102 - Four Investigators at Church, Zone Activity - Hamburgers!

Dearest Friends and Family,

What a week it has been! We have had a lot to do but things have been wonderful. This week we had four of our investigators in church, that was good! Next week we'll have even more!

Estela has been progressing a lot! My companion and I are really excited for the great progress she is making! A week ago she showed up to church after after a few months of not going and for the first time in a long time she stayed for all three hours! She loved it:) This week we were able to go visit her with Elder and Hermana Sosa (from Australia and originally Argentina) and we had a fantastic lesson with them! They both have had such amazing experiences that they were able to share with Estela that really encouraged and excited her! Her three daughters are already members (I did one of her daughters baptismal interviews over a year ago, one of them got baptized when I was here a year ago, and on got baptized a couple months after I left), so she is the only one left:)

Gilberto has been progressing very well too! He is so willing and loves to read. He still feels like he doesn't know very much (and of course there IS so much more for him to learn!), but he is ready. His baptismal date is Saturday so pray for him this week so that he can feel comfortable and make the right decision!

Juan Martín is doing SO great! We took a picture with him after church this week. He is basically a dry Mormon! Haha! He goes to institute every day and reads the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price! We had a testimony meeting with him and 7 other young single adults from the Stake and it was incredible! He is SO ready! Really the only thing that has been holding him back are some family things, please pray that his family can understand the choices he's making to come closer to God. He will be baptized VERY soon! Not sure exactly when, but VERY, VERY soon! :)

Today we had a Zone Activity that was lots of fun! A family from our ward came and helped us make this BEST hamburgers! It was a good day!

Our house is coming along...we are going to paint it tomorrow and we hope by next Tuesday it'll all be back together and ready to go!:)

Thank you all for you prayers! I can feel the help that they bring to my companion and I and our investigators! I also pray for you all often in all the things you are doing and I hope all is well!

Love,

Elder Davies

Week 101 - Short but... short :) & House Renovations.

Fixing the tile in their house

Dear Friends and Family,

It´s been a great week! We have been fixing a lot of things in our house so we have been busy...yesterday we spent a few hours putting in new tile so that was fun!

Our investigators are doing well, we are hoping to have a baptism this week on Saturday! Pray for me!

I love you all!!

Elder Davies

Week 100 - Wahoo!

Seven floor library in Mxico City

Dearest Friends and Family,

Ladies and Gentlemen, IT`S WEEK 100!! I feel like that`s significant even though it really isn't...but it`s a good reason to celebrate! So we went to a Sushi buffet today! Absolutely wonderful! :) This morning we also went to this incredible library (7 floors!!) and I took a couple pictures for you guys! One of the coolest 7-floor libraries I`ve ever been in in Mexico!!...okay it`s the only one...but still awesome!

This has been a VERY exciting and busy week! I've loved it! We had our Mission Leadership Conference and we all learned a lot about goal setting and a lot of other great things! We all just love learning from President Naumann!

This week we had an awesome opportunity on Saturday to take our Ward Mission Leader to visit Gilberto (Isaac's dad) and we had a GREAT lesson!! He had read some things on the Internet so we helped him understand some important things using the scriptures and everything turned out okay! He always comes to church and that made us really happy to see him Yesterday!

Juan Martín also came to church and he is AWESOME! He is taking two institute courses and is about to start a third. He has such an amazing testimony if the church! In the Principles of the Gospel class he shared how he had a friend who was having a hard time and he shared the Book of Mormon with her and told her to read it and it would change her life as it has changed his! He is so great...pray for him that everything can work out with his family so he can be baptized!

We are working hard here and we have SO many people to teach...we have been blessed with lots of great investigators and there just isn't sufficient time to be able to see them all we would like to!

I know this church is true and I know that God lives! I know Jesus is the Christ and that he loves us and gave his life for us. I know that through his Atonement we can be clean and have our burdens lifted to be able to enjoy this life to the fullest. I know Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, chosen and risen up to restore God's truth and God's church upon the earth in these latter days!!

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!

Love,

Elder Davies

 

 

Week 99 - Conference! New Missionary Arrivals & Departures

Last Pictures with Elder Woodward & Elder Dillon before they went home

Dearest Family and Friends,

This week has been quite the week! Conference was ABSOLUTELY incredible! I especially enjoyed the Priesthood Session and the inspired messages that were given! Elder Holland always gives the greatest talks! I just love hearing him speak! I can`t decide which talk was my favorite because they were ALL amazing!

I could talk all day about all my favorite talks but I'd love to hear what you all liked and what you learned from the Conference!

On Monday it was transfer day so we were REALLY busy! We left at 5:30 AM to go to the MTC and get the new missionaries and take them to the Mission Home to meet the President and his Wife. Have I ever told you how much I love President and Sister Naumann? They are just so wonderful. I learn so much every time I am around them!

After that we took the missionaries to the Aragon Stake Center (by the Temple) where we presented them to their trainers!

New Companion Elder Te

My new companion, Elder Te, was there getting everything organized. Elder Te is from Oregon and was going to BYU before coming on the mission! He was Zone Leader here in Allende a couple transfers after I left Allende for the first time so we are both BACK in Allende! I'm really excited to work with him! He is awesome

We took my companion Elder Woodward to the Airport today and that was really sad! Elder Dillon also went home so I`m excited for them! I learned a lot from Elder Woodward and it was sad to see him go but I know that he will do great out there in the real world!

Our investigators are doing really well! Gilberto who is a members Dad has been progressing REALLY well! He came to conference and LOVED the Priesthood Session (as did I!). Juan Martín is someone else we are teaching who is progressing really well! He has been attending institute for a few months and we are just starting to teach him...he already knows a LOT from institute though!

Well, today is a busy day but I'm happy and healthy and I hope you all are as well! Have a great week:)

Love,
Elder Davies