May 5, 2014
Dear Family:
Hi another weekly E-mail!! I wish I remembered more of those
Strong Bad videos my siblings and the Peters would watch cuz I bet there would
be a bunch of different quotes I could use to start my E-mail that would be
funny!!
Monday was just another day of E-mails. I asked Jason for
guitar tabs so I can learn some new songs. If any of my other family members
would like to send me some that would be awesome as well!
Tuesday we just had DLC not DDM. DLC is just where we meet
with the district leaders to come up with the zone focus so we can take it to
MLC (Missionary Leadership Council) and run it past President Smart. The one to prepare is always 2 hours instead
of just 1 like our weekly ones because of how much stuff we have to go over. We
had 4 lessons that day. Jerelle was one of them. She is having a hard
time letting us teach her husband because she is trying to divorce him. It is
really sad because she is my age and is already getting divorced. She told us
not to marry Jehovah Witnesses haha.
Wednesday we had to do weekly planning because we didn't
have time to do it on Thursday. We had a lesson with Michael. It was
interesting as always! He decided he didn't think that there could be only one
true church all the sudden so that was frustrating.
Lake Elsinore District
Thursday we had to get a ride to Riverside for MLC. Elders
Reed and Thurman came from Corona and picked us up. The meeting was good. The
AP's and President Smart are focusing more on preach my gospel now. We also
talked a lot about the transition to the new President. We have one more MLC
before he gets here so we are getting things prepared now. Somebody asked about
a restriction on Skype time and President in a nut shell said that was dumb
that he trusts his missionaries and he wants to leave it up to their
discretion. That is one of the reasons I love President Smart. The amazing
thing is with him being laid back how obedient our mission is. I have been
asking other missionaries about it and their missions are struggling with it. I
think it is because of how high of an expectation he holds us to. After the
meeting our ride took us to a pet shop thing for reptiles because they needed
to buy a rat to feed their recent converts huge boa constrictor. I guess it
only eats like every 4 or 5 months and that is what they feed it. The rat was
only 12 bucks so that is actually pretty cheap to feed it, even though I don't
like snakes. So they dropped us off and headed to go feed the beast. We had
another meeting with our Bishop and Ward Mission Leader and all the Ward Missionaries
to try and come up with more ways to help the members do missionary work.
Friday was ZDM. The meeting as a whole was really good.
Setting the goal for the month was a pain, but it always is. Our homeshare got
a dog. It is cool except it doesn't like us haha. We don't spend enough time
there for it to get used to us.
P Day Hike
Saturday was exchanges with the AP. I went with Elder Figueroa. He is from El Paso
so that was cool to talk about Put Put and stuff like that. We had some good
lessons and did some service. That night is probably the last time I will see Elder
Wilkinson on my mission so that was kinda weird.
Sunday I don't really know what to talk about. It keeps
getting harder and harder to write home and give details and stuff. We had a
bunch of lessons this week but nothing really sticks out to talk about. We are
still on bike, I got a call today from our fleet coordinator after we got done
with our hike saying we could come and get it tomorrow! So I am excited about
that! I also am not writing a whole lot so I have something to talk about on
Skype which I am also really excited for! Well talk to ya Sunday!! Love ya tons!!
Elder Wood
P.S. Quote of the week, "If you talk about your
troubles and you tell them o'er and o'er the Lord may think you like them and
give you even more!" -Elder Petersen
