Daniel Christian Stoddard
hey is anybody there???
Family
yes! early for you!!
we are just finishing your letter! 
Daniel Christian Stoddard
yep! i know it gets late there super fast
hows it going?
Family
great! you?
Daniel Christian Stoddard
ok, we`ve been without water all week!
it kinda stinks, but here in sonaguera there`s water
yesterday to clean the church, we took buckets down to the river
Family
¡ay carumba! have you gone there for water?
so why not in your house?
Daniel Christian Stoddard
on tuesday we were here for district meeting. Friday we had to come so i could do baptism interviews, and on sunday we had some extra water from the river, so we bathed with that
no, all of sabà is without running water
pretty much everybody goes to the river to bathe and wash clothes
Family
any idea when they will get water back on?
Daniel Christian Stoddard
no idea
Family
¡samta vaca! that is no way to live. but i guess what does not make you stronger kills you.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
hahah... it`s not too fun, but we`l be just fine
flushing the toilet was a pain in the butt haha
Family
stinky ... but fine, says i.
nice choice of words!
Daniel Christian Stoddard
hahah
suri wasn`t able to get baptized this week
but we are doing everythign we can to get stuff ready for next week
Family
aw.
hope it works. we will remember him in our prayers.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
thanks
yesterday the bishop of sonaguera came to our church meeting
and made me feel kinda upset
Family
how did THAT go?
Daniel Christian Stoddard
he said in front of everyone that he didn`t see future in saba...
we have almost the requirements to be a branch... we had 14 investigators in the reunion!!! Only thing we don`t haveenough of is priesthood
idk .... i wish he was a little more optomistic...
he said if it was up to him he wouldn`t have opened the extention here
Family
Oh, Christian! That’s just awful.
i guess that creates the adversity to make the extension stronger ... you know, prove him wrong. you might mention that to president carlisle. he is responsible for the big picture of how the local leaders are working with the missionaries.
and once you are your own branch - rather than an extension, you will have your own leader there who believes in you.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
ah man... i hope we can get that soon! we still need two active, worthy priesthood holders... and one of the ones we have is going to move to Ceiba so we really need 3
Family
looping in allie
Allie
Hello!!!
Daniel Christian Stoddard
hey al!
i was just griping to mom and dad haha
Allie
Yeah, about the less-than-encouraging Bishop, right?
Family
well, you had enough faith to make it out to the interviews and back. i bet you can baptize 3 priesthood holders!
suri will be one.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
i have bad news....
Suri is a 17 year old girl 
but still will be an awesome baptism
and josel doen`t count cause he`s a young man
Family
Hahaha! I thought Suri was a girl name!
hahaha. you said “he” a minute ago. my bad.
that does complicate things ... 2 who are too young, and one who is the wrong gender.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
yeah... maybe it will involve looking for inactive grown men... we ran into one last week, but he was WAY drunk
we`ll visit him though, and see if we can help
Family
Well, he could work. ;)
yeah! like thomasey in the other side of heaven! i like where your head is at!
I wonder why the Bishop is so down on your area. Maybe the added responsibility?
2 congregations in 2 places.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
i don`t know, but we finished that sacrament meeting and i was BUGGED... but it`s ok. My companion has a "we`ll show him" attitude about it, which is good
there`s an elder from argentina in the district here. He has a phrase he always says... "son cosas"
I`ve started copying him and now I say it a ton too
Family
Understandably so! I would be MAD! But yes, prove him wrong.
What does that mean???
* Mom asking, of course.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
it means literally "they are things" but it can mean like "stuff happens"
E Chagas: We still don`t have water UUUGGGHHH E Stoddard: Son cosas
Allie
The French people had that phrase too. ‘C’est le vie,’ which just means, it’s the life.
Family
I’m sure you’ll fill the President in about things in your area. The people need to be strengthened!
Daniel Christian Stoddard
the costa ricans like to say "pure life" all the time... it`s kinda funny
yeah we write letters to president every monday... i let him know what`s going on here
Family
Good! And i love it - pure life. I’m gonna start using that!
Family
Oh, and you’re right. The littles look so different. Michael is like a big overgrown puppy. Happy go lucky and too big feet. Haha! He was hoping to beat you in height, but not yet for sure.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
Michael was looking BIG in the last photo you sent. I was surprised he was bigger than allie
Family
Yes, and he loved when he beat me! We measured everyday for like a month.
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