Hey Mom,
This week went pretty good, It was a little slow because no one was home, its was the weirdest thing. But we went on a exchange with the assistants and it was a blast! Elder Woodward and Asay are the best! they were both my zone leaders at one point and they both used to serve in Ranch Creek so they gave us a lot of names to visit people. So now we are going to be even more busier! My companion, Elder Joyner and I are getting along just fine, he's really funny and awesome! He likes A LOT of the same music as I do. Metallica, Iron Maiden, and so forth.... We make a lot of jokes together but we also work real hard together and that is very important and good.
I'm sorry that you didn't recieve the pictures, I'll try again. It sounds like you guys had a great week! How is the weather there? It's the same here, hot and wet but its all good. Oh, thank you for telling me that you are enjoying delicious fish fry without me, I guess that I'll just have to enjoy eating huge juicy delicious steaks here without you. lol. We practically eat like kings as missionaries when we are at members homes if we don't eat with them then it seems like I'm scraping crumbs out of the toaster haha!! I'm so broke right now. But its okay, the members feed us really good here and its almost the first of the month!!
The other day we set a baptism date for a mother and her daughter for July 30 and they accepted!!! I'm so excited!! SO,for the 4th, We are having a big ward breakfast in the Ranch Creek Ward, then in the afternoon, we might play baseball with the zone leaders, the assistants, and President Merkley, then in the evening we are going to watch the fireworks light off with the University Branch, Yep. Pretty busy there. Oh yes I did get Justin and Elizabeth's package. That is so awesome they thought of me! I loved it!! can I get their address so I can write them and thank them please? So there is a family here that just moved to Indianapolis Indiana! Lucky, I told them to get me a football autographed by Peyton Manning so I can give to Dwight. Wait! I want it Haha.
I better get going. I hope all is well, Take care and I love you all!!!
Elder Daniel Stuart
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
6/20/2011
Mom,
New Missionaries in the district, staying up late to finish work, constantly busy, new companion, always broke, praying til our knees hurt, dealing with the hot humid weather and the pouring rain, things thrown at us, casting off evil spirits, Yep. I love being a missionary.Ha ha
Hey Mom! I'm glad to hear that you are feeling a tiny better. This week was okay, it was pretty slow for the most part, only because of transfers. My new companions name is Elder Joyner and he is from Utah...of course. He has been out for 19 months so this will probably be his last area. He is really cool! He's a hard worker so that makes things good! Being busy and working hard is the only way to go!
During transfer day, I was waiting for my companion to come all day because he was all the way in Missouri, he didn't come until like 5:00 in the evening. So I just hung out with Elder Asay, was my zone leader but now he is a assistant, he is really awesome! we have gone out on exchanges before. We had a Greene with us too. Asay and I get along real well. He kept saying to me: "Elder! When are we going to be companions!? you need to hurry up and be my companion!" I told him that now that he is a assistant, He can make it happen. So we'll see how it goes. Ha ha.
So also during transfers Elder Asay said to me " Oh, by the way, you know that you and Elder Joyner are now covering the Singles ward too, right? I didn't find out at all until he told me on Thursday, so now, Elder Joyner are working twice as hard. Its great!!! We were at church for 7 hours yesterday in the Ranch Creek ward with our investigators and then we had to leave early to go to make it to the Singles ward, good thing its in the same building. That ward is great!!! so many nice people!!! We introduced ourselves yesterday in classes. I told them all that we are here to serve YOU. Not the other way around. They seem to really like us so we'll see how this goes. They invited us to come to a Fireside in Broken Arrow which is 30 minutes away. It was great!I am real glad we went, they love the missionaries. Now that we cover both areas, we Cover 2 stakes, its the second biggest area in the mission. First is the Mong speaking missionaries, they cover the whole mission. I'm so excited!!! Going to be busy busy.
That is pretty much all that has been going on this week, Things are heck tic to begin with but its all good. This Thursday, We are going on Exchanges on with the Assistants on Thursday. That will be cool! Wish me luck! have a great week!! I love you all!! Thanks for your love and support. You are the best. Give everyone a hug for me. More pictures soon.
Love, Elder Daniel Stuart
New Missionaries in the district, staying up late to finish work, constantly busy, new companion, always broke, praying til our knees hurt, dealing with the hot humid weather and the pouring rain, things thrown at us, casting off evil spirits, Yep. I love being a missionary.Ha ha
Hey Mom! I'm glad to hear that you are feeling a tiny better. This week was okay, it was pretty slow for the most part, only because of transfers. My new companions name is Elder Joyner and he is from Utah...of course. He has been out for 19 months so this will probably be his last area. He is really cool! He's a hard worker so that makes things good! Being busy and working hard is the only way to go!
During transfer day, I was waiting for my companion to come all day because he was all the way in Missouri, he didn't come until like 5:00 in the evening. So I just hung out with Elder Asay, was my zone leader but now he is a assistant, he is really awesome! we have gone out on exchanges before. We had a Greene with us too. Asay and I get along real well. He kept saying to me: "Elder! When are we going to be companions!? you need to hurry up and be my companion!" I told him that now that he is a assistant, He can make it happen. So we'll see how it goes. Ha ha.
So also during transfers Elder Asay said to me " Oh, by the way, you know that you and Elder Joyner are now covering the Singles ward too, right? I didn't find out at all until he told me on Thursday, so now, Elder Joyner are working twice as hard. Its great!!! We were at church for 7 hours yesterday in the Ranch Creek ward with our investigators and then we had to leave early to go to make it to the Singles ward, good thing its in the same building. That ward is great!!! so many nice people!!! We introduced ourselves yesterday in classes. I told them all that we are here to serve YOU. Not the other way around. They seem to really like us so we'll see how this goes. They invited us to come to a Fireside in Broken Arrow which is 30 minutes away. It was great!I am real glad we went, they love the missionaries. Now that we cover both areas, we Cover 2 stakes, its the second biggest area in the mission. First is the Mong speaking missionaries, they cover the whole mission. I'm so excited!!! Going to be busy busy.
That is pretty much all that has been going on this week, Things are heck tic to begin with but its all good. This Thursday, We are going on Exchanges on with the Assistants on Thursday. That will be cool! Wish me luck! have a great week!! I love you all!! Thanks for your love and support. You are the best. Give everyone a hug for me. More pictures soon.
Love, Elder Daniel Stuart
Monday, June 13, 2011
6/13/2011
Hey Mom!!
This week went fantistic!!! We had a baptism on saturday and it went aweome!! I got to confirm him yesterday at church and it went great!!! The weather is hot and humid but there is nothing that I can do about it so I'm just going to have to accept it and deal with it and not whine because the more you get frustrated, the more your body gets hot! so I don't want that! We are in a car still, I get to ride bikes only when I go on exchanges because they don't have a car. The shirts that grandma sent me are good and they help. I could always use more tho. my collars are literally brown by the end of the week!! Transfer calls came on saturday and I'm staying here and Elder Gordon is Leaving, its sad because he's awesome! My next companion is Elder Joyner, I have no idea who he is but I hear that he should be going home soon so this may be his last area so I may be here for a while! I'm sorry that your allergies are so bad, mine actually are not, there is a nose and throat doctor here in the ward and I was telling him about my problems and he percribed my some nose spray and it works miracles!!! he gave me a year supply perscription!
I honestly cannot believe how fast time is shooting by. I've been out for 9 months already! and I hardly remember this transfer. haha. work is going good, I really apologize on how short this letter is, I'm going to try and post pictures and it could take a while. Also I am sending you a voice email too, hopefully it works. I love you all very much and you are all always in my prayers!!
Love always,
Elder Daniel Stuart
**Elder Stuart sent us a voice emial. Not sure how or if I can put that on the blog. He sounds great! He loves what he is doing and loves his companion. He wanted me to tell everyone he would like some more letters from everyone! He said nothing is more frustrating going to the mail box and there is nothing in there.**
Monday, June 6, 2011
6/6/2011
Hey Mom,
I got the package!!! Thank you for it! i really enjoyed it. I already ate the Jerky haha. This week was pretty good. It was somewhat successfull. We have a baptism coming up this Saturday. I'm really excited for it! his name is Heath and he is really interested in the Church. in fact, we were talking to him about General Conference and we showed him a talk and he really liked it. Well, the next day, we got a phone call from our investigator and he told us that he already booked his flight to Salt Lake for the October General Conference with a hotel and everything! Holy cow!!!! That is so cool! I was so shocked to hear that. He is really dedicated about this all. I don't know who he wants to baptize him yet but I'll let you know next week.
The weather here is getting warmer, we are in the 90's for the most part now. The heat really doesn't bother me at all, the humidity can be annoying sometimes but theres nothing I can do about it so I just deal with it and try not to get frustrated because I know its only going to get hotter. So fasting is kind of hard in this weather too. I thought I was going to die yesterday with out any water in me. Its all good tho. It was worth it. We went to see a inactive man yesterday and he was telling us how we are wrong and we preach lies and so forth, he tried to shake our faith and testimonies with his non sence, it didn't work. He was pretty crazy but it's all good.
No! you didn't send me the pictures! It's okay. I'll try to send you some pictures if the library will let me... Sorry if you don't get them, I'll just have to print them and mail them. I'm sorry to hear that you are not feeling well with you asthma again. I wish there was some sort of a cure, and I'll definatly write the Barbers today. Please tell them I will keep them in my daily prayers, I've been meaning to write them anyways. Well that is great to hear that you got your job back even tho its only 1 day a week!!! Are you excited? What are you going to do with Amber and Kaelyn? I love you all and I hope that you have a great week!!! Tell everyone Hi for me!! 9 months down! Crazy huh?
Elder Daniel Stuart
I got the package!!! Thank you for it! i really enjoyed it. I already ate the Jerky haha. This week was pretty good. It was somewhat successfull. We have a baptism coming up this Saturday. I'm really excited for it! his name is Heath and he is really interested in the Church. in fact, we were talking to him about General Conference and we showed him a talk and he really liked it. Well, the next day, we got a phone call from our investigator and he told us that he already booked his flight to Salt Lake for the October General Conference with a hotel and everything! Holy cow!!!! That is so cool! I was so shocked to hear that. He is really dedicated about this all. I don't know who he wants to baptize him yet but I'll let you know next week.
The weather here is getting warmer, we are in the 90's for the most part now. The heat really doesn't bother me at all, the humidity can be annoying sometimes but theres nothing I can do about it so I just deal with it and try not to get frustrated because I know its only going to get hotter. So fasting is kind of hard in this weather too. I thought I was going to die yesterday with out any water in me. Its all good tho. It was worth it. We went to see a inactive man yesterday and he was telling us how we are wrong and we preach lies and so forth, he tried to shake our faith and testimonies with his non sence, it didn't work. He was pretty crazy but it's all good.
No! you didn't send me the pictures! It's okay. I'll try to send you some pictures if the library will let me... Sorry if you don't get them, I'll just have to print them and mail them. I'm sorry to hear that you are not feeling well with you asthma again. I wish there was some sort of a cure, and I'll definatly write the Barbers today. Please tell them I will keep them in my daily prayers, I've been meaning to write them anyways. Well that is great to hear that you got your job back even tho its only 1 day a week!!! Are you excited? What are you going to do with Amber and Kaelyn? I love you all and I hope that you have a great week!!! Tell everyone Hi for me!! 9 months down! Crazy huh?
Elder Daniel Stuart
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