December 16, 2013

Dear Family,

So just another happy day here in sedalia, we have been working hard this last week other than the two snow days we had. One of the snow days we were not allowed to go outside we had to stay in the apartment and be productive having phone lessons with our investigators. It really isn't as bad as it sounds i love talking to them anyway so it was amazing. I think there are too many missionaries that dont know how to drive on snow and ice and its too much liability its funny haha i love the roads when they're a little slick makes me slow down and enjoy my surroundings! 

Yes Logan Paige Holman had her baptism and its so amazing i had the opportunity to give her the gift of the holy ghost and it was such a blessing to me as it was to her and i feel like i can have more spiritual truths when we live ever so closely with the chosen elect of god! SO her boyfriend Matthew smith baptized her and he is from Branson.

Information about christmas i love the christmas season and the blessings associated with it. Remember Jesus Christ the reason for the season! This christmas is going to be a whole lot different in instance we are centering it on the work of salvation and centering it on our investigators and not on the presents, and ourselves so we opened the presents! 

Thank you SOOOOOO MUCH i love everything you sent including the shoes are great! Thank you Sonnett & Levi for the journal and shannon & bj for the anti mugging knife haha. Thank you Cheyenne for the Jelly Bellys i shared them with my district at our meeting they were amazing! We love christmas and we love our families that is what I'm thankful for the most this season i would have been perfectly ok with the pictures they made me break down into tears never thought i would cry when i see my beautiful family and that they are doing great!WE WILL BE SKYPEING YOU HOPEFULLY AT 1230 or 1 its whenever my district meeting is over i will be skyping you but i will call you before!

Well i want all of Ya'll to know that i love you and care so much for you that Jesus Christ is the reason for the season and find someone that needs him most this year and share his love with them!

Love

Elder Davies

December 9, 2013

Dear Family,

Well This week has been one of miracles just a bunch of people have been prepared to hear our message and they are Totally excited to get baptized! We had a wonderful baptizm on friday she was so beautiful going into the waters of baptism and coming back out of the water its a tear jerker but i made it through. I will have the amazing opportunity to give her the gift of the holy ghost on this Sunday and i know that it will bless her life so much as long as she keeps the sacred covenants at her baptism.

 Other news is that we have had a wonderful week of finding new investigators and we have had so much success in finding gods chosen people he has prepared to hear his message this week we were talking to the spanish elders here in sedalia and they told us they were walking down the street when this lady and her daughter stopped them on the side of the road and asked them if they were mormon missionaries they told them Well yes we are. The mother and daughter said we would love to hear more about your message.

 So the spanish elders turned them over to us we went over last night at 8 and taught them the restoration and it was one of the most spiritual lessons i have had on my missions they were wanting more and more and we gave everything we knew to them invited both of them to be baptized and they said EXACTLY WHAT I WANT! I was so happy and that the lord blesses us in different ways when we stay obedient to his commandments he blesses us so much that we cant contain it all!

So we wont be moving for at least till after christmas and that you can send all of the packages to the house that would be just fine! This christmas is going to be a little bit bluer that  i cant be with you but i know that you will be taken care of by the power of the all mighty i know! So i am excited to hear from you and to hear how everything is going back in wonderful utah!

love you

Elder Davies

December 2, 2013

Dear Family,

 

Holy crap its already december time is really flying by i cant believe it! Its so much fun to be a missionary and to be serving the lord at this time when the work is moving ever forward in fifth gear! SO this week logan is getting baptized on friday at 4 pm im so excited for her and that she is making this covenant with Heavenly Father! In other news i love giving trainings to my district of missionaries they are the best missionaries in the whole world and that the lord blesses us the most when we have no more to give we have done all we can then the lord takes over and it happens when we carry the spirit of the lord with us!

 

Thanksgiving was amazing this year we spent it with three part-member families and taught them as we were eating they were so amazing they are ready to make the final steps to be a eternal family they are just scared of the commitment factor and that they feel comfortable where they are they don't want to turn their backs on there family. But i know that as we work diligently to teach the lords children everything will work how he wants it to and i know that it is in the best interests of the investigators to live with him again some day SOON! I waited to open that package until on the first you know how much self constrain that took haha lots! Thank you so much for the tree and the cowboy santas haha it makes us feel like we are at home even though we are so far away its just two christmas so not so bad you will see me soon enough!

 

I love ya'll stay smiling!

 

Love

 

Elder Davies

November 18, 2013

Well, an amazing week here in Sedalia!  We have had one of the most amazing and fun weeks of my whole mission.  My new companions name is Elder Bateman and he is from Anacordis,  Washington and he is an amazing missionary.  He has been out for 12 weeks and loves to work hard just like me.  This week we set 7 investigators with a solid baptismal dates, three of them are brothers, and we had 10 investigators at church.  We were so blessed this week of having miracles happening because of our obedience to the mission rules and the commandments of God. So it has been great teaching all of our investigators in the trailer park.  They are all progressing and they are accepting the gospel in there lives. Being district leader is amazing!  I love being able to strengthen the other elders with my own testimony and progress the work forward.

That is amazing to hear about you calling the mission office and talking to sister Hipwell.  She is a great sister and I love her and well I guess she knows a great missionary when she sees one, haha. I love being able to teach all of these amazing people out here even though sometimes they just don’t understand and we both get frustrated.  We still love being able to talk about the restored Gospel Of Jesus Christ.

Man, Hunter, I thought he would put up a fight.  I got into a tussle with a guy out here trying to steal my wallet, I punched him and he ran away. Sonnett is doing well?  That is great to hear!  I am so glad that my little man Miles says the important words of “Moo and Neigh,Neigh” now all he needs to say is “I love Uncle Jon”  :0)

I love you and pray for ya'll!

Elder Davies

District Leader

Dear Family,

 

 

So this week has been one of miracles! To start out the members have been stepping up and we have had team-ups for almost all of our teaching appointments .This week when we were visiting one of our investigators in a trailer park she wasn't home, then we were walking back to the car and a man ran over to us and asked us if we could help his family move a couch into their trailer. So we went over and picked it up and helped them move into there house they said you two are very hard workers what church are you from? We replied from the Church Of Jesus Christ! They asked if they could come to our church and learn more so we gave them the address of the church and our number we taught them the restoration and they enjoyed it. I know that they will have numerous blessings because they also committed to read the Book of Mormon. Five new people to teach! We are getting blessed so much from the Lord and I know its by our obedience. We are still on for Logan's baptism she is so excited and she is bringing her best friend to learn more so I'm so excited as well. New news is that i got called this morning to be a district leader! And my companion is leaving and I'm getting a new missionary! I am super excited for everything! I know that the Lord trusts me to help His children understand His gospel and that we will be able to teach them will the convincing power of the spirit.

 

I have been really blessed with everyone in my life and I can't name all of the people that have blessed me with helping me along to this point of my life. I want to say that I love you and thank ya'll for making me into the man I am today.

 

I haven't received any garments but I'm sure they are on there way. I'm excited for you mom to get some new members into the ward it should be a tremendous blessing to you and the ward. How was St. George? I bet its a lot hotter there then its here... I am freezing haha but its all good. I just hate the humidity-makes everything horrible.

 

I love Ya'll

 

Elder Davies

October 28, 2013

Dear Family,

Well its just a great day to be a missionary! Other than me being sick for the last week with random things, its been a great week of teaching all of those investigators that we do have and I'm super excited to teach them some more as the time goes by. Its super amazing to see their conversion. I can tell you if that doesn't make you cry nothing will! I was having an appointment with Logan and we taught her the plan of salvation she was all smiling then she started crying when we talked about the atonement and we explained it to her that Jesus Christ has felt all of our weakness, struggles, sins and everything. He took it upon himself to loose the bands of death, He loves us soo much that he died for US. She then told us that she has been praying and reading a bunch in the Book of Mormon and she said she got her answer that no doubt in her mind that this church is true! That Joesph Smith was a prophet and that the gospel is restored to the earth, I busted out crying. Man I haven't seen this a lot on my mission, but seeing someones conversion from the beginning is a precious thing. I love her so much and she is getting baptized December 6!

Other news haha we have been teaching another guy and he is a black preacher! Man he is a great guy and he knows his bible but we invited him to church last week he went to stake conference and it was great other than he took a scripture out of context. The scripture that says the sheep I have that are not of this fold those too will inherit the Kingdom of God. He took it as we were claiming to be that other fold haha he is crazy. He started using his loud yelling preacher voice in the appointment we were having with him and I said I'm going to leave if you don't lower your voice and show me some respect cause I'm talking all calm. Man he finally calmed down and he and us discussed it and he understands it now which is great and he is watching conference talks on lds.org while were not able to be with him!

I love you and thank you for the Halloween box it was great my companion loved it and I love being in Zion!

Love

Elder Davies

November 4, 2013

Just another happy fine day here in missou-ery!

haha :)

 

Well its a great day here in Sedalia, kinda brisk but not too bad. Still wearing my short sleeve shirts cause I'm crazy! But this week was amazing in the member involvement. We had members come with us to almost every teaching appointment that we had set and they have been fellow shipping those investigators that we have brought to them. We had a Halloween party the day before the actual day it was amazing! I had 6 investigators that attended with their families and participated in the fun. We were able to talk to them as well as have a blast with them at the party. The work is really moving forward and the adversary is working ever harder for the small simple tasks get hard to do such as getting up on time, planning for the next day, getting along with your companion, but I know that when I get out of bed Satin dreads it. He starts to get afraid because of that priesthood that I hold and the teaching with the power and authority of the holy ghost its amazing. Stay strong and just let'r buck, you just got to hold on and let the adversary try to get ya sometimes its so funny to see him try!

Well sounds like its starting to get cold and wintery there in Utah i miss it and i miss the amazing mountains but the good thing here is the trees. Its sooo beautiful! All of the colors make us happy and smile. Remember YOMO DnC 58:16 you only mission once so make it count and that's what my plan is: to bring those souls unto Jesus Christ that need my Testimony to witness unto them that this will bless there life and its for everyone, no matter what you have been through!

Love you

Elder Davies