January 28, 2008

hey, tudo bom? today was really different. the president let us watch another movie- called -facing the giants-, about a football team and how they trust in the lord and when you work, never give up, even when it hurts. it gave me allot more desire to work and never quit. after we went to an old folks home and visited some old crazy people and one was hitting a chair because she was hungry so it was pretty funny. sounds like good weather, im dying of heat!!!! when i get back ill just lay in the snow. has there been any new campouts or stuff? sounds like stuff is normal, thats awesome that dan and landon will get married. you know one thing that i have learned these last couple of weeks, that life is hard but you cant quit. you cant wait for something to happen or for others to do something, you have to do it yourself. like dad was talking about. every day seems like a fight and you just want to give up, but you cant- you have to fight the good fight like king benjamin. so i have been here for 6 months - almost- in this area. i should be transfered in a few weeks. this next teusday we have a conference in macaé again. so i heard doug finished his mish or somthing like that. i havent heard from him in a while so i guess he finished. hows the cool new powerfull car? i have almost finished the book of mormon in portugues, im in mormon now. im pretty much addicted to studying now, i want to know everything but i only have a few hours to study each day. it would be cool to study for an entire day. how is jordan and the rest of you doing in reading the scriptures? thanks for the letters, they are good to read. no they are not annoying. everyonce in a while you feel overwhelmed with all the stuff so the letters calm you down. have a good week and never stop fighting, the scriptures and stuff have really opened my eyes about the real world around us and our part on earth. i know Jesus Christ lives and is our savior and he will help us in our problems. and our hevenly father also. this is my testimony. in the name of Jesus Christ amen. have a good week. and if you get the chance tell uncle dan hi and congrats, and uncle josh- hes going down. and uncle scott- thanks for being cool. love you all, Elder Davis---mmmmk- jordan-mmmk

cool pictures, sounds like the trip was good. so this week was good, we had a zone meeting the other day and we had some good news- we used to have to get atleast 70 adresses from the people (written down) every week and it kindof restricted looking for people who really want the message because you usually focused on the number at the end of the week but now they took the rule away so now we can focus on the people who really want to hear!! yess!! there are billions and billions of mosquitos here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and billions of cockroaches also. so usually i sleep with the sweater and pajama pants and sweat all night- but is better that getting the disease -dengue- and scratching all day. im way sick of mosquitos you dont even know. the cockroaches usually stay away when you clean the house but they still come in. there big. and even after smashing them they move for another day. the work is going on slow here, being that almost the whole town went away to the beach so the town is uninhabbited. but we found a guy yesterday that is real good. its a constant search for those willing to go to church and stuff and usually they dont. but have a good week and i love you all. jordan looks pretty different in the pics. Elder Davis i know that Jesus Christ lives, the book of mormon is the word of god to guide us and pres. thomas s. monson is a true prophet of god...em nome de Jesus Cristo amem.

The kids are learning to twirl the fire knife...sans fire, but they did have the important background drums!

This is Jordan and Alexis shaking their "thangs" at the luau. Courtney also was chosen to dance, earlier.

This is the beautiful background for our luau on Wednesday night. It doesn't even look real...but it is!

We were looking for whales, but found this...(whales, too).

The rainbows were magnificent!

Courtney created this turtle by herself!

At Pearl Harbor...Alexis with the Arizona Memorial in the background.

Courtney's favorite flower (before we even went to Hawaii)...the Bird of Paradise.

Us in front of the Laie, Hawaii Temple!

hey, hows it going? me and my new comp are doing good, you know frankenstien? hes almost exactly the same----seriously. the same size, square face, moves nothing but the mouth so its pretty funny. this week went by really fast. sounds like hawaii was pretty cool, i got my desires for getting coconuts done with. there are billions of coconuts everywhere on the ground so we usually just kick them around. how was snorkeling? and jordan did the hula dance? no i cant recieve emails from other people, so bro mckissick cant email me. have you had any campouts yet? (dad and jord.) what is bro casto doing now that hes out? the car sound cool that you got dad. and thanks for the tips, dont worry about preaching because they are things that help me durring the week that i remember and they arent anoying. we do contacts everywhere. we have to get atleast 70 adresses per week so we talk to the majority of the people on the roads as we go to our appointments. the work is going good here, right now we are loaded with references. so this week we are just focusing of references mostly. we have been finding new people and marking bapt. dates so i hope they will fall through. it is getting really hot here also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow!!!!! you just sweat all day. and you have to ask for water every half and hour because it goes away that fast. and you cant stay in the sun all day becasue your brain gets fried. yesterday was a cool day, me and my comp were thinking of how exactly our hevenly father talks to us and we found some interesting things--- when you ask to know if some thing is true( a specific question) you usually get a response through feelings- happyness, peace, burning in the heart, etc. and when you ask the lord for a response ( not specific) you usually get a thoughts as a response, thoughts of what you should do/teach etc. that are reassured through good feelings. so its pretty cool. but have a good week and try to ask the lord for some stuff and recieve revelation and you will be guided more. jord- im in 3n18 now in the book of mormon so ill finish here soon, where are you? Elder Davis

hey, hows it going?everything is going good here, hows it in hawaii?today was transfers again and i got a new companion elder rezende. hes brazilian from minas gerais. my old comp went to espirito santo. so last night me and the other mishionary at the apartment- (elder young from utah, (has about 1 year and a half)) taught and today for the first part of our p-day we walked around downtown and i baught some more pants and a backpack. my comp is brand new so im showing him all the stuff. i dont have real long to send email today but,... hows the weather there? its real hot here still and rains allot too. is the ship that sunk still leaking oil that was shot down there? and what type of car did you get dad? jord- take some sweet pictures and have fun. i know what you all can do, you can get a little doll and dress it up like me and he will be me and you all wont have to miss. jk. have a good week and thanks for the prayers and help in everything. i love you all Elder Davis