SNOW!!!!!!

So this last week we had a huge climate drop that resulted in a big snow
storm....it was some huge front that came off of the atlantic, no one was
expecting it, so it hit brasilia with a surprise! There were lots of
accidents on the roads, cuz of course they dont know how to drive in the
snow. and pretty much everything shut down, they just didnt know how to deal
with. it was the weirdest phenomenon that i have ever seen in my
life.................OK so i would so love to see the look on your faces
now....man if i had a camera....so was that cool that i totaly just lied to
you guys, i hope so. CUZ I FOOLED YOU! :) ok so i was just kidding, there is
no such thing as snow where i live, most people have never even seen or
touched it. i just miss snow, but i shouldnt speak to much about it cuz you
can jsut watch, i will get home and hate snow and miss the 24/7 SUN!
NOT!!! i love snow! well anyway, whats going on with all you guys! hope
everyone is doing well. untill now i have passed 2 weeks in the office, its
alot differnt here cuz you spend the day at a desk and then leave at 5 o
clock. its like a normal office job, but instead of going home and relaxing
you go out and teach!!!! its been great though, a little while ago the area
that me and elder buck are in now was a little slow, but things have been
picking up really fast, we have been finding people to teach which as been
awesome! other then the field work, the office work as been well office
work. we actually do alot of stuff here in the office, and just like at
home, it can get tiresome! hahaa but its great, ya gotta love it! i guess
the good part about the office is that you get your letters and packages the
second they arrive in the mission! so there are some ups to it. this last
week we had zone conf. man was it great! it was an all day conf, and the
pres talked about alot of things that are really going to help this mission.
Our pres is really inspired of God! In the conf he was talking about christ
and that one day we will all have the oppurtunity to be face to face iwth
him. he described that moment with such clarity.......that all i could say
after was wow! it was just way cool, it made me want to get to the end fast
so i can see my savior! :) but i still got a few things to do here on
earth..haha today we also had your district meeting, and becuase elder buck
is the district leader, he gave the training, i wont lie it was kinda weird
cuz he was my comp inthe ctm and everything and now he ws giving is
trainings and all that stuff, it was cool though. well i am doing GREAT-
OTISSIMO!!!!  and i hope you guys are too. LOVE YA GUYS TONS- EU AMO
VOCÊS!!!!

ps jake now that you will become brasilian my sugesstion is that you learn
as much portuguese as you can, use the money that you get from your job and
buy those computer programs or some books or whatever you can, and learn as
much as you can know. even if its only a little, do as much as you can, you
will be alot better off in the ctm, i wish i would have done it. but you
cant buy the book or what ever and look at it once and then put it down, you
got to read it every day, set some goals and stuff and really work at it
man!!!! you wont regret it!!!!! it will be the best thing you can do right
now! well LOVE YA GUYS, THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING!  

pss sorry again for lying.....i wont do it again.....well i cant say that
cuz then i would be lying again cuz i jst might...love ya! :)

pss lets not call it lying- thats not a good word, lets call it fibbing :)
hahah talk to ya guys next week!

Elder Davis

sup fam!

well hello hello! so i talked to you guys like a few days ago so there is
not much to tell ya. i have only been in the office a few days but its been
pretty cool. i am companions with elder buck again and man has it been
awesome. good old times. well i will tell you guys a little about what i do,
so we get to the office and 8 in the morning and start study at 8 just like
before, study until 10 and then do a language study for 30 min. after that
it starts the day. we start call ing the zone leaders to get info and other
misionarys, i have to order stuff for the mission for all the companionships
and stuff. i deal with all the letters and packages that arrive for the
missionaries, and some more little things that ihave to take care of, it
doesnt sound like alot but it can fill a days work. elder buck is the
fininical sec. so he takes care of all the money on the mission, but he will
be trainig me and then i will have to do it. but he will always have to
leave the office to take care of stuff with the bank and lots of other
people, so i go with him, so sometimes we spend a few hours dealing with
problems outside theoffice. but at 5 o clock we leave the office for the
field and go to work, we work till 9 like normal and then go home and plan
for the next day. its a lot different then being a normal missionary, cuz
you have alot of real life problems to deal with during the day, then you
have to go work in your area at 5 and leave all those problems behind in the
office. its way different. but ya its a good oppurtunity, you get to learn
how to be an account for a business pretty much. but thats pretty much my
day. because we are a business as to say, we have to stay open monday
through fri. so our pday is on sat. and pretty much we have to be ready to
do anything the president needs. which could be really almost anything,
things to prepare for a zone conf. things to do for a missionary. things to
do for missionanrys coming or going, there is alot of stuff that goes on in
the office. but anyway i tried to send mom a video of me but i dont know if
it will work, if it does you will see it, if it doesnt.....guess you wont.
:)
i am still agetting to know my new area so i dont have to much to say about
it. so i have heard that vitor, the guy i baptised in santo antonio
descoberto wants to serve a mission!!!! ya i was way stoked to hear that.
its such a good feeling when you see someone truly converted to the gospel!
i love it! well thats pretty much whats going on with me these days! hope
everyone is doin well, dont forget
EU AMO VOCÊS!!!!!

ELDER DAVIS

hello minha familia! April 13, 2009

whats up guys? so this last sunday we had lunch at this members house and
pretty sure it was the best lunch ever. it was easter lunch and it just
turned out that the food that, the sister made was pretty much a sunday
lunch at home. we had potatoes ( very creamy) carrots and peas and some type
of roast! with of course RICE, but it was still awesome! they bought this
big chocolate easter egg that we all pretty much destoryed! haha but ya it
was a really good easter. Tiago was confirmed that sunday too, and given the
priesthood!!!! i was so excited! you wont believe it but it is only his 4th
sunday and he already bought a suit and everything, he actuallyt bought the
suit and everythinglast week for conference! he is a stud!!! well in other
BIG NEWS, transfers were today and believe it or not, just after 5 weeks
here in sobradinho 2 i got transfered! i am going to work in THE OFFICE, and
the strangest thing is i will be companions to ELDER BUCK!!! so i will be
companions with my ctm comp again, cool uh? i thought so. i will definitly
miss the members here, this is a great area and the ward members are
awesome. but just like all the other areas i have had, it all ends sometime.
this last transfer i have been with elder alves, and man have i learned alot
from him. i think the thing that i would say that i have come away with the
most is more patience. this transfer i havce learned alot about patience,
which has been really good. anyway how is everyone at home, hope you are all
doing OTISSIMO!  i think the only thing that i have come to not like on the
mission is the moving.....i really dont like packing!!! you can never fit
all the stuff you took out at the first of the transfer! ahaha well i dont
hvae much to write cuz we are kinda in a hurry, with it being transfers and
all but ya just remember i love you guys tons!!!! THANKS FOR ALL YOUR LOVE
AND PRAYERS!  
eu amo vocês!!!!

elder davis

best weekend ever!!! April 8, 2009

MAN WASNT CONFERENCE AWESOME!!! i hope you all had an oppurtunity to watch
conf. because it was so good! we missed the first session here on saturday
so i wil have to wait until the liahona for that session, but we got to
watch the rest of them and man, that was one spiritual conf. they were all
really good, but i think the one that i liked the most was Jeffrey R.
Holland, he has always been my favorite speaker but i just love it cuz he
usually metions the atonement of christ. and the talk he gave....wow! it was
so powerful, it made you want to cry, he just puts things in such a
different light, ways that i havent thought before. It really gave me a new
appretiation for the atonement and what christ really did for us. After he
got done giveing his talk, the spirit was so strong that you just couldnt
think anything else excpet how this really is the true church of Jesus
Christ. After conf. got over i kinda felt sad, not a bad sad( ya i rhymn)
but a good one, if that makes sense, conf. is the best thing ever, to have
the chance to listen to the prophet of god speak to us and his apostles. and
the thought that i have to wait 6 months to hear them again :(, but then
agian it gives us just barley enough time to study the talks. conf was so
good!!!! i really liked that they focused on temples alot, there were 2
talks ina row that talked about temples, and how we should prepare people
for baptism so that when they enter the waters of baptism they are already
looking forward to the temple, it made me really miss going to the temple,
we are so blessed to live in utah where there are so many temple around us.
it made me appreiate more what i had before te mission. it definitl is a
very important thing that we go to the temple as much as possiable to do
those saving ordinaces for those that have already pasted on. man i want to
go to the temple! well i hope you all are taking that oppurtunity while its
right there infront of you. anywhoe, this here are great, i am stillin
sobradinho 2 but transfers are next week so thingscould chagne, i dont think
they will but they could, i have only had 5 weeks here and 1 transfer with
elder alves. he is a great kid. he had a big heart for the people here, i
have really been able to learn alot from him. this sunday will be the
confirmation of tiago! and we have some dates marked for 2 weeks infront.
this area really is a great area! i am LOVING IT! well i hope everyone is
doing well there at home, remember that i love you all...that includes:
mom,dad, jill, kari, nick, megan, jake, erin, anne, brandon, erik, tyler,
mikayla, kaleb,( everybody likes to see there name in the email, i know i
would) haha hope you all know how much i love you, cuz I DO! :) HAVE A GREAT
WEEK EVERYONE! i am always thinkin of you!


EU AMO VOCÊS!!!!
elder davis