Another while in Henderson

Transfers came and gone and as I'm sure you picked up, I'm still in Henderson! I love it here. This past weekend was amazing! Lauryn and Dwight got married and the wedding was awesome. They ended up deciding that there'd be too much going on for her to be baptized the same day so I'll be baptizing her this upcoming Saturday!

Elder Bennett went home. It was really sad because he's became my best friend. It was really kind of hard to see him leave our flat for the last time and that I wouldn't see or hear him for 19 months. But that's okay because you guys can! He reports his mission in Malad next week!

The Halls have changed their date to the 23rd of August. They feel that they aren't ready yet. Which is okay. They are still progressing smoothly. In fact, she told us the other day that she feels that the Lord prepared them to meet us! We were both very happy to hear her say that!

Amelia and her daughters will most likely have their date moved to the same day. We weren't able to see them for 2 weeks because they went away for holiday. They are still very keen to be baptized so we aren't too worried about them.

We met a couple called Ross and Jenna... They were a referral from the sisters...The first time we met with them we taught them a first. What an experience. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong and they just loved it. We went back to teach the P.O.S. and it was even better then the first lesson we had. We both could tell that the spirit was confirming to them what we were teaching. It was probably one of the most spiritual moments of the mission so far.


Elder Dixon was testifying at the end and I was think to myself of what they needed to hear. So as you could probably guess, the spirit told me to tell them about Ian and his story and how it affected us. So I did, and man oh man was it amazing! I showed them the pictures on my case and they were just eating it up and it was just so filled with the spirit. I almost lost it a couple times. After that it was just awesome. They comitted to pray and read again and that we could come visit this week and teach them more! It was a great thing!

Tracy and Shannen are doing really well now. They've came to church a couple times now and we've been able to have proper lessons with them in their homes which is really good! They are progressing and they are beginning to understand everything!

Well that's just a briefing of what's going on. It's awesome right now.

Pres. Cook Return

Peggy and I went to Riverdale 2nd Ward Sacrament meeting to hear President Cook, Sister Cook and their daughter speak. President Cook was Michael's first mission president and his mission came to an end in July.

When I introduced us to him, I extended my hand and said, "You must be President Cook." He shook my hand and then I said, "We are the Davenports." He then said, "Oh, I need to give you a hug."

Then he said, "What a marvelous missionary!" He went on to indicate what a great experience he had with Elder Davenport.

Now, exerpts from Michael's letter to home:

This week has been a weird week. We didn't teach much but we made a lot of good contact with people. Transfers are this week. Kind of nervous but we are both confident we'll still be here. I don't have much time today. There's a lot of stuff to do.

I'm eating healthier and all the junk too. I almost cried when you said you went to Pres. Cook's homecoming. Sad you got to see him before me again. But that's okay. You'll have to let me know how it all went. But yea. Sorry this email is so short. I love you all!

July, already.....

Our investigators who are set for baptism are doing really well still and they are still on track. Which is really good. We had a really good week. We got wet a lot. I had to buy new brake pads because I couldn't stop my bike. I almost got ran over a couple of times. A few on my bike and once in the morning while we were running. They guy didn't stop at the crosswalk like he's supposed to. Luckily, I did! haha.

We got to meet President Porter and his family on Wednesday. It was really cool. He's a funny guy but he's really good too. He knows when to have his moments. We met as a district to meet him and he went around the room and he first talked with Elder Bennett and when he said he was from Idaho, President Porter just looked in his eyes, and with a serious as could be tone asked, They have testimonies in Idaho? Then just started laughing. He is a really good one. He's got some good plans and a good vision. It'll be way neat to see things unfold.

It's amazing how much you can learn while your on a mission. I feel like I've gotten so much knowledge and so much closer to Heavenly Father than I ever have been. It's been a really neat experience thus far and I can't wait until I have many more experiences and can look back and reflect on them. It's been wonderful to be here and I'm super excited for the next 19 months of being here.