This Wednesday preparation day is really throwing me off! It makes the week seem like it goes by so much faster though. I kind of like it. Still getting used to it though. I don't think it will change back to Monday anytime soon. The Lakewood ward could be really big. There are like 600 people on the ward roster but there's only like 25% activity, so it's not a Utah ward. Bigger than Tiffin, but still only over 100 people each week. There are two sets of elders in the ward and we have the bigger part of the area. There used to be three sets with one set of sisters, but they took them out a while ago and the ward just wants sisters back because everyone loves sisters.
The weather actually hasn't been too bad. A little bit bipolar. We finally got some snow last week because it was cold enough to snow, and then it got down to -3 and my toes felt like they were going to fall off because I wasn't wearing toe warmers or my boots because it wasn't supposed to be as cold that day. They were wrong though. And the wind. It can just stop anytime and I would be happy. The wind is always blowing and it is always blowing against us as we are biking. Doesn't matter what direction we bike, it's always blowing against us at like 30 mph. It either almost knocks you over or it stops you right where you are. We bike probably 20 miles every day unless it's snowing, then we just don't take the bikes out. Biking in the snow isn't a ton of fun because you have to do three times the work to get through it and it's not the nicest on the bikes. The last transfer Elder Rivera and his companion biked more than 450 miles and there were five days that they just walked. So my bike will definitely be used when I come home.
Lakewood is a suburb of Cleveland, but it's a super nice area. Not ghetto like parts of Cleveland, but not super rich. Bay Village is apparently where all the rich people live. There are still nicer parts of Lakewood than others, but it's mostly middle class. Right along the lake there are bigger homes and they are nice, but that's to be expected for right on the lake. There's like 48,000 people that live in Lakewood and there probably weren't even 30,000 in the entire area of Tiffin. So there are a lot more people here.
We've got two new investigators since last week. One named Samuel who is a really laid back guy, agreed to be baptized on February 4th, and then another lady named Sarah who is living with her boyfriend who is Greek Orthodox. He wasn't there when we knocked on her door, but she had a ton of questions about missionary work and what we do and how we come out and all the normal questions people have for us. We set up a time to go back to meet with her and her boyfriend. And she has extended family living in SLC that are members so she's heard a little bit about the church. She grew up Jewish but doesn't go to church except on holidays, just like almost everyone out here. We do a lot of tracting to find people and biking from one appointment to the next. It's good though. Getting in some exercise.
There's a lot of work to be done here and it's a ton of fun with Elder Rivera. We get along super well and just have a good time. We tease each other all the time. It's great.
LoveElder Woodward
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