ReCap 39 week

 Wednesday for P-day weird

 Hello Family and friends!!!
 Well I’m still alive and everything is going good or actually great and amazing. So ya I didn’t write Monday and also didn’t have P-day (preparation day) on Monday this week because we went to the temple today! That was an amazing experience and it was such a beautiful day all around. So ya I guess I have a lot to fill you guys in on because it has been over a week now since I last wrote. Here I go let’s see if I can remember everything haha.
  Ok ok so let’s start off in last week. Last week was pretty crazy and filled with a lot of things that took us away from our area so that was a bummer. We had Zone Conference last Tuesday which like always is way awesome. The zone conferences always help us refocus and gives us new ideas to use in our areas and all that.
 So, this Zone conference they really focused on the Book of Mormon which over the last couple months has been talked a lot throughout the church. That is because it truly is so important to our lives. It will keep us growing and going in the right direction. I promise you all that if you read it every day with a prayer you will receive blessing and answers that you are looking for.
Well from that conference my companion and I now have decided to carry The Book of Mormon in our hands everyday all day and it has truly become a part of us. It has blessed my life and it will bless yours to read it.
 Well hmmm other things throughout the week is that Elder Bradley had another check up on his nose and all is still ok with that, so he got the ok to exercise woooo. That means we have started going pretty hard with that. We go running morning and night and it really has been fun and I think I’m starting to enjoy running hahaha. It was kind of tough at first because I haven’t full on ran in days like over 5 months so there was some rust but now it’s all good.
We also had to go to the offices this week for Elder Bradley because he completed a year here coming up this week.  He had to renew his green card, so he could be legal to live here again. Oh, ya the news about that is we got called today and everything went through, but we have to travel back to the offices tomorrow for him to sign some papers.
 Also last week we had another Market contacting activity in the zone and that was awesome. There were also some pretty sweet things in the market so I after it was over I ended up buying some sweet fake Nike shirts hahaha for like 100 pesos for 2 of them so that made me happy.
Then to end the week off on Saturday and Sunday we had Stake conference here. It was awesome to be a part of and get to listen to all the talks here. The also talked a lot about the Book of Mormon surprise surprise and also how we truly do have our Savior with us every single day and every moment and that he loves us so.
 Ahh ya then to End the week we were able to watch the face to face with Elder Oaks and Elder Ballard, that was probably one of the coolest things I have ever watched. It was amazing, and I invite all you to go watch it because it truly answered so many questions just about everything. It also shows that the Church leaders are regular Humans. Btw Elder Oaks is super funny, and I did not know that before.
Oh, and we had like 4 zones from the mission together in one church building with the young adults. So, I came up with the idea to see if we could watch it in English just to understand it close to 100 percent. So, it got oked and then about 14 other American missionaries and I went and squeezed into a tiny little room to watch it in English hahaha that was sweet.
 Well I feel like this week will fly by because it is already Wednesday so ya I will talk to you guys in like 5 days. Oh, Thanks Giving is this week also haha. They don’t celebrate it here, but it will be celebrated in my heart. I love this gospel. I love the opportunity I have to serve people every day,
 This mission has changed my life and I will forever be thankful to my Father in Heaven for this opportunity because it’s amazing. I’m also so thankful for all of you guys. You light my world with light each and every one of you. You are all so special to me and are all blessings from God. You all are his children also. You have a Father in Heaven and you are never alone.
 I love you all and miss you all. I would love to see and be with you, but I have work to do here where our Father in Heaven needs me right now. If later on he needs me somewhere else I will go and do what he asks without a question. If that puts me back into your lives in person I will be there. I hope to be a missionary for life and forever and do the things of the Lord because it brings true happiness.
Have a happy holiday and may your week be blessed with happiness and light. Always be thankful for all that you have and be thankful for the life you have been given and the people you have.
Always smile life is just a blessing!
Love Elder Davis

Week 38 ReCap

Back to work!!!!
What Is good my favorite people in the world!!!!
Life is great, and Mexico is just as amazing. What a week what a week but to be honest can’t really remember all of it so here it is!
Ok ok so this week we ended the time in the house finally. Haha it was all good being stuck up in there, but it is nowhere compared how it is out in the field talking and being with the people, talking about the gospel of Jesus Christ.
So, on Thursday we finished Elder Bradley’s week of recovery then it was off and running to try to catch up for the time we have missed. We were able to get a lot of time in looking for people who truly want to listen to this message of Happiness and the plan that our Father in Heaven has for us.
So, it was a good time back out in the Mexican freezing cold weather! Oh, ya to fill you all in on the weather here it is cold, colder then I thought it would get but I think we are so used to super-hot weather that we are weak now to like 70 degrees haha. So ya it was just great to get back out and work this week. We do have appointments to still go to for Elder Bradley, but we are almost all the way done.

Oh, ya also this week I was able to take part in a Zone activity that we did in a market to find new and more people to teach!
Ok so zone activity thing was wild. So, we did it on a Friday and in a big market, so it was tons of fun also. So, what we did was set up some tables and we made some signs that said Meet the Mormons but in Spanish of course. We started and just contacted everyone that walked by us and just talked to everyone we could about the church. It was so much fun, and an awesome experience and we found like 35 people in 2 hrs. with the whole zone working.

Oh, totally took pictures with Santa Clause at the market which made my day haha. Not really sure why he was out like 45 days before Christmas but it’s all good.

Well that’s all I remember from this week, but I will remember extra hard for next week. We should have an awesome week this week coming up though because it will finally be the first full week we have working. Also, we have Zone Conference tomorrow which is always amazing so looking forward to that.

I love you all and you guys all amazing. Keep pushing every day. Love life because every day is a blessing. Always always remember also that we truly need our Savior in our lives every day. Every day we can learn, every day we can grow.
Keep looking up because you all have a Father in Heaven who loves you and supports you. He truly is always there looking down on you all, Watching over you!

Love Elder Davis

Week 37 ReCap

Week 37 ReCap

Week in the Crib aka week in the house
Hello everyone!!! So, another week down of life and you guys are all doing amazing I’m so proud of you all… keep going! Always look up because we all have our Father in Heaven above us.

Well so yep this week has been a different one from the past couple weeks and that is because I was in the hospital for 3 days and 2 nights and then in my house the rest of the week. The reason I was at the hospital is because Elder Bradly my new companion had surgery Tuesday. So, Tuesday we had to go to the hospital and get all checked in at about 3 and then he went into surgery at about 5.
During his surgery I was in the waiting room for like 2 hrs. just sitting there studying and reading, so that was super exciting. After the 2 hrs. I got to go into our room and then Elder Bradly got wheeled in about 25 mins after.
Everything went good with his surgery and he’s all better now. We did stay an extra day because he was in a lot of pain, so his doctor wanted him stay to get checked on by the real nurses. Thursday, we got checked out and we headed home to just relaxed. He needs to be inside resting for 7 days and today we are on day 5 so we are almost there.

I did have the opportunity to get outside and work though this week on some divisions. So, I had division Friday, Saturday morning then also on Sunday afternoon for a couple hours with my district leader, Elder Sandrigo from Argentina. He is a champion, a funny story about him and I is that we have been in the same zones my whole mission. He was one of the first missionaries I had meet, and we are still in the same area, so it was super fun to work with him. He was moved out to this zone the same time I did.
We had a lot of success together on Friday in his area, we went on divisions inside divisions which was crazy, I worked with the Mission leader of his ward. Ya but then I came and worked in my new area the other times. We were able to find 15 new people to teach here and get the work started in this area.

This area has been down lately in the work that has been done here. They haven’t had a baptism here for about 8 months now so I’m here to try and change that around. I had a good talk with Elder Bradley, and we are on the same page now. This upcoming week when we can get out and work we are going to give it everything we have.
So more about my new companion. He has about a year out in his mission. He is 19 years old and he is from Utah. We get along really well, it’s been different having another American companion. So now in my mission I have had 2 Latinos and 2 Americans. His Spanish is super good and mine is getting there so he should be able to help me out a lot.

Well that’s all my loved ones. This week stay positive through everything please and always remember you are so important.
Keep your standards high and never lower them for anything. you all deserve the world.
Love you all a ton.

Love Elder Davis

Week 36 ReCap

 Surprise changes for meeeee

Well hello everyone you guys are all awesome and I love you all. So, this week was probably the fastest week ever in my mission and I don’t really know why hahaha. I do hope that this week went bye fast for you guys also if that’s what you needed and that you are having the best time of your lives. Always stay positive life is amazing. 

 

  Well anyways about the week We did have a lot to do and we worked as hard as we could because this was the last week of the change here. We just wanted to go out swinging if one of us got changed. We finished the week off really good and we got to baptize 2 more people which was amazing. They are Franco a little boy and then Luis the husband of Erica the Young lady we baptized last week. It was amazing, and the spirit was so strong, I had the privilege to do the baptism with Luis which I will remember forever. We were truly blessed by the lord as we worked as hard as we could and did everything we needed to do.

I have seen so many miracles and I love my Savior and Father in Heaven so much. They are my best friends and they are always here for all of us. Well besides the baptism we received permission from the parents of three little kids to baptize them in 2 weeks and they are awesome and probably the nicest kids I know. Their names are Nelson, Camelia, and Diego and I love them like my little siblings and I hope that they can keep going strong.

Well I don’t have a ton of time to write a big nice email and that’s because I got told I’m getting changed today.

   So anyways last night we got the call and where told that everything was staying the same, and that Elder Ac and I would have another 6 weeks together to keep working hard. But bam out of nowhere this Afternoon at about 1 we got called and told that I’m going to actually be changed to a new area.

My new area is Los Elizondo. I’m with Elder Bradley, I actually know him because we have been in the same zone the last 6 weeks. So anyways with Elder Ac if you guys don’t know he had to have surgery the first week I was with him. President put me with him to help him recover and everything and help him. So, it turns out that Elder Bradley has to have surgery also this week so I’m getting put into help him out, so I get to go be Doctor Davis again haha.

I’m starting to think that the Lord is trying to tell me something about what I should do after my mission and what I should study. So, the next 2 weeks should be interesting with everything and taking care of Elder Bradley recovery.

Well I hope you guys have an awesome week and a sweet Halloween. Oh, and yes, they do have Halloween here I guess we are close enough to the states here that it has come down. Sadly, I don’t think I’m allowed to go get candy hahaha I’m told for that now anyways.

 I love you all and have a wonderful week. Please stays positive and stay focused. Love your loved ones and those who are important to you let them know how much they mean to you.

You are all so special to me and you all mean the world to me.

 Stay smiling and keep pushing forward, you are all so special and the sky is the limit for all of you!!!!

Love Elder Davis

Week 35 ReCap

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

Week 34 ReCap

On to the next one…….
Hey family and friends!!!!! I pray you are doing good and having a great time wherever you are. Be safe though because the world is crazy haha. Also, if you are in California don’t breathe in too much smoke from all those fires your body is a temple of God take care of it now. So on to my week now I guess...
So, this week I don’t really remember that good because it went by super-fast. I do remember though that on Thursday we had our monthly interviews with president. Those are always amazing and I love President McArthur like my second dad because he truly is called of God to watch over us here. During all the interviews I have ever had, he says the right things and really makes me feel ready to work even harder so that is such a blessing. We focused on how we can all get better every day and how we are all in the place right now where we stand for a reason. Our Father in Heaven has placed us there for a reason. He needs us there and if we listen we can make the best of it and do what he needs us to do. 


Tuesday to Thursday passed by normal just filled with a lot of work and finding new people to teach and trying to work with the people we have been teaching here for the past month. Good news is that one of them did accept a baptism date for this coming Sunday so if all goes to plan Sunday we will have a baptism. Then on Friday I had divisions and I got to go to Escobedo. The place is huggeeee compared to Alianza with a lot more American stuff hahaha. We had a super good day that day and I was able to help find some new investigator in their area and help out in everything they needed. Though that was all great the best part of division was that I GOT TO EAT LITTLE CEAZERS PIZZA hahahaha. It was great and super funny to eat it here in Mexico. Oh, then later that night we got together with the other missionaries in the area and had Burger King haha. Not that good here but hey it was fun to eat from American places that I know. Well that all that went down this week. 


Oh, I did give my longest talk here in church this week in Spanish. It went really good, they asked me to give a talk in church about members helping in missionary work so it was good. I think I went about 15 mins in just Spanish so that was awesome. I know with all my heart the Lord always helps us. I know he wants to help us but he won’t do everything for us. He gives the opportunity to us to choose. We have our free agency so we must do our part and ask him for help.
Always pray my family and friends. If you don’t know how just try you can do it I know all you can. He loves you, you all are very important to him. You truly have a Father in Heaven who knows and loves you always remember that for me please.


Have an awesome week and always keep your heads up…. every day is a new day and love life it’s all a blessing from you Father in Heaven. 
Love you guys a ton and I pray for all of you. Do something good this week and always smile. 
Love your best friend in the world,
Elder Davis

Week 33 Recap 3rd week in Alianza

Week 3 in Alianza alreadyyyy
Well this week went by super-fast and just like all the other ones I don’t know where they went to haha. Well first off, my area is still great and I’m still loving every second out here. It couldn’t be any better and I have learned so much these last 7 months more then I have ever before. I’m so grateful for this opportunity and it’s been only a blessing.
    So ya this week we had a temple trip and a trip back to the doctors for Elder Ac to check up on his nose. His nose is all good and he was super happy because he got signed off to exercise again yayyyy hahha... The little guy works ha ha ha and goes super hard during exercise time so I have started to do it with him. We get going and get a good work out in everyday and it’s been good but it’s been hard also. He just keeps going so I have to keep going and its starting to pay off haha. We do follow all the rules and are in bed by the time every night.
   The temple trip was awesome, we as a rama (Branch) went and had a wonderful time. Elder Ac and I were able to go because some of Elder Ac’s converts went to do baptisms for the first time so that was really cool to be there for that.
    Besides those 2 things we just worked in our area all week. We have had some setbacks, some investigators who have had all the lessons and have gone to church a lot but just need to take the next step and be baptized. A lot of people here seem to want to know everything before they make a big decision. That’s ok it really is but we all need to remember that without our faith we won’t be able to learn everything. Without taking steps that might be big we will not progress. To learn we must trust the teacher and follow what he has invited us to do. The greatest teacher of all is truly our savior Jesus Christ, all he has ever done is invite us to follow him. So, we must follow him.
   I have had so many great amazing things happen here and have made so many memories. Taking big steps is hard trust me going out on a mission was a big leap of faith but oh how it has changed my life for the better in so many ways.
  Keep your heads up this week and push forward in faith always. Miss, you guys and love you all. Be a light to the world always. If we mess up its ok we have tomorrow to do better. Focus on the good and throw away the bad. Everyday can truly be an amazing day if we look at it the right way.
   Also, every week can be an amazing week so I bless you to have an amazing week.
   Keep smiling always smile.
Love Elder Davis