The last two weeks

We've had a few short emails from him the last couple of weeks so I thought I would add some pictures.



Here is a pic of Sterling w/ the turtle that he and his comp found to put in the bathtub of the Zone Leaders that live with them.

Here is a pic of Ster and his companion, who is on the phone, and the third man sitting on the car is Aaron, a member from the Ward they do splits with.

Email from 03.15.10

Monday was Sterling's birthday and his P-day so we were able to talk to him on his birthday, well, email him anyways. He is now 24 years old!!!

We got a few sentences from him:

How is life today? can you believe that I am 24 years old o my gosh just thinking about it i think I lost my hair line.... lol the elders that live in the apartment kind of find it hard to believe also. Elder Simons who lives with us, has the same B-day as me and he turned 20 today.

2 days ago Elder Jarvie and Myself found a Snapping Turtle, so we decided to catch it. So elder Jarvie said, I don’t know about this. I don’t think it would be that good of an idea. I gave him some calming words and he eventually saw it my way. I told him what if we put it in our Zone leader’s bathtub. (The Zone Leaders are in their apartment) Ya that got his attention, so I picked it up put it in the trunk then proceeded to put it in the ZL bathtub, then the next morning Elder Simons got a nice surprise. He he, so funny, so hilarious, aww it was good stuff. He couldn’t believe what was in there, aww we got such a laugh out of it.

I study with Elder Jarvie, my Spanish is kind of on a downhill, but it's all good things will happen the way they are supposed to happen. Elder Jarvie is a great guy and I am still very happy that I can actually talk to people.

We are having one of the 70's here to talk with us tomorrow for Zone Conference so that will be fun.

We kind of wear them (glasses) whenever we remember to put them on :) (note: This came from a letter Sterling wrote: Sterling suggested that they buy some non prescription glasses to wear because people with glasses look like they are smart and look like they know all the answers. J So they bought some, and lo and behold, they got two new investigators. But he says the charm must have worn off because no new investigators since. Too funny.) (You can see him in glasses in the picture)

Love you so much dad and mom, thank you for your love and support you continually show me, it really lifts me up.

Email from 03.09.10

We did get an email from him last week but he only said a few words and had to leave.

Transfers happened this week and for the first time since he has been on his mission he isn't being transferred. We're happy about this. I think that he is too. He will be with the same companion, Elder Jarvie. The missionaries that were in his condo are leaving and a Spanish speaking pair of Elders will be moving in. We thought that this was interesting because the area that they are in is mainly caucasian or English speaking. So "technically" Ster's comp is the only assigned English speaking missionary in the area.

He also has a new email address which is listed to the left.

Now his email:

Hi Everyone

The couple that we are teaching who aren't married have decided that they probably should be married. We are just waiting on the date now. Here is a spiritual experience that we had:

We were about to visit Sophia and Alfredo and we received a text form Sophia telling us that she would study with us but doesn’t want to join our church. But we went over there a little later to talk, and we were thinking of something we should say so we went with 3 Nephi 27. But when we got there, Alfredos personality had changed towards us, and he would actually smile at us, and we were thinking something weird was going on. But we went into the house started talking, told them our purpose, the spirit was very strong this lesson and I felt the impression to ask them about some of the feelings they have been having. So they told us and a whole lot of stuff came out. Sophia had a dream the previous night about me and Elder Jarvie Killing her, lol, and Alfredo Had received and Answer from his prayers and knew this was the true church of Jesus Christ. This blew our minds we had no idea Alfred was reading the scriptures and Praying, and he received an answer how amazing, so that is why his attitude towards us changed. and we resolved Sophia’s nightmare problems, lol, so they are back on track and moving forward much much faster than before. Cool huh.

Another experience I had was yesterday Elder Jarvie and I ate at a members, and this member likes spicy things. and I told him how I have had some really spicy peppers before, he then asked me if I would like to try something called the "DEMON" Elder Jarvies told me about this before and I was kind of excited by the offer. Because I was thinking I have had some hot stuff in the past I can handle this. So he put about 4 drops on a chip, when Elder Jarvie did it he only got 1 drop I think, so I eat it.... wait for a second nothing was really happening, then it started coming and coming and coming and got hotter and hotter and hotter. I was so HOT and I was in more pain than I have been in a long time it was worse than my broken arm. I was sweating everywhere, there was not one pore on my body that did not sweat a little, and the pain it feels something like chocking, you can’t get away from it and it was just stuck there, for 10 min this pain lasted, at 5 min they gave me some milk and some ice cubes, o my goodness never again, that thing was so freaking crazy hot.