Hey,

How are you all doing? I miss you all so much!!!!  I love hearing the updates on everyone's lives. Have fun at homecoming Bryce, that is cool that you get to go up to UT for it. Also congrats on finishing your eagle project And Bay keep up Waterpolo it is the best hahah. Nicole and Eric sound like they are just loving life. It is good to hear that Mom is doing better I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!  Well to answer your questions Peniel and his dad are doing great but the rest of his family are having a hard time and they were not at church this Sunday so that is sad, but the branch has really welcomed them and are working with and loving them so i feel like things will be good. The Branch is doing amazing they really have a strong spirit to reach the goal of becoming a ward and they are working hard to increase the missionary work in the Branch, such a blessing to be in the Branch. It has been a really good week for me. I had exchanges with my district leader Elder Bishop he is really cool and i learned a lot from spending the day with him. We got the car finally and my comp is to old to drive so i am the assigned driver again, the only difference here is that the whole city is a bunch of hills so it was rough the first two days with the car and relearning stick but now it is all good. Well we had a really cool experience this week. We were on our way to pass by a less actives house when we saw some event going on in centre ville and decided to go look at it. Well after we had been looking for about five min (it was just a huge farmers market thing) a man called to us in English and after going over and talking to him for a bit we found out that he has a really good family friend from UT and that they do foreign exchanges with their kids all the time. Well he said that he has been to church in UT a few times and then gave us his address and number and told us to come by for dinner some time. Wow and we did not even really do anything. It is cool to see that the lord just puts people in your path, just keep the spirit with you and get out and work and everything else kind of just falls into place. This week i have also seen the blessings of being a more effective planner. It is hard and you have to stay on top of it but by doing the little extra things it works out better. It is cool to see that you can't be down, angry, fearful, or without hope when you just take the time to pray study and just turn to the lord. I love you all so much and hope that you know that i am praying for all of you each day. Keep being the great examples you are to others and to me. JE T'AIME!!!!!

Elder Davis