Well first off, I am sure you are all wanting to know about the transfers. I am staying in the Mountain View ward with Sister Manumua. It will be another six weeks...
I am glad that everyone is off to school again. Mom is probably super happy. It also sounds like Camille and Adam are having quite an adventure in Iowa. I can't believe that Ian and Rolando are seniors!! That is insane. Holy cow. In just a few months, they will have their mission calls, and be on their way.
It is so weird that Amber is home. I have been emailing her her whole mission and now she is home! No more stories or pictures. I bet she did a great job though. I just love Amber. She is amazing.
I would love to go see dad at the airport on Wednesday. More then you know right now, but I would probably get in trouble for that, so I guess I better not. I guess the worst is they could send me home 12 weeks early. At least I would be close to a full mission. But I would like to keep those three months.
On Saturday we had our mission conference. Elder Russell M Nelson had a great grand kid born the day before and was down visiting the family. He knows President and Sister Hobbs and asked them if he could come talk to the mission. So we all got together. He also brought Elder Ketcher (the is probably spelled wrong) from the 70. I think he just got called last conference. It was really good. Elder Nelson is just a funny old man. Our bishop told us a story about him in Med school. Elder Nelson and another kid had been asked to go to a summer class and then come back and teach all students the things they learned. So one day they had a cadaver and were doing something with the lungs. They decided to take a foot pump and connect it to the trachea from behind so no one could see. As soon as the class got close to look, they stepped on the pump and made the lungs inflate. He said there was one little nurse who got extra close and when it happened she ran out of the room and never came back! hahah so funny! Who would have thought Elder Nelson used to pull pranks like that?
It was good. He talked about obedience and a few other things and then opened it up to a question and answer. There were lots of good questions asked. One of my favorite things he said was in response to a question about those little sins we all hold on to and even though we try, we just keep going back to them and how we can have faith and hope when we keep making the same mistakes over and over again. His response was, "Once you stop making mistakes, you're dead" Then he went on and explained that throughout our entire lives, we are all going to make mistakes. Some will be bigger then others, but all make them none the less. As long as we have a desire to change and are on the path up and not down, then you will be good. Stop fretting over little things and thinking you aren't good enough to make it to the Celestial kingdom. Keep trying and keep going. It was really good.
We went back up to Mt Baldy this weekend. We went from 9 to 4 on Friday so it was a full day! We were definitely tired by the end. We just shoveled a whole lot more dirt, mud and rocks. All day. But it was good and we all really loved helping out. The people that live in Mt Baldy were very appreciative.
That is about all that happened. It was a slow week. We met with monica and her kids this week and they all came to church. We have a lesson with them today! yay! Manuel also came to church this week. We have a lesson with him today as well. And the Zunigas family didn't come to church, but we have a lesson with them today. Hopefully we can figure out what their hold up is an help them out. It has been 6 weeks since they have come to church....AHHH
Well have a good week. I will talk to you next week. Have a good week. Be safe. Have fun here in Ontario dad!! It is the place to be! haha
Love you all
Sister Woodward
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