Well transfer calls came last night when our district leader called with transfer information. Elder Rivera already knew that he was going to be leaving, he just didn't know where he was going to go, so that's all we were waiting for. I will be staying here in Lakewood for probably two more transfers and he is getting transferred down to the New Philadelphia ward. He's getting lucky with a nice warm car and getting just about as far from the lake as he possibly could. He's pretty happy about that. But I'll find out who my new companion is tomorrow when we meet up for transfers. I don't know much about him yet, but it'll all be good.
We had another interesting experience with Mirta last week. We met on Saturday and she said she needed to talk to us about something. She said that she wants to worship God by jumping and shouting and dancing and doing a lot of weird stuff. She didn't like how we were quiet and reverent during sacrament meeting, but she loved just about everything else about church. Then she told us that she would come and visit the church but she wouldn't be coming every week. And then she didn't come to stake conference on Sunday. It was just a sad weekend. She said we could keep meeting with her and that she would start to read the Book of Mormon, so that's a bonus. We even got her a Book of Mormon in Spanish for her to read and understand better, so after she reads a little bit she will start coming back to church. We also think that she might have a bad memory because we have to teach her the same thing about the Book of Mormon every time we go over. She doesn't remember that the Book of Mormon takes place in the Americas and the Bible takes place in Jerusalem. And then she also told us that God hasn't told us to join our church yet, but the first time we were there she said that God was telling her to join our church. I've never had a problem with teaching people with short term memory problems like her. We are still going to be teaching her and going over tomorrow again to meet with her. It was kind of a bummer to everything else that has happened with her.
It was pretty cold over the weekend, and then yesterday it was in the high 40's and today it's supposed to be 60's and raining all day. So all the snow we just recently got is all melted now, but it's supposed to start snowing again tomorrow and it'll snow pretty much the rest of the week. It's a wonderful experience for a new companion to come into a biking area and have it be snowing the whole first week they are here. Hopefully they like biking all day every day!
We've still just been doing a lot of finding and having doors shut in our face, but it's all good! We just keep going and having a good time out here in the freezing cold every day! We've been going around and letting Elder Rivera say bye to a lot of people here because he loves this area and all the people here and doesn't want to leave. He's been really sad the last couple of days since finding out he was leaving. Hopefully I don't get lost too often after he leaves, but I'll figure it out now. Kind of have to since he won't be here.
We might be going to the temple in Columbus this Saturday with a returning less active to do baptisms, so that will be fun if it all works out. He's one of my favorite members here and really wants us to go with him, so we have been trying to get permission since it will be his first time going to do baptisms. And I also know that this next week we will be helping a couple of people move, so that will be fun as well.
Love you,
Elder Woodward
PS Kyrie Irving who plays for the Cavs lives pretty much in the backyard of the church. Not to brag or anything...
Pictures:
Me and Elder and Sister Leavitt my favorite senior missionaries ever that live next door and feed us good food all the time.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Cleveland sign
Me and the Cleveland sign
Me and my homeboy Lebron
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