Sunday, July 15, 2018

Questions! (Live Chat) (7/3)

[from July 3, 2018]
Daniel Christian Stoddard
Hey guys!
Yeah there wasn't light on last Monday...
anybody there?
Family
Handsome! How are you?!?!
Daniel Christian Stoddard
doing good!
and you?
Family
We are pretty good. It’s still so weird here, but it feels like we’ve been here a very long time already.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
really?  you getting more used to it?
Family
Getting so, so excited to see you!!!!
I think we are more used to it, but it’s weird. Hahaha!
Daniel Christian Stoddard
hey i have questions for you guys?
Family
Shoot.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
1 sec
sorry somebody is talking to me at the same time....
agaggagaghhhh
a drunk guy just wandered in asking us for money
ok questions.... what the heck should i bring home?
Family
Hahaha!
Daniel Christian Stoddard
who the heck is gonna release me as a missionary?
where the heck are we gonna go after i'm not a missionary anymore... i heard talks of a trip?
Dan
i am working on the release. i contacted our branch president again today.
but it will be under the authority of the stake president.
and we have a couple of trips planned.
Family
Are you concerned about travel? What are you thinking????
Daniel Christian Stoddard
no, that was just a fun question
just to know beforehand... or will it be better to be surprised?
what clothes should i bring home?  church clothes?
there's no "going home" packing list
Dan
thinking about going to odessa on the black sea if we can pull it together. then definitely disney. and we are thinking to hit both london and paris in one trip later.
need us to send you a going home packing list?! ;)
Daniel Christian Stoddard
no just kidding
Dan
i know.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
i just don't know what you have there, so i don't know what stuff i should put in the suitcase
and those trips sound awesome
Dan
you should bring a little bit of clothes you like to wear. we have ordered you some stuff but the mail system has been a bit underwhelming.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
ok
Dan
you will want play clothes, but expect to do some shopping when you get here.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
what else did i want to ask?   i had a whole bunch of stuff to ask you
Daniel Christian Stoddard
and the online classes are something i should wait on or start immediately?
Dan
you will probably end up waiting a little bit b/c you start and stop on their schedule, not your own.

Daniel Christian Stoddard
sounds good! 
Dan
so you will have to enroll for january as soon as they let you, but obviously that will be after you have been home a while.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
ok sounds food
*good
man i must be subconciously hungry
Dan
no doubt. speaking of which ... mom mail ordered the ingredients for stuffed shells ... kind of our version of the fatted calf.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
speaking of food
Dan
other kids are excited for that too. been a long drought for all of us.

Daniel Christian Stoddard
of american food?
Dan
stuffed shells specifically. you can get good burgers and decent pizza here.
no mexican to speak of, though. and sadly, no real milk shakes.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
nooooooooooooooooo
i found them though in sps
Dan
mom says she will make you a milkshake.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
awesome!!!!
i found one that was okish
but i'm sure moms are better
i am way skinny
Dan
my mom was worried about me being skinny when i got home. i am sure mom will be with you, too. but she will fatten you right up.

Daniel Christian Stoddard
ok good
Dan
still hard to find food in sabá?
Daniel Christian Stoddard
yeah....
and when we do it's not a lot 
we're not gonna die, but it is kinda tough
Dan
that is a little sad. but for you at least the end is in sight. food is not an issue here.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
we baptised a grandmotherly lady on saturday... she's really good about helping us with food
Dan
awww .... bless the viejitas!
babushkas.

Daniel Christian Stoddard
hahah babushka
Dan
бабушка.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
dang i can't write in russian letters
Dan
i will hook you up on your phone when you get here.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
папа
there we go 
i only know like 4 words
is it still tough for you or getting easier
Dan
haha. you got it!
going to be weird for you to be back to not knowing the language again. but seriously, we live in an english expat world.

Daniel Christian Stoddard
how was the trip?

Dan
i had 4 trips in june. been pretty crazy.

Daniel Christian Stoddard
where was the coolest place you went?
Dan
they were all good. very wothwhile.
i liked all the places for different reasons.
budapest was the last one. never really paid much attention to it. never imagined going there. but i liked it a lot.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
do you think you will ever go back to estonia?
Dan
who knows?! it is not very far now.
and if i can improve my russian it will make touring the former soviet republics even easier.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
thats true
Dan
i really want to go to israel. it might be hard to get there with what is left of this year, but we will save it for when you and allie are back home.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
how are the other kids doing now that they're out of school?
isreal?  is it safer now?
Dan
they guy who survived 2 years in sps is asking if israel is safe?!?! ;)
Daniel Christian Stoddard
ahahah 
Dan
the littles are doing much better now that school is out. it was pretty stressful for them. and it showed.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
but there aren't terrorist here
why was it stressful?
Dan
socially and academic expectations of the school.
it will be better next year when they start from the beginning and know what to expect.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
for sure
have you guys seen the soccer world cup?
that is the biggest thing here in honduras...  i'd bet it would be big there, cause it's going on so close to ukraine

Dan
they do love soccer in europe. they had the european championship here in kyiv right before the world cup. it was nuts.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
champions league
Dan
yeah. real madrid beat liverpool.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
i saw the tail end of the championship game in an investigators house.  the goalie goofed up 
*the replay goals
Dan
my meeting in budapest was with people from all over the world and they wanted to go out and watch the games after the meetings every evening.
so i saw part of several of them.
Daniel Christian Stoddard
soccer is what unites the world... except for the us
my companion was SO SO excited that peru finally went to the world cup... but theyu got eliminated really fast 😥😥
Dan
guess you switched over to email to look for it. but it is pretty late here. i am going to have to get some sleep. if you have any time left, the kids would love to read a few lines from you.

great hearing from you.

i love you.

dad, out. XD

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