October 25, 2010

Hey Mom!

Well things should be a little more stable schedule-wise now so hopefully email is a bit more predictable ;)

That's AWESOME that there's snow on the ground ;) We heard from a member who we are friends with who was in Park City and called us that it is Blizzarding big time there! Like a foot and a half of snow they said! We've had a ton of rain here. Yesterday it just POORED! It was awesome! I can't wait until we get thunderstorms ;)

Yes, you are right, the gooey center of zucchini bread would have been a problem in the mail. It is still really really yummy this way! And because of the chocolate chips it is plenty moist.

As far as we are aware things are still a go for Patti. She had her mother-in-law pass away so we didn't meet with her this past week, but other than that things are good as far as I know. She is in her early 50's and she's married yes. This is both her and her husband's second marriage...I don't know if she has biological kids but I know he does. He is a less-active member of the church due mostly to being offended during his divorce a long time ago. She's been investigating on and off for 13 years, but it's only been a few months this time from what I know.

Wow! I didn't even realize that Halloween was THAT close! Holy smokes. I already have my costume planned out. It's the same thing as last year but I plan on improving upon it a bit. I'll take some pictures and send them to you :) I'll be kind of an airman of sorts. I bought this really cool jumpsuit thing from a Goodwill thrift store that fits me perfectly it is hilarious!

Thanks for the email Mom :D Things here are great...um...I can't think of anything super exciting right off the top of my head but hopefully something will come to me and I can do a mass email since I haven't for a while.

Love you tons!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis


Hey Dad,

That's awesome that you wrote this email in a taxi in LA! Probably a pain for you so thank you for the effort ;) It's awesome what technology can allow us to do these days!

That's awesome that you got to go to the BYU game at home in box seats :D That's SWEET that you should Pres. Samuelson's hand! I'm jealous! I'm glad to hear that BYU won, it would have been pretty embarrassing to lose to Wyoming. I bet that was a fun time with Grandma. She said this is the last game she plans on going to. That kind of made me sad. That doesn't surprise me that you drank way too much soda :) I remember the Phoenix race ;)

I'm glad that all of the demos went well! Relief is an awesome feeling. I've felt quite a bit of that this past week for various reasons :) It's been nice.

Yep, pretty awesome that there are so many members so high up in the military :D

HAHAHA! I remember your stories about Ravensburg yes :) That's really cool that those were in a very small town. I like it here, but I will not be sad to leave at this point. Maybe by the time I actually leave I will be a little bit more sad to leave ya know? We were really good friends with a part member family that we were working with but they just moved to Colorado. It's really sad, because they were our favorite family, I made really good friends with them. They will definitely be a family that I will visit. I'll use going to see Aunt Dana and Uncle Matt as an excuse ;) Plus, my current companion, Elder Garcia, lives in Colorado so I could visit him too and we'll both go visit the family :)

As for things about the area...small about sums it up. Spread out though. I mean our bishop lives about a half hour away from where we do, and the base is about that far a drive also so we really have to drive a lot and we only have 1000 miles which goes really really fast. We'd probably be okay with 1100 or 1200 but we're just a little short. Um...there are like NO ward activities so it's pretty boring in that respect, but things are good. I like it, my spirits are pretty high, and things are good.

I love you tons Dad!

Have fun in L.A.!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis


Hello!

Well I guess I owe you all a mass email this week :D

I don't know really how much I'm going to have to say, it's about time for me to wrap up emailing, but I felt like writing a quick one.

Wheatland is very small and not a lot happens each week. The members, as few of them as there are, feed us nearly every night of the week which is such a great blessing! I love getting to visit with the members and the meal is always a great bonus too!

My companion goes home in almost exactly two weeks which is really really crazy! It makes it quite difficult to avoid getting trunky, but I'm managing quite well ;) It's pretty exciting to think that he gets to go see all of his family :) I can't help but mention that in only 4 1/2 months I'll be in his position!

Well I best be going, but I love you all!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis