Ok so I try not to be a name dropper one upper type of person who always has to have the best stories but this week I win. Jenny Oaks Baker came and gave the sunday night fireseide. She would speak about a spiritual experience in her life and then play something on the violin. I was like 20 yards away from her and it was unreal. I feel like I know a little bit about the violin I played for like 12 years and I have gotta say. She is soooo good. Like I cant think of anybody I've seen play that well. And though I don't consider myself particularly well versed in classical violinists that should still mean something. She also had her four kids play a song together. One violin one cello one piano and her five year old son who is a major stud played classical guitar. We suspect he may have been randomly plucking but he was definietely the best part.
Also! for tuesday devotional Vaughn J Featherstone came and spoke. I didn't really know the name but apparently he's kind of a pretty big deal. President Brown (MTC pres) got pretty emotional when he was introducing him and our branch president echoed the sentiment. He was a really big deal for people of that generation. He gave 60 min of talk in 30 min all from memory (the teleprompters werent out) and he was reciting quotes and poems the whole time. He talked about being bold, personal revelation, working hard ... just a ton of different things. It was super tight.
Also somehow my whole district decided to sing in the choir this week for devotional. Also turns out they all think they're bases ... So I was in the bass section singing this is the christ. I basically just mouthed the words the whole time in case the cameras decided to show me on the screen. (thankdully they didnt) Just so you all know what I am alluding to, I am definietely not a bass.
Jarod Maynes came in yesterday. It was super good to see him. They made Elder Folsom our new district leader. And lets take a second and think about how it has already been a month. What in the roy at the holliday inn is that! Where did the time go. I was just home. I don't understand how time can go this fast. I am going to be home probably by the time i finish writing this email. Anyways, now that I got that off my chest.
My language is improving. I can go into a lesson now without anything written down and say some spanish words that mean stuff and pray really hard the investigator feels the spirit and it like almost works out. Haha It's better than than being an akward silent missionary who can't say anything that's for sure.
You can all stop sending food packages I have enought to skip every meal and not ever be hungry in the next five weeks. I am not even kidding. I have a whole bag of oreos a ton of cookies an untouched entire pan of brownies. Like a half dozen large bags of candy. It takes up a whole droor in my desk (and that is without to pan of brownies) apparently you all got really excited and loving when I suggested I gain some weight. I now understand how you all feel about that issue.
Somebody tell alsion to write me something. She has sent one dear elder in the past four weeks and she didnt even react to the APU jab from last week.
I was doing some online spanish trainng this week and the question it asked was what is something Christ would say in the scriptures and I had to pick from a bunch of words and make sentences. I couldnt figure it out and it turns out the answer was "No dudes" I sat there blankly not being sure weather to laugh or not for a couple minutes. It turns out that means dont have doubts in spanish ... who knew?!
There is lots of funny spanish stuff like that. We tried to translate the prase "lets bounce" into spanish so we could say that when we went places. It came out to be botemenoce or someting in that general vevinity. We said for a couple days then one of our teachers told us that more likely would be interpreted as lets throw ourselves in the trash ... we are kinda dumb
Anyways, Im trying to think of a good spiritual experience to share. There was one point this week where I was just sitting in class listening to the teacher talk about something random and the spirit hit me hard and the phrase that came to my head was "I would not be here right now, If I didn't KNOW that this is true" There are lots of other things that i could be doing with my life right now. Im no dummy. But because I know with all my heart that this is gods truth on the earth there is not a single thing more important I could be doing. I don't think I could ever understand how bad I need this mission and all the things it is giong to do for me. Its miraculous how little our beloved father in heaven asks of us for so much in return. I also have developed a speacial spiritual connection with the words " I testify " I think those are some of the most powerful words in all of spoken language. For whatever reason when those words are used I feel the spirit really strongly. I cant wait to testify to real people with real problems that I know the answer to any and every problem lies with in living the truths of the gospel of jesus chirst. The adversary is real and he he is smart and he has been around the block a few times. I testify that the atonement of Jesus Christ is the answer. I learn that more and more every day here. Im glad they dont send us straight to the field because I am learning so many importnat things here.
I love you all dearly,
Elder Davidson
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