Emails, Conference, & Raking - September 26, 2018

Everything is going good. Alliance is good, getting colder but I can wear my jackets finally. I'm betting I stay. Usually you train them for two transfers. This week we found a new young family to teach they are super nice and want to hear the message. I'm super excited for conference. President Stratford told us there will be a big announcement about missionary work that will affect all of us at general conference. Every missionary loves getting an email. Training is going good. We are having a lot of fun. I will. Email about the week later when we go to do laundry. 
This week started with zone conference. Is was good and we heard a lot from our stake president. He is awesome and it helped me a lot. Friday we went on exchanges with our zone leader. I went with elder Dixon. He is technically still in the army so he is pretty intense but super nice. We had a fun time teaching a bunch of crazies. Saturday we found a wonderful little family to teach and taught some other good lessons. Sunday we had church and then rode our bikes around town and raked people's leaves. Monday was a boring day just a lot of finding. Tuesday we had dinner across our entire area and had fun with those members. Nothing to crazy this week.

Softball, Duke, & Wet Shoes - September 19, 2018

Thursday was pretty typical. District meeting and then basic stuff. The best part of that day was our inv. Becky is loving the gospel and so close to baptism. We got to go over for dinner and she made us enchiladas. She also has a really cute puppy named Duke. He is a boxer and very spazzy but he likes me. Friday I went on exchange with my old companion Elder loutz. We had a lot of fun but the only bummer was Brad the recent convert in the area was drinking coffee and beer. It was sad but we moved on. We then contacted a guy named Amos and he was hilarious he kept rhyming and praising god. It was awesome we are now teaching him. Saturday we went and helped an older lady put drywall up on her house. Thank goodness my grandpa taught me how to do it. Then we went to a ward softball game. It was so much fun! I found a mitt so now I have one on the mission. I obviously wrecked everyone. Sunday was Sunday. Monday we went by a member named Sister Moser. She is super kind and having trials right now so we stopped by but we were riding our bikes and it was raining so she was horrified our shoes got wet. So she required her brother to drive us to Walmart and buy rubber shoe guards for us. It was super nice. Yesterday was pretty boring just went finding for some new people to teach.

Today we are doing laundry having lunch at a new food place and shopping then teaching our book of Mormon class. Maybe taking a trip to goodwill for Halloween decorations 

The Book of Mormon class is where we read a chapter in the Book of Mormon at the church with members and non members and talk about it and we teach what it means.
Elder Davis

PS -You will have to tell grandpa that teaching me how to dry wall provided a huge service. I taught 3 other elders how to do it. And we used the full sheets no cutting of them 

 a toad we found

 The view of one of our inv. House

 the college in towns sign.

Possums, Belief Window, and Low Miles - September 12, 2018

Hey Everybody -

This week has been good. Me and Elder Hooper have been having a lot of fun and working super hard. We have listened to This talk called the Belief Window and it has completely changed my mission. It is awesome. It is by Hyrum Smith you would like it. We didn't do anything crazy exciting this week just the boring stuff, except yesterday we learned our mile allotment and we learned that we have 200 miles left for the rest of the month, which is not very many. So from now on we are pretty much biking elders. It's gonna be a fun time. Zach (Cowdell) is awesome! Super nice. The People here are really nice, the ward has been awesome and the ward mission leader is great. I got my socks! They Are awesome thank you. It is getting colder, but I am the coat smuggler. I have like 6 nice jackets. If you need one let me know. I will email a little later when we do laundry more.

So, I want a motorcycle when I get home. For college and to go on rides. I'll send a pic of  a cool custom bike of one of the college kids that loves next to us.We have a lot of raccoons, possums, deer, beavers, stuff like that.

Yeah,we had some good food this week. Brother Fisher took us out for dinner, which was super nice. We went to this old fifty styles dinner, it was really good, I got a Reuben sandwich. It rained for like 3 days straight it has stopped now. Luckily because we are biking everywhere

My bike is good. It's a nice bike. Yeah I have tons of jackets. I'm good. We got snuffed on miles so we have to bike everywhere now.

Our area is HUGE! Across our area? 3 hours. Across alliance where we usually are 30 min.

Elder Davis

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Fair & Baptism - September 5, 2018

This week has been pretty good. Me and elder Hooper are having a lot more fun. He is doing good, which I'm happy about, being his dad and all :). We took a lot of pics because we went to a fair so you will get those later. He has all of them on his phone. Thursday was district meeting so it was a pretty normal day. Friday was normal as well. Saturday the sisters had a baptism of a guy named Phil. He is awesome and one of our inv. Went, she cried the whole time. That night we went to the fair. It is the 3 largest fair in the country. It was fun to relive my 4H days. I got to talk to all the kids showing their chickens and stuff it was a good time. Sunday was church so same old same old. The rest of the week was pretty mellow so nothing crazy, Kent state is in my district. It is a HUGE college, a lot of people like it. Kelly would enjoy it. And she would be a super strong addition to the ysa ward.

Elder Davis

Oh, It's Been A Week & Miracles - August 29, 2018

This week I got my trainee. His name is elder Hooper. He is from mesa Arizona and spent a year at byu.  We then came back and found some new people to start teaching which was great! I ate a tub of cookie dough ice cream that night as well,( tips and tricks for a mission, always have ice cream). That was Thursday. Friday was a great day we taught this really cute family, they have a 4 year old son named Zach and he is a spazz but so am I so we get along. As we were reading the book of Mormon with them Gill another one of our investigator who is close to baptism rolls by and wants to listen. We get to a scripture on baptism and he says ( that what I needed to hear!) Then left. We also taught a lady named Brianna who is super nice and is going to come to church. Saturday we taught gill. We taught him about baptism and he said he received revelation, that he can get baptised without living the word of wisdom. We said we would study and get back to him. More about gill later. Sunday we had church and Gill came! He sat through all of sacrament meeting and listened he loved it! We then taught service in gospel principles and listened to an elders quorum lesson on feminism. What a disaster. Monday was our miracle day. It starts with a lesson with one of our inv. Bob. He lives with a guy who is anti Lds. But this lesson the other guy listened and bore testimony on God and how he forgives us and is coming to our book of Mormon class. Crazy stuff. Then, fantastic miracles I found a Snow Cone shack so we go and I'm eating a snow cone and Gill calls!!! He asks us if we have an answer and we say that he has to live it and he says ok I'm looking forward to our lesson on Wednesday. 5 min later we get a text saying ( I get it guys! Right after the phone call the spirit talked to me and asked me if I loved my cigarette, coffee and wine more the Jesus Christ, I answered no)!!! He got an answer to his prayers that he needs to live the w.ow. It was crazy. Tuesday was a normal day.
Elder Davis

My comp doesn't like pictures. So, I tool this when he wasn't looking :)

Birthday, Baptism, Training and FLEAS! - August 22, 2018

I got the package we loved it, yes they delivered the pizza twice, but it worked out. I am TRAINING!
They took the second pizza order back, But yeah I am TRAINING I pick him up tomorrow. I'm really excited. My birthday day was crazy. So, it started out at 4am in the morning when we both woke up and knew we had to get out of our apt. So we slept in the church parking lot. Then we had a clothing drive at 9am and that was fine just manual labor. Then at 2pm we had a baptism, then we had the pizza you sent, and then at the end of the night me and my companion got fleas! It was crazy! We got the fleas from the suits from the drive we put on for the baptism.

We got rid of the fleas, the baptism was fun. It was a good baptism. The pizza was great. My favorite members ,the Fischers, had us over Sunday and made us lasagna my favorite food and made me brownies for my birthday. They are super ice and really like us. 
I did get the office reference in your birthday package. It was Awesome, thank you so much. I have no clue who I am getting for a companion.  we go to a meeting tomorrow and he has all the trainers and trainees and he calls out who  everyone is together with. My new companion is straight from the mtc. On a plane right now :). 

The pants fit, I'm wearing them right now. I got shirts from Grandma and ties from Sue and Andy, which was Awesome! I got a card from Grandpa Davis and Kris too. I'm super excited to be staying here. I am a young trainer, and I'm super excited!
I didn't make the cake yet, I'm going to make it today for my greenie!
The Best part of the week was Getting my trainer call.
Members fed us this week which was nice and inv made us lunch, French toast and bacon.
I didn't take a lot of pictures this week, but I will get better with the pictures with my trainee for sure.

Elder Davis

Carnations Festival & Museums - August 15, 2018

This week was good. We had a thing called the carnations festival happen so we were able to watch fireworks and watch a parade with members. It was a lot of fun. We had zone conference too, which was great, and we had stake conference. No real chances for service yet, it's kinda lame but oh well. We are having a district activity, so I will for sure send pics of that later in the day. I got a letter from grandma, this week which was nice. That's exciting that Zeb got sealed!

I'm doing good. It doesn't really feel like birthdays are a thing on the mission, they just kinda happen. I don't think anyone in the ward knows it's my birthdayon Saturday. I'm excited though.

I planned the district activity for today. In alliance we have a bunch of really weird museums and stuff. We have a cat museum, a troll museum and a huge real castle. So, we are visiting all of those

My companion is good. We enjoy each other so it's fun

We have transfers next week. I think he will be gone, and I'll take over the area. We will see.

The members are good. Most don't live in our area, but so it goes. This Saturday I get to be a witness at a baptism, the sisters have been teaching this lady, but she likes us when she comes to church.

Love you all

Elder Davis