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  My Dearest Family!

                       Hello! How are all of you!? Man, I first off need to apologize, I wasn't able to mail a letter last week like I hoped too. I think P-day just started to get really busy. I havn't even been able to write anybody other then you guys. I think it's mostly because the temple takes up about 3 hours of our P-day, and we only have 4 hours after that for free time/ laundry, so i'm usually rushing. But for our remaining P-days, we won't be able to go to the temple because it's closing to let the Temple workers enjoy Christmas. So i'll definately be mailing off some more lengthy letters then usual, which will be great! I always have so much I want to tell you all, but never have the time! things are so busy here, but i'm loving it so much.

                        So the days are running together like crazy. Every day feels exactly the same, and it's super hard to think back on specific things that have happened. For me, my cough is getting a lot better. I'm still coughing up phlegm (which is the worst thing ever in the middle of a discussion with an investigator), but it's getting alot better. Elder Kelley and I are getting closer by the day, and he's made up his mind that he'll be going to byu-i with me when we're done with the mission. We've had some pretty great experiences this last week. We got to finally act as zone leaders, and give a new sister orientation, and help her learn about everything she needs to know here. So yeah, we're basically pro's now :). Except not really haha we've made a few mistakes, but we're loving the leadership opportunity. So I've got a highlight of the week. This is a more serious one, and actually probably the coolest thing that's ever happened to me. It was another prayer that was answered in the temple. So after the temple session, I was praying hard for the gift of discernment to help me with my zone leader duties, and for the gift of tongues to help me learn creole. Once I finished, our district started to head back to the lockers to get our stuff, when Elder Elliott turned the wrong way and went into the wrong locker room. Since all elders need another elder with them at all times, and since his companion had gone on without him, elder Kelley and I went with him. We ran after him to tell him he was going into the wrong locker, but noticed he was talking to somebody. We realized he was just meeting up with an old friend or something, and started to talk with each other as we waited. A couple minutes went by, then a man randomly came up to us and asked, "what language are you elders speaking?". Without thinking, we answered Haitian Creole. He answered "Oh, that's great. Good luck", or something like that, then walked away. Once he walked away, we started to wonder why he asked us that. We didn't have our name tags on, so he couldn't see the foreign language written on it, and we weren't speaking creole. At least we thought we weren't. Family, elder Kelley and I are convinced that we were blessed with the gift of tongues that moment. We thought we were speaking english, but why else would some man ask us what language we were speaking? If we were speaking english, he would have asked, "are you going to be speaking a language on your mission?". But he didn't. He asked what language we were speaking. What makes us even more convinced is that we can't remember a thing we said during those two minutes. We can remember what we said before, and what we said after, but not during those two minutes. We could be wrong, and it could have just been a guy randomly asking us that, but we're both very convinced that the Lord was blessing us, and letting us know the kind of things He can do for us if we show faith and work hard. A couple other little miracles happened while we were in there, like I met a haitian woman who worked in the laundry room who is the daughter of the bishop's wife in Boston. She was eccstatic to meet me! She said she had been waiting to meet a boston massachusetts Haitian speaking missionary, and was so excited to meet me. She said I'll be fed by her mom the very first night I'm there, and that my skinny stature will be completely gone in a few weeks :). It was such an amazing trip. Elder Elliott also lost his key to his locker, and about 5 minutes later, went back and found it in the locker. So many little tender mercies that the Lord is showing me. It's so great! I love this church so much, it is so true! Well family, i'm now at -9 minutes, so I have to get off, but I promise i'll send a letter, along with a memory card with pictures. Love you all so much! Goodbye!

                     Elder Davey.