week 61....Hmmmm What to do now?

Well hello my lovely family and friends!

I hope all is calm and all is bright where ever this email finds you! Well I’m just going to jump into my craziest week of my life really quick! Not much time this week also so it might be a little short.

  Ok so to start it out we had changes Tuesday! So that day was bittersweet for me because I said good bye to Elder Fuentes but then real quick turned around and said hi to my new Companion right out of the MTC! It was an interesting day to say the least haha.

AHhh to add last Monday we ate Chinese food and it did not sit well with me and I found that out Tuesday at 3am when it decided to come back up. Ahhh and then again at 7 am right before I went to go meet the new missionaries that had arrived and before I went into Training for the trainers. It turned out ok though because I slowly started to feel better throughout the day.

My new companion is named Elder Cordova and he is from the state of Mexico. He is a great guy and speaks English pretty good so that has been fun. There is some sad stuff that has come up though this week so sadly I will be saying good bye to him Tomorrow and he will be returning to his home. He just has had a really hard time out here on his mission and came out here truly not having a desire to serve so he just needs to go home to figure somethings out. I'm doing alright with it all and it has for sure been a learning experience for me.

  I have truly learned this week that our Father in Heaven has a plan. His plan is perfect and all we must do is accept it and put all our faith in it. Sometimes there are curve balls here and there, but we must always remember that we are here to learn and if we are open we can learn so much. I love everything my father in Heaven has taught me this last week and I know I will be more prepared for everything to come my way in the future.

I love my Mission and I love everything that has passed. At first, we might not see what his plan is but if we have faith blessing will come from the experience.

I love you all and pray you have a great and amazing week!

Keep Smiling and loving life!!!!

Love Elder Davis!

Week 60.......Im going to be a "DAD"!?!

Well Hello everyone!!

This week went bye fast and I have a feeling the next will go bye even faster! So, a little back info is that this was the last week of the change and the last week of Elder Fuentes Mission! That meant a lot of flying around getting him ready to head home and also getting the area and everything ready for next change! Anyways it was a good one and a lot happened including some exciting news!

  

  This week was filled with a lot of lasts. Well a lot of lasts for Elder Fuentes luckily for me not yet! It was such a great learning experience for me to be a part of it all though. From being with him when he said good bye to friends he has made here to hearing his testimony for the last time here on the mission, everything I have been a part of with him has taught me something. I know that we meet and get to know people for a reason. That has really been a big thing for me that I have learned here on my mission. Everything that happens and everyone we meet in our lives has a purpose.

It’s part of the plan our Father in Heaven has for us and what we need to do is find out why. I know that we can always learn and grow from everyone around us and we are truly lucky to make and have the friends we have now. I’m thankful for every one of you because I know you all are a part of the Plan and that you all have or will teach me something. Thanks a ton for all you do!

  Ahhh also the big new I received yesterday for changes is... I’m going to be a "DAD" haha! Not really though so don't worry all is in order here and all is going well. I use dad because in mission language that's what they call it when you are going to be training! So yep I'm going to be training a new missionary which I'm super excited about. I know it’s going to be a ton of fun, I can’t wait for the opportunity to learn from him. I know it will be a wonderful experience for the both of us and that we will both learn so much and grow together. I get to meet him tomorrow so YEP I'm a little nervous, but all will turn out just fine!

   I love you all and I hope you all have a fantastic week! Thanks for all of you who write me little updates they mean the world to me! I would also love to hear from all of you because you all are so important to me! Have a great one! Keep smiling and trust the process! 

With Love your friend Elder Davis!

Week 59.....Happy week, Learning week!

Well hello once again my loved ones! I hope you all are smiling on this beautiful day and that all is going well! I feel every week goes by faster and faster and this week for sure was the fastest one I have had this change! All is good here in Mexico and I'm still having the time of my life!

So, a little about the week. On Wednesday we had interviews with president and that went great! It was a great time talking to him and getting his counsel on how I can grow to become who I'm needed to be. I was also blessed by the zone for they celebrate my birthday and also Elder Galicias by buying us a cake! I also had my face smashed into the cake because that's a big thing here ha! It was a good experience and I think the first time that has happened to me in my life haha.

After all that fun on Wednesday we pretty much just had a normal day, but it was kinda a tough one. We faced a lot of rejection on Wednesday, but it was a good learning day for me. I’m thankful for the challenges that we are able to face to help us grow. I know I learned valuable lessons on Wednesday.

HAPPPPYYYYYY BBBBBDDDDDAAAAAYYYYY MOTHER!!!! Well it’s a little late but ya haha. I hope you had the greatest BDAY ever on Friday and that your wishes come true. I love you and thanks for the support and love you give me. I would not be here in Mexico without all that you have taught me. You are one of the biggest and greatest blessings I have received from my Father in Heaven!

Ok haha and to finish off my bday was great this year also! It was a very low key bday but we still celebrated it a little and I got to celebrate with a little cake! I felt the love of all you and I'm so thankful for all you guys in my life.

Thank you for all the Birthday wishes and I can’t believe I'm 21 years old now! I pray and hope all your guys wishes came true this week also. I hope you guys have an amazing week this week. Last week of the change here for us, so that means last week of Elder Fuentes's mission!!! We will for sure send him home on a good note and I know it will be a great week this week for us!

Love Your Friend Elder Davis!

Week 58........How truly blessed we are

Hello, my dear sweet family and friends! I hope this email finds you all healthy and well. I also hope you are all smiling because you all deserve to smile a lot.

Well really quick I don't have a ton of time today so this one might be the shortest yet. First off, this week went very well, and we felt and saw the Lords hand throughout the week In ALL things. We had divisions again this week on Tuesday and that went well. I got to work with Elder Carlos who has about 4 months out on his mission and it was such a blessing to me to see how much energy he has and his desire to serve the Lord.

We then worked a regular week pretty much until Saturday because we had the magnificent blessing to watch General Conference! Before my words on General Conference though because you all know that was going to come up in this email ha. Real quick, today we had our District Activity and we went to a big huge park that they have here in Monterrey filled with lots of fun things to look at. I also had the privilege to go with Elder Fuentes to visit some of his areas and those will be memories I will remember for the rest of my life.

Here is goes. We were truly blessed for this last weekend that came so quick and past even faster. The messages we heard were life changing and truly testified of the love our Father in Heaven has for us all. If you didn't get to watch it, I invite you with my whole soul to go watch just a little of it and if you can all of it. I promise you if you give your time to listen to the words of the living Prophet and Apostles it will change your life. Conference holds answers for every one of Gods children. It is filled with his love and the Saviors love for each and every one of us.

I know President Nelson is the Prophet of God and we are blessed to be able to listen to him. I love him and appreciate him with all my heart. He truly is a guide to us and only wants us to return home with him to our Father in Heaven. I won’t ruin the fun you will have of watching and learning from conference any more. I just want to invite you to watch it if you haven't and if you did get to watch it TO GO watch it AGAIN or reread the talks. Then write down the feelings you get from that exercise because I 

promise you, later on when you pass through hard time you will be able to go back to notes on conference and they will help you out so much.

I love you all. I truly do. Thank you for everything you do every day. Everyday try to be better then you where yesterday and everyday take a small step forward because that's all we must do to truly grow.

I love MY Savior, Jesus Christ he truly is OUR Savior. He is my best friend and my example, with him we have all we need.

With Love your friend Elder Davis.

Week 57......3 down 3 to go before Elder Fuentes goes home!

Hi everyone!

Well hope you guys are doing good and I pray that all of you had something to smile about this week. Always smile though it will make life better!

So, this week Elder Fuentes and I put in some good work. We contacted in the sun and contacted and just gave it all we had to find people. We have been really focusing on that over these past couple weeks and we can see that it is slowly paying off. I have also gotten a little tanner than I was over this last week (I think) so I'm proud of that haha. It has been such a wonderful opportunity to learn though from Elder Fuentes during all these long days because he just never stops working.
He has helped me with everything including helping me become a better Spanish speaker. I know I am his companion for a reason and I'm beyond grateful for him and the ability I will have to learn from him over the next 3 weeks before he goes home.

Well besides regular missionary work not much happened this week that was crazy. It was a normal week of good missionary work which is honestly the best. Ahhh only thing that was a little different was that on Tuesday I had Divisions with Elder Lopez my district leader. That went well, and we did the math that it was my first day working outside my area Los Elizondo for the first time in 4 months because the last 3 changes I have only been here during divisions. I will be honest, I did start to miss my area towards the end of the day hahaha. I think it has truly become my home.

Lastly, I would like to invite you all to watch General Conference this upcoming weekend. It is such an amazing opportunity that we will have to be able to hear from the Prophet of God and the living 12 apostles.
I know we can all receive answer to doubts or questions we might have if we prepare ourselves now in prayer to receive them.

Keep your mind and heart open as you watch and listen because I promise you, you will find the answers you are looking for and you will feel the love that God has for you. Each and everyone of you are children of a loving Father in Heaven. Let him guide and direct you and he will lead you back home to where he wants you to be.

I know you are all very very special and I am grateful for you all in my life because I have learned something from you all. Stay on the path of happiness and continue to get better and fix mistakes everyday.

With love Elder Davis!

Week 56......Who turned on the heater?

What is good my loved ones!!!
Well I pray all is good and you are all smiling because life is the greatest gift ever!
Well to begin as the title reads it has been hot here lately and that has made for some days where I feel like I can’t sweat anymore. I am turning into a tomato from getting a sunburnt from the sun haha! I am putting on sunscreen every morning though so I'm trying. I would not trade it for a thing though because I truly love my mission! Besides the sun other things have happened so here we go!!!

So, during the week we had a blast! This last Tuesday we had zone conference which is always an amazing experience. This time around they really focused in on examples that we have in our lives. We have some of the greatest examples all of us truly do. We can all look at the people who have grown up before us to learn so much. We have the examples of our parents which is huge and then also we are blessed to have examples of Prophets of old.
Most importantly we have the example of our Savior Jesus Christ and he truly is the greatest example that we can look to. We can learn so much from how he lived and what he taught. I invite all of you to look to him and to study about his life and to try to follow his example more often. I promise you all that if you come to do that you will see the good in everyone and you will feel our Saviors love more in your life. It is possible I know it is!

Another thing that happened this week is that we found a new little area in our area to work in. So, we didn't really find it, but we did find out that it’s not as dangerous as people have told us. We had the impression that we needed to go work in the area because we found out and did some math that missionaries have not worked in this area for about a year now. It is the most dangerous part of our area, but we found out that as long as we are out before it gets dark everything is fine ha. We also talked to some less active members who live there about their area and they told us it’s not as bad now. So anyways we spent Wednesday through Friday from 3-6 contacting in that area and then also when we had time when not in meetings with other investigators and during the daylight hours we were there working.

Let me tell you that it has been a blessing to work there. We have come across so many nice people who want to learn. It has also taught me a lesson working there this week. We cannot place a label on things we truly don't know about. Like us thinking the area was super dangerous and then finding out it wasn't, we can also judge things wrong before we know the truth. I invite you all also to keep an open mind towards things that you might not know. Be willing to learn and if needed be willing to change from the examples we have. I know we can all learn and grow every week. That is a blessing we have from our Father in Heaven, we can learn and grow every day. I know our Father in Heaven loves you all. I love you all and hope and pray you have a great week.

Real quick...We also went exploring in a tractor junk yard one day this week and I totally lost my reading glasses for about 20 min in this huge junk yard haha. It was crazy funny because the security guard that works there who we didn't know existed until the very end when we started to search ended up coming out and helping us look for them, he became a friend of ours. We ended up finding them in the dirt oh all places! It all turned out good though, we also remembered to say a prayer and I know we had help finding them. I know I was extremely lucky to come across them again haha.

Then another thing we got invited to a family Reunion of a family in our ward. It was kinda wild because we aren't part of their family, but they truly treat us like we are. I’m so blessed to have these lovely people in my life here in Mexico who treat us so great!

Never forget that you are now closer today then you where yesterday to what you want to accomplish. Every day we can get closer to becoming who our Father in Heaven needs us to be and also who we want to become. Everything is possible and never say "I can’t" because you can do it all.

Always smile, you are all blessings and you all play an important role in God’s plan!

Love your Friend Elder Davis!

Companion Elder Fuentes and President McArthur, zone conference 2 zones, tractor junk yard, Family reunion and repairs to chairs at a school

55th Week.....Lessons to be learned always!

What is up my lovely family and friends!!!
Well let’s jump right into the fun. SO, this week was laid back and not much happened so this might be a short one.
So, to start the first week of the change we didn't have meetings until Wednesday. When Wednesday came around it was cool to meet all the new missionaries that are now in our zone, so that was a good time. After the meeting on Wednesday we just started our normal work and worked normally the whole week. It was a little tough this week for us with finding our investigators. They just weren't there at their homes or anything so that was a tough point of the week seeing the work stall with a few of them.

We did though get ahold of an investigator named Mallela who has not been progressing lately. She has been super busy with work lately, so she has kinda thrown religion on the back burner. We had a great lesson with her on Thursday where she told us that she felt a little bad about not focusing on God anymore now that things have gotten better in her life, she said she doesn't want to become one of those people who only prays and goes to church when they are passing through hard times.

The lesson turned out great and we were able to be straight forward with her and we also started over with the lessons to see if that helps her. The thing we did see in her though is that she has the desire to keep learning and she wants to always be on the right path. That helped me learn a lesson also which really everyone I talk to ends up teaching me something here on my mission which has been a blessing to me.

It helped me to really see how much the gospel means to me and how we always need to place it first no matter what. We are always going to pass through times where we feel terrible and life is hard but then thankfully we will reach the point when everything is going great again. Its life with the ups and downs but we must choose now what will be a main stay during all of that.
I know that our Savior Jesus Christ is always there during every single moment of our lives. He is always there not only when we struggle but during the great happy times. We need to always remember him, he and our Father in Heaven always remember us no matter what. I'm so thankful for this gospel. I'm so blessed for the opportunity I have to learn every single day. I will never be able to give enough thanks to everyone who has made my time here possible.

I love you all, I pray for you all! Keep smiling the Savior of the world is on your side and he wants the best for you!
Have a great week!

Love Elder Davis!

Pictures: Young men from our ward were catching fish for their turtle, pictures from our area and making slime with the girls from the ward.  Won this stuff animal at the Claw game in a store here