Kumusta Kayong Lahat?
This has been a great past week. We had three Zone Conferences in our
three farthest zones: Iriga, Goa and Daet! It was great. We gave a
workshop on how to ask inspired questions and it was fun. I hope we were
effective. In what we do we don't get a ton of time teaching
investigators so I hope when we teach other missionaries we teach them
well so that they can teach investigators better. Anyway it was good.
This next week we have two more- Oh and Doctor Jackson and Sister
Jackson will be coming down from Manilla too. Doctor Jackson is an old
friend of Uncle Paul Blad so that should be fun to meet him. He is
hilarious in texts, I am excited to meet him in person. He will join us
in our zone conferences. Anyway, I only have 3 weeks before I get
transferred to my new and safe to say LAST AREA! I gave you a clue at
Skype where I thought I was going... well not to shock you (though I was
shocked) that's not where I am going anymore. Sorry Mom, I know you
were excited. Anyway I am excited for the vision President has for the
area I will be assigned to. It is going to be a great way to FINISH my
mission.
Well our golden investigator family have gone to Manilla
for the next two weeks! BUMMER! They are looking for work and then they
will come back with the plan for what they will do the rest of their
lives. They made SURE to pack their Book of Mormons and to keep praying.
We and They about cried when they were leaving! They gave me a cool
hat, LBC! haha They knew I liked it. Anyway they are gone now and it is a
bummer. I pray I will be able to see and teach them again before I am
transferred. They are so great!
So the past 10 days it gets as "cold" as "cold" gets in
Bicol haha. And to tell you the truth... I have actually shivered TWICE!
I haven't shivered in 2 years hahaha! It is like 70 degrees outside and
I shivered haha... everyone here thought their feet were going to fall
off they were so cold hahaha. The stores started selling jackets haha, I
haven't ever seen that haha. Anyway I have never enjoyed the weather
more haha hindi na ako pinapawisan!
Also shout out to all those who love PASACAO! That is for
all of you who don't know where or what that is. They have a new Branch
President, Elder Vogelsberga and I love this family. They were a bit
Less Active when we where there and we taught them about every week. But
now Brother Relos is the new branch president. The good thing about
that is that their former branch president, love him to death, wasn't
from Pasacao. So it is good that they have a Branch President in Pasacao
mismo! And for those of you who don't care about Pasacao, shame on you.
Anyway one of the spiritual highlights this week was in Daet.
We had just finished the Daet Zone Conference and President had to give
a Baptismal Interview in a place called Pambuhan. It is very very far
away! It is in the middle of nowhere but the church is very strong
there. It got started as a group in 2001 with 6 members! Just one family
basically and since them they have over 80 with GREAT attendance and
with tons of missionaries. It is a great little place right on the
ocean.The road to it is a lot like the road to Grandpa's house, just
muddy muddy. Anyway the pictures I sent are from there. I've been there
before but this time I really go to chat with the members there and get
to know them. I met the Pioneers of Pambuhan. They are so proud of their
little church in their little town. They are so established in the
Gospel. Those little kids you see in the pictures with me can say every
single 13 Articles of Faith IN ENGLISH! Without missing a word and not
one of them is over 9 years old! TAKE THAT PRIMARY LEADERS EVERYWHERE
haha! I took a video of it and will show you when I get home. Sister
Reeder about started crying when we heard them recite it... I did cry
haha just kidding.I hope you like them doing the "Elder Davis Power
Fist" as well. I love that picture. You should hear those little kids
sing, "I am a child of God." Mom you would never be able to stop crying.
They know that they are little children of God, and that He love them.
And He does! I love that doctrine, we are children of God!
Also side note... when I was in my first area in Naga we had
like 72 missionaries in just the Naga Boundaries (not including
Legaspi) and now we are close to hitting 230. I have been an assistant
in almost all of the time of that growth haha. It has been crazy! How
awesome is that? Can you say, "Hastening the Work?"
One more thing you might find interesting. Well I hope you
find it interesting because I can't think of anything else to share with
you haha. Everyday, and I mean everyday, I write "Earn It" on the top
of my day in my daily planner. You can check all of them when I get home
if you want to. When I left I asked Grandpa what his advise for me was
and the last thing he told me before saying, "Give em hell" which I
correctly interpreted to meaning heaven, was, "Chantzy, everyday, EARN
IT!" So everyday I have tried to "Earn It!" That means a whole lot to
me. It means I am obedient, it means I am diligent, it means that I not
only pray for help but that after I get off my knees I get on my feet
and get to work. The thought OFTEN crosses my mind in the course of a
day, "What would Grandpa Sherwood expect me to do in a situation like
this?" Most of the time the answer comes, "serve." Anyway I could talk
for an hour about my Grandpa's "Earn It!' and my Mom's "ERED" (every
rule every day). But I will leave that for another day. BASTA I love my
mission so so much! I told Sister Reeder this past week I don't know
they are going to force me onto the plane.
Last night I was at my favorite members house ever! They
fed us Sunday Dinner and we taught our Recent Convert there and
afterward we talked about how I get transferred soon. First of all, when
I go into their house I say, in English, "Mom, Dad, I'm home!" haha And
they truly do feel like family. But no one replaces you Mom and Dad of
course. Anyway they asked me if I would ever be able to come back and
visit them and I just said, "I hope and pray I can." They joked and
said, "Write on the wall that you will come visit and then sign under
it." Haha they are funny. I hope that in my life I will be able to come
back to Naga though. I have been in this area for 9 months! It is like I
live here hahaha.
Anyway I love you all. Stay strong in the faith. I am
doing great. Thank you for your prayers. I pray for you many times a
day. Tell the Sherwood cousins that I love them and miss them and are
praying for them. It is a sad thing about Cambo! There are prayers from
The Philippines for them. So much has happened since I have left, it is
crazy! Love you all a bushel!
Elder Davis
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