December 27, 2009

Mom,

I'm glad you enjoyed talking to me on Saturday! I'm glad you think I look and sound great lol. I sometimes wonder personally but that's ok ;) No worries about not having much to write about today, neither will I.

Sounds like a really good Sacrament meeting. I would have loved to hear the different musical numbers! Kody was thinking a lot about which songs to do while he was here. It was fun to sing with him and Elder Duval.

That's awesome that you had a very big crowd :D You're very right that extra food is better than not enough food. Besides, ham makes for GREAT leftovers!

That's totally fine that the email was all about Kody's farewell. I've been curious about it anyway :) So thank you for the information!

We did a puzzle after the phonecall on Christmas, it was a lot of fun, though we had to leave before it was completed. Stinkin' curfew ;)

Love you tons Mom!

I don't really have a lot to say, sorry.

Love,

Elder Jay Davis


Hey Dad,

That is a pretty big bummer that the audio didn't get recorded. I'm sorry that it didn't work out better. At least you could still hear me right? ;) You're right, we'll be seeing each other VERY shortly! Pretty crazy!

Wow! 40 pounds of ham! That's a LOT! That's cool that Kody reported to the High Council yesterday.

HAHA! What a surprise that you were stressed out to be part of the quartet ;) I'm sure you did AWESOME though! lol, singing is one thing that I don't get all that stressed out performing anymore. I mean I get nervous just before I go on stage but then I'm much more calm. Piano...similar, but I'm SUPER nervous once I get on stage, but I just don't think about it until the last second ;)

That's AWESOME that Alex came! WAY cool! That's also awesome that you had a less-active member there too! Way to be a missionary Dad!

I miss the Canfields :D That had to have been quite the bunch with all of their kids there :)

I'm glad to hear that Kody's talk went so well. I know he put a TON of thought into it because he was preparing it while he was out here! Sounds like he included some pretty awesome stuff in it.

That's good that other than the potatoes, which sorta makes me laugh, the day went well! That's INSANE that you had so many people there and that they were there until so late :) I bet Kody was just having a blast! (Though I have no doubts you are all pooped today lol)

That's awesome that Kody used the experience out here to explain how missionary life actually brings the stories to life. I've never really looked at it that way, but it's very true!

The rest of the holiday season is going to be just working hard, except on New Years Eve we have to be in by 6. I hate those days because that evening is always so boring...ah well...it happens ;) I'll find some way to keep myself busy. Then on New Years Day we have a full p-day so we are planning on spending it with some members again which should be fun. Nothing really super specific that I can think of that we are going to be doing. I plan to make clam dip for New Years Eve though ;)

Elder Duval seems to be feeling MUCH better and I'm pretty much in full health again so we should be much more effective at least until one of us gets sick again (it almost feels inevitable at this rate lol). You are exactly right, it's dark at 5, people in California seem to be asleep or shut in by 6:30 or 7 and then...pretty tough. Luckily we have the Preach My Gospel training DVD's that Kody may have told you a bit about. Our mission president has authorized us during the evening hours when we don't have set appointments and can't contact anybody to watch those DVD's. It's a pretty good learning experience. Thank you for your encouragement! We will definitely keep trying to find people even at night :) It's true, we try to do our tracting at around 4 or so in order to find more people home. It works okay.

Anyway, I have very little to write about that you haven't already heard. I don't believe I'll be sending out a mass email this week so don't look for one ;)

Good luck getting Kody packed and ready when the time comes and have fun hanging out until then!

Love you tons!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis