Hey!
Well it really was great getting to talk to all of you on Christmas this past week! I can't believe that Christmas it already over and we are getting ready for the new year! I know I have said it before, but it is crazy how fast the time is flying by. It really seems like it was just a couple days ago that I hit my year mark. I'm glad that I still have some time left cause I am defiantly not ready to come home yet. Sorry Mom, but I like being a missionary.
With last week being Christmas and everything that was happening, we weren't left with as much time as we would have liked to do missionary work. And It has been even harder to get out and do stuff because we have been out of miles for the past week, so we have had to do quite a bit of biking. I really enjoy going out and riding my bike, but as soon as you have to go and bike with a shirt, tie, slacks, and dress shoes ALL of the fun that comes with biking is gone. It is not fun to bike in missionary attire at all. I finally managed to meet one of our investigators. Yep you read that right, I've only met one investigator. Her name is Halie and she has been taught by missionaries for quite a while now. when we went over to see her she told us that she wasn't going to get baptized into the church, but Elder Davis and I both feel like she is going to get baptized. We are defiantly going to keep teaching her.
We were able to visit a couple of other people this past week. We aren't really teaching any of them though. On Saturday evening we went and visited a part member family that Elder Davis was working with before I got here. While we are talking with them we found out that Brother Thiemann actually grew up in Preston and went to Preston High. He said that Woodward sounded really familiar to him, but he wasn't sure. So once again I have met someone who might know our family. It is a really small world. Just before we left we asked Sister Thiemann if she would like to start taking the lessons. She didn't actually answer the question for herself, which was really disappointing. Brother Thiemann answered and told us that she had taken them before and that she was fine with where she was now. Elder Davis and I both thought that the only reason he said that was because he didn't want to come back to church because he was afraid he would get a calling. Elder Davis and I both thought that if she had answered the question for herself that we would have gotten a completely different answer. So that was little bit of a bummer. We will keep trying though, because nothing will stop the work of the Lord!
The only other person I have met so far is a potential investigator named Jeff. And guess what else... He is Black. He is not from Haiti though. It is kinda funny that I have now met another black man named Jeff that we could potentially start to teach.
We don't have anything exciting happening for New Years. I think that we are probably going to need to be in our apartment by 5 tomorrow. So there isn't anything exciting that is going to happen. It is pretty boring. I will probably end up sleeping through the new year.
Well I think that about does it for me. I told you about most of what has happened when I called. If I forgot anything I will be sure to let you know. I love you all and I hope you have a great week! Good luck with taking Gislene in to get the rest of her shots. She will probably be mad at whoever takes her to get the shot. I'm glad that it isn't me.
Love, Elder Cameron Woodward
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