I hope you guys all missed me emailing you on Monday. For those of you who didn't even notice that I didn't email, I hope you feel bad for not noticing. Just kidding I love you all. We changed our Pday though because we are going to the temple! How cool is that! I am so excited! I will send pictures next Pday because I probably won't be able to email again today.
So yesterday we were out knocking doors and checking on potentials. So fun! We knock on this house and the guy opens up. He says, "Oh good you are here!" I was thinking," I didn't know that he was expecting us." He invites us in and then says nevermind I will come out. So he comes out and we sit down and start to listen to him. He starts to explain that he has some type of disease that is a kind of like bipolar and kind of like schizophrenia. I don't remember what it was called though. He tells us how he has a felon and can't leave the country because of Trump or something. He was speaking so fast it was hard to catch everything. He told us how he is doing the sacraments for the Catholic church and then all of a sudden he just invites us in his house. So we go in and go down the stairs. He tells us how he was on all this medication and I saw all his pills and it was a ton. Then he asks us if we can pray for him. He asks me to pray for him. I was kind of worried because I didn't know what to say. So I said a prayer for him in spanish and he thanked us very much. Then he gave us his phone number so we can call him later and pray with him over the phone. It was a very interesting experience. He was a very nice guy, but didn't want anything to do with the message we had to share which was too bad.
So the whole week I think of all these things I want to put in my weekly email, but then when I get the chance to email I can't remember any of the stuff I wanted to say. This week I have learned that I have many fears. Many that are applicable here on the mission and others about stuff going on at home. Sometimes I think I worry too much. I learned though that Faith is the opposite of fear. So one thing I have been trying to focus on his having enough faith to overcome our fears. Having enough faith in God and Jesus Christ that everything will be fine as long as we are obeying them. Fear is very real and of the Devil, but faith is also very real and of God. It is our choice what we want to let into our lives. In preach my gospel it says that faith is a gift from God. I am sure that God would love to give that gift to everyone that is willing to accept it. I hope you all can grow in faith every week and hopefully everyday! I love you all and miss you all very much. You really have no idea. There is nothing more important in this life than family and the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Those two things together are what will bring us the most joy in this life.
Davis
PS. The quote for the subject is from my awesome companion Elder Porter talking about our relationship as a companionship..
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