Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
(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
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