So I guess the first thing I got to address is the meeting, because it seems that it was quite a big deal which it was. A whole lot on members stepping up and finding people for the missionaries which is great because it is the best way to do missionary work. Even though knocking on doors is so fun. Ha. The bretheren did say some great things in that conference and it will be interesting to see how everything will play out. I already know it will be fantastic because when a prophet of the Lord speaks and tells the saints to go out and do; well the saints will surely go out and walk the walk. That is the great thing about saints whohooopeee!!
Anyways beside the fact this week was bangin as always. A has a new date. C a 9 year old girl we have been teaching just finished the lessons will have a date. R says he knows it is true and he hasn't even started to read the Book of Mormon, but I will wait to tell you if it all goes well because people are unpredictable I learned my lesson from crazy people in Arkansas. RJ is coming along but we haven't been able to see him lately he has been busy. It seems really weird to see them together but when you talk to them and hang out with them; they really are a good couple which is weird but whatever tis all good. J is still kind of the same I think he will come around, and that is how our peeps are doing.
As for Elder Babb and I we are swell. Elder Babb had a little speed bump the doctor forgot to fill up his medication for his insomnia so he didn't sleep a lick in like three days, but it was all settled and now he is back to sleeping 3-4 hours a night. I can't remember if I told you that he was an insomniac but he is. So when I go to bed he will usually stay up and write letters, read, or play the guitar. He is pretty good at the guitar he writes songs and he played me a few a couple weeks ago.
Well well so how is JH is seth just watching tennis or is he out there conquering the world by red headed storm? Man I really wish I could go to jackson just for a couple of days. So Chris, Dad, and Dana are coming up who else is going to be joining or is that the whole gang? Are you guys going to be celebrating a late birthday for Jared? Let me know if you guys do anything new and cool up there this time. Oh I think you will see a bunch of trikes up there. They have two wheels in the front and one in the back and you lay down in them and pedal. I don't know why but they are kind of a big thing now. We rented a tandem trike and I think I would have rather just rode a regular bike but it seems like everyone is going trike crazy.
Well that is all peace to all and have a good time in the Hole.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Lebanon
Well it has been one good week so good I can't remember anything from my week ha just kidding. We have a Baptism this Saturday for a lady who used to be a JW actually but she was inactive and a guy named Bro Price who is just one of those wonderful old guys who likes to share the gospel with everyone referred her to Babb and Houston and they taught her and she realized that this was the truth and the way she needed to go. So we are preparing for that it should be pretty good. Her family also has a ranch and horses I think a good service opportunity awaits us there.
Oh and Brostock yeah I knew that was coming we were contemplating whether to go or not, but it is out of our area and most of it occurs on the lake and it is more of a party than a wakeboarding competition so we didn't go I don't think the Osage Beach Elders went either that is the area that is right on the lake. They did tell me at Zone Conference that Saturday they were doing service at a Fishing tournament on the lake they called out boat numbers then helped with other stuff. I'll ask if that went well, but yeah it would be pretty cool to go to Brostock except I don't think a lot of missionary work would get done, just saying.
I got a story for you so our investigator who has cerebral palsy and a guy in the ward named Doc. Morter and he is hard of hearing so he talks really loud and that is just his normal voice. Bro. Morter is about 70-80 and is a convert and he is pretty intense. So J has been having a few problems with the church mainly because of the pastor that gave him anti stuff to read. So we go in there try to clear the air when Bro. Morter took over and he talks pretty loud normally, but when he wants to get a point across he practically yells so I am sitting there in the middle of this between a guy with who I can't even hear and old Doc Morter who is blowing out my ear drums it was kind of hard not to laugh, but I kept it together. Moral of the story is do not mess with Doc. Morter he'll rip you a new one and that is basically doctrine. It was great but we'll go over and see J again and see how well he survived.
As for the rest of the week not to much happened we taught our usual investigators, we had a zone meeting, and yeah that is most likely it. I don't know if you heard but on the 23rd of June there will be a world wide missionary meeting intended for everybody in the church. But we don't know exactly what it will say but the rumor is, is that the apostles want to get rid of missionaries finding people and they want to put that responsibility solely on the members, because that is the most effective way, and that the missionaries in the ward our mainly just the Bishop's tool to teach these people. So it is going to be a big deal Crazy Insane Dope.
Dad said a lot of Sisters are coming into the Gilbert Mission well that would be good for Dana she would love going on splits with them. Your girls camp idea seems good to me. Sisters always have trouble in the MTC we gave like all the sisters in our district blessings like 3 times to each one kind of ridiculous, but its cool that they are willing to serve. Well that is it Peace
Oh and Brostock yeah I knew that was coming we were contemplating whether to go or not, but it is out of our area and most of it occurs on the lake and it is more of a party than a wakeboarding competition so we didn't go I don't think the Osage Beach Elders went either that is the area that is right on the lake. They did tell me at Zone Conference that Saturday they were doing service at a Fishing tournament on the lake they called out boat numbers then helped with other stuff. I'll ask if that went well, but yeah it would be pretty cool to go to Brostock except I don't think a lot of missionary work would get done, just saying.
I got a story for you so our investigator who has cerebral palsy and a guy in the ward named Doc. Morter and he is hard of hearing so he talks really loud and that is just his normal voice. Bro. Morter is about 70-80 and is a convert and he is pretty intense. So J has been having a few problems with the church mainly because of the pastor that gave him anti stuff to read. So we go in there try to clear the air when Bro. Morter took over and he talks pretty loud normally, but when he wants to get a point across he practically yells so I am sitting there in the middle of this between a guy with who I can't even hear and old Doc Morter who is blowing out my ear drums it was kind of hard not to laugh, but I kept it together. Moral of the story is do not mess with Doc. Morter he'll rip you a new one and that is basically doctrine. It was great but we'll go over and see J again and see how well he survived.
As for the rest of the week not to much happened we taught our usual investigators, we had a zone meeting, and yeah that is most likely it. I don't know if you heard but on the 23rd of June there will be a world wide missionary meeting intended for everybody in the church. But we don't know exactly what it will say but the rumor is, is that the apostles want to get rid of missionaries finding people and they want to put that responsibility solely on the members, because that is the most effective way, and that the missionaries in the ward our mainly just the Bishop's tool to teach these people. So it is going to be a big deal Crazy Insane Dope.
Dad said a lot of Sisters are coming into the Gilbert Mission well that would be good for Dana she would love going on splits with them. Your girls camp idea seems good to me. Sisters always have trouble in the MTC we gave like all the sisters in our district blessings like 3 times to each one kind of ridiculous, but its cool that they are willing to serve. Well that is it Peace
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Lebanon
Well all sounds good.
I wasn't hit by any tornadoes this week, just heavy rain storms is all. I like the storms I think it is kind of cool especially coming from Arizona when you never see anything like it.
A little bit about my week I now visited all the investigators that we have and a lot of them are ready to go or really close. We had a baptismal interview for A the other day she is a single mom and she is really cool so it will be awesome once she is baptized which will be in two weeks I think the fifteenth. Some other people we have is RJ who is a sixty year old rough and tough man who has Ostrich skin boots and he is engaged to a 17 year old girl in the ward. It was super weird when I first found out, but now that we have been over there they are a pretty good match for each other. We are teaching an older guy who has cerebral palsy. Some pastor gave him anti stuff so last time we visited we had to clear up a lot of things. We don't bash on other churches stupid people just need to give it a rest those dumb nuts. Last serious guy we have is seventy and his wife; they live in a trailer of course because all normal people here do (that was a joke). But this man is just funny he is Pentecostal so he is loud and proud and yeah that explains and he ignores his preacher and lets us in because he thinks we are good Christians which we are so he is a pretty cool guy just a funny old jolly man kind of like Santa. Well all those people are our serious investigators and then we see a couple recent converts like a 13 year old girl who doesn't like me because she had a crush on Elder Houston who went home and I replaced and a couple less actives. One guy who I can't understand a word he says. For the most part you can understand some people but him I can't so I nod my head and agree with everything and look like an idiot. Its like on that one Seinfeld episode where they don't understand anything that girls says except Kramer so they nod and agree with everything then they find out they volunteered for something outrageous that is what I feel like. That is basically my week it is good and it is just so awesome because a good companion just take a whole lot of stress and everything that comes with it out of the picture; so I am happy.
I wasn't hit by any tornadoes this week, just heavy rain storms is all. I like the storms I think it is kind of cool especially coming from Arizona when you never see anything like it.
A little bit about my week I now visited all the investigators that we have and a lot of them are ready to go or really close. We had a baptismal interview for A the other day she is a single mom and she is really cool so it will be awesome once she is baptized which will be in two weeks I think the fifteenth. Some other people we have is RJ who is a sixty year old rough and tough man who has Ostrich skin boots and he is engaged to a 17 year old girl in the ward. It was super weird when I first found out, but now that we have been over there they are a pretty good match for each other. We are teaching an older guy who has cerebral palsy. Some pastor gave him anti stuff so last time we visited we had to clear up a lot of things. We don't bash on other churches stupid people just need to give it a rest those dumb nuts. Last serious guy we have is seventy and his wife; they live in a trailer of course because all normal people here do (that was a joke). But this man is just funny he is Pentecostal so he is loud and proud and yeah that explains and he ignores his preacher and lets us in because he thinks we are good Christians which we are so he is a pretty cool guy just a funny old jolly man kind of like Santa. Well all those people are our serious investigators and then we see a couple recent converts like a 13 year old girl who doesn't like me because she had a crush on Elder Houston who went home and I replaced and a couple less actives. One guy who I can't understand a word he says. For the most part you can understand some people but him I can't so I nod my head and agree with everything and look like an idiot. Its like on that one Seinfeld episode where they don't understand anything that girls says except Kramer so they nod and agree with everything then they find out they volunteered for something outrageous that is what I feel like. That is basically my week it is good and it is just so awesome because a good companion just take a whole lot of stress and everything that comes with it out of the picture; so I am happy.
Siloam Springs
Well Hello there everybody, Elder Heywood is doing okay. I'll start at the beginning of last week: Monday we drove down to Praire Grove for a zone dinner held at Brother Battles house that is when things got crazy and the big storm rolled in so I was not in Siloam Springs. When Tornadoes come the clouds are like a weird yellowish color super cool but I was bummed about the tornado though I missed. It touched down in West Siloam which is the Oklahoma side of the town and another one started to form over Wal Mart but never touched. When tornado storms hit it gets super windy and trees look like they are doing the limbo because they are bent sideways and a lot of trees were uprooted. One tree fell through a guy's house and we did some service to help clean up but the tree was still in his living room.
Well I am so sad to leave Siloam Springs I love that area and I am super bummed I had to leave and move on with my life. Transfers happens though.
Elder Babb who I met and I absolutely love he comes from Portland Oregon and he loves classic rock, is very good at the guitar and he is really funny, but normal. Lebanon is a lot like Siloam except because they don't have a college near it is a bunch of old old people. The average age in the ward has got to be like 65 or close to that. I am enjoying it here mainly because Elder Babb is entertaining. It has only been the first week so it will get better it always does. Sorry about not emailing Monday it was Memorial day and yesterday was Zone Conference so I am getting it done today.
So I talked to Brother Ellis who is my favorite guy in the ward so far who works at the barrel factory they only have 45 and 53 gallon barrels and they cost about $800 so I don't think that is happening. Sorry. Well, what we have been doing is just preparing a few people for baptism who Elder Babb and Elder Houston prepared. Elder Houston went home and he is from Mesa Stapley and Southern I talked to him for a little at transfer point I wish I knew him better. Elder Chriss who was in my last district is from Gilbert and I told him if he wanted to call and talk to you guys that would be cool. I think his family is on vacation right when he got home, but in a month or so if he calls I told him you would probably love to hear from him.
Well that is basically it so far. Love you guys and I'll catch you later.
Well I am so sad to leave Siloam Springs I love that area and I am super bummed I had to leave and move on with my life. Transfers happens though.
Elder Babb who I met and I absolutely love he comes from Portland Oregon and he loves classic rock, is very good at the guitar and he is really funny, but normal. Lebanon is a lot like Siloam except because they don't have a college near it is a bunch of old old people. The average age in the ward has got to be like 65 or close to that. I am enjoying it here mainly because Elder Babb is entertaining. It has only been the first week so it will get better it always does. Sorry about not emailing Monday it was Memorial day and yesterday was Zone Conference so I am getting it done today.
So I talked to Brother Ellis who is my favorite guy in the ward so far who works at the barrel factory they only have 45 and 53 gallon barrels and they cost about $800 so I don't think that is happening. Sorry. Well, what we have been doing is just preparing a few people for baptism who Elder Babb and Elder Houston prepared. Elder Houston went home and he is from Mesa Stapley and Southern I talked to him for a little at transfer point I wish I knew him better. Elder Chriss who was in my last district is from Gilbert and I told him if he wanted to call and talk to you guys that would be cool. I think his family is on vacation right when he got home, but in a month or so if he calls I told him you would probably love to hear from him.
Well that is basically it so far. Love you guys and I'll catch you later.
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