Elder Davis in Ohio

Hello, everyone! This week's quote comes from  The Princess Bride , and it's said by the grandfather. I don't know the name of the actor who played him. It's a bit of an exaggeration, but I thought it would give you a laugh. The week has been a little bit rough, but it finished out OK. I'm going to need to consult my Area Book to remember everything that happened, because I haven't done a good job of keeping my journal in the past week and a half or so. On Tuesday we had zone conference. That was all right. It's different when you have to give a training. I feel like I kind of checked out for a fair bit of it because I was thinking about our training. The rest of the day we had some lessons. I guess I'll just say off the bat, we had a lot of lessons this week where we felt guided by the Spirit to say certain things. I've noticed that's something that definitely comes more with a reasonable amount of preparation, so that was cool. ...

Hey, everyone! This week's quote is from Yoda and comes from  The Return of the Jedi , unless I'm very much mistaken (side note: Is this the first time I've quoted a Star Wars movie in one of these emails? If so, that surprises me a little). The reason for it is that I neglected to mention in the last email hat we were becoming a trio. So Elder Ciminski, who was my district leader my first transfer in Cambridge, is now with us. We've literally had three transfers so far this transfer, if you count the first one, and if I remember correctly, we've been to the Dublin building four times, one for each transfer and one for commissary (I think. I could be wrong). And then we have the regular, six-week transfer coming up in a week and a half. It's been all kinds of nuts. Anyway, Elder Ciminski is with us now, and it's been awesome. It's a party. Before I forget, I should say that my next email won't come until this coming Wednesday because of ...

Hey, everyone! So the quote this week is from Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr. Steven Strange in  Doctor Strange . I don't remember precisely why I wrote this quote down (when they come to mind during the week as applicable to a given situation, I jot them down, because otherwise I forget them), but there are a couple ways it could be relevant. First of all, we've been trying to do better at practicing roleplays in companion study. Second, Elder Schreiter and I are going to have to perform a piece for a live event on Facebook that will be happening in a couple weeks. Not to spoil it or anything, but technically it won't be live because we don't have the means to do that, but we will be performing. We'll be doing "I Believe in Christ." It sounds like Elder Schreiter will be playing the piano, and I will be singing. So that will be fun. I guess watch for it on our zone's page. I don't know if I've ever given the link to that here. H...

Hello, everyone. This week's quote is from Mandy Patinkin's Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride . A lot has happened this past week, both in the world and in the mission (specifically in our area), so we'll get right into it. First of all, we were privileged to be joined by the Assistants on Thursday, and that was a treat. As you hopefully remember, I was Elder Sears' companion in Delaware my first transfer there, and he's one of the Assistants, so obviously he went with me, and the other assistant, Elder Foster, went with my companion, Elder Schreiter. When they came on Wednesday night they didn't get to our place until, like, 11:30, and then Elder Sears and Elder Schreiter and I were up until probably 1:30 talking, and then Elder Sears and I were up for another good half hour, and yet the next day I didn't feel super worn out. However, that day was a mess. It was a good day, it was fun, but nearly all our appointments fell through, and most of our...