July 8, 2013

Well howdy Family,

Can I just tell you how great it is to get emails from you! Well, it has been another super fantastic day in paradise! Who else can say that their mission is in Zion? So, if the second coming did happen I wouldn’t have to go anywhere! :0)

Well it has also been a very overwhelming week-just stressful and hot, and we were walking all week which was great other than the stupid humidity! haha But it does rain here at least 3 times per week.

We have been working with this lady named Shelly for a while now and her problem is she believes that our church is true and she loves everything about it. She just doesn’t believe that Brigham Young was supposed to be prophet. She believes that he did a bunch of stuff that isn’t true like he rebaptized all of the saints that went to Utah with him and that he lied to the people to get what he wanted out of them. It makes me laugh because she is RLDS and she likes to believe that Joseph Smith III was to be prophet because it says it in our church history apparently.  I love her to death but she won’t give us any head room to talk about what the spirit directs us to tell her and teach her.

This week has been fun we did a couple of big service projects. Thank you for sending my boots! That helped a million times better than my shoes, but we leveled out a person’s backyard, tore out their deck but we had to save the wood because they are going to reuse it.  We built a fence, and landscaped the whole back yard! All of this was done at the same house at different times and and different days.  I’m still having back problems from all of the hard labor. But I know we helped them out so much and I felt great serving them because I love them so much.

It sounds like you had a great Fourth of July because I know I did. We had a HUGE fireworks show at one of the member’s houses. Their neighbors buy like 10 thousand bucks worth of fireworks every year. They shut down the street and it was amazing to say the least! Maybe the parade next year will be better.

The temple trip to Kansas City was great! I loved being able to go with my whole mission to the temple and preform those sacred things with them. The temple here is ALOT smaller than Provo.  You have to walk up the stairs to finish an endowment session but it is a very beautiful temple. I love the windows and I love the landscaping outside of the temple.  It’s amazing.

I have been getting better. I am over my sickness but now my left knee is giving me troubles. It pops in and out of place when I over use it in the day.  I haven’t told anyone yet because I don’t want to get sent home. I will just endure it.

I love this work!!  The people I have met mean the world to me and they love hearing more about the gospel and I am so glad to be one of the Lord’s missionaries at this time and age

I Love You All,

Elder Davies