October 23, 2012

mom, dad, family,

this week was great! first last tuesday was awesome. we went to the calgary temple with our new investigator Shannon. it was a great experience to be able to go with her! the spirit in the temple is just something that cannot be explained. she really enjoyed the temple and the spirit that was there. the temple is just so beautiful. we also had 2 lessons with her this week and she came to church on sunday. the lesson we had with her on sunday was great! the spirit was really strong. when she gave the closing prayer she started crying through it. and the spirit was so strong. yesterday the library was closed for a staff meeting. we woke up with 5 inches of snow this morning!! winter is here too early this year! I'm glad that grandpa is doing better!! i didn't know that he had cancer!! we have to go to calgary for a special mission conference on saturday. I'm pretty excited to go to it!! and the calgary temple is being dedicated on sunday!! this week should be pretty good. oh ya we have interviews on thursday too. this week is just full of meetings!! hope you have a great week. remember to invite your friends!!!

love elder woodard

Dad

nope the library was closed yesterday so you didnt miss your chance!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! time is just flyin by!!! i really like medicine hat. the people here are nice and i just like the small city feeling. i dont really like the "big" city. it is out in the plains of southern Alberta. it is also really close to saskatchewan. my companion is elder vincent from kaysville utah and he goes home one transfer after me. i met kaylen tanners uncle last week on the golf course. he was talking about his sister going to india with her husband for 3 years. and one of her old young womens leaders is in my ward as well. there are lost of people that i have met that know the tanners!! hope you have a great week.

love elder woodard

 

October 15, 2012

hello mom dad and family

this week was pretty good. we went to a members for dinner on wednesday and i know you are thinking you go to dinner almost every night with members but this time is different. we thought it was going to be like any other dinner that we have had in the last year and almost a half. except that there was a non member friend there!! so we weren't really sure if she was a member or not but my the end of the night we knew that she wasn't a member. we shared a message with the family (just a husband and wife) we shared Jeffery R Holland (who is my favorite apostle if I'm allowed to have favorites) his testimony of the book of mormon mormon message and we talked about the book of mormon a little bit. she started asking questions and we answered them and shared some of the first lesson with her. she accepted the book of mormon, a return appointment, we are going with her and the members to the calgary temple open house tomorrow, and she is our new investigator we are teaching wednesday. hope you have a great week. going golfing today with one of the zone leaders elder coleman. weather is still pretty nice. we did get a tad bit of snow some time last week. i cant remember when but it is gone and a whoppin 55 degrees Fahrenheit today.

love elder woodard

October 9, 2012

dad, mom, family

conference was great! i was looking in the crowds to find you... but i didn't see you! there was some exciting news that president Monson gave! i don't think that it will really affect me though because by the time they start to leave and stuff i will already be home or close to coming home. this week was pretty good. it has been slow because of transfers and conference. he haven't done a whole lot yet. yesterday as you know was thanksgiving here. we have had turkey on saturday and yesterday. yesterday was pretty good. we just had dinner and when to the bishops house. it was a pretty relaxing day. today is p-day cause they had a zone leader council yesterday so it was changed. i got transferred to medicine hat, alberta. its a small city of about 60,000 people and about 50,000 of them are police officers!!! hahaha not really but there are a lot of police officers and photo cops! i still am slowly but surely paying off my tickets. i have about 200 dollars left to pay! tickets are expensive!! my companion is elder vincent. i really like him. he is funny and easy to get along with. i wanna fly to phoenix if that's alright. i wanna have the "airport" experience. we have two investigators right now. we are teaching rita tomorrow and we don't have an appointment yet with the other one(i forgot his name). hope you have a great week!

love elder woodard

October 2, 2012

sorry.... transfers are tomorrow so pday is today. I'm getting transferred. don't know where just know that i am leaving the city of calgary. this might be my last area!!! that is crazy to think that holy cow!!! i only have 4 transfers left. so this might be my last area! this week was pretty good. we had one of our potential investigator lessons cancel which is too bad cause now I'm leaving. but the other missionary coming in will be able to teach her. we went to the temple today as a zone. the stake presidency took us up. it was really neat to see the temple and feel of the spirit inside. we went on a private tour with the stake president as our guide. the temple will be dedicated at the end of october. we are just trying to stay busy and are working hard. we stopped by some one yesterday (cant remember who...) but they weren't home and so we went and talked with this man that was out side working on his car. we had a pretty good discussion with him about religion and stuff. we gave him a temple invite and a book of mormon. he said that he will read and study the book and go check out the temple!!! that was pretty cool that someone actually listened to us!! hahaha well i hope you have a great week.

love elder woodard

dad,

well thanks for that!! i always love getting your letters. they make me want to work harder. i am always thinking about the family and how much i miss them. but it willl be soon enough that we will be together. when is your elk hunt again? are the boys going with you? i hope you have a great week

love elder woodard