Busy Week!

wow! people miss me! Thats neat! i miss the ward i miss the spirit that is there! its interesting to see how other wards work ! and being on a mission has really made me want to come home and help the missionaries over there! when a ward is there to help the missionaries and the missionaries are there to help the ward, that when miracles happen! its great! both of the recent converts i talk to say that the ward is a big reason they keep coming to church and a big reason they got baptized! 

the two boys we dropped because we taught them all we could and thats what the dad asked of us, and he won;t come to church and he want's his kids to be baptized in utah! so we prepared them for baptism and now it is on the dads head to make sure they get baptized, so i am praying for them that they he will do it!

man this week has not been a good one! i have been dying! i cut my hand last monday on a new knife i got! it was a pretty bad cut, i'm pretty sure it needed stitches but , i hate getting stitches so i just put some pressure on it and i had no band-iads so i wrapped some toilet paper around it and taped it on! its healing up quite well!~

then yester day whille biking i was attacked by a fence! it jumped out of nowhere! grabbed my same hand i cut and ripped the skin off of one of my fingers! another finger! so we walked the mile home and i bruised my shoulder and cut my hand again! pictures will come to you soon!

and this week was just rough! everyone we saw said the me and schramm dilla schramm looked way tired! and it has just been a rough one! but all is still going well!

one of our most solid investigators mom is being a problem, the girl is 19 and ready to be baptized but the mom say she should wait till the 8th of may! when she could and should get baptized this sunday! uggg people!

and the miracle guy, didn't come to church again! sooo we have a lot of work to do with these people this week so wish us luck!

i'll be writting you a hand letter soon! with some pictures in it!

i love you and i testify that this work and church are true!

Elder Davies!

Good Sunday

hey mom! and family and friends! this week has been pretty good! yesterday was a really good Sunday! out recent convert Jen  has been having problems with her knee, soo right after we taught Sunday school she started crying because of the pain she was in, so we gave her a blessing and a couple of hours later she said it was feeling much better! 

then our elders courm Pres told of a story where he and his squad where under heavy fire and how he so many people die and get wounded, and how we go to the hospital to get bandaged up and stuff, then he related it to jacob 2;8 and how church is our hospital for the wounded soul! man it was soo good! 

i have been taking many fun pictures with my camera and i will send them in a sec i am loading them onto the comp!

but really the week has been simple we taught another first and gave a man a date...but he didn't come to church so he lost his date, so now we need to work with him even harder so that he can get his date for two weeks!

but the work here is good! i love springs! i love the rush of the city and how you never know what your going to run into!

like yesterday we asked this guy if we could help him and he said no and started walking to his garage and i said "are you sure?" and he said now leave and then i found out why he was going to his garage, he was holding a pistol in his hand..haha! so we left,

but i love that you never know what and who you will run into and i love bearing testimony to people and explaining to them a little about our church and how it works and how we use the book of Mormon! its great!

man i love my district right now!~ we are all pretty chill and like to have fun, but we all know that we need to do work! its great!

ok im outski! ill send some pics here in a sec!

love ya!

elder davies!

Natalie's First Dance

Natalie's first dance.....she looked beautiful of course!  It is so weird seeing your baby sister all dolled up and to think that boys will be taking notice.  I kind of had a freak-out moment when I thought of the boys.  I guess I have to let go and let her grow up but even when she is 60 she will still be my baby sister.  She had a great time, big brother Josh kept a good eye on her and she danced with....boys who will remain un-named.  I know that this is just the first of many beautiful pictures of Natalie.  We all knew she was beautiful as a baby but she seems to keep getting prettier (and taller) the older she gets.  We are so lucky to have such a beautiful girl inside and out to round out our family.  We love you Nats!

Happy Birthday Mom!

 

Rachel - My favorite thing about Mom is her steel trap memory.  I am amazed at how well she remembers everything she reads.  She is a fountain of knowledge.  I am also honored to be her daughter - that distinction carries with is a responsibility to honor her by living the best life I can but it also carries the perks of being related to such an amazing person.  I love how she is always there no matter what is going on.  I know she would drop everything if I needed her.  There is no better mother, friend, mentor, adviser and woman that I know.

Josh - My favorite thing about Mom is whenever we get into an argument,

it always turns into a discussion about the gospel and principals.
Some of my best learning opportunities come after an argument.

My next favorite thing about mom is her willingness to serve. As I'm
writing this sick in bed, mom is getting me Ginger ale and crackers
from the store. Mom is always willing and ready to serve and teach
others by her example. I love you mom

Kristin - I love mom because she has taught me almost everything I know. She is loved and admired by so many people and I am lucky enough to call her mom. She's the best thing that ever happened to my life! - Kristin

Natalie - Some of my favorite things about mom are:

1) How learned she is,

2) How in touch with the spirit she is,

3) When she tells a joke and is so proud of herself,

4) How hard she works for everyone.

Taylor - Abbi is one of the BEST  grandmas In the whole wide world! She teaches so much and sacrifices almost everything she has for all of the classes she teaches. YOU ROCK ABBI!!!!- Taylor

Dad - The Lovely Rebecca of Poway is my hero (actually heroine, but I'm afraid the uninitiated might think that I use heroin--for the record, I never have, and never will). She is truly one of the most remarkable people i have ever known. She is so REAL. She is, through and through, exactly who she portrays herself to be. Becky is a person of great personal virtue and integrity.

She often jokes that when we were first married I thought she was some backwoods country bumpkin, and I was a sophisticated easterner. Well, admittedly, there may have been a little bit of the European traveler in me, and I might have viewed her upbringing as "simpler" than mine, but little did I realize that I was marrying the female version of Elder James E. Talmage. She loves the Lord, loves his gospel, and loves learning about gospel truths and everything else under the sun that is of any significance. I definitely married way above myself, and I'm doing my very best to keep up with my beloved Becky. She never ceases to amaze me.

Jacob - While I should thank her more often than I do, Mom doesn't need thanks or praise to do what she needs to do. She's a woman of conviction and is always pushing full steam ahead towards her goals.

Elder Davies (AKA: Trevor): mom has raised mom has made me, without mom i would be nothing!  is that good?its a poem i made up right now?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR!

                                     T - tenacious, terrific, totally out of the ordinary, talented, teacher, teddy bear

                                     R - radical, radiant, role model, rugged, respectful, representing,

                                     E - excellent, energy, extreme anything, example, elder, electric

                                     V - very special, vague in his letters to Rachel ;), voracious appetite for brownies

                                     O - outstanding, out of this world, over the top, outrageous, obedient

                                     R - righteous, right, relaxed, rocks, remarkable, reckless, ready - rockin

If you asked each member of the family to tell you something special about Trevor they may write a book.  From the time he was a baby he captured our hearts and the heart of anyone who came in contact with him.  He is truly one in a million and a unique soul.  He is everything that is good and fun in our lives.  Plus he is serving a mission and bringing the joy of the gospel and the joy of Trevor into the lives of the people of Colorado.  While we miss him like crazy he has become larger than life to us while he is away.  He is now "perfect" Trevor in our eyes.  I couldn't have asked for a better brother and a greater gift for having him in my life.  Happy Birthday Trev!  We love you more than you will ever know.  Even though we are all miles apart goographically we are all close in eachother's hearts.

Trevor Update....

One thing I have learned about Trevor the last 8 months is that he is a man of few words.....see below

we just got 2 iches this weekend! and then this is me with slder smith! my roommate from svu! hahaha!

Although it was only one line and had atrocious spelling we love to hear from Trev! We are happy with one line or 100 lines.  The pictures speak 1000 words and we can't wait to see more.

The Toughest Guy in Town

I will be the first to admit that I don't know a whole lot (aka: nothing) about Rugby.  Since Josh has been playing Rugby I thought I should take more of an interest in the sport.  I decided to do some great research.  First things first - I saw Invictus (great movie by the way).  Second I went to a rugby game.  That is pretty much where my research ended.  I learned what I needed to know.  The sport of rugby it is tough.  It is brutal.  It is crazy to watch.  Josh dislocated his shoulder during one of the plays and kept playing on.  What a stud.  Who knew my baby brother would impress me in so many ways.

The school Josh's team played at was beautiful.  It looked like an old monestary and it was only built last year.  It was definitely the prettiest high school I have ever been to.

 

The kids (especially the boys) were totally impressed