Pictures

Yea for pictures!  After months of asking I finally received pictures from Jordan!  I am going to post a bunch of them.... not really sure who is in them, but they are fun to look at!

Elder Woodard and his friend, Elder Kallan Craegar

Sorry, but you don't know what cold is yet!

November 28, 2011

mom and family. 

  Sounds like you had a fantastic time fighting the crowds. Tell Tanner that he can't wrestle on his knees or his back!!!! I  can’t wait to come home to watch Tanner wrestle and beat me!!! He is getting big!! He is almost as tall as you!!! I did get the hat. The Zone Leaders went and got it. I can't believe that it has been 7 months!!!! Time just flies. We had a crazy week. We watched one of our investigators get arrested. It was crazy! And then we cast an evil spirit out of a house as well!! That was really intense  Evil spirits are real! But the power of the priesthood is WAY better!!!  Bro. Haynes is sweet. I'm glad that I had good friends like Tyson even if we did get in trouble!! hahaha. But not too much trouble. Time just flies, and this transfer is almost over too! I hope tanner does good on Wednesday. You will have to keep me updated with his wrestling!  hmmm as for Emily I think that dad should drive them around the town. Emily sits in the front seat and her date sits in the back of the truck with Rico!!!!!! hahahaha that sounds like a fantastic date!!!!  well have a fantastic day 

love elder woodard

November 21, 2011

happy thanks giving!!                      

there is a member in our ward that is from Pennsylvania so he is going to feed us.

I'm going to miss being at grandma's for thanksgiving! 10 pm?!?!?! that isn't Friday!!!!! that is crazy that they are doing that! why would the kids want to go shopping that day? its craaaaaazzy! me and another elder are going to go get suits today. Moore's is having a sale buy a suit for 500 and get one free. so we are going to split it. hopefully they still have the sale. I'm not going to get any more winter stuff. maybe some long Johns and gloves. my coat is doing fine. it was super cold the other day -20 with a -30 wind chill!!!!!! it was soooo cold.  I'm not going to open anything till Christmas. i probably wont get the package till Christmas.

We picked up a new investigator last Monday at 8:50 pm. it was pretty sweet. we had been trying to meet with him but he has never been home. than Monday he was. and we are going to go teach him tonight too. it is going to be sweet. the snow is still on the ground from last week. i think its going to stay till spring:( makes driving excititng though:) hope you have fun on Thursday!

love elder Woodard

dear mom and family

 Well this was kind of a slow week. I had to spend Tues. and Wed. in leadership training meetings (Ltms) from 9-6. Talk about a long day to sit in the meeting. But, I received some cool revelations to the work and how to become a better missionary.  It is getting SOOO COLD!!! It doesn't get past 32 degrees. And when we were walking into the library about 20 minutes ago some snowflakes were starting to fall. It's crazy!  I'm not sure if I will have the same companion for Christmas. Transfers are on December 14, so we will see if we are still together.  When can I go and get a new suit?  I think we might go next Monday (p-day).  Last Wednesday we tracted into this lady. We taught her a 10 minute first lesson then committed her to read and pray about the Book of Mormon. It was really cool to do that. We have a return appointment on Wednesday! When is the temple going to be done? The Calgary temple is going to be done next fall some time.  When was that picture taken? I hope not last week some time cause you are still in shorts and t-shirts!!!! I'm soo jealous!

love elder woodard

Baptism

October 22, 2011

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 good! they said that i pushed him so far that i had like 6 inches to spare! hahaha oh well it was my first time

November 6, 2011

(Jordan sent pictures and movies....he was being fed pudding and both elders were blindfolded.  They related it to teaching with and without the spirit!)

It was our weekly district meeting and it was part of it. Besides I got free pudding. Sometimes we have so much fun I forget I'm on a mission! I love fast Sundays. I just enjoy hearing everybody’s testimony. One of our investigators is doing research on anti sites. It is terrible. I just wanted to leave that lesson. But we are going to visit him one more time and give him a chance. My companion is Elder Grodkowski and he doesn’t want to go back. But I don’t feel that dropping people is appropriate. Elder Grodkowski is from Cache Valley and this is his second transfer. So I am following up with training right now and get the wonderful opportunity to have a 2 hour companionship study instead of just one. But its alright because I really enjoy serving with him.  Umm ....I'm not really sure what I want for Christmas. There is nothing I really need except another suit cause my one doesn’t fit!!! I am getting so fat!  It's alright mom your baby is now 13. He isn't a baby anymore. It has been soooooo cold here. It doesn't get above 30 any more!!!! We got snow last Friday and I like the snow...just not the cold. Try to send the heat up here for Christmas!!!

love elder woodard

November 1, 2011

Happy p-day!!

Today is transfer p-day so tomorrow is transfers. I'm going to east Calgary. I'm pretty excited it should be fun. East Calgary is the "ghetto" of Calgary, but I'm going to the rich part of the city so you don't have to worry. Nothing really exciting happened this week. In all reality I cant remember what happened so I don't really have anything to report on. We still are having a baptism but I am not going to make it cause I'm gonna be in Calgary. But, I will be able to get mail every week!! Which should be nice if I get any. So who is in the stake presidency now? That is sweet that Tanner is wrestling! He is going to be able to beat me when I get home! Tell him to work hard and do everything that coach tells him. Hands up elbows in! It's supposed to snow on Friday!!!!

love elder woodard