I have some insights for Jared this morning. So, it sounds like he is getting doubled out? Both he and his comp? I will assume that is the case. We all know that missionary service is supposed to be self less and with and eye single to the glory of the Lord. Even if he is getting doubled out... he makes it sound like no missionaries are ever going to teach his investigators ever again. Anytime Elders or Sisters get doubled out here, usually there is a long list of information/directions that the missionaries write up for the new fellas comin in. I dont understand those Philippino missions I guess. Why not write up some stuff for the new guys comin in?
This last week, D told us that she wants to get baptized. We asked her to set a baptismal date. The Baptism will happen on the 10th of March!
We had a sing along at the mission home just last night and had lots of people show up. The Ns came and even brought a non member friend. Those kiddos are the best missionaries.
We finished up our Zone conferences this last week. We had one here in Billings and the other in Cody, WY. We spent the rest of the week in Cody and Worland. I am glad to be done with all that stuff. After sharing your departing testimony at 4 zone conferences, it gets long. It makes you think about going home more than you should.
I think you should send some more citrus. It was gone within a week. Lots of missionaries coming in and out.
Alright everyone. I am saying this once. 18 days left. See you then. I am glad to go home to no snow.
Elder Heywood.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Last week's schedule (super abbreviated or in a huge hurry??):
We woke up and left at about 4:00 this morning from Missoula so that we could get back and still have some sort of a Pday.
We leave Billings Tuesday. Car troubles slow us a down a couple of hours. We are in Butte by Tuesday afternoon. We do T-ups. Wednesday we whip out second 1/2 half of Butte T-ups and head to the ZOO. T-ups and then wake up the next morning for Zone Conference with the Missoula and Kalispell zones. Tract a couple of streets after the conf and find a new gator. Drive to Helena and have ZC there. Get to see H and the Js. Next mornin', leave for Big Fork and have a thumbs up day. In Polson for church the next morning. Dustin baptized @ 6pm and we get home by 10 the next day, today. Success. That's our week.
Sure was great having a 30 minute discussion on reincarnation with a he/she.
We leave Billings Tuesday. Car troubles slow us a down a couple of hours. We are in Butte by Tuesday afternoon. We do T-ups. Wednesday we whip out second 1/2 half of Butte T-ups and head to the ZOO. T-ups and then wake up the next morning for Zone Conference with the Missoula and Kalispell zones. Tract a couple of streets after the conf and find a new gator. Drive to Helena and have ZC there. Get to see H and the Js. Next mornin', leave for Big Fork and have a thumbs up day. In Polson for church the next morning. Dustin baptized @ 6pm and we get home by 10 the next day, today. Success. That's our week.
Sure was great having a 30 minute discussion on reincarnation with a he/she.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sorry about the email from last week. I was going to do it but then It was Tuesday. Then, it was Wednesday. Now, it's Monday again.
one of the highlights of the week: Sweet cowboy hats on sale that were purchased for only $30.
I felt like I was in the Phili's this last week seeing all the poor people walk around with their nothingness in Hardin, MT. Its interesting to teach people in the city about the Word of Wisdom. They think there is no harm in their pleasureable modern day revelation no-no's. At times Its is hard to help them understand. We understand, but, conveying that same understanding to someone else is really hard.
Jared seems very happy and very convinced of what he is doing. Do you notice how he has learned Gospel principles and, even though in a rather rebuking way, asks people to live them (Dana and Chris and Luke)? The man speaks truth. That, my friends, is the Spirit in his life. Do you notice how I like to point out all of my observations as well? Yep, that is because I have really recognized what the Gospel can do for someone.
Pres Gardner has still been very busy and we still havent sent off Karla's letter to the First Presidency. We hope to be doing that this week. We also have zone conferences this week. My last ones. Sad.
A couple of neat experiences:
We got a call from a lady in our ward the other day about a very tragic death of a young boy of a family she knows. We are in the process of contacting that family.
We got a call after that one of a non member family who wants to have their handicap son get a blessing. Ive never done one of those.
We tracted into a less active man who wasnt on the church records. We went back a week later and he talked about how he was never going to go back to church. He had problems with the church when he lived here and there and here and there, etc. After the blabbing, Elder Goff shared a scripture with him and the whole atmosphere changed. He started talking about how good the church was and started telling us how we needed to come over more often and help his girls get back to church.
D will hopefully be getting baptized before Mar. 17th. She got an answer and wants to be baptized.
Last piece of news: In Polson I taught D & S. The young guy married to the older lady. He called me up last week and wanted me to baptize him. So, this Sunday, I will be in Polson for church and also baptizing D at 6pm.
Elder Goff got a call a couple of weeks ago from a lady in Worland, WY. She wants him to baptize her on the 27th of Feb. We will be in Worland for church on that Sunday.
The Sunday after that, will be stake conference.
The Sunday after that will be in the Gilbert AZ 4th Ward.
Elder P Heywood
one of the highlights of the week: Sweet cowboy hats on sale that were purchased for only $30.
I felt like I was in the Phili's this last week seeing all the poor people walk around with their nothingness in Hardin, MT. Its interesting to teach people in the city about the Word of Wisdom. They think there is no harm in their pleasureable modern day revelation no-no's. At times Its is hard to help them understand. We understand, but, conveying that same understanding to someone else is really hard.
Jared seems very happy and very convinced of what he is doing. Do you notice how he has learned Gospel principles and, even though in a rather rebuking way, asks people to live them (Dana and Chris and Luke)? The man speaks truth. That, my friends, is the Spirit in his life. Do you notice how I like to point out all of my observations as well? Yep, that is because I have really recognized what the Gospel can do for someone.
Pres Gardner has still been very busy and we still havent sent off Karla's letter to the First Presidency. We hope to be doing that this week. We also have zone conferences this week. My last ones. Sad.
A couple of neat experiences:
We got a call from a lady in our ward the other day about a very tragic death of a young boy of a family she knows. We are in the process of contacting that family.
We got a call after that one of a non member family who wants to have their handicap son get a blessing. Ive never done one of those.
We tracted into a less active man who wasnt on the church records. We went back a week later and he talked about how he was never going to go back to church. He had problems with the church when he lived here and there and here and there, etc. After the blabbing, Elder Goff shared a scripture with him and the whole atmosphere changed. He started talking about how good the church was and started telling us how we needed to come over more often and help his girls get back to church.
D will hopefully be getting baptized before Mar. 17th. She got an answer and wants to be baptized.
Last piece of news: In Polson I taught D & S. The young guy married to the older lady. He called me up last week and wanted me to baptize him. So, this Sunday, I will be in Polson for church and also baptizing D at 6pm.
Elder Goff got a call a couple of weeks ago from a lady in Worland, WY. She wants him to baptize her on the 27th of Feb. We will be in Worland for church on that Sunday.
The Sunday after that, will be stake conference.
The Sunday after that will be in the Gilbert AZ 4th Ward.
Elder P Heywood
Monday, January 31, 2011
Six weeks but who's counting?
Its me again. for the one hundred and second time or whatever. Can you believe that? I sure cant. 6 emails left then I'm done. Like I said a couple of months ago. I really dont want to go home. What will I do? I think its a lot better being a missionary than being a student. I could care less about going home. This is my negative comment for the week. Sorry family, you're great and everything but, I have a good family here in MT. JK, but seriously.
Alright. We got some big updates from last week. This is how are transfer schedule goes: Elder Ives drives the Wrangler Wagon down to Riverton, WY and back on Sunday. On Monday, he goes all the way to Kalispell. Tuesday, back to Billings. Wednesday, back down to Riverton. Elder Goff and I were at the office Sunday morning making sure that Elder Ives had everything he needed to get started on his adventure. (we figure out and type up the transfer routes for him, etc) He left. Then, we left for church a couple hours later and notice that one of the brand new cars at the mission home had a flat tire. We said whatever and left for church. I was speaking anyway at this kid's farewell and was pretty nervous anyway. The flat tire didn't even cross my mind. We got a call our third hour of church from Elder Ives saying that he had two tire blowouts and was running 3 hours behind. It clicked and we realized that it wasn't a coincidence that the tire on the car back at the mission home was blown out too. We got back to the mission home and counted 11 slashed tires. Kind of a bummer. The Van was supposed to leave this morning at 8 but because of getting all the spares replaced didnt leave until 10:30. Everything this morning was running way behind.
A didnt come to church. I think we backtracked with him a little bit this last week. He is doing good. I think we will keep meeting with him. We both feel that he just doesnt understand what we are asking of him. I guess, with no religious background, he doesnt really see or hasnt ever really seen or experienced the love of our Heavenly Father. Thats what commitments are for. Get him to where he needs to be and where he would want to be as well. I think he takes religion, generally, to be some sort of extra-curricular activity. No understanding.
D is going to get baptized before I leave. I dont know that for sure. I just feel it.
K just wrote up her letter to the First Presidency. We will send that in this week. I dont think it will happen but I would hope that she gets permission quickly.
Other than that, The MBM is flyin high. We start another crazy transfer of meetings, picking up the greenies, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Church is true. That statement, right there, should influence every decision that we make.
Love you dearly,
Elder P Heywood
ps I did get some citrus. The box is almost empty. Its just sitting out in the office. It was good thanks.
ps I dont want to go home.
ps I forgot to tell you about my new 6 week diet before I go home. I call it, "6 WEEKS TO SEXY". I am already feeling healthier.
Alright. We got some big updates from last week. This is how are transfer schedule goes: Elder Ives drives the Wrangler Wagon down to Riverton, WY and back on Sunday. On Monday, he goes all the way to Kalispell. Tuesday, back to Billings. Wednesday, back down to Riverton. Elder Goff and I were at the office Sunday morning making sure that Elder Ives had everything he needed to get started on his adventure. (we figure out and type up the transfer routes for him, etc) He left. Then, we left for church a couple hours later and notice that one of the brand new cars at the mission home had a flat tire. We said whatever and left for church. I was speaking anyway at this kid's farewell and was pretty nervous anyway. The flat tire didn't even cross my mind. We got a call our third hour of church from Elder Ives saying that he had two tire blowouts and was running 3 hours behind. It clicked and we realized that it wasn't a coincidence that the tire on the car back at the mission home was blown out too. We got back to the mission home and counted 11 slashed tires. Kind of a bummer. The Van was supposed to leave this morning at 8 but because of getting all the spares replaced didnt leave until 10:30. Everything this morning was running way behind.
A didnt come to church. I think we backtracked with him a little bit this last week. He is doing good. I think we will keep meeting with him. We both feel that he just doesnt understand what we are asking of him. I guess, with no religious background, he doesnt really see or hasnt ever really seen or experienced the love of our Heavenly Father. Thats what commitments are for. Get him to where he needs to be and where he would want to be as well. I think he takes religion, generally, to be some sort of extra-curricular activity. No understanding.
D is going to get baptized before I leave. I dont know that for sure. I just feel it.
K just wrote up her letter to the First Presidency. We will send that in this week. I dont think it will happen but I would hope that she gets permission quickly.
Other than that, The MBM is flyin high. We start another crazy transfer of meetings, picking up the greenies, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Church is true. That statement, right there, should influence every decision that we make.
Love you dearly,
Elder P Heywood
ps I did get some citrus. The box is almost empty. Its just sitting out in the office. It was good thanks.
ps I dont want to go home.
ps I forgot to tell you about my new 6 week diet before I go home. I call it, "6 WEEKS TO SEXY". I am already feeling healthier.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Facebook, Blogs, lds.org....
Prophecy about the Future of Missionary Work
In 1974, President Spencer W. Kimball issued an amazing prophecy about the technology driving the gospel message.
"Technology will help spread the gospel. We need to enlarge our field of operation.… The Lord will lay in our hand inventions which we can scarcely conceive whereby we will be able to bring the gospel to the peoples of the world…. I have faith that the Lord will open doors when we have done everything in our power. I believe that the Lord is anxious to put into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse….We shall use the inventions the Lord has given us to awaken interest and acquaint people of the world with the truths, to ease their prejudices and give them a general knowledge. We shall need to answer specific questions, and perhaps that can be done by two-way radio and TV perfected to a point beyond our present imagination. It is conceivable that such a program greatly perfected could be multiplied ten thousand times in ten thousand tongues and dialects in ten thousand places far and near…. Tens of thousands of young missionaries endowed with the power from on high will follow up the proselyting.[ii]"
(Thanks Ivonne)
In 1974, President Spencer W. Kimball issued an amazing prophecy about the technology driving the gospel message.
"Technology will help spread the gospel. We need to enlarge our field of operation.… The Lord will lay in our hand inventions which we can scarcely conceive whereby we will be able to bring the gospel to the peoples of the world…. I have faith that the Lord will open doors when we have done everything in our power. I believe that the Lord is anxious to put into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse….We shall use the inventions the Lord has given us to awaken interest and acquaint people of the world with the truths, to ease their prejudices and give them a general knowledge. We shall need to answer specific questions, and perhaps that can be done by two-way radio and TV perfected to a point beyond our present imagination. It is conceivable that such a program greatly perfected could be multiplied ten thousand times in ten thousand tongues and dialects in ten thousand places far and near…. Tens of thousands of young missionaries endowed with the power from on high will follow up the proselyting.[ii]"
(Thanks Ivonne)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
After two years...he wants a "smothered" pork burrito. He should do a commercial...
My release date is Thursday, March 17th. My flight into Sky Harbor should arrive at 11:00am. I will be home in time for Lunch. Costa Vida?
What up fam?
Elder Goff and I spent the weekend with the Fishers. They stopped in and saw us in the mission office on Friday, we saw him in the temple Saturday morning, sat by them all 3 hours of church on Sunday, and then ate dinner with them at the Wells Sunday night. It was awesome to be with them. I couldnt believe how well they remembered us. They were like proud parents. President Fisher, now Elder Fisher, remembered everything about me. It was crazy.
We met with A on Saturday again. We showed up at 1:30, which was the appt that we set up with him the week before, and he wasnt there. We were really disappointed. We stopped by about 3 hours later and caught him home. You tell he felt guilty about not being home at 1:30 but we talked about things and left knowing that both of us were rejoicing and had been edified. He told us that he is still really skeptical but once we helped him realize that he has nothing to lose he settled in a little bit better. He told us that he doesnt want to stop meeting with us if its something that might be good for him. Good logic A. We are hoping and praying for him. He even prayed at the end of our lesson. BAM
K and D. Now, just D. K was causing some problems and she got moved. So, we are only teaching D right now. We had a lesson the other day with D and she had a list of about 8 questions. Really good q's too. Consider her... PROGRESSING in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
K has her interview with PG tomorrow. Things are getting put in place for her baptism.
TRANSFERS: At this point. We still dont know what is going to happen. Who knows. Next Monday I may be writing you from Polson or Helena
At the end of this week we have a musical fireside in Red Lodge that I get to conduct. On top of that I get to speak in Sacrament Meeting.
Tell Luke that I really liked his email from last week. I wanted to ask luke to send me some star wars quotes. Dont ask why. just do it.
Love
Elder Parker Heywood.
Check out my new pics on FB
check out my blog this week on COACH JESSE PARKER
What up fam?
Elder Goff and I spent the weekend with the Fishers. They stopped in and saw us in the mission office on Friday, we saw him in the temple Saturday morning, sat by them all 3 hours of church on Sunday, and then ate dinner with them at the Wells Sunday night. It was awesome to be with them. I couldnt believe how well they remembered us. They were like proud parents. President Fisher, now Elder Fisher, remembered everything about me. It was crazy.
We met with A on Saturday again. We showed up at 1:30, which was the appt that we set up with him the week before, and he wasnt there. We were really disappointed. We stopped by about 3 hours later and caught him home. You tell he felt guilty about not being home at 1:30 but we talked about things and left knowing that both of us were rejoicing and had been edified. He told us that he is still really skeptical but once we helped him realize that he has nothing to lose he settled in a little bit better. He told us that he doesnt want to stop meeting with us if its something that might be good for him. Good logic A. We are hoping and praying for him. He even prayed at the end of our lesson. BAM
K and D. Now, just D. K was causing some problems and she got moved. So, we are only teaching D right now. We had a lesson the other day with D and she had a list of about 8 questions. Really good q's too. Consider her... PROGRESSING in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
K has her interview with PG tomorrow. Things are getting put in place for her baptism.
TRANSFERS: At this point. We still dont know what is going to happen. Who knows. Next Monday I may be writing you from Polson or Helena
At the end of this week we have a musical fireside in Red Lodge that I get to conduct. On top of that I get to speak in Sacrament Meeting.
Tell Luke that I really liked his email from last week. I wanted to ask luke to send me some star wars quotes. Dont ask why. just do it.
Love
Elder Parker Heywood.
Check out my new pics on FB
check out my blog this week on COACH JESSE PARKER
Monday, January 17, 2011
Hey. Make sure that you tell Savanna hi for me and that she better have a baby before I get home. One more thing to tell the two love birds. Tell them that I, Parker Heywood, "sure do love them."
Hey. This last week sure was good. We went to Bozeman, Billings, and Glendive. Elder Goff and I sure stayed the night at VJs house so that was good and entertaining as always. He wants to meet the fam if we come back up. The only prob is... Glendive is 3 hours east of anywhere Ive served. That's six hours roundtrip if we just want to see a couple of people in Glendive opposed to "driving through" all the other areas Ive served in. Sure isn't convenient. I told V that he is just going to have to go down to AZ for a trip.
Elder Max Elmer stands right next to me as I type this email. I sure do love him. He sure is one great solid piece of spiritual steel, serving out in the middle of nowhere. We are having zone olympics today so both Billings zones are going up against each other. Billings East and Billings West. Everyone from the outlyings areas (Elmer - 100 miles out of town) have driven in today. Its gonna be so sick x2 (POUND)
Last week: You know when missionaries write home about how the Lord really "blessed them with success?" Well we sure did have one of those weeks this last week. Let me tell ya about it. We hadn't been in our area for the whole beginning of our week so we got off to a great start. Elder Davis (QC, AZ) had taught a guy up in Havre who moved down to Billings a while back. The missionaries here (my area right now. PIONEER PARK ward), at that time, were teaching this guy. We will call him Luke. So, now its about 7 months later and Elder Davis calls us up asking whatever happened to ole Lukey. I say I have no clue. Four weeks go by and I get a call from Elder Davis again asking me about the Lukester. I embarrassingly tell him that we haven't contacted him and decided that we better do it. Saturday night we plan to go by this guys place and see what the big deal is. We have about 40 mins before dinner and go knock on his door. No answer. Well, we then decide to spend our remaining forty minutes knocking the surrounding doors. First door we knock on, a 30 year old man named A answers the door. It was really weird. He was very intrigued at what we were doing but also very cautious and taken aback. You could tell he really wanted to figure out who the two mysterious young men were on his doorstep but also was very anxious and nervous about us knocking on his door. It was so weird. Ive never felt two emotions so present at the same time like we experienced the other night. Anyway, long story short, A lets us in and he has no religious background. We set up a return appt for the next day and take a member of the ward over there with us. The lesson goes very well and he starts talking about church attendance and what not. Ive never had an experience like it. STAY TUNED next week for A. Moral of the story: Sometimes the Lord leads us to people when they aren't actually the ones he has immediate plans for. We are so human sometimes. I invite you to: metaphorically, "knock on the house next door."
This week we also started teaching some Foster kids living with an awesome family in our ward. Two girls from Poplar, MT. K and D. We have taught them twice now and have another appt this Saturday.
Elder Goff hasn't baptized anybody his whole mission and he just received news that a lady wants him to baptize her in Worland, WY on the 27th of Feb. We were just talking the other day about the possibility of him going his whole mission without baptizing anyone. Wish granted.
This week we finish off our very redundant facebook presentations in Worland WY, Powell WY, and Billings Heights. Sure cant wait to be done with this blasted thing.
Elder S from Tempe, AZ went home this last week to be with his mom for her last couple of days. She has cancer. Some of the missionaries are still in mourning about that. But, I think he/they will be ok and things will be alright.
Sure do love and appreciate ya,
Elder Heywood.
8 weeks hahahhalkkdjlkfhdshlahlhalsd
Hey. This last week sure was good. We went to Bozeman, Billings, and Glendive. Elder Goff and I sure stayed the night at VJs house so that was good and entertaining as always. He wants to meet the fam if we come back up. The only prob is... Glendive is 3 hours east of anywhere Ive served. That's six hours roundtrip if we just want to see a couple of people in Glendive opposed to "driving through" all the other areas Ive served in. Sure isn't convenient. I told V that he is just going to have to go down to AZ for a trip.
Elder Max Elmer stands right next to me as I type this email. I sure do love him. He sure is one great solid piece of spiritual steel, serving out in the middle of nowhere. We are having zone olympics today so both Billings zones are going up against each other. Billings East and Billings West. Everyone from the outlyings areas (Elmer - 100 miles out of town) have driven in today. Its gonna be so sick x2 (POUND)
Last week: You know when missionaries write home about how the Lord really "blessed them with success?" Well we sure did have one of those weeks this last week. Let me tell ya about it. We hadn't been in our area for the whole beginning of our week so we got off to a great start. Elder Davis (QC, AZ) had taught a guy up in Havre who moved down to Billings a while back. The missionaries here (my area right now. PIONEER PARK ward), at that time, were teaching this guy. We will call him Luke. So, now its about 7 months later and Elder Davis calls us up asking whatever happened to ole Lukey. I say I have no clue. Four weeks go by and I get a call from Elder Davis again asking me about the Lukester. I embarrassingly tell him that we haven't contacted him and decided that we better do it. Saturday night we plan to go by this guys place and see what the big deal is. We have about 40 mins before dinner and go knock on his door. No answer. Well, we then decide to spend our remaining forty minutes knocking the surrounding doors. First door we knock on, a 30 year old man named A answers the door. It was really weird. He was very intrigued at what we were doing but also very cautious and taken aback. You could tell he really wanted to figure out who the two mysterious young men were on his doorstep but also was very anxious and nervous about us knocking on his door. It was so weird. Ive never felt two emotions so present at the same time like we experienced the other night. Anyway, long story short, A lets us in and he has no religious background. We set up a return appt for the next day and take a member of the ward over there with us. The lesson goes very well and he starts talking about church attendance and what not. Ive never had an experience like it. STAY TUNED next week for A. Moral of the story: Sometimes the Lord leads us to people when they aren't actually the ones he has immediate plans for. We are so human sometimes. I invite you to: metaphorically, "knock on the house next door."
This week we also started teaching some Foster kids living with an awesome family in our ward. Two girls from Poplar, MT. K and D. We have taught them twice now and have another appt this Saturday.
Elder Goff hasn't baptized anybody his whole mission and he just received news that a lady wants him to baptize her in Worland, WY on the 27th of Feb. We were just talking the other day about the possibility of him going his whole mission without baptizing anyone. Wish granted.
This week we finish off our very redundant facebook presentations in Worland WY, Powell WY, and Billings Heights. Sure cant wait to be done with this blasted thing.
Elder S from Tempe, AZ went home this last week to be with his mom for her last couple of days. She has cancer. Some of the missionaries are still in mourning about that. But, I think he/they will be ok and things will be alright.
Sure do love and appreciate ya,
Elder Heywood.
8 weeks hahahhalkkdjlkfhdshlahlhalsd
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