December 12, 2017

Family,
This week went pretty good. We had an awesome miracle happen! We found a new investigator this week. His name is A and he is in his early 60's. It was really awesome how we found him and his story is pretty cool. He was married to a less active member and they were married for 27 years. The whole time that they were married his wife would always tell him that one day she wanted to go to the temple and be sealed to him. All of her family are members of the church and live in Utah and California. They started going back to church and not long after they did she ended up getting cancer and passed away 3 months later. (which would have been last March) Before she passed away she made him promise that he would seek out the Mormon's and learn more about what they have to say. Well at first he didn't and he tried to deal with all of the grief on his own. But it just got to be to much for him to handle. So finally he found out who the Bishop was over his area and called him and set up an appointment. Our Bishop took us with him to go and visit. A. was so excited that we were all there and all he wants is to learn how he can be with his wife again. We taught him again a few days after our visit with the Bishop and he is now on date for January 12th!  He is a great guy and we are so excited to keep working with him!

Mom... yes. I had a really good birthday. Elder Rudd made sure that everyone new it was my birthday!! We went to an awesome members house after church. (The Hansen's) and they made us omelettes for lunch and put candles in it. Later that day we went to the Brandon's and they had apple pie so it was a good day. At church they also managed to put a sign on my back that said "It's my birthday tell me how awesome I am" It was on my back for about 15 minutes after sacrament until I caught on to it.  ha ha. But it was good. Thanks for all the birthday wishes and the packages I got them all so thank you!!

Elder Rudd is getting transferred. I will be getting a new companion. It is a Elder that came out at the same time as me. So I hope this next transfer goes good!! 

I'm not sure about what time we will Skye for Christmas. I will have to talk with my new companion about that and let you know next week or have someone text you or something.

I love you all have a good week!
Elder Ethan Stucki

December 4, 2017

Family,

This week went pretty well. We went on some exchanges with other missionaries in the zone. We did a lot of tracting and visited a lot of people on the ward directory that we didn't know. We visited a lot of potential investigators and former investigators and that kinda stuff.  We had a really good lesson with a former investigator we are trying to start teaching again. It is a mom and she has 5 kids and her mom lives with her as well. They are the nicest people in the world. They have been taught a lot and would be baptized but the mom loves coffee to much!! She says it is her "liquid gold" she is obsessed and cant give it up. At least that is what we hear from other missionaries who have taught her. But we are going to start working with her again. Sister N. has been really hard to teach lately. She is the closest to getting baptized but her husbands health isn't to great and he has been in the hospital again. So it is hard to meet with her. Which is to bad!

Funny story~
This week we got posted on Facebook as "WANTED THIEVES" ha ha ha 
So we were out knocking on doors of members that we didn't know and we went to this one house and it was about 7:00. It was dark outside and we had already gotten yelled at 2 times for knocking on doors when peoples kids are in bed.  (How are we supposed to know they are in bed?)
Anyways we go up to this house and we were about to knock on the door but it was pitch black inside so we said "no it's to dark" you know just trying to be respectful in case they were asleep. 
Well a lot of people here have these fancy doorbells that have cameras and they record when there is movement and so they got us on video going up to their door and saying, no it's to dark and walking away and they posted it to the neighborhood Facebook page asking everyone if they know who these "thieves" are ha ha a member who lives in that neighborhood saw it and showed it to us it was pretty funny.

It is good to hear you are all doing good. I love you all! No I did not get my packages last week. So I'm sure I will get them today. I will try and see if I can wait until Sunday to open them. 

Yes. The members told the people it was us and we are missionaries. We will most likely go back to explain to the people.

I love you all. Thanks for all that you do!!!

Transfers will also be next week so I will email Tuesday not Monday.
Elder Ethan Stucki

(I feel so much better since I have started running. We only run 1 to 2 miles a day but it is still so nice. Mom... my eyes are bad and my shoulder has been hurting. Everything else is going really good!!)