Nov 4

*Dear Family,

*Especially Harrison because he is my favorite sibling*

It hasn't been terribly rainy here too much but we were talking to a lady in our ward and she says that in can get pretty bad. In some places where the road kind of dips, there will be a flood gauge on the side of the road that goes up to ~5 ft. So when we were talking to this lady we asked if it really does get that high and apparently it does! It just seems like everybody's house would always be flooding. Good news, when there is hurricane, the evacuation center is in Bryan. Let's hope there aren't any hurricanes too soon. 

The ward here did a big "Search Party".  During ward council they went through the ward list and anyone that no one knew they put on a list to go find. So one night everyone was put into companionships and assigned people to find. It was really great. Unfortunately, if people have moved we can't just send their records to Salt Lake. Their records have to stay in our ward unless we can send their records to where they have moved. 

Our mission hasn't started using social media yet, I'm not sure if it will. In February, we will find out when we get to start using iphones and ipads. So that's exciting! It would be way nice to have a mormon message or a conference talk ready to go on an ipad for less-actives or investigators during lessons. A gps would also serve a valuable purpose when trying to find dinner appointments or other people we've been asked to visit.

On Halloween we had to be in by 6:30 so it was pretty uneventful. We actually watched a bunch of old D&C videos from the 90's and it was rather entertaining. I did get your package! It was very cute, thanks! I like the coat and it fits well too. Isn't Christian too old to go trick or treating? What did he dress up as? 

So I had to go with the college station sisters last tuesday because my companion had to go to a training meeting (she's a sister training leader). Anyway, it meant that I got to go proselyte on the Texas A&M campus! It was pretty neat. The students, for the most part, are pretty willing to listen. It's cool because 98% of people down here believe in God and also that He has a part in their life. It makes it easy to talk to people but it also makes it hard because people are pretty set in their ways. It was definitely a change of pace being on campus. I had never done any contacting in Bryan so it was pretty neat just walking up to random students and asking them if they had ever heard of the Book of Mormon.

On friday we had exchanges so I stayed in Bryan with Sister Gutierrez and my companion went to Huntsville. I was pretty nervous because I still don't know the area very well (I was driving) and I've only met maybe a third of the ward members. It was okay though, I prayed a lot. Mostly that I wouldn't get super lost. Hermana Gutierrez is a very good missionary but she is also OCD so things were done in a very specific way. I'm very grateful for my companion Sister Gregson.

On Saturday we taught Mary about scripture study, sabbath day, and prayer. We brought Sister Young from the Relief Society with us and we also had our ward mission leader Brother Lowe give her a blessing. It was a pretty neat experience; Mary has pretty extreme anxiety, for which she takes medication. I did not know this but Bro. Lowe and Sis. Young have both had to take the same medication for depression/anxiety. They were able to empathize with Mary more than my companion or I would have been able to,  I think it helped Mary to have people who understood her condition.

I can't believe its November or that I have been gone for over a month! We have a couple people that want to feed us for thanksgiving. I really hope both my comp and I stay in Bryan for the next transfer because the next transfer includes Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I love you!

Sis. Davis