corrida! July 19, 2009

Well one more week has gone by, it seems as though for me that this transfer
has gone by really really fast. we will be starting the 5th week already!
this last week for me was really really busy, good but busy. we had
conferences so that kept everyone here in the office on their toes. running
around trying to get everything together and making sure that everything
that was suppose to happen, happened. But now that the week is
over....things have slown down alot and i have been able to breathe. This
next week should be a pretty calm week, or at least a normal week here.
However at conferneces it was pretty funny cuz what happened was that when
elder buck became the financial sec. he lost alot of wieght and what not,
well i have been in the financial spot for about 4 weeks now and when we
were at conferneces the other day some of the elders kept telling me that i
was starting to look like elder buck....i was losing wieght and i was
looking alot whiter....( the lack of sun during the day) so ya i am not sure
thats the best thing i have ever heard but what do ya do. i wish i had more
to say sometimes, tody just isnt the day. i am at a lack for words, really a
lack of what to say. I am pretty sure i didnt metion it but the mission
president is in my ward...we rarly see him, he is usually out at another
ward or something. Ok so really i am not sure what to say, i know that
sounds retarded becuase i just got done telling you how busy my week was,
and know i cant even think of anything to write to you guys. all i can say
is that its been busy..haha a few days we were waking up at 5 or 4:30 in the
morning to get things done. I think part of it is that we were really busy
but its just stuff that we have to do, not like anything really interesting
thats been going on....once again however we have been looking for an
apartment...i really dont like moving....after doing it 4 times here on the
mission...i am so done! mving is the biggest pain ever..you would think that
its not seeing how missionaries dont have hardly any furniture and we just
have suitcases but at the same time, even with few things.....man i really
dont like moving! but it looks like thats exaclty what will happen here very
soon. well hope everyone is have a great week!

oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR
KARI..........HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!

sorry i didnt write last week...i know i am a slacker...but even though its
late i still wanted to send it! love ya tons sis!!

dont forget i love ya all! tchuazão!!

elder davis

sup my hommies

NOTES FROM MOM:

To understand the pictures you need some info. On Mothers Day Ben told Jacob
that one of the things he really missed was carpet. No one has carpet. I was
getting ready to send Ben another box, so I cut out a piece of carpet and
put it in the bottom of the box. I will also share portions of the letter
Ben wrote me. He is not a very good letter writer so unless you ask him
questions you do not get much information. He got my email after he wrote
the one to the family so I have added some of the info here.

FROM BEN:
I am very excited to hear about your garden but at the same time a little
sad that I wont be able to eat some of the stuff...fresh!! But that's how it
goes. I know you won't even recognize me when you see me, not because of my
looks, that's pretty much the same, but I have grown to like a few
things....including vegetables.....not all of them yet but the
majority...!!! hahaha look what the mission is doing to your son!

well about our baptism, its a guy named Janari...it tsounds really weird in
englihs, you definitly have to say it with a portuguese accent...hahah but
he is like 28 years old and lives with his sister. who also seems really
interested, but the other day when his sister asked him if he was getting
baptized...he gave a very confirming YES! It was pretty sweet, we got way
excited, he has been close to baptism these last few Sundays but has not
wanted to take the step, and now this Sunday he has committed to be
baptized! That family that we found last week will be going to church with
us on Sunday to the stake conference, they are way cool. They are all
catholic but a great family that is really open to hear other people, which
make things a little bit easier for us. :) Elder Buck is doing great, he had
a baptism last week and is preparing a guy to be baptized soon, he is just
eating things up out there. And about the box... I was just kidding...but we
did eat a lot!! I am the only American in the office so the Brazilians had a
little feast with the bag....they really like American chocolate.. haha that
article that you gave me was pretty cool, way interesting to read! I didn't
think you could do that.....be on a mission and ask for your future wife to
come down and get married and serve with you....i am pretty sure they
wouldn't let you do that now, but its a way cool story...their daughter was
a true Brazilian!! Hahaha

FROM MOM AGAIN:
                I sent Ben an article that was in the Mormon Times section of the
paper that told about a missionary that went to Brazil (David O. McKay was
president) He left his sweet heart behind. She was also planning on going on
a mission. Well the missionary wrote the prophet and asked that she be sent
to the same mission and that they could get married and be companions. That
is exactly what happened and they had a baby while they were on their
mission. It was a neat story. Would not happen today but was fun to read.
Well that is about it, take care everyone. Two and a half months we will be
sending off another one. Gotta love it in Brazil.

MESSAGE TO FAM:

yo yo yo  whats kickin with the davis gang? sorry guys i am turning
brasilian...its just what happens. :) so whats going on with everyone? i got
a few letters from ya all and i will try to repsond to them this week! oh
and I GOT THE PACKAGE!! i couldnt stop laughing about the carpet...i got
some pics that i will try and send to you guys....they are pretty good i am
sure you will all love them...but yes jake thanks for the carpet....LOVED
IT!  kari thanks for the cookies...i am way stoked to make them! i will let
you know how they turn out!  so what happened to mom....she sent me a pic
and man has she changed.... i definitly liked the hair...somebody is a hot
momma! well thanks to everyone for the package....me and the office elders
pretty much ate everything up man! but we are still workin on that peanut
butter! man do i love that stuff. so do you guys remember that show
survivor? well they did one here in my mission! survivor tocantins!!!! my
mission has like 3 states and they did it in the part of my mission that is
like the hottest there is and where they still have lots of indians living
there! cool uh? i should have tried out to be on the cast.... do you think
the president would let me go do survivor for a little bit....ya probably
not! haha well things have been great here in the office, we have a bptism
tomorow after stake conference! everyone is getting way excited for that!
this last week has been alright, filled with things to resolve however, but
we all made it through it! in one piece miracleously! but things just keep
moving along here, they dont wait for you, so you just got to keep up on
things. well sorry that today wasnt an espitle, but when its not its
not...you know what i´m saying..:) LOVE YOU GUYS TONS, thanks again for the
package! hope everyone has a good week!

ps jake- whats going on with you man, i havent heard any of the lastest news
from you!!!
erin- you remember what we talked about on the phone...hahaha
megan- i am still waitin on that letter.... we both know that i can wait...i
am good at it ( do i need to remind you of the brownie incedent) hahaha

dont forget i LOVE YOU GUYs!!!

Elder Davis

ENTÃO!

well i will try and tell you guys all that happened this week but to be
honest it will be hard....this week was really really busy. monday was
transfers so all day long me and elder buck were running around buyin things
and doing alot of stuff in the streets( as we say) to get ready for the
transfers that night. once that night came...even more stuff..... we had to
make sure all the right elders and sisters that were going home we at the
right house and that their suitcases were in the right spot for the next
morning. the next day we woke up at 3:30 in the morning to get ready and get
all the missionaries to the airport with bags and everything...that took
awhile, so after we got everyone to the airport and sent home...which was
pretty `trunkie`i wont lie, we then had to run back to the office and get
ready to pick up the newbies! that was way fun....to see them completly lost
and stuff...i just remember how i was......IT takes away all that trunkie
feeling!  well after we picked up the newbies we took them to the mission
home to have a training and to have lunch.  well we dropped them off and
then went runing around to finish up lunch so they could eat....well then we
had to do some practices with the new guys and do our training about what we
do here in the office, and then we were kinda of done. we went back to the
ofice and tried to finish up some office work before the newbies passed by.
well when we finlly had a day to actully work in the office there was alot
of stuff to do, so the rest of the week we have been trying to finish all
the other work we left to do. so here its just run run run. but it keep  you
on your toes!!! things have been great though, i have a new comp, brazilian
again. his name is elder queiroz, he is from sao paulo. we had a little bit
of time this week to work in the field, and the time that we did work, we
found a new family but we have marked with them to vistit next thurs. so i
will have to let you know how that goes. anyway that was my week in a nut
shell!! hahah a small nut shell but a shell none the less. well i hpe that
everything is good with you guys, i have to go do some office work today so
i am kinda in a hurry but i am alive and kicking and having a great time
doing the lords work!
jake you better be getting excited cuz it doesnt get better then this man!
you are giong to have the best time in fortaleza....2 reasons...one your
going to be on a mission, and two your going to be IN BRAZIL!!!! well love
and kisses for all, dont forget me! :)

EU AMO VOCÊS!!!!!

ELDER DAVIS