Elder Davis's latest letter

2/22/09

Hello Family!

First off, I need you guys to pay tithing for me on checks I got the las week, if possible I would like a copy of the sheet music for Come Thou Fount and If You Could Hie to Kolob, and I need a copy of my call letter, please. So much has happened there's no way I can get it all down. Luckily I've been writing in my Journal every day so I'm going to use that to help me remember. Thursday was really long and overwhelming. The first hour of class our teachers spoke in spanish about 95% of the time. And I don't know how to speak spanish, but I'm learning fast. My companion, Elder Hart, is great. He works hard and brings the spirit into my life. He'll help me learn in more ways than one. Gym time is Heaven. I play volleyball 1 hour, 5 days a week to get all my energy out so I play hard. I've really gotten used to the missionary lifestyle quick. Yesterday at one of the meals I didn't know where Elder Hart was for at least 3 or 4 minutes and I was really stressing out. We teach the first discussion in English on Friday and practice contacting in Spanish. The spirit here is awesome but it is really easy to do little things, like wasting time, that scare it away. I'm almost done reading the handbook for the second time and next I'm starting it in Spanish. I will finish the Book of Mormon soon but most personal study time is full of interruptions. (Elder Hart likes to talk and tell stories). The Sunday night devotional was great and then afterwards Elder Hart and I decided to do some companion study. We brought our scriptures and study journals out to one of the picnic tables and prayed hard to know what to study. The spirit led us to decide to prepare lessons to teach each other about Humility. I then prayed on my own to know how I could benefit Elder Hart through my teaching. I feel like I taught with the spirit and I've recorded what I taught, but Elder Hart's words were awesome. He read alot of 2 Nephi 4 and mingled the scriptures with testimony and quoting songs. It was a great experience. Spanish is really hard to learn, but at least it isn't Chinese. It's a good thing the spirit is here, because I wouldn't stand a chance otherwise. I'm doing great and I Love You Guys!

-Elder Davis

Taking Eric to the MTC

It was an incredible day. Eric was so ready and excited to start working. The address I have for him so far is:

MTC Mailbox #87
CHI-CON 0420
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793

His estimated departure date in April 20. He doesn't have an email yet, but dearelder.com seems to work pretty well.

He was given a language evaluation when he checked in, which changed him to intermediate Spanish, a new companion, dictrict, etc.

My Laugh for the Day

David after the Dentist

Flight of the Conchords

Okay... so at work I will sometimes stream audio. One of the songs I've bookmarked is "Jenny" by Flight of the Conchords. It is so funny.. always makes me laugh.... Also thanks to Tigan. Her blog features "The Weepies". They are a great little folksy band. You'll have to listen to them. If any of you also have songs you want to play in the background on the blog... please let me know.

Happy 14th Birthday Natalie! We love you!

Cool Story

Just a Sample

Ah yes its that time of year again, when winter is in full swing, the snow is brown(and so is the sky). So what do You do for a fun evening? You go see a Layton High play. This year Layton High is putting on the All American Classic "SHOW BOAt.

Here are just some pictures from practice to entice your eyes, and get you excited to come see it(for those of you that are comming.)

 

Ok well the jiggs up. This is not my mom. Its me... Carter. Through my supernatural computer skills i have hacked blogger and have got my mom's password...just kidding. I wish i could do that. but i just wanted to say that my costume really doesn't look that stupid, I am supposed to be wearing a red & gold argile vest. not just a white button down shirt and a gold cravat. Just FYI. Oh and if i could just get the code, or whatever it is i wouldn't have to use my mom's account to put stuff on here. My e-mail is: carterfawcett@gmail.com

P.S. Ignore all my gramaticall errors. I am to lazy to fix them.