August 23, 2011

Hey fam,
Quick Questions: Any big updates on David/Jesse/Carson/Wes just curious?? Is Wes still planning on a mission? Do you know when those spandex G's are coming in? And same with the Patartical blessing too?

Wow so much fun you guys are having it makes me feel great! Who is Kylee by the way should I know her? I heard about the intense HORSE game too and it sounded like Chad definitly let Jim win too...sounds like alot of effort was put into this sheesh you guys did alot! Thanks for the pics too those were cool. I wish you guys were having as much fun as I am though :)
Its going great here in the Valley with my new comp Elder Childers! We get along really well and we have fun while working. Childers is about 5'6', a really talented guitarist/pianist/musicain, and real easy to get along with! Im hoping to pick up some guitar skills and improve my piano game with him. Im also going to help him improve his bball game as well and we set goals every pday for what stats he has to get haha. This week he easily made his goal so I have to make it harder for him. Also Elder Bird is the other new missionary and we get along great, he probly loves basketball more than me (scary huh?) and he enjoys having fun! Im really getting sick of biking by the way-Tips DAD??

So are plans didnt go exactly as planned because we helped a couple with some moving! The first one was with Bro Ennenga a real nice guy in the ward and it took about 5 hours even though he said it would take about 2...it was worth it though with the lunch he bought us and the much needed exercise that I need. The second time was way more annonying though. It was with a new lady moving into our ward and she told the Bishop that she needed help from the missionaries. So we called her, she accepted our help and luckily I told the other missionaries (Bird and Barret) in our area to come with us to help. Of course she said that she had only need help moving a couch and TV but what you do you know she needs everything in her whole apartment out. Nothing is organized too, she lives on the 3rd floor so we got fun sets stairs to deal with, and her family is just watching us move everything haha. then we get everything into the U-HAUL, go down to our area, and unload everything as quick as we can cuz she needs the truck back by 5 (its like 4:30) or else she pays a 100 dollar fine! She doesnt make it but they let her go, we miss a meeting too. Good times..

But anyways...Im really praying that I can do my best as missionary and we can get things done. Not to brag, but I feel that I improved immensly from the 1st day at the MTC to right now. Its good being with Childers too beacause he is allowing me to grow and its making me more responsible. For work improving...We recieved a good list from the ward on part member families we can see and also we went through some former investigators in our Area Book. We have over 25 numbers that we can call that me and Steadman didnt see. Ill make sure to update you on how it goes with them. Have you guys heard of the video sets for studying the srciptures by the way? They are so cool they have them at Deseret Book and they cost like 6 bucks! Im learning alot from those too.

I want to bear my testimony that I know that the Restored Gospel here on the Earth today truly does bless us and our families. If we follow this and our Heavenly Fathers commandments to the best of our ablitly we will recieve these blessings. I know this to be true from the so many blessings in my life. I make plenty of mistakes but Heavenly Father loves me so much that he gave me a such a great family to help overcome my mistakes and grow. I love this Church and I love my family here on Earth. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love you all,
Elder or Anziano Davis

August 9,2011

Hey Mom and Dad,
Mom: I hope you are doing well, thanks for all the letters your write to me! I enjoyed your last one about the good updates on you and Dad with the WML calling and how the conference in Florida went. Cant wait till you start school again huh? You are such a great teacher and all my classmates would always say how much they enjoyed you as their 3rd grade teacher! And to answer your Q's on the letter: Im doing alot better today and am having fun getting back to work. My week kinda sucked but had a great Pday yesterday and got some good shopping in haha. We are teachin baptisimal prospects named Camillio, Ben, and Lisa (I know somebody with that name? :) ) We have a bap date set with Ben and are doing well with the others who are taking everything seriously that we are telling them! The conversations that I have with people are usually about their lives, I talk about you guys when I have the chance because I love you so much. I am learning members names alot better but get confused every once in awhile with some like the Warrens and the Webbers. My comp is doing well and I think were going to end in this area well together. Shin splints are fine thanks to DAD. Im doing pretty good on cards and envelopes, I get about 3-4 a week from family members including yours every week that I love. For my support....I dont know of anything else that you arent doing already to help me out.
So yes I did have a form of the flu and I was really sore throughout my body too. I was sick from Tuesday to half of Friday and then I was fully recovered Saturday morning! My comp didnt really helped as much as he shouldve and just slept all the time, the Coles got me the usual sprite, chickn noodle soup, and crackers for me which was really nice of them! Elder Olson put a hot shirt on my head but that was about it haha. How are the little boys doing, I miss their smiling faces! I keep praying for ya mom and Love you so much!!
Dad: Did you mean why is Childers in a green suit? Its every week 6 district meeting that you dress up funny haha?? Hey Dad how are you doing with school coming up? I like to hear your getting prepared for Fantasy i want you or Chad to win all for me :) I like your analogy with playing sports just for fun when you get older to create good memories...and I know my mission will be a experience of a lifetime as I continue working hard and being motivated by all you guys to do it! I cant believe you are running that much thats ridiuculous!! We are not biking as much and probably do about 12-15 miles a day thanks to the BUS PASSES they give us. O and the cool thing I wanted to show was in Matt 1:17 about the 14 generations and its like that in the BOM as well and I wrote it down but Ill explain more in detail later. Theres 14 generations from the time of Lehi to the time of Christ coming to the Americas! And 3 Nephi 15 is a great chapter for relating the BOM and the Bible! Im really proud of you both in your WML calling and I try to brag about you guys every once in awhile too
Im all good from being sick and the shin splints are pretty much gone thanks to you! I had a awsome Pday yesterday and found my DREAM STORE called Pro-Image youll have to check it out too they had some sweet Raiders stuff! I was talking with the owner and explaining why I was in Albuquerque and where I was from, so he was nice and gave me a awsome discount with some shirts that I bought!! I got a Bucs and Colts shirt that are really cool!
Back to working is great too...we have found this trailer park that is MOOLAH for missionary work and a whole street in there has provided great investigators for us! We have a sweet one named Ben who is a older guy and has a great mindset on life! Be obedeint to God and all his commandments and help others whenever we get the chance. I like him and we set a bap dat with for the 20th of this month. I wanted to have Steadman actually PEFORM his 1st baptisim before he left but Ben has a little smoking problem. The other poeple are named Camillio, this guy totally reminds me of Carson for some reason, and Lisa whos name of course reminds me of MOM haha. Some of our investgiators moved out, George and Edna, but Im kinda glad cuz they were super lazy and now we can focus on Georges mom alot more cuz she is the only one there at the home now. Its kinda funny cuz the "promissing investigators" that other missionaries left for us have either been dropped or moved out haha funny i guess how this area is a little slow. O had a weird incident with a drunk lady saying how are church just takes money from people and our Bishop kicked her out for no reason, ya sure? She said we didnt believe in God too and said that was abbsolutley not true and just tried to be calm and respond to her objections but she didnt listen and just drove off? I also gave a good scripture message to this family and Elder Olson said hes seeing me growing as a missionary...Im starting to really enjoy missionary work and I hope I can step it up in all the aspects of it like teaching, work ethic blah blah blah.
I would really love to bear my tesimony to you all on how much I know that is the only true church here on the Earth today. I testify that the BOM is true, the prophet Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God because of the BOM. Im grateful for the the Holy Ghost and for him giving an answer to my prayers and let me know for sure that I made the right chioce to come out here on a mission. I know that familes can be together forever and I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father put me with such a great one. I bear you this testimony in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Love your missionary,
Elder Davis