E-Mail 4-26-2010

Oh boy! Hope all si well with Katie, Linkoln and Grandpa! I will keep them all in my prayers. Alex Turpin also has or had a surgery on his heart....so if you woudn't mind keeping him in prayers also! Man....must be something in the water in Idaho or something....everyone is having problems and some people are dying....Man. I thought Florida water was bad! I hope all starts to be ok for everyone!
Yesterday Elder Hyer and I set a baptismal date! Also I bought myself a book called "The Infinante Atonement" by Tad R. Callister to take Elder Scott (Richard G. that is) up on his challenge to learn more about the Atonement! It is really good! And I have alread learned alot more about it! I recomend it to read!
The Ward is super awesome and the work is going well! I'm happy to be in Saint Cloud! Yep, yep! So there is all the exciting news.......I can't think of anything else.....Um.....The Clarks in this ward! awesome! The are so cool and we have had dinner at their home 3 Sundays in a row and will be going there for Mothers Day! All of their children have went on missions except their youngest and that only cause he isn't of age yet! So they are very missionary friendly!....yep! All is going good with me and Elder Hyer and I have been working out so I'm not so fat! haha! I am being well taken care of. Listen to this Hyer Stander, Thats me and my comps name combo that the members use to remember us! haha! anyways. take luck!

Luke! (Elder) Stander

E-Mail 4-19-2010

Well may I just say this? Saint Cloud is alive with missionary work! I mean holy moly! The members are so very helpful and awesome! This week we have had 12 lessons with a member! Which is phenominal!! (spelling?) So thats awesome! We have set two dates and have gotten lots of investigators! It is like night and day the differeance between this area and the last! I hope I'm here for a while! I heard that there was a small earthquake in Idaho and Utah area? It came from a pretty reliable sorce! So how was that? It seems like I keep hearing more and more about natual disasters! jeeze! well.....lets see....Oh last week I got to go on exchanges with my trainer! He is the Zone Leader over me and so we get to recall all the good times in Apopka! wich is sweet! I loved being able to serve with him again even though it was only for a day! Awesome! Today is zone P-day! So I get to hang with him again! anywho thats about it. Peace out familia!

Elder Stander

E-Mail 4-12-2010

Well I love my new area! I have had a dinner everynight this week! The members here are ready to do some missionary work! My companion Elder Hyer is pretty cool and we have had alot of fun already and plan on having a fun transfer! I'm super stoked! Everything should be good!
It's good to hear about every one getting jobs and succeeding in life! Thats super cool! Um...welll not to much has hapened...Talked to some members....talked to some other poeple some crazy...some not. You know....just good ol' missionary work! I hopefully will have more to share next week!
I love you all in a family type of way...unless your not family....
Elder ME! (luke!!!!)

E-Mail 4-05-2010

Mommy!
Does that take you back to when I was little? Haha. It has been a while since I've been called anything but Elder, Stander, Elder Stander, and missionary. yep. It has warmed up a ton here and it made me realize how roasting hot summer is and made me regret that I didn't enjoy the cold more......haha.
Transfer time for Luke! They are fianlly booting me out of the leesburg stake and lecanto ward to a place called St. Cloud! I don't know where thats at, but I do know that my trainer will be my zone leader there so I'm excited about that! Elder Hansen (my trainer) is super cool! My new companion is Elder Hyer.....I know nothing about him, neither does anyone else.....So I guess We'll see ...
General Conferance was awesome! Saw all sessions at the church. We had zero investigators come which was a bummer.....but I was spiritally edified! If you feel so inclined I would love the conferance ensign for this conferance to study with the disks I get to listen to! I absorb better by reading!
Sounds like everyone is good and having fun...and eating candy (corgin) haha! I am going to see if a video I took is to big or not to send by e-mail...if it's to big I guess I'll disk it and send it home! Um....not much to say really......I had a good week........I ate alot of kfc the other day! I bought a family bucket 6 peice with mashed potatos and gravy........Then I ate all of it last night except the two chicken breasts that I ate earlier...I was full to bursting...but I conqured it! There were many who doubted, but I won in the end! haha!
Love you all in a totally kosher family type of way!
Elder Stander- Luke!!!!