Last Week's Second Letter

wooooooooooooooooow, hows things going? happy birthday courtney. my comps name is E. Rezende, from uberaba, minas gerais. ( the best of brazil- its what my comp said right now) im still in the same area; caju, campos. so dougalonie will be visiting hmmmm, hey douuuuug!! can you get him the mesage please and tell him to keep writing. sounds like the week was different, my week was different too. we are talking to almost everyone on the road. our pres. is telling us to talk more and profess the gospel. we are having alittle trouble finding people that are willing to go to church and pray so we are on a shortage right now besides 1 family that we are teaching. the other day was good teaching them, we taught the first lesson and marked dates with them for bapt. the husband drinks and smokes and wont go to church so hes alittle difficult, creuza, the wife went to church 2 times already and likes it. but still hasnt prayed to know if Joseph smith was a prophet. but we are trying to take a member there to help, the spirit is guiding us allot too. yesterday was interesting becasue we were walking down the road and made a contact with a guy, and he said he was a prophet and after listening to him we helped him know that he isnt a prophet and a few other things and he exploded adn got really really mad at us. and later durring the night while we were planning for the next day our room became infested with flying ants so we left the room but they still kept entering in, and they bite too and it swells up when they bite. so we spent a while killing ants. and they are not small,... huge! on the 13 of march pres. didier of the 70 is coming to talk to us so it will be good. today we went and had a barbeque and i cooked allot of meat. sausage and steak so it was good. and i read 2 more chapters in the bom. now im in ether 8. almost done!!! happy valentines day and i love you all. stay strong with the basic things, going to church, reading the bom, praying etc. have a good week. Elder Davis

Last Week's First Letter

so ivé got alittle more time to talk becasue the reference site says -- nobody-- so, are people still eating ice cream and playing games and stuff? you know one thing that im alittle nervous about when i get back, is returning to the world because ill loose alittle bit of focus on the things of the lord. hows the cool car? is dan married yet? the other day i was studying and i found some interesting stuff- that peter, james, and john when they went to the mount of tansf. they saw the transfiguration of the world. so i thought that was interesting. you know what will be cool? is when i get to study D&C, and overload the mind with knowledge. you cant be saved in ignorace so load up. times up but have a good week -- heres a challenge.. i want all of you to ask the lord if the book of mormon is true again, so youll need to read a chapt, think about it then ask if the bom is true. because you have to fight to keep a testimony. you cant just recieve a response 1 time and thats it. thanks Elder Davis

hey, hows the week. IM IN A NEW AREA! today, at 2:40 we got up and me and on of the other mishionaries -elder burris, left and headed to rio. i am now in a new area, do you remember the times when i said we had a conference in macaé, well now im serving in macaé. the name of my area is areoporto. its cooooool! our house is like a rich guys house, i have my own bathroom, a good bed, huge kitchen and its the coolest area and house ever!!!! but, things are going good. thats cool that dan will be married! thanks for the letters and the emails. happy birthday courtney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my comps name is elder campos. he has 1 transfer on the mish. ( 1 month and 2 weeks) hes pretty cool, hes a brazilian. one cool thing that happened the other day in my old area was we were walking down the street to return some pots we borrowed from a member and lately i have been asking for opportunities to serve and i felt i should pray while i was walking so i did and it slowed me down a little bit and because it slowed me down i realized a guy was having a hard time walking. we went over and helped him becasue he broke his foot and was returning from the hospital but it was killing him, so we carried him to the bus stop and helped him on. it was a good experience that shows the lord answeres prayers, and shows how good it feels to help others. he was way greatfull. in my old area we were having a bit of trouble finding people who would go to church, wow it was hard. but we kept at it and prayed and fasted, the lord helped us find a few less active members and a few new investigators and on sunday we left really early and went to the end of our area and woke them up by clapping or calling them by phone adn we were blessed with a answer to our prayers and fasts by having the less active members and new invest. come to church!!!!!!! it was great and i new they felt the spirit. so sounds like things are going good, im in moroni 5 now, almost done and ill start doctorine and covenants. i was thinking the other day about stuff and thought about how the enemy blinds us without even trying, if we dont read the book of mormon, go to church and say our prayers we will forget him and get lost in the world. so do the basic things every daY!!!!!!!! i know the bom is true and Jesus Christ lives. god hears and answeres every sincere prayer. in the name of Jesus Christ amen. Have a good week and i love you all, remember to please recieve a renewed testimony of the bom. thanks for the emails dad. ill keep fighting. Elder Davis

Feb. 4, 2009

hey, hows it going? this last week was good, we talked to about a billion people on the streets. we are talking to more people now, yesterday we had a conference with the president and learned we need to talk more and open our mouths and proclaim the gospel. so we are making allot more contacts with people. sounds like the cold is what is nice... and sounds like some interesting stuff is going on. im in mormon chtp 9 now. and soon i should be starting to study doctorine and covenants soon. yes!! ill be loaded with knowledge. the camp out situation sounds anoying, send the letter and put my name on it too. and have fun with the sweethearts dance... lucky, i never really got asked like that. but be carefull. how was the trip to chicago? is there allot of black people there? there are allot here, ive got nothing against blacks. its just a question. because now im used to only seeing dark people. but they are way nice and funny too. have a good week, leard how to type and shop away alexis. jk. i know the lord loves us and if we follow the profet we will be protected against anything. becasue its a promise. the book of mormon is true and the church also. the only church established by Jesus Christ that will take us back to our heavenly father in happyness. Elder Davis