Well, things here have been interesting this week. On Monday we all went paintballing! Even President Donald came! That was pretty fun! Haha and my team totally dominated!!! So that was sweet!
On Tuesday we had Mission Leader Conference. That is always awesome! We talked a lot about Christ-like attributes and creating more unity in the mission. So we taught about that at Zone Meeting on Friday. On Tuesday after MLC, we had to go to the hospital because Elder Barlow had a major ingrown toenail, and we had to get it operated on. So that pretty much killed our whole Tuesday because of how long it took to get to and from the clinic with traffic. Wednesday was a pretty normal day and we had some good lessons. We met with the guy from Malaysia again, which was cool. Thursday was a long day of weekly planning and planning for ZTM. But we were able to get some lessons in, too. Friday we had ZTM, and that went well! Then we had to go back to the hospital for a follow-up visit on Elder Barlow's toe. Saturday, we had a few hours in the morning/early afternoon to go out and work. But then we had to come to the church to set up for a fireside. We threw a missionary fireside on Saturday evening for members and investigators. We watched a part of Elder Bednar's "Come and See" talk, and a Mormon Message. Then we had some cake and had some games set up -- like ping pong, badminton, futsal, and the "eat the donut on a string" game thing. It was a ton of fun and we had a lot of people show up! And most of them were investigators and new members. It was great, because the investigators got fellowshipped well and everyone had a great time! Everyone was telling us we need to do another one soon! So that was cool! That took us from the evening to the night, though. But Sunday was good! We had several investigators show up at church! We had 2 random people just show up to the fireside last night, and they came to church on Sunday and we taught them! So that was cool! And we had a member visit with Sister Bombasi from the English ward. That was fun! And good food! Oh, and we brought a new member named Ivan along with us! He is like the best friend member with the missionaries! He is the coolest guy ever! He got baptized about 6 months ago, so just shortly before I got here. He is indonesian but he speaks fluent English. He is always going fellowshipping with us, and hanging out on P-Day, and he is way cool and way strong! And, he has an aunt that lives in California. Well, this summer he is coming to visit America for about 6 months to visit his aunt and stuff! Elder Barrus and I have invited him to come spend a few weeks in Utah with us and all the other missionaries he knows, and he is super excited! So we have been getting him started on Family History work recently so that we can take him to the temple to do baptisms for the dead for his family while he is there! So we are super excited about that! I hope it is Ok if I invite him to stay at our house with me for a few days while he is there. I really want you guys to meet him! He is so cool!
As for the rest of the work, as you can see we had to spend a lot of time out of our area this week, so we didn't get in as many teaching opportunities as I would have liked. But we still had a good week. Pak J is still preparing to be baptized next Sunday! So that is super exciting! He is awesome! Sadly Pak M didn't come to church again yesterday, so he has to be delayed a week. But we went to his house and taught him the Sabbath more in depth, and I think it helped him a lot, and he committed to for sure come next week, and wants to be baptized the beginning of April. So that is good! As for Pak B--ever since his stroke we haven't been able to get ahold of him, so that is a bummer! D--our African friend--is doing awesome! He is embracing the gospel and it is awesome! He said the other day he was riding a train, and the Holy Ghost told him to testify to the blind guy next to him about Jesus Christ. So he did, and the guy was Muslim, but said that D's testimony touched him, and he wants to meet with us now! Haha so cool!
That is most of the report on what is going on over here! It is a lot of good stuff! I am loving it here! It is exhausting! And stressful at times! But it is such an amazing opportunity!
Well, I love hearing from you all! Thanks for the letters and everything! Haha sounds like things will be busy at home for the next few weeks! Good--you guys can stay busy so you can stop being so trunky haha!!!
But I hope you all have a great week! Love you!
Love Elder Wood
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