mom and family

     its alright about last week. grandma and dad both sent emails so i guess its alright. we had a baptism on saturday. it was really cool because i got to baptize him!!!!!!!! i was really excited. i was nervous that i wouldn't push him under the water all the way. so i pushed him under really far! they said that i pushed him so far that i had like 6 inches to spare! hahaha oh well it was my first time! umm i keep forgetting to send your pictures.... but i will do it today (if i remember) and then on saturday we set another date for the 5th of november with our other investigator! he has really come along way since the first time we taught him!  that is awesome that tanner is doing that! i cant wait to hear about baseball season! did sister pitcher email you? i guess they want to tell the parents to start thinking about sending christmas packages so they will be here on time. why didnt you take your preschoolers to the Woodard farm? hhahaha. ya i know where Stirling is. its about 20 minutes from here. its in the zone but not in my area. 6 months has gone fast!!! next i know its going to be a year and than 2!! well i gotta write dad, kallan, vance and tyson back and only in 35 minutes. hope all is well!

love elder woodard

October 17, 2011

that sounds like fun. im glad i dont get called out in the middle of the night. it feels like its a lot colder than 50! when people ask if its cold i tell them that its freezing!!!!!!! the other day it rained for about 2 days straight. im not used to that and the high was about 5 or 6. which is cold. we call the weather about once a day just to see and the lows are in the -4 and -5 range. but thats just at night. i have a feeling we are going to get our first snow storm this transfer! well i hope she writes fast i only have 15 minutes left before im kicked off. we are going to have a baptism on your birthday!!! so happy birthday to you!!! so how do you like being an sro? are there lots of fights? i remember when we used to live there and people would always say that its a bad school. is it really that bad? i did get grandma's email and chris sent me one today as well. are they still in the ward? what about the canadian tanners? do you know what part of calgary they are from or what ward? dont forget to invite the missionaries over. even for just a lesson. they/we bring a great spirit into the home!

love elder woodard

dear dad

how did your tests go? when will you find out? that is too bad about andrew and exciting for jake! i miss playing softball it was really fun to play! that is soo cool about sister pena's mom. that is one thing that i have been taught is to give a baptismal commitment in every lesson that we have with investigators. the members are probably right though it wont happen all the time. but great miracles happen from doing it! we have some one who we committed to a date on the first lesson and is going to get baptized on your birthday! it is always cool to see people change and enter the waters of baptism! hopefully i can go with you next time you go to new york! we should take just a boys trip when i get back! gas is about 5 dollars a gallon here. its 1.19 a liter which is expensive! well i hope you pass your test.

love elder woodard

          October 11, 2011

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! and yes it was weird to have it in october instead of november.

we had 2 thanksgiving dinners. we had one on sunday with the stake president and one yesterday with some members. yes we had turkey and potatoes and all that stuff from home. and of course i ate way too much of everything including pie and my suit pants still dont fit. i took them to the dry cleaners and they let some out but they are still way tooooooo tight. do you think you could get another pair for me? if you want you could get some sweaters and stuff and just send it around christmas or something.  its been pretty warm here for the most part. but we have had a few cold days. we had a specialized training today with the president and the assistants. it was really good. they talked about setting goals and how to accomplish our goals. we have one baptismal date set on for the 22 (dads birthday) we are pretty excited about this one. he is 10 and his dad is inactive so we are activating his dad and baptizing him as well. things have been pretty good here. we had interviews last week. which were good. theres only 4 more weeks of this transfer but who's counting. i cant believe how fast time goes! its almost been 6 months already!!! well i hope all is well. oh and i will be emailing on monday next week. the library was closed this week

love elder woodard

mom and family

well my new companion is better and i am learning lots of stuff.  we set a date for the 22. she was supposed to get baptized on the 8 but she never came to church so we had to drop that date. and we have another date set on that date as well. so this month should be a good one. awe man i was excited for another package! oh well. ya we went to the church to watch conference. we watched all 5 sessions. they did talk a lot about missionary work and for the men to be worthy priesthood holders. President Monson is so funny. he really made me laugh!  umm can you send that hat? i forgot to pack it. its getting colder here. the other morning it was 2. and it dropped to -3 that night. Celsius, of course. but later in this transfer we probably will get a snow storm or two. ya tanner can use it  i dont care.  well i hope all is well.

love elder Woodard