September 12, 2009

Helllo!!! well goodafternoon! so we found a little bit of time in between meetings to run to the lan house. but how are you doing! from the sounds of it, not to bad. i did get the chance to talk to jake....man was he a wreck....when he was talking to me he told me that he was going home for sure.that all he wanted was to cuddle up with you on your bed, and that the only thing in the world that would make him feel better was seeing you. we talked for almost 2 hours and we talked and talked, i shared scriptures and experiences but he just didnt want anything to do with it, all he wanted was to go home. by the end we were both balling our eyes out. he had told me that he had prayed, fasted and studied everything to feel the spirit but it just wasnt coming. and i am sure thats all becuase he was very very surprised and all that to be in a new place, where he didnt know the food the people, the language, and pretty much everything else. i am sure he is having a harder time then me...i had a great companion...i am sure his companion is great as well, but if you dont get along with your companion the mission becomes very very hard...i have had that happen a few times in the field. but thats the best part you learn to love your companion, but in the ctm your still new at everything, so loving your companion is like the last thing on your list...haha but he will learn. the only thing that i would suggest is contine to write him....the one thing that will help him continue to feel your love and suppport is all the letters and packages. he will need as much as possible. so if anyone sits down to write either of us always write jake first. that way if you dont have time for 2 then at least you will have written jake. he needs it alot more then me......so tell everyone that they need to write at least once a week if not more, he will really really really need your support. he is freakin out cuz he is so far from home, and doest know what to do. so continue to write him, and packages help alot too. i really dont need anymore, i am almost home, so you guys just hang on to that money and take me out to eat, but jake will really really need your help. from everyone!!!! so letters packages even if its just a little package, it doesnt have to be a big one every few months, it can be  a small one more frequently, but just send something, he really needs to feel the love that everyone has for him.
its true the ctm feels like a prison after awhile, cuz you are stuck inside for 2 months, and only leave once a week. but its all good, the only thing that you guys can really do is send a lot of letters, thats whats really going to help him.
 
anyway on my end of the world....man have things been busy. i have been able to leave the office and teach but not as much as i would like to, we have been really ridiculously busy this week espeically becuase of the zone conferences.so this entire week was running around running around and more running around. but this next week will be a lot better. last week however we found a less active member family in the road and went to visit them last week. well they are a great family, that moved into our area in the last weeks, and really wanted help to come back to church. well the dad of the family, his brother is living with them and he went to church with them last sunday, so we have been working alot with him. he is a great guy, any time we had this past week, we went and visited him. we have marked his baptism date for the 20th of sept. which is next week.
my time is the office however, i am not sure what is going to happen., i know that i will at lest be here till november because i am not training anyone, so if i start training next transfer, then i will leave in the second week of nov, if i dont start next transfer then its a big probabiliy that i will leave at the end of dec. thats what i think, but we will see what the lord wants. this however is my last audit that we will be doing this year. we did one of them this morning and man......they were alot of stuff wrong, so we havent even finished, we left for lunch and  a little break and then we have to go back to figure things out...(everyones head was going to explode so we stopped for a little bit) hahaha anyway like i said yesterday it is really hot here, i thought braslilia was hot, but man i would take brasilia over this heat anyday! its so much nicer in brasilia right now then here in tocantins! its like that walk out in to the sun thing and start melting!!! haha but ya gotta love it baby!
 
oh and this thing about you coming down, that would be a great idea, like 2 days in brasilia and then 3 or 4 days in são paulo. and yes the temples are close enough to go to both of them, they are like 2 hours away form each other. so its not like really close, but if you go by car its like 2 hours. as for são paulo i dont know if renting a car would be a good idea cuz no one will know the city, so i think it would be better to not get a car in são paulo, but here in brasilia, i think it would definitly be better to rent a car for a few days then taking the bus. i have driven around the city so much running errands and such that we could get a rental car and have no problems getting around. if you need help getting a good hotel or a rental car, i can help you from here, if you need. but ya those are my thoughts on everything.
 
plus there is a family here that both me and elder buck know because we both worked here in the office, and i told them that you were going to come down, and i think they are going to have us all over for lunch one day, so you can pretty much plan on that.
 
hey one other thing, you should really work it out that jake can see me here, if its possible it would be a lot of help to him i think, i will definitly be in the office at that time, and it would be really easy for me to be at the airport, so we just ahve to work it out that he will have a layover with enough time to talk to me. if its possible. anyway one thing that will really help him is lots and lots of prayer, and fasting for him. and LETTERS AND PACKAGES!!!!!! seriously they help alot. well i tink i better get going to not be late to the next meeting. tell everyone hi for me, let them know that i love them and that i am sorry for not writing to everyone. but just remember that i love you so much!!!! thanks so much for all the support you ahve given me throughout my mission and the support you continue to give me. hope everything continues to work out inthe garden....i am alittle jealous! hahah
 
TE AMO!
 
Have a Great Day!
 
Bonnie Davis
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