February 21, 2011

Dear Mom,

I'm glad I sounded happy in my email last week. I really like this area. I hope to have a baptism before we leave but I really doubt at this point that it's going to happen. We'll see though, I'll be happy either way.

I would LOVE to play a piano duet with you in Sacrament Meeting :D I don't really have a preference on whether we do it the week I report or not. It just depends on how well we can prepare. If you think we'll have one ready by that Sunday I don't see why we wouldn't do it that Sunday. I mean honestly I don't really care how much time I get to speak you know?

That's awesome that you are still getting snow in Utah! I don't care how long it's there for, I just want to see some legitimate snow ;) HAHA! Sorry that you only got a teaser of warm weather. We had a similar problem. This past week has just been RAINY as all get out and apparently it's supposed to get that way again soon. Yuck! Not fun on a bike!

The other day we biked about 2 miles to an appointment in the rain...we got there and were just SOAKED! There was a wind advisory and everything it was just POURING! We had our lesson, the biked back to the apartment and were just wet through to the skin! So we stripped our clothes off (of course in privacy cuz you know me lol) and put them in the dryer to let them dry! It was insane!

Yes, having an awesome area and a great companion are definitely making my last few weeks much more enjoyable than they could have been lol :) My health is doing MUCH better (knock on wood!). Yeah, the fitness is coming, though I still could be better. I mean yesterday I was on exchanges with Elder Thompson that I served with in Anderson and we were biking in his area and he's super athletic and MAN! I was just hammered by the end of the day. My quads are still burning lol!

We'll work on our full body fitness together when I get home. I just am always so worn out that I never feel like doing full body stuff after just hammering my legs all day you know? I have a couple ideas of what we can do to get in shape that we can look into when I get home :) Should be fun.

Yes, they fill in the chapel quite well surprisingly! They all crack jokes about it too :) It's like people actually want to sit in the chapel which wasn't always the case in our ward back home lol. This ward is pretty close knit for how big it is. I've been pretty impressed about the fellowship aspect of all of my wards on my mission.

lol, I'm glad you don't classify my thoughts about the future as trunky lol :) That's awesome that my report will be on the 27th! That'll give me a little time to not be nearly as weird so I can actually sound relatively normal for my report but still be able to remember things from my mission. I actually really don't want to talk a LOT about my mission except for maybe some select important experiences that I have had and then focus more on the principles of a mission and then I'll definitely incorporate the topic into my talk. We're very much encouraged not to give travelogues in our homecoming address. I would LOVE to have a gathering after my address but it's okay if you aren't up to it having just had Kody's big gathering.

That sounds like a really awesome night having the girls over for dinner. I kinda caught that from Kody's emails :) I just want to let you know I really appreciate how much you fellowship our friends. I know that Kody will appreciate it cuz I remember the first few months of my mission when you guys did that a lot :) It's weird how much it means to us! THANK YOU! I can't wait to have Spaetzle!

Yep, Dad let me know about the cellphone situation, but thank you for confirming :D Kody is just really on the ball :) I love that kid! HAHA! That's hilarious that the voicemail message hadn't been changed and it was still Kody's voice :) Man! Kody's voice had gotten deeper since when I left and when he came to visit! I was impressed! I swear he got skinnier too! He swears he didn't though lol. Must have been the clothing he was wearing or something. Who knows.

HAHA! I love you tons too Mom! I can't really help counting down. The sister missionaries made me a "trunky planner" and it has a daily countdown on the side so I always know how many days I have left. Funny thing is that the members are starting to countdown too...not in a bad way, but they just always remind me how little time I have! I definitely think it's normal ;)

I love you tons Mom!

Love,

Elder Jay Davis


Hey Dad!

HAHA! That's hilarious that you are starting to count the days. Bekah sent me a really quick email this week and she said she thought you guys were probably totally excited that I was coming home. I said I'm sure you are but that you're both hiding it well...well now I'm kind of eating my words ;) But you are doing a remarkably good job ;)

The sister missionaries made my "trunky planner" for my last transfer and it is in the shape of a house and has a day countdown on the side of each page. I believe today is like 22 days left lol!

Yeah, I'm really grateful for the support you and Mom have given me on my mission in all sorts of different areas!

Yep, there are definitely mixed emotions but I am super excited to get going with whatever is ahead. I mean I have plenty of fears but they are outweighed by the excitement to see what the future holds! BYU should be awesome.

That's hilarious that you were only in a ward twice on your mission lol. That was so cool to go to Basel!

Trust me, I count my blessings that we are so supported by the members! I really really really love the members.

I'm glad you liked hearing about me meeting Dusty Baker. I'm running out of time so I won't comment too much on that.

Love you tons!

Elder Jay Davis