Hi Fam, So this week with me was really cold!! We got hit by some storms, and it was cool which was AWESOME until you had to take showers! Freak it was so cold! I always shower with cold water, but it's ok because it is hotter then hadies, but when it is cool outside it was like icicles. It doesn't help that we use well water, which is super cold too haha. And to top it off we played basketball as a zone, and I used muscles that I have lost haha, so I was hurting, but my comp had some weird desire that when we got lost in the hills, instead of walking along the highway, he was like "lets just climb this mountain and see if we can get home that way." He wanted to go so bad that I gave in, but once we got to the top we realized that we had 8 more mountains to climb which took us 3 hours to climb; lost like 4 appointments, and the last hill to get back into the city had a pack of around 11 dogs ruling the top of it. We didn't know so we started walking up and when we got to the top they came out of the bushes and attacked me. (my comp was like 5 steps away) but I picked up a few rocks and these dogs stopped but my comp didn't stop, and started running to the top of the hill, and just left me surrounded by these dogs... freak I like panicked and chucked the rocks and started running up this hill, but they started to catch me, and I turned around to kick one of them and ended up falling on my butt haha (well at that moment not so funny) usually when the thing the dogs are chasing falls on the ground they all ponce and totally destroy it.. so I was utterly terrified (this didn't help me learn to love dogs) haha so they surrounded me, and I was like so this is it how lame a pack of wild dogs in Mexico is going to do me in .. haha but istead they all just ran away!! A freaking miracle seriously I definitely was protected!! :) I thought my comp threw a rock but he just thought it was just so funny haha.. Well looking back it was pretty funny haha. Anyways my story for this week!! Anyways the lady whose pug bit me said she is going to get baptised this week!! woo!!! She is super awesome just someone waiting to have her dag bite a missionary so that she could get baptized! Oh and just so you don't think I hate dogs. I actually love them just as long as they aren't pugs and they dont chase me :)
I'm happy serving the lord in Mexico. Read your scriptues and pray :)
Love, Elder Davenport
What a story! You are right Elder. You were protected by angels! Dogs are ferocious when in a pack! And funny how a dog bite brought on a conversion! That just goes to show you that the Lord is on your side and watching over you!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for your emails and your determination to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a such a gift and so few see it right away. We had a missionary farewell last Sunday and the Dad told a story about how a man saw missionaries going by his place week after week and they seemed so happy. He was totally impressed but never met any of them.He, years later, met some missionaries and remembered the impact the first missionaries he had watched made on them and asked them why were they so happy. He agreed to hear their message and was baptized. The first missionaries never knew the impact they were making just by being happy in their countenance. So you and your companions are touching lives and not even knowing it. Remember that each day people are watching you and words need not even be said for them to feel that you are truly representatives of the Savior here on this earth doing His work. Love you so much, Grandmom and Grandpa D.