Hey Mom,
It is going this fine December day, we went shopping at Meijer and I took my coat off before we went in. After Meijer I went and made my Christmas card that I will be sending out probably tomorrow. It is pretty sweet.
Last week was pretty good, on Friday we went on exchanges with the zone leaders. I went to Lake Orion and Elder L. from Hyrum came to Clarkston.
Yeah right now we are on the brink of putting several new people on date. My most favorite thing about my mission is to see people change and hunger after the scriptures, and the gospel.
I love you guys, and good job on reading the Book Of Mormon. Keep up the good work and continually feast upon the words of Christ. 2 Nephi 32:3
Love Elder Wood
Elder Tyler Wood entered the MTC on Wednesday, January 5, 2011. He left for the Michigan, Detroit Mission on Monday, January 24, 2011.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
December 5, 2011 (Week 49, Month 11, Day 335)
Hello Mom,
And yeah it is my 11th month out, and today I finished the Book Of Mormon for the second time while on my mission. It is going by quite fast, and I was getting a little overwhelmed because it is going by so fast. So by the way, have you been reading your scriptures everyday, and pray in the morning and at night?
That is a pretty cool about the story that D C told at the ward Christmas breakfast. When I get back I will have to show you a movie about a guy that found a Book Of Mormon in an alley. You never know what impact you have on others, even just by leaving a Book Of Mormon laying around.
Yesterday we went and watched the Christmas devotional.
I love you and thank you for all that you do for me. And Merry Christmas. I can now use my phrase, some people like to get after me during the rest of the year.
Love Elder Wood
3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
And yeah it is my 11th month out, and today I finished the Book Of Mormon for the second time while on my mission. It is going by quite fast, and I was getting a little overwhelmed because it is going by so fast. So by the way, have you been reading your scriptures everyday, and pray in the morning and at night?
That is a pretty cool about the story that D C told at the ward Christmas breakfast. When I get back I will have to show you a movie about a guy that found a Book Of Mormon in an alley. You never know what impact you have on others, even just by leaving a Book Of Mormon laying around.
Yesterday we went and watched the Christmas devotional.
I love you and thank you for all that you do for me. And Merry Christmas. I can now use my phrase, some people like to get after me during the rest of the year.
Love Elder Wood
3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
November 28, 2011 (Week 48)
Howdy Mother,
Your Elder Sonny boy is doing well. Last week was a pretty good week. On Thanksgiving we went to several of our ward members houses. We could stay at each one for up to two hours. On Thanksgiving morning we went to one of the neighboring high schools, and we had a Turkey Bowl football game between the young men and the adults. We were on the adults side, and we won. Usually the young men win. I was a rusher, and a blocker, Elder O went out for receiving. We had over 50 people out on the field, so it was a little bit crazy. At one of the members house (which live on a golf course) we went out and hit a couple balls. At first it was a little bit scary, I was missing them like crazy at first, and then it came back to me.
On Saturday we had a baptism for D, he is so sweet and is going to be an awesome member. We have been meeting with him for several weeks now, and is doing great.
That is good that you guys had a pretty good week also, sounds like you got some good shopping in. And probably found some good deals on stuff. I was thinking when I was getting ready last Friday at seven if you were out waiting for the stores to open. One of the less active members we met with last week joked with us, after asking if we could do anything for them. "You could go and wait in line for us".
I hope that all is well with you, I am doing good with stuff.
I love you and keep on reading the Book Of Mormon every night and make it a priority. Thank you for all that you do for me. I love you so much.
Love Elder Wood
Your Elder Sonny boy is doing well. Last week was a pretty good week. On Thanksgiving we went to several of our ward members houses. We could stay at each one for up to two hours. On Thanksgiving morning we went to one of the neighboring high schools, and we had a Turkey Bowl football game between the young men and the adults. We were on the adults side, and we won. Usually the young men win. I was a rusher, and a blocker, Elder O went out for receiving. We had over 50 people out on the field, so it was a little bit crazy. At one of the members house (which live on a golf course) we went out and hit a couple balls. At first it was a little bit scary, I was missing them like crazy at first, and then it came back to me.
On Saturday we had a baptism for D, he is so sweet and is going to be an awesome member. We have been meeting with him for several weeks now, and is doing great.
That is good that you guys had a pretty good week also, sounds like you got some good shopping in. And probably found some good deals on stuff. I was thinking when I was getting ready last Friday at seven if you were out waiting for the stores to open. One of the less active members we met with last week joked with us, after asking if we could do anything for them. "You could go and wait in line for us".
I hope that all is well with you, I am doing good with stuff.
I love you and keep on reading the Book Of Mormon every night and make it a priority. Thank you for all that you do for me. I love you so much.
Love Elder Wood
November 21, 2011 (Week 47)
Hey Mom,
How are you doing? Sounds like you had a good time at Kyle's (Elder G.) welcome home. I am doing well, Elder O. is so AWESOME. He has been out for seven weeks, and so I am follow up training him. Some cool miracles are going to happen this transfer, and the one to come. And yes we are going to have a baptism this week. It is kind of weird teaching people that are your age or are older than you.
For Thanksgiving we are going over to a members house, and maybe another house too. Who knows quite yet.
Yeah we are doing well, and this transfer is going to be a good one. It is going to be fun follow up training Elder O.
I hope that you have a good day, and keep on reading your scriptures everyday.
I love You, Elder Wood
How are you doing? Sounds like you had a good time at Kyle's (Elder G.) welcome home. I am doing well, Elder O. is so AWESOME. He has been out for seven weeks, and so I am follow up training him. Some cool miracles are going to happen this transfer, and the one to come. And yes we are going to have a baptism this week. It is kind of weird teaching people that are your age or are older than you.
For Thanksgiving we are going over to a members house, and maybe another house too. Who knows quite yet.
Yeah we are doing well, and this transfer is going to be a good one. It is going to be fun follow up training Elder O.
I hope that you have a good day, and keep on reading your scriptures everyday.
I love You, Elder Wood
Monday, November 14, 2011
November 14, 2011 (Week 46)
Hey Mom and Family,
I am doing well, this morning is pretty nice with the temperatures at a good temperature. This is going to be a short letter today, we are going to Ann Arbor again. It is always fun going down there checking out the campus and a few stores. My coat is just fine, I need to sew some buttons on, most of them fell off this past spring.
These past two transfers have been really good, we have seen so many new miracles, and blessings. Elder G is the man! I hope that you can make it down to Alpine next Sunday, he still doesn't know what his topic is on. He thinks that there probably going to have him talk about his mission experiences. But there are a lot of experiences to fit into twenty minutes, or however long he has. And to go out with a bang, there were four investigators at church today.
That is cool that you went to L's farewell, I bet he did an awesome job. Were there many people at the church? And was it at that new church on 2300?
So everything is going well, I will find out who my new companion will be tomorrow. I hope that we can assist in helping the C ward grow as we have seen in the past couple of months. That is cool that Elder W & Elder S are going to be staying for another transfer, I hope that they are finding success down there.
I love you mom, and thank you for all that you have and are doing for me. I hope that everything will go well at work this week. Oh and that is AWESOME that you are CONSISTENTLY reading your scriptures. Keep up the good work. Oh last of all I saw some pictures of the Ogden temple (well the remnants of it) on the Deseret News website. It is crazy.
Love Elder Wood
I am doing well, this morning is pretty nice with the temperatures at a good temperature. This is going to be a short letter today, we are going to Ann Arbor again. It is always fun going down there checking out the campus and a few stores. My coat is just fine, I need to sew some buttons on, most of them fell off this past spring.
These past two transfers have been really good, we have seen so many new miracles, and blessings. Elder G is the man! I hope that you can make it down to Alpine next Sunday, he still doesn't know what his topic is on. He thinks that there probably going to have him talk about his mission experiences. But there are a lot of experiences to fit into twenty minutes, or however long he has. And to go out with a bang, there were four investigators at church today.
That is cool that you went to L's farewell, I bet he did an awesome job. Were there many people at the church? And was it at that new church on 2300?
So everything is going well, I will find out who my new companion will be tomorrow. I hope that we can assist in helping the C ward grow as we have seen in the past couple of months. That is cool that Elder W & Elder S are going to be staying for another transfer, I hope that they are finding success down there.
I love you mom, and thank you for all that you have and are doing for me. I hope that everything will go well at work this week. Oh and that is AWESOME that you are CONSISTENTLY reading your scriptures. Keep up the good work. Oh last of all I saw some pictures of the Ogden temple (well the remnants of it) on the Deseret News website. It is crazy.
Love Elder Wood
Saturday, November 12, 2011
November 7, 2011 (Week 45)
Hello Mom,
I am doing well, the snow has yet to fall in Michigan. Sounds like you are having a harder time with winter coming in Utah, than we are here in Michigan. But soon the snow will fall, we have been having freezing temp. lately. I finally sent the Carey's their letter last week. And yeah we had been working with C H for the last transfer that I was there. I didn't know how long it was going to take before she got baptized. Before I read your email today I read updates from the mission office, and it said that she had been baptized. That is awesome. I bet we have an impact on those around us, but sometimes it seems like the work is stagnating. But you never know the impact you will have on other.
That is so cool that L is going to to the MTC next week, I am going to write him a letter today and send it out on like Friday. He is going to do great. Have you heard much about Elder P? I was thinking this morning that I have not talked to, or written him in like a year. So if you could get me his mission office address that would be cool. Elder S sent me an email a couple of weeks ago talking about that we are already on our year marks.
The lesson we had with D was pretty sweet. We met with him for the third time; at the end of the lesson we were talking about him quiting smoking. He was planning on quiting the week before he was baptized. Then Elder G asked him what would be holding him back from quiting Friday. Then he was all I really don't know. Then he went and grabbed all of his tobacco and gave it to us. That was the second time that someone had given all of their tobacco to us. And then we picked up another investigator, it was like the second or third week I had been here and we tracted into this sweet lady. And then we were finally able to make an appointment with her. So on Thursday we were able to teach her. And she was talking about bringing her parents to church.
So all is swell here. And have you been reading your scriptures everyday? I love you and keep up the good work. I love you and I am so thankful for all that you have done for me, so that I could be here out on my mission this day.
Love Elder Wood
I am doing well, the snow has yet to fall in Michigan. Sounds like you are having a harder time with winter coming in Utah, than we are here in Michigan. But soon the snow will fall, we have been having freezing temp. lately. I finally sent the Carey's their letter last week. And yeah we had been working with C H for the last transfer that I was there. I didn't know how long it was going to take before she got baptized. Before I read your email today I read updates from the mission office, and it said that she had been baptized. That is awesome. I bet we have an impact on those around us, but sometimes it seems like the work is stagnating. But you never know the impact you will have on other.
That is so cool that L is going to to the MTC next week, I am going to write him a letter today and send it out on like Friday. He is going to do great. Have you heard much about Elder P? I was thinking this morning that I have not talked to, or written him in like a year. So if you could get me his mission office address that would be cool. Elder S sent me an email a couple of weeks ago talking about that we are already on our year marks.
The lesson we had with D was pretty sweet. We met with him for the third time; at the end of the lesson we were talking about him quiting smoking. He was planning on quiting the week before he was baptized. Then Elder G asked him what would be holding him back from quiting Friday. Then he was all I really don't know. Then he went and grabbed all of his tobacco and gave it to us. That was the second time that someone had given all of their tobacco to us. And then we picked up another investigator, it was like the second or third week I had been here and we tracted into this sweet lady. And then we were finally able to make an appointment with her. So on Thursday we were able to teach her. And she was talking about bringing her parents to church.
So all is swell here. And have you been reading your scriptures everyday? I love you and keep up the good work. I love you and I am so thankful for all that you have done for me, so that I could be here out on my mission this day.
Love Elder Wood
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