was blessed on many sides of getting to hear from everybody as much as I do, and that I did feel support from my family. I love you all. Take care, and know that we are very blessed.
Love, Sister North
He is going to be an example to his family, and I know that he will be a great asset in the Kingdom of our Father because he has great faith. And I know that he fits in well. I know that I was blessed to be a part of this opportunity, and that I really am grateful to see how gospel changes lives for the better, and we are just small instruments in the hands of our Father in Heaven.
Thank you all for what you do for me. I am truly blessed to be so supported. There are some out here that aren't supported at all. One is from Tonga, and I admire him greatly, his family disowned him when he came out because they didn't want him to go on a mission. He came and didn't hear from them for the first 10-11 months of his mission, and he got a letter from his family for Christmas which brought a huge smile to his face. And I was blessed on many sides of getting to hear from everybody as much as I do, and that I did feel support from my family. I love you all. Take care, and know that we are very blessed.
Love, Sister North
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
WaHOOO!
Well hello everyone. I love you all so much thank you for all your wonderful
support. well as I said to some of you good news....
MYLES IS GETTING BAPTIZED MARCH 1ST. YAH!!!! I am so excited for him. He really has changed a ton! When we first met him he wasn't the most friendly of characters, and now he is one of the happiest things I have found. He has one of the best hearts and a hard life. But I am so happy for him. He saw the bishop the other day, and he actually told him that the missionaries just came at the right time, and that he was genuinely happier than he has been in a long time. He is great. So there is no greater joy than that... read Alma 26 or D&C 18 just about how exquisite the joy is in bringing the gospel to someones life. So thank you all for praying that someones heart would be softened and that they would have a desire to be baptized. So it will be a great day! Start the month of march off right!
The work is progressing and it is going to be a very happy day. We also have a couple other investigators who are moving nicely. wahoo! I love the gospel. And I love having Sister Dietrich here with us. So I have been learning german, I can count from one to ten. It is an accomplishment, and she really has amazing study
insights that I love to hear. So the more the merrier I guess. Well sort of.. it
started out rough but has gotten so good. AND tomorrow is Zone Conference so it is going to be so nice to have that chance to hear from President Morgan, the assistants, zone leaders, and district leaders. but honestly one of my favorite parts is the testimony meeting...wow... the spirit just soars through that meeting. I love the gospel. And I am so happy here. The members are starting to see the vision and actually giving us referrals, we get fed well...and I really feel loved. I am excited for the chance I have to serve. What a blessing. Sometime I think what blinders I must have on compared to the Lord, because I see such a small part of the picture. I often think of the potential we as missionaries have to become better, but also the potential our Father in Heaven must see in our investigators. I am always so impressed by those who make such a concentrated effort to find the Lord and act upon the truth when the recognize it. Myles has had to overcome smoking, coffee, drinking, and eating meat sparingly. But every commitment we leave with him he accepts whether it is hard or not, he has complete trust that we will teach him correctly so the things we ask him to do he does. And I wonder if I would have done what they do. We asked him to write down his 10 favorite things we have taught him, so in essence his testimony. I am excited to hear it. and even after hearing all the commandments he has to live by... all he said was, "thats not too bad". wow. I am humbled by his sincerity, and faith to act on some of these commandments he doesn't understand. Maybe, someday I can show that great faith in something too. Well, I just wanted to tell you the good news. and I will be sure to send pictures home, because it is going to be a special day. Oh yah, we had FHE with Myles at a
Members home and we talked about the priesthood. We talked about some of the
different responsibilities of holding it, I think he is excited to be able to be a part of it. It was such an amazing lesson, and I know that he felt the wonderful spirit that comes from being in a members home, and having that priesthood authority. It was a very good week, and the best is yet to come.
I love you. Thank you for your support and love. I miss you, but know that I am happy and I always tell stories from home. Have a great week. And maybe look for
an opportunity to tell one simple fact about our church to someone who isn't a member so that they are actually getting true information.
Love, Sister North
support. well as I said to some of you good news....
MYLES IS GETTING BAPTIZED MARCH 1ST. YAH!!!! I am so excited for him. He really has changed a ton! When we first met him he wasn't the most friendly of characters, and now he is one of the happiest things I have found. He has one of the best hearts and a hard life. But I am so happy for him. He saw the bishop the other day, and he actually told him that the missionaries just came at the right time, and that he was genuinely happier than he has been in a long time. He is great. So there is no greater joy than that... read Alma 26 or D&C 18 just about how exquisite the joy is in bringing the gospel to someones life. So thank you all for praying that someones heart would be softened and that they would have a desire to be baptized. So it will be a great day! Start the month of march off right!
The work is progressing and it is going to be a very happy day. We also have a couple other investigators who are moving nicely. wahoo! I love the gospel. And I love having Sister Dietrich here with us. So I have been learning german, I can count from one to ten. It is an accomplishment, and she really has amazing study
insights that I love to hear. So the more the merrier I guess. Well sort of.. it
started out rough but has gotten so good. AND tomorrow is Zone Conference so it is going to be so nice to have that chance to hear from President Morgan, the assistants, zone leaders, and district leaders. but honestly one of my favorite parts is the testimony meeting...wow... the spirit just soars through that meeting. I love the gospel. And I am so happy here. The members are starting to see the vision and actually giving us referrals, we get fed well...and I really feel loved. I am excited for the chance I have to serve. What a blessing. Sometime I think what blinders I must have on compared to the Lord, because I see such a small part of the picture. I often think of the potential we as missionaries have to become better, but also the potential our Father in Heaven must see in our investigators. I am always so impressed by those who make such a concentrated effort to find the Lord and act upon the truth when the recognize it. Myles has had to overcome smoking, coffee, drinking, and eating meat sparingly. But every commitment we leave with him he accepts whether it is hard or not, he has complete trust that we will teach him correctly so the things we ask him to do he does. And I wonder if I would have done what they do. We asked him to write down his 10 favorite things we have taught him, so in essence his testimony. I am excited to hear it. and even after hearing all the commandments he has to live by... all he said was, "thats not too bad". wow. I am humbled by his sincerity, and faith to act on some of these commandments he doesn't understand. Maybe, someday I can show that great faith in something too. Well, I just wanted to tell you the good news. and I will be sure to send pictures home, because it is going to be a special day. Oh yah, we had FHE with Myles at a
Members home and we talked about the priesthood. We talked about some of the
different responsibilities of holding it, I think he is excited to be able to be a part of it. It was such an amazing lesson, and I know that he felt the wonderful spirit that comes from being in a members home, and having that priesthood authority. It was a very good week, and the best is yet to come.
I love you. Thank you for your support and love. I miss you, but know that I am happy and I always tell stories from home. Have a great week. And maybe look for
an opportunity to tell one simple fact about our church to someone who isn't a member so that they are actually getting true information.
Love, Sister North
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
An additional companion
Preface: Lindsey is still in Regina and last week for transfers Lindsey and Sister Ferguson had another sister join them.
Okay... figured I could talk to everyone at once... So yes I have a new German
companion named sister dietrich (d-trish is what it sounds like). She is really
funny, and can speak english exceptionally well. She is a lot of fun and probably one of the most easy going people you will find, so it has been really easy to add her to the group. She really does fit right in, and she will be such an asset this transfer. I love her a lot already. and her favorite color is green just so you know. Today is FREEZING the snow and the wind are having a field day, so we are really enjoying today. But no worries because we are doing good.
Well, lets see... we have been teaching some amazing investigators! whew...Kathy has quit smoking completely and no longer has any desire to smoke which is so good! we had a good talk with her Monday about other commandments and I really think she is progressing well. Myles, we just committed him to stop smoking and he has taken some huge steps to do so, he sold his pack and bought a lot of cinammon things to encourage no smoking... AND he finally felt a really strong spirit reading the scriptures because of his actions to do so! I was so proud of him! Lets see, Crystal is trying to get to know the ward and get involved in activities and she is praying on her knees which is a huge step and has continued her reading. We really are blessed and are grateful for the blessings in this area, and hope that it continues progressing.
I love the people here in Canada, they are great! And they really have a lot to offer. I love the gospel, and the book of mormon. I was reading yesterday morning and I was reading about Nephi, he really was commanded to do a lot with the plates, and yet he obeyed, and only wrote things he felt were of great worth and really for our time. I am so grateful for the many people in history who acted upon faith, the commandments, that we can be so blessed through the experiences they had and the knowledge they obtained and shared. I love the gospel with all my heart, and I know that it is so much better to live by the spirit than not, and those "little things" we do; such as prayer and scripture study really make the difference, and really add the spirit for us to be guided. I am grateful for the missionaries who do go out and share, and teach the restored gospel, because it is something everyone needs but they just don't know it yet, but there is a lot of adversity, I like to think if there wasn't opposition the answer that it is true wouldn't have such sweet joy. and we have so much opposition because it is so true. I love you guys so much. Know that I pray for and love each of you, and am grateful for the opportunity I have to serve and know of the great support there is behind me. Keep the faith because there is no other way for us to have all those blessing we desire, and know we must do the little things to add that protective armor around us. I love you all! (cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends included!) I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and that this is his church which has been restored today!
Love, Sister Lindsey North
Okay... figured I could talk to everyone at once... So yes I have a new German
companion named sister dietrich (d-trish is what it sounds like). She is really
funny, and can speak english exceptionally well. She is a lot of fun and probably one of the most easy going people you will find, so it has been really easy to add her to the group. She really does fit right in, and she will be such an asset this transfer. I love her a lot already. and her favorite color is green just so you know. Today is FREEZING the snow and the wind are having a field day, so we are really enjoying today. But no worries because we are doing good.
Well, lets see... we have been teaching some amazing investigators! whew...Kathy has quit smoking completely and no longer has any desire to smoke which is so good! we had a good talk with her Monday about other commandments and I really think she is progressing well. Myles, we just committed him to stop smoking and he has taken some huge steps to do so, he sold his pack and bought a lot of cinammon things to encourage no smoking... AND he finally felt a really strong spirit reading the scriptures because of his actions to do so! I was so proud of him! Lets see, Crystal is trying to get to know the ward and get involved in activities and she is praying on her knees which is a huge step and has continued her reading. We really are blessed and are grateful for the blessings in this area, and hope that it continues progressing.
I love the people here in Canada, they are great! And they really have a lot to offer. I love the gospel, and the book of mormon. I was reading yesterday morning and I was reading about Nephi, he really was commanded to do a lot with the plates, and yet he obeyed, and only wrote things he felt were of great worth and really for our time. I am so grateful for the many people in history who acted upon faith, the commandments, that we can be so blessed through the experiences they had and the knowledge they obtained and shared. I love the gospel with all my heart, and I know that it is so much better to live by the spirit than not, and those "little things" we do; such as prayer and scripture study really make the difference, and really add the spirit for us to be guided. I am grateful for the missionaries who do go out and share, and teach the restored gospel, because it is something everyone needs but they just don't know it yet, but there is a lot of adversity, I like to think if there wasn't opposition the answer that it is true wouldn't have such sweet joy. and we have so much opposition because it is so true. I love you guys so much. Know that I pray for and love each of you, and am grateful for the opportunity I have to serve and know of the great support there is behind me. Keep the faith because there is no other way for us to have all those blessing we desire, and know we must do the little things to add that protective armor around us. I love you all! (cousins, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends included!) I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and that this is his church which has been restored today!
Love, Sister Lindsey North
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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