July 8, 2010

Hey Mom!

Nope, it's super hard to believe it's July! By the way, I'm emailing today because our schedule has been insanely crazy this week with transfers and stuff. Elder Thompson and I are still together which is fine. So no change here really.

The 4th was pretty mediocre. It was more boring than last years because we didn't even get to play games, but at least I got to see a fireworks show (the city one). That's awesome that you guys got to relax a lot and that it was much needed ;) HAHAHA that's funny that you got bored too. I'm sorry. I think about you a lot when I'm just dying to play games and nobody will play with me ;) You and I will have to play them a lot when I get home :D Speaking of games, one of the missionaries out here knows how to play Kemp (the game Sarah Johnson taught us with signs and what not (card game)) and he even calls it Kemp! It is AWESOME!

That's awesome that you went to the Wagner's for a Davis family gathering on Sunday :D I bet that was fun. Especially with almost everybody there. lol, makes sense why the people listed weren't there ;) That's sad that Nicole and her family are moving out of state! That's awesome that Dad took the camera to get pictures for me :D I'm looking forward to them!

Yep, you actually experienced hotter temperatures than I did this past week ;) It's been in the high 90's and low 100's this week and it's really not been that humid. This week, though hot, has been quite nice temperature wise. That's funny that 83 degrees was so bad for you guys because out here we aren't allowed to have our house below 85 when we are out and 78 when we are in. Luckily we do know how to program ours so it cools off a bit before we get there ;) So I guess I can understand.

lol, so Kody was going to the BYU ward with Dad? That's probably good so he could get used to being away from the home ward and in a college ward. I'm glad you are enjoying having them with you ;) I can understand why you wouldn't want to go to the college ward. Maybe once a month or something. Whatever though, I don't know why I'm trying to say anything ;) It doesn't affect me hahaha!

Catherine's baptism went through. It was GREAT! The song I sang with Elder Del Rio was good, even though we had to improvise a bit because we sang some wrong lyrics but nobody knew except us so it was great. The song I accompanied a guy singing went very very well and Catherine won't stop calling me Elton John because of how well I play the piano. She's a hoot! We'll definitely be visiting her after my mission!

The week was good yes. We got the mission goal of 20 lessons yet again (we usually get it here) and we got a lot of NNC's (new non-members contacted). So it was a good week.

Things with Mignon are great. He will be getting baptized not this Saturday, but the next (July 17th). He is super excited to the point where he keeps trying to move it forward, but we can't because we haven't taught him everything and we can only meet as often as his work schedule permits. We are however meeting with him as often as possible to move things along. It should be great :D

We also picked up a new investigator. She's a friend/relative of a member in our ward (who is awesome at referrals). She's 14 and is totally ready for baptism. We commited her a day or two ago and she said yes for the same day as Mignon's. We are excited for her. Her name is Sierra.

I love you tons :D

Elder Jay Davis


Hey Dad,

That's good that the week went well. That's no surprise that you are frantically working on the next issue ;) That's work lol

The baptism with Catherine went excellent! The music all went great. on the one I sang we kinda messed up the lyrics but we messed them up together so it sounded exactly like it was supposed to be that way so nobody knows about it. The accompanied piece was awesome too. Refer to Mom's email for a funny fact about that.

No changes that affect me with transfers.

That's awesome that Josh is safely in Brazil and very close to Elder Hayes ;)

Thanks for the pictures at the Davis gathering, I'll be looking forward to them :D

Relaxing is good :D That's what Mom said you did too ;) Yes, you told me how much you hate summer ;) I'm getting used to it, but I like Spring much better.

HAHAHA! I'll have a great week :D Thanks Dad. You have a great week too!

Love you tons,

Elder Jay Davis