Email 2/8/2010

Hey Dad

Thanks for the football updates but I did catch a little part of the very end of the game, what an upset and about time for Payton manning to fall. Great about Dallin he has really come far in spite of his weight disadvantage, I figured all the people that took first would've taken first I've wrestled all of them. I am so glad about Chance I think he needed to do this so he could progress more he's really come a long way. Justin Kleinman doesn't sound familiar but I guess I'll see him when he gets here maybe even be one his leaders by the time he arrives. Preston Solomon is almost done here so soon it'll be down to one Queen Creek elder until Justin gets here. So this girl that asked Dallin to MORP what's her name a lo mejor I know her and can give you the DL on her. Maybe not I'll never have the perfect companion but I've learned so much from him so I am grateful to him. Not much else this week pretty slow once again, but I will keep you updated on all that happens here. Till next week Dad I love you.

Sincerely
Elder Davis

Email 1/18/10

I wrote to Josh in Spanish this week and so he responded back in Spanish. This is the letter, I'll post the translation after.

Hola ma

Ya encontremos nuevos esta semana y probablemente debemos bautizarlas pronto. No tuvimos bautismos esta semana pero espero que tengamos algunos en estas siguientes semanas. Lo siento que estas un poco enferma pero así va la cosas en la vida a veces. Ya pensé a escribir Adrianna siento bien chafa que no la he escribido pero voy a hacer lo en un rato cuando tengo tiempo. Espero que Kenyon pueda sacar buenas notas este semestre en la escuela tengo que escribir lo para que yo pueda animarlo a hacer lo que él sabe es corecto. Di a Dallin que espero que le gane en su torneo esta semana y que si quiere ganar tiene que trabajar con ganas para cumplirlo. Estoy animado por Angela ella es bien inteligente y va ser una niña bien trabajadora en el futuro. Abuela esta echando ganas a asistir la capilla y espero que se regrese a renovar sus convenios en el Templo y que puedes ayudarle a sentir un confort en hacerlo. Te quiero Ma y voy a esforzarme esta semana en la obra y en lo que NPC quiere de mi.

Tú hijoElder Davis

English version:

Hi mom,

We found new investigators this week and should be close to baptizing them. We didn't have any baptisms this week, but should have some in the next few weeks. I'm sorry that you're a bit sick, but that's how life goes sometimes. I've been thinking of writing Adriana and I feel like a dork that I haven't written her, but I'll do it in a while when I get a chance. I hope Kenyon can get good grades this semester I need to write to him so I can encourage him to do what is right. Tell Dallin that I hope he wins his tournament this week and that if he wants to win he has to work hard to do so. I'm so excited about Angela, she is so smart and is going to be a hard worker in the future. Abuela is working hard to go back to church and I hope she will renew her covenants she has made in the Temple and I hope you can help her feel support as she does this. Mom, I love you and I'm going to work hard this week doing what our Heavenly Father wants me to do.

Your son Elder Davis

Email letter 01/11/10

Hi mom

This week has been pretty good we worked hard and it paid off. This weekend we had two baptisms and I got to baptize one of the guys. The first was Andres he was a bit stubborn at first to get baptised but we persisted and finally he went through with it with the help of his family. The second one was Marco Antonio Nery and I got to baptize him he had a baptimal date before this weekend but at the last minute he disappeared, but we got him down into the water this time and it was great. This is the last week of changes but I stay here in Roma for one more change at least and not going to Toluca( thank heaven because you didn't send my package Mom :/)(I've been Busy!). Anyways I saw Abish on Sunday and he looks pretty much the same and I think the members are catching on that I have cousins in the ward because a sister asked me at dinner the other day if I was Abish's brother. Happy to here Dallin is doing so good for his weight and actually place in a big tourny like round valley. And pelon is getting married already? That's amazing I remember going over to their house in the summers to go play and now he's geting married wow. I will keep praying for Kenyon and get around to writing him soon and hope I can do something to help him. Yw counselour again they really love you in the YW program probably because you're so talented Mom you always did know how to do everything and i am grateful you passed some of those genes on to me it's come in handy por ejemplo I've already had to hem two pair of pants and fix several things in the house and I am glad I have the know-how to do all of it. My comp and I are getting along just fine we work hard and do the work and have fun at the same time so I'd say we work well together. Love you Mom amd I hope you aren't too overwhelmed with things time is going by fast here hope you feel the same.

Love your son

Elder Davis

Feliz New Year

Hi Daddy( whatever you say Daddy) name that movie (Grande Jake Poquito Jake),

Anyways I'm glad you got mt letter I had alot in there I wanted to be able to talk to just you about since you know what I'm going through. I love Mom, but I don't think she could relate to what I was talking about. My trainer is a great guy I try to follow his example all the time I think in my personal opinion he is the most obedient missionary in thje whole zone even more so than the ZL's themselves. Huaraches yes I've had it's just a bigger flater chalupa or picada thing nothing too fancy in my opinion, the gordas at the one place are to kill for they are made with all maíz and you can put al pastor in it with the works ooo good stuff. I heard about Dallin's gig Skylar wrote and told me and was all pumped about it. Christamas too was a little hectic here we didn't really get a chance to rest even though we were "resting", así es la vida pa and you just have to put your shoulder to the wheel and push along. Generation just means whoever came from the MTC with you at the same time so yeah I definitely had an advantage when I got here. I saw somone from my MTC district the other day and hasn't seemed to pick up almost anything at all because he is just so lost here. I thank Heavenly Father every day for the knowledge I have been blessed with and the knowledge I receive daily from Him. Well Dad running out of time again, but I love you and hope your lectura en el LdM is going well. Oh and by the way my favorite scripture I'd have to say is Psalms 37:5.


With love your son
Elder Davis

Email Dec. 28th 2009

Hey Mom Merry Christmas Mom and hope you have a happy new year as well I didn't have too much happen this week after we talked other than we saw a fight and a guy pulled out a gun, but he was drunk and couldn't do anything with it before he got the snot kicked out of him by a store owner. The Christmas party was pretty good it was fun and one of the families actually the same one that let me use their phone gave a little Christmas present so I got something for Christmas. Anyways tell me how the parties go and how everyone is doing oh and tell Cha Cha happy birthday for me I forgot to say that last week.

Mission home address:

C. Sierra de las Vertientes No. 310

Col. Lomas de Chapultepec

Del. Miguel Hidalgo

Mexico, D.F. C.P. 11010

Elder Davis

Hey Mom Not much to say this week it was pretty slow. We had the Christmas party later the same day I called it was pretty fun we had Carne asada and some other stuff it wasn't a bad little dinner and devotional thing we had. That same night we were out looking for Christmas lights and we saw a fight and a guy pulled out a gun, but he was too drunk to do anything with it before he got the snot beat out of him by a store owner. Anyways I attached a couple pictures of our little bathroom/shower hope you enjoy. Oh and I will give you the address of the mission home too. Talk to you next week Mom.

Love you

Elder Joshua Lamoni Davis

(Love the bathroom pictures!?... I need to have a serious take with this boy!)

Christmas Phone Call

We got our call from Josh on Dec. 24th at about 2 pm. He sounds great, at peace and enjoying his mission. We are grateful for his safety and look forward to our other calls that we get with him. Some Info that we were able to extract from him were:

His companion's name is Elder Javier and is from Tabasco, Mexico. He told us that a family from the ward is from Veracruz, Mexico and that they knew some of my family on both sides, small, small world. He has to walk and take the Metro everywhere (I'm not going to think about that too much) and he has about 10 investigators they're teaching right now.

It was great to hear his voice even though its only been a few months that he's been gone. We enjoyed every minute.

News from Mexico....FINALLY!!!!

Well after 3 weeks of being in the mission field here's what we have:

2 emails and our first pictures!!!

Email from 12/21/09

Hey mom Here is the baptism. His name is Luis Alberto and he was a golden investigator. Not many people came it was small and kind of quiet but I know the Spirit was there so it was amazing! I call home the 24 or 25 so keep your cell phone on you in case you aren't home. Bye love you all and I will talk to you next week.Love Elder Davis

Hi mom here are the pictures of the mission so far and I had my first baptism yesterday it was awesome and supposed to have another one next week. I get to call home the 24 or 25 I'm not sure which one so keep your cell phone on you just in case your not at home when I call.

Feel free to caption these photos since there were no particulars provided such as who, where, what, why and how. We're working on that.