Work until 9 PM!!!

Hello !!!

How are you all doing ? It was great to hear from you guys this week !!! I am glad to hear the appointment with Austyn went well. She is always in my prayers !! Thank you so much nate for sending me that camera....I was hoping you would send me an old beat up one and not your nice one !! This camera is insane nice !!! Holy cow....It was jus time too because I picked it up from the post office this morning and there are a few of us heading into DC today for pday !!! I will take lots of pics !!! You guys are so good to me and spoil me. Members always ask where I fall in our family and when I say youngest they just laugh and say your probably spoiled !!! Im so lucky to have you guys.

So I got the dvd that you sent me in that package hahahahhahaahahaha holy cow that was hilarious !!!!! I was laughing way hard....It was well done !!!! What program did you use to make that nate ? It was seriiously dang good !!! I can't wait to make some movies when we get back...I will definatly have to do one for my mission...that would be legit !! Thanks for sending me that link for the article of ohenabuh....it was crazy to see that picture of the baptism because everyone in that picture is who I spend alot of my time with !!! I see all of them multiple times a week !!! They are my family away from home. I love these people so incredibly much , more than words can describe. They are SO strong in the gospel. This area has been a blast to serve in...its amazing here. Probably tied for my favorite area with Garrisonville. The people are so humble and loving. Ive had experiences here in Belle Haven that have changed my life.

Last week was one of the best weeks I have had as a missionary. We were truly blessed here. Elder Larochelle and I have been trying to work our hardest and have been really trying to increase all areas of the work here and we have seen alot of success. I am just so happy right now to be where I am and to be a missionary. Its amazing !!!!!

Here is a miracle that happened to us : So last Tuesday we had a really busy day...we taught like 6 lessons which is pretty good for us. It was about 8:45....one thing my last comp taught me (Elder Bell) is that you work till 9!!!! We pulled over on the side of the busy road and offered a simple prayer of where we might be best used. Shorty thereafter I saw some apartments close by that hadn't been tracted yet. We went and tracted the building and weren't sure exactly why we had been led there.Ya we found a couple potential investigators but I lacked the faith that things would work out. So now we move to Friday. It was about 5-6 oclock and we had run out of things to do. We weren't able to contact some of our investigators to teach and we had been tracting for a while so we were kind of lost as to what we should do. Then Elder Larochelle got this prompting to call one of the potentials that we had found on that tuesday night. He did and they told us we could come over. We went and had an AWESOME lesson with them. They are a family of 3 from Nicaragua but speak good english and want to attend the english ward. They LOVED the message we shared and are excited to come to church !!!!! Prayer is so powerfull. Sometimes I expect immediate results but most times im quickly reassured that god works according to his time...not our time. This was definatly the case in this sitaution.

I am so humbled as I have experiences every day that solitify my testimony. I know for a fact that the messages we share are truth and can be felt through the power of the holy ghost. I have learned so much over the past 15 months and I am excited to continue learning and growing closer to our father in heaven. I am gratefull for you nate , who have set that example for me in my life as a priesthood holder. I remember looking up to you as I was growing up and watching you closely and was always amazed at your desire to do whats right. I am so gratefull for sisters like emily and ashley who have shown more love to me than I ever could have imagined. I am gratefull for an amazing mother who put aside her own wants and desires to help her kids grow and mature into who we are today. Lastly im most gratefull for a Father in heaven who has unconditional love and who knows me better than I know myself and who is ALWAYS there even when I seem to forget Him. I am so gratefull for all you guys !!!! Your the best !!!!

Elder Davie

Jazz game!

D-Will in the house!


A view from our seats!



Riding the Metro to the game

Stolen Camera

Hey !

How is everyone doing ? I am doing good ! We had an pretty good week last week ! We reached the DC Standard : 20 lessons 80 % Member Present 80% Baptismal invites and at least 3 new investigators. We were blessed !! Our area is doing pretty good right now and were seeing a lot of good things happening. There hasnt been anything to exciting or crazy happening in the work, just alot of good stuff !! We had stake correlation meeting on Sunday with the bishops and ward mission leaders and stake presidency....thats kind of a relief to have over...alot of pressure.

Last Thursday we had kind of a bummer thing happen to us. We parked in these apartments, the cherry arms apartments right off route 1 in alexandria. It was 10:00 in the morning !! It was right by a main busy road !! We had an appointment so we went and knocked on the door, no one answered so we headed back to the car...all this happened within like 5-10 min. We got back to the car to find that my camera was stolen and my comps gps was stolen. Man that ticked me off. I guess I forgot to lock the door. That camera had tons of pictures on it that are lost now !!! ugghhh....frustrating.

So President Albright gave everyone a little incentive this transfer.....All companionships who can reach the DC Standard 3 out of 5 weeks get to go to the Wizards vs Spurs game !!!!! Its an 8:00 saturday game so it would be a blast ! We already got it once and we are on our way to getting it again so we are looking forward to that...it will be a lot of fun !!!!!

I would love to hear how everyone is doing !!!! How is Taylor ? Austyn ? Dallin ? Hows work going for David ? Any new status on Brandon and where he might go be a pharmacist at ? Anything exciting happening in South Jordan ? I love you guys !!!!

Elder Davie

Baptism Pictures!!

At the visitors center with Ohenabuh


Ohenabuh listening to Christ's Message



Baptism of Ohenabuh!

Baptism of Craig!

Us with Ohenabuh outside the temple

The Prince of Ghana

Hello Everyone !

How has everyones week been? Mine has been pretty good I have to say. We had transfers last week which were good as usual. Now I am with Elder Larochelle, still in Mt Vernon in the Belle Haven ward. I really enjoy this area and am starting to get to know the ward more and more which is good. Here is a run down of some of the awesome things that happened this week :

* Wednesday night we went up to the temple visitors center with Ohenabuh (oh-hen-uh-buh) He is the guy who showed up randomly to church last Sunday. His nephew is a member . He is from Ghana. Here is some background on him. He grew up in the muslim faith as a kid. Then he got involved with Idol worshipping and voo doo and what not. He is a prince in Ghana. He is the kings right hand man. This guy was the caretaker of over 130 idols that people worshipped ! Each idol had about 5,000 followers so this guy was the head of hundreds of thousands of people. He has a huge influence on people in ghana. So he went to New York last week on assignment for one of these idol worshipping things. When he was in New York he felt the holy ghost tell him this " Ohenabuh this is not going to give you eternal life ! " He said it was such a strong feeling and impression that he left new york and came to his nephews house here in Mt Vernon. He asked his nephew why he was so happy ? He told ohenabuh about the church and so he came. That sunday he said he wanted to get baptized ! We went over every single day to teach him. This guys heart had been softened. He had been prepared by the lord. President Albright came to a lesson with us on Tuesday. He also could feel the change in this mans heart. He was one of the most humble and willing people I have ever met. Wednesday night like I said we headed up to the temple visitors center. He loved it !!!!!!!! We sat by the christ statue and he listened to the words that they played. As the words stopped ohenabuh had tears running down his face. In his broken english he uttered this " I feel the guilt and remorse for the things I have done in my life. I know christ died for me. I know he will forgive me and I am ready to follow him !! " It was one of the most spiritual and powerfull experiences I have had. Sunday night came around and President Albright baptized Ohenabuh Osei Kwame. What an amazing baptismal service it was. So many people came and supported him. Ahh I wish you guys could have been there because words can't describe the whole experience I had this past week while teaching this man. It was amazing. He goes back to ghana tonight. Hes already called the missino president in ghana and the bishop in his ward and has plans to " go and spread the gospel ! " as he says it. He has to go back and tell the king that he is no longer following him anymore. He is giving up hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of acres of land and many things....just so he can be a follower of christ. Incredible.

*Thursday - I got a call from the missinoaries in Brambleton...My previous area. They said he what are you doing on Saturday ? I was like uh I don't know why....then they told me the great news. Craig Bass had planned to get baptized !! Our prayers payed off. He was ready to take the next step. I was able to go to the baptism on Saturday....It was awesome. That was the first time I had found someone knocking doors, taught them, and saw them get baptized. It was awesome.

That was a couple of the amazing things that happened this week. Things are going well here. Elder Richards of the 70 is coming to do a mission tour next month. Nate he is the mission president off of the district movie that the church made. I don't know if you remember that guy or not. I hope to hear from you all soon ! I Love you !!

Elder Davie

More Pictures!

Mt Vernon Zone


The Oku Family - I love them!



Us with Maxwell - Awesome member missionary!

Jazzing up my room!!

Trying on a new hat!

Transfer Time!

Good Afternoon Everyone !

I feel like I haven't emailed forever !!! Its been a long week I guess. Man this transfer has just flown by I can't believe it !! So Ive had a great week. We spent thursday friday and most of saturday just teaching lessons and saying goodbye to a couple families that elder bell wanted to see. It was really good. Then on Saturday night we drove down to the mission home and President and Sister Albright took me and Elder Bell out to dinner. We went to Macoroni Grill...it was delicious !! Then Sunday morning we woke up at 4:30 and got ready to head to the airport. President and Sister albright drove us to the airport where we dropped off Elder Bell. It was sad !!! He taught me so many different things and helped me in so many ways. I was blessed to be able to serve with him before he left. Hes a legend in the mission. After that the office elders dropped me back off at home. Since then I have been serving with Elders Ta'ufo'ou and harper. They serve in the mt vernon ward so we have been sharing areas. It has been a blast. Ta'ufo'ou is amazing. Hes got a heart of gold and its been fun serving with him. We also had a miracle happen to us :

Sunday we showed up to church in their ward. There is this ghanain guy named patrick that is a recent convert. He brought his uncle to church who had just flown in from Ghana the day before. Apparantly his uncle is a prince or a king in Ghana and is a leader of like 50 million people from hundreds of different tribes. He wants to get baptized. I took a guy in our ward over there on exchange who is also from ghana. When he saw patricks unlce he couldn't believe it. He kept telling us in his broken english " You guys don't realize how powerfull this man is ! You don't realize how big he is in our culture !! " This guy was muslim and was doing alot of voo doo and idol worshipping stuff but the spirit touched him in a way that he couldn't deny and he wanted to "find christ." Its amazing. He is so ready to hear the gospel. Were going up to the visitors center with him today so I will send pics of that after.

We got our transfer calls last night. I am way pumped. I am staying here in Belle Haven. I am getting Elder Larochelle. He was my roomate in the MTC. We have been best friends on the mission so it should be good. Im kind of frusterated that im still junior companion though. There have been like 6 other zone leaders who have gone up after me and they are senior comps and training....I talked to elder bell yesterday on the phone and was just like man what am I doing wrong? Who knows...just gotta go with the flow I guess. Well that is the news of the week !!! I look forward to hearing from you guys !! I love you !!

Elder Davie