Elder Davis's Mission: ¡¡Montañas!! (T1 W3)

¡Hola Familia!

Okay so I am like already out of time so this one might be quick.

So this week was probably the best week of my mission so far. It was hard, though. Don't let it ever be said that a mission is easy. This is probably the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Anyway, it was a good week.

So we had exchanges this week. Elder Gibby decided to leave me in charge of our area. I told him that I could handle it, and he said he was sure I could. I have been making a ton of progress. But on the inside, I was terrified that I didn't speak Spanish well enough. So that afternoon I prayed with all my heart that I would have the confidence I needed to open my mouth and just be relaxed. I forgot to mention that he was leaving me with Elder Nadybal... Who is just as green as me....who is an English missionary. That night I packed up E' Nadybal and we headed back to my apartment. Also my first time driving in a long time

. The next day we sat down and had an effective daily planning, left the place on time, got to all our appointments on time, I OYM'd (Open Your Mouth: Basically just talking to anyone on the street. It used to be super terrifying for me, but I am so used to it now. Turns out most of the missionaries in the mission don't do it. I breached one of those barriers in my mind this week) everyone, and we didn't crash. It was super successful! We had quality lessons, I saved one investigator, Luz, from being dropped, and she had been reading the BoM. We also contacted a referral named José Bonilla who I seriously think could be a baptism. My Spanish flowed smoothly and I understood what they were saying. It was a miracle! Elder Gibby told me afterwards that even though it's only been a few weeks, he felt like I am ready to train another missionary. I am loving the work so much!

I have started trying to have the most meaningful personal study I can during the morning. I have started studying by topic, after praying for guidance, and I have learned so much more. I have studies topics such as Humility, Companionship, and Missionary Work. I really am getting a lot out of it and I feel the spirit more each day.

Speaking of the Spirit, we had so many miracles happen this week. For one, we have started praying as a companionship to find a family to be baptized this transfer, and since we started that, we have found a family every day! We are now teaching the Rios family, he Bonilla family, and Myrna, who has an adult daughter living with her. Let me tell you about Myrna. We met her yesterday, she was a referral from a set of English missionaries. I had knocked her door with Elder Nadybal, but she didn't answer. But yesterday she did. She let us in and we saw that she had just been reading the Bible before we knocked. The Lord has a hand in everything. So, by accident, we both forgot our bags when we went out tracting last night, so we decided to do it the old fashioned way and carry a book of Mormon around with us. When we came in, I set my Book of Mormon on the armrest of the couch (something I never would have done if I hadn't forgotten my bag). We were just settling in to teaching the restoration when she pointed at the book and asked us what it is. We explained the book a little, and Myrna asked to hold it. She was fascinated by it. She had so many questions and it went really well. When I shared with her the first vision, the spirit was so strong, I could almost taste it. It was amazing.

The ward is doing okay, I really hope it doesn't get dissolved. We have only about 4 Melchizedek Priesthood holders who are active. There are a lot of inactive people who don't like the current bishop. It's tough and we haven't been able to get member-present lessons yet. I am convinced that if we can't get the help of the ward, we'll just baptize another ward

I am slowly getting used to the daily rigors of missionary work. It's hard, but very rewarding. It occurred to me how long a mission was this week and I was a little bit overwhelmed, but I'm excited for the future.

Halloween was good. Usually people don't Tract but we thought we'd give it a try. We picked up 2 families! Talk about having faith to reap! We then went to the apartment and watched a bunch of movies. Good times. Today was exhausting. During sports I got hit hard by Elder Fanaenae and I still have a searing headache, then we played dodgeball and I fell hard on my leg and now that kills too. Then we went on a hike, somewhere around 8-9 miles, and now just everything is sore. I have some cool pics though! Anyway that's why I was out of time haha.

Anyway, please apologize to the girls for me if I don't get to their emails. I feel so bad, but I just have no time. I love getting your guy's emails and I cant wait to hear from you!

Love,

--Élder Davís

MAILING ADDRESS

Elder Samuel Davis

1990 Fenton Street #4

Lakewood, CO 80214

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