August17, 2010

Hey Mom,

The low-down on transfers...well you'll just have to wait and anticipate ;) I will make sure to send a mass email out later ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed my story last week :D It was definitely a lot of fun getting so many lessons in that day. You're right about them wearing you out but boy do they make time go by quickly.

That's awesome that Matt Olson is home already! Holy cow! I guess you said Elder Lindquist extended right? He still probably gets home pretty soon.

Yep, mowing the lawn is relaxing usually. A little sweaty most of the time, but with an MP3 player and a cold glass of water it's quite an enjoyable job. The only part I don't like is emptying the bag which was very apparant by how long I tried to go without emptying it ;) I HATE edging for sure! I don't know what I'm going to do when I get home and Kody's not there to do it ;)

I love you tons back ;)

Love,

Elder Jay Davis


Hello Dad :D

Things are going wonderfully. I really love the mission. I'm glad you enjoyed the story or stories from last week. I'm trying hard to remember things to write about but it's always been a struggle for me. I mean it's not like we've had a ton of funny experiences happen lately. Another problem is that many experiences that would have seemed exciting at the beginning of my mission have become normal and I don't realize that to you guys they'd be entertaining you know? Anyway, I do have a story to tell this week that I was going to tell a while back and forgot so I will send that with my email to everybody :)

Yep, there are lots of opportunities here to teach people. Hopefully we'll be able to convert some of those potential investigators into actual investigators. I really love working with the new members!

That's awesome that Kari is coming home soon. I remember seeing her in the MTC while I was there :D The crazy thing is that the sister missionary that came out when I did that came to this mission, her name is Sister Lytle (she's Dr. Lytle's niece), goes home after this transfer so in 6 weeks! CRAZY! Wouldn't an 18 month mission be awesome ;) J/K some days I think that, others I need the full two years. That's awesome that Matt's home.

HAHAHAHA! Yes, this week is transfer week and thanks for the advice of staying positive and happy regardless :) I will send a family email out like I said.

Love you tons!

Elder Jay Davis



Hello all!

So this week I have a very entertaining story...Although I get the feeling I may have already told it, but if I'm remembering right I was planning on telling it but never got to it. So if this is a repeat sorry, but you shouldn't feel too bad because none of you actually had to type it ;) J/K

So we were tracting in a trailer park the other day and this TOTALLY drunk guy came up to us and was telling us how we'd been deceived and that Mormons are going to hell and all of this anti-Mormon mumbo-jumbo that we get all the time, but of course it was more up in our face and loopy than normal because he was just HAMMERED! Anyway, he was telling Elder Thompson and I how we should be living our lives and how we needed to watch the documentary on how bad Mormons are (I'm assuming he was referring to the "God Makers" movie which is WAY anti but way stupid from what I have heard. He nearly bit Elder Thompson's shoulder pretending to be a vampire and he was cussing up a storm.

It was pretty funny, kinda scary in a strange sense, and very annoying.

Okay, so that's the shortened version but it was really funny to experience first hand.

Ummm....As for other things that have happened...well I guess I promised I would tell about transfers so I guess I had better do that ;)

So this week...Elder Thompson got transferred! I actually haven't met my new companion yet. His name is Elder Lincoln, he's supposedly a little bigger and SUPER nice so that should be a good change. That's all I know about him. He's supposed to be getting here any minute though so I probably should wrap up emailing so he's not sitting at the apartment forever ;) hahaha! I'm sure he'll call when he gets here though and we're only 5 minutes from the apartment. Also, Elder Gardner (one of the Cottonwood elders) got transferred so Elder Dyhre is getting a new companion. Actually he already has him. His name is Elder Banks who came out with me :D It's pretty crazy! He and I might die together (well in the same apartment). However, I would guess that I'll get transferred at least one more time before I go home.

Well...I don't think there's a whole lot else to write about this week.

Oh, Mom and Dad, I am probably going to start sending some stuff home relatively soon because I have a member in the ward here who can send packages for free through his work. So I will probably be packaging up some of the stuff I want to have when I get home that I don't really need anymore out here. Just a heads up.

I love you all!

Elder Jay Davis