Letter #2: Feb 22, 2016

                  Hello Family,

Thank you dad you are truly the reason why I'm here and you have
dealed with my all my life which I have toyou on that one cause
I ain't easy and just want to thank you keep up all the good work. How
is mom doing is she lest stressed is josh and Jessie doing good how
are the babies doing not James and spencer I mean Weston and Nora I
miss not walking in and seeing thoughs two. Any ways This week was
pretty slow. Right now we are just visiting recent converts reteaching
them the discussions and a lots of ROLL PLAYS !!!! I'm no good right
now at teaching but I'm trying and slow but surly getting better. I
think the most hardest thing for me as a missionary is getting out of
my comfort zone and speaking up haha I kinda fell like the little
brother in our house I speak no one heir me and it's hard but that's
ok it pushes me to talk. me and my companion are teaching each other
great lessons in life he is teaching me to be bold, more confident and
when there's a problem you go fix it. I'm teaching him patients and
long suffering and enduring to the end haha He is great. One day my
companion and another companion in our house had to go to training
meeting in Tempe so I went on splits with another greeny oh it gets
better he is form Brazil and doesn't even know that much English so
you can probably imagine how the rest of the day went haha
 it was a night mare but you now what I learned how to
get out of my shell and teach and the lord brought mighty mericails
there's a scripture in D&C 100 5-8 and it says (5.Therefore, verily I
say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts
that I shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded
before men;
6.For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment,
what ye shall say.7.But a commandment I give unto you, that ye shall
declare whatsoever thing ye declare in my name, in solemnity of heart,
in the spirit of meekness, in all things.
8.And I give unto you this promise, that inasmuch as ye do this the
Holy Ghost shall be shed forth in bearing record unto all things
whatsoever ye shall say) and we got and return appointment with some
one that we visited that was interested so hey great. Later in the
week We also did some service, "my favorite" yard work in the sun it
was great and the women that we did service for she was from Georgia
so it brought back so memories of North Carolina
She was very nice and with the service we did for she now wants to
come to church and take the lessons so this week was busy and not so
busy but it sure had its moments I hope you are doing great thank you
for being awesome

                  Love, Elder Boyd