Dear Woodward Clan,
Another week has flown by for me as well, and as usual I am still trying to think of what I want to write as well. This was a pretty good week for us. There were a couple of days where almost everything we had planned for fell through, but we managed to pull through and make the most of it.
Tuesday was a crazy scary day for us. We had another lesson with Jeff, during which he decided he wanted to talk and talk and talk. It was kinda frustrating because we couldn't really get the lesson we had planned for in because he talked so much, but that actually turned out for the better. We had the Senior Couple, Elder and Sister Egnew, at the lesson with us and they managed to save it all. From all of the stories Jeff told us Sister Egnew remembered about a concern that Jeff had brought up before I got here. You will never guess what that concern was. You all know how Haiti is and the crazy voodoo and other "dark" stuff that happens there. So because Jeff grew up in Haiti with all that "stuff" his mom had always told him to never let anyone put their hands on his head to bless him. We kinda went into panic mode at this point because there are so many things done in the church by the laying on of hands. So when we left after the lesson we had no idea what to do. All we were able to do was ask Jeff to pray and ask Heavenly Father if it was ok to be blessed by the laying on of hands in the church. His prayer and ours were defiantly answered by the time we saw him again on Thursday because when we asked him if he still had any concerns about it he told us he didn't and he understood that it was ok in the church by Priesthood authority. So that was a HUGE miracle for us this past week.
We were able to set a baptismal date with an investigator, Brenda, last Thursday. This was the first lesson we had with her, so we were teaching the Restoration. At the part where we were teaching her about the Book of Mormon we committed her to read it then I gave her some promised blessings that would come as she read each day. After I finished she got the biggest smile on her face and I could tell that she felt the Spirit. The entire lesson went super well then at the end I felt like we needed to invite her to be baptized. So I turned to the picture in the front of the Book of Mormon where Alma is baptizing at the Waters of Mormon and I showed it to Elder Park and threw him under the bus to invite her. I just told him that he could do it and then I stopped talking until he invited her to be baptized. She accepted and committed to August 31. After we left Elder Park told me he was surprised when I showed him the picture and had him invite her to baptism, but he did it. We are going to see her again tomorrow so news on that next week.
Friday our day got all messed up due to the fact that our dishwasher broke and decided to leak water everywhere. Well everywhere under the tile flooring in the kitchen. So we had to get a hold of the apartment complex manager and get someone to come over and look at it. The good news is that we get a new dishwasher now. Bad news is that we have to worry about what happens underneath the tile now. The maintenance worker said it will just dry right up and we shouldn't have to worry about anything. So we will see what happens this week.
Finishing up Elder Park's training is going pretty good. There are sometimes that I feel like he is training me. He is a super good missionary. His trainer did a really good job with the first half of his training and I am still struggling to figure out what I am doing. It is all going really well though. We are getting along really well. We haven't had any problems so far. So things are going great! On the 31st we get to go down to the City to go to Temple Conference. I am so excited for that since I haven't been to the temple since December.
Well that is about all. I will be sure to brag to everyone I meet about how awesome my family is and how good they are at everything. I will be sure to show Jeff a picture of the family tomorrow night. Yes I did get the package you sent. Thank you for it. Well now that is all. I love you guys! Have a good week!
Love Elder Cameron Woodward
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