Feb 22...with pictures!! Finally!

Its going to be a boy mate, sorry to break it to you, bro i am not near the floods and im still on the northern beaches. we had a way cool week Were are working both wards now on the northern beaches. We found heaps of miracles this week a leboneze family a brazillian surfer chick and a chinese kid Zheng. It was a miracle week. I have a strong testimony of ask and you shall recieve the past weeks i have been asking for people to teach and it has been happening. I realized the the first 5 months i wasnt even asking for them. We found a baby ringtail possum on the street riding our bikes home and we got to hold it and play with it we got home a little late because of it but we felt it was a tender mercy from the lord they are way cool so look at some pictures of baby ring tail possums. Indy is what i was going to name my kid, so tough luck. im sending some pictures, on pday we went to long reef look out point and looked in the tide pools and found jelly fish and crabs so we are gunna send some pics with this. Oh and just so you know it right by the water..and no we are not apostate so no worries about that. Elder Brough is my comp the big one with glasses, and Elder mcconkie yes...bruce r'z grandson and elder branco a brazillian elder.

February 13, 2011

We had a crazy week, Elder Monson my son got emergency transferred and i have a new companion named Elder Brough he is from Arizona hes been out here for about 16 months he has some depression anxiety problems at the moment and almost went home 2 days ago because of it... i think they stuck him with to work his butt off so he doesnt have time to get depressed. We have some good potential but we havent had a baptism for about 2 months now and its making me frustrated. but its been good im still in the northern beaches and i will pry be here for a longer time seens how this Emergency transfer came out of nowhere, i know this area now like i know murray so thats pretty good. We had a insane tracting week we got in 4 houses and taught 2 familys it was hektek. We have a guitar at our flat...finally. and no its not apostate to have them here. They even play guitar at the pulpit here in aussie. But its been really good having music again alot of my stress is just gone because i can play again. Im wearing out of the brown mercedes benz shoes i got and my black ones are keeping up alright i had to buy some "church" shoes that i only wear at church so they dont get munted. i lucked out only 15 dollars, and if i got at a store that wasnt like D.I. they wouldve been like 300$ so pretty much everything is expensive as, all my clothes i have to wear em and wear em out mate! Everything is sweet as we just gotta get a baptism and then all will be good. One Love too everyone back home and what is the Babys Name gunna Be??

February 6, 2011

Sweet az man you are the man, your lucky you get to make friends with general authorities... man i cant get my head over this, but i told myself that i could never get into the gospel...mate im in it and i love it. it is hektek we had a really really good week we taught 7 member presents this week our zone got twenty. Our investigators are pretty much at the point where if they dont get baptized then they are going to have alot of explaining to do. Carol is our stubborn one she still thinks that there is not one truth but all is true no matter how much we explain to here nothing seems to be working haha i guess patience is the key matey. It was really good though, Watches...if your on the lords time you know life is taking its course of who you are and where you are going, with your own watch plus the lords watch...it can get confusing. Humility is the answer and complete trust in the lord obidience is the key. Man my suit is officially drowning me and falling off me i think im going to send to youz with the family aussie gifts because it is just taking up space. anyways im lost in the work and i am falling in love with it keep it real on the roo! elder stoddard

January 20, 2011

Man This week has been the worst week since ive been here so
far...Elder Monson is starting to think that he is the man and was
complaining the whole week about how lame our week was, but i just
told him too suck it up and to grow up! we are dropping investigators
with the hope of finding some new ones that will start progressing we
are teaching an old lady named carol she has come to church 4 times
and she is doing real well she just needs some time because she is
older and thinks she knows too much to give it all away. Elder Monson
has a foot fungus and i cant stand it anymore i told him that if it
doesnt get fixed then im going to have to call president and get him
to the doctor. We are getting super skinny because we dont have time
to eat dinner because were on foot and we have to find some people to
teach.
were in a 3 way right now with the district leader because his tongan
fob companion jumped off the balcony and jacked up his legs. I
finished the book of mormon for the 2nd time and right when i finished
i just felt the spirit confirm to me that it was true. im trying to
just stay positive and be consecrated because that is pretty much all
i can do right now. Elder Monson is getting a little too comfortable
and is slacking, slobbing and making us late...i dont know what to do
i tried being nice but that wasnt getting through his head. I dont
know what i should do to light the fire under him again i love the kid
but oh my! grow up. Im still in freshwater starting the 4th transfer
here everything is good in the neighborhood.