Pictures from Sunday 28th April.

Service?

Lunch?

Nasty!

Another 'small' spider.... bigger than a softball.

Sunday April 28th 2013

Howdy Howdy!

     I hope you week was great. Our week was AWESOME! Of course, I'm serving a mission haha. Every week is great! And first of all Gramps looks great, I bet he could be every single one of us in a roping competition haha. He's still got it! It was great to hear from everyone, your emails are great and I wish I had more time to respond to your emails but there just isn't time to give long responses. This week was great, and we got some good "wild life" pictures I am sure you will enjoy!

     So to explain the pictures. That spider was just a "little guy" it was about 4 inches like the one the other week but that is again "little." At least for the philippines. It was about four feet away from my bed on the wall, about head level where you would lay... we love it here! Haha anyway we took care of him so now we don't have to worry about them. . . yeah right. 

      Also do you like my hat? I have been looking for a "Barangay Capitan Hat" for my whole mission and I finally found one, and bought it, with Elder Vogelsberg. It is awesome. So we had a ward service project and I showed up with an itak (machete) on my waist and a Barangay Captain Hat and they all thought that was pretty funny. They would yell, "Oh no the police are here haha." Every Barangay (neighborhood) has there own captains and they all wear these hats. They thought it was pretty funny to see a "joe" in that hat. But we had a great service project, and of course, great food. We wouldn't be Mormons if we didn't have good food close around haha. 

     During the service project we found a few frogs at the church, they are all over this country we see multiple everyday and Elder Villamor caught one. So yeah, fun stuff.

      There was one wildlife I was not able to capture on camera... I saw a cobra in the rice fields about 2 feet away from my feet, it wasn't  very big and it scattered pretty fast but it scared the pants off of me! I almost yelled a choice word Gramps would say but all that came out of my mouth was "Pambihira!" basically "Holy Smokes!" I want to eat cobra before I go home but I hope one doesn't eat me first haha.

     But our work is going great. I do have a favor to ask of Aunt Tonna though. We have a less active here who needs some help and I am hoping she could give us some inspiration. My first day in Ocampo we were called to there house, her husband was extremely sick and in a minor seizure (sp?) and we gave him a blessing. The next day that Tatay passed away and left Nanay and the kids. They live in a small bamboo hut with not much to call there own and it's pretty hard for her to go to church. She feel very alone, and it is sad every time we go. I have shed a few tears with that Nanay and she always wants me to "tell her stories" haha. I would love to hear from you Aunt Tonna, if you are willing, about how the Gospel has helped you. And anything you think my help Nanay. I realize that might be hard but it would mean a lot thank you. I pray for you often and I can't wait to give my Aunt Tonna a big old hug when I go home, especially if there is Davinity waiting haha just kidding!

      Also our area is progressing and we are finding a lot of success and miracles. We had a cool story told to us by one of our investigators about how he lived back when the Japanese still had control of the Philippines and that one day he was sent, from the school, to go get help from the Japanese camp. There was a problem at the school and the teacher sent him to get help. Apparently they had already killed a few people and philippinos for the most part were scarred of them, this is what Tatay told us anyway. Anyway he started running to the camp of the Japanese, he was very young he said. And he said while he was running that he heard a voice in his head and a feeling in his heart that said, "STOP! Don't go to the Japanese" He said it stopped him dead in his tracts and followed it's council. He said he has waited his whole life to have that kind of feeling again. He said, "I want to go back and experience it again." How powerful is the Holy Ghost and how lucky we are to have it "as our constant companion." It is a guide in this life to safety and happiness and TRUTH! We are lucky. But we must be clean to have it dwell with us always. I hope to have that Tatay feel, "that same feeling" again, but this time it will witness that what we are sharing to him is truth. 

      Now, no time. Haha we are busy. We have a Barangay Home Evening in about 2 hours and we seem to be the ones running the show haha. It should be great and hopefully we will meet a few less active and see if we can't help them remember their testimonies of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I love you all and I pray for you daily. I'm praying for rain your way too, I heard it is dry. Love you, miss you and pray for you. We skype soon! Ingat palagi at padagos lang!

Elder Davis

P.S. I know you are wondering Mom, "Did you eat that bug Chantz?" The answer is "Whatever you want to believe Mom, love ya a bushel!"

Sunday April 21, 2013

Kumusta Kayong Lahat?!? Howdy Howdy galing sa Philippines! How is everyone? Hopefully everything is great there. First off, what terrible news about the bombing in Boston and the explosion in Texas. It just hurts your heart to think about those effected by those incidents. What sad news. Makes me thankful for how easy my life has been and how kind of people I have always been surrounded by, including here! These people are so so kind. Anyway, my prayers go our to those families! Now, I have never had a week of my mission that I have walked as far as I have this week, in like manner, I have never had a hotter week of my mission than this one. It was SO HOT! There were a lot of "records" this week. We had more "punts" (people not home or busy) than ever before. We also hit our "highest lessons in a week" for our new area! We were so highly blessed to FIND and TEACH so many of God's children. We found two families this week that are so interested in the Gospel and I can't wait to keep teaching them. This week was a great one, like always! And Elder Villamor (aki) is still doing great. I LOVE TRAINING! Before I forget... shout out to Rylee and Chelsee MALIGAYANG KAARAWAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (or) HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sorry for the lateness and the earliness! If i could sing to you I would! But no one wants to hear that haha. Also, Mothers Day is soon no? And this is my last transfer before my year mark! ANG BILIS!!! So fast. It will be fun to see you all on skype! So I want to tell you all about Tatay Abner. He is the old man that speaks great english and came to me and asked for an English Book of Mormon. We have been teaching him for about 5 weeks now. He is SO SMART, but a little lacking in faith. He is my favorite person I have ever met in the Philippines. Almost every time he sees me he sings, "Arizona Moon" some old song haha He is an awesome old man with a classy cane. He is very knowledgeable and despite his MANY questions we have been able to answer them. The problem is however that he won't pray. He has had some bad experiences in his life and that, combined with his "own wisdom" makes him not want to pray. We have gotten close at times but, still nothing. I have truly come to the truth said in "preach my gospel" that "No one can know a spiritual truth without prayer." I hope that there is NO ONE in this entire world that has never not asked God, if their church is HIS church. If you have never asked, I would invite you to ask. I would have no testimony of this church if it weren't for God answering my prayers that it is true. "Ask and ye shall receive" is nothing but true. And we know through the power of the Holy Ghost. What a simple promise and what incredible results. I am so grateful for prayer. I know this church is true, and I know it because God answered my prayers when I asked. Anyway Tatay Abner needs to pray and it just hurts my heart every time that he doesn't. He can go to church as much as he wants and read the Book of Mormon until he is blue in the face, but God can't answer if we don't ask. Good ol tatay. I'll get a picture with him before I leave this area... hopefully dressed in white haha. But that will only depend on if he will pray. You can do in TAY! Now let me explain some of these pictures. First of all I haven't laughed as hard as I laughed when Elder Villamor fell in the mud in a long time. We were going through the rice fields "surprise surprise" when I made a pretty far (and pretty impressive) jump haha afterward Elder Villamor yells out, "kaya mo ba iyan?" And as I am yelling "HINDI" "No" he jumps.... comes well short! I laughed so hard I almost fell in the rice too haha. those paths are super thin haha. The best was when his shoe stuck in the mud. It was a good thing he was laughing too haha. It is hard for Philippinos to not laugh. I love that about them. Great sunset no?? It is like that near everyday! I love seeing that everyday! AND THE SPIDER!!!!!!! That little guy was in our bathroom! And when I say little guy it is because he is "little" to me. But he is still about 4 inches across EASILY! He was hiding on the other side of our mirror so i grabbed the mirror and a broom and we had a chase in the living room until I finally killed it. You have never seen 4 boys scatter so fast as we did when that thing hit the ground running haha. We have a good video I will show you in JUNE 2014 haha. those spiders are so big and so fast and so scary. Now the picture of me and Elder Villamor and Ryan! Ryan is a "short term" investigator we had the privilege to teach. He was found by the missionaries in Manilla and then he was "vacationing" here in Ocampo for about a month and the missionaries in Manilla referred him to us. Our first visit, HE basically bore HIS testimony to US! He is awesome. He had the opportunity to go to the Manilla Temple with his missionaries and he said that he never felt the way he did while he was at the temple. His testimony of a "little far boy from New York that saw God and was called as a prophet" is incredible. He prayed. Come on Tatay Abner haha! Also in that picture you can see a good example of the houses we teach in. That is tarp on the walls. Bamboo and Grass roofs with dirt floors and tarp where it is needed. I don't know what I will do at our carpeted house. I'll just sleep in a tent outside when I get home! And his little son "Ryan NASH Agato"! He is named after Steve Nash! How cool no? Makes me miss the little nippers back home. Don't ask me why he is wearing pink, maybe that was the only clean shirt haha. Or his favorite color, who knows. Anyways Ryan will be baptized soon there in Manilla! Hopefully his wife too! Well I don't have much else to say other than, the church is true. Share it with everyone. I hope all is well there! We will skype soon and I am excited. Elder Villamor is really excited to talk to you in Tagalog... me too haha! I hope grandpa's calves all got on the ground okay. I miss that more than about anything. But I don't miss anything too bad. This work is way to great to miss things back home. I love you all soo much and pray for you every single day! "In all of living have much fun and laughter, life is to be enjoyed not just endured." - Gordon B Hinckley Great advise. Life is short and we have eternity to look back at it and reap the rewards of our actions. Love you all a bushel! Elder Davis And to make me feel like I am still part of the fam damily... It is hotter than hell here!



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Sunday April 14th 2013

OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

       Wasn't General Conference great? I loved being able to watch General Conference though it was time consuming and we couldn't teach near as much as I would have liked. Either way it was great, Elder Holland didn't disappoint. President Monson's talks for me however were the best of the best. Usually they are not my favorite but EASY favorite this conference and the facial expressions were classic. What a great time to be a member and a missionary. If you didn't catch it by conference... we need to share the Gospel with EVERYONE! It scares me to death to think about not sharing it.

     NOW! Rulon is going to Arkansas!!! He may not need "the gift of tongues", but he will for sure need the "gif u interpertatin u tonges!" hahahaha! How exciting! And fittingly he is leaving on may 22!!!!! The pictures you sent are awesome, he looks so ready so serve! Rulon.... classy. However, now when I get home my best friend and my brother will be on a mission and married. What am I going to do? haha

     So I really liked something President Monson said in Conference, "Missions are a family affair." How true that is, I hope you know how thankful I am for you family. You are ALL examples to me and I feel your prayers across this massive world, they make it over the oceans and land and I feel them in my heart. I think Mom's must be the most powerful though, or maybe just the most often. But they give me strength and faith to go when the work gets hard. Thank you.

      Our week was super slow this week, almost two full days were dedicated to Conference and we had a full day with no work due to a "Trainers Training" so the week wasn't near as much work as I would have liked but it was  great week none the less and Conference was sooooo motivating! 

      I hear the wind is HOWLING there? Not surprising haha Good ol Eagar. Even when it is windy here it is a HOT WIND. But I will take it. A good breeze makes a big difference here. It is hotter here right now than it ever has been before my mission. IT IS PAMBIHIRANG MAINIT!  Also, we won the "Zone Activity" which means earlier today we had a Zone Activity with President and Sister Bliesner at the ocean. It was beautiful, but HOT! Makes me want to swim hahaha! I have a couple of pictures from there but that is about it. And a picture or two with members at General Conference. Also the picture of The Mayon Volcano was taken while riding a bus, little blurry sorry.

      Also yesterday I had the responsibility to have two Baptismal Interviews. It was a very spiritual experience and humbling. Quite frankly I would rather not have to give interviews, it is a lot of eternal pressure. No small thing. But two interviews and all went smooth and it was a good experience.

      I am thankful beyond measure for this mission. I am also thankful for the pure gifts God has given as I have served. That includes but is not limited to Tagalog. How is it that I understand these people? I still feel like I need to learn so much Tagalog, and that is because I do, I am still progressing obviously, but I am so grateful for what I do have. It is a privilege to be a missionary in this army right now! I feel very much like a soldier at times. And I am trying to fight with all I have for this SHORT TIME!

      I do not have to much to say right now. Our area and investigators are progressing and I just love this work. Elder Villamor is awesome. It is great to be in the same district as Elder Vogelsberg too. No one has influenced me on my mission here in The Philippines as he has in my training! Good ol tatay V-berg!

     Well, I need to go and teach the word people... different tongue... same word though. And it touches and changes hearts the same way it does in English. The "language of the spirit" is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than any other language. Hopefully I will have some "cool stories" next week. And I will try to get good pictures for you Mom! 

     I don't need to say it, but I will. Share the Gospel. It is going to nations and it will consume the whole earth. I sure hope we are all a part of that in our close lives and in our own worlds and own friends. Stay classy and smiling. Like is too short to EVER complain. Love you all and pray for you.

Elder Davis

P.S. it still hasn't changed, at all times there is a bug on my person and sweat 24/7. 

     
    

Elder Vogelsburg! Rough day to be a missionary!

P Day at the beach!

General conference Sunday!

Sunday 7th 2013

 Dear Family,

       I just read Dad's letter and he said it would be fun to hear a "regular day's schedule" for me and my companion. I think that is a great day so I will do that in just a little bit. 

      Real quick, how do we have a connection to President Ardern? Through Papa Hansey? Because he will be here to do a stake conference next transfer and I imagine I will have an opportunity to talk to him. Let me know next week.

      Now I will be sending pictures of "THE WORST HAIR CUT EVER" hahahaha I is always a little risky to get your hair cut here. They are almost guaranteed to have no training, that being said, they are USUALLY pretty good. But I either made this guy mad or he was drunk hahaha. We called it "The Coconut Cut" because it was like they put a coconut on top of my head and then cut around it. We know it as a "bowl cut" hahaha but enjoy the pictures and laugh away. I got it "fixed" later on but it is hard to cover up that butcher hahaha.

      Speaking of hair (buhok), we had obviously said that word a lot with my haircut, but I have  another humorous story. We were teaching a family (less active family that I love... their house is the one where I took pictures by the well/laundry station) and we shared the story of King Lamoni and his people when they "buried their swords." It was a "visual" lesson too because we had Itaks or Machetes (sp)  (basically swords) with us. And we talked about how they were killed and didn't fight back, and how the other army was largely converted to the Lord, it was a great lesson. HOWEVER, the words HAIR and ARMY are very similiar... HUKBO and BUHOK I said, "for example (grabbing Tatay's Itak/sword) if a Huge HAIR came here to kill us, would we hide our swords like they did? They laughed SO HARD! Don't mess us Hukbo and Buhok hahaha. Not many people are scared of a HUGE HAIR, but they might be scared of a HUGE ARMY. It was super funny, it was a good lesson too. That family rocks, but it is so hard for them to go to church. 

       Another funny story, of course we know the meaning of CTR- Choose The Right di ba? But here in the Philippines when you have awesome funny members CTR means Cook The Rice. So classic, this nation would die without rice... I think I might die when I get home too. Buy Rice Mama. 

     So I have TONS of pictures this week. A member worked with us and ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS TAKE PICTURES haha, so I have a ton, I know that hurts your feelings Mom. But I hope I get them all sent off. Please excuse the hair.

     So, at Dad's great request, I will give an "average day" of mine here. I wish more would request like this, I never know what to write about. So, at 6:30 EVERY MORNING we wake up, sleeping in is obviously not an option. For 30 minutes I exercise, push-ups, sit-ups, other-ups and ect. Then I eat breakfast, usually fresh baked bread from the bakery I bought the night before with hot chocolate, but here in the Philippines anything with Rice is a for sure option for breakfast. I then shower... or "bucket dip" haha we have no showers here, obviously cold water too. After the shower at 8:00 we have Personal Study until 9:00. I LOVE PERSONAL STUDY. From 9:00 to 11:00 we have Companionship Study, usually only one hour but when you are in training it is two hours. This is our mornings everyday and by this time we are WELL READY to go out and preach with power.

     Since we are opening an area our "teaching pool" is pretty small. So from 11:00 to 12:00 we tract everyday to find people to teach and save. And obviously strive to get and contact Referrals. 

      At 12:00 we eat lunch, usually at the apartment, occasionally at the calenderia (sp) the local "restaurant" and that AS ALL MEALS consists of RICE... see "CTR" above. We have no "rice cooker" we cook on the stove and almost everything we eat is fried or boiled, no stove here- BUT I LOVE THIS FOOD. After lunch we have language study for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Our Mission President likes us to have "morning work" if not we would just do language study in the morning but usually after lunch. Sometimes at night, if we are going to a remote-far area. After lunch the work REALLY STARTS.

     After lunch we had out to our appointments. Depending on how far away our mode of transportation changes, but almost everyday we ride on the local and CRAZY buses, I love it. If the area is sorta close but sorta far we take Triceys (sp) It is a motor cycle with a side cart. And on occasion we take padyaks . . .  a bike with side cart that a strong legged Tatay rides all day. But mostly, and no matter what day, WE WALK! And mind you it is HOT HOT HOT. But we walk A LOT. It is a good thing I have my "eternity shoes" with the air plane tire on the bottom! My shoes are soldiers! 

      But we walk and teach all day long until 8:00 or 8:30 and then we go home and eat dinner, due to the circumstances in the Philippines it is most effective to eat late and work earlier. But from 1:30 or 2:00 until 8:00 or 8:30 we work. We go to tons of families, both investigators and less actives and recent converts alike. They are almost all very poor, and all of them are pretty poor. BUT I LOVE THEM MORE THAN I KNEW WAS EVER POSSIBLE. We teach them "The Gospel of Jesus Christ" and do "our Purpose as Missionaries or our purpose as Representative of Jesus Christ which is, "Imbitahin ang mga iba na lumatpit kay Cristo sa pagtulong sa kanila na matanggap ang ibinalik na ebanghelo sapamamagitan pananampalataya kay JesuCristo at ang kanyang pagbabayadsala, pagsisisi, binyag, pagtanggap ng kaloob ng Espiritu Santo at pagtitiis hanggang wakas." Or if that is hard for you to understand, our purpose is "To invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. I had a way harder time typing the english than the tagalog... I am so grateful for the Gift of tongues God has blessed me with to help his children on this earth.  But our work is great and it is so fulfilling to do this work. We then go home at 8 or 8:30 for dinner and by that time we are PAGOD! Or really tired haha. But that is how it is supposed to be.

     We have dinner and OF COURSE it RICE hahaha. The question is Ano and ULAM natin? Meaning what is the thing we will eat with the rice, because obviously we don't need to confirm that there WILL BE RICE haha. We eat, plan for the next days activities and lessons and people and EVERYTHING, we write in our journal, relax- good luck finding time to relax, MOSTLY I just read the Book of Mormon in Tagalog until 10:30 and then we sleep. Then we get up at 6:30 and do it ALL AGAIN. For 2 straight years, we call it THE BEST TWO YEARS for a reason.

      We do have P-day, once a week. But that is only 8 hours I think, and most of that time is emailing family and DOING OUR BY HAND! And buying food. Then at 6:00 at night, like later today, we go and teach for 3 hours, until 9 or 9:30.

      If you ever want to see a miracle in the modern world we live in just look at the missionary program. 18 to 20 year old BOYS do this VOLUNTARILY everyday. And we like it haha. We love it. I would rather die than go home... early. It is a "Marvelous Work and a Wonder" and it is done "By the 'weak' things of the world" we "go forth 2 by 2" and "declare his gospel" and we know we have been called of God, by a Prophet to do it. And we know our work is true. Nothing will stop this work from progressing. It will go to ALL THE WORLD, and we will "go forth and preach and baptize in His name." I love my mission, and in fact, I need to go pretty soon so I can "continue this work" that I have been called to do. And one day I will "return with honor." Hopefully that day is VERY FAR AWAY. But time is flying by, trying to use it wisely.

       So Dad, this is our "average day" I imagine in a lot of ways it is very similar to your mission in Boston. But the language is "a bit" different Also, do you see the White Water Buffalo thing... it is called a Calabao. And they are usually (almost always dark)  but there are some albino (sp) ones, they are big white and weird looking. I FEEL LIKE A WHITE CALABAO haha, I am big and white and everyone around me is dark. But likewise, we are pretty useful. And about all day we are walking through rice fields... i love rice fields... it is like a green ocean. Rice is just a good thing... CRT.

         I hope you like all the pictures. The pictures by the water pump is a classic example of where these Nanays wash there clothes everyday, and get water to cook and everything else. Or they do it at a waterfall or a river if there is one close, often there is one close. Also are you jealous of the mangoes? The fruit here is so fresh and so good and cheap. Often it is given to us, and there is fruit here you have never even heard of, it is all good. And cool hanging bridge no? It's pretty cool. OH and Elder Villamor is AWESOME! Our companionship rocks! I love my aki, and I LOVE  TRAINING!  

        So, let me know if you want me to write about anything else to you guys. I love you all so much. I hope you enjoyed General Conference I get to watch it this week, I am so excited!  

PAAAAAAMMMMMMMBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAA! Race is getting married?

Congrats Kuya! Kuya is Big Bro in Taglog. And Mayroon na akong SISTER IN LAW! Hi Julie. Haha Way cool! Way happy. I just hope Julie lets us have a camping trip when I get back... please haha. Also I am a great uncle and I love my pamangkins so feel free to start hahhahhaha!

     Thanks for your prayers and support. I love you all and pray for you daily. We are workin hard and being obedient. I love my mission. Have a great week and find at least ONE PERSON to share the Gospel with. It is even better if it is a friend! Share this Gospel. Love you all.

Elder Davis 

P.S. dang that was a long email.... that's because the DAYS ARE LONG as a missionary... but the weeks FLY BY! I have no idea how we always have energy, but we always do. 

   

Must be up pretty high because those "water buffalo" look like mice.

This is the family "laundry room".

Again, he looks so HAPPY!

April 1, 2013 ( No April Fools here.... he really does do this much preaching:)

Happy Easter!

     What a good week, SHEMPS! First off, thanks for the Easter Package FULL OF CANDY! You know me very well, the package contained the keys to my heart, all the essentials: Skittles and Starburst (given), Tootsie Rolls, Laffy Taffy (I'm not joking), and THE BEST ONE- Starburst JELLYBEANS (exclusive to Easter)! Great package. I got it at district meeting and shared it with everybody, they loved it. American candy is super sweet though to these Philippinos most of the time haha but it was fun to eat. Elder Vogelsberg and I especially enjoyed it, we have the same likes of candies. Like father like son I guess, but like Tatay like Aki hahaha! Anyways thanks!

      So Easter Candy is great... but obviously not important. Easter is here not to eat candy but to remember Jesus Christ. This past week we had our scheduled interviews with President Bliesner. I love interviews so much, I always learn a ton. In our interview we talked about Easter and Jesus Christ, he said something very simple but very true, he said, "Without Jesus Christ none of us would Make It Home." He didn't say, "We'll Go back or Return... still cool... but he said GO HOME. Those are some powerful words to me. I live LITERALLY on the other side of the world, far away from home. I am in a situation where I realize the value of HOME. But please not I would rather die than be home right now haha  I don't want to go home... early. But I do feel how great it will be to "Return" or "Go Home" With Honor. We celebrate the Resurrection of our Savior and his Atonement. Because of what he did, we will all Go Home. After my mission, I will hug my family and go back to the closest thing to heaven on earth: EAGAR hahahaha. It will feel good, but seeing our family In the next life, and our Heavenly Parents and Jesus Christ and EVERYONE will feel like Heaven. How grateful I am for our Savior, or in Tagalog, Tagapagligtas- literally meaning "one whose duty it is to save." 

    We all have need to be saved. We are not perfect, but even if we had little to no sin, we hold no power to live again, without Him. I feel very very very blessed to know the Plan of Salvation. And because I know these "comforting doctrines" I am serving a mission to share it with ALL. To share that I know, that God has a plan for us, each one of us, and the goal of that entire plan is for us to Go Back Home! And it is made possible do to the Infinite Love of our Father in Heaven and His Son Jesus Christ. As a missionary I feel small portions of God's love for His Children (me included). As I crouch in their huts and teach his Gospel I feel his love for them. I am always taken back to my favorite scripture for those who are "less fortunate" in Ether 12:4 when it talks of "a better world." That "better world" that we can "hope for" is our Home. I hope we are doing all we can to do our part to Go Home, for certainly Jesus Christ has done his part. "If ye love me, keep my commandments." That's our part, our part is much easier, especially because we know He will even help us with OUR PART. We are very blessed. As we journey Home, lets bring as many of our brothers and sisters as we can. SHARE THIS GOSPEL PEOPLE! 

     Sorry for my "preaching" but not too sorry hahaha. Our area and work is progressing big time in Ocampo. We have an investigator, Tatay Abner. he is close to knowing the truth, but he doesn't feel worthy to pray. He is a very humble man, a sincere seeker of truth, but is having trouble with prayer. I can't wait until he will PRAY!  Really Pray, and the promise of God is He will answer. But truly our area is great, I am loving EVERYTHING. 

    There is nothing better than serving a mission. I pray for you everyday. I hope we are thankful for all that we have! Happy Easter. I feel like this is a really short email, oh well. There are plenty of emails left on the mission hahaha. Thanks for all your prayers. Love you all.

Proclaim this gospel with the sound of a trump.

Elder Davis

I love how he looks so HAPPY!

He says this is the first live turtle he has seen. Probably eaten a few dead ones though.