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| Davis and his companion at the Monterrey Mexico Temple |
Dont have a simplified version [of the spanish hymnbook], its ok im doing
well with the regular. I bought my own at the temple.
Luke [cousin] is a junior right now i think, but grandma
told me that he will be able to go [on his mission] around the time Carson [another cousin] and I get back.
I think i can do pouch mail, that's probably a 7$
peso stamp (about half a dollar) I´ll ask my trainer
about pouch mail, but what I did was just gave 5
pesos to my zone leader for the letter. [A letter arrived from Davis with what looked like a $7 stamp, but was postmarked from Salt Lake City. It took two weeks to get to us.]
Haven´t gotten any packages yet.
OK! now I´ll tell ya some stuff! :)
I did take out some money from the personal card
I have, 1000 pesos, about 80 dollars worth. I did
buy one souveniur with some of the money...I found a
super nice blanket for you. you can have it in two
years. Other than that, I´m just gonna use the money
for a couple of necessities, such as buying a tan pair
of pants.
Also, watch out for a cool Christmas surprise in
the mail...in about 3-4 weeks hahaha.
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| Davis with his companion, J, and J's family at the church. |
We had a baptism yesterday! J., a 9 yr old in
a recently reactivated family, and guess who got to
baptize him? The bishop wasn´t there this weekend so
I got to do it! Most of the time you try to get a
member to do it, but this case it was I who did it!
Good experience, J. was really happy after that,
and also really wet and kind of cold! once we got in
the font and grabbed my arms, he clenched his nose
and tried to sink into the water! hahaha it was
pretty funny that he was super ready to be
submerged. I had to tell him [to wait until] after I said amen.
Also, I will not ever be telling you about our
transfer goals or such, or only with hindsight. Here
is why: Two of our investigators did not come to
church this week so they can´t get baptized in this
change. Investigators have to come to sacrament
meeting at least 4 times before getting baptized,
that's a rule of our mission. But we still have faith
for them. Anyway, I´m still trying to figure out
what to tell you in these emails. O. is getting
baptized tomorrow, and that´s super exciting!
I´m almost finished with the book of mormon
again. I have two weeks left to finish it, seeing if
I can finish it within this change. Something I read
today was in Alma, talking about the Stripling
Warriors. I forget the chapter and the verse, but it
says that they were concerned of the liberty of
their families more than their lives, and that their
mothers taught them to doubt not, and God will
deliver them. 2 things: 1. We should never doubt
our faith. as Pres. Uctdorf has said "Before
you doubt your faith, doubt your doubts." When
we have faith the Lord can do marvelous things. 2.
Thanks for teaching me mom, in Alma 37:35 it says to
learn wisdom of keeping the commandments in your
youth, and I wouldn´t have been able to do that
without you and dad.
Also, can you send me a recipe of how to make
good banana pancakes. I´ve been eating healthier
also, I eat a banana every day and I try to eat
whatever other kind of fruit I can find. are there
other healthy meals I can make, or something?
Sorry about the weird format of this email. I´m
going to write Nathaniel some things right now. Oh,
also, can you send me Vince Guaraldi Christmas trio?
That's appropriate.
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| In front of the church before J.'s baptism. |
I love you all,
Davis
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