Well I'm here!!!
It is beautiful here in Arizona. We flew in on Tuesday and the work has been going ever since. My journal entries for the first three days in the field were about a sentence long, just because we've been so busy. My new companion is Elder Berardi from Illionois. He's an amazing musician, and he loves making music. We spent one evening just singing hymns for 20-30 minutes. I can't tell you all the people I've met in the past 4 days. The area I'm in is called Lehi Arizona. Our house is a two bedroom little pink house and we have grass in the front yard! The neighbors keep us up at night, but that's just because they're cows kicking the wall. The weather is really not as bad as people say. I got here and on my second day it was overcast and raining. It felt just like home for a few hours. We have a great rule here from the mission president. If the temperature is above 75 we don't have to wear jackets. The area is wonderful and I absolutely love it here.
So in regards to the work here, there's not enough time in the day for us to reach out to everyone. In my first week three people have accepted the invitation to baptism. The joy that you feel every day can not be expressed in any language. The experience is unlike any other. The only way to explain to you what it's like is by how time passes. Every day feels like an entire week from 6:30 until 10:30, but every week feels like a day. The people are absolutely wonderful, and there's really no way to tell them how much you care about them, except share the gospel.
This message is short, for a very good reason. There are people here that know we are here to help and support them find a way back to live with our Heavenly Father, and we have been called of God to share this message to all the world(or Lehi).
I miss you all and I know your lives are going well and full of excitement, if you write I'll be sure to respond.
Love you all, I'll be home soon enough, but not until my work is done.
-Elder Davidson
No comments:
Post a Comment