Hello Mom,
All is well in Clarkston, rain is coming from the sky. But the weather has been nice latley, the fall is such a great time of year, it just feels warm and inviting, and it is the harvest season. Thank you for the stories that you sent me, they are so cool to read and to see all of the blessings that come from serving a mission.
Our trip to Ann Arbor was pretty good, it was raining last Monday too. Michigan State is in Ann Arbor, that campus is so large and cool. It was my first time going down there.
This last week was not that great because my companion got sick on Tuesday and it kept us in the apartment for most of the week, I am so thankful that I did not get sick. I'm pretty sure that I have been sick three times on my mission, when I came out on my mission, and two more times after that. And then we lost two of our investigators, the guy that his friend from California, and then Brother Ziegler. Even though we did not have that great of a week I was able to study quite a bit. And I had been wondering for a few weeks why we go through the temple before we go on our missions. As I started to read through Preach My Gospel I stopped on one of the study boxes, which was talking about our power and authority that we have as missionaries. It refered back to the dedicatory prayer from the Kirtland Ohio temple dedication, it talked about how we are given power, and that we will be supported by Angels as we go about declaring the gospel. It was just a neat expeirencience of finding answers from the scriptures.
Yesterday we had a missionary come home from the Rome Italy Mission. So of course I asked him if he knew Elder K, one of his good missionary friends actually trained him. It is just crazy to see all of the ways that people within the church are related to one another. Elder K wrote me a letter while he was back in the MTC and I never wrote him back. I need to do that pretty soon.
That is pretty cool that L was able to escort his sister on homecoming. Yeah I went on a letter writting blitz, I finally wrote a letter to Mr. D. Thank you again for that.
And WOW that is so crazy how big K is now, he is begining to look like a toddler now. Crazy how fast they grow up. I remember talking to Bishop H several years ago and he said that the time was going to fly by as I prepared to go on my mission. And yesterday at church we went in for the second lesson with the priest quorum and the lessons were on preparing to go on missions. Weird to think that I am on the flip sid of the table now.
But thank you again for the missionary stories and keep up the good work with you missionary efforts.
“Missionary work is but home teaching to those who are not now members of the Church,
and home teaching is nothing more or less than missionary work to Church members” - Harold B. Lee
I love all of you so much, and thank you for all of the support that you give.
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, September 26, 2011
September 19, 2011 (Week 38)
Hola Mom,
I am doing swell, the rain is pouring, and we are going to Ann Arbor after we email. Elder Greene has a doctor appointment down there. But yeah September is half way through and it keeps on just a moving. It sounds like you have had a way busy month, making cakes, working, church, etc. This family in the Clarkston ward has been canning, filling #10 cans, and dry packing a lot. It is just crazy how much they have been putting into storage. I learned something this week, but what is the one food that will never spoil? I will put the answer down below dad's portion of the email.
One thing that I need you guys to write about for next weeks letter is: what missionary moments have you had latley? Dad: what is one of your most memorable moments on your mission? Family: what is your favorite missionary stories in the scriptures? And any other experiences you have had in the past. We are going to be talking about these experiences in our next district meeting.
But yeah last week was a pretty good one, but a little bit weird, and it flew by. We had Elder Allan Packer come speak to us. And then on Tuesday we went and helped at the senior center, and helped a recent convert move from one house to another. She had so many books, but she has never read any of them. Wednesday we had our preperation day. Friday we helped out at a funeral for a former member of the Clarkston ward, her husband had been the bishop for a long time, and then three months after he was released he was killed in a car accident. And then she had been battling cancer for a long time, and passed away this past week. She sounded like she was such a nice lady, and there were a lot of inactive people from the ward that showed up to the funeral. And that night we went on exchanges with Romeo elders. So in all there has been a lot of things that have went on last week. We kind of had a struggle with trying to set up appointments, we actually lost several of our appointments with members at church. But things are looking up, we just need to keep on going and finding those that are searching for the gospel. Elder G and Elder (from Romeo) had been tracting on Saturday and they knocked on this door and the guy answered and they said hello and everything. Then he turned around and said to his wife in the background, "Honey the Elders are here". So it struck them what is this a member that we tracted into? But I guess he is from West Virginia, and had met with the missionaries down there. And we are going to meet with them on Tuesday. And before they left the guy looked down at their shoes and saw that their shoes needed polishing and said "I can't let you Elders leave like that". So he pollished their shoes. Man southern people are so sweet, they are just down to earth, just like the yearys back in Monroe.
But we were not able to meet with the ex-Marine guy, he moved to an appartment and he gave us his address from memory but he could not remember it exactly. So we could not find him, and he is not answering his phone. And then Dorthy told us that she will contact us when she wants to meet again, so we will see what happens in the near future.
I hope that you guys have a good week in all that you do, and don't forget to email me those missionary experiences. And have you guys been able to have any missionary experiences? I hope that you are able to get this wedding cake finished, and that work is not hectic this week. I love you, and thank you for all that you have and are doing for me now.
Love Elder Wood
I am doing swell, the rain is pouring, and we are going to Ann Arbor after we email. Elder Greene has a doctor appointment down there. But yeah September is half way through and it keeps on just a moving. It sounds like you have had a way busy month, making cakes, working, church, etc. This family in the Clarkston ward has been canning, filling #10 cans, and dry packing a lot. It is just crazy how much they have been putting into storage. I learned something this week, but what is the one food that will never spoil? I will put the answer down below dad's portion of the email.
One thing that I need you guys to write about for next weeks letter is: what missionary moments have you had latley? Dad: what is one of your most memorable moments on your mission? Family: what is your favorite missionary stories in the scriptures? And any other experiences you have had in the past. We are going to be talking about these experiences in our next district meeting.
But yeah last week was a pretty good one, but a little bit weird, and it flew by. We had Elder Allan Packer come speak to us. And then on Tuesday we went and helped at the senior center, and helped a recent convert move from one house to another. She had so many books, but she has never read any of them. Wednesday we had our preperation day. Friday we helped out at a funeral for a former member of the Clarkston ward, her husband had been the bishop for a long time, and then three months after he was released he was killed in a car accident. And then she had been battling cancer for a long time, and passed away this past week. She sounded like she was such a nice lady, and there were a lot of inactive people from the ward that showed up to the funeral. And that night we went on exchanges with Romeo elders. So in all there has been a lot of things that have went on last week. We kind of had a struggle with trying to set up appointments, we actually lost several of our appointments with members at church. But things are looking up, we just need to keep on going and finding those that are searching for the gospel. Elder G and Elder (from Romeo) had been tracting on Saturday and they knocked on this door and the guy answered and they said hello and everything. Then he turned around and said to his wife in the background, "Honey the Elders are here". So it struck them what is this a member that we tracted into? But I guess he is from West Virginia, and had met with the missionaries down there. And we are going to meet with them on Tuesday. And before they left the guy looked down at their shoes and saw that their shoes needed polishing and said "I can't let you Elders leave like that". So he pollished their shoes. Man southern people are so sweet, they are just down to earth, just like the yearys back in Monroe.
But we were not able to meet with the ex-Marine guy, he moved to an appartment and he gave us his address from memory but he could not remember it exactly. So we could not find him, and he is not answering his phone. And then Dorthy told us that she will contact us when she wants to meet again, so we will see what happens in the near future.
I hope that you guys have a good week in all that you do, and don't forget to email me those missionary experiences. And have you guys been able to have any missionary experiences? I hope that you are able to get this wedding cake finished, and that work is not hectic this week. I love you, and thank you for all that you have and are doing for me now.
Love Elder Wood
September 12, 2011(Week 37)
Hey Mom,
I am doing good, sorry it took me a couple of days to write back to you, but Elder Packer from the seventy came to our mission on Monday. It was a pretty good mission tour, and we were able to learn a lot from all that spoke to us. We have a couple of new contacts. One of them is from south Africa, and she came here to go to college. Last week we were able to and watch the Restoration video with her, and she came to church. We are not sure when the next time will be that we meet with her but she is so solid. And then a guy from California actually called the Bishop in Clarkston and told him about one of his friends from childhood. And we met with him, he is moving right now, and he is going to still be in our area still. Him and his friend were in the Marines together, and he is just in need of a change right now. He talked about his friend in California in how he has changed a lot, and he wants the same joy in his life. So we are finding some people to teach, it takes some time to find them, but we just need to be led by the Spirit to those that are seeking the Gospel.
That is good that K's cake went well, now you just have another one for this week. You will have to tell me about S's wedding next Monday. I hope that you don't get to stressed over it.
I have been wondering about baby Good latley, you should send me a picture over email next week of both K and Baby G. Last week Brooke sent me a little package with some candy and a card telling me that they were having a baby girl.
But I am doing swell, the work is moving along, and I'm trying to learn all that I can from my mission. What a great starting point for the rest of my life. At the senior center that we help out with the food, we were talking to one of the ladies their about how we only get to talk twice a year. She thought that it wasn't a good thing for us to do that, but it allows us to focus on the work, rather than back home. I hope that you have a good week and that these cakes go smoothly. And don't forget to read ponder and pray every day and night.
Love Elder Wood
I am doing good, sorry it took me a couple of days to write back to you, but Elder Packer from the seventy came to our mission on Monday. It was a pretty good mission tour, and we were able to learn a lot from all that spoke to us. We have a couple of new contacts. One of them is from south Africa, and she came here to go to college. Last week we were able to and watch the Restoration video with her, and she came to church. We are not sure when the next time will be that we meet with her but she is so solid. And then a guy from California actually called the Bishop in Clarkston and told him about one of his friends from childhood. And we met with him, he is moving right now, and he is going to still be in our area still. Him and his friend were in the Marines together, and he is just in need of a change right now. He talked about his friend in California in how he has changed a lot, and he wants the same joy in his life. So we are finding some people to teach, it takes some time to find them, but we just need to be led by the Spirit to those that are seeking the Gospel.
That is good that K's cake went well, now you just have another one for this week. You will have to tell me about S's wedding next Monday. I hope that you don't get to stressed over it.
I have been wondering about baby Good latley, you should send me a picture over email next week of both K and Baby G. Last week Brooke sent me a little package with some candy and a card telling me that they were having a baby girl.
But I am doing swell, the work is moving along, and I'm trying to learn all that I can from my mission. What a great starting point for the rest of my life. At the senior center that we help out with the food, we were talking to one of the ladies their about how we only get to talk twice a year. She thought that it wasn't a good thing for us to do that, but it allows us to focus on the work, rather than back home. I hope that you have a good week and that these cakes go smoothly. And don't forget to read ponder and pray every day and night.
Love Elder Wood
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
September 4, 2011(Week 36)
Hola Mom,
I am doing Hunky Dory, life is going great here. Things are going great with all of the people here, we met with a lady yesterday that some previous elders had talked to. But she has been gone for a few months and, so we brought another member of the ward with us, and we watched the Restoration movie with her. She is planning on coming to church on Sunday. And then we met with another guy, he was found just a couple of months ago also. But we met with him on Thursday and we got to know him and we talked about the restoration a bit. It has been a pretty good week, and we got our twenty lessons in for the week. So that was exciting. My companion goes home soon. He is a good elder. Last week I went on an exchange with some elders. So it was pretty fun and we were able to teach several lessons. So that was pretty cool. So everything is going peachy and swell. One of our members in the ward bought us a peach pie from peach days. We had a slice o0f it this morning, and then I went back for another piece, but my companion told me no, because I'm going to get fat. So I put it back. But also we were able to make some salsa, and we bought a lot of habaneros and we put two of them in the salsa. That will wake you up in a hurry. But I am doing swell and it sounds like you are too. I hope that you have a good time. And have a great week at home. I love you so much. And remember as always to read, ponder, and pray every night.
Love Elder Wood (Son)
I am doing Hunky Dory, life is going great here. Things are going great with all of the people here, we met with a lady yesterday that some previous elders had talked to. But she has been gone for a few months and, so we brought another member of the ward with us, and we watched the Restoration movie with her. She is planning on coming to church on Sunday. And then we met with another guy, he was found just a couple of months ago also. But we met with him on Thursday and we got to know him and we talked about the restoration a bit. It has been a pretty good week, and we got our twenty lessons in for the week. So that was exciting. My companion goes home soon. He is a good elder. Last week I went on an exchange with some elders. So it was pretty fun and we were able to teach several lessons. So that was pretty cool. So everything is going peachy and swell. One of our members in the ward bought us a peach pie from peach days. We had a slice o0f it this morning, and then I went back for another piece, but my companion told me no, because I'm going to get fat. So I put it back. But also we were able to make some salsa, and we bought a lot of habaneros and we put two of them in the salsa. That will wake you up in a hurry. But I am doing swell and it sounds like you are too. I hope that you have a good time. And have a great week at home. I love you so much. And remember as always to read, ponder, and pray every night.
Love Elder Wood (Son)
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