Hey Everyone!
This past week was so much better then last week. In fact it has been a great week. The work in the South is going really slow, and if you were to look at our numbers alone you would probably think that we do absolutely nothing all day every day. But as we were talking to Elder George (our Zone Leader) last night he said something that really stuck out to me. He said that the numbers were a reflection of the area and not a reflection of the missionaries. Which is true because from what our ward mission leader has told us, there hasn't been a set of hard working Elders in the South Area for over 6 months now. So if I am understanding everything correctly, there is a lot that is being expected of Elder Kahawaii and I.
Why on earth are you even thinking about my farewell talk yet. That is still 18 months away. I don't need to even worry about that until the night before I am supposed to give it anyways. That is one thing that hasn't changed about me yet. I am still a procrastinator. Mom you may not want to read this next part, but when I gave the talk on the Holy Ghost at Michael's and John's baptism, I didn't even think about what I was going to say until I was getting changed after I baptized Michael. It is not a very healthy habbit to develop, but oh well.
It sounds like it has been a pretty crazy week for everyone with Shannon going into the MTC. Its good to hear that everyone is still alive and well. In my defence about the condition of my room when I left, I'm a procrastinator! You should have expected that from me. And it would have been rather hard for Shannon to have left her room in worse condition.
As for news from me, there hasn't been very many exciting things happen this week. The highlight for me was getting to get back on stage and (somewhat) get back into the theatre life. Even if it was only for 5 minutes. Last Firday night we had a ward dinner/ talent show/ auction as a fundraiser for the youth in the ward. We (the missionaries) did a skit entitled "A Day in the Life of a Missionary." It was a lot of fun to get to do. It included everything from having our bikes stolen and getting chased by a dog, to having awesome lessons. I will try to get a good video of it to send home. As for things happening in my area, we are still having trouble meeting with most of our investigators and finding new investigators, so Elder Kahawaii and I are going to be changing our game plan this week. We are going to be focusing on trying to contact former investigators and potentials to see if any of them are interested in meeting with us again. We are really hoping that this will work well because we have had zero luck with everything else that we are doing.
Speaking of the Sisters, I am going to be driving their truck up to Lawton today for Zone P-day. With all the changes that have happened down here, President Taylor approved Elder Kahawaii and I to drive around with the Sisters on P-days and to meetings and stuff as long as I am driving, Elder Kahawaii is in the passenger seat, and the three Sisters are sitting in the back seat. So P-days are going to be much easier to get around and do stuff now. And I get to sart driving again! It was so weird to be driving again. It has been about 4 months since I had driven a car.
As for calling home on Mothers Day, We have church from 9-12 Central Time, so it won't really work out in the morning. So as of right now I will plan on calling home that evening around 7:00 here (6:00 at home). I'm not sure the exact time I will call, but it will most likely end up being in the evening time.
It is now time to wrap things up to drive up to
Lawton so that I can go kick some butt in a game of frisbee!
So I love you all. I'll talk to you again on Sunday! Bye!
So I love you all. I'll talk to you again on Sunday! Bye!
Love Elder Woodward
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