I don't even know where to start this letter because I can't think of what to write today. So I guess I can start with last week on preparation day. We went and played kickball with a less active family in our area and all their kids and all their kids friends. It was actually really fun having an activity like that and having some competition even though we really aren't supposed to. But it was a ton of fun and it was luckily not too hot when we were out playing. There was only two problems: 1. Since I was wearing shorts and my legs really haven't seen the sun for a year and we were out for three hours, they were really white but then they turned pretty red and I got roasted, and 2. we also haven't done much sprinting so after we were doing playing we were both super sore for a couple of days hobbling around trying to get the rest of our work done. But it was definitely worth it and a crazy ton of fun.
We ended up having 6 people at church on Sunday which is a crazy amount for us to have! Brent and Aimee and their two kids were there again, and then Silas and Juanita Dawson were there as well! The Dawsons had promised us that they would be there and they got there a little bit late so we didn't think they were there, but they sat out in the foyer and we found them after. We had taught the Dawsons about keeping the Sabbath Day Holy in our last lesson and it finally clicked with him that that's what he needed to be doing with his Sunday. It was so good to have them there again. And then of course Brent and Aimee. Always good to see them at church again and again.
Speaking of Brent and Aimee, we were at the member's house for dinner last night and they were there so we could keep teaching them, and we were able to teach them about the Plan of Salvation and we committed them both to be baptized on July 22. Cody and Justin weren't there because they were at a camp, but Brent and Aimee had both started reading the Book of Mormon. Aimee has met with missionaries before, but Brent never has and so it's all new for him, but he knows why he needs to be baptized and they have been loving church so things are great with them!
Jean is also doing well, just hasn't been to church yet. She is starting on the book of Mosiah and is just pounding through it all. Things are good with her as well though. And then there's Crystal who is also doing awesome! She started to listen to the Book of Mormon while she was at work and was able to do it two days in a row! There's this co-worker of hers that always calls her a million times a day so she can never listen to it, but one night she prayed that she would be able to listen to it the next day at work and magically that co-worker's head phones broke. The Lord works in mysterious ways. And the best part is they haven't been fixed, and Crystal recognized it as an answer to her prayers. We were planning on taking her to Kirtland this weekend, but she is going out of town and it works out better for us to get a ride up there anyways if we do it next week, so that's currently the plan. Also, we gave her 10 year old daughter a Book of Mormon stories book so she can read it and she loved it and had read to the third chapter by the time we left their house. Maybe that will help Crystal to read as well.
That's all I can think of for this week!
Love Elder Woodward
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