May 2017

May 1, 2017
I am doing good. It has still been super slow here. But there are some good things happening. There is a less active family that Elder White and I went to a little over a month ago and they were super nice. We tried to set up a lesson with them but they said it would be best to just call them and they gave us their phone number. We called a few times and they would never answer or call us back. So we just let them be. Well 2 weeks ago they just showed up at church and said that they are coming back. I really think they mean it. They were at church this past week also. We just found out that their 15 yr old son has not been baptized. So we will most likely start teaching him soon.

    

This past Sunday was a really good one. Elder Medley and I both talked in sacrament on the importance of missionary work. Brother Landon also spoke (and he is so awesome) He told some cool stories. He and his wife are awesome member missionaries and he shared some cool experiences that they have had. They have helped many people. He is also a great speaker. Our Ward Mission Leader spoke about the ward mission plan and also told some good stories. The spirit was super strong! So hopefully the ward will start to want to share the gospel more with others.

That is about all for the week.
I love you all!
Elder Ethan Stucki


May 8, 2017

Sounds like it was a good week and a good baptism for Eli also!! Everyone was a part of the program too, so that is cool. This week was pretty good. I have been a little sick again most of the week. My companion had it first and then I got it. Just congested and stuff. It was another slow week but we are starting to see things pick up on the member work side of things. Some members are finding friends that are interested in the gospel. We will most likely start teaching them soon. We had Zone Conference and that was good. They are so long though it is hard to sit there. I go crazy. It was the day I was the sickest so that was no fun. I had a fun exchange Friday and Saturday with Elder Payne. I like him a lot. We saw 3 black bears. They ran across the road right in front of us. It was cool. Of course I wanted to shoot them. We both thought they were wolves at first the way they came running out of the bushes as we got closer and they started running we saw they were bears. It rains so much here. You can't get anything done when your trying to work. 2 weeks ago we were walking down the street and a drive by shooting happened in front of us. But it's okay they were not trying to kill anyone they were just shooting the house of someone who stole something from them. We found that out from some members.
I love you all!!
Elder Ethan Stucki



May 23, 2017

That all sounds like fun. I have been sick again. I spent all last night throwing up. I don't know what it is but I have been sick a lot lately.  It is miserable.

This week was also a pretty good week. We found one new investigator that was actually a potential that we gave a Book of Mormon to about 2 months ago but we could never catch her at home to follow up with her until this last week. We also had a miracle happen when we were out tracting and we got a text from a member in Kent and he told us how he is a salesman and he goes around knocking doors and selling products and he was down selling things in Tehaleh which is in our area. He came across this lady and some how the topic of faith came up and he bore his testimony to her and she told him how much she loves Mormons and how she would love to come to church and she would love to have the missionaries come and teach her and her family! So that was pretty awesome we are excited for that. That was about it.
I love you all!
Elder Ethan Stucki



May 30

The weather has been hot here lately. Only around 80 degrees but it is super humid so it feels so much hotter. There really hasn't been to much happening lately. Yesterday for Memorial Day our ward had a picnic at Mud Mountain Dam. It is a big park up in the hills and we were able to go to it.  It was fun. There was a BBQ and a lot of games played. It was also good because we got to bond with a lot of the members and the youth and there were less active families and non member families there. So it was a good time. I felt like I was at a big family gathering. Except I was in church clothes:)  But it was still fun. Other then that not much is going on.

I think I told you all how G. found out she has a tumor... well she is doing OK. She is starting to get a lot more energy back but her husband fell at work and he ended up in the hospital and has brain damage. She just found out this week that he isn't going to make a full recovery or really any recovery at all. So they set a date to let him go and I'm pretty sure it was yesterday. She has had a tough time lately. Because of this she is wanting to take the lessons again and come to church more! 

That was about it for my week. You all sound like you are doing good. Mom you seem like you are keeping busy with real estate which is good!
I love and miss you all!
Elder Ethan Stucki