The Lord wants us to be happy!

i am staying! thank goodness, i really didnt want to move right before christmas. as for the sending stuff i should probably get it soon if its at the mission office so we shall see, but the problem with the other is that i dont know my physical address but i will have someone text it to you.

now for calling on christmas... i will be skyping not just calling :) so i hope your all ready for that! as for what time im still not sure cuz we havnt completely set that up yet we will find out later today from the pacheco family. im super duper excited also, it will be good to be able to see you as well as talk to you!

i know how lame christmas parties go cuz our branch one was pretty lame... usually at a hispanic party there is lots of music, pasole, tomales, menudo, all that good stuff and at this one we had ham and potatos. the food was good but definately not what i signed up for... haha but it was still fun.

i work the christmas lights again tonight so i may be buying a sweater cuz its raining and pretty cold. it got below freezing here! we woke up and there was ice outside for a little bit it was crazy and we left the window open and the temp inside was 42! i love christmas lights, im sure you have seen them online somewhere and you know how amazing they are already haha.

thats awesome you passed your test! dont stress about the other, when it comes time study and pray. i have learned thats all you have to do. you do ALL you can and then you put it in the Lords hands. i promise you will do well if you do that mom. thats one thing that i have really learned on my mission is that he really does want us to be happy. he is ALWAYS willing to help us if we do our part and ASK for his help.

i cant believe you have no snow! that is rediculous, you have the same weather we have... thats not ok! haha yeah i know about vaughndavid and rachel, thanks to grandma Adeana. i found out like forever ago when everyone else did but just barely found out from your guys when i got your last letter.

elder tuttle is doing good, we are still workin hard! ha yeah i got to see sister cottrell before she left, she is sad to go cuz she is leavin all her friends here. she is way excited to see you guys though at her homecoming, and says she will come visit at our home too haha. she really wants brody and camden lol. we got in with that family again once but they didnt come to church... we have found 3 new investigators so we will keep going and hopefulyl find another family that wants to be eternal... studys are good. i changed it up im reading the BOM in english and spanish at the same time so i read like a few chapters in english and a few in spanish so il finish it in both before i leave. ummmmm when did i feel the spirit the most, idk it was probably yesterday at church during a talk about goals but the spirit told me alot and i learned alot believe it or not ha.

im glad all is well and that your happy! i cant wait to talk to you all soon!!! i love you soo sooooo much!



love taylor

Remember what the season is about

hahaha my computer is working today! yeah i dont think i have changed in skin color or voice that much but i sure do enjoy hispanic food and the people! i have no clue where i will be for christmas, transfers are comin quick and i just hope i will be here cuz i really dont wanna move right before christmas... we have a little tree already cuz a family in our ward gave it to us. ummm i think if you send it in the next day or so then you can send it to my actual address or if you want to send it to the mission office that is ok too. i dont think there is anything that i need or he needs right now but il let you know if something comes up.

wow that is so sweet that you got a 99%, haha yeah pride is a major downfall but its one thing that everyone has to work on. im glad you enjoyed it, thats what our heavenly father wants is that we have joy especially learning. gaining knowledge thats the point of our life here is to learn and grow to become like him.

im really excited for bridger that he is finally kinda taking his own course in life and doing what he likes, i kinda feel like i may have pushed him into different sports cuz that was what i loved. he will do good at swimming, he is a little fish. thats also one thing i love is swimming so i can definately cheer him on haha. thats gotta be super nice to be able to read and have some time to yourself while he is swimmin. i think i will really enjoy reading when i get home like you and dad. oh my goodness the story about grandma is hilarious, she wrote me and told it too and i was just laughin along with the other missionaries here! i can only imagine grandma with a flipper tooth.

Katie being baptized, i cannot believe that! everyone is growing up way to stinkin fast! the story about Jake in the car is pretty funny to, that is definately our family lol.

is lavern a pigmy goat? what animals do we have at the house now goat cats chickens dogs no cows but soon im guessing here in the spring. we are gonna need pigs cuz i will want some real bacon when i get home and im glad we have eggs cuz i eat them everyday but they dont taste the same. haha you have mikes mules, how is mike? i heard about the sharp boy that died in Iraq, thats sad.

ok so my last two weeks.... i wont lie i have had better. the companionship is good but the area went off the maps down hill... that family just like stopped and we dont really know whats going on, they were super solid loved everything and then the dad stopped listening to us and is dragin the whole family down too... its been really rough, we tried to pass by a couple times out of the week and they told us to stop coming by so much and then we would only come on the day that they said and the whole family wasnt there. so we didnt even get to teach them but they werent at church so we went over to see if they were ok and we knock and we could hear the dad say they dont come over all week and then they come today. so he didnt want us to come but then blames us for it idk its tough right now. so we are back to lookin really hard to find someone to teach... well there was a few other stories but they are definately stories for when i get home hahaha. so i felt the spirit super strong on friday when we worked at the lights, it was super awesome i felt like i had a HUGE smile on all night and we talked to ALOT of people and handed out 6 book of mormons it was a blast too! i think that some people are more receptive because of the holiday but i feel like alot arent because they dont understand the real meaning of all of it and they are focused on all the worldly things and everything thats happening in the world and all sorts idk its rough cuz some people are really touched by the spirit that there is during the holidays but some just get super grumpy and mean cuz they are in the worldy things. im going to temple lights again the 12 22 and 30th to so i am super duper excited.

it really hasnt been a very eventful 2 weeks, we helped put up lights and all that other stuff happened. hopefully this next week will be better!

well im glad all is well i hope that everyone is happy and enjoying their time right now, and remembers what this holiday season really is about. i love you all and hope you have an amazing week!

love taylor

I'm learning that worldly things are unimportant

yeah i have actually been really amazed in the change in me. hahaha idk if someone wrecks the boat we would have a problem and if its my truck to pull the boat also but anything else its ok haha. no its very true if we focus on the actual important things then you realize how unimportant the worldy thing was. im going to borrow a bike til im done. dont worry about it il be takin care of, especially wh
ere its christmas time i want the kids to have an amazing christmas, use any money you were going to on me on someone else whether it be one of the kids that needs something or one of the secret santa things at walmart. i really dont need anything. well maybe a letter but thats it.

so clinicals are over and it sounds like you are super excited for that, i was really weirded out that i was gonna come home to a working mom i wont lie. idk i just know you as being at home with the kids and if something happens your always there waiting to help. the cabin should be a blast and i really hope that you get to see Klien. fun fun you will have a good time with machens, i remember going up wow i guess 2 years ago now with them and me and keg hung out ridin the snowmachines and what not it was sweet. ha i guess not this year...

oh KaLee i know just exactly how she feels... i remember sitting downstairs and crying cuz really baseball was all i knew ha it had been a HUGE part of my life for a long long time and i felt like a piece of me was gone. it was definately the right thing to do though, i dont ever regret it either. im super duper glad that she went and hung out with Morgan, she is an amazing person. i know that she will always be there for KaLee if she needs it. as soon as KaLee gets there then i will be there also and i can finally be the big bro again.

they havnt destroyed anything?!?! what a miracle!!! hahaha Brody is such a goof ball! i love that kid, am i alive? my heart is beating in my head... what a goof troop! wow that blows my mind that he will be getting the priesthood so soon, 3 months after that happens i will be home. he is such a stud, i am sooooo proud that he is gettin it and will be in YM. i would love to be there too but he needs to get it when he is supposed to and not to wait for me. i want to watch him and bridger pass the sacrament together. wow airplane rides?!?! i wanna go haha maybe one day i guess. im glad that dad is havin fun, i feel like sometimes he gets stuck in work mode and and just goes goes goes and forgets that he needs to have some fun. you too though so im glad you two get to enjoy yourself once and a while and especially that you are goin to the temple together.

i thought you all went to the dentist last week to get his cavities filled??? how many did he have? a million and a half, he only has so many teeth haha. its always nice to know your test is done ha and not have to worry about it anymore.

so our week was pretty good. investigators are still progressing but slowly now, this family that we are teaching there are only like 3 or 4 out of 7 that are doing much the moms are but the dad isnt, idk what is happening with him but it makes me sad and i feel like he is pulling alot of the rest of the family down...we are gonna do all we can this week to boost them up and help them in any way that we can. we did get back into the less active kids house and it was neat cuz we talked to him yesterday right before church and he came but not only did he come but the branch president talked to him and he got to pass the sacrament! it felt really really good to see that. companionship is soooooo good i love elder tuttle and by far he is my favorite companion! idk really know what else to tell you ha its really the same thing going on we are working hard with the people we have and we are looking hard too, we have some potentials this week that hopefully will become investigators so we shall see. i love you all so much and i hope that you have a wonderful thanksgiving!!!

love taylor



pics: me elder scherbel and elder tuttle at the park

elder tuttles GIANT bike haha

The Lord's work cannot be frustrated!

well life is way way to crazy here too, i have some stories for you...first i will talk about your letter. so brody is a cavity man is he?its probably from eating frosting off of 2 dozen cinimon rolls. sweet2 letters whoop whoop haha. thanksgiving we are eating with our branch presidents family andprobably just gonna visit members all day and our investigators. iheard you all might be headed to the cabin, that would be way fun (hai actually have some members here that once im done they want to comeup and go to the cabin and visit) i hope that you all can go though iknow that everyone has a good time when they are there. KaLee got a job at the mall? thats awesome, what store? madeline is finishing drivers ed what the heck?!?!?! she is not old enough for that bah they are all growing up tooo fast!!! i dont like it... haha that poor computer has probably had it im pretty sure that we had the keys put back on twice when i was there ha. so your done with your clinicals, whats after that? can you work and what not? snow snow snow, i had a dream about snow last night it was a weird onebut there was snow and i loved it! school, so usu stuff is goin good or whats the news? do i need to tryand do scholarship stuff? idk i started freaking out a little when italked to a kid that is gonna go to school the same time as me and hesaid that he was workin on scholarships and grants and i didnt knowwhat the heck i needed to do... dad will do good ha we sound alot alike on the phone anyway. things here are goin pretty good, working hard like usual. the family is doin pretty good, they want to learn everything before they arebaptized so we are helping them understand that they will learn therest of thier lives. i think 3 out of the 7 will get baptized this month and the rest next month. haha i have seen brandon a few times it makes me smile to see someone who knows the wind and snow of osgood like me :) idk about the needs of my comps family but i will find out about his and what not and see what we can do. oh camden i love that kid he is a hoot! he would be talking about how a girl is hot, haha the kid is 3!

ok so my best day and worste day were probably the same day once again... i found that after overcoming the greatest opposition you find the greatest happiness. so im going to tell you a story. the 2 most handsome missionaries woke up sunday morning, showered, shaved,ate, and finished up what they needed for their 930 meeting. they leftfor their meeting at about 920 which put them there about 5 minuteslate. they had their meeting with a very awesome man brother segurawho is their ward mission leader and is very very ready to help in theLords work always looking for ways to better it. they close their meeting with a prayer and the missionaries elder tortuga and estufa make some copies of a paper that the branch president would laterneed. they went to the bathroom and then decided they would grab lunch at the house and come back for church. they are riding down the roadand they are about to pass the road delta when elder estufa says " HEY TORTUGA what do ya say we visit paul(a less active boy)?" Tortuga says yeah that would be awesome, we can invite him to church today. so they go down delta 8 houses and stop at pauls house. the set their bikes up against the house and go up to the door. the elders were thinking well we will be like 5 minutes, we will invite him to church and see what we can do to help him. well his mom, who is not a member, answers the door and invites them in ( yes there is another male in the house!) so they look at each other and can read eachothers minds and know they should teach a lesson. so they go in and teach a very powerful lesson and they can feel the spirit very very strongly but it was about a 15 minute lesson and they closed with a prayer and it was way way amazing. they walk out and the first thing elder estufa saysis, " YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!" elder tortuga," yeah i know that was soooo awesome i cant belive we got in, you havnt gotten in there since you got here and now we did." then he realizes why estufa said it he looked where his bike was and was is the key word...someone had stolen his bike on the sabbath day. then estufa starts thinking and is more happy about getting in with paul and later he gota phone call about an amazing miracle that happened with a referal that he gave to some sisters and he was more focused on peoplessalvation than the bike that was just takin. he looks at elder tortuga and says you ride and il jog home we have a bike there i can borrow,elder tortuga says well lets just go to the church and we can get a ride home after and the spirit said that was what they needed to do so elder estufa says ok i think that the lord may have something for us there. so they get to the church and there is a member and he says hei have been thinkin about this family that you spanish missionaries should go by and gave them a referal that they probably wouldnt have gotten at any other time. later that night elder estufa was thinking about the day and himself, he thought about how much he has changed as a person. he thought before my mission or even in the beggining i would have probably been yelling and freaking out if my bike got stolen but instead , of course i was upset, i thought about what God had planned for us in that moment and i thought of others salvation and not about me or what I had lost, he realized in that moment that he is really starting to become the person that his family and his Heavenly Father want him to be. i think that was the way that Satan THOUGHT he could stop these 2 mighty and handsome missionaries but he thought wrong.

im borrowing a bike now and all is well, the Lords work cannot be frustrated. haha that was my story and i hope you all enjoyed it,but now i gotta get running i love you all and i hope all is well. let me know if there is anything that i can help with!

love elder taylor stosich

I am a bargain shopper!

hahaha yeah it semi amazes me sometimes when i get up so early and i dont have a gun in hand too, nah idk its something that i cant explain that drives me. i have come to love so many people here and i get up to help them. now when im home i may not be so great at it buuuut i guess we will see haha i have heard that you cant really break the habit which im not really stoked for cuz i kinda would like to catch up on some sleep!

i dont even understand the concept of time anymore, it goes to fast and doesnt make any sense at all. its dark here about the same time too and makes everything a little harder. i think people get a little weirded out when 2 guys in suits come up to talk to them in the dark. im glad we are on the same time now cuz it makes emails and stuff easier to time.

so an early thanksgiving huh? sounds like it was a blast though, i have one of those food problems too. i think its more that i feel bad and love these people so much that when we go over and they have prepared so much for us i eat until i literally cant anymore. That's funny about Matt's new puppy! i refuse to have small dogs! they are cute but i have seen enough yapping chihuahuas to last me my whole life and i dont want one in my house! haha Saiko cant die or be murdered before i get home, i will need a hunting dog next year so dont do it, mom!

i know you have changed ha you really dont seem as stressed and i feel like you are all just happier. i have actually all ready written that down that goal thta i will go every week especially with my wife because i have seen the healing power of the temple in marriage and how going helps sooooo much! im really glad that my little challenge for you has turned into such a big thing. i really knew and know how much it would and will always bless your life. im really happy that you and dad are both starting to go together!!!!! gosh i have the best family in the world! my parents go to the temple my sisters do my brothers are studs idk what more i could ask for???

hahahahahhahahhaha the "burn up the carpet club" is gettin big :) i never thought i would be a founder of such a big thing haha. the cinnamon rolls is hilarious too! Brody would, what a little beastie. i cant belive he just turned 4?!?! he is gettin old!

so life here is amazing and crazy! so i gotta laugh cuz you were tellin me to take vitamin C so i dont get sick and i was a smart alic about it and the day after i got tuttle i got his cold too hahaha. all is well now i have lots of vitamin C and im takin my others too. the family we are teaching is sooo awesome! we went to the visitors center with them and it went wayyyy good. we had 7 people at church yesterday which was SWEET!!! i love being with elder tuttle, we have so much fun together! we bought 63 POUNDS of candy for 7 bucks what a steal i know im a bargin shopper like my momma :) we saved like 300 dollars! funny stories yeah we had one last night ha, we went home for dinner and elder tuttle was goin to the bathroom and all of a sudden the power went out and he was freakin out ha not cuz he was scared but cuz its hard to go to the bathroom when you cant see anything hahaha i made him clean it today! best day this week was definately saturday cuz we went to the visitors center and had some sweet lessons and what not it was so awesome. ummm things to pray for would definately be that the family we are teaching can feel the spirit and the importance of the restoration and keep progressing. i dont think i really need anything sent, idk maybe my teeth whitener RICE BAGS we need some of those haha if that is possible. we are eating with our branch president and his family for thanksgiving so it should be fun! haha speaking of missionary moms how is your lunches with all the other moms? well i gots to run i love you all and i hope all is well and you all have a wonderful week!

love taylor

ha it wasnt a big deal my glands in my neck were just golf ball size for a week or so and some elders told me i should get checked for diabetes. everything is all good and i am alive with normal glands. i didnt get any meds though. no i dont have any vitaman c but if i remember il buy some soon. i was just tired and to be honest not in the mood to stare at a computer haha i was ready to just do my own thing and chill and not worry about anything. sorry about that mondays are my sit back and relax days, we are riding an average of maybe 40 miles a day which in all reality isnt that much but it feels like a bunch and after a week of that i dont wanna do much. i wasnt sick so no worries there. oh mom i have a talk that you need to listen to by john by the way called rough start great finish, i love it and i think you would too.i remembered it when you said about your instructor saying oh dont you think you can handle it. she is in for a suprise ha im pretty sure there isnt anything that MY mom cant handle! how dare her say anything like that.im super glad that you and Shelly go to the temple and what not i knew when i challenged you to do it that it would bless your life alot and that your weeks would be better and i can tell that they have just by your letters, ha whether you know it or not even the way you write has changed. i can tell that your a little more relaxed and not as stressed, that your testimony of Gods hand is in all of our lives and how perfect his plan is. Even the way that you decide about giving your children permission to do things and what not, its kinda hard to explain but i know its been a really good thing and i am glad that shelly is doing it too.sounds like its been a week long holiday haha but a super fun one non the less. there has been stuff going on like crazy here and its nuts. are you all going door to door tonight? wow thats so awesome madeline wrote her own talk and gave it, im super proud! i almost choked when i read KaLee went to RS... she isOLD! that blows my mind! so the area is really good, the boundries are still the same but we are going to get permission to teach the guy that comes to church and teach him all this week and then set a baptismal date probably for 2weeks later, im super excited!!! ok so this family im so excited, they come to english classes and what not and church. we werent able to teach them a whole lot cuz the branch had a ton goin on and they went to EVERY activity it was semi frustrating but awesome too ha (mixed feelings) but we have a lesson with them on wednesday and we are going to set baptismal dates with all of them!!! im so stinkin stoked!!!!!!!!!!!!! this branch is goin crazy cuz they had forgotten what investigators were and what it was like to have them come to church haha its so great! a cool spiritual experience was saturday night, it was transfer news and my comp is getting transfered ,btw, so i was just prayin and i was like ok please listen to this prayer i need a good companion that i will get along with and we will work super hard and get these people baptized and that it will be a good transfer. as i said amen our phone rings and its the rest of transfer news and i was gonna find out who i was getting, idk if you remember me talking about elder tuttle from my mtc district but we are going to be comps and we are like super cool and idk it was definately the answer and the comp i think i needed for this transfer! another super cool thing was at church we told the new family that my comp was gonna leave and she was like well i have some good news for you then before you go and she says you 2 have made such an impression on my son (16years old) that told me that he wants to be a missionary and i told him ok well we are still learning and stuff but if thats what will make you happpy later ok and he says i know it will make me happy! wow my heart was pounding really hard and im pretty sure i had a smile on my face that went from ear to ear! so schedule is 620 wake up run and then shower and eat. 8 personal study 9 comp study 10 is language study. haha and you were asking about weight yes i have gained... i am 175-178 haha varies from dayto day... yes i got the package from you, thank you soooo much!!! ha everyone hammered the candy and im pretty sure they had my oreos eaten in like 10 minutes. im super glad you heard from bub and jose, you will have to get me bubs address cuz he wrote me and he leaves the mtc before my letter can get to him there. i havnt heard from jose in a while but it sounds like he is good and im super duper glad! i am so proud of all those guys well i hope its been a good week and i hope you have another good week! i love you all and dont get too cold ;) ha cuz i wont, pretty sure it still hits 100 some days. be safe and i will email again in 1week haha. love taylor

Teaching a new family this week!

hahaha im sorry im bad with sending pictures and everything, i hardly take them. i dont ever feel like I have time! sorry today is going to be short i really am just not feelin like writing much im bein super lazy...
that is so crazy chandler is home i remember when he just left and his farewell and everything haha time goes so stinkin fast i cant even believe it. ok so i just have one super cool story to tell you all and il call it good cuz im bein flojo. so on tuesday we had english class and we went a few minutes early and my comp was talkin to this guy that helps and this lady pokes her head in the doors and so i go over and talk to her and she goes there is a family that just came from mexico that want to come to church and to english classes. i was like ok and asked for the address and she didnt have it so i just gave her all the information i could think of and she left. that was in my mind all week and i wanted to go like search for this family but i didnt have enough info. so sunday comes and before church we were out visitiin people and we got to the church and after a bit the first classes end and i see this family i have never seen before and this member comes up and goes hey this is their first time here, they are a family of 7!!!! we will start teaching them this week!!!! its was the most non members the branch has had at church in over a year!!! it was soooooooo awesome!!! welp thats my story and im reallly excited and il let ya know how everrything goes.

To answer your questions... sometimes i think you love me when i get letters and stuff but sometimes no.... haha! no just kidding of course i know you love me and i really hope you all know i love you all, i know im bad at writing and im super sorry for that but i really do love you all and think about you!
well i gotta run.

love taylor

So busy!

im so sorry i have like 0 time today cuz we had a zone activity and went hikin it was way fun but toook sooooo long and yeah we are just barely emailing. so we dont have any solid investigators anymore, they all kinda bailed on us and we are back to looking. we have one guy that comes to our church and english classes but lives outside of the area which makes things difficult. so since we cant teach him he cant be our investigator but our boundries might be getting changed so we can. we can only hope.so i have learned alot this week about all sorts. i have learned alot about faith and prayer, i continually learn about the atonement and the amzing power it has. haha elder carrillo crashed on his bike and that was pretty funny and today when we were hiking elder scherbel rpped his shorts. ha i think i may also continue to shave my head like dad does cuz it feels really good. i still havnt had a schance to listen to my birthday tape, i tried to find a tape player but couldnt, life is so busy i dont have time to do or think or really anything about anything. sorry i gotta run though its short i know but i got a ton to do!

love taylor

PS.pops im not gonna lie i really needed that encouragement. the Lord did send me to this area for a reason and i can break it open... i saw a service master truck here and i laughed and said dad is probably in one of those right now! im glad you got to get out and do some huntin with the boys, we will have to get lots next year for sure! well i gotta run i love ya lots dad and i am very grateful for you!

bah i was super stressed out about KaLee cuz no one could get a hold of her and what not. haha im definately ok with a package haha i havnt been getting like any mail lately kinda stinks but i knew it would happen sooner or later. oh man the boys went hunting, il be able to go next year with them haha il be able to see ryker shoot his first deer! im definately looking forward to gettin thier letters. thats so crazy he wore my coverals i never thought he would ever be able to fit into them but sounds like he is really growin up! oh my maddy will win royalty she is the most beautiful girl! :) when i read where has all the time gone i thought of the song that i used to sing with gramps. where have all the flowers gone long time passing, where have all the flowers gone long time ago.where have all the flowers gone, gone to young girls everyone when will they ever learn when will they ever learn. its funny how certain things trigger thoughts and memories.dont worry about your stuff tonight it will go great! it will be really a neat experience i think. just go in ready to learn haha its kinda like a greenie goin to his trainer :) i did see austin, his 2nd day here. why did he go home do you know?that makes me sad but hey elder neely will be here in a month! im so excited!!! HOLY COW my bub is goin in to the mtc in 2 days! i love that kid and im super duper proud of him!!!! so visiting navuoo im so down IF we get permission from his president. i think i want to fly home, it will give me closure i think if not i think i would feel a bit wierd. idk i always wanted to fly home anyway... so let me tell you about my sunday. we go to church, we had invited a few people and we have all our classes first then sacrament so we get through all the classes and we are about to go into sacrament and this guy shows up. one of the nicest and funniest guys ever but we had one person in sacrament! im hoping and almost positive he will get baptized and it will be the first one that they have had in this branch in over a year! it was an amazing sunday! so im glad everyone is doing well and there isnt any problems or anything. i hope that everyone is studyin thier scriptures and going to the temple still too. i love you all and cant wait to get all your letters.
love taylor

ps will you look for a a cd from a band called ryan shupe and the rubber band oh man i cant go to the temple when lup goes im sad.... oh well maybe another time i guess.

Conference was amazing!

haha mom its ok that you cried, i dont really mind it anymore ha. confrence was absolutely amazing, i loved the talk about the guy that was swimming and the life gaurds had warned him but he went out anyway. the life guard watched him and went out and waited for him to call for help. he was right there right when he needed it though. that is exactly how Heavenly father and Jesus work they are always ready to help but they are waiting for our call. the 5 dollar story and the prayer. so great i love general confrence now its so crazy how much its changed for me. the father talk about loving mothers also wow that really hit home, i always need to be an example and didnt realize i guess that the way that i would treat my wife would help my daughter determine the husband she chooses. its crazy my decisions and actionsaffect alot more than just me. we watched at a stake center. im so glad you got to see elder klien, i know that he was very happy to see you. i heard from him today also and it was nice. i miss that guy but he sounds like he is doin awesome. so is KaLee's friend that she is coming to AZ with a member? if not i might be able to see if i can set up a lesson with them...anyway we shall see i guess. emotion bowl, blue posts again haha about time!!! how is jose doin, i havnt heard from him in a while. so the roads i gave you was just our area haha not my zone, my zone boundries are waaaaaaay bigger. i do live outside my zone though. we live on the southeast corner there is a pool in thebackyard and we live in the pool house haha. we dont teach many lessons cuz there isnt many hispanics in the area. we found a few potentials though and im hoping to have at least 1 baptism by the time i leave. they havnt had one here for over a year..... im gonna do it tho. ok so i gotta run but i love you lots and miss you a bunch! oh the santa thing, tell santa to hold on to his money for when i get back cuz im gonna have clothes and all sorts of stuff to buy for school... just take pics of the fam and send that i like seein everyone. il try and be better with pics, im just always so busy i dont even think about it. anyway love you all!!! Love, Elder Stosich