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

Old Habits Die Hard

Well, get ready for a surprise. .. I decided I am going to go to BYU-Idaho! Yeah I know right? I am actually being dead serious. Yes I hate the cold, Yes this was not in my plans at all.. So what's the deal? Well I am not exactly sure.. all I know is that I've had the strongest impression not to go back to Hawaii and to go to Idaho. I have NO IDEA how this is going to work out.. seeing as I already registered for Hawaii and the fact that I despise Idaho. haha
    Let me tell you though I know this is the right decision. . Just as much as I knew I should go on a mission. I fasted and prayed about it. I told God there was no way I was going to BYU-Idaho cause that would just be nonsense! By the end of my fast I felt so good about going there.. ha  Makes no logical sense, but at the same time it does. Anyone that has any tips or in's on how to get into BYU-Idaho for Fall let me know! I know this is crazy talk.. but I'm really serious about it.
    Sometimes on our road in life God makes us give up something we love for something even better. In this situation.. that's how I feel. I LOVE HAWAII. I am obsessed with it. I love the ocean. I love BYU it's the best. I love the time that I have spent there and the people I have met. I thought for sure I would just graduate from there and go on to get my Masters... I guess the Lord has different plans.. He always seems to have different plans. God knows I hate the cold.. so anyone reading this knows that my decision to go to Idaho has to be from Him because there is NO WAY I would have chosen this on my own.
     It has been a good week. I have had a terrible cold but other things are going really well. We set a baptisimal date for a little boy named Dawson Hazelitt! His family came to church this Sunday.. so we're super excited. I love that family. I don't know if I mentioned them before. I LOVE teahcing kids.. they are so humble.. they just get it. I would say alot more but I don't really have the time. Love ya'll

Sunshine in Helena

Running for the Cure for Breast Cancer

Well it was a good week! Last P-day I convinced all the Elders and my companion to hike Mount Helena. It was sooo pretty! Not exactly like Hawaii hikes, but beautiful nontheless. I also convinced my companion to run the 5k for Breast Cancer with me.. It was super fun! We live right by the captiol, it's a nice building I must say.

There's been a few nights I haven't been able to sleep at all.. so that was no fun. One of the days this week I was super tired and we we're walking to our dinner when we saw this old man with a broken arm (and very sick/tired looking) trying to mow his lawn.. He almost fell over! I was like Oh no way is he mowing this lawn.. So I asked him if I could mow it for him..(who cares if I'm in a skirt right? I've been walking all day anyway and it was hot and sweaty) I might mention I have not used a lawn mower in ages. I could count on one hand the times I've used a hand mower.. But I did it! The awesome part was Sister Valdivieso was talking to the Man as I was mowing. She asked him if he was interested in learning more about the chuch.. he said "Well I never have been until now, I am just so touched by your service". She then set up an appointment with him and his wife (he says his wife is afraid of us) then she found out he was going on vacation to.. guess where? St. George utah! haha He said he was planning on walking around the temple grounds because they are so pretty. Hmmm seems perfect. we'll see.

Montana Capitol Building

Breast Cancer Eye Protectors



Mt Helena



So we met with Sam and Tiffany again this week. We called and invited Tiffany to church (since she hasn't been coming much, just her husband) and she was so excited that we invited her! She's like "yes I can't wait to sit next to you girls, you are so funny". Ha hey if being weird works, I'll take it. She came. The best part was by default we had to teach the lessen in Gospel Principles because our teacher was gone.. We taught the restoration.. and watched the 20 minute restoration video. Man was it spiritual. At the end I felt inspired to share my testimony about my favorite convert Jane. I told them how I remembered watching this DVD with Jane.. and when I looked over she was bawling.. by the end my comp and I were bawling as well. By the end Jane finally knew she needed to be baptized.

Tiffany had tears in her eyes. Please pray for us to know how to invite her to be re-baptized. She is so awesome. I just love her.

I'm not gonna lie.. being close to the end of my mission is REALLY HARD on me. It's depressing. I know it's just part of life to move on.. but who would ever want to move on from this?

Love, Sister Davidson

A band of Angels coming after me

I love this song. .

Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin' for to carry me home;
Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin' for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan,
And WHAT did I see,
Comin' for to carry me home,
A band of angels comin' after me,
Comin' for to carry me home.

If you get there before I do,
Comin' for to carry me home,
Tell all my friends I'm comin' too,
Comin' for to carry me home.

It's been a great week. First.. I was threatened at gunpoint.. a .38 to be exact. haha! So there's this city in our area called Montana city.. It's pretty country.. houses are up in the hills and far from civilization.. we went to this house on the top of one of said hills.. an old man answers the door and screams.. "I am going to shoot you, get the *BEEP* off my property! I'm not joking if your stupid enough to knock on my door I can kill you on sight"!... So of course I did what I should and bolted to the truck as fast as I could.. Well we were in a trio that day and the other two sisters are like casually walking slow.. all the while he is screaming "Get out of here now! Your making me sooo mad! while proceeding to throw his crutch at them!"  I'm like get the heck in the truck now!!!! I'm already in the truck and finally one of the sisters makes it in.. my companion is outside the truck picking something up very slow.. I'm like sister WHAT ARE YOU DOING GET IN THE TRUCK!!! haha she was picking up a couple mormon.org cards she dropped.. I'm like are you serious! Leave the cards! hahah it was kind of hilarious.. She was just in shock. I would have been ok if I got shot.. Spirit paradise sounds pretty gratifying.. I wouldn't mind a band of angels coming after me.
     Mothers day was nice. I don't think I told you about a lady named Elizabeth we met with a few weeks ago.. We'll we were out trying people and no one was answering.. then I told Sister Valdiviso.. Don't worry I've got a feeling we will find someone we never met today and teach them.. She's like yeah. . not even 5 seconds later.. a lady starts RUNNING towards us "SISTERS! SISTERS! wait!!!!, I want to talk to you"! It was Elizabeth. She had been inactive for 8 years or so. . shortly after she got baptized.. We got to know her and right on her door step We taught her about the atonement.. and it was AMAZING!! Long story short she's been coming back to church for 2 weeks strait now.. and the ward is embrassing her. My comp is like.. "how did you know? you always call stuff like that out before it happens".. Then I remembered seeing sooo many little miracles like that in my first area with Sister Buchanan.. She called stuff out all the time.. it was like she just casually went through all the miracles.. and I was astounded at them.. I asked her the same question.. she said.. I guess it's just that I expect the Lord to do these things.. I have been out so long that it isn't I don't recognize them.. it's just that they happen so often. Anyways .. It's just rad. that's all.
      Sister Michiels came to church this week with all her kids!!! It was the cutest thing I have ever seen. Since we've been bringing the kids to church the last month.. they were all able to sing with the Primary to thier mom. I almost cried. Geez I never ever ever ever want this to end. I can't ever type all th miracles I see in a week. But I can tell you I LOVE GOD. I love Him so much. Jesus Christ is my BEST FRIEND. Nothing is better than doing His will.. because He knows me best.


Irelyn,Me, Harry,Wynter,and Davis

Loves,
Sister Davidson

Nothing is Coincidence

Just thought you might like a tiny taste of what we sisters do all day. Just sing prmary songs.. thats all. This onw is give saiuid the little stream. It's a cute Primary CD/ ha. Can you tell we like being companions?

It's been a good week. We had transfers and I am with Sister Validieso for another 6 weeks! So that's good! Anyhow.. I don't know If I mentioned before that we cover 2 wards? Well We are at church from like 8-5 every Sunday. .. that's ALOT of church. I've never had to go to 2 wards plus two meetings every Sunday.. but It has it's benefits. You get to learn from different people.. and say alot of prayers.. people always ask us to pray. ha.

We're going to have another Sister with us for a couple days until her new companion comes here..So that will be interesting. haha I think it's awkward with 3 people. we'll make due.

 I love Helena. The Michiels kids came with us to church on Sunday. It's just us and the 4 kids.. hilarious. I feel like a mom but I seriously love it. They are the best kids ever..seriously

We have had some pretty awesome things happen this week. We ran into a less Active Brother Langdon.. who has been away for about 15-20 years.. After talking with him for a bit.. I found out he went to BYUH shortly after he joined the church in New York. I asked him wabout his missionaries.. some spiritalyu experinces he had were told.. I could see the spirit reminding him of the truth.. It was amazing. I asked him alot about BYUH and we actually had one of the same teachers who is still there! Long story short.. I don't think meeting him was by chance. There was just too much for us to talk about. I asked him to come back to church. I said the Lords needs you Brother Langdon.. your a great guy. He said.. it feels a little like I'm going to relay this situation over the pulpit someday.. I said nope you for SURE will. It was so awesome. I love being a missionary. I love being Bolod for Christ. I've learned so much out here. I know that everyone I meet .. it's not just a coincidence they are in my patyh. It's up to me to do something about it. What a priveledge it is to be here. So humbling.. and motivating. I love the Gospel. It's sooo true. no matter where you are.. how far you've gone. the gospel, the atonement of Jesus Christ can heal you. It has cleansed me from the inside out. I;ve nevver been happier. Love Ya'll Sis Davidson