Short & Sweet - March 25, 2019

Things are good. The area is doing good and the district is having fun. I have a meeting tomorrow pretty much all day so idk how that will be. We have found some good people and one wants to be baptized.

District Leader, Needles, & Hugging - March 20, 2019

This week has been a crazy and fun one. We have transfers tomorrow and I am staying in Columbus. Elder Henshaw is being transferred. I got called to be the new district leader so that should be fun. I get to run district councils every week, plan exchanges, and call the elders and sisters in my district to check up on them. I'm excited it should be a good learning experience.

This week we did service with one of the members. Someone drove up on his wet lawn so we helped fill in the holes and get his yard fixed up. He gave Elder Henshaw a "gardening" knife. We also wen to the children's hospital in our area and gave a blessing to a little boy who was there. His family is from the Gahanna area. The hospital is amazing.

We found some needles on the sidewalk this week. Sketch We were running to the children's hospital so we wouldn't be late and this big man started yelling at us and chasing us. Slow down why are you running from me. So we stopped. he wanted us to pray with him after that he put us both in headlocks and didn't let go for a little while. Then he asked me if I liked people touching me. I said no if you know me you know this. lol  It was an interesting experience. 

We are teaching some great people and working hard. We also went to the library this week. We study in there. I'll send a pic. An elder in the mission drew a picture of me. I'll send that too.

Talk to you next week

Elder Davis

Columbus Library

My bracket :)

Drawing by another elder

Needles :)

Columbus Library

Walked, Walked, & Walked, & Walked More - March 11, 2019

This week we walked, walked, bused, bused, knocked, and knocked ALOT! Our area is huge so it takes 30 min - 1 hour to drive anywhere. If we ride the bus it takes more than that. So, it is a lot of walking in the cold snow or braving the bus. We don't ride our bikes because it has been so cold and they get stolen in this area. My companion and I are doing good. We are happy and just working. Our area is the most primitive in the mission. We don't have a dishwasher, laundry machine and stuff like that. I know first world problems, but its rough. lol  This was a good week. We went to the Fisher's sealing. I was able to be the witness in the temple. It was a great experience. We also went to the library and checked out some recipe books. (If anyone has good recipes, please email them to me) i made lemon chicken and it was awesome. 8 1/2 score from Elder Henshaw. We also found a Scientology church. Elly loves the show about Scientology so i sent a pic for her. We met them and got some pamphlets from them. They were nice. We were invited to watch a video in the back but declined. We didn't have time. I got the music you sent and I'm excited about the Aviators hat. All in all it was a good week. we are working hard and had a great lesson with one of our investigators. I'll talk to you next week.
Sayre

Elder Henshaw, Hannah, Elder Davis

Fisher's Family Sealing

The Columbus Ohio Temple

Scientology Store near our house

Filters and Skype :)

Swapping Mission Stories

Lots of Pictures - March 4, 2019

We talked to Sayre this week. He is doing good in Columbus. They are busy working 14 hours days walking the streets of Columbus. This week they had district council. They tried to liven it up by acting out a shooting scenario with cap guns. lol  Sayre went on exchanges. They found 5 new people to teach on exchanges. So, it was successful. They took a lot of pictures. He is working hard and enjoying every minute. It is cold there. The high was 6 degrees yesterday. He got the $5 Mcdonalds card from Grandma Linda so he was hyped about that. She never misses a week to email him or send mail. He likes his companion and is doing great. 

The Book Loft & Life in Columbus - February 25, 2019

This week has been a good week. Elder Henshaw and I have been working hard and having fun. Shane Poole from one of my previous areas came to Columbus and took us out to dinner. It was great! This week my mom sent me pepper spray for my key chain and we almost had to use it. lol We were at Panera and a man came up to us and asked for change, this happens a lot here. We said we didn't have any, and he just began shouting profanities at us and freaking out. Luckily he moved on, although we did have a plan if he didn't. jk 
We started teaching a man who has had a rough time of it. He was without a home for a long time. He was so excited to hear about the plan of salvation. He just kept saying this makes sense. It was great. 
We taught another man who has been looking for the truth and someone to study with. That was a cool experience.
We went to the Dream Center Church again this week to talk to people. We don't think they realize that we are elders of our church. They had us hand out programs as people came into the church. That was interesting. It was nice to meet a lot of different people. 
Elder Henshaw experienced my fear of elevators this past week also. We had to ride on an old elevator at the children's hospital, next time I'm taking the stairs. haha
We went to the book loft today. My dad told me about it. It is an old book shop. There are 32 rooms of books. It was super cool. I'll send some pictures of that. It is in German Village also. There aren't any driveways here. Everyone just parks on the street. There are a lot of young families in our ward. That is nice the kids are funny. 

Yay! for Video Calls

Antique shop - He Man

Blue Jackets Hockey Arena

Shane Poole came and took us to dinner

Calls Every Week! -February 18, 2019

So, Sayre can call every week now. We will still update his blog with his mission stories and experiences, but we are so excited for this change. It will be a huge blessing for all of us. Sayre is was great. They had no idea the communication change was coming until they got an email. Mind blown! He is in downtown Columbus. He loves it down there. His apartment is 2 story town home and really nice. He told us this experience...
As we spoke with Sayre the other day, he told us about a recent experience he had. He said it was kind of a rough day so he went home and was studying the Bible. He read the story of Lazarus. When Christ arrived at the place where Lazarus lay. The people around him were so sad. They expressed how Jesus could have saved him if he had gotten their earlier. Jesus stood among them and wept with them. When our lives are tough. We sometimes forget how much Jesus loves us. How he would stand and weep with us if he could. 
He has also been going to the children’s hospital near his house and giving blessings to the children there. This has been a cool and humbling experience for him and Elder Henshaw.  They live near German Village. It is a cool part of town. He sent some pictures of that. He is happy serving and really appreciates everyone’s prayers. 

New Area, New Companion & Cold - February 11, 2019

Everything is great! Yes, i got the packages. They are awesome.  Oh yeah! The Bible is awesome and the Book of Mormon is great! And the chocolate are good.This week has been good. Elder Henshaw is awesome, and we are having a lot of fun. The area is downtown so it's different but way fun. Not mugged yet so that's good. Just kidding it's not that bad. It is kinda rich if we turn right but if we turn left it's a rougher area so we stay on the left side to teach. There isn't a very big teaching pool but, we are working hard to find some
The apartment is super nice. It's good to be in a biking area and my bike will be down next Friday. We bus  a lot though

The mission buys us bus passes.

Transfers went well. It's been snowy and cold but we have been trying a survey attempt to start a conversations and it's really working. We did service at a Christian church and it was fun. It's called Dream Center. We saw two hobo people fight. It was hilarious idk what else to say. Tonight we are doing dinner and tracting I think it'll be fun.
It's cold! 15? Our area is big its all of Columbus. My companion is from California by Fresno. Our ward is about 150 people. I gotta go. I'll email more next week. 

I love you!

Elder Davis