No letter this week for P-Day...I got a hug instead...

We wanted all of you to know that Elder Gage Davis returned home from his mission on the evening of December 21st at 6 pm. He arrived after 13 hours of travel, combined with ticket errors, flight delays, and busy holiday flights. He is exhausted, but has made it safely!

Thank you so much for all of your love & prayers 

while he was serving his mission!!!

(He could still use them as he readjusts to regular life.)

We will wait and see what the future holds for him, but I know it will be great!

I feel so very blessed to be his mom, and I am so proud of him!

Christmas Zone Conference, P-Day #8

This week has been hard on me for some reason, I don't know why. I just have felt home sick and been feeling down. I'm adjusting alright. I don't sleep super well, but everything is going fine. Luckily it got better through the week and is going well now.

Having to study everyday truly helps a lot, and enlightens us more and more each day. One of my favorite things out of the day is to have personal study!

     

Yeah, it looks like you guys definitely need to get a snow blower with all that snow (I sent him a picture of the snow on Monday morning this last week)! I am so jealous, we haven't gotten any snow. It is still like 65 degrees today!! I do really miss the snow.

I went and got a coat from Ross, it'll work good enough for now.

I will still have the same companion through Christmas. His name is Elder Hampton.

We will just be with members on Christmas night that are really close, they are super nice and awesome.

I asked how his wrist was doing? Eh, it's fine.

This week was a pretty dull week, all of our people that we tried to meet up with weren't there or were busy. We had the Christmas Zone Conference and that was super awesome! They had this guy with cerebral palsy speak. He typed it up, and had the google voice speak his whole talk. It was really good, and his focus was on how happy the gospel makes people. Even though we have our own trials and such, we can always rely on the gospel. We have our Father in Heaven always looking out for us. God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost want to help us. We just need to ask for their help! They know how hard it is, and they know the things that we go through. Christ went through it all so that we could be saved from sin, so he knew how to succor his people. That really stood out to me, and was the highlight of my week. It definitely humbled me.

I love you, and am so grateful that I have such an amazing supportive family that is so willing to help me. It truly has meant so much, I couldn't be doing this without you guys. I love you all so much!

Sincerely, Elder Gage Davis

Gage still hasn't sent me any pictures, so here is a picture of our snow from Monday that I sent to him :)

My wrist is getting better...P-Day #7

I asked Gage a lot of questions again in my letter to him this week, so it will make more sense if I include them. You will read my words in italics and his will be regular text.

• How is your wrist??? Do you need to get it checked out? My wrist is fine it'll get better with time. If it doesn't get better, I will get it looked at, and get everything worked out. 

• Did you get the package on Saturday :)? ( We sent him a new bike head & tail light.) Thank you for the package it was good to get those new lights, because those are a lot better than the ones I have! 

• Kade gave a lesson to the Deacon's quorum yesterday.He taught the entire time, and could have kept on teaching. Wally and Jeff made sure that they found me to let me know about it. His lesson was on how to be a missionary now, and he shared the last part of your letter that challenged us to help the missionaries.  Ah that is so awesome, and I am so proud of him! He really has such a great spirit and is so smart. It is so good hearing his growth and his love for missionary work. I wish I could have sat in on the lesson and heard it for myself!

• I am not sure if Kylee wrote you this week, but the BHS Sophomore team won both of their games this week against Herriman and Syracuse. She was pretty excited! That's way good that Kylee's team has won their first 2 games. I hope they keep doing good. I hope that she is liking it and having a good time!

• That will be way good to have everyone up for Christmas, I will miss that. I'll miss just being with all the family at Christmas, but it will be okay. The members are awesome, and will be so good to us!  That would be so awesome for you guys to have the missionaries over for Christmas eve. They would love it, and it would mean so much to them! (We are hoping to get the sister missionaries in our Stake for Christmas Eve, but not sure if they already have somewhere to go.)

• Great Grandma Nyberg wanted me to tell you that she loves you and is proud of you! I love her too, that's way good that she is able to be up here so everyone could see her again (she is from Minnesota). She has the sweetest spirit with her. I have been able to feel grandpa Nyberg (he passed away last year) with me helping me at certain points already. Her poem is so good and true and it made me so happy reading it!

           Great Grandma Nyberg's poem was given to each grandchild & great grandchild for Christmas
            this year along with a crocheted snowflake ornament to hang on the Christmas tree:  

                                            I'm giving you this little snowflake,

                                                 To hang each year, upon your tree.

                                           To tell you that you're beautiful.

                                                 You're special to Grandpa and me.

                                           No two snowflakes are the very same,

                                                 But all are special in God's eyes.

                                           But when you put them all together,

                                                 Their sparkle even multiplies.

                                           We too, are like a glistening snowflake,

                                                 We're all important in God's plan.

                                           He needs us all to shine our best.

                                                 God need us all to do the best we can.

                                          

                                           Contention leads to darkness, blot it out!

                                                 We need all our light to shine.

                                           Forgiveness, love, and peace make God smile.

                                                 It lightens your heart. It lightens mine.

                                           Remember, you are special, just stay in the light.

                                                 Follow God's rule of forgiveness and love.

                                            Your life will then, always glisten and shine.

                                                 And may God always bless you from above.

• PLEASE tell me you have been taking pictures! I am dying to see your apartment, what the town looks like, your companion, your bike...all the normal everyday stuff is exciting to me!  Yeah I have been slacking on that, and I am going to be taking more pictures this next week, so that you guys can see everything!

• I am sleeping alright, I'm eating, and I have enough money.

• I will still be in the same area for at least the next transfer (which should be next week) while I am being trained. I will let you know when I am being transferred. (I wanted to make sure I knew where to send his Christmas packages :)

• Scott (a friend from one of his soccer teams) will be going into the MTC on Jan 13th. His farewell is at the end of this month. His mom messaged me and said that he was excited that you two were both going to be in the North Carolina Raleigh mission!  Oh, that is so awesome! I can't wait for him to come out here!

I love you have a good day!