So first off, I have a friend in the Denver South
Mission! Is Kelton English or Spanish speaking? Either way it is way
way way AWESOME! And now, CADE MORTY is serving in the Philippines????
That's so awesome, now I have another person to speak Tagalog to when I
get home. That's so exciting. He's going to love it because, It's the
best country to serve a mission in of course! If only he was in Naga.
Anyway that is awesome about those two.
So guess what everybody? I have lost eleven pounds!!!!!! I
will be a stick when I go home. A white 6 feet 3 inch STICK! 11 pounds,
and I have only been here 8 weeks. And I eat A LOT. The food is
delicious here. But yeah, I'm dwindling in size. But I am also getting
stronger, with my daily push-up's and what not. So yeah, FYI, I will be
tiny when I get home. And I haven't even been sick yet. And I think I
am still growing maybe... not sure.
So my talk in church was good. It's OVER! That's the best
part. But I took up the allotted time and I was understood and no one
laughed so as Gramp's Sherwood would say, "Good enough for the girls we
go with."
Also, yes we do get to watch General Conference but it is a
week late. I am so excited! It's in English too, and though I am getting
better in Tagalog I am glad it's in English haha.
So I
don't know if you remember me telling you about the alley way we have to
walk through to get to our apartment but it's sufficient to say, It's
nasty! So today we walked out to come do Email and we saw, well, we
saw... "EVIDENCE" (a big nasty evidence) that a human had been there
recently. We've seen a few of these un-ignorable "evidences" but today
we decided to document them for your enjoyment. I just hope one day we
catch the maker of these "evidences." Or do I hope for that? Not sure. .
. Anyway I felt like some of you didn't believe so just look at the
picture haha. The smell that is in this alley is always different and it
is ALWAYS BAD hahaha PASACAO 2012!
I also took some pictures with some kids that we teach. I
think you'll like the cribs the kids have to sleep in. Also, in the
picture with the young girl (Aricka Bunion) whose family is a part
member, they told us that last week their neighbor got bit by a COBRA!
I've seen two dead snakes now, but none alive. Apparently the person
didn't die but his leg doesn't look so good. And apparently there are
Cobras and Pythons- cool. I want to see (from a distance) both of those
things.
So this week was awesome, I am still terrible at Tagalog but I
AM GETTING BETTER! Thank Heavens, literally! We have had such a busy
week and we taught A TON of lessons! But we need new investigators bad.
We will find some this week hopefully. I love being a missionary.
Teaching people is so cool, just to give them the Book of Mormon and
tell them of Joseph Smith and teach them about the Plan of Salvation and
all the things we teach mean one thing in my mind- that ONE thing
being, "Jesus Christ lives and loves us." He lives and loves us so he
called a prophet to direct us, we have one right now. He gave us the
Book of Mormon to help us learn of Him and to give us evidence that This
Church is true. He's given us the Plan of Salvation through the B.O.M.
and through prophets, and because of all our knowledge we know that we
can return to live with Him AGAIN! All that we do is centered around
Jesus Christ and His Atonement. It's all about Jesus Christ and his love
for us.
I love teaching these people about everything, all I am doing
is telling the TRUTH. That is an easy thing to do. And if you know me
at all, I am terrible at lying. I tell these people about the truth and I
tell them that I know it is true because I have prayed and God answered
my prayers and that through the Holy Ghost I know these things are
true. I then say, you don't have to believe me, ask God yourself and I
know he will answer you as he did for me. THE ONLY REASON I am serving a
mission is because my prayers have been answered and I know these
things are true. SO AMAZING!
I hope everything is good there. It must be, it's Fall time
in Eagar! That's the best time of the year! I hope everyone is doing
good. I hope no one gets too grossed out about the pictures... haha I
give you the permission to include them in your blog or not but I say do
it. My kids deserve to see that hahahaha.
Well hope all is well. I pray for you daily and I hope you all
know I love you tons. The time is flying by here. Before I know it I
will be home, and I will know Tagalog and none of you will hahaha it's
weird that you don't know Tagalog. But then again, I don't know it yet
either hahahaha
Elder Davis
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