July 25, 2011

dad,

the weeks go by very fast(sometimes) i hit 3 months on wednesday! and this transfer is already half over! well i have done hard manual labor too. we have redone 2 roofs. and laid sod twice, and have moved two families! its nice to get out of the suit everyonce in awhile. i have learned how important the members really are when it comes to missionary work.  i have yet to share a lesson when we go tracting. and we go about 3 times a week when we have nothing to do. but when the members invite their friends we always get at least one lesson with them. every member a missionary. and we dont have to be out knocking doors to do missionary work. a lot of the time its our example that gets people asking questions and thats when we need to take the opportunity to share the gospel and what we know to be true. we had a really good week. we taught 19 lessons this week. and we taught gospel principles yesterday and it went really well. one of our investigators who comes every week with her husband (he is a member) finally admitted that she has a desire to quit smoking. and hopefully we can help her find the answer she wants. nothing much is really happening here. it was rainy and cold the past couple of days and it is today. we are going to cranbrook today for zone pday and special training tonight. it should be fun. tell mom thanks sending the package and tanner and emily for the cookies.  hope all is well

love

elder woodard

July 18, 2011

mom and kids,

hahaha thats funny about the blog spot. i tried it today but i cant get on because of the fire walls and stuff in the church. im excited to get my package. thank you so much for doing that.  were you able to find the lower part of the bleach tray? sis gurr is the best. they have been out of town for the past 2 weeks and just got back yesterday. she is my mom away from home. well we are still trying to teach kiara's parents. but they have been super busy. and everybody else has dropped us. oh well i guess they werent ready. but its alright. we have 2 solid gators except they have to be married first. and they dont wanna do that right now. but we willl over come their concern. russel hatch called me on friday. wanted to meet up with me. but we were in cranbrook. about 2 hours away. i hate driving to cranbrook because it reminds me so much of driving on the rim and going camping with the family. things have been pretty slow here. but we are working hard. i cant beleive its almost been 3 months!!!!! and my second transfer is half over!!! hope everything is going well

love elder woodard

July 18, 2011

Dad,

i love mondays as well and getting your emails. im glad i have chosen to serve the lord. it is teaching me lots of things. things were a little slow this week. but we still did all right. on friday night i recieved a call from somebody you know. it was elder russel hatch. he was driving through blairemore which is about 25 minutes from sparwood. he wanted to take us to dinner. but we were 2 hours away in cranbrook. my companion is district leader and he gets to go on splits with the other missionaries in cranbrook. and i get to go to which is nice. its nice to see other missionaries. cause i dont get to see them that often.  that is something i need to start praying for. i pray that i will find them. not that they will find me. i dont have the kids emails. just yours. im sorry about charlotte. tell hayden everything will be ok. and that im sorry that happend. hope all is going good for you. oh how did your softball team do? im sure its over now

love

elder woodard

July 11, 2011

dear family,

have you invited someone to meet with the missionaries in your home yet? you should do it. just invite. the worst they say is no. we are having a real hard time in getting the members to do missionary work!!!  they accept the challenge i think just to be nice. but none of them actually do it. and some of them don't really want to. so we don't really have that many investigators. only like two.  hmmmm what to do on pday today. oh i bought a gps unit for our car on saturday. its a garmin nuvii. i paid $50. it was on sale and i have been looking to get one so when i leave sparwood i wont get lost:) well nothing much has happened this week. hope all is going well

love elder woodard. oh these are past pday's that we have had.

 

July 11, 2011

dear dad,

so how are things going in the bishopric? just remember that the Lord can do all things according to his will. if we just align our will with His than He will provide a way for us to accomplish the things He wants done
Love,
Elder Woodard

July 4, 2011

:) so my companion has the song "let them be little" on his ipod and everytime i listen to it it makes me think of home and i get a little sad. what movie did you put it on? you should make me a movie and send it to me!!! im starting to have withdrawls from not listening to music!!!!!! aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh what am i going to do!!?!?!?!  being out here in sparwood during the summer is terrible!!!!!  everybody goes camping and leaves for the whole summer!!!! its crazy. im surprised we had 18 lessons this week.  pday out here is kinda boring sometimes. cause its just me and my companion and we dont know wat to do. but we will figure something out. we joke about going to the border to celebrate independence day. its only about 30 minutes outside our area. but we arent going so dont worry. ya im still with the same companion. im not the youngest in the mission anymore!!!! we got new missionaries!! whahooo!!!! well i hope everyhting is going well for you.

love

elder woodard