Impact

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a great week! I did for sure. It went by so fast  I can't believe it. We had a baptism this last week! For Johnlloyd Gonzaga. It was a decent baptism. I am still amazed at the diligence and sacrifice that this family makes to come to church everyweek. Like honestly its amazing. Even me being a young 19 year old  kid get completly exhausted after making the trip out to their house. So its amazing that they come to church every single week. 

Then we had a couple come to church with some of their friends and we taught them and gave them an IBD which they quickly accepted. So we are so excited for them as well. Their date is on Nov. 21. Then we also had brother Algen, Sister Lilyas kid at church as well. His baptism is set for Nov. 14. So we are very excited for him as well. Bais is doing great. We have some new investigators that are really really good as well. So we are staying very busy running all over the Bais area trying to keep everything under control, but we are having so many new people coming into the picture as new investigators and people to teach so we are busy. 

Life here is going great. I am loving it. Staying so busy and tired constantly but that is mission life. I wouldn't trade it for anything at this point in my life. 

I have been studying in Mosiah lately in the Book of Mormon and the teachings of Abinadi and the influence he had on Alma. I thought about it alot. Its really cool their story. I just want to point out that out of everyone that Abinadi taught, only Alma was touched and accepted the message. Today in our lives there are so many people that don't want to listen to our message or don't take it seriously, but as we continue on in our faith and continue being a good example, we can influence maybe just one person for hte better. Even if we don't realize we are having an effect of them, we are. So just always continue to be a good exapmle for people because they are always watching. We can have such a big impact on peoples lives without us even realizing it. 

Love you all have a great week! 

 

Just pictures

Every busy minute

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a great week! I did for sure. We have been staying super busy trying to manage all of our people we need to visit and focus on and finding the time to do it all. Haha but its good, I love every busy minute of it. We have at this point in time 3 people preparing for baptism, which are the two kids and the husband of Sister Lilya! They are doing great. They are learning and keeping their commitments and progressing well. The youngest is going to be baptized on October 24 and the other one and his dad on November 14. We are excited for them and super proud, because as I have mentioned, they live so far out in the bukid its unbelievable that they even come to church.

Watching conference this last weekend was great. I love general conference now. The hours of the sessions just fly by with the blink of an eye. I remember being younger and thinking that conference was an eternity long but now they are just so fast. I really enjoyed listening to the speakers.

We had interviews with the mission president this last week which went really well. I enjoyed talking with President McCurdy. He is a great man and has taught me a lot of important lessons since I have been out here on my mission.

I am loving life and staying busy. I can't believe how fast time is going by. Its just going right on by. I hope you are all doing great! Have a safe and fun week!

Lily

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great week! 

I had a good week here in Bais. Me and my companion, Elder Cabasan are doing great. He is such a good elder who is diligent and has a good work effort. This week we actually had a baptism! Sister Lilya Gonzaga was able to be baptised on Saturday! It is was a good baptism. Her husband and family were also able to make the hike down for it which was really good. 

We also were able to focus a lot of time to teaching the less actives and recent converts here in Bais. It was awesome because a sister and her two kids came back to church this last week after about 3 months of teaching and trying to get them back, they finally did. It was great! 

I am getting super excited to watch general conference this upcoming weekend....I know you guys already watched it but I am still looking forward to it haha....being on the other side of the world takes time to get things sometimes....

I am doing great and hope you all are doing the same! Have a great week and stay safe! 

 

 

My Anak!

Hello everyone! 

This last week was a good one. Time flies that is for sure. Its almost October. That means conference is right around the corner. I am super super excited to watch conference and listen to our prophet and the apostles. 

This last week we were able to get our IBD ready for her interview for baptism. We taught her and she passed her interview so she is set to go for her baptism this Saturday, October 3rd. I am excited for her that she will finally be able to get baptized. She has come to church for like 6 weeks straight now so she is definatly ready. 

Its been good having my new companion, my anak! haha he is the best. His name is Elder Cabasan, from the lower island of the Philippines, Mindanao. So he speaks the language already so there is no language problems which  I am super grateful for. He is great we are getting a long great. 

I hope you are all doing great. I miss you all so much and can't wait to see you again. 

Have a great week everyone! 

Elder Davis 

 

 

RIP little spiders

Hello everyone! 

This last week was super busy again. We have been teaching a lot of the members here in Bais lately. We also have been working with our investigators trying to teach them all the lessons and preparing them for baptism. We have been trying to find a good balance with our time. Its been an adventure trying to figure what works best but its going okay. 

I am going to be short with my letter today because I have some things I need to get done today and  I honestly am just trying to get through this next week alive. But just know that I am doing okay here in Bais and am still loving my mission and life. 

Oh and by the way, my two fighting spiders both got attacked by ants and were killed. I know, I was pretty sad too. Haha But don't worry I was able to come back and find two really big new ones so I am still in the game :) 

Love you all and miss you tons. Have a great week! 

Elder Davis 

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Hey everone! 

Hope you had a great week! I had a decent one here myself in Bais. This week was busy again with trying out the new schedule visiting the jungle twice. It was kinda difficult cause  it is so far away. But like I shared last week, it is so worth going out to because Sister Lilya is great. She came to church again this last week and is preparing for baptism on the 19 of September. She is doing so great. 

We found out that our other IBD, Brother Mike, is not actually married to his girlfriend...which is a huge bummer because they are both so so ready to accept the gospel. Brother Mike is one of my favorite investigators I have had out here because he is just so willing to try the things we teach and is learning and growing so much. Just since my time here in Bais, I have seen a huge change in his countenance and it is so cool. The gospel changes people for the better no matter who it is. 

Just a cool little thing about this week....So out here in the  Philippines, there is cock fighting that people do for gambling and stuff like that, but they also do spider fighting! It is actually pretty sick. They go out and get these fighting spiders and fight them. Its awesome. I actually got two spiders myself and have been fighting them just for fun. Haha its really fun, just challenging people to fight spiders. My two spiders are doing pretty well. They have each won a couple matches and killed their opponents quickly. Haha its pretty cool.....just  a little something cool to let you guys know what I have been up to. Of course there is no gambling involved when we fight our spiders, but its just a fun thing we do for fun. And it is actually a great way to start conversations...just ask them if they have spiders to fight and boom....your automatically in with them.

Have a great week everyone, and stay safe! I love you all and miss you tons! 

Elder Davis 

This picture doesn't do the jungle any justice