Elder Noah Wolford: Please don't be Me!

Querido Familia,

Well it is going really great the branch presidency just told me this last Sunday I don't have to be the district leader anymore because there are assigning it to someone else. I was so excited, but yet saddened that some other pore sucker had to take on the responsibility. It's ok though because they pulled my companions and I in a separate room and told us that we will be the new Zone leaders over all three districts. "Knew it!!!" I told myself that after they said we need new zone leaders in a week or so, it was exactly how I knew I was going to be the district leader the first time. This is how it went for both in my head. Watch they are going to ask you to be the district leader / zone leader, but please don't be me please. What do you know it happened both times crazy huh. We don't have any sisters in our entire zone which is probably a good thing because some of these Elders might have a hard time focusing on their studies, but we have a whole lot more coming in the next few weeks as the other districts leave. Dad there is an Elder here going to Louisville Kentucky and I think Evansville is part of his mission. His name is Elder Weeks and he know one of my friends Kate. Anyways the MTC schedule is finally normal to me and everyday seems to go by faster and faster. Yesterday we had a lesson with our progressing investigator and our lesson was on the Plan of Salvation. The previous lesson we gave him the pamphlet and asked him to read it and think of any questions he might have when we were to return. So when we did he had questions about El mundo de los espíritus y Reinos de gloria. So we started to explain what they were about and why they were important and after twenty or so minutes we realized we had one minute left to teach and were about to wrap things up, but Our investigator had another question so we stayed seated and listened to what he had to say. Basically he wanted to know how happy families were apart of this plan when there is so much adoption, abortion, single parents, and he said in Guatemala sometimes the just leave them on their own. My companion Elder Smith and I didn't know how to answer that in Spanish and it's hard enough to explain in English, but Elder Gwilliam started saying things that just worked and as I looked into the eyes of the man that we were teaching tears stared to flow down his cheeks one after another. The spirit filled the room and it was such an amazing experience to be apart of even though I didn't say anything. These past few days have been pretty normal other than the absolute chaos it was to plan what everyone in your district is going to do in class for the whole week. Oh yeah an Elder yesterday while he was teaching his investigator was explaining how we are baptized by water then by infierno which means Hell. So he told the investigator that he will be baptized by Hell. It was funny. Earlier this week I got to play volleyball with an Elder who is going to play with BYU when he gets back it was a lot of fun because we played 2 against 4 and we wrecked honestly if we would have played six we still would have won. I got a letter from Grandma Brenda and Aunt Ashely today it was the best because Grandma put these folded up paper arms in the card to give me a hug it was great. Today we went to the temple and one of the names I had was Isaiah it was awesome because he came from a place only a few miles away from where my companion lives. Well I'm going to try to send some pictures hopefully you get them. Love you all so much and can't wait to talk to you again.

Mom that's crazy that you cooked all that food and great job everyone for helping. Dad I'm starting to do more push-ups and pull-ups every time I can because you never know when I get to Mexico I might have to climb walls and run from dogs. Haha.

Madison keep me updated on how you are doing with volleyball.

- Elder Wolford

My friend Mitch and Me