Monday July 14, 2008 hey familia!

hey familia!
hello from brazil! well how are things? sounds like you guys had a good b
day for jake and what not. jake hope you got that card. anyway jill is home
and leaving again and erin is gone again and gezz is anyone staying home
this summer. holy cow. well things are good here, mom wanted me to tell you
a little bit about my comp. seeing how i have had the same comp for three
transfers which is like 4 and a half months, i better know some things about
him. well he lives up north here in brazil, joão pessoa. he is the only
member of the church in his family which is amazing to me. because his story
is really cool. its long so i will shorten it. but he has been catholic for
his whole life and he moved to campinas where john is about 3 years ago, got
converted there and then went on a mission. the people down here are
amazing. i dont think i could do that. he has the biggest sprirt ever, i
promise. he was in the army down here for about a year, and he has been out
in the field for one year and 4 months now. he goes home next march. but
after 4 months we are starting to get along really well. we dont have much
in common but we both love the church and want to serve so thats all we
need. its funny cuz we are away from our families we always say all i have
is you...that sounds really weird now that i wrote it down, but its alot
better in person, its acutally funny in person. ha ha maybe its the way we
say it. he speaks really good engllish and wants to study at byu when he is
done with his miss. i told him to come to the usa and i would take him to a
good brazilian restuarnt. rodigio grill!!! lets see, oh we might do a trade
this week with the zone leaders which could be good i guess....good and bad.
ha ha but ya all is good. we are going to have a family night again tonight
with a family and we invited the whole ward. usaully not very many people
show but its good to get the whole ward together down here. its
different....just the ward and the way they do stuff but its good. so i
bought my self a water melon and ate like the whole thing...i took some pics
so you guys can see...ya its pretty sweet. anyway i am doing great and i
hope everything is going well there at home. oh cool story, so the other day
we did a contact and the guy that took our card threw it on the ground about
50 feet after he left us and this lady found it and picked it up and called
the number and now we are teaching her and it looks really good. she said
she was looking for the right religion and when she saw the pic of jesus
christ on the card she said she felt really good about it and wanted to
call. THE LORD WORKS MIRCILES!!! its amazing how the lord works. i love
this work. the gospel is true and there is nothing on the entire face of
this earth that can make someone more happier then being the member of the
true and only living church of jesus christ. this is the true gospel and it
is such a blessig for me to be here and spread the word, to help create
those eternal families. i love you guys tons, dont forget it. hope
everything is well. thanks again for your support. you guys are the
best!!!! be safe and wear your seat belts ha ha

elder davis