January 14, 2009

Please know how much I love you. The gospel truly makes us happy. There is nothing we have to wonder about. We can have the assurance that we have the Lord on our side. If we can exercise small amounts of faith, we will see miracles happen.

During the last couple of days I have felt really good. I have had many wonderful feelings that I wanted to share with you, but I can't remember all of them. It was all about the gospel and the magic of it all. The Church is so true! So even though I can't remember it all, just know how much I love you and am grateful for you.

On Monday of this week we saw some miracles. We have been trying to be more diligent in our finding efforts, and also being very bold in helping our investigators progress. On Monday we went on an exchange with the Zone Leaders, and we had a great day. We were able to schedule 11 appointments with people on the streets in just a few hours of talking to people on the street. I had a great time trying to get to know each person I talked to. With each one I got a good conversation from, I was able to get their name. I like it that way better. Instead of saying I got a 6 today or I got a 10 today, I was able to say, today I talked to . . . then I could list off their names. These are real people, with real problems, and God loves them as much as he loves us. We met some wonderful people, and I hope to tell you more about them when the lessons go through in the next 5 days. I know that more things like this can happen, if we just exercise a little more faith.

We have wonderful opportunities here. This ward is great, and the Stake is really focused on missionary work. Of course, we run into difficulties, especially when we need a man to attend a lesson with a single woman(which we teach a lot of), but it has been great. We have transfers next Wednesday, and Elder Rawlings is pretty certain that he is leaving. I think he knows things I don't. I really liked serving with him, but I also like meeting new missionaries and growing from their strengths. I really learned how to love people more from Elder Rawlings. He really loved our investigators.

Nothing has really changed with our investigators. We need to push them faster. Just trying to help them understand the gospel. Hopefully I will be able to update you better next week after we teach a lot of new people, and commit some people to BAPTISM. After all, that is why I am here!

I love you all. Please give each other a big hug from me. Look to help someone each day. Remind those little ones that I still live.

Elder Davies