Hey everyone!
Well it has been quite the week for me out here in Oklahoma. There was a lot that happened leading up to transfers so that I could get ready to leave. Monday and Tuesday were mostly filled up by me packing up all of my stuff. I never realized how much stuff I had gathered while I was in Woodward until I had to start packing it all up. That is my least favorite part about transfers is packing everything up. I sent a package home with a bunch of extra stuff I didn't need with me, so you should have gotten it by now. If you haven't, it should be there soon. Monday evening I decided to take a little break from packing. Elder Birch and I went to the birthday party for Alexa. She is the daughter of Mindl, who is a less active we had been working with. It was really funny when we first showed up because Mindl's other two daughters, Emma and Aubri, saw us walk in, so they yelled hi to us then ran over to drag us into the room where everything was happening because Elder Birch and I didn't come in as quickly as they wanted us to. We spent about an hour there before we went out to say bye to some other people. We spent the rest of Monday evening saying bye to people before it was time to go back to the apartment. Then it was back to packing.
Tuesday was filled with a lot of the same stuff as Monday, packing and saying bye to people. We went over to see Mindl and her family again so I could actually say bye since I didn't get to on Monday. After that we went to say bye to the Windholz family. We talked for a little bit and then they asked me to share one last message with their family before we left, so I did. The reason I was glad that we went over so I could say bye was because later that night when we stopped by the Egnew's to say bye, Sister Egnew told me that they had gone over to the Windholz earlier that day as well. Sister Egnew told me that when they had gone over Sister Windholz was "singing my praises." Sister Egnew said that it was because of something I had said or done that had a impact on the Windholz's daughter who was a less active, but then decided she needed to come back to church. So it was really cool to hear about how I had actually help someone out and help them come back to church. I know that that happens every day, but I thought it was really cool to actually hear about the effect I had one someone, because I had no idea that I had helped Sister Windholz's daughter that much.
After we left the Windholz we went to say bye to Herman and Carolyn. It was really hard to have to say bye to them because the entire time I was up in Woodward I worked really closely with them. That is one reason I don't like staying in an area for so long is because it gets a lot harder to say bye to people. But that is life.
Wednesday was transfers, so we got up bright and early so we could make the long drive down to the city. We made it safe and sound and got everything switched around, then we started the 20 minute drive to Mustang. That was pretty much the highlight of Wednesday. There wasn't much that happened other then getting unpacked and starting to finding my way around the area. That has pretty much been everything sine I got here. Saturday morning we woke up to half an inch of ice on our car that we had to get off before we could drive to our zone conference. It was a good thing I though ahead and decided it would be good to go start the car before we had to leave because the other three Elders I live with didn't think of that. Oh that is the other big news. I am in another 4 man apartment. So that was fun. Friday was a super cool day. We got to go and do service for the Salvation Army by helping them deliver Christmas presents to the families in need. It was really cool to see the gratitude that those people had for what we were doing. It was really cool and the Spirit was so strong while we were helping them!
So that is pretty much it for my week. I'll answer all of your questions when I cann on Christmas. I'm not exactly sure when I will be calling because we have had three families invite us over to eat for breakfast lunch and dinner. I promise I will call at some point though. You will know when I call because I will be on the other end of the phone. I love you all! Merry Christmas!
Love Elder Cameron Woodward
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