Kinghood

Hey friends and family! :)

I hope things are well and stuff. The usual ;)

Anyways, let's get riiiiiight into the week!

Me in the rafters with the roaches

On Tuesday we did service for a guy in our ward. He lives in a garage and he's a hoarder... he has everything he's ever got stashed in banana boxes. On his contact in our phone he's called "Don't answer, only wants service."... haha but Elder Wolfgramm answered it anyways. Classic :p so we did service for him rearranging his boxes for about 4 hours. He had me crawl up in the rafters of his garage and there were so many roaches... but, we were doing service so blessings right? ;)

Wednesday we went to mutual and we made lightsabers! Haha we made lightsaber out of pvc pipe and foam and duct tape. Haha it was super fun and we got to listen to Star Wars music the whole time so pretty much it was the best day of my mission ;) haha On the bike ride home Elder Wolfgramm and I were going full speed and dueling back and forth in the dark on our bikes, Anakin and Obi Wan episode 3 style ;p haha it was super fun.

Anyways, I had a pretty cool experience this week. It wasn't big, but it's what I needed. So we are working with this less active family. The wife has been excommunicated and they haven't been to church in 4 years. Ever since I got here we've been trying to get in with them but they haven't been up to it. Randomly a little while ago, they texted us saying they wanted to meet! So we went over once just to meet them and then set up a return appointment for Friday afternoon. When we first got there, it was just the husband because she was still driving back from work. We talked to him for a while and he really opened up. He expressed desires of returning to church but he felt like a hypocrite. Which is understandable in his situation. The wife showed up and we talked for a bit and then started a lesson on prayer. We were all super open with each other. I asked her when a time a prayer of hers had been answered. She thought for a second and then said, "Right now." She told us for four days she hadn't had any alcohol, and by us bringing the spirit into their home it was an answer to her prayer. She was in tears and the spirit was so so strong. I bore our testimony on prayer and the big picture. We all felt the spirit and she thanked us graciously for being missionaries and always being there for them even when they didn’t accept. She said she knew it must be hard but she was so thankful that we kept trying. I needed this experience. It’s moments like those that make all the extremely hard times worth it. I love being a missionary and the experiences this gospel brings.

Charles

We had an Easter ward breakfast with an egg hunt for the Primary Saturday morning. Haha they had us there at free breakfast ;)

Sunday was the mission president fireside. They had a convert from our ward speak :) Her parents were there and it was the first time they heard her conversion story so it went really well :) I also said the closing prayer, again ;p I might just do it every time...

Anyways, that's about my week. I'd like you all to know that most the time I was writing this, I had a small green anole lizard in my hand sleeping ;) His name is Charles.

The firstborn of Kinghood

I love my district right now. We named ourselves the firstborn of Kinghood. Haha we have a lot of fun and we all get along super well :)

I love you all! Thanks for everything you do for me! Have an amazing week! :)

Love,
Elder Wood

Original classic rock records a less active had.  I was in heaven!