Well we had P-day early this week cuz the people going home this moves cant fly out of here around new years cuz it would be to expencive so p-day was today. Well the last three days have been good the baptism went through as planned and Brother Ng got baptised it was 20 days from the day that we met him to when he was in the water. His hole story is pretty cool. last july he ran into the missionarys on Hong Kong Island and got there flyer then he just put it on the table when he got home. his wife called the elders and than was baptised with there two girls about two months later. he was away in indonisia and around asia fish on a big boat. he got back and then we went over and began to teach him. now its just a stud. in Elder Qurum that afternoon they were going around baring their teatomonys about how the gospel has changed their life and brother Ng got up and shared how before his family was ever very happy and never really talked to each other and was just there. then his wife and daughters joined the chruch and thing began to change for them and he could see the change they were happyer and talked to each other alot more then now when he is a member to he said the the hole enviorment of his home is just 100percent better and its just great. Oh he is so good and is on fire we just need noe to keep him like that. Oh there was just a great miricle just before his baptism we were wait outside the chaple on the 2nd floor when a "lost" philipina walk in just as lonly as could be looking for some friends. we started talking to her and she just broke down i felt so bad for her. we got her to stay for the baptism and she just loved it she felt the spirit so strong and then after we taught her a lesson and set her own baptismal date it was great and a wonderful christmas present. Yeah Christmas was one that i think i will never forget i was great. It finally got cold today i got out the long sleave shirts and its pretty chilly. oh i about to run out of jurnal pages i could use some more if you could send some soon i got about 20 days left well i hope things are still good and your Christmas was a good as mine thanks for all the packages and stuff. Love you all

Love Elder Woodward

but i dont know if you are since there isnt any mail again this week. Yeah last week the computer place had some problums with there internet so i guess you didnt get my email. i wrote it but i guess it didnt send. well i think that the best thing for me to do about the call is that i will can you my christmas morning Saterday so that Christmas Eve your time around 5 30pm and if that doesnt work for you just have some one home so they can talk to me and then we can figure a time out. well all the work is really good we have a baptism for christmas which is really cool.it going to be a white christmas in Hong Kong. They called moves out for us today and i am stay with my kid here in Tsing Yi for anthor 6 weeks so im excited for that. i still have alot to learn for him so i really excited to do that well thats about it i ll tell you the rest when i call i still what something to talk about. well love yeah talk to you in acouple of days.

Love Elder Woodward

i forgot to say thank you for the presents.they were great thanks but you forgot the Farside calender and the CDs but other then that thanks for everything. thanks

ME

Jake

well i guess mom finally set you down and made you write a letter that good. You going 5A ? thats great. Who is in your new region? Yeah playing Varsity was alot more demanding on the mind and the body but its true that most of the game is all mental. if you learn to control your mind on and off the feild that will be the most help. thats one thing that i wish i know how to do before my mission is control my mind and my emotions it so important to control those things excecitaly who white people are yelling and presitcuting you in front of your investagators. you can get mad at them and hit them are yell back cuz thats not very Christ like you just have to be a bigger man then them and clamly tell them the they are apostate and going to hell if they don't repent. so thats one thing that i have learned is to control my emotions and then along with the comes your mind you have to control your thoughts if you dont and let them run on you you cant be worthy of the spirit to guild you and if you dont have the spirit you are nothing. i dont care who you think you are and how good you are you are really less then the dust of the earth if you dont have the spirit. read Hel 5 and answer the ? in it. well i love you jake and i hope to hear again soon just remember the more you write me the more i will write you in 3 years. Peace Bro

Still you big Brother weighing in at 179lbs

Hey guys its me MR HONG KONG. well the far east is on fire its great and we are getting blessed with miricles all the time it awsome. it Love it. Well I am in my 4th area Training a new kid. its been alot of fun and things are going great. well since i dont know anything about any one else mission but Paws and Cleggulator i dont really know whats going on in the world. So that not to cool. Well hong kong it great last week i got feed dinner at a part member family that we are working with and got feed fish head chicken feet and pig intestine for dinner and than fish eye soup it was wonderfull. but sure doesnt beat sister owens grild cheese. as you can tell the chinses hasn't helped my englishy any so tis tis is still going strong in China. well for the work side of it we are still working hard to get 15 lessons a week and baptising people so that keeps us buzy. we are street contacting about 6 hrs aday so that is just loads of fun and we get to met alot of stincking crazy people and see alot of wied things ill have to tell about them later. well the lord loves us all and all the people we work with and every one elso peace BROs see you in 10.

WOODS

WEll things are good over here. I doing good and the work is doing really well . Well i guess its doing well. We set that goal for 2 baptism this moves period and it is half over and our wards last day for baptism is next sunday were we have our two sechuled but as of now they are still looking a little nervus about it. yeah me too im a little nervus about it to but i just have to keep the faith up on that and it sould be fine. trust in the lord in all that we do and he will make everthing happen as his will is. well in fact both my guys i put them through they interviews and they both failed the frist time round so we are going to have to work on those things. A Chung quit smoking last week so that was a huge step for him and luis is doing good and Elder Phillis actualy gave me one of his really good investagators that is getting baptized on the 19th too E. Phillips is a great man i look up to him so much ever though he is younger then me he is a great man. well thats a good look at the teaching pool. prayer would be great for them A-Chung, luis,and steve. Well dan finially did it thats great!!! now how about Darek? Dan not going to wait for me to get home oh well thanks big guy. it only other 10 mounths not that long come on.j/k Febuary thats a good mounth i guess. looks like the holidays have put a little weight on dan too. but thats ok . i stilll havent seen a picture of the new truck that you got like a year ago. well mom i hope that you dont get to stressed about all that cheerleading stuff cuz it not worth it they will do fine as along as you teach them right. Yeah Morgan would have liked me at 170 and i think Couch Longernecker out in VA will like me at 180 so ill see what i can do. well i not sure what i want to do. Go to virgina and play ball and go to school or just go to byu, Utah State not sure what there is to do i was just thinking about aplying for school and when i need to do that stuff for 2006 winter/summer semesters.

well i love you guys and hope to get some stuff for christmas. Love ELDER WOODWARD

oh i had to use anthor 300 hk for a check up on my toe

Well how is everyone doing? This week was pretty good we have had some good things going. Last night we meet with A - Chung our investagator with the W of W problum we set him up with a stop smoking program and he was really excited and i really believe that he will be able to do it in 7 day so we will see what happens next wedsday we got some ward members working with him to so thats going to be really good help with him i think that he will be baptized on the 19th of this month. and then weve got Luis who is 18 that has his interview tomorrow and should be baptized on Sunday. if all things go as planed. With we get these two guys then we get our goal and do our part of the mission goal of 92. We are going really good i pray that we can stay on top as this moves goes on. well i got surgery on tuesday for a ingrown toenail that i have had for about 6 mouths it went really good i about past out i dont know what happened i guess i am getting a weak stomach in my old age. but i am walkin fine with no probluems so thats good and it should heal fast. it did cast me 760 dallors (hk) so that was pretty steep. It was a miricle how i got my money to pay for it. ive been trying to get money out of my account since May and havent been able to do it but tuesday morning i just went up to the atm and pulled out 700 dollars it worked no probluem the lord know when to help and he will do it no matter what it is. well everything else is going good. My "kid" is great he is a stud of a missionary. his alway happy and works hard i thought i was going to run him in to the ground and i did the frist two weeks but the tables have turn and he is just go go go go i am having a hard time keeping up. but he is a good guy. Oh i started getting up a 6 am the last week it came to my atention that i am the fat kid now. i am not to happy about being the fat kid so i going to lose some weight. right now i am at 175 i think if i get down to 160 it should be good. Ahhhh I'm the fat kid never thought that i would be that of all things. well thats about all thats going on around Hong Kong Thanks for the email Dad. Love you all

Love Elder Woodward

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