Monday, February 27, 2012

HI family and friends!
This one's gonna be short cause a girl from my ward is gonna highlight my hair for free! Woop!
This week has been really good. Jenna came with us to a fireside last night with Sister Bell (who is the one doing my hair).. we also had a great lesson with Jenna this week and S. Bell is the perfect fellowshipper! S bell is the new mia-maid teacher and she is also a recent convert of 2 years so she can really relate to Jenna. I don't think it's just a coincidence.
  We have a lesson tonight with our new investigator Caleb (25). He is sweet! haha he has a Jehovah Witness Background so that's been fun. Tonight were bringing the Elders quorm President from Singles ward to help us teach the Plan of Salvation,.. should be interesting!
  I love missionary work. Somedays I wake up so excited for the work. I meet people I know I needed to meet. I make friends I know I will have forever. I learn about my weaknesses and how to improve myself through Christ daily. It's humbling and rewarding.
Love you guys so much!
Oh ya I have a blog for missionary work.. check it out sisterrachellejanae.blogspot.com
Loves
Sister Davidson

Monday, February 20, 2012

Well I have been like super sick all week. I don't really know whats wrong with me. One night I woke up and felt like my chest was about to jump out of my body.. I was in a cold sweat and I could barely breathe! It was so weird.. then I have had fuzzy eyesight and dizziness for like 4 days now.. blaaaa
   Nonetheless this week had some good moments. Sometimes I look at myself and I'm like.. "Who the heck are you"? I forget that people used to call me Rachelle.. I used to wear normal attire and feel relatively like a normal individual. Lots of things have changed.
1. I now wear like 50 layers of clothing.. and ALWAYS skirts
2. I don't do my nails, hair, or makeup like i used to.. oh and NEVER wear heels
3. I go by Sister
4. I talk to everyone I see about Jesus Christ and the Church He set up while He was on the Earth
5. I have to eat huge meals.. full on meals every day.. lots of food
6. I understand sooo much more about the gospel and scriptures and just how organized the church is
7. I realize just how real the Atonement of Christ is.. and just how much I need it. EVERY DAY
  
    It's a great thing.. but sometimes people are like.. oh you only have 6 1/2 more months to go! What are you going to do when you get home? And I am thinking... huh? I'm a real human? One day i will go Home?? What is home? WhO AM I? haha stressful! I'm going to be sooo weird when I get home.. literally preaching the first lesson to everyone I see.. I'll be identity-less! I think I'll stay here forever.. unless i die of whatever sickness i have.

     So remember how I told you about Brother Keathley who really made me angry because he just randomly decides to be anti and leave the church??  Well this has bothered me alot because although.. he has done some pretty dumb things.. i know inside he is a good guy and obviously I didn't want him leaving the church.. You can leave the church but it never leaves you. There's always reminders in the world that the church is true and will bring you the most happiness.. no matter how hard you try and shove it... it comes back. Once you find the truth.. you'll fight your whole life trying to deny it.

    Anyways  I have felt like I should visit him ever since he left.. But the bishop and another man in our ward had already went to his house to try and knock some sense into him.. but they ended up leaving because  he had such a spirit of contention they couldn't get through to him. He was pretty much saying Jospeh Smith is a liar.. Book of Mormons not true.. bla bla bla
   Brother Keathley and i had an interesting relationship. He is a convert and has had ALOT of family issues in his life.. not to mention just about every other problem that could be possible to have. I just felt like I understood what he was underlying saying all the time. I think he felt like no one in the ward understands him because his background was SOO different. . i can relate to that in being a missionary. All my companions have pretty much lived in Utah their whole lives with cookie cutter families that always read their scriptures and did fhe.. they never questioned much because they were "safe" in the way they were raised. (im not saying thats a bad thing, I am merely pointing out that there are many people out there that just can't see what it's like to not have a nearly perfect upbringing)
    Anyhow Saturday night I was pretty sick.. it was 8pm and we were not getting in with anyone.. then the Spirit again is telling me "GO SEE BROTHER KEATHLEY".  So I tell my companion.. who knows nothing about him.. how I feel but that im too scared to go cause he'll probably just freak out at me and kick us out of his house.. then she says "What, you afraid? Your sister Davidson.. you can do anything"! haha I felt like I was Rocky being pumped to go into the ring.. so I agreed.
      We knock on the the door and Brother Keathley answers.. "Look who it is".., he smiles at me and says it's good to meet you new Sister.. Berry? to my comp.. ha he lets us in and sits down.. His wife is on the couch preparing for her sunday school lesson. He looks different.. his face now has a scragly looking beard and such. So he starts joking around, picking on me.. the usual.. after being there for about 20 minutes just chatting.. I was like ok so can I share something spiritual with you guys? He's like with who my wife? haha 
   So I pick out some scriptures and start reading them.. He was VERY UNCOMFORTABLE but he was listening.. but the whole time in my head im thinking  "Sister Davidson.. you tell him what you came here to say".. and I'm fighting within myself.. what I want to say is WALTER YOUR AN IDIOT! GET YOUR BUTT BACK TO CHURCH! haha
   After the spiritual thought it was a bit quiet when something took over me and then I said..
   "Brother Keathley I came here to tell you something".  He looks at me intently and I say
    "The church needs you"!  
     silence
   I continue ( and I'm bawling)
  "I know you have felt the Spirit.. I know that you have had the Priesthood and  given beautiful blessings, by the power of God. I know that you know the Chruch is true. I know your in a different place right now.. but I pray that you come back. The church needs you."

   Dead Silence.. his wife is crying.. me and my companion are crying and I'm pretty sure he was. It was crazy! Then he says
   "Thank You".

I hug his wife and she says "Did you feel the spirit? Thank you SO much".
 I did feel the spirit.
We leave and Sister Berry is like.. Whoa that was like a Spiritual Smackdown!
haaha I was so grateful. I am so grateful. I know the Lord was the one speaking to Brother Keathley.. I feel so blessed so have been a vessel for him. Sometimes in moments like these i just feel so unworthy to feel such love. But I felt the way that God feels about Brother Keathley. I felt the Love that He has.. and it was amazing.

love ya'll
Sis Davidson




























Monday, February 13, 2012

well hey there... things are good here in Kalispell Montana. A little cold, but good. Sister Berry and I are doing well together and meeting lots of new people! Tracting is very entertaining.. we talked to like 100 people this week and every other door has someone crazy. haha Some people are super nice and just say "I'm not interested". Others yell and say "I believe in Christ and your wrong"! SLAM .. ha that was an exact one this week. I was thinking hey there lady.. read the tag.. ( or TAEEG if your in Montana) I believe in Christ too! Oh my people are hilarious. Have i ever told you about SKULL CHURCH? Yep it's real. it's basically this young hip pastor that gets a bunch of bands to come and play and then for 5 minutes at the end.. he saves your soul because you can accept Jesus. People are soooooo funny.. did I mention that? So many doors say.. oh ya I'm a new Christian..  I was just saved at Fresh Life/Skull Church last week. I wonder why people think all you have to do is accept Jesus and your saved forever.. I don't get it?
    Anyhow.. missions are awesome.. hard.. long.. fun.. and everything in between. I hope ya'll have a great Valentines. I'll be sharing the Savior's love.. ha

Loves,
Sister Rachelle

Monday, February 6, 2012

wellllll

Sis Coyne and I.
                 
                                                       
So my companion got emergency transferred back to one of her old areas. Which means today I pick up my new companion Sister Berry! Sister Berry and I were in the MTC together and we are basically BFF so needless to say I'm pretty excited! p.s yes.. she is from Utah. ha
Some crazy stuff has happened this week. There was the executive secretary in our ward.. (who I have questioned several times, if he was sain) he left the church! He went crazy basically. It was nuts. One time he started bible bashing me at our dinner appointment.. and he had no actual background for what he was saying! It made NO SENSE. I felt super guided by the spirit on what to say to him and I didn't bash back.. I was glad to have read from Jesus the Christ so I could answer a lot of questions.. and then he had the nerve to say Talmage was wrong! I'm like.. hello he's an apostle! I felt the spirit so strong as I testified that the Apostles are servants of God and I trust them.  I think he just started getting into anti-material which is a big no no. Why? because it's negative garbage that's scewed.. and makes you feel awful. if you feel awful reading it.. it's not from God. If you don't feel like praying.. it's the adversary! It really shows me that when you lose track and don't take the time to do the little things.. read your scriptures, pray, ect. you can get really off. Maybe you have some questions you haven't found exact answers to yet.. DONT THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER. Remember how you feel at church, at the temple.. You feel the Spirit in your heart and in your mind. You can't just see it logically. You can't just see it spiritually.. it's a mixture, and then you incorporate faith. Sad news. His wife was in tears and took me out of relief society so she could tell me exactly what has been going on. My heart went out to her. . she is such a great woman.. just trying to do whats right.. and now her husbands gone nutso. Pray for her! 
Well Heavenly Father gives us crazy times occasionally.. to help others.. and also ourselves in the process. If we really love others we will do ALL we can to help them. ALL WE CAN. No one is perfect. We shouldn't hate other people just because they choose to sin differently than we do. We need to pray for those that hurt, manipulate, and despitefully use us. Is it easy? No way! But it is possible through the atonement of Jesus Christ. I am sure ya'll already know but I LOVE MY MISSION. This was the best decision of my life. I could never regret it. I get little tender mercies.. right when i need them that remind me.. 
GOD IS THERE
HE LOVES ME
HE IS AWARE OF MY NEEDS AND DESIRES
I am uplifted by prayer. I am uplifted by the good people around me. 
Love you. Every one of ya's
Sister Davidson