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Miracle in the Making

So hows it going? How has your week been ? Anything exciting going on ? There hasn't been a ton of exciting stuff going on here. We had conference on the weekend which was really good. I enjoyed the priesthood session. One of my favorite talks from all the sessions was from some guy named like marvin arnold or something? It was legit. So I thought I would tell you a little bit about our investigator named Craig. So about 5 weeks ago, like the first week of the transfer, we were checking on this less active lady in these apartment complexes. My last companion didn't ever want to tract them because he said they had already been done over and over. So im like well I have a new companion now so lets just knock a few doors. We chose this one complex. No one answered except craig. He just barely opened the door and kind of stuck his head out and was just like what who are you like the usual. We did our approach and invited ourselves to come in. He stood there for a second in silence and said alright .... come in. Ofcourse I was still lacking faith and thought well this is probably just another one of those nice people who will let us in for a few minutes then never be able to contact them again. Well we taught him for about a half hour and he had some very good questions. We scheduled a return appointment for the next week...and he was there !!! Thats always a good sign. That same week he came to an elders quorum activity as well as church. Hes committed himself to live the word of wisdom without us even teaching him, he learned it from mormon.org. He has read all the way through first and second nephi and always has awesome questions for us. He has no religious background so everything is new to him. Hes still kind of skeptical , but I can see a change in him every time we teach him again. Since we first met him he said hes been having a hard time at work and just didn't ever really know what his bosses wanted him to do. We told him " Craig, pray for guidance and direction at work ! " So he did that night and has every night since. Yesterday he said " Its weird, the last few days at work ive actually went in knowing what im supposed to do, its been nice ! " We were like craig that is heavenly father answering your prayers !!! He was like well I don't know if its that or if im just getting the hang of it. He is progressing so much. We talked to him yesterday about baptism. He said when he finds an answer of wether or not its true, he wants to get baptized. Its amazing. The whole process from finding someone to teaching about baptism and so on is just an incredible experience I wish everyone could have. Its priceless. He is definatly a reason why im in this area with my companion. Transfers are next week. Its about 95% sure that im staying here again. I have some pics im gonna be sending you here in a couple minutes. Thanks for all that you guys do ! I love you guys !!

September 8, 2010

Hello!
Hows everyone doing? Hopefully good !! So things here are going very well. Last week (Transfer week) was kind of rough. Our zone didn't do so hot. So me and elder jones are working on that. We are getting along very well. We have a ton in common. We have had a great time so far so thats been good ! We have had a pretty good week. So guess who was at church on Sunday? John Beck ! Quarterback for the Redskins. I sat right behind him, we talked for a second afterwards. It was funny to see everyones reaction when he introduced himself in Elders Quorum. It was kind of cool though. He lives in a town home in our area. He won't be at church very often so it was fun to see him. Monday we had Zone Leader Council. It was pretty intense. Basically from 9-3 all the zone leaders, president, and the assistants get together , sit in a circle, and counsel about new ideas and how to fix problems in the mission. Obviously some people are quite oppinioinated so it is pretty funny sometimes. I didn't say to much, next time for sure I will though. It was fun though and we all had a good time. We always have zone leader basketball before the counsels each month so that was fun. Then last night while tracting me and my companion found 2 new investigators ! The first one is Belinda. She is from Ghana. We taught her a little about the Book of Mormon and she was accepting to us coming back and teaching more. She is awesome. She is going to make us some Fufu next time, not sure what that is so if you want to google it and let me know what im getting myself into that would be sweet. Then as we were driving to a members house to use the bathroom we saw this guy on his porch talking on his phone, he looked like he was from Ghana so we wanted to go talk to him. Sure enough he was. My companion knows some Twi so he said a couple things to him and he just loved it ! I thought it was hilarious to see a white guy speak his native lanugage. We taught him a little and he agreed to let us come back. He is visiting from Ghana for 6 months so hopefully we can help him before he goes back. Also our other investigator from Ghana came to church again on Sunday. Her and her whole family were there and they stayed for the full three hours ! The kids LOVED it ! It was a little long for Flora but I think she enjoyed it. We are going over there on Saturday afternoon to play some volleyball and have a lesson and have some Fufu. That is all the exciting news that I have I think ! Its been a good week, I am excited for this transfer and to see all the miracles ! I love you guys !!

Elder Davie

Hey mom !

Its been a much better week. Last week was rough, I have to admit. It was difficult and wednesday was a rough day. After I emailed you and we did shopping I went home and found this letter in my mailbox from Brother Hunt. He from the Garrisonville ward :

" Elder Davie, Thank you for your letter. It was very inspirational. Im glad that you have settled down at the brambleton ward in ashburn. Were all doing well, but let me just say that this place certainly isn't the same without you serving. It was a big loss to see you go and you are greatly missed. I want to thank you for all you've done for my family. You set a fine example for others to emulate and your a genuine man, leader and representative of our church. We were truly blessed to have had your counsel and consider you a family friend. You always have a place to visit and stay if you need to at all. You made a tremendous impression and always brought the spirit of christ with you during your visits. Thank you for what you do, have done, and will do in the future. We expect great things from you and we hope to see you one day soon , The Hunts "

Man I needed that. I felt like the lord blessed me in that moment...I was struggling so bad and was so down on myself and I was able to receive that. It was truly a blessing. We had a barbecue at the mission home on Monday for our zone. It was because we all got 72 hour kits. We played volleyball and basketball and ping pong and ate lots of food and chilled with President and his wife. It was a blast !!! I love President, he is pretty amazing. Also I met a less active lady in our ward who grew up in vacaville ! She graduated from Vacaville High School...small world ! Things are going good though ! I am excited to serve next transfer with Elder Jones...I don't know him but have heard great things. I think we have similar personalitys so it should be good. I love you guys so much ! Thanks for helping me through this experience and sharing it with me !!

Elder Davie

p.s. I am still zone leader...I am staying here in Brambleton and getting a new companioin