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