I am terribly sorry it has been so long since I updated this blog. We have had Christmas, packing all our belongings into storage, moving out of our house, driving cross country, and (for me) flying across the Atlantic since the last entry. So the digital circulation of Elder Stoddard's letters has been delayed until now.
However, since Elder Stoddard received a camera with WiFi uploading for Christmas, we have started receiving a lot more pictures. As a result, we expect future updates will include more pictures from him, and not just stock photos from the internet! Plus he can write interim letters and notes and send us a picture of the paper from a mobile hotspot at odd times. It makes for a great surprise midweek. (See below.)
And finally, the Christmas Skype call was amazing. We were able to talk for a really long time and get all caught up. He told us interesting stories like being mugged a knife point and giving them a few lempira that amounted to less than a dollar. Then when they demanded his backpack, he told them he needed it to preach ... "The Word". He had learned that no one takes chances with standing in the way of The Word, so he got to keep his backpack. He loves the people, is having a great experience, seems very upbeat, and his testimony is taking off. We were nervous about talking for the first time in 5 months and all the anxiety about not knowing what to do with the time, but it could not have gone better. It was fun to watch him scoot across the floor of the church in a chair with wheels rather than get up to show us something. And seeing him gesticulating with his hands when he talked let us know he was still our Christian.
Now we get to look forward to talking to him again in May.
So stay tuned for more great updates.
Thank you,
The Editor
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