TexMex with Elder Stone

June 20, 2011
Hey Hey Hey everyone! What's up?

So this past week was interesting. It was a little tough for us on finding new people, but we were able to find one legit family. We are teaching a lot of people right now, mostly families. We are also seeing many miracles in the zone. As of the end of last week we have brought ten souls unto our Heavenly Father as a zone. We have a goal of 14 for the zone and by two weeks ago it looked like we were only going to barely get twelve. BUut we saw a miracle with a couple of kids the sisters were teaching. The kids finally came to church and they are getting baptized next weekend which will bring us to our goal of 14 as a zone. Elder Vasquez and I are going to have two baptisms, but one is an eight year old girl and the other is her 11-year-old sister. The mom was baptized about a year ago and the kids and Dad were never baptized, long story, very sad. But we got her to come back to church and the girls will be getting baptized next week. We hope to have their dad baptized in July. We are super excited for them. The family is great and super strong now. We just need to help the dad stop drinking, but that's okay, with the Lord all is possible. Diana is doing really well and she is really trying to push her mom along. She is great and wants her mom to accept this so bad. We can see in her eyes how much it hurts her that her mom is not living worthy to be baptized. But the mom came to church yesterday, which was great. As well we had four others come to church. So we are super excited to start teaching more of them and getting them bds. We have a big goal of baptizing 16 in the month of July. This will be a huge step and a huge accomplishment. In May, we only baptized 7 and now in June, we should have 14. We always have to be raising the bar so that we never stop growing and getting better.

I got a letter from Colby this past week. He sounds like he's doing great. I am super excited for him. He's going to be a stud missionary! He's a big idol to me. He helped push me a lot to get me out on my mission. This past week, we had zone conference which was really fun. We met in Mc Allen and talked a lot about things we need to do to improve. The mission is tough, but so much fun and so worth it.  We are getting fed a lot now which is good but it stinks cuz I want to lose weight. The members are trusting us a lot more which is really cool. The pictures from last week were mostly from Rio Grande. It had taken me a while to send them. But I'll try to take more and send more frequently.

For some reason it's getting harder for me to write. Things don't come to mind as easily as they used to. I want to write more though. I'm just focused on what we need to do for the zone to get better. We are teaching this great family of five. All girls and they should get baptized in July, as well as a couple of other families of four. So we are super excited for them and to see the success in July. I don't have anymore time. I need more questions to answer! Sorry this is short. I hope all is well. I love you all and I miss you all.

-Your Son, Elder Stone --

Everyone please write Elder Stone:  813 N. 14th Pl. #8; Edinburg, TX 78539