8 months, smiling and loving everything
WOOOOOO!!!!! Well hi everyone I hope
you guys had a fantastic and special week. I hope you could feel my love and my
prayers, that you may feel my love for each one of you also. I also hope you
guys were able to stay positive and feel the love that the Savior has for each
one of you because you are all children of our Father in Heaven and he loves
all of you.
So, this week was an
adventure and the best week of my mission work and result wise but also the
first week in my mission that I got sick actually. ha.
So, it all started Tuesday where we were able
to get to work and put in a lot of good work that turned out good for us. I
loved the opportunities I had this week to meet so many new people who wanted
to listen to our message and accepted our invitation to listen to a message
that can help change their lives.
Oh, something funny also that
happened this week was that being American here in my new’ish area is paying
off for us I guess haha. We had about 8 people come up to us just to ask me if I
could speak English and then they asked why I was here and all that stuff that
you could imagine they would ask an American. Well we turned each one of those
people and opportunities turned into opportunities to speak to them about the
gospel. I was really able to bear my testimony to them about why I’m here. I
was able to tell them that I’m here for them because I know they are so so special
to their Father in Heaven. That they are never alone and that there is a plan
for each one of them that is only for them.
It really built my testimony of all
that I was able to share to them by the spirit and I hope each one of you knows
that the same is for all of you. So, we ended up having 24 new people accept
our invitation and our schedule was full everyday with lots of work to do. We
also had a really good turnout at church this week with 7 people coming. I love
each one of them along with 5 of them having baptism dates for the upcoming
weeks.
Also I had the privilege of
BAPTISING this week woooooo! What a blessing that was and it was a beautiful
experience and her name is Erica. She is a 19-year-old girl and is awesome, it
has been a privilege of ours to work with her and see her grow.
Well really quick my
sick story haha. So ya Saturday I completed 8 months on my mission and Saturday my body decided to celebrate in a
way that was unexpected. So, I’m pretty sure it was something I ate the night before,
but I woke up Saturday morning feeling like I had to throw up. It was one of
the worst feelings I have had. So, I tried haha but I couldn’t in the morning
and the mission life doesn’t stop and we had work to do so I said a prayer and
we went to work. The meeting we had to go to with our investigator was really important
and it was the last meeting with Erica before her baptism interview. So, I made
it through the meeting and then I had to go by bus to another area to help them
out there. Well the bus ride killed me, and I was done for half way through the
ride which is an hour by bus. So, I sat by a window praying that I could make
it off the bus because oh man there was a lot of people on the bus and I didn’t
want to make others sick haha. So, we got closer and closer and I was just
trying to focus on one spot on the floor of the bus.
Well pray works my family and
friends because I made if off the bus and then 15 secs later and legit took
about 5 steps away from the bus my sickness came out of me and I threw up to
celebrate 8 months hahaha.
Well sorry for sharing that and hope
you don’t feel grossed out hahaha. I am fine now though, and all is ok. Went on
a super cool hike today in the mountains for our district activity and the view
is amazing, the gospel is perfect and I’m truly living my dream here.
I love you all and stay
safe this week. Do the right thing and try every day to be better. Every day we
learn and grow. I pray for you all and will see you all in like 16 months from
now I think. You guys are my hero’s and a light to me and I look up to all of
you.
Follow the prophet, read your scriptures and
pray.
Love you all!
Love Elder Davis
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