tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89611751633394025062024-02-20T15:00:44.426-08:00Elder Sherwood in the Oklahoma Tulsa MissionDonald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-86308845276095629102014-10-06T20:23:00.001-07:002014-10-06T20:23:24.457-07:00Hebrews 10:39This is my last email home from my mission. I can't believe it. I don't
even really know what to say! This past week was awesome! We had MLC on Monday and Tuesday, lots of lessons and planning for Zone Training
Meeting. We were really really busy. And then General Conference was so
awesome! The past few weeks have been so crazy. And these next two days
will be even crazier. Here's what's happening. Today is Preparation day,
tomorrow we have lessons set up and I have to pack and send stuff home, Wednesday same deal, then Thursday I get on the transfer loop that
morning and we go to Tulsa. Then I'll spend the night in the mission
home Thursday night with all the other missionaries going home this
transfer, then we fly out Friday morning!<br />
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Serving a
mission has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. To be
honest I don't really know anything but missionary work now. I don't
remember what life is like not on a mission. And I'm a little worried
about coming home and adjusting to everything. But it will be okay. I
have served the very best I could. I have not drawn back. And I have
loved every single minute of it. Even the frustrating moments. I love
the Gospel, I love Jesus Christ. I believe with all my heart that he is
our Savior. And I love all of you! I'll see you all in a few days! :)</div>
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Love,</div>
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Elder Sherwood</div>
Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-3401781396890522662014-10-04T10:52:00.001-07:002014-10-04T10:52:35.359-07:009/29/14
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! This week was great! SUPER BUSY! It was
awesome. It was actually hard to find time to fit all of our teaching
appointments in to the time we had. It was so much fun. And Its still going. We
aren't slowing down at all. This week will be even crazier. We have MLC in
Tulsa today and tomorrow, we have Zone Training Meeting that we have to plan
for on Friday, we have a ton of teaching appointments scheduled for this week,
It's going to be really hard to get everything done. But that’s a good problem
to have. It's also a great way to end a mission. We picked up two new investigators
this week. XXXX and XXXX. XXXX is awesome, she is the niece of a lady in the
ward here. We taught her one lesson and set a baptismal date with her! Right
now it's set for October 8th. XXXX is the wife of a guy who has been less
active for a while. She's from China and on Saturday she made us some authentic
Chinese cuisine. It was so good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are still working with XXXX. She is still a non-smoker
which is awesome. XXXX has a baptismal date set for October 18th, and XXXX and
XXXX came to church this past Sunday and are still working on getting married.
Lots of super awesome things are happening around here. I will miss this so
much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I'm so grateful for the opportunity I've had to be a
missionary. I love the gospel. I love the Savior. I know that nothing brings
more happiness than living the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love all of you! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood </span></div>
Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-54954207584269678752014-09-22T15:54:00.000-07:002014-09-22T15:54:27.387-07:00Moses 7:13<style>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">9/22<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">/14</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This was a great week! We had a lot of good things happen
and we were super busy. This past Saturday was the open house for the new Bella
Vista chapel. It was so sweet. We were pretty much at the open house all day.
There was a lot of people to talk to there and most of them lived right there
by the building. I'm really excited to see what comes from that event.
Hopefully lots of people interested in learning more. We went on exchanges with
the Assistants on Friday which is always a good time. That’s a hard day to plan
because we are split all day so we have to plan two days in one. Which is
difficult but it’s really good. A lot of work gets done. This next week will be
pretty crazy, we have three exchanges, one with the Grove elders, the Spanish
elders on thursday and Bentonville 2nd on Friday which I'm really excited for.
That’s my old area! I was there almost a year and a half ago! So that will be
really cool. We helped a couple people quit smoking this week. Last night we did
the stop smoking workshop with XXX and it was awesome. I love being super bold
with people during that lesson. It's so much fun. Today is day one for her,
it's a week long program. So we are keeping in close contact with her to help
her. Please keep her in your prayers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time is running out (on my mission) and I don't have a whole
lot to say. I feel like things are moving at the speed of light and slow motion
all at the same time. I have so many thoughts in my head and no words to
express them. I'm just going hard for the last stretch. Leaving it all in the
pool, so to speak. There is no greater work in the world. Jesus Christ is real.
God is real. They have influence in our lives.I believe with all my heart that
the scriptures are inspired words from God. I love being a missionary and I
love all of you! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elder Sherwood says, "This may seem unique. It really isn't though!"</td></tr>
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Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-54573004404746975042014-09-22T15:47:00.002-07:002014-09-22T16:04:28.699-07:00D & C 138:56<style>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9/15 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! This week was great! Thanks for the pumpkin
chocolate chip bread! Such a sweet taste of home. And Thanks for the ties. I've
gotten a lot of compliments on them so good work :) haha. This week was pretty
busy. We went to the Bentonville District Training Meeting on Wednesday and we
had exchanges with the Elders in Pea Ridge on Friday. I had Elder Slack here in
Bella Vista. It was a good day. It's always fun to work with another missionary
for a day. You get to learn new things and it's an awesome opportunity to teach
and help other missionaries. Also, Bella Vista is preparing for an Open House
of the new chapel they built in Bella Vista recently. We've only been in the
building for like 4 weeks. It's so awesome. The evening after the open house,
there is a community concert and Elder McReynolds and I are singing in the
Choir for that concert! It's awesome. I'll try to record the songs we sing with
my camera or something so you can see it someday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The work in Bella Vista is still going well. I think I have
told you about XXXX. She is an investigator that we started teaching a couple
weeks ago. She has a baptismal date for October 4th! She is awesome. Her neighbors,
the Daltons, are members of the church here and they invited her over for
dinner one night with us. And we've been teaching her ever since. She is so
awesome, she wants to share what she's learning with everyone! She's gave us a
referral for her daughter who is in prison in Springfield! And she wants us to
meet her mother in law and some other family members! It's been so cool to
teach her about Jesus Christ and His Gospel. And to see it work in her life.
She is changing for the better! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next few weeks are going to be crazy! In a couple weeks
we have MLC in Tulsa and another Zone Training meeting then it will be general
conference! Which I'm really excited for. I'm just going to open my heart and
mind and let the revelation flow in! I love being a missionary. I love serving
the Lord and the people here in the NWA. I love and miss all of you! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We can't tell you how much we appreciate the families in Elder Sherwood's mission! They take such good care of him!</span></td></tr>
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Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-35176456351732648282014-09-22T15:45:00.003-07:002014-09-22T15:45:13.166-07:001 Timothy 1:19
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9/8/14 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! This was a good week. On Monday last week we
had MLC. And on Wednesday we had what was possibly my last Zone Training
Meeting. It was an awesome meeting. But It made me really sad. I'm experiencing
so many different emotions right now. The work here in Bella Vista is going
crazy! It's so awesome to be a part of it. On Friday we got to do something pretty
cool. The first Friday of every month here in Bentonville they have an event on
the town square called First Friday. It’s an event where a lot of different
businesses, artists, artisans, crafty people, farmers market people, food truck
people come and set up a booth. They have live music and lots of fun things to
do. So we were able to get a spot at First Friday and it was awesome. Our theme
was Strengthening Families. We talked with people about their families and how
important family is and how the gospel can strengthen their families. We also
had a sweet activity for people. I drew a house and put it on a board and we
had people write down their answer to the question "Why do you love your
family?". We had them write it on little circular post it notes. Then we
drew a string from the post it to the house. It looked like a bunch of little
balloons lifting up the house. It was pretty sweet. We were using the
"Up" theme to demonstrate that all of the answers to that question
are things that will "lift" your family up. Or strengthen your family
and bring you closer together. It was an awesome day, we got to talk to a TON
of people. I always love doing that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Surprisingly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't
have a whole ton of stuff to talk about this week. I'll just talk about what
I've learned more about recently. I've been learning a lot about repentance.
The Greek word for repentance is Metanoeo. Which literally translated means:
Change your mind, knowledge, spirit, breath or air. Repentance is not a scary
or difficult process. It's a process of change. Of improving. Of becoming
better. It's changing your mind, and your spirit. It's realizing that you need
to change and then making the necessary changes! I'm so grateful for the gospel
of Jesus Christ. I love being a missionary so much. And I love all of
you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! This week was a great week! It was super busy.
We had transfers last Thursday which is always exciting. I don't know if I've
explained how transfers work. There are 6 "stops" or transfer
points around the mission and there is two transfer vans and a few cars
that drive from stop to stop in a big loop around the mission. One loop leaves
from Tulsa and goes north and the other goes south. And they cross each other's
paths in Bentonville. So it's a pretty crazy transfer point. Zone Leaders are
in charge of making sure everything is organized and people get where they need
to go. So it's pretty hectic but it's really fun to see a lot of
missionaries from around the zone. </span></div>
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Tuesday. It was so awesome. She's been waiting years for that day. It was so
cool. Baptism is a miracle to me. Seeing someone make that choice to be so
committed to a Christlike life. It's a miracle every time that happens. And I'm
so grateful I get to see people make that commitment! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yesterday we had MLC or Mission Leadership Council. It was a
great meeting. President Shumway instructed on the Doctrine of Christ. Faith,
Repentance, Baptism, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and Enduring to the
End. It's amazing how often we live these principles. Every day we go through
this process. Or we should be going through this process. If we're not they
we've got a problem. But every day we should be exercising faith in the Savior
and repenting or changing. We should be enduring to <i>every </i>end. To the
end of every day, wherever we are we should be living the Gospel. Things are
going great in Bella Vista. I'm so happy with where I am and with the things
that are happening. I love my companion, I love this area, I love the Gospel of
Jesus Christ and I love all of you! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love, </span><br />
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Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-47281966535654873162014-08-25T09:59:00.000-07:002014-08-25T09:59:14.171-07:00Alma 40:11-12
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now,
concerning the state of the soul between death and the resurrection—Behold, it
has been made known unto me by an angel, that the spirits of all men, as soon
as they are departed from this mortal body, yea, the spirits of all men,
whether they be good or evil, are taken home to that God who gave them life.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="12"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">12 And then shall it come to pass,
that the spirits of those who are righteous are received into a state of
happiness, which is called paradise, a state of rest, a state of peace, where
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week was very eventful. A weeks of
spiritual highs a lows. We had Zone Conference this week. My last zone
conference of my mission. That was sad. I gave my departing testimony. I wrote
a poem for it, which I will most likely use in my homecoming talk so you will
all hear it then. It was an amazing conference. President Shumway is an amazing
leader. I'm so grateful to have him as my mission president. I wish I could
relate everything that we learned! I also had an amazing exchange with a new
missionary in the Little Flock area. His name is Elder Ewart and he is a
champion. I love him, he's so awesome. We had such an awesome day. He is so
sincere and real. And he loves EVERYONE. I wish I could be more like him! He is
and will be an awesome missionary and he will change A LOT of lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We also had a baptism on Saturday! Judy
and George XXXXX got baptized! It was so awesome. I will attach a picture. It
was a great baptism. I gave a talk on Baptism and they also asked me to confirm
them! For those reading this who don't know what that means, Confirmation is an
ordinance where several priesthood holders lay their hands on the head of the
person being confirmed and give them a blessing wherein they receive the Gift
of the Holy Ghost. I was the one who said the words during the blessings. It
was so awesome. They are an older couple and it has been so awesome so see them
accept the gospel and start to live it more fully in their lives! I'm super
excited for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We also had a tragic accident in the
mission this week. As most of you probably know, Sister Nancy Vea was killed in
a car accident on Friday. As you can imagine that came as a shock to the whole
mission. This is why I chose Alma 40:11-12 for the scripture in the subject
line this week. I'm so grateful for the knowledge we have of the afterlife.
Death is not the end of life. We can mourn but not for Sister Vea. We can feel
sorrow for her family and for ourselves but she is absolutely in a more joyful
place, resting from all care and sorrow. I love the gospel of Jesus Christ.
There is so much power in living the principles that He teaches. I love all of
you! </span></div>
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Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-77429181164930665062014-08-25T09:13:00.002-07:002014-08-25T09:13:44.861-07:00Ether 12:27August 18, 2014<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! This week was awesome! We had Zone
Training meeting. It was an awesome meeting. We gave the zone a lot of good
things to work on. Sorry I forgot to email you the flow chart again, I will
send you a copy soon though! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cool things that happened: We have been
encouraged by President Shumway to spend a lot of time of family history
recently so we can help people learn about their family history. A few days ago
I traced our line all the way back to Adam and Eve! That was sweet. I'm sure
it's not super reliable but that’s okay. It was still pretty awesome. I found a
line of Kings of Troy too. Also, I've been trying to fill some holes in our
tree. I've been able to find some people that didn't have parents attached to
them. So I've been working on merging records and finding parents for people.
It’s been so awesome! I can't find anybody to do temple work for though! You
guys are too good at family history it looks like haha. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Saturday I spent the day in Oklahoma City at
the temple with XXXXX. The kid that Elder Koetting and I baptized last year in
Bentonville. THAT was awesome. He has come SOOO far this past year. It’s been
awesome to see how the gospel has changed his life. He still has a lot to work
on just like the rest of us but he is doing so well. That’s why I like the
scripture that I put in the subject line so much. We all have weaknesses. But
for good reason! The Lord gives us weakness so that we are humble. So that we
ask Him for help. So he can make us stronger! If we had no weaknesses, no
trials, it would be too easy to feel like we don't need the Lord. And we
wouldn't rely on Him. We would do everything on our own. But that’s not the way
it works. We have to rely on Him. We have to go to him, humbly and ask for
strength. And when we do that, we are letting Him in to our life, willingly. So
that He can build us up in to something so much stronger and better than what
we were before. I love the gospel plan that He has given us and that his Son
taught us. I'm grateful for the opportunity I have to teach people about it. I
love you all so much! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"This is a picture of Elder Van Woerkom, Blake Pesigan, and me. Blake is
the kid Elder Koetting and I baptized last year in Bentonville. And that is a mission call in Blake's hand. Such a cool experience."</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! This week was awesome! We
had so much going on. We had exchanges with the Assistants which went great and
we also did a ton of planning for Zone Training Meeting which happened
yesterday! That was an awesome meeting! We made some really cool things for our
zone to use. One thing we made for them was something we call the Work Smart
Flow Chart. I'll try to send you a copy so you can see what we did. We felt
really strongly like we needed to talk with our Zone about working more
effectively. So we did a lot of thinking and praying about how we could help
the zone do that. We came up with all the most effective ways to work/find
people to teach as a missionary. And we developed a flow chart that helps
missionaries decide what to do when they are stuck. And we made it so it starts
with the most effective things first. It's really hard to explain. I'll just
send you a copy so you can see it. The zone is doing really well. I love being
around all these missionaries. They are a great example to me and they make me
want to be the best missionary that I can be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today XXXXX, one of our investigators
is getting her baptismal interview!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are really excited about that. So is she! This baptism has been a long time
coming for her. Like 10 years long time coming. She will be baptized on the
26th of August. Also, the XXXXX are doing really well! They will have their
baptismal interview coming up next week. They are really excited about it too!
They are so awesome. I love the passion that XXXX has for the gospel.
She inspires me to be better! I'm so grateful that I've had the
opportunity to serve here in this part of the country. There are so many people
that have such a strong faith in Christ. And it is an amazing example to me. I
love it. I have developed such a strong Faith in the Savior because of their
example. People here are just happy. And it's because no matter what happens to
them, they know that God lives, that Jesus Christ lives and loves them. And
that through Him they can overcome any trial. I know that’s true. I've seen it
so many times. I love being a missionary. I love serving the Lord. And I love
all of you! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood</span></div>
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<br />Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-33332217724841114842014-08-06T15:32:00.000-07:002014-08-06T15:32:27.292-07:002 Peter 1:10
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Afternoon everyone! The past
couple weeks have been crazy. This week is a crazy week especially. Monday we
had Mission Leadership Council (MLC) in Rogers Arkansas, which was awesome. As
always. Then yesterday we were on exchange with the missionaries serving in
Grove, Oklahoma. I had Elder Hammit here in Bella Vista. He is awesome. I
served with him last summer here in Bentonville while I was training Elder
Koetting. So that was awesome to be back with him for a day. We had an awesome day!
We taught the XXXX again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are that
couple that is super stoked for baptism. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus
Christ lesson. Ya know, faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost, and
endure to the end. It was a great lesson. Every time we teach them they get
more and more excited about their baptism. And so do we! It's so exciting.
There are a lot of really good things happening in our area. We had a great
talk with Brother Murray last night, he is our Ward Mission Leader. He was
telling us about how important it is to ask EVERYONE for referrals. The days of
tracting (knocking doors) are coming to an end. We need to be smarter about the
way we spread the gospel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the schedule for the next
couple weeks, tomorrow we have exchanges with the Assistants. We have zone
training meeting on Monday, which we have to plan for. Which takes soooo much
planning. but it's awesome, I love it. Then we have a zone conference in two
weeks. Then we have two baptisms coming up in a couple weeks. The (couple we
are teaching) and XXXX. Then the transfer will be over! I can't believe how
fast time is moving. I don't want to waste a single second. I love doing this
work. I don't ever want to stop! I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe
with all my heart that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that it will
bring anyone that reads it, with a sincere heart, close to Jesus Christ. I love
you all! </span></div>
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Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-65529757684787859312014-07-30T17:11:00.001-07:002014-07-30T17:13:03.639-07:00A Few Pictures<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Me."</span></span></td></tr>
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<br />Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-61181858582094823262014-07-30T17:02:00.003-07:002014-07-30T17:02:48.382-07:001 Corinthians 15:10
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7/28/14</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I chose that scripture for my subject
because it's a good scripture. I just like it. I feel like everything I have
learned and grown in on my mission is because of the grace of God. I haven't done
anything on my own. He has sculpted and molded me by His grace. And by his
grace have I been made stronger. That’s what grace is about. Classic OTM
experience happened to me literally five minutes ago here in the library. This
guy standing next to me at the counter leans over and whispers to me,
"it's a free gift, it cannot be earned, you do it because you love him not
because you are earning anything." I turned to him, smiled, and with a
calm dignity said to him, "That's true". Do I believe we have to earn
our salvation. No. Do I believe that we even have the ability to earn our
salvation. Absolutely not. But I do believe God is making us in to something
much bigger than we understand. And that process begins here in this life with
the decisions we make and what we become. His grace is a free gift, the most
wonderful gift ever given. And what a terrible thing it is to waste. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week was a fantastic week! I have
been so excited to tell you about this family that we found. We received a
media referral a couple weeks ago for a lady. We tried contacting her several
times by stopping by her house. But no answer. The phone number we had
also didn’t work. We went back on Tuesday with low expectations (probably not a
lot of faith either :/ shame on me) to try to contact her one last time. So we
knock on the door and this lady answers, super excited to see us. She quickly
invites us in but we tell her we can't because there was no other male in the
home. So we talk with her for a while on her doorstep. It turns out that she
had contact with the church 20 years ago in California. She said that she would
read the Book of Mormon every night. She loved it! She said it changed her
life, brought her so much peace and happiness. She talked about feeling the
Spirit when she read it. Then she moved to Arkansas. And lost all contact with
The Church. Lost her Book of Mormon. Then recently our church started building
a new chapel right up the street from her house! She felt the Spirit prompting
her back to the church for a long time. Until she finally requested a visit
from us on <a href="http://mormon.org/"><span style="color: blue;">mormon.org</span></a>.
We talked with her on the doorstep for 30 minutes. Set up a return appointment
for that same evening. Came back, taught her and her husband, and set a
baptismal date with them both for the 23rd of August. Its amazing to see the
passion that she has for this message. She LOVES it! She believes that the Book
of Mormon is true. I believe with all my heart that it is true. I believe that
because of the amazing things that it causes. It changes people from bad to
good. It makes true disciples of Jesus Christ. I don't know how it couldn't be
true! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyways, The work here in Bella Vista
is going so good. Miracles happen all the time. To all of us! If we will just
open our eyes we can see them everywhere. I love this work! I love all of you!
:)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood</span></div>
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Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-57732232136511536452014-07-30T17:02:00.001-07:002014-07-30T17:02:00.970-07:00Moroni 10:32
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7/21/14</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! How are you all today? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm so glad y’all got to meet Elder Van
Woerkom I gave him a hug for you so I'm glad he passed it on :) He was a great
missionary. And he is missed greatly by many. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week was great though! Elder
McReynolds got here on Tuesday and we got to work right away. Really good
things are happening in this area. We have XXXXX who is progressing really
well. He and his fiancee just need to get married before he is baptized. So they
are looking at sometime in September for their marriage. It would be nice if it
was closer but that’s okay. These things are important to people haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">XXXXX is another one of our
investigators who is progressing really well. She’s so awesome. In Sunday
school class she was making comments about things that I don't even know much
about. She has read the all three Old Testament, New Testament, and Book of
Mormon Stories picture books and she is working on reading the Bible and the
Book of Mormon as well. She’s the one who grew up Buddhist but is now
discovering Christianity and she is loving it. Its awesome to see someone
learning how to grasp the Atonement of Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Something I have been thinking about
lately is how tricky Satan is. He knows our weaknesses and he exploits them so
much! That is something I've seen a lot of on my mission. Satan using the small
things to distract people from the important things. One beer here, one
cigarette there, what harm could it do? I can't tell you how many times I've
heard that. This life just isn't about how close we can get to the edge. It's
about putting off the natural man. Sacrificing every thing that separates us
from God. That’s what I love about the gospel of Jesus Christ and His
Atonement. It gives us power to improve ourselves and to resist temptation.
Strength to over come the natural man. I love this gospel. I love having the
opportunity to do my best to help people understand what Jesus Christ can do
for them. And I love all of you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood</span></div>
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week! Just super busy. We had MLC on Tuesday. Which was awesome. President had
a list of 15 "housekeeping" items to talk with us about.
"Housekeeping" items are just things that need adjusting in the
mission, they're usually just little things that the mission as a whole needs
to work on getting better at. So that was a little discouraging, but much needed.
It's always good to get some new things to work on. That’s’ what makes you
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night! Elder Van Woerkom is going home obviously. And I'm staying here in Bella
Vista and i'm getting Elder McReynolds! He's awesome. I was his zone leader
when I was in Springdale and he was in Huntsville. He's a great missionary and
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awesome. It was a little different than most sacrament meetings in the church.
Instead of having a few people give talks, the bishop opened the pulpit to
anyone, kind of like a testimony meeting, to come up and share an experience
they've had in their life with a particular hymn in the hymnbook. After they
shared that experience and their testimony the whole congregation sang the
first verse of that hymn together. It was awesome! I would recommend that to
any ward. There was a special Spirit in the room. I loved it. </span></div>
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was so awesome. I'll attach a picture. It was a great service. Long time coming
for XXXXX. She's been investigating the church for over 3 years. So it was
awesome getting to be a part of her baptism. There was a great spirit there. I
love baptisms. Those are really special experiences. Witnessing someone make
that commitment. Jesus Christ gave us the perfect example of how a life should
be lived. I love baptism because of what it symbolizes. It is an outward
manifestation on someone’s inner commitment to live like the Savior. To be like
him at all times and in all places. That’s a special thing! </span></div>
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big deal down here in Northwest Arkansas. On the third we saw a fireworks show with
some members at a lake in Bella Vista called Loc Lomend. And then we spent the
4th kind of just like any other day out here. Visiting people. We had a lot of
appointments with members. Too much food haha. Holidays out here really just
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investigators, XXXXX, is getting baptized this weekend! It will be awesome.
She's been investigating the church for almost 3 years. Another investigator
XXXXX wants to be baptized as well. He is really excited about everything he's
learned. He says that his whole life he knew that there was more than just the
bible. It doesn't make sense to him that God could be contained in one volume
of scripture. Which we happen to agree with. So we will be setting a baptismal
date with him on Tuesday night. I'll let you know how it goes! :) Good things
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presidency issued a challenge to all the leadership in the Rogers Arkansas
Stake this past week. The challenge is for every Auxiliary Presidency member
(president, 1st and 2nd counselors, secretary etc.) to have a referral for the
missionaries by September 1st. That comes out to over 700 referrals for the 34
missionaries in the stake right now. It’s epic. Now of course that is a lofty
goal. But that's okay. The members here will rise to the occasion. This challenge
will really help the members here come out of their shells and open their
mouths. They will be exercising a lot of faith in sharing their testimony of
Jesus Christ and His gospel. After all that is our greatest responsibility. To
share the gospel. The good news ya know! People won't be offended when you
invite them to learn about the very thing that has brought you the most
happiness in life. Sharing the gospel isn't about converting people, it's about
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us in the car is just us cruis'n in our Grand Caravan. Coolest mission car ever.<br />
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Just a typical scene on a Sunday night for zone
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week. Nothing to crazy or exciting happened. I was on exchange in the Little
Flock area in Rogers. It was a long rainy day of walking. That area doesn't
have a car so we were on foot most of the day. I loved it though. This week was
just a week of normal missionary work. It's crazy what normal is to me now.
Normal for me is teaching people out here in Northwest Arkansas about Jesus
Christ. Normal for me is always doing something, never stopping. Normal for me
is always thinking about other people and how to help them develop a
relationship with God and with Jesus Christ and with the Holy Ghost. It's not
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I have been thinking and discussing a lot lately about the principle of getting
along with other people. Something I've noticed on my mission is how much
people like to talk about themselves. It's kind of a sad reality, but it's
true! People love to talk about themselves! The best way to get along with
other people, to make real friends is to be genuinely interested in others. If
we would all just forget ourselves and start being interested in other people
the world would be much happier. It's really a Christlike attribute if you
think about it. How would Jesus Christ carry on a conversation with you. I
can't picture him talking your ear off, spilling all of His problems on to you.
I think he would be genuinely interested in YOU. I love the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. It's the best way to live your life. There is literally no other way to
find the greatest happiness in this life. I love the gospel because it's
principles are true principles that can be applied to every day life. We exercise
faith in every thing we do, every step we take is an act of faith. Repentance,
changing, becoming better, improving day by day, forgiving, being forgiven. These
aren't just ideas that only work in a spiritual realm. These are real, matter
of fact, fundamental principles of a happy life. I love the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. I'm grateful for the opportunity I have to learn about it and to teach
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I'm a little bit upset right now because I forgot my planner at home and I had
written a ton of stuff in there to tell y’all about. But I’ll do my best to
remember. This week was a good week, we had three exchanges. On Tuesday I was
in Bentonville with Elder Ingledue. On Wednesday I was in Bella Vista with
Elder Hardman a brand new missionary. And on Friday we blitzed the area with
the assistants. So it was a very hectic week but it was awesome. We did a lot
of good work. We have a new investigator named XXXX. She is a member
referral from a family here in the ward. I didn't get to teach her because I
was in Bentonville that night. But she sounds awesome. Really interested,
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for me to know what to write in these emails. I mean we pretty much do the same
thing every week. Pretty much. Maybe another questionnaire is in order
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thinking a lot about recently (hopefully I didn't already tell y’all about this
thought) actually comes from that scripture I put in the subject line. The
phrase "bear the shame of the world" means a lot to me. After
observing the way we choose to live our lives as Latter-day Saints or followers
of Jesus Christ, it's easy to see that we are not normal. In many ways we are
rebels in society today. We do not conform to social norms. We don't follow the
crowd. Our standards remain on a higher level. That’s the way it has to be for
a disciple of Jesus Christ. And it's not easy! We cannot be like those in
Lehi's dream that taste the love of God and then turn away in shame because
they can't handle the mocking or insults from the great and spacious building.
We have to stand tall for what we know is right. We have to endure to the end.
That's where real joy is found. Real happiness is found in living the gospel. I
Love this work so much! And I love all of you! :)</span></span></div>
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Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-29525352812865225032014-07-08T15:07:00.003-07:002014-07-08T15:09:41.591-07:00Mosiah 3:19<style>
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week. We had MLC in Tulsa on Monday and Tuesday, an exchange with the Cassville
Elders on Wednesday and Thursday, and a Zone training meeting Friday with a
road trip to Fort Smith! It was a crazy busy week but it was awesome as usual.
MLC was great. Elder Van and I instructed on Listening. Our mission is focusing
a lot on becoming better teachers. And part of teaching is listening to people.
Preach My Gospel has a section on listening that we instructed from. But to
demonstrate our points we began the instruction with a discussion on why it's
important to be good listeners. We asked a question to the group called on
people to answer and then proceeded to be the worst listeners imaginable. We
would ignore the person talking, talk to each other, flip through pages of
notes, call on other people while someone was still talking etc. It was funny,
and it got the point across. We don't ignore each other here, why would we
ignore our investigators while they are talking. If you're not a missionary it
might be hard to imagine that scene, but I think most missionaries understand
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in Cassville on Wednesday. Isn't that
funny? Y’all had no idea that on Wednesday I was in Cassville Missouri doing
missionary work. And then on Friday we drove an hour and a half to Fort Smith Arkansas.
It's just funny to think about all of this objectively. We're two 20 year old guys
traveling around Northwest Arkansas preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. It's
so AWESOME! </span></span></div>
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training meeting on Friday was awesome. I won't bore you with details about the
instruction. It was just a good meeting. There was an emergency transfer in our
zone, so we had to transfer one of the elders here down to Fort Smith, that’s
why we drove down there. I got to see Elder Koetting down there though! That
was awesome. I miss that kid. He's so funny. I can't wait to see him after we
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grateful for this opportunity. I love serving a mission. I love being a
missionary. I love preaching the gospel. God lives, and he loves us. I love all
of you too! :) </span></span></div>
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week! Not quite as exciting as the Glow Run last week, but still an exciting
week. We have a few baptisms coming up. Sister XXXX is getting baptized in a
few weeks, XXXXX in august, and we got two new investigators this past week
that are awesome. XXX and XXX. They are a young couple. XXXX was raised semi Buddhist.
So its really fun teaching her. I like teaching people about Jesus Christ. I
love helping them realize what His atonement means for them. It's really hard
sometimes! We have to explain with words the infinite atonement. The very act
that redeems us from our fallen, mortal, imperfect, state. The act that brings
peace, joy, happiness, comfort to our lives. How can you explain to someone
this act! It's a challenge that I love. She's really learning a lot. She
understands a lot of the doctrine and she knows a lot of bible stories from her
own study, but I can't wait to see her start experiencing the change that
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Mission Leadership Council. It’s very random now when we go to Tulsa and when
we don't go to Tulsa. But I’m excited. I love going to Tulsa and spending the
night in the mission home. I don't have a whole lot to say this week. I'm
just loving life. I love being a missionary. I just keep doing my best. Every
day. I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that he lives and that He loves
each one of us. I’m grateful for this opportunity I have to serve Him. I love
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some super unconventional missionary work. A few weeks ago we decided to start
training for the Bentonville Glow Run. It is a two mile race in downtown Bentonville.
So we have been semi training ourselves. Running a couple miles every morning.
And this past Friday was the event. A kind sister in our ward sponsored us to
run in the race. So we showed up Friday night ready to race, in a white shirt,
glow ties, glowing nametags, slacks, and running shoes. It was glorious. We
finished the race in pretty good time. We ran it in 15 minutes 19 seconds.
Which is pretty good for being as out of shape as we are. We finished in the
top 100, out of hundreds of people (8<sup>th</sup> & 9<sup>th</sup> in our
age group), we speculate that there were about 1000 people running. We got so many
funny comments. As we crossed the finish line the announcer said, "Glad we
got the Mormons out tonight!"haha. People came up to us asking if we were
just dressed up in costumes or if we were the real deal haha! We got a lot of
exposure and hopefully caused a few good laughs. And now Bentonville knows that
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her report on my mission. The end of my mission is rapidly coming to a close.
The months are beginning to feel like weeks. The urgency of this work is really
pressing on me. My testimony and conviction of the truthfulness of the Gospel
message is firm. I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe Jesus Christ. I believe
Him when he says he can make us perfect. I love living the Gospel. I am by no
means anywhere near perfect, and I still make mistakes every day. But I'm
grateful for Jesus Christ and His atonement. I know that he loves us. I know
that we have a Father in Heaven that loves us. That knows us. That wants to
help us. I feel and see His hand in my life and in the lives of the people that
I teach. Jesus Christ and His grace have the power to transform a life. I'm so
grateful for this opportunity I've had to serve the people in the Oklahoma
Tulsa Mission. And I love all of you! </span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week was awesome. We did really
good work. We hit the new standard of excellence here in Bella Vista. 20
lessons, 60% member present, 2 new investigators and 1 investigator at church.
We also had a baptism! XXXX was baptized on Friday. It was so sweet! I got to
confirm her in sacrament meeting on Sunday. For those of you who aren't familiar
with what that means, I'll explain. And hopefully even if you do know what that
means, this will be interesting for you. After a person is baptized, they are
able to receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Or the constant companionship of
that member of the Godhead. In the book of Acts in the Bible, there are several
instances where it mentions the gift of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost was
promised to us, by Jesus Christ, when he said, "But the comforter which is
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things and bring all things to your remembrance". I love that scripture.
The Holy Ghost is real. He comforts us and teaches us. I have felt his
influence many times. It is only by the power of the Holy Ghost that we can
know that Jesus Christ lives and that he loves us. So that was awesome on
Sunday, I was able to lay my hands on XXXX’s head and confirm her a member of
the Church and confer the Gift of the Holy Ghost, just like the apostles of
old, with that same authority from God. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday was exciting haha, after
helping with a move, we drove with the assistants up to Springfield Missouri to
pick up a car for the Bentonville 1st elders, because one of them has a broken
foot and is not allowed to ride his bike or walk around. That was an adventure.
Again, how weird are we. We were excited to drive 2 hours almost to Springfield
Missouri to pick up a truck and drive back. We encountered some pretty crazy
weather during the trip. I've never seen so much rain in my life. </span></div>
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the 19 year old kid, whose family we live with. Is leaving for his mission
today! So last night we get home and the stake president is at the house about
to set XXXX apart as a full time missionary! So he let us stand in the circle
with himself and XXXX's dad to set him apart! It was so sweet. How many
missionaries get to say they set apart another missionary. Eh eh? pretty sweet
huh?! haha I don't know if it's that rare. But it was awesome nonetheless. Very
powerful. Anyways this week was good. I love you all! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How are you all doing?! This
week was good! We had MLC on Tuesday which was awesome as always. We got to
hear from President and Sister Shumway. It's also good to be around other
leaders in the mission and learn from what they are doing. Its kind of a
strange experience. Almost a little bit like a YSA activity or something haha.
But it's awesome. Really uplifting. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">XXXXX one of our
investigators, attended a baptismal service with us Saturday night. It was awesome.
We try to have everyone who is thinking about being baptized come to see a
baptism first so they know what to expect and so they can feel the Spirit of
that ordinance. It was an awesome service. XXXXX is really excited for her
baptism this Friday. And so are we! It has been awesome to see someone who was
just prepared from the very beginning! It has been a blessing to me to teach
her about the restoration of the Gospel. </span></div>
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with John Tvedtness. I hope that name means something to someone reading this.
He is one of the worlds most foremost LDS Scholars. He is a biblical scholar
and an expert on ancient texts. He has worked with other notable scholars like
Hugh Nibley. Anyways, he is awesome. Whenever we visit him we come with questions
to ask him. He told us an interesting fact. He has never found a doctrine or
principle taught by Joseph Smith that cannot be confirmed in ancient texts.
These ancient texts are from scholars like Origen or Thomas Aquinas or St.
Augustine. So that was pretty cool to learn. The church is true. That’s all I
have to say about that. </span></div>
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<br />Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-70395658350988318482014-05-19T16:26:00.007-07:002014-05-19T16:26:57.310-07:00May 12, 2014
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good Morning! :) This week was a good
week! It was an unconventional week for sure. It seemed like we had a lot of
busy work going on. But it's ok. This week will be awesome. We have MLC
tomorrow and then we will be preparing for our Zone Training meeting next week.
I just talked with y’all yesterday on skype so there's not a whole lot more I
have to write in this email haha. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">XXXXX is doing good. Still super
excited and getting prepared for her baptism on the 23rd. We have 10 people
that could potentially be really close to baptism in this area. They are all
part member families and really solid potential investigators. So the work in
this area is about to explode. It's awesome. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We had Zone Conference earlier this
week, and President Shumway talked about a lot of stuff haha. One thing I
really like that he talked about was from Elder Bednar.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He said that while we are out on our
missions we are wierd! We think things are funny that really aren't funny! That
was one example he gave. But its totally true. We are super wierd! But it's
awesome. We are removed from the world. With little to no influence from the
media and politics that bombard our society. I've spent so much time developing
myself. I've had time to thinking, ponder and pray. Sure I miss the world and
all its fun distractions sometimes, but I wouldn't trade these two years for
anything. I love the gospel and I love Jesus Christ and I love this life that
we've been blessed with. It's hard sometimes, but that’s why we have Jesus
Christ. I believe in Him and the power he has to give us strength beyond our
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are just working hard and doing our
best to invite other to come unto Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love you all! </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood </span></div>
Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-47108712944338433702014-05-19T16:26:00.002-07:002014-05-19T16:26:19.473-07:00Alma 26:22
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May 6, 2014</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sorry I wasn't able to email yesterday!
We had to do a couple things in Tulsa. We had to take a missionary from Springdale
and bring him back to Tulsa and pick up a missionary from Tulsa and bring him
back to Springdale and we also had to take a missionary in our zone to a
doctors appointment in Tulsa. Fun fun. It's okay, we got free Jamba Juice along
the way. This past week was a pretty good week. Nothing super notable happened
this week. We did a lot of good work. This area is really nice. There is a
really good teaching pool. That just means that there is a lot of people that
are really interested in learning about the Gospel. There is a lot of people
that are making good progress too! </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of our new investigators, XXXXX is
doing really good. Brother XXXX from our ward referred his daughters boyfriend
to us (XXXX), We went to the XXXX's house Monday night and Tuesday night and
taught the Restoration and the Plan of Salvation. He is really open and really
wants to study, ponder and pray. He is really sincere. I love people that are
sincere. They are the ones who will receive real answers from God. I've learned
one very important principle on my mission; If there is a God, then you can
pray to Him. And if you can pray to Him, He will answer you.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tomorrow we have two Zone Conferences.
One from 9 - 4 which is a zone conference with President Shumway and all the
missionaries from part of the Fort Smith Zone, the Springdale Zone, The Rogers
Zone and the Joplin Zone. Then our Stake has a combined Stake/Zone Conference
from 7-9. We have a lot going on tomorrow. Lots of conference. I can't wait!
Anyways, things are going great! I love the work here in this area. I love
being a missionary! I can't say it enough. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">love,</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood</span></div>
Donald Sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386254291685390063noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961175163339402506.post-77121374798625283242014-05-19T16:25:00.003-07:002014-05-19T16:25:34.042-07:001 Nephi 11:17
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This week was a crazy week with
transfers. I'm excited to be in Belle Vista, back in my old Zone! It's awesome
being here. I'm emailing from the Bentonville Library again today. We are going
on exchange with the Bentonville 2nd Elders in a couple weeks so I'm am really
excited to be back working in my old area. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Funny story. My first day here in Belle
Vista was Thursday. Thursday night around 10:20 we get a phone call from
President Shumway (that'll make your heart stop) and he says to us "hey
elders I've got a project for you!". Then he tells us about how an elder
who had been transferred that day from Bentonville to Mena Arkansas a good
three hours away from here and the most southern point of our mission, had
forgotten his insulin in the refrigerator in Bentonville. He informs us that if
he doesn't get that insulin before 6 am that next morning, he'll be in trouble.
Keep in mind this is 10:20 pm and it's lights out for us at 10:30 haha. So
President Shumway gives us permission to do pretty much whatever it takes to
get this missionary his insulin. So we call the Fort Smith zone leaders and
decide to meet up about halfway in Fayetteville Arkansas after we pick up the
insulin. By the time we arrive in Fayetteville its Midnight. We made the
mistake of meeting up at the University of Arkansas. SO many students. It took
us a while to find the other zone leaders. So I take a step back and have this
thought, here I am, a missionary in the middle of Arkansas, walking around the
U of A at midnight trying to give this insulin to these other missionaries. To
a normal person It probably wouldn't have been that strange. But to us that was
an adventure and a half! :)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In other news, we had some really good
things happen here with the work in Belle Vista. I gave another talk on Sunday
haha. They have all the new missionaries that come to the ward speak on the
first Sunday they are in the area. It was pretty short notice but it was
awesome! I love giving talks! On Saturday night we had a lesson with the XXXX A
part member couple. The wife is not a member. She had approached missionaries
and asked to be taught. On Saturday night we set a baptismal date with her for
the 24th of May! It will be awesome! She's super prepared. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyways, Good things
are happening, my companion Elder Van Woerkem is awesome. I've known him for a
really long time. He was in this zone with me a year ago and we were in Tulsa
East together for a while, and he's been the zone leader here while I was in
Springdale for 2 transfers. So it's good to be with someone that I know and
that I'm already friends with. The work is going well and I'm really happy. I
love this work so much! I love serving the Lord. I love teaching people about
Jesus Christ! I know he lives and that he loves us. I love all of you too :)</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Love,</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Sherwood</span></div>
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