Hermana Davis Ventura California Mission: 2020-07-26

Hey everyone!

It has definitely been a weird week. One for the books... lol There were some super low points, some scary stuff, and some highs as well. I love doing missionary work and I'm pretty good at it. It is hard to be away from everyone at times though.

We all tend to doubt ourselves at times, but this week I had a great compliment. We had President Interviews. They were interesting, but nice to talk to someone new besides my companion for a minute. We talked about life, marriage, plans and the work. President Carter told me that I was the first sister missionary that his wife met when they arrived. She told him I think that sister is the best sister missionary that I will ever meet. She has a sparkle about her. We can't let her lose that sparkle. That was nice to hear. I love the work we do out here.

He also told me that when they were finding a sister missionary to go to Santa Barbara that 5 of them prayed about it and they all got the answer that I should go. So, I am definitely where God wants me to be. Not sure why lol

We also met with him later in the week. He is a good president who cares about us. That is nice to know. His four part plan is Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing :)

We met a member Brother Evans. He is great. He is an older member. He let us pick fruit at his house and he has the VW bug in the pics. It is amazing. I knew my dad would want me to take a pic.

The other night we had some scary and funny moments. All of our appointments had fallen through for the day so we just went home and were going to contact members. The first lady we talked to told us about her eye infection. Apparently she has had it for a long time. So, we are praying for her. Then a random phone number called us and wanted to ask us about referrals. He was a little socially awkward on the phone. He told us that the elders had come to his house the other day and farted all over his house and made it stink. They called him chicken nugget and pickle. So, we needed to pray right now that it wouldn't happen again. lol He was like "Do it!". It was so funny.

Now for the scary moment. We decided to just call people from our area book. We picked a family to call and check in on. The moment we pushed the red button to call, we had a horrible feeling. We both looked at each other. It was just an evil feeling that we both had immediately. We both started to cry. Someone picked up and I said "Hello this is Sister Davis we are calling to check in on you." You could tell that I was being recorded there was an echo and you could hear people walking around. So, Sister Osthed said the same thing. We could still hear people walking. So, we just hung up. We were really scared. Definitely a bad spirit with that home. We were both shocked that just by calling people we could have those feelings. It was a crazy experience. The district leaders called a little later. We were happy to talk to someone we knew. It made us feel better. I realized then that I had left my charger in the car. So, they stayed on the phone with us while we went to get it.

Also, someone hit our car while it was parked at our apartments. So, there's that.. ugh

We also went to Hendry's beach. You can find glass on the beach so people made the glass house in my pics with it. It was cool.

All in all.. Missionary work is great. Being away from home is tough sometimes, but I am trusting in the Lord and doing His work.

Thanks for all of the packages and mail. It really helps. I love it

Love you all

Sismana Davis