New Area

 

Well I have been in this new area for about 5 days and absolutely love it.  Per instruction from my mother I need to answer several questions.

 

My new area covers three wards: Edgewood, Greenfield Park, and Winsor Ward.  We serve in the Kimball East stake and luckily I don't cover a spanish ward. (since I don't speak Spanish)  I'm still on a bike which won't be as bad once the temperature cools down.  The area is pretty amazing it's shaped like a upside down "L" it covers several retirement communities and some very posh areas.  Elder Marco and I live in a members home with plush carpet.  I love the carpet because when we pray my knees don't hurt as much. The only local land mark in the area is probably the Honeycomb apartments that are just east of Greenfield and south of Main.  When you look on a satellite picture of the trailers the streets look like a honey comb.  Other than that there aren't really any landmarks (except perhaps Walmart as the Elders suggested).  I don't have any photos of the area yet.  I'm still working on unpacking, because we've been so busy there hasn't been time to find everything.  My new companion is from Ohio and he is a really good Elder.  He's been out a little over a year and his birthday is in 4 days.  In the field I've been with all my companions during their birthday, so Elder Marco said I'm President Ellsworth's birthday present.  He helped me today eat healthier and get more exercise in the morning, which can be really hard, but it helps me be more ready for the day.

 

You should watch the mormon message "look not behind thee".

 

So my first Sunday in the area was amazing.  In Greenfield Park ward Elder Marco and I were both asked to give a talk on missionary work and the Mormon.org initiative (which will start next Monday).  That was pretty fun because we got to talk, and there was a farewell from a sister missionary going to the Midwest (I don't remember what mission).  Then in the next ward they had a combined meeting for the adults with the training for Mormon.org.  Then in Windsor ward Elder Marco and I split and I got to give a 40 minute training to the youth in the ward on one of the flat screen TV's focused on Mormon.org which was really fun.  When the youth started role playing the adults weren't participating.  I asked one of the leaders a question to see how she would answer it, and it was funny to see how she struggled just like the youth.  That's something I've learned is everyone needs to practice teaching no matter how old or young you are.  That was more or less the whole Sunday.

 

As for General Conference this weekend, I'm so excited to be watching it as a missionary.  There are so many questions that I need help answering, and I know that I'll get some answers while watching conference.

 

All in all there haven't been too many exciting things happen.  Elder Marco did say something really funny the other day.  After a dinner appointment we were unlocking our bikes outside when a 2 year old boy came out carrying his diaper.  Elder Marco just looked at him and asked, "is that for us".  It was really funny.

 

I love the people in my new area.  The members are all really excited about the Mormon.org initiative.  I hope you all get a chance to watch some of the portraits, because they're all really cool.

 

I love you all back at home, or where ever you are,

Elder Davidson