More Baptisms!

Things have been busy as ever. I can't remember if I told you about the baptism we had last week or not so I will just tell you again. We were teaching this lady for a couple months. Her son is a convert of a few years. She is about 75 and she wanted to be baptized! She was the coolest lady and I had a blast teaching her in Mt Vernon. She was baptized last Sunday. Also we received a member referral about a month or so ago in Mt Vernon. She is from Eretria in Africa. We were able to teach her and baptize her last week as well! The funny thing is the font was broken so we baptized them in the neighbors pool next door....it was crazy but one of the most spiritual things I have ever seen. I know this stinks but I gotta run...I wish I had more time to write but I will try to write more in a couple of days.....things are so busy and crazy here with transfers coming up. I am doing good though and I'm having a blast. I love my mission mom. I hope you guys all have a wonderful day! I will try to send more pics soon. Love you guys!!

Elder Davie

First Week as AP

Hello Everyone!!!

How are you all doing?! I was so excited when I heard that little Addison was born on Thursday!! I was on exchange in Ashburn and I was able to see the Mccoys so they let me know that night. Things are going well here....they are busy as you can imagine. Ive been on 3 exchanges in the last 4 days. I went down to Fredericksburg first. Then the next day we headed up to Ashburn which was fun. Then yesterday we went over to Centerville which was a blast because I was with Elder Peterson...I trained him about a year ago. Things are going great and im learning a ton. Its still pretty overwhelming and it will take some time to get my feet underneath me but it will come. Remember when I lost my book of mormon a couple months ago? I can't remember if I ever told you but I found it a few weeks ago!! It was under of the seats in the van we drove. So I have it back which is awesome. I had already bought that brand new one so I gave that one to Gabriel so he can study out of it. Thank you so much for the birthday package!!! It was awesome!!!!! I am going to go and see if I can find a new suit today.You guys are the best! I had a great birthday. I went to lunch to none other than CAFE RIO!!! They just built one here in Centerville which is awesome! They only have 2 on the east coast...centerville and maryland. Ive actually been the last two days in a row haha. Its funny because every time you go in there there are a ton of members. It must be a utah thing. I love that place though and it was fun to eat there again. Well im gonna send a bunch of pictures so I hope to hear back from you!! Love you guys!!

Picture Time!

Leaving Mt. Vernon

Hows everyone doing? Its been quite a couple days as you can imagine. We were going to have a baptism last night but it got moved to next Sunday. We will have two in my ward back in Mt Vernon next Sunday so hopefully I can make it back for that! It was a pretty good week. I was sad to leave Mt Vernon and to leave Elder Kotyk. I had an awesome time serving with him for the few weeks that I did. I LOVE Mt Vernon. The place is amazing and I hope we will have a chance to go back and visit someday. The people are great and I made memories that will last a lifetime. I am so gratefull right now that I even came on a mission. I remember there were times that I was considering just starting school and skipping out on the mission....wow what a horrible decision that would have been. Ive learned so much and have had so many different experiences that will help me forever. I love you guys!!

Assistant to the President

We received an email from Brendan on Saturday moring saying he got a call from his mission president asking him to be the new assistant to the president (AP). He's a little nervous and will be extremely busy and is sad to be leaving Mt. Vernon, but is excited for the new adventure!

I love Mt. Vernon!

Hey Everyone!
How are you guys doing? Its been another great week for us here in Mt Vernon. I love this place, I really do! Its been very busy the last few days trying to find people and get people ready for their baptisms. If all goes well we will have 3 on Sunday night! We are very excited!! I got a letter from the mission office a few days ago asking what airport I want to fly into when I go home....man that was a weird letter to get. It can't possibly be time to start thinking about that already can it??! It hasnt' been 2 years yet?! Man it has flown by to fast. I love it here. Ive met some amazing people and have had some incredible experiences that have changed my life and have helped me to learn and grow.

Baseball and Baptisms!

Hey Everyone!

How are you guys?! How was your 4th of July?! Ours was great. We went to the Washington Nationals game!! It was a blast. They were playing the cubs. The game started at 1 and its a pday so they let us head up there. The tickets were $30 so I just payed for both and my comp will pay me back today. It was 94% humidity and like 95 degrees...so I was dying at the game. It was funny cuz everyone was just sweating!! We were right in the sun the whole time. I got toasted. It was so fun though!! It was the first pro baseball game ive been to in a long time. In the evening we just did work as usual. Yesterday morning a recent convert from Garrisonville, Pat Reid, took me and elder kotyk out to breakfast! We went to ihop. He is so awesome. I was pretty close to their family when I was down there...I started teaching him and he got baptized a month after I left. It was great to see him and his family again!! Right after I left Garrisonville my comp Elder Kotyk went down there for 9 months...so we reminiss alot about it. This past week Gabriel was able to pass the sacrament for the first time! It was awesome to see him. Hes doing great!!!! We have a lot of good stuff going on right now. It's amazing to see the hand of the Lord in this work. We've seen many miracles happen and it's been an amazing experience! Love you guys!