Email sent March 3, 2010:

Buenos Dias ! How are you ?! I am doing ok, a little startled about the whole situation with Austyn. I love how dallin says " When im four I get to see Brendan ! " haha that is great !! It was be a special day to see him and austyn again. Everything is good out here. The weather has been nice.... 40's but no snow. The work has been going good, were teaching alot of people which makes it nice. I can't believe transfers are already in two weeks. I have a strong feeling I will be staying here with my comp. I got your letter yesterday !!! Thank you sooooooo much !!!!!!!!!!!!!! $20 goes a lonnnnggg ways ! I was dead broke, pay day was today....well if you call $140 pay day. its not as easy when the ward doesn't buy our groceries like they did in Ashburn. I didn't get a chance to write letters last week but I will for sure be mailing some off today. And I will be sending pics to you all. I have like 10 so i will send a few to all you guys. So share them when you get them :) Well I hope you are having a great week ! Tell dallin that when I get home we need to go to disneyland ok !! Give him a hug for me !! And a kiss !! Tell him i loved my picture he colored and the buzz and woody pen he gave me for valentines...I mean dallin tines. haha. I love you !!
Elder Davie

Email from March 3, 2010:

Hello Mom ! How are you?! It was great to get your email ! Wow what a last couple days it has been !! I was very startled when I received the call from President. My companion and roomates all fasted yesterday and it was a wonderfull experience. I know Austyn is going to be ok, I know it. I love her so much and its hard to see her go through any sort of pain, its even harder when you can't be there to give her a hug ! You guys are always in my praryers though ! The baptism last Saturday went really well. I gave a talk on the holy ghost. Then on Sunday I was able to confirm her which was an awesome experience. President showed up unexpectedly and stood in the circle with us. When I started the confirmation and I said " We confirm you a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" it hit me ya know. Like this is for real, this is not just something we do, this is real. To have President there was so good. I have come to love him so much the past month or so, he is awesome and has such a strong testimony and spirit about him. We are continuing to teach people here in this area and help them progress. We baptized Christina, she is engaged to chris who is a recent convert. Chris' family are not members. His mom , brother, and little sister live in the house. Well over the last month or so we've caught their interest. At first they wouldn't have anything to do with us, now everytime we go there which is at least every other day, they all come down stairs and listen to our message. Chris's little brother Brian is 14. Hes lived a rough life. Hes on house arrest right now. He got permission from his parole officer to come to the baptism with his mom. The next day we met with them and Brian said " When I saw christina get baptized I felt something, it was weird. I have never felt so much peace in my life. I felt like I wanted to cry. " Now if you knew this kid your jaw would have dropped like mine did. He is the last person you would expect to say something like that. The same goes for the mom, she is a very hostile , loud person. She was in tears at the baptism. She is letting us teach her. I cannot believe the change of heart in them that I have seen over the past month. It is like night and day. Their family is very very poor. Keep them in your prayers ! SHe is a single mom , is on disability, her mom just died, and she is on the verge of losing her home. She has a townhome but through the government and disability her rent is only like $300 but she is struggling to make ends meet. Keep the Morris family in your prayers !! I love you guys ! I really do !! I hope you all have an awesome week ! I think about you guys every day. I am sending a few pictures home today !! Love you !! Elder Davie

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February 8, 2010

So I am now living in Stafford, VA. I am in the Fredericksburg Zone. I am serving in the Garrisonville and Aquia (Uh-Kwy-Uh) ward. My comp is Elder Knowles (nulls) from Farmington. It has been a pretty good week, I am still trying to get used to the change. Elder Larochelle, my MTC roommate, is in my district so that is sweet! There are a lot of people, well a lot of missionaries, who are doubting us because we are young. Last week we scheduled one investigator for baptism for February 27th. Then we found a new investigator, taught her all three lessons, and she is going to be baptized on February 27th. We have a ton of people we're teaching and a ton of potentials. The last few days have been slow, it's snowed about 4 1/2 feet. I live with another companionship Elder Thompson and Elder Barnes. They are sweet. Elder Pomeray, my MTC comp, was living here but got transferred when I came down. We live in a townhouse. It's pretty big, 2 stories. It's old, but not too bad. Here is a crazy story for ya: Last night me and my comp and our roommates decided to go out and shovel snow around the neighborhood. It was snowing pretty bad outside. We walked about 2 miles and shoveled some less active homes. it was about 8:00 so we decided to head home. There was probably about a foot of snow on the roads. So we're walking and me and Elder Thompson were like 10 feet ahead of Elder Knowles & Barnes. All of a sudden I hear Elder Knowles yell "Oh S***. Barnes get out of the way!!!" I look back and see this truck going about 40 mph and fishtailing. Me and Elder Thompson got out of the way, but Elder Barnes got hit. The truck hit him, knocked him down, and ran over his leg. The driver stops obviously, jumps out and is panicing. He was an older guy from Peru. Call this what you want, but after a couple of minutes Elder Barnes stood up. They gave him a ride home. He woke up in the morning and is just fine, no pain at all! That is insane, huh? It was crazy! We called President Albright to let him know. It was pretty intense to see it happen. It's snowing really bad today which is why I wasn't able to email. That's pretty much what's going on down here. Church has been cancelled the last three weeks because of snow. I live close to the Quantico Marine base, there are a ton of military people in this area. Well tell me what's going on with you guys! I haven't gotten any letters in the last couple of weeks. Well, I got one from Nate I think. How are the kids? Split the ward yet? Is it snowing a ton there? Anything exciting going on? I miss Ashburn, but it's all good. Well, I gotta get going. I love you guys!

Love,
Elder Davie

Hey!

What's up? I feel like I haven't talked to you guys in forever! How is babysitting? How's the car? How is Dal? I bet he is growing like crazy! I hope his surgery goes good. I always keep you guys in my prayers! I am in Stafford, VA. It's like 20 miles north of Fredericksburg and like 70 miles north of Richmond. It's got a different feel than Ashburn. It's more country-ish ... some hicks, a lot of marine/military people. My roommate got hit by a car, I wrote mom about it. He's ok though. We have 2 people scheduled for baptism and many more to come. We have a lot of stuff going on in this area. I live in a townhouse with another companionship. My comp is Elder Knowles from Farmington. He's cool. I actually have to buy my groceries here which sucks, but we have a walmart right down the road! We taught this girl about the word of wisdom last night. She is 21 and trying to quit smoking. She will be baptized, she just doesn't know it yet! We have two appointments tonight and some former investigators we are going to try and track down. I have a picture of Austyn & Dallin on my planner. Well, we are going to the library to email now (today is Friday, I started writing this letter on Thursday). I will talk to ya soon! Love ya! I love you Dallin!! And Brandon!! ha ha

Love,
Elder Davie