March 16th, 2010

Hey family :)

Well i'll tell you it was a quite the week, full of the good ol ups and downs haha, sounds like madre you are have a good time kickin it with the morris family :) first off tell rob that when i get home i will for sure be hitting more dingers on the softball field then he will be haha!! I know i still have the big bomb swing going on haha even though its been a year i still got my game i guarantee it :)

The work is pressing forward i got a random call from president, apparently there still is some random drama going down in Loughbourough, one of my recent converts named Zoe had told some of the YSA girls that she had fallin in love with me while we were teaching here and so President might be having to transfer me this transfer because we are in the same zone and he doesn't want here to drive to leicester, just the good ol drama in Loughborough it will never stop i guess! Me and President had a talk and he knows that i was just doing what i was called to do and nothing else and so hopefully i won't have to go anywhere because i love the westcotes ward and the are we are in but we will see!! Other then that it is the typical missionary stuff just working working working and i just love it!! The days are flying by which is good it never seems like i have enough time in the day to get done all that i want to but what can you do!! Me and my companion have been working on serving all the teams in our zone and it has brought me alot of happiness to just see the trust that we are building and ever since we have been doing that the missionaries have been counseling with us more and seeking our guidance so it has been a great blessing to build those friendships!!
Other then that thats about all of the week haha not much exciting going on!! ONe thing though Madre something has been going on with my missionary fund and so they have to send me a new card so as of now i am living off my personal funds! so i have been trying to eat not as much haha so i didn't spend as much money but i am out of even the skimp haha so I am going to use some of the personal funds for groceries and they said they will reimburse me when i get my new card! so if the money goes i'm sorry!!

I love you all! Happy birthday Hannah :)

Elder Davidson

July 20th, 2010 - the last email

Wow,

 

 

Well to be honest, you can tell President Robinson that the last thing a missionary wants on his last P-day is to be asked to speak in stake conference, It doesn't make him want to come home very much haha!!!

Mom Ill for sure search you out a lap blanket no doubt, and as for garments, im a 32 waste and you can get the 50 50 stuff and for shirts medium will work perfect! And as for other clothes some T's and some Polos will be chill i'm not to bothered i know you have good taste! haha :) And as for tanning you better get me an appointment for day one when i get home so i can hit it up haha :)

As for classes i don't know if you want me to sign up now like before i get home or when i get home, but im assuming when i get home haha and if i'm wrong you might wanna go ahead and sign me up for a few things??

 

I can't believe the time has gone by this fast seriously its the craziest thing, these last 6 weeks have seemed like days, and some quick days at that!! I wanna just thank you all so much, this journey, this adventure..... It has been the greatest thing that has ever happened to me!! And it wouldn't have been as good as a ride with out my family behind me the whole time!! I have spent alot of time over the last 2 days pondering on my mission, and the miracles and the blessings and the changes it has brought to my life, and as i think about it the only thing that comes to my mind is if i personaly trust in my saviour Jesus Christ and give it all to him then I need not fear!! Whatever happens in life if i just Lean on him i will see success, I will be happy, and i will return to live with him and my family in never ending happiness!!! My testimony feels at this point that it cannot be shaken, whatever is said or done i feel like it doesn't effect me in a bad way, to be honest it only makes me stronger and bettter!! It strengthens my testimony!! The Saviour Jesus Christ did walk this earth he did do many miracles and most important he did sacrafice himself for ME!!!!! God is my loving Heavanly Father he cares for me, he answers prayers and he has a plan for each and every one of us!! Joseph Smith that young 14 year old with out a shadow of a doubt did step into the grove of trees on that spring morning and he did see God the Father and Jesus Christ they did speak to him and the gospel was restored!!! We are now apart of his truth and as we live accordingly, we will be happy for the eternities!!!

All of this and more is what I have to come to know on my mission and it has changed my life!!!

 

I love you family, you are a big strength to me!!

 

Elder Davidson

 

DO IT FOR CHRIST!!!

July 13th, 2010 (only 2 more weeks)

Hey hey familay :)

 

 

 

 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

Thats all that is going through my mind!! I can't believe I only have 1 email left before i'll be speaking to you in person!! My mind is running a million miles an hour!! I'm scared, i'm excited, i'm nervous, i'm happy, i'm sad, my mind is just gone haha!!! But thanks for the pics this week they made me smile I miss my nephews and nieces I can't wait to see them again!!!

I haven't gotten my itenirary yet madre, but maybe you could email President Ogden and check it all out because its only my 3rd plane ride and i'm still confused on how it all works haha!! I can't believe i'll be landing in cedar, that must mean i gotta go all by myself, my boys will be leaving me and slc huh?? That means more time to just think ahhh not good haha!!! I can't believe this is all happening, what happened to my 2 years?? Its just gone!!! As for what do i want to do for food hmmmmm?? well ummmmm I sure do miss just a nice meal from the madre thats for sure so i think that'll be chill just get me home and let me taste the best food ever!! haha plus i'm gonna be so tired there is no way i'm gonna be able to sleep on that plane!! 

 

Anyways so about the week!! Wow it was a good week, the Lord is just putting prepared people in our paths I don't know what it is!! We are teaching about 10 people who are progressing well and 6 have a date to be baptized!!!!!! I Wanna stay another transfer because i know if i did i would be able to see all these people enter the water but E. Love says he will hit me with the pics!!! Miracles are happening and everytime i even think to take a little break because i'm tired and i think its almost over my head keeps telling me, Preach My Gospel pg. 121 Diligence, Diligence is working hard even when you are tired!!!!! Hahaha I feel so bad if i stop for a second my mind just runs and runs and runs haha it kinda is a little annoying but it keeps me working and when i work i'm happy!!! So the spirit won't let me quit either he knows i gotta endure to the end but i love it!!! I never thought it would be hard at the end but wow is it!!! But i won't quit, I can't quit haha!!!!

So i had the opportunity to speak in one of the wards this week it was good!! my topic was on free agency!! I got a call saturday at about 9;00 at night and the bishop said Elder Davidson someone just backed out of speaking for tomorrow can you do it for us haha so i kind of just winged it and it went good i really enjoyed speaking!! I have learnt that you must always be prepared as a missionary, you can never say no!!! So technically i don't have any free agency hahaha jk jk!! It was a great opportunity!!

Family I really can't believe how fast these 2 years went by, its ridiculous it really is!! even now i'm checking my watch constantly to try and slow down the days but its not working time is just gone!! I love my mission!!!! It is the best decision of my life!!!!!! and i'll never forget it!!!

 

I love you!!

 

Elder Davidson

 

"do it for christ"

July 2nd, 2010 (3 more weeks)

Hey Hey Hey,

 

 

So Happy Birthday T-money!! I HOPE you beat dad at golf on monday!! we gotta start off right because when i get home i will be the one dominating on the golf course haha!! I'm not getting any of hydi's emails mom, I don't know what is going down but i haven't got any of hers for sometime. 

 

Tesco's was the best, thanks so much mom!!! The Barbecue was poppin, thats all I can say!! It was so much fun just a good ol partyin it up!!! Just like home, except we have to cook the burgers on like these tin foil barbecues ha so that was pretty ghetto but it was sweet! Thanks for doing that madre!! Anyways no I only recieved one order of Tesco's?? it might have been because of all the times i had to call and reschedule them to deliver it but i did only get one order!!

 

My birthday was quite the experience though i must admit haha not your typical birthday i would have to say but it was good, so what happened was at Zone Conference i was like taking pictures with some of my old companions and just other kids and what not, and some how a bee climbed up my trousers and BAM it stung me right on the calf, and I didn't know what it was so i pulled up my trousers to see what had just stung me and i just moved the bee up a little bit further and BAM he stung me again ha and it ended up stinging my 3 times in total!! So this was on the friday and then on the saturday, it was super sore but i decided i still wanted to go for a jog for morning excercise and I came back home and pulled off my socks and my calf was about triple the size it should have been! It was Huge!!! so i didn't know what to do with it so i called sister ogden and she told me what to get to calm it down and what not, but luckily i had told my recent convert about getting stung the day it happened and for my birthday he bought me sting relief stuff haha he is the man so i put it on and well it calmed down after a couple of days haha but it was huge and a little bit painful!!! So that was my Birthday experience this year haha!!

 

But The week has been a good one, we just spent so much time traveling this week it felt like i did no work in my own area and it is alot more draining to sit in a car then it is to be doing to Lords work!! It was hard!! We went on wednesday to birmingham because we had to run a missionary to the hospital down there, we then went on thursday and friday for zone leader council and zone conference so the week was just over with and we had no time to search for new people, but i did learn alot from z.c. and z.l. council which was good!! We had Elder Kopiske come to zone conference and wow, he was amazing let me just tell you, he doesn't plan anything at all!!!! He just told us right off the bat, i'm going to let the spirit direct this meeting.... And then he just started talking and doing things it was amazing, General Authorities know there stuff, every question that was asked he answered with a scripture just crazy I loved it!! Zone Leader Council was the best i would have to say though, we just had the time to sit and chat about the concerns in the zone and how he has overcome them, and how we can become better leaders!! So it was intense i really enjoyed it!! So all in all it was a good week!!!

 

The Lord is taking care of me out here!! He is blessing this wolverhampton area and miracles are happening!! I love my Mission!! and I love the Lord!!

 

Elder Davidson

"Do it for Christ"

June 29th, 2010 (4 weeks to go)

Hey Family,

 

Well well sounds like things are going to be popping on my b day huh? finishing the basement that sounds like a blast!! Question though Madre, can you go do the orientation or do i need to?? If I need to do it over the internet i'll have to get permission from President Ogden but i'm sure he wouldn't have a problem with it!! But just let me know what needs to happen, and if you can some of the classes moss will be taking so i can sign up for some of those as well!!

 

Elder Nylund is the Man!!! Ha he is just the best i love that kid, the first exchange we had together we were laying in our beds and he said wait aren't you from beaver, i know someone from beaver ha, anyone that knows someone from that little town is surely gonna be my boy haha!!!

 

Thanks mom for the info, I should be able to find some of the stuff, England got beaten out of the world cup on sunday so me and my comp are hoping we could find some sweet deals on England jerseys so hopefully it'll be an easy thing to do! But i'll get on it!! What about you Madre and Papa any preferences on what you would like hmmmmm?? :)

 

Anyways so this week was a good week, man it just flew by i don't know where the time went i swear it was yesterday i was sittin on this computer typing you an email!! Time just needs to Chilll for a bit!!! Things down here are going well though it just doesn't seem like we have anytime in our own area to find new people to teach we are just always on the road helping the other teams but it is a blessing to get to work with so many different missionaries and get to learn from them!! I'm just enjoying the journey!!! We do have a couple people in our own area who are preparing for baptism on the 16th so we just gotta hold on to those! This weekend at church was pretty sweet though, we had stake conference and wow it was an amazing on, Elder Kerr of the area 70 came down to speak and man is he powerful, he was just banging the pulpit (mind the spelling haha) and just yelling into the microphone his testimony!! Inviting all those who weren't members of the church or those who are thinking about leaving the church to hop in the gospel, to get baptized and to read the book of mormon, to pray about it and find the truth!!! Let me just tell you I loved it!!!! I was on the edge of my seat just listening as closely as possible, taking notes!! I just kept looking at my comp like did you just hear that, is this really happening hahaha I loved it!!! Elder Kerr is the man!! This week should be good as well because at zone conference we have Elder Kopiske coming and he is the Area president over the whole UK and he is going to be instructing us and so i'm stoke to be able to learn from him this weekend!!

The time is going by way to fast but i am going to take advantage of every second i have!!

 

I hope you all know that I love you!! And am so greatful for you!! I couldn't do this with out you!!

 

Elder Davidson

 

Do it for Christ!!

June 22nd, 2010 (5 more weeks)

Hey Family!!

 

 

First off i must say that Dad i'm sorry no matter how many times you change that swing of yours, your never gonna be able to hit the ball as far as your boys, your time is up its time for Elder Davidson and T-money to dominate now haha you have embarrased us for to many years haha!!! :)

 

So glad to see Moss is on the go with getting that stuff sorted with the flat make sure him and t-money pick a nice place haha!! Maybe you should go with them mom :) Tell Moss whats up!!! He needs to hit me up and tell me what is going down in b-town so i can be prepared haha!!

 

This week is good, Elder Love is the man!! No need to train him he already has it all sorted, He is just Happy, He helps me to excercise hard in the morning so i can loose some weight haha he is Diligent, and has the spirit, and best of all he talks to everyone, so the work is progressing well!! It'll be a sweet transfer i'm stoked!! But the week was way good, we found this wonderful lady that we haven't been able to get ahold of for a while and she just related to us about this dream she had and how she new the book of mormon was the word of God, and we didn't really even have to invite her to be baptized she pretty much volunteered to ha so it was amazing!! She came to church on sunday and just loved it!! The Lord is just preparing people for us it seems!! We just gotta keep working so that we deserve all these blessings!! But other then that nothing else has really happened ha, The week just flew by and i don't know where the days went!!

 

So a question though, what kind of souveners does everyone want haha, i thought this would be easy but really its not! Especially not for the sisters!! So madre some ideas would be sweet if you could?? for like Dad and the brothers i think i got it sorted but i don't really know about the rest!!!

 

Your the best family I love you!

 

Elder Davidson

 

Do It For Christ!!

June 17th, 2010 (6 weeks to go)

Hey Da Fam :)

 

How goes it?? So i'm gonna tell you right now mom after last weeks email when you said i could go buy souveniers, I went and bought stuff for all the nephews, and nieces haha so i'll have some good stuff for them when i get home!

 

So things down here are just the best!! Me and Elder Olson had a fun week last week ha its crazy over here in england because of the World Cup, everyone wants England to win and go far!! Everyone has all there English gear out and just sporting it everywhere they go, Flags everywhere just CRAZY! But its good because there is some sweet gear that will be some good stuff to bring home for the fam so its good!! But because the football is so intense we weren't aloud out on saturday after 6:00 P.M. and let me just tell you never in my life have i been so bored haha!! we got so bore that we took some extra matresses and went and chilled out on the roof for an hour, and then i just through this crazy concoction of food after and just made the craziest dinner ever with the 2 other hours we had to do nothing hahaha it was good fun!! but ummm Mom we might need another Tesco Delivery because i through everything in haha!! Anyways the week was good, my comp is on the plane and probably home by now, and i got a sweet new companion! I got called to Train a new Zone Leader and his name is Elder LOVE haha thats right Elder Love he is the man!! He was a district Leader when i was in Leicester so we are already pals, its gonna be a good transfer i can already feel it, He is a Diligent missionary that just wants to work so i'm excited to go to work with him!! Crazy thing is, is his buddy served in the same mission as Elder Noel and I even think they lived together in the same flat man its such a small world ha I love it!! Noel is home now ya?? Have you seen him?? Anyways Its gonna be a sweet 6 weeks i'm so stoked, we have a sweet zone so we have high hopes for the success in the Zone as well so everything is lined out we just gotta go to work!!! And now is the time, i'm afraid at how fast this transfer is going to go but I can't even think about it i just gotta go!!

 

Family I love you!! I thank you for all the Love and support and I pray for you everynight and Thank my heavanly father for the chance i have to be in such an amazing family!! Always Keep on Trucking :)

 

Elder Davidson

 

Do It For Christ :)

June 8th, 2010 (7 weeks to go)

Hey,

 

Happy Happy Birthday Ethan my man ha!! Don't worry mom i'm looking for presents for everyone to bring home so they can all have a little taste of England :) I haven't got a new suit yet madre, i have looked a little but haven't seen anything that strikes my eye, but im still looking!

 

Ahhhh Times flying by!! I can't believe this is going to be the last transfer of my mission my days its just gone, Next week I will find out if i will finish my mission in Wolverhampton or somewhere else, but seeing how my companion goes home next week i'm pretty sure that i will be here unless they white wash us but hey you never know!!

 

This week was a blessing from on high!! Except for the fact that i rolled both my ankles while we were playing basketball with some investigators haha but don't you worry even with my 2 bad ankles me and my comp still managed to dominate haha (English people aren't very good at basketball haha) But anyways.... We had some amazing baptisms that took place and if only i had my camera with me right now i would send you some pictures of it ha but sure enough i still am forgetful that is one thing that i have never changed on my mission haha!! President Ogden was there with his Wife and they took some pictures so i'm sure you will be able to find them on there blog!! But man it was the best!! All of the people that got baptized this weekend were just blessings and miracles I absolutely loved it!!

 

I'm super impressed with my companion, he hasn't stopped for one second to think about home so it is good i'm glad i don't have to excite him to do the work he is already just a work horse so we are just killing it together, its so fun!! Next transfer is going to be the same I just gotta work work work so that i don't even think about the end, because i don't want it to end i love it to much!!! The lessons i learn each day, the people i meet, the opportunites i have to serve, nothing can beat this and I am greatful for the opportunity that i have to be a missionary for Jesus Christ :)

 

I love you family thank you for all your support!! I wouldn't be able to make this journey without you!!

 

Elder Davidson

 

"Do it for Christ"

June 2nd, 2010

Note from Jamie:

Today we received Elder Davidson's travel Plans, he will be returning home July 28th, 2010.  We are so excited!!! These 2 years have flown by and I know that I am so grateful for Elder Davidson's example.

So now we are on the countdown, only 8 weeks until he is home.

June 1st, 2010

Dear Family :)

 

Thank you so much for the Tesco's mom it did arrive and it was well good ha, i missed it the first 2 times by like 7 minutes both times so sorry if you have a charge! But I did get more then 1 apple so thank you :) 

 

Tell Carlie that she needs not worry when i get home we will be rocking the town haha i'll take care of you even though your still thinking of cleaning up bed pans hahaha i won't tell anyone that until after the 2nd date :)

 

Anyways this week was good, we have 3 baptisms for this saturday so it should be an amazing week in white!! I'm stoked!!! some beautiful people we have an african lady a chap from india and and english guy haha so its going to be an amazing day!! I love the Lord!!!! He has just been taking care of this area and blessing the wolverhampton branch!! He really wants it to be a ward and i can see that!! So i'm excited to be here at this point in time!!! This week haha it was the best i went on a exchange and got on a bike again and i promise you i am still sattle sore and it has been a week haha this bike was no ordinary bike it was straight from the devil haha the chain kept falling off it would not shift gears haha it was so brutal the tires kept going flat, and on top of that it was pouring rain and i didn't even have a jacket haha it is a good thing my mission has taught me patience because i just smiled and took it haha it was the best!!! The best part was was we had interviews with president the next day and my suite was all dirty because of the bike and my shirt wasn't so white anymore that i thought he might think i wasn't worthy or something haha but luckily he didn't notice even though the rest of the zone did :) But things are going good me and Elder Olson are just having a blast, its sad to know that he is going home soon, just 2 weeks i can't believe it but all is well!!!

 

Family I love you, thanks for all you do!!!

 

Elder Davidson

May 25th, 2010

Hey Hey Hey

 

 

Wow Dad what are you doing hmmmm?? You know you gotta hop on those things quick like!! He always does that haha just kiddin just kiddin!! Your right you know i can't be havin a babe magnet truck haha not a good thing!!

 

wooooeeeeeeee good for Carlie good to hear she got a job thats the best, and plus when i get home you know i'm going to need to get rid of all these tan lines, it was meant to be :)

 

Tyler is getting Laid off?? is the store closing down? or whats going on??

 

Before I forget Tescos hmmmm well That stuff you orderd last time was good, except like umm you only sent one bananna?? and one apple?? so that could change haha!! But some Chips and Salsa would be good this time, Some Dr. Pepper :) oh instead of just the beef burgers umm pasta and spicy tomato and pepperoni sauce would be nice!! I love that stuff, but as for everything else you can suprise me!! and for the best day ummmm probably wednesday, friday, or saturday night after about 9:15 pm would be the good days!!

 

Anyways this week, well it was a good week!! Time is flying by I can't believe its week 3 and my comp leaves in 2 weeks time Crazy!!  Once again the Lord has blessed us here in wolverhampton, I truly do love this area and I love being able to recognize that all these blessings are coming from the Lord!!! This week especially though we saw that service brings fourth blessings, We did alot of service this week, one lady we mowed her lawn, another we built a shed and another we tore up grass and layed some stuff down and well it seemed like that was where all our time was spent, so i kinda was getting a little flustered because i wanted to be out talking to people, but I did love the service while we were doing it, ( I loved getting out of my shirt and tie :) ) But then it was weird because on of the ladys that saw us doing the service just walked into church on Sunday and asked us if we could come and teach her so the Lord blessed us, and  I love doing service!!

 

This work is amazing and the days are flying by to quick but i LOVE being here and I'm going to make every second last!! I love you family!!!

 

Elder Davidson

 

P.S. Jamerz it was tentacles haha :)

 

(Picture is from his Mission Presidents blog, the tentacles is an answer to me asking what was on his head)

May 18th, 2010

Hey Hey Hey

So Check this Elder Davidson just got done golfing in the most beautiful weather England has ever seen!! I promise it was the best weather I have seen since I have been here it was the best, I think i even got sun burnt my skin is very sensitive to the sun hasn't seen it for a couple years haha!! Thats the good news, the bad news is is that ha well i spent most my game looking for my ball and in the sand haha looks like i need some more practice before i come home so that i can beat dad haha haha!!!

 

But as for some questions ha well for good ol Chantel tell her that i'll be there haha I don't think it will be to weird for me, I have learnt to love awkward moments on my mission so it should be good ha not that it would be awkward i'm sure it would be cool, but ya it would be cool to go!! She has talked about this kid in her letters and it sounds like she is happy so thats cool tell her congrats for me!! Thats sweet!!!!

 

Mom, ha I can't believe you traded in the mini?? I didn't even get to rally it one more time before you sent it off, looks like the new bug is going to have to get it double time from me haha!! I know how much you love your cars but hey it just has to get done :)

 

Anyways well a little bit about the week, ha I learnt a special lesson this week of diligence and man it was such a blessing to learn, I'll tell you what starting last monday me and my comp worked, now i have worked hard my whole mission but last week was a make or break it week so we worked packed our lunch and just skipped dinners we just wanted to find those elect children, so bam Monday we work and it was a way good monday met alot of people and set up alot of appointments with new people and Tuesday was the same we spent alot of p-day talking to people and proselyting and we were still seeing alot of success finding alot of new people that seemed Golden, and the come wednesday and we just get flogged all day but it didn't stop us we still just worked and instead of sulking (as dad would say) We just went to work and stopped more people in the street and knocked more doors, we even started to stop people in the car ha we were trying everything and well we found somemore new people and then Thursday comes and they all flog, and ya we got a little bit flustered but we just went to work just kept on trucking never stopping and just trusting in the Lord that we will find those people and the Friday comes and Bam ha still more flogs and by this point instead of getting mad me and my comp were just laughing haha just saying whatever and just kept on finding, and then comes saturday and wow saturday is a day i will never forget, we went out with nothing but still with the mind set that we can't quit and with the motto we set at the first of the transfer which is "Do it for Christ" and thats what we did we went to work and just did it all for our saviour and we were blessed, We met a malasion guy that just let us in and was way receptive to what we shared and wanted to find God!! His name was Alex :) and he came to church on sunday and loved it and now has a date for baptism, the we met a lady named Grace from Zimbabwe and we stopped her in the car and she just was loving the Book of Mormon as we read it with her and then she even called her Niece and both of them came to church and Loved it and they do have a date for baptism!! and then the next best thing a family of 3, we met them and they wanted to come to church and they loved it and we are going to invite them to be baptized this week!!! The Lord blessed us!!! He just helped us see miracles this weekend, and every goal that we set at the first of the week that seemed so impossible to hit friday night as we reviewed them all were hit because of diligence!! The Lord will never ever not keep a promise!!! I loved it!! Miracles on my mission that is all I have seen and this week was one i'll never forget!!

 

Family I love you!! The Church is true!! It is!! I can't wait to hear from you next week!!  

 

Elder Davidson

"Do it for Christ"

April 27th, 2010

Hey Hey famillay :)

Good week it sounds like haha Jordan is the man first off just look at him haha i love him!! Just a beautiful smile haha he picked a winner good work son :) And don't you worry mom i'm not trunky haha how did you learn that word?? Got a lot of time left to do the Lords work and i haven't reached all the goals yet so i can't wait a second or its all over!!

 

 

ahhhh good week this week, first off i love coventry haha i just love it!!! we took 2nd at mission football though and i almost broke my ankle but it was a good day haha!! I got to see Shirzell but didn't catch any other of my converts in, but i'm glad i got to see Shirzell she was struggling a little bit with her family so we sat down had a prayer talked a shared some scriptures with her that got me through the hard times and then she promised me she would go back to church and yesterday i got a phone call and it was her saying how glad she was that i came and how happy she was that she went back to church her problems started to get easier and she was just so happy!! The Lord new who I needed to see so it was such a blessing!! Also this week haha I got to go on exchange with my boy Elder Hooper ahh he is the man I can't believe i hated my Nephi brother haha but he is sweet hard worker and just has a desire to share his testimony with all and just to love the people I learnt alot from him! It was his birthday so we woke up and i cooked him a good ol american breakfast pancakes peanut butter and syrup haha it had been ages since i have had that so it was the best i loved it!! We are teaching alot of people man the Lord ahhhh he is blessing us just miracles are happening!! One of our investigators was struggling he had is credit card stolen and someone took alot of money and they weren't going to refund him the money and so he was angry and told us he didn't want to come to church or learn, he had lost interest so we talk to him and just resolve concern, he then comes to church and as soon as he comes home he gets a call saying they were going to refund the money haha I love the gospel!! He is the man though his name is Pavan, i don't know if i told you that but he is getting baptized on the 7th of may so i'm stoked about that one!!

 

Things are amazing though the sunshine is just out and about and its getting hot!! i'm just loving it the people are more happy in the summer so we are seeing alot more reception from the people!! Its weird how that works but i love it!! So much i want to say this week but so little time i'm sorry!!

 

Mom i would love to stay with T-money thats perfect!! He can also help me with my studies haha probably the smartest kid i know so it'll be good for me :) Has Moss moved yet?? Is he looking for a place to live? 

 

Transfers are next week and well pretty sure me and my comp will be splitting up so I could be moving but we will see hopefully i'll stay and he will go but we will see haha!! All else is well!! I'm loving it!! :)

 

Last thing I to mom am right when Jesus Christ appears the the people and man i was thinking the same thing that the world is just like this time it is getting bad and people are getting worse and worse and caught in the "secret combinations" but i also learnt the key is to stay faithful and obedient to the Lord and we will always be able to overcome the evils!! But if we give up just like the nephites and lose the spirit we are just like everyone else, we are nothing!! The key is to keep the spirit read pray church the key!! I love it!!

 

I love you family be good!!

 

Elder Davidson

April 20th, 2010

Hey Hey Hey

 

 

Well guess what?? I am in Coventry right now :) sitting on the same computers that i emailed for 9 and 1/2 months haha I LOVE COVENTRY :) Now the reason we are here is because today we have mission football here and well our zone is going to dominate :) we are going to smoke everyone haha!! President gave me permission to come early so i could see some of my recent converts so i can't wait for that i'm excited!!! I have missed them so it'll be good to see them!!

 

Now as for the "Ashed" haha I haven't seen the effects but we saw it at church on sunday, so many people went on holiday and couldn't fly home because of it so the chapel was almost empty it was crazy, me and my comp had to teach priesthood and gospel principles in both wards so it was quite the sunday haha!!  We had a couple of investigators that came for the first time and they expected alot more people to come and were kinda shocked that not many people came but we told them the situation and next week they will see the big change!!

 

It has been a good week!! Our area is sick!!! So many people just prepared to recieve the gospel, I don't think the last missionaries talked to many people on the street because everyone will stop and talk to us so days have just been flying by!! We have a couple people that are preparing for baptism but because of the changes President Ogden made we have to wait a few extra weeks before we can baptize them, so hopefully i am still here to see them get baptized!! We are teaching this guy from India haha He is the man!! we went and played cricket on saturday and I was just taking the ball yack haha but he told me i was cheating and couldn't swing the bat like a baseball bat and that I had to start on the ground so things got harder haha but i still dominated!! But everything is going amazing!! Covering 2 wards is an adventure though, I have a hard enough time trying to learn everyones names in one ward and now i'm all confused and it has been a little awkward but i'll get it haha!! The Zone killed it this week!! We had a sweet Zone Conference and the missionaries just went out applied what they learnt and just doubled the weekly totals so it made us look really go even though we did nothing, Thats what i learnt this week, the Lord he gives our leaders revelation to take us to the next level and if we apply it then booom we will see the results, same applies with President Monson and all the people that spoke to us and general conference if we apply it the booom our Heavanly Father will bless us!! I love it :)

 

68 Elston Hall Lane

Bushbury

Wolverhampton WV10 9HA

United Kingdom

 

Hopefully that address works haha if not just put the mission home address as the back up one and it should go there either way!! I was gonna say dad best be sending me a letter haha its been ages since i got one haha!!

 

Tell Andrea congrats from me ahh thats just amazing I'm proud of her and excited to her that she is going to the temple!!

 

So some questions??

 

What is T-Money up to?? What are his plans for next year??

 

What is Carlie the beauty up to??

 

hahaha ok thats all i can think of haha!! I love you family!! Your the best! Have an amazing week!

 

Elder Davidson

April 13th, 2010

Ah Bowanee :)

 

 

That is how are you doing in nigerian language :) Madre Madre I got your Tesco's thank you so so much i'm not gonna lie i feel kinda bad that so much money is getting spent and I hope that you know that I appreciate both you and dad for you support I know you are making alot of sacrafices and so I appreciate all that you do!!  I Love you so so much!! My companion also says he Loves you :) he is loving the tesco's :) I'm glad dad bought a season pass because i'm going to spend alot of time up there with him just smoking him haha!! He doesn't stand a chance :)

 

ahhh I love my mission flip I just have met so many beautiful people and just got to learn so many hey how are you in different languages its just a blessing!! Anyways, how is everyone?? All is well over here in the beautiful England, The week was amazing and the Lord blessed our areas and the zone!!

 

So this week though, hmmmm well we are teaching this sweet guy from nigeria and he is just the man and well i found out that his name is Craig Alexander haha so without even thinking i was like no way my name is Alexander Craig haha and now at church he reaveled my true identity haha but he is the man!!  we also had our district meetings and i'll tell you what, do you or dad remember the Hooper twins from nephi that came out with me?? the big giant basketball towers?? Well one of the Hooper twins is a district leader here so tuesday night i went on exchange with him and wow it was crazy he is the man just a hard worker and i love it!! During the night we were just up having some good ol pillow talk and we were just talking about Basketball, Football, and Baseball all the way up just recalling all the state games and he was on the other bracket so we were talking about the baseball state games and i was just going crazy, It has been almost 4 years since I had talked about it but man it brought back some good memories!! He is the man though and well my worst enemies on the sporting field are now some of my best mates on the lords battle field and i love it!! Other then that we found some good new people and the work is moving forward, I don't know how this place wasn't seeing success because its just a golden area I love it!! The down side I guess was that on Sunday we sat through 6 hours of church!! Now mom you know me i'm not even good at sitting for 3 hours of church but since we covered 2 wards man we just chill it was crazy!!! The amazing thing about it was that there were 2 different feelings in the wards. In Wednesfield in the morning well you felt the spirit and it was all good but I don't know it was a tense feeling like it didn't feel very organized i guess in a sense, but on the other hand in the Wolverhampton one the spirit was stronger, It felt like it was more organized and better prepared and it seemed like everyone new what they were doing, and it all came down to the Bishop. So I did learn that if i am ever a Bishop if i want it to run smoothly and if I want the spirit to be at a high its key to be prepared well planned and just all sorted!! Family I hope you all know that I love this gospel!! Most importantly I love my Savior Jesus Christ he is the source of my strength and i will forever rely on him!! I love you all!! Hope you all have an amazing week!!

 

Elder Davidson

April 6th, 2010

Happy Easter Family!!!

I hope it has been a good one!! Snow Snow Snow gotta love it, i don't know whats up it warmed up a little here but now it is just back to bitter cold, hopefully it is just preparing for a hot summer!! I love my hot summers!! Anyways don't worry about it madre, no worries we were barely in the flat last week so i probably wouldn't of been home for it anyways but this week i will for sure.

Well oh man haha its been quite the week but its been a good one!! We had the chance to meet our new ward mission leaders, and i must say there struggling, So i don't know if i told you in my last email but we are covering 2 wards, so the Wednesfield ward and the Wolverhampton ward and well apparently Wednesfield is the weaker of the 2 noone does anything i guess haha and well we just thought it was a rumor and that there was no way it could be as bad as everyone says it is and well we go to a meeting with our ward mission leader and the first thing he says after he introduces himself was not gonna lie to you Elders this ward sucks!!!! Don't expect much help from the members, they won't come out teaching with you, they won't fellowship your inmvestigators and they definately won't help you recent converts! They don't do there home teaching, they don't do the visiting teaching, they don't do anything!! I was just shocked i just smiled and me and my comp said welt looks like we are going to have to change some things haha so it will be quite the adventure, but we are excited to try and help!! We found out how bad it really was this weekend as well, So we had some investigators that we found on Thursday and Friday that wanted to come to General Conference with us and we found out that the Chapel we go to watch General Conference at was 2 hours away from where we live, so we start phoning around to see if anyone is going to conference but noone was, and if they were they didn't want to take investigators there, no lie i phoned everyone on the ward list and it was getting frustrating but finally I just phoned up the stake president and luckily he is the man because he just swung by and picked up all the investigators we had coming!!! Even though it was out of the way he just said sure Elders what are there addresses i would love to pick them up!!! So he is the man and i don't know how the ward is so bad, but apparently he said that he was releasing the Elders Quorum President and the Bishop so things might change with some new leadership, we will see!!!

As for the other ward Wolver Hampton is pretty good they have alot of good people there so i think we will be spending more time trying to find people in wolverhampton then we do in wednesfield but i guess we will go where ever the Lord wants us to be so we will see!!

So how did everyone like conference?? I loved it!!!!!! Ahhh it was so good this time!!! I was just smiling the whole time i couldn't wipe the smile off of my face!!! I love listening to the Prophets and Apostles speak!! I know they are called of God because so many questions or doubts i had were answered by them simply speaking!! My favorite thing, well one of my favorites was this statement right here, "There is only one source of peace in life and that is the Prince of Peace Jesus Christ" I loved it!!!! Jesus is the Christ and he is the only way that we all can return to live together once again!!!

I love you family!! Your the best have an amazing week!!

Elder Davidson

March 31st, 2010

Mother!!

 

Thank you so much for working so hard!! your the best!! I appreciate all your help with signing me up for school!!  As for how much i want to do hmmm well lets start out slow so i can make some money as well as go to school so maybe about 8 or 9 credits?? how much is moss going to take?? How much do you think i need to take?? Tell Moss to make sure he finds us a good place to stay haha!! best be nice :) Sounds like it was a good time with half the crew back eh?? I can't wait to hear about all my buddies missions and to rejoice with them about all the blessings we recieved from our heavanly father!! I am greatful for my mission because of the amazing lessons i have learned and for the relationship i  have with my father in heavan and Jesus Christ all of this will help me through out life thats for sure!!! You can't not understand how excited i am for my big brother to be going back out to serve the Lord!! It isn't an easy thing to do but I know Big Elder Myers is going to tear it up and just Love every second so I'm excited for him!! Could you send me his address so I can hit him up??

  

Well anyways it has been a good week!! We have had alot of success and we even had a guy that asked me in the street if he could get baptized haha, we were just walking down the street on our way to an appointment and I see a beautiful African brother so as I do with all the Africans I see i take off running to him and start sharing the gospel with him, he is from Nigeria and he was just the man and as soon as i showed him the book of mormon he said oh my brother i have been looking for this everywhere!! Can i come to your church and get baptized...... I was in shock i just said of course you can brother but we have to teach you some things first and he just said ok brother whatever it takes haha so he is the man, he came to church with his wife as well so they both will be getting baptized soon!! But the bad news is is i got a phone call from President and i have been called to be a Zone Leader in a different Zone :( I am getting moved to the Lichfield Zone which is right next to Birmingham so it'll be good to be near there but we just got the westcotes area bumpin with success and it'll be hard to leave but its all good I know the Lord is going to bless me there and he has a work for me to do!! It will be alot of work though because we are getting white washed in meaning both me and my comp will be moving in for the first time!! The Zone was struggling last transfer so President told me i have alot of work to do haha but i'm excited!!! My comp is Elder Richter he is from Germany!! He to came out with me so it'll be sweet to serve with him!! I am not quite sure of my address yet but when i get it i will send it to you as soon as possible ok!!!

 

Happy Easter Family give the nephews a big hug for me when you see them madre!! enjoy the general conference its my favorite time of year because this is when i personally can get taught by Gods living prophets and apostles its the time when i get to be the investigator and be taught by God so enjoy it :) I love you all!! Have an amazing week!!

 

And don't worry mom i will tell you when a good time to deliver tescos would be in my next area :) I'm starving!! haha I Love you!!! Take care and God Bless!!

 

Elder Davidson

March 23nd, 2010

wo wo wo wo,

 

Tell Lincoln good luck for me he will love it!!

 

How are the Jazz hmmmm?? did dad go to the game?? He best be writing me soon telling me all about it!!

 

Well the weather is cold over here!! I stay bundled up still and the rain just wouldn't stop this week it was crazy but i enjoy it now a days, I've learned that you can use it to your advantage and its a good way to get into peoples houses and then you just slightly teach them the gospel!! It doesn't work as much with the English people, some will let you in. But mostly my beautiful african queens will let us in haha I love them :) Its been a fun week, I have had the opportunity to go on a little adventure this week! We had interviews with president on wednesday and Me and my companion were going last so we could talk to President about the issues the missionaries bring up and there stuggles so we can make plans to help them. So we go in and well one of the companionships that are actually the Elders that are in Loughborough were really struggling with getting along with one another and we new there was some problems but we didn't know it was this big so President was worried because in the companionship is one of the missionaries from Mainland China and he was struggling with testimony so me and Elder Perry went home prayed that night for guidance on how we could help them and then studied about it the next morning and we both decided we needed to go on an unusual exchange so instead of going for just 24 hours we went on a 4 day exchange and have spent the last 4 days teaching and trying to build testimony and we have fasted and prayed and things made a complete turn around!! Elder Guo the chinese missionary has a new light and bore a solid testimony to us today when we were exchanging back and I had the chance to go with Elder Gerber and teach him about his role as a leader and make some good plans with him and learned from him! it has been a great experience and the Lord truly has poured his spirit out upon me and Elder Perry as we have tried to set examples for them and teach them!! I am so greatful for my opportunity to be a leader and serve other missionaries and when they trust you its amazing to have them turn to you for help!! It has been amazing to me and I have enjoyed trying to help them!!

 

My mission has taught me so much everyday when I have a learning experience some times it takes me more then a day to realize it and things get hard until the Lord has to slap me in the face and say stop that, haha but I know that he has carried me through my mission and he has made me into who i am now!! And I am greatful that i get to be an instrument in his hands to help others to learn about and accept his gospel, not only non members but missionaries as well!! Its is fun to tell them about the times when i have got slapped in the face by the Lord and teach them so that they don't have to go through some of the challenges i did!!

 

My family I love each and every one of you!! I am greatful for you all!!

The Lord has been my strenght and i know that he can and will help me throughout the rest of my life if i rely on him!!

 

Sincerely,

 

Elder Davidson

March 16th, 2010

Hey family :)



Well i'll tell you it was a quite the week, full of the good ol ups and downs haha, sounds like madre you are have a good time kickin it with the morris family :) first off tell rob that when i get home i will for sure be hitting more dingers on the softball field then he will be haha!! I know i still have the big bomb swing going on haha even though its been a year i still got my game i guarantee it :)

The work is pressing forward i got a random call from president, apparently there still is some random drama going down in Loughbourough, one of my recent converts named Zoe had told some of the YSA girls that she had fallin in love with me while we were teaching here and so President might be having to transfer me this transfer because we are in the same zone and he doesn't want here to drive to leicester, just the good ol drama in Loughborough it will never stop i guess! Me and President had a talk and he knows that i was just doing what i was called to do and nothing else and so hopefully i won't have to go anywhere because i love the westcotes ward and the are we are in but we will see!! Other then that it is the typical missionary stuff just working working working and i just love it!! The days are flying by which is good it never seems like i have enough time in the day to get done all that i want to but what can you do!! Me and my companion have been working on serving all the teams in our zone and it has brought me alot of happiness to just see the trust that we are building and ever since we have been doing that the missionaries have been counseling with us more and seeking our guidance so it has been a great blessing to build those friendships!!
Other then that thats about all of the week haha not much exciting going on!! ONe thing though Madre something has been going on with my missionary fund and so they have to send me a new card so as of now i am living off my personal funds! so i have been trying to eat not as much haha so i didn't spend as much money but i am out of even the skimp haha so I am going to use some of the personal funds for groceries and they said they will reimburse me when i get my new card! so if the money goes i'm sorry!!

I love you all! Happy birthday Hannah :)

Elder Davidson

March 9th, 2010

Dear Family,

Haha gotta love it :) I love my bonnie she is just amazing, looking out for me while i'm not even there haha!! But no worries she is engaged there is somewhere there haha i'll find her some time :) but don't be afraid to give my address to some of the cute girls you meet :) But your right mom that is messed up of dad a t-money not to wait for you to come home before they go to the jazz game!! What would be even worse was if they didn't buy a souveneir for Elder Davidson and ship it out to him from the game ahah :)

Life is going good!! This week was amazing, me and my companion went to work and i just loved it!!!! Because we white washed in we didn't have anyone to teach so me and my companion just decided we needed to go to work so we just skipped our lunch and dinner and just went to work ahhhhh the time flew by but the Lord blessed us!! We ended up getting a few people to church who are just prepared!! They should be good and we are excited to help them prepare for baptism!! I personally saw the power of fasting this week!! The zone had been struggling a bit with a few things so Elder Perry and I just decided to fast and invited the zone to fast with us and in the zone we saw miracles we doubled almost every number in our key indicators and got double the amount of people at church!! It just got everyone the spirit and people were just asking to be baptized and to learn about the restored gospel! It just amazes me the truthfulness of the gospel and the blessings that come from a little sacrafice!!

Funny story though, so we live in our new flat ya and well it has a washer and a dryer and well i did my wash this week and well i put in on wash and dry and all my clothes my G's my chill shirts and my hoodies just shrunk haha so i'm wearing these clothes that are a little small haha, It might be that i put on a few pounds since i have been in the car but i'm pretty sure they shrunk alot haha!! I thought i was all cool finally getting to dry my clothes just like home instead of on a drying rack and they just all shrunk haha gotta be humble i guess :)

Anyways family your amazing!! I love you all and am greatfull for all you do!! Have a great week!!

Elder Davidson