December 13.

haha well Julie that is great six that will be heaps of babys in the house haha the family will for sure have to move now. We saw a miracle this week. Maria Talarico she had been investigating for about 10 years wanted to get baptized but smoking was holding her back. we fasted and gave her a blessing, she was baptized last sunday and so her family has a shot at the celestial kingdom. As soon as she got the holy ghost she was a different person, her home has a different feel in it. Elder Goodrich went home but, he said that is why he came back to the northern beaches for his last transfer to baptize this woman the spirit was stronger this last weekend than usuall. We were able to expirience a miracle. I Know that god answers prayers. We are blessed to have another baptism this weekend. David Israel Perkins he is solid az. Hes going to be a good future priestood holder. He did even though his family was all against him. I will get a new mate on thursday so ill let you know next week who the little gansta is. It will be a new expirience, it will be great anyway much love ill send thaynes and smiths a picture. either this week or next month it just depends on the money situation so no worries. because elder goodrich was leaving this week, he booked like 3 feeds every night...i never want to look at food again.

Trents letter....My Brotha from the same Motha Likisya is indonesian/tongan We went fishing today mate it was awesome. package..i dont think ill ever get it but no problems howz seminary going hows the ward ill right them soon. Howz little pauly wog. anyways the christmas season is coming and my Comp/Brother is going and i will get another but the work will continue much love, your broski elder stoddard

Kamille's letter
yah....the address has changed, to

P.O. Box 2723

Carlingford Court, NSW 2118

Australia

So i probably wont get the thing you sent but that is all good. What is Slap Cheek?? and I have already gained 15 lbs since i have been here... uh oh spaghetti oz Go Jazz they are my nigguhz Elder Goodrich goes home next week the ambillical chord will be cut.. ohhh no. Hez alright.. Just kidding hes way cool and i will miss him we taught pretty good together he was a legend in my life. We got a baptism next week with Maria Talarico who gave up smoking this week.. well we hope haha we went fishing today and i caught 50 fish and Elder Goodrich caught 2. WE ran into some Jehovah witnesses tract and they are letting us come back and teach them the truth. This week was good slow but we had to ladies come to church and they loved it it was looking promising for them. anywayz ill have more for the family next week. keep it real gangster nation aka family.

Gobble Gobble

Thanksgiving was a stuff...not we didnt celebrate it even though we are both american haha money is pretty tight over her so we have to be thrifty az with it. I hear jacki did some way good picture art?? you should get her to email me i havent heard her for a while tell her to email her pictures with it. 29 people ughhh kill me that sounds like a party. The weather here is amazing it not super hot yet so its pretty good. My comp is from St. George Utah he is way cool he is very charitable he always make me food and gives me stuff so i have learned to do the same and shout people stuff hes been a good mate out here on the mission. Investigators, we have given the death family some space just because i knew thats what i wanted when i was going through a hard time. We have an investigator named david the bloke rocked up to church on his own and weve been teaching him hes way solid. we dropped him the baptism comittment and a chapel tour I said Will you.. and before i finished he said yes haha it was awesome the spirit was great and the mate is getting baptized on the 18th of december he said he already knows the book of mormon is true so he asked about the doctorine and covenants and pearl of great price. We baptized a little girl Likisya Efras on saturday it was great big smile when she came up out of the water. We are teaching Yarro and Tashi from tibet, buddhist to the max we got yarro to say his first prayer and after he laughed and was filled with happiness and after Tashi who speaks no english said" that was Wonderful! prayer" haha it was sweet az. The area is pumping now we just need to fill up the teaching pool. Australia is good, but lets just say God Bless America!! we went to the city last week, it was hektek we went to the opera house and the big bridge and walked around the city it was massive az it was like the biggest city ever i felt like the kid on jungle to jungle...ive never seen anything like it before. Alot of the less avtive familys are coming along it is great. the work is moving forward. Im still writing paul and andrew i havent wrote erik for a while so i will get on that. Elder Goodrich is getting a little trunky but he still is working hard and so its all good. anywayz much love to all the famo.

Your Mate, Elder Stoddard

Mate.

Hey Mate This week was Hektek, We found to really good investigators on p day last week and they came to church. It was sweet az, They are from tibet and very,very budhist we taught them the godhead and they loved it and they had the best foreigner questions i have ever heard. Their names are Yarro and Tashi! it was really good they said the felt good at church and they liked it so were thinking of committing them for baptism before we teach them the rest of the lessons. Im training next transfer and i dont know the area that good im freaking out... but whatever We had alot of success mate. 14 lessons and 4 invesstigators at church it was a solid az week. Hey i already put those 20 lbs i lost back on... crap mate im gunna be fat az but if you want the tongans to like you, you have to eat you little heart out. Its been really good though an im getting a little more comfortable with australia, but i hate there dumb az accent yukkkk. America is the best but i heard its really stinkin it up right now. My Companion elder goodrich only has three weeks left and then he dips its wild az but it kinda sucks cuz all he talks about is going home and what its gunna be like. so it will be good to get someone whos gunna be here for a while. I was walking down the street this week and talked this guy, and he said no and as i was walkin back i but my boot in some fresh az cement haha it was funny az but all is well hoorah for israel thanks for the stuff i will get it fixed up mate. anyways tell the family that i love them, take it ez and if its ez take it twice. Were going to the city today for prep day its gunna be hektek.

Good ay Mateyz

Good ay mateyz! This week was pretty much the bomb. Probably had the coolest expirience so far. Me and Elder Goodrich were talking about how we hadnt had one of those super miracles yet on our mission. But then it freaking happened the next day. We were tracting and this lady was weirded out by us when we said we were missionaries teaching people about Jesus Christ. She said no and just kept looking at us weird like our flies were down or something. We then went on knocking doors and then we started to walk back and she came out again and started talking with us. And then she was like let me talk to my son...then she came back and said we want to hear the message. We went in and sat down and she said my husband just committed suicide 2 weeks ago and its crazy how you came to our street today because Ive been praying for help and wondering about if there is a god and if there is life after death. It was wild I was able to kind of realte with the kid a little bit. She then said before we left. I didnt want to let you in, i dont let anybody just come in my house, But something made me let you guys in i was saying no but someone was saying yes through me it was crazy az. It made me think that what we are doing out here is real az and it isnt just a coinsidence. My comp goes home in a month he pretty cool he teaches good and knows how to love the people the only thing dumb is he thinks hes a little to good haha to good to be obidient sometimes but other than that the work ispeeding up and stuff is starting to come together. Keep it true! Its like the most perfect weather in the world it is sunny in the morning and then it sprinkles almost every day i think god really watches the australia weather. When it gets to hot he turns it down and when its to cold he turns it up.

OY

Oy, The Hindu family...didnt come to church. We dropped Daniel Collins, He said he would be baptized if he knew the Book of Mormon was true. We went and taught him on Wednesday and he said he got his answer and said the Book of Mormon was the word of god. But when we asked him to be baptized. He said just because The Book of Mormon was true doesnt mean the church is true and so i dont need to be baptized into your church im fine with being baptized in my church...it doesnt matter. We then knelt down to pray and he asked if he needed to be baptized in the mormon church and if he needed to be baptized again. after we were done praying He said, "One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism"-ephesians 4:5. But even though he got his answer he was to scared and so we said when you want us to come back you call us. But on the good note. We were Tracting and we ran into a mom and a daughter and we did a normal door approach. They started being cheeky with us and so we were like alright whatever... and then i asked is there was anything we could do for them and she said is there anything i can do for you?? being a smart alic. so i said yah, what can you give me in life what can you tell me that would help me out? something that doesnt even have to do with religion. And then she was like uhh uhh well umm well confidence is key. I said well, do you have 15 minutes. The mom said no, we got some stufff. Then the daughter was like yah we got 15 minutes. We taught them the restoration and we got through the first vision and we asked charlotte and wendi how the felt and they said they felt like they were going to cry. they said they felt warm and peaceful. The Fruits of the spirit. We testified of the truthfullness of the message and they said to come back in 3 weeks. They new it was true. we just got to wait and find out now. Other than that it was a pretty slow az week but stuff will be happening very soon.

OY!!

October 31, 2010

Oy! hey famo look like all is well az. Sounds like all the kids are doing good thats great! well my week Elder goodrich says that he has never seen a kid eat as much as I can... I dont know what happens, but once the Tongans say the word "Feed" i just turn into a disposal! but then right when we eat just us, i cant eat very much haha I think God gives me a second stomach when im with the tongans. When you eat alot they like you, also when you eat with your hands. They straigt FOBS haha they are cool az and teach me Tongan and stuff. We have been finding some people to teach and have succeeded. We are teaching and indian family straight from India haha they are really liking what we are teaching them. They are hindu and so they have a hang up on only praying to one god...but we quickly resolved that. They are solid az, they are like pumped for coming to church and they ask really straight az questions. We have a aussie named daniel and he is 27 he knows the church is true but he doesnt think he needs to be baptized by the proper authority? hmmmm go figure... Everything is like three times expensive az here. So a big mac combo meal= 15 dollars which in america is probably 14.25 dollars so it is money town. This country is very very lost they only think you need the beach, girls, alcohol, and drugs. It is bad. We cant go anywhere by the beach anymore because when the sun gets hot, the tops get popped haha. Everything is going well but if you send me a package with stuff I need a watch. because the cheep rubber ones are 70 dollars so im not about to do that. Earlier this week we were at the top of a mountain and we had to get to the street to catch the bus. So we had to go on a bush walk where we climbed down in the jungle part haha it was insane. We were planning that night and elder goodrich let out a scream and punched his chest and he had some ticks on him. how they got under his garmets? who knows haha The spiders here are super dangerous and deadly so you have to be extra carefull. But other that that the work is progressing people are accepting. Hoorah for Israel!