Monday Message: January 26, 2015

Well this week has been so long but it is over and that is good now i get to start a new week fresh. This District leader and trainer thing is a killer. i never get time to myself at night to unwind and relax and now i have to not only worry about my area and investigators but all the other ones as well. But it is fun and rewarding. The hardest thing was having the two sisters call on two different occasions and both of them were crying. I ended up having to talk to them and calm them down. Wow i just realized i havent had to talk to a girl who was crying for 16 months! I forgot how to help them. Honestly it was awkward because all i can tell them to do is take a break and read the scriptures and pray untill they feel better. 

Other than that the week was good. we ended up having a surprise baptism. His name is Nikko Harewood and he has been coming to church with his grandma and aunt for a while. his grandma had her papers removed and was working to get back into the church so when she was getting baptized on saturday nikko told us on tuesday he wanted to be baptized with her. So we worked hard and taught him about 7 lessons in 2 days and prepared him. Then he had his interview and passed sso he was able to be baptized on saturday with his grandma!

So elder ort and i are doing a lot better. We talked and i just was scared and stressed about my new assignments and didnt give him a chance when we first met. We are trying hard to make things work and i think it is going well. We do a small companionship inventory at nights to see how both of us can improve and get better. I hope he feels the same way. we are already seeing success together and are excited to see all the potential success. We are doing well.

Oh and by the way i think that my first District meeting was a success. i taught about prayer with faith and how to take the message "to" the gators heart and not just "near". As for tomorrows i think i plan on talking about the things we can control and to forget about the things we cant. Also i will talk about using the scriptures and comp. unity. so hopefully it will go well. I run out of time when i go to prepare there is just to many things that i end up studying but all is well. i like my job and responsibility. 

But i hope to be able to send things home with that lady tomorrow so be looking for it. i think you will like it and it is going to make you happy and surprised haha. i hope that you have a great week and i pray that this week goes by faster than last. oh and ps My seahawks are going to win the superbowl and that is going to be great. and no im not a bandwagon i just choose to follow the best team haha. jk i dont even like NFL that much its all in the NCAA in which my Ducks lost this year:( Better luck next year! 

Well have a great week and i love you!!

Love

Elder Woodruff

Monday Message: January 19, 2015

Well i can honestly say What a week. i feel totally exhaughsted and it is the start of yet another week. I have to say training a new missionary isnt a walk in the park especially when both have pride in them. As you know i dont do well when someone thinks they are better than me. if you can show me i will accept but to talk and act it makes me upset. I try to be calm and dont make a big scene but then i look bad when i stay quiet i need some help!

We had a good week of work but we just havent found the unity side of things. He got upset when i talk to elder barlow because we know each other so well and he feels left out i think. i guess i will have to work harder at including him in things. but i need to help him understand that we must work together or people wont listen. he cut me off in teaching and then went on total tangents. but it will work. i hope that it will click soon!

Tomorrow is my first District meeting that i am going to teach and i am praying that it will go as planned. i have a good topic i feel and hope the district will take it into their hearts! It is so weird having to call every night and actually having to care for the other companionships and be responsible for them and their questions but it is nice even though i have to write in my journal in the mornings now. i honestly get no time to my self at night now!

Other than that my week was plain and hopefully this week will go better. i dont want to get pushed around and walked all over so i have to take control and show the leadership. things will get better! i hope that you have a great week and please be safe in the weather! I love you!!!

Love 

Elder Nathanial Woodruff!

Monday Message: January 12, 2015

Well what a week. it has been good but also long. we spent some time
with elder free this week in the hospital. he has a heart problem and
may need a pacemaker so he is off to trinidad to have test. so that
took up a lot of our week. other than that we had a pretty successful
week. just having a hard time getting our investigators to make the
commitment of coming to church!

So this week was our transfer calls and i am staying here in Christ
Church. I have been Called to Train and also be the District leader of
the district here in Christ Church. I have been freaking out a little
inside but i am ok. i know that i have a lot of help both from home
and also here in the other missionaries! I just hope that i can live
up to the standard that has been set and that i can set a great
example for the new missionaries and the district.

Does anyone have advice for me or things that can help me teach other
missionaries better? i would love any help!

Sorry my email isnt long more letters are going to come and be
detailed but i have little time to email. i hope you have a great
week! love your friend
Love
Elder Woodruff!

Monday Message: January 5, 2015

Happy New Year! i hope that you had a great party and that you are all safe and well rested from that night. I probably didnt celebrate like you but i did get to see the fireworks when they woke us up at 12. It has been a great and yet trying 2014, but we made it together and we all have a bright 2015 to look forward to. 

I hope that you are still keeping your resolutions that you have made and i am keeping mine which is to read all the standard works in the next 9 months. i am excited to see what i have to look forward to and all that i can learn! This week has been a good one especially because i recieved such a wonderful package that had the love of my life in it, Baseball mitts and balls!!!! i was so happy and we have played so much that the lacing on one is already broken haha!

This week has been good for Elder Barlow and I. we met many new and wonderful people and are excited to go back and see them again. One in particular was someone we met just last night. his name is Joshua and we met him by just contacting a street and we saw him inside. He came out and we shared about the Book of Mormon and he had the golden question of How can we Know? I dont know much of what happened after that but I felt Impressed to talk about Joseph Smith and It clicked for him. He said we could come back and he wanted to hear more. And the best part is that he is married and have two amazing kids. This is the family that can help the kingdom i can just feel it. I would say that he is my faith builder for the week and i just want to see him and his family accept and embrace the Gospel that i KNOW will bless their lives!

So this week is the week for transfers and we got news that they are putting 2 more elders here in christ church so we will be in a 4 man. which means i may be meeting 3 different elders because i think elder barlow will be leaving! but we will just see this week! crazy how fast the time flies. i also tried to send pictures but it didnt want to work today so maybe next week! 

I hope that you have a great week and that all is well. Please be safe and Remember that i Love you!!

Love 

Elder Nathanial Woodruff