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

September 26, 2011

 mom and family

     well things are going. me and my companion are doing alright i guess.  we have very different personalities and ways that we do things. but i guess this is a learning experience. i got one of the packages. the one with the bleach tips and candy. but not the other one. i probably wont get it till next friday or when ever somebody goes to calgary or comes down. i will send my pictures. i dont wanna send the card so im going to put them on a disc and send them. this week was pretty good. we set a baptismal date but she didnt come to church, so it may get dropped. then we got a referral from our zone leaders and the neighbor that lives on their 3plex is a part member family so we went to set an appointment and they invited us to dinner on thursday (this was saturday) than they came to church. it was pretty cool to see them there! man i was hoping to get the score of the game dad went to! oh well i will have to wait. i hope everything is going well. love elder woodard. oh i cant believe its been 5 months already!!

Dear mom

It’s alright i guess. well i should be getting it tomorrow its transfers tomorrow. im staying here in lethbridge. my companion is going to pincher creek. my next companion has only been out for 1 transfer longer than me. i dont know him. its just what other people have said. i havent made it to the dry cleaners yet. hopefully i will get there this week. tell tanner and hayden happy birthday for me. and thats not fair!!!! you took him to texas but you wouldnt take me!!!!! i knew you liked him more!!! oh well i guess we will have to go in 19 months. things are going pretty good around here. our investigators arent really progressing. we got some names from the bishopric and hopefully will be teaching them this week. it was really windy on sunday i thought i was going to blow away! than yesterday was rainy and cold. the high was 8! i am not looking forward to the winter! hope all is well

 love elder woodard

dad, im not sure if there is anything to take out of the  pants. but i will try. i have been looking at the thrift stores for new suits but nothings seems to fit. that is crazy about the flooding! when did this happen. i think that would be fun to go down the street in a canoe unless my house was destroyed by the water. well lethbridge reminds me a lot of mesa except not as many people. the city is set up in a grid system. so its easy to get around. except all the streets have numbers instead of names. well we dont have the most solid investigators. some of them are native. they basically feed you the answers you want to hear but never keep the commitments. so we have dropped a lot of them. and our other investigator keeps commitments but her family is back in the philipines and she doesnt believe in the preisthood. so she doesnt want to get baptized. we dont do any tracting here. but sometimes we walk around the park and gq(general questioning) people. (mostly natives) its sometimes a waste of time. but we have met some very intresting people. a lot of the natives here are drunk all the time and they ask for money. its kinda sad that they live like that and the government supports them. so when are you going to get grandma. the other day we were in the store and a U2 song came on. it made me think of you. when ever we go on a road trip its all we (you) listen to. we have had some great trips all those years.  hope all is well

love

elder woodard

Mom dad and family(and whoever else my mom sends this to:) )

well it sounds like you are partying with out me. i guess i can expect that from you!! i think its Galations 5:22-23 that talks about the feelings of the spirit. we really try to emphasize the importance of the spirit to our gators. its only through the feelings of the holy ghost that they are going to be converted.that is a lot of kids to be at larry's!!!! OH mom ummm...i have gained a few pounds(about 20!!!!!!!) and the suit that we got for prom a year ago. the pants dont fit any more. so i was wondering if you could go and get another pair of pants from khols. its the billy london brand and its stripped. could you get 32/32. thanks very much:)

i am having good experiences out here. i really enjoy serving. its lots of fun. well yesterday was pday. but we couldnt email because the library was closed for labour day(thats how they spell it) everything is in french/english here. and 5k is pretty far for us. im really getting used to the metric system with kilometers and celcious. except for things like centimeters and little measurements like that. but we are supposed to be wearing our jackets now. but the rule is if there is 3 days above 22 forcasted than we get one day off. this whole week is forcasted above 30! its pretty warm for this time of the year here. but the mornings are cold. we get up every morning at 6 to go run with the zone leaders. sometimes 6 comes quicker than i would like. the work is pretty good. our investigators arent really keeping commitments. but hopefully we can help them with that. hope all is fantastic

love

elder woodard

dad, iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sooooooooooooooooooo jealous!!!!!!!! that is going to be a great game!!! i wish i could enjoy it with you. GO OKLAHOMA!!  that should be a good experience driving with Nate. hopefully you will get an opportunity to share your testimony with him. tell hayden to keep up the good work and to work hard. ...........

love

elder Woodard