Alright, alright, this is some fresh news straight off the printing press of the Mission President Weekly: "The long awaited time for our mission and technology has finally arrived. We received word a couple of weeks ago that we are now approved to use smart phones. The role out will be gradual with all missionaries having their own phone at the end of March. There will be a lot of training between now and then in both Mission Leadership Councils and Zone Conferences. If you have 3 months or more left in your mission at the end of March, you will be asked to purchase your own phone from an approved list of phone models. (Please do not buy any phone until the appropriate time.) If you have less than 3 months left at the end of March, you will be given a loaner that will be returned when you leave." I don't think I will have to buy a phone depending on what "at the end of March" means, because at the end of March I will have less than three months left. So I'm sure I'll get some more news for you, but that's coming up in the next couple of months. Also, transfer news for this next transfer. Yes, Elder Klinglesmith is going to be going home, back to Roy Utah, and I am staying here in Youngstown for at least another month and a half. I could be here for one transfer or until I go home, just depends on what President Brown is feeling like. I'm thinking I'll leave after two more here, but I don't know. My new companion's name is going to be Elder Schwartz, hopefully you can sound that one out because I tried spelling it a different way, but it's pretty much the same as what it is now. I don't know much about him other than he's been out for a year and he is coming from my old area in Lakewood. So make sure to send some questions that I can answer for you next week. I'm sure he will be happy to be in an area with a truck instead of just bikes like he has been on for a while now.
This last week flew by. We had exchanges with the Assistants last week and some lady that we met when we were out tracting took a picture of us and she was going to send it to you. She told us that she follows someone on Instagram that is a member and has a son on a mission and she put that if anyone has the missionaries knock on their door, to take a picture and email it to their mom, so she took a picture of us out in the 5 degree weather all bundled up and we gave her your email address. Hopefully she sent it off to you so you can see what we have to look like as we are out freezing our butts off in the cold. But Elder Talbot (the missionary I was with) and I made it onto a neighborhood Facebook page for where we were tracting that a member lived in because people were talking about how much dedication we had to be out in the cold when all the schools were cancelled and we were happy to be doing it. So you never know what impression people get, and they are normally a little bit nicer when it's cold. Except since being back here in Youngstown and out tracting, people have been yelling at us that we need to get inside and warm up and go home because it's too cold to be out and that we are crazy. So ya, we are pretty crazy. The only thing is they won't let us in their house to warm up, they just get mad at us for being out when the wind makes it a blistering -10 degrees outside. Oh, and the walmart in our area was sold out of toe warmers, but luckily it has warmed up a little bit and my toes are still attached to my feet.
We've been doing lots of finding lately, had some good dinners, had some funny experiences, but not anything too crazy recently. The lady that walked into church probably like two months ago now has been coming back, and she started asking questions on Sunday when she came which is exactly what we wanted, so we talked with her a little bit and are trying to set up a time to meet with her and teach her a little bit about the church this week. She is a really cool lady, so good things are coming. There was also a less active family that moved into the ward that Elder Klinglesmith actually met when he was in the Lima ward because that is where they moved from. We were able to go see them last Saturday and him and his wife are both members, they have three daughters who are 11, 7, and 4, and the 11 year old hasn't been baptized, but when they were in Lima the husband had talked about how he wanted her to be baptized, so we might be able to start teaching her and working towards baptism with them. We haven't been able to see Callei in a while because of the cold and then her grandpa being sick, so her baptism might not happen on the 20th, but it will be coming up soon!
There's a pic of the district from this last week since I have been slacking on sending pictures or even taking pictures since I've been in Youngstown. But half of the district is leaving and this transfer is crazy with everyone moving around. Gonna be exciting this next transfer, so hopefully the work continues on!
I know this isn't a super long email, but Elder Klinglesmith's gotta pack so we gotta go. Love ya!
Elder Woodward
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