olá, Sounds like the week was good, this week was great. I went to the dentist and he took out the bar and my teeth straightened up allot. I had to get that mold done again and xrays. But I will be going back to get the retainer thing done. The other day was cuuuuoooolll. We were teaching one of our investigations - Cosme, and he read the bom and recieved an answer and since then everytime we have taught him the spirit is way strong. He even is begging to be baptized and follow the lord but he has to clear up some marriage issues. his "wife" or partner (becasue they aren't married) said to us the other day that she wasnt baptized correctly and by the authority of god And she was able to realize this because the holy ghost told her. They are addicted to the bom and are gulping it down so its like I have to mark 6 chapters so it fills in the space when we arent there becasue they read like 8 chpts. and re read it again. wow!! I never found people moved by the lord like this in my life. Sounds like a funny sight with the blond hair and braces incedent. My teeth feel wierd too in the back where the bar was. I remember a dedication we watched here and when we waved the white hankerchiff mine hit my comps and threw his across the bench. Ha ha. I liked it. Jord- I did that once with James and it was cool. The other day a member gave us a huge cake so its a cool area that im in. I would like to email Jason but I have to ask the president becasue I dont want to work around the rules and cheat. so Ill ask the pres. first. so i finished studying Mathew in the bible and started Mark. I also started the Book Of Mormon again. My comps name is Elder Campos and hes cool -still the same comp. Have a good week and always read the BOM.!! Im glad i know the truth now and im glad for having an awesome family also. I know that Hevenly Fathers promises are always fulfilled and answers sincere prayers -always! Jesus Christ lives and is the foundation of our faith. without faith we cant be helped in our life and strugglings. Em ome de Jesus Cristo amém. soon Ill be able to talk to you guys again on mothers day. mmmmk -so pray sincerely por favor. Elder Davis message for courtney----tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttcccccccccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu cccccccccccccccccooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrtttttttttttnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk! mmmmmmmmmmmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssssss yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyoooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu tttttttttttttttoooooooooooooooooooo.

Last week's letter (I forgot to post)

Hey, Hows it going? This week was good, we are teaching allot more lessons too. My comps. name is Elder Campos, he is cool. And we are in Macaé- Rio de Janeiro. We are about 2 or 3 hours north of the center of the City. Today i finished the Book Of Mormon and i am currently studying the New Testement. I will start the Docrorine & Covenants here soon, becasue i started to wake up earlier to study so its cool. Sounds like the week is going good, Jord- how was basketball and hows Doug? My teeth are alittle better, they were way bent but somehow -power of god- they are alittle straighter. I talked to the dentist the other day and he suggested that he remove the bar to see if the teeth will straighten themselves up but he said that i need to get new braces to fix them completely. I marked another appointment on the 20th so email the pres. or something so i can know what you want me to do, he plans to remove the bar. The other day was cooler than ever!!! we were visiting an investigator that is preparing to be baptized this saturday and we sung a hymn then read and studied about Jesus Christ then we read chpt 17 of 3Nefi and the spirit blasted the room to utter destruction!!!!!!!!! until the point that Antonio, the Investigator, said himself that the Book Of Mormon is true. What else is cool is that since we have been putting more effort into teaching more lessons, we are also making more contacts on the road in between the lessons. We have to make a certaint number of contacts each week and I thought it would Have slowed the contacts down but it is increasing the number so the lord is preparing the way. cool. The sand rail sounds good, and we already passed the time switching situation- yes we have time savings, one time we didnt know and we were late to church because of it. mmmk. HAAAAAPPPPPYYYY Double b-day, Jordan.Have a good week and I know the Book Of Mormon is true, because of the guidence it brings in my life and becasue the lord said so also. the church is true and Thomas S. Monson is a true prophet of the lord today so we can follow the lord. in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.-- hey, one cool thing i learned the other day about the Book Of Mormon is that it is the corner stone of the truth, so if we dont make the BOM apart of our lives then we wont be able to keep our testimonies. so read it every day. and congrats for uncle dan--YES!! Elder Davis

Kenzie's letter from March 18, 2009

What, that was like the coolest emails i have ever gotten!!! So Dougalognie is dating? be carefull. that was cool to hear from him again. That is soooooo awesome that dan got married. I recieved his open house invataion from his wifes side. I dont think i have ever been so proud of dan. Mmmmk. Not that im old or anything but its cool. Cool marrage story too. Jordan--- YEEEESSSS!! I want to buy like a truck or something becasue you got your eagle and are almost done with the bom!! I finished the other day and how the lord responded to me was different, I thought i would get a similar experience as last time but it was different. While i finished studying moroni 10 I felt way good, and then after finishing I thought like moroni says about the kindness of god since the beginning and then I asked if the bom was true... I didnt feel anything big, nothing shook me but i felt more peace and calmness than i have felt on the mission. I just understood that its true and felt good. So you just have to pay attention to the spirit becasue he talks to us in different ways. seems like everytime i ask to know if the bom is true or something i get a different response everytime. If you ask wanting to know the lord will let you know. So I dont get that much baptizms but i know if i do my part then the lord will do his. Even if it takes time. Yesterday we had a mission tour with Pres. Didier- It was sooo coool.the spirit was way strong and his wifes mother came too and bore her testimony- she only speaks french. So it was cool. After we had lunch at a restarant and nobody was sitting by pres. Didier and his wife etc. so i though- its not everyday that you can eat with a 70. So i sat by them and ate too. I always thought that he was german but they speak french for their native lang. and they are from some place that starts with a B. Pres. Didier speaks a ton of lang.!! Wow. Thats awesome that Dougs back, if he stops by again he can just stay in my old room if he wants. JK. Have a good week, I really Know and am converted not just convinced that Jesus Christ is our savior and through him we are forgiven of our sins, and if we follow his gospel we will be able to return to our Hevenly Father again. Em nome de Jesus Cristo amem. Elder Davis

Kenzie's e-mail from Feb. 25, 2009

hey, hows thing going? if i was at that conference and heard that talk i would have have headed to the bathroom. i laughed just now. this week was good, awesome!!! we are in an area where the members are down our throughts trying to visit our investigators and stuff. we taught 8 lessons in one day that we did splits. yesterday was cool, the spirit was with us durring the whole day so we were happy and we taught a person that was incredible!! we taught the first lesson and the spirit was so strong that i couldnt stop smiling through the lesson and the person really opened up and told us her difficulties so we could help, she has problems with her family being together- her kids use drugs so they are rebelling. as we taught the spirit testified to her that her family would be helped through the truth. and she will go to church sunday. she was so touched that she read a section of salms (a big one) to us that she liked. it was way good. later we were invited to have a family home evening with a less active and our new missionary leader in the ward. we watched a film on the resoration and it was good becasue it brought good feelings to the less active. this week was carnaval, so we had to return home every day at 7 o clock and we studied from 7-8 and comp study 8-9 then we planned. we had to wake up and work at 8 in the morning too. it was a huge mess every where with huge parties nad lots of beer and stuff so its good we avoided it all returning home early. they had some wierd contests in the evening too where they made some bulls out of bamboo and put cloth over it and painted them adn stuff and then one guy went in and made the bull dance while others played drums so it was interesting. it was a contest to see who made the better bull and stuff. im in moroni 7 now!! yes. i wish i could eat and drink knowledge so i could get it faster. i started to wake up earlier too adn read the bible( new testement) i need to know these things becasue the people interperet the bible wrong. today while i was waiting for a bus i made a contact with a guy and he tried to teach me lies to we corrected him and it was pretty funny. he started to get alittle mad and nervous and tried to tell a bunch of boloughnie. but was knocked down by the power of the lord. but.... have a good week and keep reading the book of mormon --- jord.-- i love you all Elder Davis