Lebanon

Elder Babb took out my stitches we didn't have time to go to the Hospital.

Sounds Like everything is awesome and crazy but I guess once school starts it will settle down or speed up who knows? Dana should have an easy year if she lets it be easy only she can stress herself out senior year. How is Chris and football Jared is telling me that he is getting pretty big and he was already almost taller than us when I left so good for him can't wait to hear what happens.

This week went by pretty quick the bad news is that S who was supposed to get baptized this last week slipped up and had a couple drags of a cigarette she then called us and told us she was sorry and felt really bad so the baptism will be postponed for a couple of weeks. Good news is we have a few more people we are seeing they are all old people. So hopefully we can bump up our ward age average to 80 instead of 75. I am just joking we do have a ton of older people in our ward and older people and youth are the best ward missionaries because they are not afraid and they care about their friends and stuff so we get a lot of referrals for other older people. It is swell we hear a lot of interesting stories and they are just so nice so I am not complaining. A is doing good she seems to be getting along very well and yeah we still go and see her and answer questions and such so that is nice. I am trying to think of anything else happened. Well I guess that is all I have. Love you guys see ya next week

Peace.

Lebanon

What? A kid from Norway? And I don't even get to meet him, come on? Of course this would happen. First Arizona starts snowing once I'm gone and then all of the sudden a kid from Norway is living in our house probably going to be sleeping in my bed, and I don't even get to meet him. What's next Hell freezes over? Whatever that is really cool just unexpected and really fast.

I heard about Savana's baby I do hope everything goes well I know I will be praying for the little guy. I'm sure it will be fine.

Well this week was good as always I am glad to be in Lebanon, Transfers are not for another three weeks or so and If I had to guess they are keeping both of us here again, but then again I do not know anything can happen.

The Highlight of the Week is that A was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  She was excited and ready to get dunked this time. Elder Babb performed the ordinance in an old 70's style baptism suit, (looked kind of like Elvis). It was very good and we were both very happy.

Also Saturday we had a pretty good rain storm it flooded the streets and blew over a tree that took out our power whoo hoo. Its all good now but that was a little bit of excitement.

As for the rest of the week just going around trying to see people mainly nobody is home or answers the door, but that is just part of the job especially in Missouri. We did happen to catch R who is the guy with a few toes that sued his daughter and we went and watched. We mowed his lawn in the trailer park. Well anyway; their housekeeper/ Nurse lady we talked to and she seemed a little interested in the church. We went back to R's a few days later and they said that she was asking about us. So who knows at this point maybe we'll have something out of it. Every time we go to R's its in the afternoon and he and his wife are always watching Ellen and he doesn't like Homosexuals so he'll always say something like, "She is as queer as a 4 dollar bill" it makes me laugh and think of Dana (who also loves watching Ellen). So R doesn't like that she is a lesbian but he thinks that she should be a Christian because she gives away free things to the audience and he thinks that is awesome. So going over to his trailer is always fun. He believes in everything we say but I don't know how committed he is, but we will find out. Oh he also told us that because of the Alien crash in Area 51 that is how we have all of our technology now. Of course good ol' Missouri nothing like it in the rest of the world.

Well I think that was everything interesting for this week. You'll have the Norwegian kid and Jared at home and Seth every other day and now that he is 1 he'll be a rascallian. Sounds like you will be pretty busy. Promise me that you'll give the exchange student a nice time take him to the lake and give him cinnamon toast crunch, and take him shooting. You know all the good stuff that AZ has to offer. "Well in case I don't see you again, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight."

Lebanon

Wow I read about twenty emails all about Jackson Hole I am going to be honest it was pretty hard to get through all of them and the pictures I miss that place so much. But Oh well I only have to endure that torture one more time.

Well everything was pretty good this week I felt like we were pretty busy with all the baptism stuff and getting stuff set up. K the girl who just got baptized is not the one who hates me; that girl is already baptized and she says I'm okay now. K's baptism was good I'll send you pictures I brought my camera stuff today.

Elder Babb, K and Elder Heywood

The next two weeks will also be baptisms both girls no guys. So far S is doing really good with the smoking she is holding strong. She gets cravings and goes through withdrawls but she handles them like a champ and we just keep telling her like 14 more days and stuff like that. She reall has a strong desire to be baptized it is pretty amazing to see.

A is the one who backed out last time and she is this Saturday; she came to Katilyn's baptism and we talked to her afterwards. She was really excited and really comforted because I think she understood better the covenants she was making and how it was going to bless her life.

I also found out something kind of amusing we have a very old guy in our ward he is like 80; everyone calls him Norman the Mormon well we were at his house for dinner and he has some family somewhere in either Safford or Thatcher. Well he told us his mom passed away this last year. She was 101 and she was like a big deal when AZ had it centennial she was like one of two people in Arizona that were there from literally the beginning.

Other than working with the three people now two being baptized not much has happened. Oh we had a Zone Meeting and we were already on exchanges with the our District Leader Elder Buck Nasty A.K.A. Buckley and we drove down to Houston which is where they are stationed and they live with members on a farm, so because we missed fireworks we had our own little show that was a pretty good time. We threw firecrackers at each other and I have like three burn marks now.

Other than that I am doing good I'll send the pictures now Elder Babb is still awesome and yeah. Peace

Lebanon

Well I didn't know sis Shumway called you I thought that was only for big stuff. I guess you already know but I have three stitches in my nose and I couldn't be happier. That was part of my Fourth of July, we went with some other elders to the Fort Leonard Wood Base Bash. Which is the local army base nearby and we were having a gay old time every single one of us went to Wal Mart earlier that day and bought some America Gear. Well basically on the base it was a big carnival with inflatables kind of like the Houston Carnival and they were having an Army man talent show. Where people would go up there and perform there were some that rapped, played the guitar, and one sang the Hunchback of Notre Dame song he must have been the weird one of the group. Well anyways we were having a good time and we were in line for the obstacle course when I went I was going through pretty fast trying to beat the course record. I then slipped and came down on my fist and then I got up and started running again when I looked down I saw blood and I was like "wow been a long time since I've had a bloody nose" when I came out of the course the others were waiting and they were laughing and we took some pictures. We went over to the food stands to get some napkins and I cleaned it up a little. Babb asked to see it to get another picture and when I took off the napkins he just kind of went "ooohhhoohhffffff" and he was like you split your nose. The other elders looked and all had the same reaction. They showed me a pic and it was pretty gross not like running over your foot with the lawn mower though. Well we went to first aid but since I was not in the service they said they couldn't do anything so Babb drove me back to Lebanon to the civilian hospital and they stitched it up and we missed fireworks. Stupid. Although it was still kind of fun but its all good now it didn't really hurt the only part that hurt is when the doc gave me a shot to numb my nose that hurt but everything else was mild. Well that was my Fourth it was alright.

Ow!

Can the Heywood boys escape the emergency room on their missions?  NO

We have a baptism this weekend for the 9 year old girl we have been teaching. That will be fun she is one of those crazy out of control funny 9 year olds that just entertains you by whatever comes out of her mouth. Kind of like Dana.

Also more good news another investigator has now officially given up smoking and has been clean for 8 days so keep your fingers crossed on that one. Other than that everything is good as grapes. I am just havin a dandy time out her with Babb. All is good and well and gravy. Well Peace Muchachos




Babb has all the pictures I will have him send them to me