Service in the Rain (8/24/2020)

Wow! This week was full of adventures. We had 9 service projects this week. They just came up out of nowhere and kept us running all day. We have been working so hard and the work here is speeding up. 

We are feeling the spirit so strongly out here in our personal study and in our lessons and service.  We were helping an older lady dig a trench that she needed and it started raining so hard on us and we got all muddy and wet...thanks Oregon!  

We helped another older guy move all his items, we put up siding on a house for a girl and then we helped another lady with moving wood! It was a busy week for us and we like that people know we are here to help and share the message of Christ in their town. 

We had some great member lessons and we are studying a lot. We are trying to bring people close but there are always those people that hate up and tell us we are of the devil! Haha! But I loved reading Alma 37:37 this week:

37: Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

So each day we ask what we can do and who we can help. It’s different but it’s ok because we can change people in small and simple ways and by that God can change people’s lives! 

Training and Service Projects (Aug 17)

Hey everyone! I love you all! So this was a good week on the mission. We have had so many service opportunities and we are given so much food by people lately and we know we are so blessed. 

We are out here working hard for people in Oregon. We are actually digging trenches, we are helping move sheds and we are seen all over the place helping people with little things like that. We want people to see us getting back outside to help and serve and to recognize the guys with name tags who are always doing good.

When you can't knock on doors, how else you gonna keep your presentation skills sharp?

It is starting to get really hot here and we spend more time in our apartments than normal during this virus in Oregon. We don't have AC units and this is hot season when the humidity comes and we are right by the ocean. Ahhhh! The point I’m getting at is we are either studying at home in our chair and sweating to death or you get to go teach people and sweat to death or we are out serving and working and sweating to death! Haha! 

So yeah we are having fun following up with members since that is really all we can do right now as missionaries to get into homes for lessons. We have had a few great teaching moments and I’ll keep you all posted as they hopefully progress. 

Stay happy and share the gospel my friends! 

I'm a Dad -- to my new Greenie! (Aug 10, 2020)

Hey good morning everyone! It was a good week. I actually got called to be a trainer! 

I'm super busy with my greenie, Elder Barry. He is a great guy from North Carolina. We picked him up at the mission office on Wednesday and got right to work. 

We are working hard and we have had several lessons. We have been doing lots of service. Like helping at the food bank and serving members and other people.There are good families out here. Members are really helping us with food and helping us find new people. I have seen the hand of God in this transfer and know he is blessing us. 

The four Elders in our apartment got to go to lunch on Thursday with my parents as they were RV-ing down Oregon Coast. It was great to see them for a bit. They even took us on a grocery run and filled our kitchen with some good food! That’s an answer to prayer right there. Haha!

We are so blessed and we know we are getting blessings from prayers all around the world. Thank you for all the love and support everyone is giving and know your prayers for the missionaries are felt each day. You are all so amazing. We are grateful for every little blessing.

Lots of Service and a Baptism to Boot (August 3, 2020)

Letter from last week

So this week has been super busy! We did a lot and the days went fast. We have done a lot of service.  We mowed yards and we needed to help people with their cars...which was cool. 

We got two new people on date! I’ll keep you posted about all that. Samara was baptized this week and it was awesome. She was already on date when I got out here so I only got to meet with her a few times. I don’t know her that well but she was super excited and I can tell you it was so cool to see her smile! It was a great day. 

We are heading for a tour at the Tillamook cheese factory today and we’ve got to run now so this weekly update is going to be small but I hope everyone at home is feeling the love of Heavenly Father and always remember he loves you!

Most Recent week letter:

Hi everyone! This week was fun we had a lot to do which means A LOT of service. 

It’s great because it means we are busy making people happy!

We tore up a guys deck it was fun at first...we took out 32 boards and then he asked us to pull out every nail in each 2x6 so that was very productive...haha! Then we helped another family mow their yard. It was great but we had to cross a crazy freeway every time we had to dump the grass it was scary ahhh! Don’t worry...we missionaries are protected! ;) Then I helped a guy change his ball bearing  on his car and drive line and we are right now pulling out the drain pan gasket and we had to pull out the starter and the move the fuel line!  There was a lot that we did on this jeep Cherokee but I had so much fun helping him!

Then we helped an older couple lay down wood chips that was great because we got a lot of people to come and help. It was good to see people start to get together to help one another. 

We went out for district lunch we went to the best clam chowder place in Oregon!  We were told by so many people to go. It was so good. Oh my gosh! You have to eat there when you come out to Oregon soon.

I felt the spirit so strong this week. It is incredible here.  Here is a good scripture I found this week: Alma 43:45. With all the crazy in the world and in Portland it was a good to remember what is truly worth fighting for. I was reading 1 Nephi chapter 10 and there were a lot of good scriptures but I especially loved 6, 10, 17-18. They are really strong scriptures and you should read them. 

We have 2 newer people that we are trying to put on date next week and a new young couple so we are so excited!  We are doing our best to get in homes since we can proselyte now, but it is hard because no one is outside and it is very difficult to get in to talk to people.  Lessons have been hard to set up this week but we have stayed very busy and are always trying to keep productive and get our name out and about. We are working as hard as we can. 

I have some good news...is everyone ready? I'm going to be a DAD! Haha! Don’t panic! That is what we say when we get to train a greenie...new missionaries that come to the field.  I'm so so excited to train this new greenie.  I have no idea who he is or where he is from, but you can bet he will be a hard working missionary if I train him! 😜🤫  

I hope everyone’s week is going well and I miss all of you. Thank you to all who email me. We are really busy so a lot of times I forget or just don’t get time to email back on P-Day so I'm so sorry for that! I will try my best to do better.  

Love all of you and have a good rest of your week #elder BEEZERboyd