It was DELICIOUS! In so many ways!
11 years ago
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Judd's FINAL email!
Dear Family,
Wow, I can't believe this is my last e-mail. It is all just so surreal. There is no way it has been 2 years. The picture you sent of me seems like it was yesterday. I am not even sure what to say in this e-mail.. I guess I will just pretend like it is just another regular p-day letter :) We've been blessed beyond all measure these past few weeks. Michael was baptized this past week. It was awesome. He is going to be a great missionary in 5 years. Also we have another baptism this coming weekend... the amazing part is that it isn't the one that was originally planned for this saturday. We met with another part member family. This time it is a young couple who have one little toddler. Brother Gelotte has been a member all his life. His wife, Brenna, grew up around the church all her life. She even went to 2 years of seminary when she was in highschool. For some reason she just hasn't been baptized. She even comes to church every week without her husband because he works every sunday. When we first got here the ward told us about them and said that all the missionaries have tried to get her baptized but she's just not willing. We didn't think much of it at first and we met them but didn't set up an appointment. A couple weeks later bishop told us that he asked Brenna to take the lessons again and she said she wanted to. So we went by and set up a time. When we taught them we found out that she was just waiting for her husband to baptize her. She also said that she thought that all the missionaries in the past only cared about "numbers". So that lesson we didn't invite her to be baptized. After the lesson we talked to bishop and he said that Brother Gelotte could baptize her whenever she is ready. It turns out our next appointment fell through and another week went by with no contact. Then this past week we felt prompted to go by thursday night and they let us right in. We told them that we talked to bishop and that they could do it whenever. She got a big smile on her face. Then at the start of the lesson we just talked about baptism a little bit. I asked her if she would feel comfortable doing it this month. She thought about it for a little bit and then replied in the affirmative. So we invited her to be baptized this coming weekend and she accepted! We saw her at church yesterday and asked her if we could announce it to the ward. She agreed and told us that they have already told all their family and everything. It will be this saturday at 7pm. My final baptism. She also pulled us aside yesterday to say that her husband didn't feel comfortable baptizing her.. then she looked at me and said, "I've made up my mind and I want YOU to do it." I feel so blessed here at the end of my mission. I have spent the last week reflecting on my mission. I feel so inadequate and so un-deserving of the many miracles and blessings i've been able to witness and be a part of. I can't even describe in words my feelings. It has been an emotional roller coaster. We had zone conference this past week and all the departing missionaries had to get up and bare their testimonies. It was almost like my whole mission flashed right before my eyes. I couldn't hold back the tears. I have absolutely loved my missionary service. It has been the hardest thing I have ever done, but I never knew something so hard could be so joyful. I will be honest, I am terrified to come home. I know it will be good for me though. I am excited to see family again. Several months ago a General Authority came to our mission. Elder Edwards from the seventy. When he spoke to us he said, "Your mission here is Boot-Camp for the rest of your life. You don't go home FROM your mission, you go home TO your mission." So I keep telling myself that I am only being transferred :) This last week of my mission will be one of the best of my life. I know that God lives because of the things I have witnessed while in his service!
"For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith:" -2nd Timothy 4:6-7 I love you all so much..
See you in a week!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Elder Judd Workman
Wow, I can't believe this is my last e-mail. It is all just so surreal. There is no way it has been 2 years. The picture you sent of me seems like it was yesterday. I am not even sure what to say in this e-mail.. I guess I will just pretend like it is just another regular p-day letter :) We've been blessed beyond all measure these past few weeks. Michael was baptized this past week. It was awesome. He is going to be a great missionary in 5 years. Also we have another baptism this coming weekend... the amazing part is that it isn't the one that was originally planned for this saturday. We met with another part member family. This time it is a young couple who have one little toddler. Brother Gelotte has been a member all his life. His wife, Brenna, grew up around the church all her life. She even went to 2 years of seminary when she was in highschool. For some reason she just hasn't been baptized. She even comes to church every week without her husband because he works every sunday. When we first got here the ward told us about them and said that all the missionaries have tried to get her baptized but she's just not willing. We didn't think much of it at first and we met them but didn't set up an appointment. A couple weeks later bishop told us that he asked Brenna to take the lessons again and she said she wanted to. So we went by and set up a time. When we taught them we found out that she was just waiting for her husband to baptize her. She also said that she thought that all the missionaries in the past only cared about "numbers". So that lesson we didn't invite her to be baptized. After the lesson we talked to bishop and he said that Brother Gelotte could baptize her whenever she is ready. It turns out our next appointment fell through and another week went by with no contact. Then this past week we felt prompted to go by thursday night and they let us right in. We told them that we talked to bishop and that they could do it whenever. She got a big smile on her face. Then at the start of the lesson we just talked about baptism a little bit. I asked her if she would feel comfortable doing it this month. She thought about it for a little bit and then replied in the affirmative. So we invited her to be baptized this coming weekend and she accepted! We saw her at church yesterday and asked her if we could announce it to the ward. She agreed and told us that they have already told all their family and everything. It will be this saturday at 7pm. My final baptism. She also pulled us aside yesterday to say that her husband didn't feel comfortable baptizing her.. then she looked at me and said, "I've made up my mind and I want YOU to do it." I feel so blessed here at the end of my mission. I have spent the last week reflecting on my mission. I feel so inadequate and so un-deserving of the many miracles and blessings i've been able to witness and be a part of. I can't even describe in words my feelings. It has been an emotional roller coaster. We had zone conference this past week and all the departing missionaries had to get up and bare their testimonies. It was almost like my whole mission flashed right before my eyes. I couldn't hold back the tears. I have absolutely loved my missionary service. It has been the hardest thing I have ever done, but I never knew something so hard could be so joyful. I will be honest, I am terrified to come home. I know it will be good for me though. I am excited to see family again. Several months ago a General Authority came to our mission. Elder Edwards from the seventy. When he spoke to us he said, "Your mission here is Boot-Camp for the rest of your life. You don't go home FROM your mission, you go home TO your mission." So I keep telling myself that I am only being transferred :) This last week of my mission will be one of the best of my life. I know that God lives because of the things I have witnessed while in his service!
"For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith:" -2nd Timothy 4:6-7 I love you all so much..
See you in a week!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Elder Judd Workman
Monday, April 16, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Words from Elder Workman:
So basically this has been an amazing week. Even at the end of your mission, you continue to see miracles as you stay diligent. In fact, I think God gives you more miracles so that you will stay focussed until your very last day. Haha at least that's what it feels like for me. We don't even do anything to deserve the things that happen to us. So a couple weeks ago we were told by the Bishop of the Lake Sawyer ward about this Part Member Family we should visit. The Mom is an in-active member and the Dad is a non-member. They have 3 kids, 2 of which are baptized. The only one not baptized is their 11 year old Devon. And his grandma is in the relief society Presidency. Last thursday we felt inspired to stop by and introduce ourselves. We knocked on the door and their fully active Grandma was there and she was the one who answered. She invited us right in, sat us down on the couch and then brought out Devon the 11 year old. The first words out of her mouth after she introduced him to us were, "the Elders are here to talk teach you and talk to you about getting baptized. Is that still something you want to do?". Devon responded in the affirmative. We found out that he has been to church several times in the past with his grandma and also his older sister who is a member. After talking to Devon's mother and the Grandma and explaining the requirements for baptism, we agreed that the 14th of April would be an appropriate day for his baptism. They wrote it on the calendar and we scheduled appointments every day this week to teach him up until his baptism. We have taught him twice now, and he came to church yesterday. He turns 12 in a few weeks so the ward decided he should just go to class with all the deacons. He met all the kids and he really enjoyed it. The ward is way excited for him. They announced it in sacrament meeting and everything. He is really fun to teach.. he's your average 11 year old :)
We also talked to another Part Member Family in the Lake Meridian ward yesterday after church. They are all members except their 14 year old boy. No one knows why but for some reason he was never baptized with his mother and brother a couple years ago. We pulled him aside since he has been coming to church regularly with his family and asked him if he had ever thought about getting baptized. He said yeah he has been thinking about it lately.. so we asked him if he would like to get baptized this month. He said that he would like that. SO after church we went and talked to his parents about it. We showed them all the lessons we would teach him and we set up an appointment for wednesday. They are excited for him, but they just want to make sure we teach everything. God is Good! :)
We also talked to another Part Member Family in the Lake Meridian ward yesterday after church. They are all members except their 14 year old boy. No one knows why but for some reason he was never baptized with his mother and brother a couple years ago. We pulled him aside since he has been coming to church regularly with his family and asked him if he had ever thought about getting baptized. He said yeah he has been thinking about it lately.. so we asked him if he would like to get baptized this month. He said that he would like that. SO after church we went and talked to his parents about it. We showed them all the lessons we would teach him and we set up an appointment for wednesday. They are excited for him, but they just want to make sure we teach everything. God is Good! :)
Monday, April 2, 2012
Poor Judd:
This week was really interesting. As you already know I had yet ANOTHER kidney stone. Count it, that's number 5. [5 total - 2 on the mission] I asked myself, why couldn't this have just waited a month? Haha but oh well it was another learning experience. This one took longer to pass than the one I had a year ago. It woke me up at 2am thursday morning, and I knew instantly what it was. I found my Percocet and got a big glass of water. I took one pill and 10 minutes later got impatient so I took another. I spent the next 2 hours either lying on the living room floor in the dark or pacing back and forth in our small living room. Surprisingly, I didn't wake Elder Gilbert up at all. Even when I fumbled in the dark and knocked over my glass of water haha oh boy looking back on it now it is kinda funny. The pain went away for about 20 minutes and I fell asleep on the living room floor, but then it hit me again so I took another Percocet. Finally around 5am I was able to go back in the bedroom and sleep for an hour. When it was time to wake up we said our companionship prayer and I asked Elder Gilbert to call Sister Larkin while I laid in bed. She got us the address of the closest Emergency Room and so we headed out and got there around 7am. They admitted me and I got a cute little gown to wear :) They put an IV in me for meds and liquids then had me do a CT scan and also a Urin sample. (This is when sister Larkin called you because I couldn't remember my SS# ..thanks for that by the way). after like 2 hours of laying in the hospital bed the Doctor came in and said, "Well, you indeed have a kidney stone in there." I wanted to say, "no duh..." But thanks to the medication my patience was increased 10 fold. They gave me 2 prescriptions and we were out of the hospital by about 10am. We went to Fred Meyer to fill the order and I think that is when I passed the stone (in the bathroom of course). So I didn't get to keep this one unfortunately. We just went home and I slept off all the medication. We were able to get out in the evening around 6 and I was feeling fine. My kidney is still a lilttle sore.. the stone must have caused some scarring in there or something. But, all is well. I am supposed to follow up with a Urologist this week but I'm not sure if I will, seeing as I will be home in a month. I asked the ER doctor if I would just continue to have them and he said yeah most likely. SO it looks like I have a long life ahead of me to start collecting some kidney stones. :)
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