There is definitely a whole lot of stuff that has been happening this month, and like you guys said it is already half over. Things have been going really well for us out here. Last week we had some pretty cool weather that came through town. Most of last week the temperature was down in the 60's or 70's which was a really nice change for us as missionaries. I guess most of the people who live here thought it was too cold, but I really enjoyed driving with the windows down and not sweating all the time. Enough about the weather though.
Last week we had a Mission Tour with Elder Foster from the Second Quorum of the Seventy. We had a really great day up in Norman getting to hear from Elder Foster. It was a very uplifting conference for me. One of the things that he talked about was in the Pearl of Great Price where the Lord it talking to Moses and showing him world without number and where we find out more about the creation of the Earth. On of the scriptures that he shared was Abraham 3:24 which says "And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell." The things that I loved the most about that scripture is that the Earth and everything around us was created for us so that we could come here and get a body and be tested. All of this, the earth, the Creation, the Plan of Salvation, everything that Heavenly Father has done is for us. This is all about us. How cool of a thought is that? That was a really comforting thing to hear last week and it has really helped me since then.
We were also able to have a really good lesson with a family last week after the Mission Tour. The family we went to see was Ryan and Cindy. Elder Tanner and Elder Duffin found him while they were on exchanges ago, well it was more like he found them. They went to try another investigator and when they got out of the car Ryan started talking to them and he ended up inviting us to come back and visit with them. We saw them on Tuesday evening and had a really good lesson about the Plan of Salvation with them. One of the reasons that I thought it went so well was because there was a whole lot of interaction with Ryan and Cindy. They were asking a bunch of questions and asking where the scriptures talked about the Plan of Salvation. All of the interaction is what I thought made it so great cause there are a lot of times when we teach that our investigators give one or two word responses and say ok whenevery we teach something new. It was great to have that interaction while we were teaching cause it helped us to build a relationship with them while we were teaching.
We saw Jose and Angelica again a couple of times last week. Most of the time when we go visit them we have read from the Book of Mormon to help them want to read it when we aren't there. So last week we read 1 Nephi 4 with them and when we went back last night to follow up, Jose told us that he had finished chaper 4 and that he was reading on his own. That was really cool to have happen! It is gonna be a while before we get to visit them again cause Jose is going to have a heart surgery today and he will be in the hospital for most of the week.
Another cool thing that happened last week was that we were able to go and visit a bunch of people that we have had a really hard time contacting for the last couple of weeks. There were a bunch of people who dropped off the face of the earth for a while, but they are all getting back! It was good to be able to contact those people and find out that they have been doing ok since we last saw them.
Well thank you guys for everything that you are doing for me! I am having a great time out here with Elder Tanner and I love this work!
Love Elder Woodward
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