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Nov. 18, 2014 Email!

Hey guys!

All is well. I am going up to East Sac (Just right over the river) and I will be with Elder Jensen, who just finished getting trained! So it will be fun. I will miss so many people here, but it will be ok!

Sounds like a super busy week!! Thanks for all the pics from the party. They are awesome :) That's too bad she had a hard time! But it looks like it was a good time :)

The weather has been divine. Super cool.

I am hoping that I am over 6 feet! :P I am feeling good! I got the package and loved it!!! That is so exciting. Thank you so much. That is a perfect package :)

We went to the downtown mall in Sacramento today! It was awesome. I am going to miss Sac. But like everything was on sale and I got a couple quality sweaters for really cheap! So that was cool.

This week was super exciting. We have been working closely with the members and the Macias family, who is so solid, were the managers of their apartments where they live. So they know everyone! And everyone has seen their example in their family, and we were able to add a few investigators with them! One, Rebecca, is like 21 and has a little 10 month year old baby named Bella. She wants the gospel so badly in her life and she is so prepared. So that is super exciting!! My time in Rancho definitely ended on a good note.

I recorded a little bit and I will send it off as soon as possible! I love you guys and I hope you have a good week. You are the best. I miss you all but I know this is where the Lord wants me to be. It is the best thing in the world. I will talk to you guys soon again! Love you!

Elder Stone

Aurelio's Baptism in Lodi!

                                                   Elder Sanhueza and Aurelio!

(Nov. 10th email)

Hello guys!

This week had its goods and its bads! But some great blessings came.

On P-days we do shopping, cleaning, washing the car, and usually an activity or sports. A lot of times it is rushed because there is high demand and only a few computers! I will send them back, I think I have a couple. I just can't get myself to do it if I'm not alone, I suck at it! But I will try this week again.

I got the package that you guys sent a little while ago, did you send another one?? If so I haven't got that one yet! This is the last week of the transfer, so next week I will know if I am staying or going! Comp and I are good!

Root canals don't sound fun. Tell him "Hi!" back!

It has been a tiny bit cooler here but I am getting sooo tired of the heat and dryness! But yeah this week looks better :)

Sounds like Emily's party is going to be crazy :) That's fun!

Dang Sierra got to meet all the people! That is super cool.

Our week was good because Nikko was baptized on Saturday! It was great and the service was really good. Basically all of his Dad's side are not members, so it was cool to get to talk to them and have them see that Nikko was making the decision. We have dropped almost everyone because they just aren't progressing! So we are focusing on not wasting time this week and really finding the people that are ready. The work with the members is going great. So there are tons of exciting things going! At church we had about 85-90 people from the branch and 104 total with visitors. That is HUGE! It is really cool to see all these families coming back and the branch being strengthened.

All is well. Sorry I never have much to say but I either can't remember or the same thing just happens every week. I am lazy when it comes to writing I guess! But everything is going well and we are pushing forward and onward. I love you all. I miss you! But I promise you are always in my prayers and I hope you have a good week. Stay safe and healthy and strong! Keep up the good work :) Love you!

Elder Stone

(Nov. 3rd email)

Hey guys!

The week was good. We saw a lot of miracles! I don't know if you remember Diana, who came to church like 3 times then said she didn't want to continue? Well we haven't seen her in probably more than a month, and she just showed up to church! It was nuts. And then last night was Aurelio's baptism in Lodi. I got invited, and got the blessing of performing the baptism. It was incredible! So many friends and there was a ton of people there! It went really well and the Spirit was so strong. I am so grateful I got to participate in that. So it ended up being a great week!

That is good to hear that the funeral went well. Halloween sounds fun! We got to watch the first installment of the work and the glory I think, and then we had zone training, which was awesome. Very inspiring and spiritual.

I wish we had your weather! It is supposed to get hot again. It was getting nice, too. We got a little bit of rain, but really not much as far as I could tell unfortunately.

 The pics of Emmy are awesome. She is the cutest. The Tarkalsons should totally come visit! That is awesome you got to see them. It would be crazy to see them again!

I heard about Colton and got his Email today. That is good he is able to get back to work, that would be really hard. Tell Kelsey HI back! Wow lots of big news! Things are really happening!! That is cool :)

Ummm I think those are the plans! That sounds right :) I think that is the plan for now.

I love you guys too! Have a great week as well! I miss you all! Be safe! Love you,

Elder Stone

(Yeahhh. IPad’s should be end of November/beginning of December I think...but still not for sure.)

(Oct. 27th email)

Hey!!!

Hi guys, I am doing well! We had a good Sabbath but between conflicts and people being difficult we didn't have anyone there! Which was disappointing but it ended up good.

We had a good week, and we have really been focusing on having the best relationship possible with members, serving them and trying to edify them. It has been awesome and they want to work with us so much more, it is a big blessing.

That onion truck must have STANK. That's crazy!!

We have had a little rain here and there, but nothing that has lasted. But the cooler temps have been so nice.

We just have ridden bikes at times to keep miles down is all :) And it is nice some times! But we haven't ridden them for a few weeks now.

That is sad another ward member passed. It is weird seeing English wards because they have so many old people in them. That sounds weird but yeah :P Good luck at the funeral! Hopefully all goes well.

Hopefully Halloween will be fun! A movie, zone training, and such. Should be a good time.

Thanks for all the pictures! They are awesome. You guys are the best. I love and miss you all and I hope you have a great week!  Sorry time is short today. Love you!

Elder Stone

(Oct. 20th email)

Hey family!

This past week was good. We saw some great things happen. Especially good weather! Like wow it was so good. So much cooler it was really nice.

Sounds like you guys had a cool week :) Sorry about the pictures! I got them all and they are great :) All those treats looked awesome! Good work :) Looks like you guys had a fun time :)

Nothing too crazy happened this week that I can remember! Ramon is doing well, he is just very confused, so we are moving his date back to make sure he is ready. But he is coming and learning and progressing. We had the primary program this week, which was interesting because our branch primary is combined with an English ward, but it went well. 

I had exchanges with the Zone Leaders this week which was fun. I was with Elder Shaw, who is ginormous. He is 6 10 and will be playing for BYU when he gets home. So that is fun. It went well and he is an out-of-the-box thinker which is nice. We did some service as part of the new Just Serve initiative. We went to a place that builds houses for those less fortunate and worked in the Re-Store area with furniture and other household stuff. It was super tiring but fun! 

Well that’s really all for this week. I love and miss you guys. I found the recordings and loved them! They were sick. Loved the songs too Brook! You are awesome! Thanks so much for those, I am going to try to do that this week. 

Have a blessed week guys! Love you

Elder Stone

(Oct. 13th email)

Hello! 

Sorry guys this day has been busy so I am short on time. This week went really well! The area is doing great and the Lord is blessing us so much. So it is going well! We are super busy!!!! I got the package finally yesterday :) Thank you :) Love it :)

Happy Anniversary!!! That is cool that you guys got to stay up there :) I hope it went awesome!! Sounds like a busy week! It is cool that she got to go to YC and stuff!  Sounds awesome :)

Hahaha that is crazy about the capsule thing! Dang! Hopefully it doesn't get stuck :)

Oh that's good that Aunt Verna is doing better. She will be in my prayers! 

Dang the pictures didn't come through on your email mom. But thank you for all the pics always! They are awesome. 

We are doing well and safe and sound. There are clouds out right now and it is super cool! Haha hopefully rain this week :) We got to sing in a multi-faith concert in a huge catholic cathedral in downtown this week! And we had Zone Conference with Elder Daniel Johnson of the Seventy. They were both awesome experiences! I will tell you more about them when I send you the recording I am going to make!!

Sorry there is like no time today. Love you guys! Take care and keep up the good work :) I love and miss you all.

Elder Stone

(October 7th Email)

Hey familia!

So this week was super busy. Not a lot of time to proselyte. We watched Meet the Mormons which was sweeeet! Way good. Then we did service at a local food bank for a few hours which was really fun and felt good. It is interesting to see the spectrum of gratitude of these people. It was great to help some neat people. 

Conference was awesome as usual! It was so cool that some got to speak in Spanish. Really awesome experience. We watched it in english except for those talks and most of the Priesthood session! We watched it at our stake center (on Wissemann dr. and Folsom blvd.). It was really sad that we didn't have any investigators come. But hopefully church this week will work out! I really loved a lot the focus on personal conversion and not throwing away what we know just because of opposition. And of course the ones about missionary work! Elder Christofferson's was one of my favorites as well.

The hot weather is kind of getting annoying now ;) We talked to some black people and the lady was like "God is punishing California, this is the worst place I've lived! God is just saying 'ok, I'm gonna get you as close to hell as I can before I destroy ya, see if ya shape up" or something to that effect haha. But hopefully moisture will come around sometime.

We got to go to the temple this morning which was a huge blessing. I love it. It was really good for me. 

Other than that we were just running around a lot! We talked to some interesting people. Probably the most drunk person I have met, he almost fell over multiple times and about threw up on us. I don't get alcohol. Our investigator Ramon is hilarious and keeps us laughing. Genaro and his family are really awesome and are going to be getting a date this week! That is exciting. They are a wonderful little family. 

Well I love you guys! Stay safe and strong. I miss you guys so much! I am trying to be the best missionary I can. I love you guys and I am so thankful for all you have done for me. Love you!

(P.S. This week was transfer week, but Elder Graham and I are staying!)

Elder Stone

Some new pics!

Brayden whooped Elder Graham in a classic game of shoot-out! :)

American River and the yellow bridge.

Sock City!!!!!

Old Sacramento

All going good! (Sept. 29th email)

Hello amores!

All is well here. I am glad everything serious was ruled out! That's probably the coolest award I have ever heard of ;) haha that is awesome. 

Wow that sounds like a bad day! Hopefully all is well soon. That is kind of nice that the leak is fixed, but a ceiling is cool too :P 

Haha no the weather reports are awesome! Hep me know what to expect even if it is just really all the same ;) But we got moisture a couple times this week! The past week was pretty beautiful really! A lot cooler. But it's back up again!

We are super excited for General Conference. Watching it with translation just isn't the same, so I am sure the branch will be THRILLED if someone gives a talk in Spanish. That would be so cool. It is a great time for missionary work! 

You guys have heard of Meet the Mormons right?? We get a sneak peak this friday! Whoohoo! It will be super cool. Movie night! (night meaning 9 in the morning.)

haha iPads are supposed to come soon but who knows. I am pretty sure with  the Seventy Zone Conference we are having they will introduce it though!

Well we are short on time this week. We had a good week and saw 5 investigators to church, which is great. We just need them all to get baptismal dates! But we had a good week and found a lot of cool people. We biked a lot this past week and saw blessings of finding more people. The Lord really is working here a lot. I am thankful for that. Nothing too exciting or different this week though!! Pretty normal :) 

Tell Brook good luck! That is awesome! Hopefully she gets the job :)

I got the letters and there were amazing! Thanks so much! They were great. 

Well I love you all. Sorry this is short and kinda boring! I am doing well and have plenty of food and shelter and all that good stuff :) Really I don't think I need anything :) Just keep loving me ;) 

Be safe! Love and miss you all! 

Elder Stone

Old Sacramento! (Sept. 22nd email)

Hey guys!!

Sounds like a wonderful week yall had :) That is awesome. It is so cool to hear about the temple and the rededication and everything. And all the pics and videos! They downloaded so slow that I only saw one but it was awesome. Thanks always for those!

That is a super good Mormon message. We have used it a couple times before! It is really inspiring.

They invited you guys cuz "you are in the bishopric"...riiiiggghhhht ;) jk that is awesome! :) those were always fun and it is awesome to see all the happy seniors!

I think we got a TINY bit of rain during the night this week, but it was SUPER dirty. The smoke from the King fire has been destroying the air here! But there have been clouds till today which is awesome. I had forgotten what they looked like. Hopefully rain soon :) We have been biking a bit this week so the cooler weather has been nice.

We are teaching more than them two! There is a man named Mario who is living with a LA and her kids and one that is both of theirs. They are both married to other people, his wife in Mexico and her husband around here. He would get baptized right now if he could, but she has been unwilling to cooperate. Their relationship is difficult so it is basically just super frustrating. But the goal is to talk to her tonight, we have an appointment with them. We just need to talk to her and see how we can help. It is sad to see the hurt and heartache that can be avoided when we just follow the gospel way. He is seeing all the blessings in the book from the gospel, which is amazing. She just needs to get on board.

There is also a guy named Ramon, who is awesome. He came to church yesterday. He is just a little bit crazy but that makes him fun. A great guy, and he is learning and progressing. There are others as well, but they are the most prominent ones!

I know that there is always a lot to talk about probably but I feel like I either never remember any of it or I just can't think of anything unique :) The work really doesn't change much week to week ;) We did go to Old Sacramento last preparation day which was cool! All over around downtown and like the packed huge highway and interchange. It was chaotic and fun. Old Sac is way cool as well! I have pics.

Love you guys! I hope you have a good week. Be safe and spread that gospel! I miss you all!

Elder Stone

No Braylands! (Sept. 15th email)

Heeeello!

Como estan mis queridos? We had a decent week, a lot of good things happened! Diana is progressing well. She is struggling to feel the Spirit and pray on her own, but she is trying and doing the things she needs to, so we know she will make it. It was her and her families 3rd time at church last week! It was amazing to see them there and her kids love primary and the songs, which is awesome. Things are going well. We are teaching Nikko who is 9 and he is awesome. Super bright kid.

We had a big multicultural activity on Saturday. It was nuts! A ton of people packed into a small gym. There were food samples from a ton of different countries and they were all delicious. Then they had a bunch of dances and such from the different countries. It was an awesome activity and really exhausting. It was awesome.

Everything is going normally! The work is great. It's amazing. There is nothing better.

That is crazy all the releases and callings. Changes are always hard! But good.

Sounds like you guys have a crazy week coming!!!! Good luck! I hope it is all fun. A lot of cool exciting things happening :)

Haha as far as I know no Braylands.

I feel like we are doomed to an eternal death drought. Hopefully some rain this week :) Winter or fall would be a nice change haha but the heat is fun too. I hate that it is getting dark way earlier now. Makes it harder to be effective till the end of the night! But we will have to adjust and make the best of it!

Thanks for the pics and all that!! I can't believe that is Savannah! She looks so different and big! Wow.

Well I love you all! You are all amazing! Miss you! Be safe and stay strong this week :) Love you,

Elder Stone

Living by an airfield! (Sept. 8th email)

Hey family!!

Thanks for all the pictures and the videos. Hilarious. I loved them! The Ogden temple looks huge and super pretty. That's so cool that everyone got to come :)

Utah's weather sounds way better than California's! Isn't that backwards ;) That is good you are getting some rain! Hopefully some clouds will roll around here :)

We live right by an old military airfield, and there has been an airshow this past weekend. That was so distracting to have them flying around all the time. It fascinated me and reminded me of always going to the airshows! They are awesome.

That's amazing Sawyer scored his goal! What a pro. The pictures are all awesome! I need to improve my skills so we can play later and I don't get embarrassed ;)

We had a good week! A lot of people came to church this past week, which was amazing to see. That is when they can really progress. The Lord is blessing this area a ton. There are so many prepared people. The lady that just showed up to church last week accepted a date for later on this month, and she is awesome. Just 2 days before the missionaries knocked on her door, she had found her belief in God. She was raised without any religious background, which is really uncommon with the latinos, so there is so much to learn and it is super exciting.

Elder Graham found out this week that he is allergic to soy as well this week. Haha the poor guy. Now all we need is lactose intolerant and he will starve to death! We are having a great time together though! 

We met some Egyptians and Sikhs this week, which was cool. The diversity here is crazy. Our branch president's wife, Hna. Bair, has started doing Zumba dancing classes whatever during the week, which is awesome because Spanish ladies LOVE Zumba haha. So hopefully it will be great to help investigators find fellowship and feel loved in the branch! We have been trying to visit everyone we can on our branch list so we can figure things out and help the branch grow and talking to everyone we can. It has been great and we have been busy as ever. It is the best. I love mission life so much. Even though it kills me ;)

I love you all. Thank you for all your love. I am so grateful for you! I have the best family in the world. Be safe and stay strong! I love and miss you guys!

Elder Stone 

Hola! (Sept. 1st email)

 Hola familia mia!

This week was good, and this coming week will be great! We have been talking to a lot of people and it has been fun, although you meet a couple crazies here and there. There are many people ready for the gospel here, and we are super excited! A lady we have never seen showed up with her kids to church yesterday. She talked to missionaries in Iowa 3 days before she moved here last week. So that was a big miracle! The Lord is sending many blessings to this area. We talked to this one guy who is basically the equivalent of a stake president in the Pentecostal church! That was interesting. He like started prophesying to us at the end which was different. We had a really good conversation with him though and got to testify of the Restoration. He said his name was Elder Poe and he was way cool.

I also got to give a talk in the branch yesterday on missionary work, so that was fun. Hopefully not too boring ;)

Elder Graham is great and we are doing work together. It will be a good transfer! I am not still training! When I left Lodi the training was over :)

We have been trying to clean up a little the house! It has been pretty good. Makes me feel better :P Brother Winchester has been awesome this week, we are really getting along with him. The areas got figured out and we are staying in the same one! They just re-split it but basically nothing changed for us. Which is good!

That is amazing to hear about the FHE and that they were all able to come! Hopefully they could feel God's love there. I hope the open house goes well :) I need pics :)

Thanks for all the updates!! I can't believe that Michael Fralick and Kelsea are getting married. Hahaha that is just so insane. Blows my mind! I guess we are kind of growing up??

That video of Emily cracked me up. You guys are awesome :)

Stay off the roads!!!! ;)

Yeah I guess the drought is bad. I have determined that God is just going to dry it out and burn California down ;) Just kidding it isn't that bad of a place. It was good though because Elder Graham, as we were pulling out of the driveway was like "Ya know, we kindof live in a ghetto neighborhood a little..." And I was like "ehhh kindof maybe" and then a car pulled in front of us to a guy standing outside, and sold some drugs as we passed him haha. It was hilarious. It really isn't bad though. It is nice.

Love you guys so much! You are all amazing and the best. I hope you have a great week. Keep up the good work :) Love and miss yall,

Elder Stone

Some pics.....

Artistic dumpsters in Sacramento!

A Black Widow spider outside their house!

Found a Chick-Fil-A!  Awesome!

Getting Organized

Hello all!

Well we didn't feel the earthquake at all. I had no idea there was one! That's too bad though. Natural disasters can be terrible. Did it do a lot of damage??

Whoohoo iPad mini! Congrats, congrats. That sounds like a good birthday. Yeah supposedly again we are supposed to get them, but I've heard that we have to buy them ourselves..so I am collecting change ;)

Driving has been pretty good. I have been eating healthy as much as possible and it has been good really!

So it is transfer time, and we are really confused ;) They are resplitting the areas but changing them. The zone leaders told me I would be in the west area but the Assistants said I would be in the east area. But I do know for sure that my companion will be Elder Graham! I have never even heard of him which is weird but they say he is good so I am excited. We aren't sure if we are moving or what is going on. But it will be fun ;) I am grateful to be able to stay here. The branch is getting more organized and we went to branch council and it was very exciting. Lots of good work. We have to meet with the Rancho Cordova zone leaders to work out boundaries today which should be interesting!

Good luck in school! Learn lots and stuff! ;)

I can't believe she is driving. And Sierra too?? These kids are growing up too fast ;)

Love you guys! Miss you all! You are my favorites. Take care this week and spread the word whenever possible!

Elder Stone

                                                     Elder Bennett and I

                                           The amazing Garcia Family!

                                                Our living quarters!

                                   We found a Russian and Thai Book of Mormon

Our new areas!

Miracles!!

Hi family!!

HAAPPPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope it is going well!!! Thanks for being the greatest father I could hope for! You will be a millionaire in no time ;) Love ya!

Yeah I do remember Sis. Johnson! That is really sad that she passed away. It really is good to know God's plan for us.

I am happy to hear Sierra is doing better. Poor girl.

I will get a recording soon. Promisssse :)

Our week was really busy. Tons of exchanges and moving the other elders into a new apartment and zone conference and all that. It was hard to get  a lot done and I feel like I didn't hardly work in my area, but it was still a good week. There's a man named Mario Nolazco who is amazing and wants to get baptized, but him and his less active wife are both married to other people. But we are going to try and figure it all out and get him baptized. He has so much desire and is seeing that acting on the gospel is helping his life. He has a ton of potential and it is super cool to see that.

Biggest miracle of the week? THEY FOUND AURELIO SANCHEZ. At zone conference Sis. Cuesta (who is working in Galt) asked me if we ever worked in Galt because there is someone who knows me and Elder Sanhueza by name. When she said it was Aurelio I about started crying. I don't know if you remember him, but he was a golden guy in Lodi, that like a week and a half before his baptism just disappeared. His daughter said he went to Galt, basically she hates us and the church, and said that if we come again she would call the cops. We loved the guy so much and it was so heartbreaking to have that happen. The gospel was helping him. We would always talk about him after that and how someday he would be found again. It is such a huge miracle. I have been really grateful for that his week :) I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!! So amazing.

Other than that things were pretty good, but numbers were way small at church. We aren't sure what happened but hopefully we will fix it up this week. There is a lot of work to do.

Time is flying way too fast. I am learning and progressing though, trying to make the most of every minute. I have felt that the Lord has helped me realize my desires more to serve him this week. Transfers are coming up, and we want to finish this one strong.

Well I love you guys so much. Happy Birthday again Dad! Thanks for the pictures of Emmy. She is the cutest. I miss you all! Have a blessed week :)

Brayden totally exhausted! :)

It's hot hot hot!

Hello all!

Things went pretty well this week until yesterday! haha ;) It was an extremely trying day yesterday. But we got through it and we are on to a better week. We weren't able to contact one of our investigators with a date, Juan, at all this week. The our other with a date, Lisa, texted us last night and said that she read and prayed and realized it is not for her! So basically we are a little troubled ;) But I'm sure all will be well!

The new branch was pretty crazy yesterday trying to figure everything out and getting everybody where they needed to be going. It was pretty cool though because there were about 75ish people there, which is almost how many came to the ward! There are many blessings with the change, especially for those who just plain couldn't come because of lack of transportation. We will be a ward again very soon.

It was so hot this week. Over 100 consistently over the weekend. I am pretty sure I got a cold from dehydration and the heat, if that even makes sense.

I heard last week about Daulton. That is super sad and was very shocking. It was hard to think about this past week. His family and loved ones have been in my prayers. It is also sad to hear about Uncle Darrell, but it is good that he has found rest and peace now.

It is crazy that Danny is headed off! That is super cool though. I hope all goes well for him. Thank you for forwarding Elder Free's email. He will do great. This goes by way too fast.

I got the recordings but we honestly have been so busy I haven't had any time to listen to them. I will make sure to do that this week. Sorry guys!

Glad to hear all is going well at work mom :) Sounds like fun :)

That is good you all got to go to the barbeque and enjoy that time together!! Looks like Scott is doing some awesome work. The pictures of Emmy had me crackin up! Haha :) She is hilarious :)

Well I love you all. Thank you for everything. I miss you! Have a blessed week, ok? :) Love,

Elder Stone

July pics!

New Area!!

Hello family!!!

Things are going very well. I feel very grateful to be in this area. So the area is a little confusing. We cover Sacramento instead of Elk Grove, including downtown! Although there is no Spanish work there right now really so we don't go up north very much. But I will send you a picture of the map! The majority of the area we are mostly in is pretty ghetto, which makes it sad and interesting. But it is an awesome place! I saw more black people and Asians on Thursday than I have seen in my entire life combined ;) haha

Elder Harris and I are getting along great. We are unified on our desire to be obedient and the best we can, and so I know we will see wonderful blessings come.

So we were in the Sac 10th Spanish Ward, but this sunday they just split it into the Sac 10th branch and the La Riviera branch! So now we will be in the La Riviera branch. We might also be changing zones from Elk Grove to Rancho Cordova. So basically we are just really confused right now ;) But it is cool. It will open up a ton of opportunities, especially for the Rancho Spanish elders.

But yeah! We live just south of Sac State University, on the corner of Redding and San Juaquin, if you want to find us on the map!

There is a lot of good things happening in this area. We have a couple really great investigators and 2 on date so far in August. We are really going to  be focusing this week on the members and strengthening them and less actives. We need the branch to be strong so we can see success. Exciting week coming up.

It is great to hear about the trek fireside and all! That is awesome that Bri and Eric locked the keys in the car! I've definitely never done that before ;) Glad you could get it out eventually haha :)

I hope Brook has a good time at camp!!!  That is exciting :)

Thanks always for the pictures and all! I love you! I miss you guys so much! I hope you have a wonderful week :)

Love,

Elder Stone

Transfers!!

Hello family!! 

Well! The transfer is over! We received the report last night! I will be leaving and going to the Elk Grove West area! I will be serving with Elder Harris, who I have never met, but I am excited! I will be on bike full time still which is torture during the summer but awesome :) So that is exciting. I am really pumped to work up there in Sacramento! I've heard South Sac is pretty ghetto too which is awesome!

The crazy thing is that Elder Fernandez is coming back to Lodi! The Elder might serve half his mission in one area! Blows my mind. But he is amazing and it will be good for Elder Farnsworth.

Sister Quigley is the best! Tell her I miss her and that she is the greatest!!

I can't believe Elder Free is out of here. Blows my mind! He is a good man. Excited for him to serve.

I am glad all went well with Trek and Scout camp and all! Can't believe you did the Polar bear and the swim check. It is brutal. During the mile it wasn't too bad because everything just goes numb :P

Well this week we saw some incredible blessings. We were able to talk to a man named Jose outside of his apartment while we were there to try another door, and he came to 2 activities, church, and lunch with a member family all in one weekend. He loves it, knows our WML and someone in the branch presidency, and his kids all love church too. A whole family! It is amazing. But now I have to leave haha :P I hope I will be back here for the baptism. 

Well the heat has been bad! Yesterday was absolutely brutal. Wow. But you definitely feel like you are doing work when it is really hot :) Keeps the weight off ;)

Thank you for everything. I love you all! There will be definitely a ton of pictures next week with all the members and people and such. Miss you guys! Have a blessed week :) Love,

Elder Stone