October 24th 2010

Oy, so ya i can send pictures and i will get right on that ay, Congrats to Jaxynn good on you mate. No i didnt get a letter from blaine?? I need a photo album of the famo and some pics of the cabin and stuff and some dreadlock pics cuz no one believes me ay. sounds like every is doin good az! Man its so different than the states here mate. The People here are always in a hurry az and it make me bugged. You have to hurry and get your point across to catch em before they leave. It is hard to find people i was getting pretty down and annoyed the other day, and Elder Goodrich said "its not about your expirence here mate, its about the peoples expirience ay!" its changed my mind about it all and i realized that i just got to open my mouth and be obiedient and if they dont listen thats their problem and God will pick out the ones who are ready. Im in the Tongan ward and they make me eat my freaking guts out because the more you eat the more of a man you are. We had two people show up at church the other day because they got a pamphlet from us like a week ago and they just thought the church was true because of the name "The church of JESUS CHRIST of latterday saints." They said that no other church has that. It was cool az that they just came to church and nobody even told em too. We are currently just trying to find people to teach But its hard az to find these people but were going strong and never giving it ay! I Love all of you and everyone stay stong oy

Aussie!

good ay mate how youz going!? im in a town called fresh water, It is called the beach ward it goes up the tasman coast. we cant go to the beach though because there is naked az people there. Im in the Tongan Ward! haha they make me eat alot...i mean alot. My Comp is Elder Goodrich hes the man, he goes home in two months so he knows what hes doing. The mission here is alot different then colorado its more about teaching for the persons needs instead of baptize, i know thats what were here for. But its alot more teaching by the spirit. There is every race you can possibly think and the language is almost a different language. If you thought i talked like a bum, that was nothing. Here you have to talk the slang or they wont know what you are saying. I got pretty Home sick the first three days just because it was a drastic change but then Elder Goodrich just told me too quit being a poofter and make yourself at home so thats what i did. The Girls here dress like strippers here its funny az, The toilets will never ever clog. Hell, Damn, and Dammit arent swear words here. so yes i say them haha also you say nigguh alot haha its good to finally be here. also after every word used to to show excitement you say az like cool az, sick az, bad az, And Hektek everyone say Hektek and Shivvers mate haha. It is surf town, its pretty much wild az it gets ay. The driving on the other side is pretty weird. We take the bus everywhere out here. It is very,very fast paced out here. But thats about it ay well the church is true and the atonement of jesus christ is real.

Two months in Colorado

Hey Famo!!
Well I've been in colorado for about two months, winter is coming up...I'm going to freeze my little wiener off! Everything is going well. It has slowed down with teaching, but we have dished out lots of Book of Mormon's with hope and faith in finding someone to teach but other than that its all good. I guess the new mormon.org site is pretty sweet, check it out and let me know. I think it has a lot of blogging for Julie or something. I see all the little kids out here and it makes me miss the little kids. I served the beginnin of the week on team ups with Elder Naulu - a tongan/australian. Funniest kid ever. It was teh best 3 days of my mission ha ha. His bike got stolen and so we had to walk our legs off, until people picked us up on the side of the free-way. We met a guy who thought we gave him the priesthood by shaking his hand. We also ran into 2 satan worshippers it was intense. We were walking home late at night, and we came to a sewage canal...I said, "Elder Naulu, how far is it? Can we make it? so I started running and jumped and slipped! My glasses flew off and I fell in a lot. Elder Naulu started laughing to the point where we were asleep later that night and he was still laughing about it. He did the hakka up and down the streets. He told me Australia was going to love me because of how laid back and chill I was...If that ever happens, maybe I'm supposed to really be here?? who knows besided hum. Conference was awesome! The only conference I have never fell asleep in. Agency, Ben an Example, Be thankful, and slow life down to understand that there is to much to miss. I read Alma Chapter 5 today and I haven't had a chapter hit me like this one did!
Love,
Elder Stoddard

Australia!!!

Just got news that the Visa is in. DJ will be heading to Australia on Monday!! Wow I am so excited for him!