February 14, 2011

Hey!

Thanks! I had a really really really enjoyable time participating in Wyatt's baptism. I was able to be a witness which was wonderful! Wyatt was just all smiles the whole time which was great! It's always fun seeing really gruff dads being worthy to exercise the priesthood!

Well I am sorry to hear that work is killing you right now! If you're not careful it might become literal, so don't stress too much ;) I'm sure that regardless of what the feedback is, people are pleased with your performance! :D How could they not be?

Things in this area are awesome! The ward is HUGE! We fill the entire chapel and pretty much the entire overflow! It's very much like our ward back home (probably a bit bigger even). The chapel is the same layout as ours back home so that's kinda trunky, but really it's just warming me up to return to Utah ;)

As for missionary work...we don't have a heck of a lot going on. Mostly we are working a TON with the members to try and find more investigators. We tract a lot, but not a lot comes from that which kinda stinks but it's typical of missionary work anywhere so no big deal :) Elder Kohagen and I get along well and really have had some fun times in the two weeks that we've been serving together!

I am seeing a HUGE improvement in my fitness. I can bike up a lot more of the hills without thinking I'm going to die. I always pushed myself from the beginning and haven't had to walk my bike at all so far, but now the hills are much less daunting! It's actually pretty exciting with me!

So Friday night our dinner had to cancel on us. Well members always tell us if that happens to call them. Sometimes it's awkward to call people, but we just really wanted the social aspect of eating dinner with members (we don't care nearly as much about the food, though it's still yummy!). So we called the Salazars who are a recent convert family of about a year that are taking the temple preparation classes. So who knows when that'll happen, I might have to make some special travel plans. Anyway, they agreed to feed us and they just happened to be going out to dinner that night. So we went along with them and while we were waiting to be seated guess who walked in? Dusty Baker! Now I had no idea who the heck that is, but found out that he was the former manager of the San Francisco Giants baseball team and is currently the manager for the Cubs! Pretty dang awesome! Elder Kohagen even gave him a Finding Faith in Christ passalong card haha! He was very very nice and shook our hands extra and said he appreciates what we do :) Wicked cool! It was his son's birthday! We were at a restaurant called Chicago Fire, yummy pizza place!

The lessons on P-day were awesome though 3 of the 4 were to members (whether active, seeking referrals, or recent converts).

Alright...I don't think I can think of anything else to tell about or ask about so I love you tons!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis