November 22, 2010

Hey Mom,

That's awesome that you are living in a winter wonderland. I'm jealous! We've had A TON of rain this week. It's been annoying for missionary work, but I do enjoy a good rain. I used to hate rain, but I've grown to love it. That's a bummer that you only have an inch of snow and have to deal with all the slipperiness of it, but ah well ;)

HAHAHA! I have been listening to Christmas music intermittently since Halloween! Since I can't listen to KOSY 106.5 and FM100 I figured I'd at least give them a tribute. ;)

My health has been good until today. I have a little bit of a cough now, but it's really really really mild and it won't keep me from anything. I was definitely able to recover fully from my last illness though ;) I have no idea what illness I had. It was bizarre. I had a fever for a while and was ALWAYS cold no matter what I did. However it didn't act like the flu at all. I wasn't nauseous (sp?) or anything, no cough like a cold. Just congested and sore throat and a fever. I wonder if it might have been some sort of sinus infection.

Things with Elder Duval are good. I'm not having to try very hard to get along and be patient so prayers are definitely working :) He has mellowed out a lot since I served around him before. Serving with him is a good thing for me for sure. I am the senior companion and for some reason he really has a mindset of there being an importance between senior and junior which is funny because most missionaries don't. I mean, he just makes sure that I take the lead in everything, which is totally not me, but it'll be a good growing experience for me so I'll be more decisive ;) I am quite enjoying serving with him. Not my favorite companion but we don't argue or anything.

(This paragraph is in response to me telling him that Brother Gunn called to tell us that our son is a great person whom they enjoyed having in their ward.) HAHAHA! I love Bishop Gumm (not Gunn, just FYI)! He and his wife are hilarious! Probably one of my favorite bishops thus far. Very much a sarcastic gentleman which you probably discovered as you talked to him ;) Yep, I was extremely sad to leave the area, glad that he was able to tell :) Yeah...in other words...President Pendleton keeps shotgunning/whitewashing (putting two different missionaries in at the same time) Anderson Ward...in fact...he just did it again with this transfer which Bishop Gumm probably told you. The Ward mission leader there is NOT happy! Brother Berry the WML is AWESOME but pretty perturbed about the whole situation. It had already happened two or three times before I got there! Sounds like typical Bishop Gumm to me :) Funny guy!

Yep, we have great families here. I hope I'm still here for Christmas :) Transfers are just before Christmas (I'll actually find out what's happening with transfers while Kody is here :D) I have found a place for him to stay...I'm a little hesitant to ask somebody to pick him up from the airport...but I could try.

:D I love you bunches too! I hope you have a good Thanksgiving week as well. I'm sure mine will be great! I'm thankful for great parents who are willing and able to support their sons ;)

I love you Mom!

There will be a mass email this week for sure. I have a list ;)

Love,

Elder Jay Davis


Hey Dad!

I'm glad this week was good :)

That's awesome that you got to see Kody go through the temple! I can't wait until we can go as a family!

That's AWESOME that we blew out New Mexico! I hope that we indeed give Utah a run for their money! I am looking forward to hearing about the game ;) Though I'm not expecting a win either, but we'll see! Quite the comeback for sure!

As for Kody coming out here it sounds like you have most everything set which I appreciate. I asked the Shumway family if he could stay at their house and they said absolutely.

That's a bummer that we've only had limited amounts of snow but at least you got some eh? ;)

Wow! That sounds like it must have been a WAY intense drive from Spanish Fork home! Knowing you, if you are making it up to be as bad as you are, it was probably WAY worse! Glad to hear you are safe and sound ;)

Sounds like an awesome Thanksgiving. Kind of a bummer that none of Kody's BYU friends ended up coming, but it'll be a nice last bang as a family right :) Then Kody will be down to the nitty gritty and won't have a lot of time to do all of the relaxing ;) I'm actually having Thanksgiving dinner at the Shumway's where Kody will be staying. As for what we are able to do, they cut our normal P-day (today) in half and give us a full P-day on Thanksgiving. So we get to hang out with members, play games, (only stuff we can do on a normal P-day, but still) etc. So we should have an enjoyable day ;)

I love you Dad!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis



Hey!

I have 6 minutes so I'll cram what I can into this email before my time runs out ;) Luckily this week I have a list that I created on the whiteboard Mom sent me for my birthday. (Don't worry, I transferred it into my planner before coming to the library lol)

This week my companion and I got kissed by a random lady that we talked to while riding our bikes around. She just walked up, grabbed Elder Duval's face and kissed him on the cheek. Then she walked over to me, and before I could figure out how to get out of it, she planted one on my cheek as well...not my most pleasant experience of my mission. She was probably in her late 50's. It was gross.

I made Clam dip this past week and I finished it off (mostly all me, E. Duval had a little) before the end of the week! I went through a TON of it :D It was yummy!

We helped a less-active man cover the roof that he was only halfway finished roofing. That was a blessing because he said he normally would turn the Elders away but we got there at the right time and then we were able to set up a return appointment to teach him :) Pretty sweet! We are very blessed here in Wheatland area. We are working hard to turn this little area into a booming missionary area.

I love you all!

Elder Jay Davis