The Mission of Elder Stone: Email and pics!

Hi padres lindos!

Well 2015 is on it's way and going. Whooooopie!! Time flies!

An elder gave us a video of what it sounded like at midnight here! I will try to send a small part if I can edit it. It is very rough here, yes. They have lots of problems! It's infamous!

Stockton is going well! I am loving it here so far. Our address is 1147 N Center St., some apartments right in the ghetto! It is going well and the area is doing great. They have me serving as a Zone Leader here, which is fun and terrifying ;) I don't know what I am doing but have been trying to figure it out. Elder Sanhueza and I are having a great time. He goes home at the end of this transfer, in 5 weeks! Being with the same companion, or going to the same area twice has been happening frequently it seems because the new President doesn't know/doesn't check so it has been fun!

We are in an apartment with 2 other Spanish elders. It is a pretty nice place! Elder Sanhueza is playing soccer for college and maybe semi-pro when he gets home, so he got permission to do P-90X. So basically my whole body hurts. But it feels good to be getting into better shape haha ;)

I miss the snow but not as much the cold! It is a different cold. But I wish we got snow! That would be fun.

We had a good week and the investigators here are pretty cool. Unfortunately, only one made it to church, but it was super good that they did. We are working with Stephanie and Jorge and their mom Guillermina. They are super awesome and love it when we come teach. Guillermina says she was baptized but they can't find any record of it (which isn't very uncommon :P) and so we are going to get them on date for this month. We are super excited for them. We have some others that we are rooting for as well, and it is amazing to see how the Lord blesses the area even with the limited time that we have.

Well, this week should be a good one. I hope yall have a good week and you stay safe! I love and miss you all!

Elder Stone