Email 03/08/110

Hi Mom

I'm doing good this week and we've gotten a lot of work this week and things have finally started to get back into full swing since the holidays. I've been working on a few letters this week and have gotten a few done slowly though if a find any extra time I sit down and write but I don't get much that especially this week we got slammed with a lot of stuff. Yesterday at church I was running around like a mad man and there were so many things to attend to and I was running a little low on sleep, but at the end of the day when I was completely exhausted I felt good. I didn't bring my camera today but next week I will give you all the pictures I have taken recently, which reminds me if you send in the package some sort of storage device to back-up all my pictures that would be great and I need more stamps as well I 'm running low. I am so excited about Chacha, Abuela had mentioned that he was going to be able to renew his covenants soon that's great. Hopefully this week we can help a few people set a baptismal date and hopefully in the next week be baptized. A lot of Elders are leaving real soon so I think by force in the next few months I will be raised to some sort of leadership position, hopefully by then I can have a good grip on all the workings of a missionary to be able to help others. Dallin's letter has exactly what he needs to do to prepare to be ready for the mission and other brother stuff and I put the same thing in Kenyon's letter. If you could tell Brother Howell that I appreciate him sending me a letter and that a letter for the priest quorum is coming soon just haven't had time. The new mission is going to include 5 stakes from this mission and 5 from the north mission in may if you are in any of the 5 stakes it is most likely that you will go to the other mission. Transfers aren't for another 4 weeks but I will keep you updated on any changes that happen before then but most likely not.
bye Mom love you

Hi dad

Thanks for the advice it does help truly it is just hard to remember sometimes. Wow Kenyon is a priest and Ammie has the priesthood that is crazy and soon Dallin will be leaving as well. This week has been better as far as the work goes but as for unfortunate events not so lucky. We were coming out of contacting one of the references we received from the offices and out of nowhere I felt a knife in my throat and a guy saying to my comp give me your phone and your wallet, and then he says the same to me but I didn't have anything on me so he didn't take anything from me. However my comp had four credit cards and a phone that cost nearly 5,000 pesos so he was hurting. My comp is a little thick sometimes and thinks he has all the luck in the world so when I told him to put his phone away because we were in a dangerous part of town, he just brushed me off and kept walking and a few minutes later well you know the rest of the story. We've spent half the week making phone calls and visiting banks so I've learned the definite value of living within my means. Anyways that's all we did this week not any prospective baptisms this week but hopefully within the next week we'll have a handful. I love you dad and really appreciate your counsel take care don't let Mom worry too much about me missionaries have a promise with the Lord and I've been working my tail off this week so I'm not worried. Love,
Elder Davis