November 8, 2010

HI MOM!

I don't know why, but I'm super excited to talk with all of you this week. Especially you (no offense to anybody else reading this lol). Like I said, I don't know why :) But I love you!

I am not being transferred. I will be remaining here in Wheatland.

It's been raining pretty good here lately. I love it! I have missed having moisture. I'm jealous that you'll probably get snow soon ;) Three days of snow! AHHH!!! I can't wait! That's funny that you're actually looking forward to the snow!

HAHAHA! That's funny that my comments on my favorite families made you think of Brian Regan! I didn't even think of that but it's very much the same ;) Although I don't know if I have a "more favorite."

Thanks for the Birthday Wishes! I don't know why I capitalized those, but whatever.

I love you tons Mom!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis


Hey Dad,

Well I have good news for you. We found out about transfers today. I will be staying in Wheatland. The next transfer would happen on December...21st lol! So I would find out on the 20th and pack that evening and leave the 21st if I were going. So our plans will work out just fine. It won't be a problem even if I get transferred.

I like the idea that Kody had about the details of flying out on his birthday going to church and then spending P-day as well. I think that's a grand idea. My thought is that if you haven't booked the flight to Sacramento yet that you may want to look into the closer airports if that's possible. If it's not as convenient then it'd be fine to go to Sacramento. I will also start looking for a member who would be willing to house Kody for the two nights. I'm sure I could find that easily. Let me know what you are thinking with regards to that stuff. I know that he's not allowed to stay at our apartment.

It would be PERFECT for Kody to bring his missionary suit and we could just have a normal day Sunday (we don't generally have too many appointments other than church and dinner on Sundays, well and our meetings before). Sounds like a great plan to me!

That's fine. I will make sure that Kody has a place to stay that's close so that I can pick him up and what not.

That's AWESOME that BYU finally had a good game :D Well it sounds like it wasn't really a "good" game, but at least it was a heck of a win for us :D

That's weird that they just had a random stake conference but that's pretty cool that it was just because he'd been directed to do so by the Quorum of the Twelve! That's a bummer that Elder Scott didn't get to attend ours...maybe it's a blessing for me so that I'm more likely to see an Apostle when I get home ;)

Dude! I am so jealous that you guys have the possibility of snow! I can't wait to return to snow!

:D Thanks Dad! I can hardly believe I turn 21 this week either! I know how much effort Mom puts into each and every package and I'm sure she puts extra effort into my birthday package.

As I sort of mentioned, I'm not getting transferred so my mailing address is the same. I believe I've already told you the one here in Wheatland. If not, we're out of luck for now because I can't remember it lol!

Speaking of gifts. I have been thinking a lot about Christmas. I already mentioned that I don't really want anything serious because I'll just be coming home and I can get stuff then instead. However, I think I'd just like for you guys to donate "my" Christmas to somebody in need who could better use it. I'll let you guys decide, but I think that would be really cool.

Thank you so much for the updates from home, for your love and support, and for being my dad!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis



Hey!

Well first things first, I am staying in Wheatland for at least another six weeks.

My new companion will be Elder Duval...but I'll get to that in a bit.

It's been a pretty strange experience sending off a companion for home! He actually left at 11:30 today. I was picked up by some other Elders in the zone and I'll be staying with them until tomorrow when my new companion arrives. It's pretty bizarre because I feel almost like a transcient (sp?) missionary or something you know?

I really enjoyed serving with Elder Garcia so it's going to be tough having him gone. That leads into talking about Elder Duval...I'll just say that he's VERY well known amongst the mission because he is one of the missionaries who is...may we say...overly gung ho about the mission. lol, I'm sure he'll be fun to serve with and I'll get lots of laughs at his...naive comments haha :) I think it's going to be a fun transfer and we will grow to love each other. However, I would ask for your special prayers that I will have the patience and courage to get along well with my new companion :D

Umm...I'm pretty sure I had some other stuff to say...but my mind is a little bit blank.

Well I really enjoy this Wheatland ward. It's been pretty weird knowing that my companion was going to go home. He had his birthday last week so he got a lot of recognition and stuff which was awesome. Then yesterday was probably one of the coolest days I've experienced, because everything just fell into place perfectly to make for the best last day of a mission (as he said). Church was fabulous, Elder Garcia had the opportunity of confirming Sis. Williams who got baptized on Saturday. The baptism went great! Her husband has been pretty hard-hearted for a number of years and thus has been less-active, but due to some recent events his heart has really been softened and he is making HUGE strides! It has been very humbling to see prayers answered in many regards.

Then, continuing with yesterday, we had dinner at the Bishop's house. His family is EXTREMELY musical. It really reminds me of Mom's family. We were waiting for dinner to be ready so I played the piano (upon request) while the family sang hymns. It was really spiritual. Then we had a great dinner, a great message, and as we were leaving the house the whole family paraded out the door singing "God Be With You Till We Meet Again" in perfect harmony. It was VERY touching! I was able to hold the tears back, but had it been for me I would have lost it ;) I really enjoyed being able to see him have a great day!

Alright, well I'm nearly out of time and I have a couple other quick emails to write.

Hopefully this was a little better mass email ;)

I love you all!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis