E-Mail 7-26-2010

Readable face? What did you read my face as mother? Was it complete excitement about a monkey being on-top of my shoulders? anywho....
Sounds like you guys are a sorry sight being injured and all. Hope all heals up and gets better! I will also pray for Cory and Jill.
Well the Lord has blessed me and my companion with what is called a "golden investigator" or "Contact" who was just baptized saturday, and confirmed yesterday! She has such a great testimony already, and loves, loves the Church! She knows it to be Christ's church restored! Which is sweet! Her name is Rhonda Hall. (yes another Hall, no relation to Chris Hall and his family) We are also hoping to teach her Daughters, who are interested! So great blessings! We also started teaching Seamus Hall (Chris's oldest son) and He is pretty interested and recognizes that there is something about church that makes him want to go back! AKA: The Spirit! So thinks are going great for me, I just hope I'm not transfered this coming transfer. So I will fill you in on that!
All is well and all will be well at home hopefully! I know that this church is Jesus Christ's church and was organized in the same manner Christ organized it while in the the flesh of mortality. And the Prophet and Apostles today are special witnesses of him and his resurrection just as were the apostles and prophets of old! May we all hearken unto their counsel.
Love Elder Stander!

ps. recieved a letter from Aaron Stander he has met a returned missionary from this mission, who I served around...abit. Elder Lindstrom. Pretty neat. It's a small world in the church...only like 14 millinon of us!

Got a monkey on your back?

E-Mail 7-19-10 Haven't you always wanted a monkey?

Well I paid 900 bucks on the jeep I'll have you know! Plus the 100 for the cd player that Jake helped me install! I just thought I would try. 8 grand is very very cheap for a porcshe, not to mention, it's an older model, the kind I like best! and it's a really nice color. I understand that it's to much.....but I thought I would try. Jeep's are cool though. if you do sell the jeep, I do want another vehicle before I arrive home cause I hate relying on other people for transportation! I have had to do it for over a year, and will have to do it for another year! So...just for FYI. mmm kay.

Well looks like were having a baptism on saturday! So thats cool. looking forward to that! Um.....didn't get the packages sent out last week.....everybody was to focused on zone p-day so they didn't want to take extra time to mail......so hopefully today! Tell dad to open his package immediatly!

Nothing to cool other than the baptism...and a tracting story! So Elder Lindley and I were just tracting along when we got to this house and there, tied up to a tree was a funny looking animal. At first it looked like a cat, but I soon realized that it was a monkey! So we were a bit excited....naturally...so we went to knock on the persons door anyways......no one answered so we were walking away...but slowly cause there was this monkey, and I wanted to linger a bit.....So I stopped and stood there and the monkey came up to me....looked at me and then proceeded to climb up my leg, then right onto my shoulder. So Elder Lindley took a picture with the phone, and I then took a picture of that picture,...So here is that picture!

Love Elder Stander

E-Mail 7-12-10

Let me tell you why I e-mailed seperately. So the day after the fourth of July, the library in St, Cloud was closed, so we got permission to e-mail on tuesday. But the Zone Leaders had planned an exchange on that day. So I went to the Zone Leaders area, and their library was not closed, so they got to e-mail, but I did not. So I e-mailed from their library on tuesday after they already got to e-mail on monday. So I was brief. My new comp came out with my trainer, so he is seasoned. he is awesome! we get along pretty good so far....it's been 2 weeks. So thats good!

I am sending two packages home today. One for Father, and one for me When I get home. It was some things that were/ are a bit distracting, so I have sent them home. So save them for me So I can open it and experience some christmas feelings! deal? deal!

Well after some thought and some tender mercies of the Lord, I feel I am ready to part with my Jeep to persue a dream. That dream being: A owner of a Porsche. Now this dream has been made to reality this week as I was dilligently working for the Lord. I was going about sharing his word, I experienced a tender mercy of the Lord, I saw a car most desirable above all other cars. So the man who owns the car said he was interested, and as I left I said, I like your car. He rejoined with a, "It's for sale" How much? "eight grand" I asked if he could hold it for 11 months, he said he could! It is a model that I really like, and it is a great price and I would highly reccomend that if you sell my Jeep and to use that money and help me in purchasing a long time dream!

So will you, mother, Be willing to e-mail the man on my behalf to purchase a dream?

I promise you blessings of a happy and dream fulfilled life for your youngest child!

I would love to own this car. it is a Porsche 911 SC. and it is beautiful!

his e-mail is - inquire on my behalf for the car! thank you!

Also...that was a big highlight of my week, and setting a date with a member refferal! This ward is awesome! this area of St. Cloud is a land flowing with milk and honey!

With love from Florida!

Elder Luke Stander

ps. may all dreams come true! (hint, hint)

2nd E-Mail that day

I'm sorry...I was so excited about the Porsche business, I forgot to answer your questions. I did get to meet President and Sister Hall! they are great! Different, but great! Are you going to meet President and Sister Darrington in July? You should! they are excited to meet you!

They (the Halls) had a get to know us slide show and had some pictures of Idaho, and a swather cutting hay, and pictures of Targhee, and president Hall's jeep and I was trunkie, I'll be honest. I missed home. But I'm over it! I'm looking forward to learning more about those great people! be blessed!

Elder Stander

E-Mail 7-6-10

I'm sorry that the last couple weeks I haven't much to say, or sufficient amount of time to say it. I also regret to announce that this too will be a brief e-mail. Everyone else got to e-mail yesterday, but I didn't, So they are waiting. But some new stuff. President Hall is in charge of the mission now. I'm still in St. Cloud but with Elder Lindley now instead of Hyer. He is from Colarado spings. He is pretty cool. Hopefully we will have some baptismal dates to set and then some more baptisms. But as of now we have no dates. But it changes quickly! All is good with me. I got some acid reducers for the heart burn.

Yesterday we went and helped the Clarks Roof their dock. I reminded me of the good time spent with Clint on his roof. We did tar paper, but ran out before we were able to finish it all. So it was fun. I got a bit sunburnt, but it's turning into a nice tan! I hope all is going well and continues to go well for everyone in Idaho and spread abroad. Thats exciting that Little Jake is coming home! sweet sauce! Keep on keeping on!

love - Elder Luke Stander

E-Mail 6-28-2010

Corgin the snake charmer huh? haha! I hope all goes well with the hay! That would be sweet! Late spring though....man... So on Saturday had a baptism. It was Chris Hall. So here are some pictures. The first one being the family. (Halls) The nest one is of Chris, Elder Hyer and me. and some others....Zebras and water Buffalo....whatever. This week President Darrington is going home and the new mission president, president Hall, is coming in! So thats neat! Other than that....Nothing new. I'm still getting over a cold and have heart burn alot. I love.....things. Buy bye!
Elder Stander

E-Mail 6-14-2010

Oh man. Already thinking about when I'm done huh? A little trunkie for your son, mother? The rules of the mission are as follows. 1. I would still be a missionary so I would need a companion or melchezidic priesthood holder to be with me so It can't be just you "gals." 2. We are told we are to go home on a plane and be picked up at the airport.
So...sorry. Also I wouldn't be able to do much of the fun stuff as a missionary still. But It would be sweet to road trip it up on down here to Florida to do a mission tour after I have been home and released! So we can do that! Then I can also experience Florida as a normal person. We can hit up beaches and swim and stuff...I don't know. How about that?
Things are going great! This Saturday we are having two baptisims. Laura and Antonio Murph. They have been investigating for a while and now are ready to be baptized! it's sweet! and Chris Hall has set a date for teh 26th of this month. So that will be the week after and he will be baptized with this kid named Sean. He is super cool. He went to church yesterday and loved it. There was much talk of a "trek" coming up on thursday, and Sean upon hearing this asked if he could go. Turns out he can, and is! haha! So awesome! so we will be teaching him tomorrow! So thats sweet!
So I pranked Elder Stensrud real good! haha! I wrote his lady friend, and asked for her help, she complied. She wrote him a normal letter and talked about sending him some pictures. she then sealed the envelope, ripped it back open and placed a joker card in it. then taped it shut. She then sent it to Stensrud, and sent me the pictures (with doubles) and I colored on them and did the little joker smile on them and now have sent them to Stensrud. So it looks like I intercepted his mail. haha! He is soo confused and can't figure out how I did it! He said, and I quote "I'm not even mad, I am actually really impressed!" haha! I will now send the doubles of the pictures I drew on to Elder Grant, one of the spanish elders living with Stensrud, to put in Stensrud's photo album of his lady friend's photos with a joker card. haha! so it should be good!
I have not met President Hall yet, and won't till next month. But President and Sister Darrington will be leaving next month and I will be seeing them for the last time the last sunday of June. So Thats kind of a bummer. But oh well.
But all is well and going good! hope the weather starts cooperating! Tell Dad: "happy fathers day and thanks for not beating me to death even when I deserved it!"
Elder Stander