This little light of mine

Moved again!

1214 Daybreak

Helena, Montana

59601

It's been a great week! Dawson got baptized and confirmed. He is so cute I can't even handle it. During his interview for baptism.. The district leader asked him what he thought of a living day prophet.. his response "It's breathtaking"! haha so hilarious.

5 weeks to go and I'm absolutely going crazy. I don't ever want to leave this mission. It's been amazing.. every moment almost seems monumental. I can never replace the time I've had here.. and I don't want to be a normal human again! It sounds scary. I am going to be one of those weirdo returned missionaries for a long time I think. You'll all have to help me.

  I am sure this last 5 weeks I'm going to be feeling all sorts of emotions. I already am. I am basically heartbroken leaving Montana.. but I'm excited for what God has in store for me. It's crazy. that's all I can really say about it.

  I want you all to know how much I love the Lord. I love him lots. The atonement of Jesus Christ has helped me heal from the deepest of wounds. It's helped so many people out here in Montana.. I've witnessed it. God is so aware of us. . even when everything seems dark. He really is there.. helping us.. and if we listen we'll start to notice His spirit guiding us in our daily choices. I don't doubt that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true. I know it. With all my heart. I've been blessed to meet the most amazing people here.. people that will be my friends forever.

I love you all!

Sister Rachelle

I'm so freaking happy

Yeah,  I said  it. I'm freaking happy! It's true! I am. I am having a great time. Amazing actually. My mission has definately been the best part of my life thus far. OH AND GUESS WHAT? So I was really worried that I was going to be training a new misisonary for my last 6 weeks.. I was super bummed for many reasons about that.. mainly because I LOVE Sister Val.. and because the investigators we are teaching right now are really connected to us. (the gospel too, but you know what I mean) So what did I do? I prayed about it. I was like "Heavenly Father, is there ANY way I can just keep my companion".. basically the nevertheless Thy will be done ending.. ha I fully expected to say goodbye to Sister Val.. Sister's in this mission NEVER serve more than 2 transfers together, it's never happened, ever. Welp. God loves me. It's true! I get to stay will her my last transfer! She's killing me off! WOop! And what's rad about this is that this weekend we have a baptism. no big deal. God is a God of miracles. For real.
    I've learned so much on this mission. Serving God full time is an experience that's hard to describe. I've loved the whole thing. The hard parts were HARD. The good parts were AMAZING. I know I'm so profound right? But anyone who has really loved thier mission I'm sure will relate. It's difficult knowing that I soon go back to the "real world".. but you know what? This is the real world. I can feel the spirit like this for the rest of my life. I never have to let go of these missionary experiences. . I am just being positive Patsy right now.  I'm just going to name off a few things my mission has taught me about life and the gospel.
   - The Priesthood power is real. It's the real deal. Direct authority from God has been restored to the Earth. The same priesthood power Christ had when he healed the sick in Jerusalem, and the America's. The same Priesthood his apostles used. The one that Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist under. . we can recieve blessings from it today. It's amazing. Men who honorably hold it are amazing.
 - The Holy Ghost is the greatest. The influence and power of this member of the Godhead is the greatest gift you could get. God loves us enough to let us feel his Spirit on occasion, which I imagine to be a little piece of the Celestial Kingdom. Heavenly Father hasn't left us alone. . not ever. We can recieve answers from God through this gift.. so we're not wandering.. but we can go forward with determination and peace knowing what choices are right. It's my favorite gift. My mission has taught me just how real/important it is, and to always remain worthy to feel it.
- The importance of Motherhood. I am not a mother yet.. probably won't be for a while. . but I know that my mission has helped me know what kind of mom I need to be. There is no better training than on the mission field for this.. im convinced that God wanted me pay attention to the Mother's I have seen out here and learn from thier examples. I always want to be there for my kids. I want to teach them the scriptures.. I want them to grow up in a safe environment where there is always love.. and food:) haha
- How important it is to marry the right person, at the right time, In God's temple for eternity. I still occasionally hear Grandaddy's word's "Rachelle when you get married, make sure you get married in the temple. Don't do it any other way. I see many people get married out of the temple and it's a sad thing to watch". haha Obviously I am not married.. but I have seen many examples of different marriages on my mission. It's the most important decision you could ever make. Eternal Families are sacred and Satan will do all he can to stop a good marriage. . You have to do the little things with your spouse. You have to read the scriptures, fullfill your callings, go to the temple together, pray together.. be willing to sacrifice. There's a lot that needs to be there. I'm super grateful for all the lessons I've learned out here. They were unexpected. But real.
  I could go on for days.. I am so happy I served this mission. The blessings I've recieved from it are innumerable. I love life. I love God. I love being His missionary.
Sister Davidson

   It's been a great week. Tiffany and Sam came to church! Woop. We're going over to thier house for dinner tonight. yay.
   So I'm not gonna lie it's starting to set in that I am going home in 7 weeks. It's terrifying! I am way nervous.. I'm sure it will be fine.. but it's just crazy. nutso actually. Oh and incase you were wondering .. YES I AM GOING TO BYU-Idaho. It's not a joke. I'm admitted and everything. Don't you just love direct revelation? Sometimes it just swoops on you and you have no choice but to follow it. It's basically a compelling force.. but it feels amazing. There's nothing better than knowing you on the right path..
   I feel like there are so many amazing things that happen every day and I jsut don't know how to put them down. I guess I'll just have to tell you all when I get home.
    I find out on Friday where I am going to be serving my last transfer. I think I will probably be staying here in Helena.. at least I hope. Love you

Just Love you Helena.

   Well incase you were wondering.. I am almost 100% for sure in for the Fall at BYU-Idaho. Weird right? I know. They have this returning missionary program and so I am definately qualified! WOOP! Wish me luck.
It's been an amazing week.. although I have been sick my heart has seriously been so full it's gonna burst.
Here's some miracles.. not neccesarily in order:

1. Remember Tiffany Smith? the one we always feel awkward asking to get re-baptized? Well we met with her this week.. and before we went in we were like "what should we teach her"? Both our minds were blank on what to say so I was like "welp we'll just have to go in there and let the Spirit do the work. . that we did, and guess what? Tiffany went off telling us how much she likes us, because we don't push her.. We don't make her feel uncomfortable beacuse she's been excommunicated.. We've loved her and treated her as an equal.. She was like "Siste's you don't make me feel like getting to where you are is unattainable. . Thanks so much for coming over here, it's really helped me. I've been thinking about getting back into the church. When you call and invite me to church I get so excited and something feels different when I go now. I don't come home feeling guilty and turn to my vices anymore. HOLY MIRACLE. I've been praying for this woman FOREVER. I seriously love her.. can't wait for the day to see her baptized.


2. My companion was like "Sister Davidson, you are always so happy, how can I be more like you? It's like your always positive." K. that is a miracle in of itself. For any that no me I have been somewhat negative/cynical most my life.. haha More like just thinking I was being realistic, but really I just didn't have the faith to believe that good things would happen to me.

3. Remember the Callison couple I taught that got baptized last summer? We'll Jess Callison baptized Deb's two sons that I taught yesteraday!!! YEAH!! I can't wait to be in the temple with them when they get sealed. How amazing is that?

4. I bore my testimony in Sacrament without crying the whole time. You know when you bear your testimony and you actually say everything you wanted to. It was just rad. I was like "I am literally happy ALL THE TIME.

There's lots more miracles but hey who has time to read them. So for any of you there reading I just want you to know how much my mission has meant to me. It's helped me to understand the priesthood. To trust in the priesthood power and believe that it is real. It's helped me to understand my purpose in life.. To trust in the power of prayer and really develop a personal relationship with diety. It's shown me how important the scriptures are. It has shown me how to be a good mother.. one that is willing to follow all the commandments and teach her children to do the same. I am sad that I have 8 weeks left. But I am never going to forget the miracles that have happened in Montana.
Loves
Sister Davidson