Well things sound like they are finally starting to go better now that school has started again. Well for mom and dad they are probably going better. It is crazy to think how old everyone is getting. The day might actually come that there won't be anyone living at home with mom and dad. What would you guys do with all those bedrooms then? Notice that I did use the word might.
It is good to hear that Zander and Ian have been getting along so well. I think that Ian is going to be a really good missionary. He will probably end up learning another language. I decided last night that when I get home Ian and Rolando are going to become my new companions and I am going to study with them every morning and help them prepared to serve missions. I will make sure that they know what the 8 Fundementals of Preach My Gospel are, and all of the other fun stuff you learn as a missionary! They will be pros before they even leave. I wonder what they are going to think about that.
Well I guess since mom is dying to know about what I have been doing this entire past week I can tell you guys. Last week was a really diferent week for us. We had a lot harder week then we have had in the past. It wasn't harder as in Elder Tanner and I got in an argument, or we weren't able to get out and work due to sickness. Satan was just working really hard this past week to stop the work. Although Satan was working hard to get the work to stop we still had a good week. We saw a lot of miracles.
On Wednesday we were having a not so great day, but we kept working hard and it paid off at the end of the day. To finish off the day we decided to go visit Alfredo, an investigator that we hadn't been able to see in a couple of weeks. We got out to Alfredo's house and he was actually there this time! I was pretty excited about that because we were able to teach him a lesson. Alfredo is such an awesome kid and all of the lessons that we have had have been very spiritual. So on Wednesday evening we read through 2 Nephi 31 and talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Like always we had a great lesson and Alfredo committed to keep reading the Book of Mormon and we set a baptismal date with him for September 21st.
Friday was a significantly better day for us as well. We had exchanges with the other Elders here in the branch. There always seems to be a lot of miracles when we go on exchanges and Friday was no different. We had an appointment with a potential investigator, Dayton. So going back a week earlier to August 15th we were on exchanges with the Zone Leaders which is when we found Dayton. So we got to Dayton's home and he invited us inside. Just before we started the lesson I felt prompted to ask Dayton to invite his wife to come in and be there for the lesson and he did. We taught Dayton and Veeda about the Restoration of the Gospel. Both Dayton and Veeda were very open and were really interested in the lesson because they had both wondered why there were so many churches on the earth, along with a whole lot of other questions that the church has answers to. Dayton and Veeda both committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and they committed to be baptized on October 19th. I always love getting to go teach someone about the Restoration and invite them to be baptized, so this visit was no different! =D That was another miracle that we were able to be a part of last week.
Well I think that is about all for this week! Tell the kids to be good and do their homework. Thanks for keeping me in your prayers. It really does help. I love you guys!
Love Elder Woodward
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