Dear Family,
Guess what our mission next
Tuesday the 5th of February will be receiving 29 new missionaries. That
is the biggest group we have received in a long time. It is very
exciting, because there are even more planned for the transfer after
that. So this past Saturday the young lady was baptized that I've been
talking about. It was a really special moment to see that take place.
At the baptism I saw several friends from old areas, including the girls
boyfriend. I really enjoyed seeing old familiar faces.
I also saw Sister Brinton at the Zoo today. Our whole
Zone went to the Phoenix Zoo this morning. We really enjoyed the whole
trip. There weren't a lot of animals out because it has been raining
for the past few days, but the African dogs were out and about. The
lions were also prowling around the cage. It was really nice that most
of the zoo was empty. In fact when we got there no one was in line. My
favorite thing to see was the birds. I also learned that there is more
than one kind of rattlesnake! Another reason (besides the heat) that I
don't think I could live in Arizona. This being said the last two days
have been very beautiful.
So now for the biggest news of all. This past week
there have been some switches made in our Zone. I have been moved to
the Zone leaders area in the Mountain View Stake, and Elder Brown (my
old companion) has taken my place with Elder Kirwan. It was so good to
be around Elder Brown again. He is such an amazing missionary, and is
really ready to work. They will be together at least until the end of
the transfer. I will be staying with the zone leaders until transfer
time. It was really exciting to be in this area, full of fast paced
work.
Coincidentally a young couple just moved into the ward
that we cover just before I came in. They were being taught in the Mesa
stake by Sister Javed and Brownell, who just happen to be the
missionaries that I worked with in Nov-Dec. It is amazing to see how
easily it is for the Lord to place us in the right place at the right
time. Another cool story is that Dad of an unbaptized 9 year old
happens to be someone I taught in my first area.
FYI my companions for the moment are Elder Jace Smellie
(My third Cousin from Pocetello), and Elder ...Christian Halling (from
the MTC!). Elder Smellie will be finishing his mission a week from this
Tuesday, and it doesn't show one bit. He has stayed focused the whole
time. We did show him a little love when I got a few sticker hearts in
the mail. Elder Halling and I proceeded to put them all over Elder
Smellie's stuff. He was not too enthusiastic about finding 100 little
foam hearts every where.
We are looking forward to a baptism this Saturday for a
mother and her 15 year-old daughter. They are both very prepared and
ready to be baptized. The mother has been struggling with smoking for a
while. One afternoon she was feeling particularly stressed about
preparing for baptism, and felt like she was not ready and didn't want
to come to church or meet with the missionaries any more. We quickly
ran over and talked with her. After a little while she began to feel
more comfortable, and we were able to give her a blessing of comfort to
help with all the anxiety. It is lucky that we were in a trio,
otherwise, we would not have been able to visit her.
Another afternoon on the way to a dinner appointment we
saw a pick-up truck stuck trying to get up into a parking lot off the
street. there was only two men trying to push it up into the parking
lot. We were late, but knew that those gentlemen needed help. We
pulled into the next entrance of the parking lot, and proceeded to run
to the aid of the pick-up. We confirmed that they did need help then
pushed the truck in only a matter of seconds. Wished the men well, and
went on our way. I was so happy we were in the right place, to 'run to
the rescue' of our friends.
We are so blessed in this great work.
I love you all,
Elder Will Davidson
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