Friday, August 6, 2010

7/27/10

So this week was the longest and hardest week that I have had in a while... Change always brings a bit of a challenge, but at the same time it is what allows us to grow and progress even though it can be hard. It has been different with the companion and all and we are learning a lot together. He is not too fond of the US so I have to make sure that I don't comment about the States much, but I think as he is getting to know me and he is opening up more. I feel like an American offended him one time or who knows what, but I am his first American companion in the mission... ha-ha! The good part is that he is learning how to teach still and it has helped me to remember all that I know in regards to teaching people and how to apply it all. I feel like we don't teach as well, but we are learning to teach together and he is getting better

Ana Rosa, the investigator, continues to progress a TON and wants to get baptized and all but we just have to wait for the mission president to come for the interview. But it is funny to see her at church because she is like a member now and has her own friends and ride and all. She is involved in the Relief Society and even signed up to feed us next month,

We have a number of people who are progressing right now and a lot of potential in the area so that is good. I also realize that I really love the ward I am in and know just about all the members.... which I guess in normal since I have been here for 7 months now...! But it is fun to work with them and a lot easier because I know them so well that they are more willing to help us out.

The mission president says that the first presidency has changed the way that we are going to teach and that they are going to train us on how to do it next month and that we are going to be there for 4 days training and teaching so I guess I am looking forward to that.

As you all know you can NO longer mail me things at the El Paso address, you have to send them directly to Mexico. Which costs more and takes longer so I recommend dearelder.com It is a lot easier there and it gets to me a lot quicker?

Thanks so much for the love and support!

Love

Elder Andrew Davidson


7/20/10

Hey everyone!

So I no longer have much time to write you... sorry... we had a little conference with the mission president here this morning and so we have little time to do everything that we need to get done.

So this past week we had changes in the mission and my comp Elder Cruz went home! Crazy! I was sad when he left and felt lonely.... we were great friends and I have never taught the gospel so well like Elder Cruz and I were able to do. I will miss him a lot and he was definitely one of my best companions here in the mission!

Surprisingly I did not change areas..... I will complete like 8 months here before there are changes again. I really expected to change but I am glad I stayed. I am really happy here to be honest and we now have the whole ward to ourselves. Before we shared the ward with the sisters but now they both left and we have the entire area. It is a huge are to be honest but I am excited for all that we are going to accomplish here this next month! :) My new companion is Elder Gallegos. He has been here for 4 months but has been in the other ward, so he just changed wards and is now with me.... He is a junior companion normal and not a leader like before. I am now the only zone leader here AND I am the district leader here.... I liked it better before when my comp was the district leader but I expect them to call another leader here in another area and then I will be free to visit the other district leaders more. There were very few changes in the zone to be honest and so things are just about the same here. I am excited to work more with President Angulo and see all that we can achieve this month! :) I have a number of new ideas and things that we are going to try and accomplish with the zone. Plus president Angulo is changing a lot of things in the mission and I expect we will become much better missionaries :)

I am also excited to work here in Cuauhtémoc with the missionaries. We are a small number now so we are going to have to step up, and I am SO pumped for all we are going to learn.

Ana Rosa did not get baptized because she needs to talk to President Angulo first but we expect that interview to happen this week and that she will be able to get baptized :)

All goes well and I love the missionary work! :)

Love

Elder Andrew Davidson



7/13/10

Hey everyone!

So this will be one of my shorter emails because I do not have much time because I have been figuring out what pictures I need to get from my district because this is the last week of the cycle.

This week went well and things go well here in Cuauhtémoc! Yesterday we had a leadership meeting in Chihuahua with all of the zone leaders and the district leaders from the three south zones of the mission. My comp did not go because he is going home this week but I got to go with my buddy elder Killpack which was a lot of fun. A year and a half ago we would have never imagined going to a leadership conference together on divisions in Mexico... ha-ha It was fun to be together.

So the new mission president is GREAT! He got rid of our ability to send stuff to El Paso and all... but he is so excited and experienced! He is an SUPER amazing public speaker! Better than you can even imagine! I love hearing him talk and he is going to change so much about the Mexico Chihuahua Mission! I am sad that I only have 6 months to be here with him, but at least have a fourth of my mission left with him so I am pretty excited about that. He said he is going change the way things run and he is going to make us expert teachers of the gospel! He has plans to do a ton of new activities in the wards and stakes here and is going to help the church grow so much. He had a TON of success when he was a bishop and a stake president for 10 years in Baja California. He is going to work a LOT more with the missionaries and is going to go out to work with us during the day and go with us to lessons and such. He is going to go to each ward and stake and teach the leaders what to do and excite them and he has a great vision for the mission. I really hope I get to work a lot with him because he is going to teach me so much and I know that they are things that I am going to apply during my whole life! :)

So Ana Rosa is going to get baptized this weekend... I realize I have not told you all too much about her... but she is great and is learning SO much. Since she started to read the BOM she has changed a lot and her progress has come a long way :)

I love the mission and I continue to learn a ton each and every day. Thanks you all so much for your love and support and I can’t wait to hear from you all.

Remember that the new address is:

Elder Andrew Davidson

Calle Morelos antes Ojinaga #2210-A

Col. Cuauhtémoc

Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México

C.P. 31020

Love you all so much!

With Love,

Elder Andrew Davidson

7/6/10

Hey everyone!

So another week gone by! This week I feel like was one of my best weeks of work in the mission. Last week we worked a lot and all, but I feel like this week we worked a LOT more efficiently. We were able to teach a lot with the members and we are now bringing our investigators to the church to explain how it is in Sunday so that they feel more comfortable coming to church. It worked really well and we have a few families that are really progressing a lot right now. I had been praying for a complete family, mom dad and kids, for a long time and we finally found the family! They have 3 kids and are super receptive and ready to go! They will be baptized next Saturday! The mom is named Erika and dad is Ernesto, they have a daughter who is 14 years old, Anali, and a son who is 11 years old, Ernesto junior, and a son who is 5, Daniel. They have had a number of problems with the dad and he is changing a lot and the whole family is very happy. It is crazy to see how fast things improve when families live the gospel of Jesus Christ.

So we have a new mission president now, he is named President Angulo. I feel like he has a lot to do and learn so he is a bit stressed out right now, but tomorrow we have a multi zone conference so I will get to meet him tomorrow :)

But an important note is that YOU CAN NO LONGER SEND ANYTHING, LETTERS NOR PACKAGES TO EL PASO TEXAS. Everything must be sent directly here. The new mission president will no longer have a PO Box in El Paso.

Everything much should be sent to this address:

Elder Andrew Davidson

Calle Morelos antes Ojinaga #2210-A

Col. Cuauhtémoc

Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México

C.P. 31020

If you could please make sure everyone has this address and I am not sure how it is best to send stuff to Mexico by mail.

All goes well and I feel so privileged to be here in the mission and learn so much! Thanks for all of your love and support!

Love

Elder Andrew Davidson