January 11, 2010

Hey Dad,

Gosh dang it! I just wrote a whole email and the server messed up for MyLDSMail. I'll have to retype it, but I promise I put more effort into it than it appears.

I got the Santa letter, it was fine from Mrs. Claus, though I recognized the different handwriting ;)

I appreciate what you said about the chiari malformation situation. I'm sure you two will be a great support to the Smith's in helping them decide what the best course of action is for them. So do you think Mom'll be up to rollercoasters when I get home? ;)

I definitely had a good week. Thank you for your constant prayers. I have no problem loving the people I serve, loving those I serve with is harder but I can still do it.

What earthquake? Does that answer your question? ;) lol, I haven't heard of an earthquake until just now. So no need to worry about me. Where in NorCal was it?

The apartment is definitely small, but it's a ton of fun to live in. We don't have cockroaches thankfully, just mosquitoes (which we are slowly getting rid of) and on rare occasions an ant or two.

I will have a great week, you too.

Love,

Elder Jay Davis

Hi Mom,

We have pretty much gotten everything moved but we haven't had a chance to get everything cleaned, we've talked to Bro. Littlefield and he said that he's in no hurry. We're still trying to hurry though. Okay, for my fun story I will answer the things you mentioned, however, I'll just do it in a general email to the family after responding to this. I have other stuff to tell you as well.

Ammon Hansen (Caitlin's brother) sent me a letter recently. That kid is awesome, I've only been to his house twice and we're like best buds.

Okay, we have a couple good investigators. Dee, the lady we've been teaching who lives in Davis, is really considering moving up here. She is looking for rentals and everything and working with the bishop here. She is pretty much integrated into the ward already as is her husband. So she'll probably be able to get baptized into our ward within the next couple months, hopefully before I leave. Also, there is a kid who just recently got baptized in the singles ward and he and his parents live in our ward boundaries. He has been coming to our ward and bringing his parents with him. They are totally dry Mormons. Everybody asks if they are members and when we say no they are shocked. We haven't started teaching them yet, but it's our plan, just waiting for the son to give us word. They've pretty much discussed baptism already even lol. So we have a few different people (including a couple I didn't list) that are doing pretty well. It's just hard to stay busy all day, but we do our best. The area is definitely slower than a lot.

Have fun in St. George. That's SOOOO exciting that Grandpa is supposed to be able to get his teeth tomorrow. I really hope they work for him too :D I'm sure he loved the ice cream and soup, but to have that be all you eat would be quite a pain in the rear! I'm way happy for him.

Grandma sent me a card for my birthday. She does REALLY well at writing to her missionary grandsons, tell her that at least one of us is very pleased with what she does.

HAHAHA That cracks me up that she liked the way I set up her TV better than the way the cable guy did it :D Thanks for the story :)

I still don't have the Smith's number....AHHH!!! I'll send you a letter with it if nothing else! Gosh, I'm mad at myself. The phone is in the car and it would take too much time to go get. Be patient with me. I told them a little bit about you but I didn't mention that I might have you call. I'm sure they'd be fine with it if you explained who you are. I'll see if I can't tell them before you call. You never told me about the possible personality changes. I haven't noticed any changes in your personality. Well strokes are relatively avoidable compared to personality changes lol.

Better hurry and write a family email!

Love ya,

Elder Jay Davis

Hi Family,

Well I only have ten minutes!

Basically to sum it up...JODI GOT BAPTIZED!!! It was so amazing to attend her baptism yesterday. She even requested to get up after her baptism and share a few remarks. She talked about how grateful she had come to be for what Elder A. did because it helped her find her testimony better and have much more joy than she would have before. It was AMAZING! She also got her miracle of having her husband there to watch. (He was atheist, then agnostic, but he had said he wouldn't go inside any church or it would crumble...the church is still standing) It was awesome.

Also, Delores' son, Latrell, got baptized the same day. That was INCREDIBLE! He has made a lot of changes in his life to get to this point!

Sorry Mom, I don't have time to respond to the questions you asked in your email for my fun story, will you please copy and paste those into your next email so I don't forget? Thanks.

My computer freaked out a bit ago and that's why I'm running so short on time.

Love you all,

Elder Jay Davis