Warren, Week 52

Hello! 

No worries thanksgiving is overrated anyways ha ha.

This week was good, we did a lot of finding, we are trying to do some contacting everyday to talk to more people and find more people to teach. Its getting cold,so I am not sure how many people are gonna be out side but we will!

 Um this week we got 4 return appointments with people to teach them 2 of them are today. other than that we are still working with our recent converts and less actives.

 I guess a miracle is that I finally will stop someone on the street to talk to them even though its scary I can do it now ha ha. talking to people is one of my biggest fears, but its coming along well. 

I enjoy hearing from you. Love and miss you! 

Elder Howard 

Warren, Week 51

Hey Family!

So this week wasn't too eventful, we are still working on finding new investigators its hard! people are very quick to say no! but we are working with our recent converts on family history and helping them prepare names to take to the temple.
 we also ride bikes in the cold it sucks when you going into a house after riding because they have it so hot in their home when you step in after biking it feels like you just
entered a furnace.
 We try to work with some of the less-actives here but not much luck we have about 400 on the roles and only like 100 attend. Dan and Danielle are doing well. Dan was less active but now he is active and they don't really have a lot of support from family they don't live close to them and their family aren't members. But they are awesome and really want to be sealed in the Temple.
 I love and miss you all!

Elder Howard

Warren, Week 50

Hello!

My week has been really really good! we did some leaf raking and taught a lot of lessons and just been working hard biking! its been really fun!

 I was also able to conduct my first baptismal interview for a lady up in Ashtabula! I was super nervous, but as soon as the interview started the Spirit was there to guide me and it was just a really awesome interview. But the highlight of this week was Danielle was baptized!!!!

 It was awesome, the ward was super supportive of her and it was just a very awesome experience! the ward heating in the chapel was disconnected though, so it was COLD. so what we did was heat water on a stove and chuck it in the font. it helped a little..... then on Sunday she was confirmed. 

Another cool thing was her husband Daniel the same Sunday (yesterday) was ordained to a priest in the aaronic priesthood, and asked me to perform the ordination. It was a special experience for me since I had never performed one before this week was just a week of firsts for me ha ha.

I am grateful for my membership in the church and the Gospel in my life. Thanks for all you support and prayers! I love this work! and I love all of you! 

Elder Howard.

WARREN, WEEK 49

Hello!

So, this week has been good not to much to report on, but I was able to witness a wedding on Saturday! Yep Dan and Danielle got married finally now she can be baptized! so that was like the big thing that happened this week plus we have been riding bikes most of the week it has been fun by legs are sore and burn ha ha, but its great! 
it has been cold, but not too bad!
Yeah mark hits in like 4 days crazy! but yeah its weird.... Love you guys glad you are doing well!

Love
Elder Howard

WARREN, WEEK 48

Hello!

So this week our Investigator didn't get married, but hopefully they will by the end of the week! then she can get baptized.
 Um transfer calls came last night. I am staying, but one of the cars in our ward is being taken, so now we are sharing a car with the other Elders in the ward,and so when we don't have the car we have bikes so wish me luck this winter! 
 This week we focused a lot on talking to everyone and wow its hard. I'm still so shy! but we have done really well at it and we got rejected by a ton of people! It's frustrating but its just how it goes, so I'm going to keep working on it and improve. 
The Temple was amazing I loved being able to go back! The Columbus Temple is really
small but its so beautiful.
Glad to hear all is well back hope love and miss you all!

Elder Howard