Hello Family! Man, it is so awesome to hear how you all are doing every week. Every time I open up my email on p-day and see an email from you, I do a double fist pump in the air and audibly let out a joyous laugh. Seriously. Every time. I love you all so much! And mom, don't worry about making me distracted with all of the information from home. I promise you I remember my missionary purpose 24/7. Nou bezwen envite lot moun pou yo vin jwenn Kris nan edè yo resevwa levangil retabli atreve lafwa nan Jezikri ak Ekspyasyon Li, repentans, batèm, resevwa dòn Sentispria, ak pèsevè Jiskalafen (missionary purpose in creole). It's actually kind of the other way around, when I don't know what's happening, I tend to dwell on home more, but when I'm updated I can put that to the side and focus on the Lord. Sorry, but I do have to put you to the side when I work. I love you all, but I love the Lord more :).
So yeah, things here have been pretty great lately. I got over the sickness after about 3 days, and was super excited to get back to work. The sickness that I had was spread throughout the MTC, and 70% of the MTC got it. It was crazy, but it's over now and everybody is getting back to work. Things have been pretty normal this week. The biggest thing is that we're leaving next tuesday! Oh my goodness, I'm so excited. Yesterday our teacher showed us a bunch of pictures from his mission, and our excitement skyrocketed. We all can't wait to get out there and teach real people. It's been great to teach our mock investigators, who are our teachers, but I'm just excited to teach some people who are really desiring the gospel. Our lessons here have been going great though. Elder Kelley and I actually baptized our two mock investigators, and we're just ready for the real thing! We're all getting kind of nervous, which is good. It's showing that we still know we rely on the Lord for everything. But we're reciving tons of strength and excitement for this work at the same time.
So another great thing that happened this week is I found my scriptures! Yeah, I don't think I ever told you, but I lost my scripture set the second week we were here. I haven't had my D&C, pearl of great price, or bible this whole time. I had just bought a little coat-pocket-sized Book of Mormon that I've been reading. For these last two months, I've been praying and fasting so hard to be able to find them. About a week ago, I was praying while I was sick to be able to find them, and felt a feeling of comfort come over me, and felt that I would find them. It was so crazy! It was the first time I had ever recieved a prompting like that. I'd felt the spirit before, but I had never before been able to have a whispering like that. I just felt like I shouldn't worry about it anymore, and that I'd find them. So, as we were doing service one day, I decided to ask the service manager if there was a lost and found anywhere. I hadn't done this before because the main lost and found is in the mail room, and they told me that every week they empty all the little lost and found's into the main one in the mail room, and they never had it in the main one. But I asked him anyways, and he told me where it was. So I went in there, dug around some old jackets and sweaters, and found my precious scriptures! I can't even describe how joyous I was after that! I think I smiled for about 2 hours straight, and hugged that set for even longer. I never would have guessed before my mission that my old set of scriptures would have made me that happy, but they did! I've had those since I was 8, and the thought of never seeing them again made me sick. So yet another prayer of mine has been answered during my 2 months here at the MTC. The Lord knows us so well! Heavenly Father hears each and every prayer we give, no matter how big or small it is. He knows how we're feeling and what we need, and He's in control of everything! It's so comforting to know that.
So yes, things here have been pretty great. I'm sorry that I havn't been able to send out a "big-o" letter yet. I just haven't had any time at all! I mean right now i'm at -2 minutes, and I've got laundry after this, so this week's letter might be shorter, sorry! It will come though, I promise it! But no worries for now, we'll be able to have a BIG-O telephone call on Tuesday when I'm in the Salt Lake City Airport! (Or Aywopo in Creole, way more fun to say then airport :). I'm so looking forward to hearing all of you! It's going to be awesome!
Oh, another thing. I'm going to be sending home the french text that they gave us, along with the Christmas tree and some other goodness. They gave us french text because that's the way they used to do it, but we're never going to be using french. But I don't want to leave behind the books, they've got some awesome stuff in them. So I'll send them home and learn french when I get home. Yes, that's actually the plan, I'm going to learn french too. After seeing how much the Lord can help you if you pray for the gift of tongues, I want to learn more languages! And Michelle, when the books get home, you should read them and study them. If you really want to learn french (not just learn it to pass the next test, like I did in school with spanish, but really learn it to speak it) YOU can pray for the gift of tongues, and recieve it! It's not just for missionaries, you can have it too! If you earnestly seek to learn the language, read the book of mormon in french (which i'm sending home), and study hard, you will be helped! And if you really still want to serve a mission some day, you have a high probability of getting called to a french speaking mission. Almost all of the french speaking missionaries here spoke french in high school. So you should study them too, it's so much fun, I promise! It will help with everything you're doing in your french class and more, plus if you get called to be a french speaking missionary some day, you'll already be a beast :).
Well family, I've got to go. The next time that I email you, I will be in Boston with a new companion in a new place teaching real investigators. So, goodbye for the last time from the MTC! Talk to you all later in the airport, and from Boston!
With much love,
Elder Brandon Davey
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