1/31/2011

Hey Dad and Mom

Hope everyone gets better that sucks that everyone is sick. I can't wait to hear about where Dallin is going to go on his mission I really hope that he goes Spanish speaking it would be nice to have the whole family speaking it. My new companion is Elder Guerrero de Tijuana Baja california and he's got little time in the mission. He's really good and I've learned alot from him in this short time we've been together. Some of our investigators are Elizabet and Carlos they need to get married and actually have had all the paper work and money paid for since November but the stumbling block here is a lazy judge that has stood us up 4 or 5 times now. So with them just pray for the judge that his heart will be softened and that he'll actually do his job. Other that has a baptismal date for this Sunday is named Luz she has heard missionaries before but has had lots of doubts. Her step son just got baptized 2 weeks ago and said she felt something special so she accepted a baptisms too. So with her just pray that she'll stay strong in her decision. Others will have to have more of a process but there's one more who hopefully will take that decision too his name is Edgar Reyes. Just pray for the ward in general barrio Morelos. I know it's seems like I was just being lazy but there were lots of little problems that kinda combined and made one big problem that had been affecting my reception of the spirit. There's nothing that you need to worry about I'm still worthy just needed to talk to President and get things straightened out. Well I hope that everything else is going well for you all back at home I love you and pray for you. Talk next week I'll have pictures ready.

Elder Davis

1/24/2011

Hi Mom

Yeah I have lost a little weight I've been working my butt off but have been like super stressed out. I talked to President last week and told him that I wasn't feeling comfortable anymore as DL and asked him to lower me back down to a normal missionary. I told him that I needed some time to be able to realign myself he wasn't too happy with me but thanked me for my honesty. I'm in an area called Morelos close to the Benemerito you should ask Abuelo where he has friends around here and I might be able to go visit them. I'm dying with anticipation to hear where Dallin is going on the mission. I wish you luck in the business thing I know you can do anything you work at Mom. My new companion is Elder Guerrero from Tijuana President made him a district leader and asked me to help teach him in the new responsibilty. I don't think I need anything else I'm doing pretty good on supplies for now. As far as the account goes I think I have only a little bit left the weddings are worth while but they are pretty costly I don't have any money left at least until the people can pay us back. Thank you Mom for all you've taught me I've really noticed what a difference it's made in my life. I love you Mom I'll talk next week and send more pictures of my companion and the apartment we live in.

Love Elder Davis

Hey dad

Basically what I told Mom was that I talked to President and asked for a break I think it's been affecting my well being lately I've been sick a couple of times. He put me with a new district leader to help him be a good one too so we'll see how that goes. I'm in an area called Morelos in DF really close to the Benemerito in Gustavo A Madero right above the reclusorio norte (jail). I'm excited for Chaz we'll have 4 missionaries in the ward with him and 5 with Dallin soon so looking good. I do miss football a bit let's see how many offers I get to go watch the game with somone it's even big down here. The mission is a little weird right now Pres made like a million new changes this change and a bunch of re alignments. It's some crazy stuff. My new comp is Elder Guerrero from Tijuana baja california he's a good kid and I look forward to working with him. Thanks for the similie it helps me out haha. Well Dad work hard and I'll talk to you next week I love you and I pray for the family.

Love Elder Davis

1/17/2011

Hi Mom

That's great to hear about Chaz I know he'll do great he's been ready for a while now. I've read that talk by Elder Holland many times here in the mission it's helped alot not to look back on the past if you are really repentant. Our mission pres uses the anti nefi lehi pact with the Lord here in the mission to show that worldly things are our offering to the Lord. I can't wait to hear where Dallin is going I bet it's somewhere in Mexico there's alot of missions here now. I did like the Christmas package and I did get Adrianna's and onca's too the sweaters are nice I use them alot. Tell them thank you I need to write some thank you cards even if it's generic I'll make one this week and send it home to you so that you can send it out to the others. This week was pretty eventful we married a couple and they got baptized yesterday you could see the gratitude they had on their faces and it was all worth the many hours of work we had to put into it. Their names are Lizbett and Salvador they live in pretty humble conditions but they were willing to sacrifice quite abit to be able to get married so that they could get baptized. Examples like them is what makes the mission worth it. Due to the lazy nature of most people here we haven't had tons of work this week but the Lord's elect like them make it all the while. I'm sending pictures of their baptism to you not much else is new just that my companion finishes his mission in one more week so I'm gonna focus on that this week. Pray for him his name is Elder Sanchez from Chiapas that's all Mom I love you and the whole family I'll write next week.



HI Dad,

We have a zone activity and I can't stay long but I love you promise to write more next week. I sent Mom pictures of my latest baptism.

Love Josh

1/10/2011

Hi Dad

Tell Mom that her package got here barely this week due to the mission office they had it 2 weeks. My President explained to me this week that the calling is so sacred that we can't miss partaking of the sacrament something interesting that I didn't know kinda a comforting thing to know that on the mission the Lord will always forgive you for making sacrifice. He then explained to me that when we come to the mission we make an altar and on that altar we put all the worldly things that we had at home and we offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord an for that reason he is willing to forgive us. Some deep stuff I've been studying the atonement this week and I understand alot more things now. I can't wait to hear where Dallin's going to go many mothers I've met here in the mission say that it's a huge blessing to have 2 sons in the mission. Wow I didn't know that they were thinking about a realignment in the stake we'll see how that works out. As far as new stuff there's nothing new going on we just barely went to see a judge that's going to marry a few people this morning so this weekend we should have a couple of baptisms coming. Well Dad I love you and hope that everything's going well at home tell Mom I love her. I'll talk to you next week.

Elder Davis

1/3/2011

Hey Dad,

It wasn't too awfully busy this week we had to be in home at 8 new years so pretty dang boring. We had a baptsm this week it was pretty nice his parents have to get married to get baptized but the papers are on the way so that they can get married this week. It's the first time that I've married anyone in my mission. Their names are Carlos and Elizabet if everything turns out they get married soon and latest next week they are baptized. There's lots that need to get married so we'll see how that turns out in the end. I really don't trust in the whole I'll get married thing so I think I'll look for more people that are in a better situation to get baptized. Anyways don't have much to write this week pretty much nothing happened this week. I love you all and take care I'll write next week.

Love Elder Davis