tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29308601943190780202024-03-05T04:53:17.028-08:00Elder Kyle DaltonStacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-13349929066432159432013-03-26T11:52:00.000-07:002013-03-26T11:53:02.916-07:003/25/13<div>
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dude that kids awesome! little fridge child. it is wierd how old the little
ones are getting haha. i dont like it really. my new area is extremely flat. a
crap ton of trees and ponds which is both cool and not cool cause theres no
distance anywhere. its like living in a box sometimes. the branch is pretty
awesome though. lots going on it it and the testimonies of the people who go are
very stong for the most part. they are growing so its good. this week the most
mentionable thing was that i had the most gross dinner ive had yet on my
mission. so nasty. just thinking about it kinda clouds all my other experiences.
haha. the coolest thing i guess that happened was on tuesday. we taught a lady
the plan of salvation. our second time meeting with her. she kept all her
commmitments from the first time by reading the bom a pamphlet and she watched
the restoration dvd. she told us she knew it was true and that joseph smith
really had the first vision. so awesome. so naturallywe offer baptism.... not
cool. she knew it was true but she said she grew up in her pentecostal church
and has been rooted there and cannot be uprooted cause she loves it and her
pastor. naturally this is saddening. we pretty much told her everything we could
but she said she probably doesnt want to learn more for now. so heres the cool
part. i was like "ok, so i have to say this cause its my job to bring you closer
to Christ and if i dont i'll be leaving you without giving you a full chance.
so, you fully understand and realize that you are following satan and a man
instead of following Jesus Christ knowing that these things are true?" and she
went back into her preacher being so great and all that crap. so we are gonna
give her some time and bring some members over there and hopefully she will be
able to slowly transistion in. it was just cool to say something so blunt, super
sad though that even that didnt work. hopefully its stewing in her soul right
now. haha. other than that. we have zone conference starting tomorrow and
wednesday. not much else going on. oh we have a baptism this week too on
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Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-11215163344957190612013-03-26T11:15:00.001-07:002013-03-26T11:17:37.081-07:003/18/13<div>
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dude coach reiter! i miss that guy. is he still coaching the waterpolo
team. howd katie do in her meet. good job with the gym. i've stilll been doing
insantity and p90x . i messed up my back last night stretching. something well
outta place. i felt it haha. its a little better today after insanity so thats
good though. katie driving is a scary thought. she bettter drive my truck to
keep her out of trouble. theres no where to make out in that thing haha. why do
you drive to lugo 4 times everyday? that seems a little excessive. ha. thats crazy that so
many daltons are getting married all at once. have fun with youth
conference. not much has been going on with me. my comp is still cool haha.
we've gotten some new investigators this week that should be solid if they take
the steps. for some reason it seems like people will be completely in and
believe it all and know what it means, but once you ask them to move you can see
there high excitement drop from their faces haha. action is not a requirement
out here for most churches. oh well, we'll see. we still have a few baptisms
coming up soon. probably in the next month we could have 7. if everything goes
how it should. maybe more. i think me and my pres are doing ok. haha i havent
talked to him in awhile so who knows. it doesnt matter either way. i'm trying to
be more obedient so it'll work out either way. i could go for some pinapple
upsidown cake right about now. i havent made anything interesting lately. i've
been eating a lot of salmon for lunches. i'm excited for saturday cause a lady
in our ward is gonna make us chicken and waffles. mmhmm. the foods been pretty
good so far. theres some sketchy places we eat at but its all good. i havent
gotten sick yet cause i believe in Jesus so its all good. prayer works ha.
linger longers are always a good idea. people show up when there's food. its
sad. but true. oh, dad. if you dont mind moving to mississippi, i may have found
you a job. haha. probably a good one too. my branch president is in industrial
building. i told him about you. just saying. well have a good week everyone.
good to hear from you. love you all</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-19486080180012235112013-03-26T11:10:00.003-07:002013-03-26T12:11:07.646-07:003/11/13 New Mission Address<div>
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the lairds can email me. <span style="color: red;">our mission president just changed the rules so we
can email anyone thats not in our mission boundaries</span>. <a href="mailto:kyle.dalton@myldsmail.net">kyle.dalton@myldsmail.net</a> whats the youth conference
gonna be? so you destroyed yourself at the gym huh? haha. you should make sure
you stretch definately. i've been doing insanity and p90x so ive been getting
pretty flexible compared to how i was. its great haha. the videos always make
you stretch before and after the work out. good luck giving out the bom. its
fun. theres a lot more adrenaline to it when you arent a missionary and used to
doing it. haha. good luck. love you mama. read dads email to get the rest.
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The Mission address has changed to: <br />
Elder Kyle Dalton<br />
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how are ya? being good? becoming athletic? getting good grades? respect
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connor, love you man. miss you. go outside and scrape your knees. dont get
soft on me.Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-65585462888427704602013-03-26T11:06:00.001-07:002013-03-26T11:06:32.002-07:003/11/13<div>
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I heard that rancho was making a mission. thats pretty cool. good to hear
your baptism happened. especially good to hear the your missionaries are still
working. i wish i could train. it would give me more reason to work hard. its
hard sometimes. haha. things are going really good here though. we've got
baptisms just showing up. im trying to figure out how to handle all the people
we are teaching and need to teach while finding still. its hard in our area
cause its sooo huge and spread out. i havent mastered it yet but i think we are
closer to figuring out how we want to attack it all. twill be interesting. we
have zone conference this month on the 26th so im hoping for a general
authority. it always feels good to get rebuked. haha. i need to work on creating
relationships myself. i've lost some of it in the business side. any new advice?
glad to hear your still working. i know why you are. When did jordan get home? i
knew he was due but when was it. as for me. the coolest thing thats happened
lately. we were teaching a new member with her inactive family. and she has a
schitzophrenic uncle that never talks. and we were teaching her having a hard
time explaining what a testimony is, shes ten. and all the sudden her uncle
started asking her directive questions explaining what a testimony is. haha it
was pretty awesome. weve never heard him do more than mumble before, but he was
clear as day. pretty awesome. love ya. have a good week. </div>
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Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-24027689752455368322013-02-25T18:03:00.000-08:002013-02-25T18:03:01.513-08:002/25/13<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="Txt6" style="padding-left: 30px; width: 95%px;">
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hi family. well it was a good week. got a lot done. found out im getting
transferred tomorrow to a place called collins mississippi. apparently its a
really small branch with good members so hopefully its all good. im sure it will
be. im actually gonna miss this place haha. shocking but true. i wont miss the
smell of the paper mill or the brown drinking water but i will miss it.
hopefully everything is good at home. we are definately baptizing at least one
person on saturday. her names dani we've been teaching her for like a month or
two. but shes ready to go. the other guy is kinda unsure but we are hoping he
pulls through by saturday. of course i wont be here but its cool that they are
going for it anyways. well not much else to talk about so have a good week.
hopefully i get a letter from you guys some day. haha love you all. bye</div>
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hey dad glad the kidney stone is gone! i dont envy you but congratulations
on that. are you excercising or is it cause your not healthy from the stone and
stuff. either way cool. haha. i recomment insanity. actually you would probably
die doing it haha. its sucky. i am getting stonger and more fit though because
of it. its been hard though cause for some reason it seems like everyones been
wanting to take us out to eat a bunch everyweek. its a blessing and a curse.
anyways. wish i could be there for the blessing. life goes on. idk who the redds
are i dont think. but cool. was the whole family there? we have 3 baptisms
planned for the second but idk if everyones gonna make it that day. we got some
distance to go unless some miracles happen. we'll see. love you have a good
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thanks for doing that for me on vday. thanks to katie too. i really
appreciate it. she is pretty great. i hope you didnt spend to much money though
cause i'm broke. haha. unless you were planning on helping out ;) i love you!
I'm excited for joanna. she seems like shes focused and happy. its
awesome. makes me happy. anyways. this week was really good. taught some new and
old investigators and i found out that something i said to an investigator has
been tugging at his heart for a little while from the other missionaries. its
cool to know. im outta time cause the library is about to close but basically
good week. and we saw a girl get blown up, not hurt dont worry. elder flint ate
it hard mt biking, it was awesome. and thats pretty much it. love you have a
good week</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-3940774098320071842013-02-12T08:33:00.000-08:002013-02-12T08:33:21.584-08:002/4/13Hey family,
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Sorry to here life sucks in the dalton family. Hopefully it gets better
quick. I don't envy you dad. Haha, that sucks. Good attitude though, keep it up
haha. The weather over here has been on and off. It's been really nice lately
though. I've been trying to be more healthy too, I'm back to my normal weight
haha. I gained like ten pounds but I'm ok now. Me and elder flint actually
started insanity today to so I should start getting pretty fit soon. Should be
sweet. I take a multivitamin and vitamin c and fish oil everyday. That's all I
can afford haha. I'll have to go back and see what janaes sleeping suggestion
was cause I don't remember. But yeah, things have been good here. I'm trying
harder to keep the rules more fully. We got some new investigators and 3
baptismal dates for march second. Hopefully we can help that happen. I think it
will. I may or may not be here though for it cause this transfer is only going
to be 5 weeks cause the MTC has to catch up with the new missionaries coming in.
So we'll see if I'm here after that. It'll be 6 months soon. Pretty cool.
Anyways. Love you guys, have a good week.</div>
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so i didnt get a letter. hope everythings ok. i assume its in the draft box
or something. if not no biggie. hows the sicknesses? everyone alive and
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this week has been pretty good for me. we had interviews and found some new
investigators. the highlight was interviews by far. i finally got to have a
whats the deal talk with my president how i know he didnt trust me and i
resented him for it cause i didnt deserve it. haha. thats the very short version
of it. but it was really good. we are both what seems to be on the same page
now. it has made things go much more smoothly for me. it just feels better to
have the burden of it gone. its bothered me for the last 4 months so it was
time. anyways. still have 3 baptisms planned. johnny chris and danny. we're also
teaching a few other people that hopefully pick up and we can move forward.
things have been good. i've also been working out everymorning with e. flint.
we've been doing insanity. this is our second week. the first week was horrible
but its getting better everyday. feels nice to know i'm not gonna be fat for to
much longer haha. anyways. thats pretty much it. have a good week. love you all</div>
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Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-22634944366128596382013-01-28T12:11:00.002-08:002013-01-28T12:11:41.104-08:001/28/13<div>
hello family,</div>
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glad to hear all is well for the most part. thats to bad about mount sac.
guess it wasnt the one. at least some good comes out of your bosses surgery
though haha. my new comps name is elder flint. hes a pretty cool dude, so
everything is going smooth. idk how well our teaching has come together yet but
we havent had any problems and have been getting things done. we have a few more
investigators now and another baptismal date. we'll see if its solid or not
soon. my teaching skills are whatever. haha. idk what great is but i think i do
ok. i cant really tell for myself. you'll have to ask someone who knows ha. i
keep up with my new comp just fine thanks. haha we are on the same page so its
good. we're both trying to be obedient and trying to do work. last week we
mapped out all of the inactives on a big map so we can get them all seen
inbetween appointments and tracting. there was 165 of them so it took some time
to map and number them but it should make visiting them much more productive
cause we can see whos close to where were going and visit a bunch at one time.
we did have a cold spell for awhile but its picking back up to warm. the
weather has been nice on and off. its cold then warm then cold. its pretty
spaztic. i got a new jacket at an auction for 15 bucks. so that was nice. haha
we go to pec and ward council. ward council im not sure why but we go do
rescueing splits after pec. we just visit whoever seems like they could use some
extra attention or inactives. its kinda cool. our new bishop is allll about
missionary work so its good. as for the new testament. i'm reading it too. its
freaking good. i enjoy it a lot. the wisdom in Christ simplicity is way dope. to
me anyways. ive been marking everytime the people are astonished by his doctrine
too. its a lot. haha. i'm just trying to figure out how to do it too. i dont
really know how to motivate myself to be honest. if im feeling lazy. i just have
to get up and go. motivation usually comes through more work. once i talk to
someone its usually back up. its just sitting around that makes it worse. i
havent been motivated for a few weeks till my comp change. not cause my comp
before was bad cause he was awesome. we were both just ready for a change. so
theres another motivator. change. find some new scenery or a new way to do it.
monotamy is a motivation killer in my book. to be honest too. i dont really care
when we dont have anyone to teach as long as we work. haha. that might sound
bad, but as long as im trying it doesnt bother me at all. i'm cool with planting
seeds. theres really no point in getting down about crap like things not working
out with people. its there loss. i just feel bad for them. my struggles come
from others that i have to work with mostly. not even the missionaries anymore.
haha. or the ward members. but i'll deal with those when the time comes. i
havent got to eat anything fun lately but tonight we are having crawfish. i
havent had that before so it should be good. i hear its a messy dinner, which
means fun i guess? and the car is very very nice haha. especially cause we have
a lot of miles. so we can go see people we normally wouldnt be able to. so all
and all its been a good week, worked pretty well, helped some people. it was
cool. work hard people. especially the little ones. john 7:16-17 its kinda my go
to now days. its the only way ive gotten a testimony so i hold onto it haha.
love you all. have a good week.</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-3799486347708846162013-01-23T14:24:00.002-08:002013-01-23T14:24:23.779-08:001/23/13hellooo, i got my new companion yesterday, his name is elder flint. so far hes
really cool. hes been out for like 9 months or something.i think itll be good.
cause he wants to work hard and so do i. so we are both using it as a chance to
kinda restart. should be fun. transfers were nuts this time around and
completely unorganized. thus the reason no email on monday, cause pday was
transfer day and there was no way for us to get to the library. anyways, good
news! i have a car full time now. thats nice. not much new stuff going on for us
besides adjusting living with a new person, but he likes things clean like i do
(i know shocking) so itll be nice. haha. anyways.thats pretty sweet sister niles
husband went to church! i dont think ive even met him. i got the picture of
landon, hes lookin good. glad to here it all went well, is there any permanent
stuff or is he all fixed up? thanks for writing since everyone else didnt haha.
have a good week.Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-56356566762729432672013-01-14T16:58:00.003-08:002013-01-14T16:58:19.250-08:0011/13/13<div>
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whats up? mt sac huh? is that gonna cover all the bills? haha i assume its
a management position but what is it if its not? we currently have one
investigator thats not really progressing except that she is reading the book of
mormon which is cool. we havent really got to talk to her much about it cause of
sickness and shes in the middle of moving. she'll still be in our area though
which is cool. most people have been pretty flaky. they say we can teach and
they never answer again haha. missionary work is so easy as a non missionary. if
you seek the experiences they are everywhere. all you gotta do is watch for
opportunities to ask a question about someone elses beliefs then tell them yours
when they ask back. ha. so simple in the old days for me. people are complicated
when you wear a tie. anyways. no biggie. hows connor doing in basketball? killin
it? to bad to hear about bishop eggleston. hope that all works out. love you.
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sleep apnea, idk but i suck at getting to sleep. if i dont take anything it
takes forever! melatonin has been a life saver for me. my brain just doesnt shut
off. but ive also been told i stop breathing when im sleeping. like enough that
i've had to be woken up cause it scared joanna. ha... i'm suprised you just
realized that youre old, i guess water skiing doesnt qualify you as young
anymore, what has this world come too. good to hear jays baby is ok and well.
did he just have blockage in his intestines or what? i was pretty much sick all
week and i'm still recovering so we didnt do much most the week, plus its been
raining so i figure its not much of a good combo, i lied in dads letter though.
we do have another investigator that we taught for a second time last night
haha. his baptismal date is set for march 2 actually haha, hopefully that pulls
through. it'll just be a matter of him having the courage.he's got good support
though cause his wife is a member. not really anything else that has gone on.
oh! i'm getting a new companion next week cause E whatcott is getting
transferred. i'm kinda sad but excited, and scared cause i dont want anyone
sucky or lame. we'll see though. it is what it is. anyways. have a good week.
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Good to hear the baby is ok. poor thing is gonna have a holiday birthday,
what a tragedy haha, i know how it is. oh well, anyways, sorry hunting wasnt
anygood. our hunt hasnt been that successful either, life goes on. we keep
finding potentials but then they bail on us. its great! poor folks dont know
what there missing. i officially hate the phrase "have a blessed day" it drives
me nuts. along with other phrases of the south, most of which involving massive
amounts of ignorance and false doctrine haha. its all good though. i'm learning
some stuff. its wonderful. i talked to the mission presidents wife about getting
tested for sleep apnia. apparently i would have to go home to do a sleep study
though. pretty lame. we'll see what happens with that. i probably wont be going
home however. hope i dont die in this place haha. though theres parts of the
south i really enjoy... most of it, eh... haha me and elder whatcott are getting
along.thats nice. at least i assume he still likes me who knows. you never can
tell now days haha. as for investigators. at the moment theres no solid
anything. lots of potential though. glad to hear all is well. have a good
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Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-85151828968756925142013-01-14T16:54:00.002-08:002013-01-14T16:54:49.489-08:0012/31/12To be honest I'm not sure what youre looking for with the godhead. With the
biology is just clicked how Christ can be him and God at the same time, probably
not anything thatll help your lesson, but every human has 46 chromosomes, 23
from mom 23 from dad, Christ is the father because he has his chromosomes, just
like I got dads, I'm dad in representation because I'm his DNA just like yours,
I'm a dalton no matter what, I take you and dad with me no matter where I go,
just like Christ. This probably is very elementary when you get it or here it
but it worked for me, it's either easy or I'm rambling with no articulation. It
feels good to speak English. Anyways, the best way I think of Gods love is the
fact that God sacrificed his son instead of himself. Just like you'd die before
you let me die I'm sure God would do the same, making it harder to do, requiring
understanding that it had to be done by a mortal and by someone else. Christs
love is shown to me by his willing ness to take the pain that wasn't required of
him just so he can take care of us and know how it feels to feel alone. And I
think his loneliness was the most API ful, but I also think its the most common
pain for man. Separation from god wasn't something he expected in my opinion.
The holy ghost, the one who lets us know we actually are loved. He's how we know
we're forgiven when we sin, separation wise idk if you'll have to explain that
much, but I have to remind myself that the greatest testimony of it is the fact
that Joseph smith saw them separate. Rid probably doesn't help. But idk what you
were looking for so yeah. We haven't had any cool contacts with Christmas to be
honest but it was a good conversation starter and people seemed to listen more
in general. Glad you enjoyed Christmas. Hope you're better soon. Love you
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so you don't have to worry about all that. It works awesome for me. It helps
anxiety too when I have my mouth piece in. Just an idea. I'm glad you don't
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all! And there's a package coming in the mail to our house for Joanna. If you
could wrap it and give it to her on Christmas Day not before that would be
awesome. She has no idea it exists. But she got a package today from me with all
the family's gifts and Christmas cards for you to hand out. Love ya see ya
Christmas!<span></span>Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-44477557042972557972012-12-20T12:03:00.002-08:002012-12-20T12:03:18.929-08:0012/9/12<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1a2a37; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/normal Myriad, Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, clean, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Glad everything is going well! pretty excited about the new baby i dont know ha. its about time theres one that looks like a Dalton. i was getting worried. anyways, this week was pretty good. we got some potentials as usual but some look promising. we'll see on the go back. we need to find some solids real quick since we got no one to teach now. which is actually the best part about the week. Susan was baptized yesterday in the morning and confirmed right after that in sacrament meeting. prettty cool. she's definately ready and is going to be a great asset in the kingdom. its nice to know it for sure this time. haha. it was a really good baptism too. everything went well and a lot of the ward came to support which was awesome, cause thats not always the case from what ive heard and seen. the new bishop is all about missionary work though so things should be picking up soon hopefully. tomorrow(tuesday) is transfers but niether of us are going anywhere. we're both gonna be here for christmas and all that stuff. which is cool with me! theres a lot to be done out here. the whole excuse that the south is a dead zone is bull. i mean its not a baptize everyweek kinda place but theres definately people to be taught. eventually we'll figure out where they all are. haha. anyways, have a good week! Glad all is well. love ya.</div>
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for the gifts, i think i'd just rather have the boot money put into my account. the music thing really isnt that huge of a deal. and we found some little speaker thing that works well for 15 bucks at big lots.. as for the ipod! chit chat with joanna on that to make sure she doesnt have a plan with one that she has. whatever works best i dont care. but so you dont both send one. you could also ask her to help you with the music thing. love you all</div>
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Hello everyone,</div>
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Dude! this one was a rough one to read! especially in a library where there are people around haha. It's wierd having people be proud of me... and its especially wierd to be a good example. haha. Anyways, i did fine it was just rough. I'm pumped for Ryan! I knew it would come eventually, he's a naturally good guy. Just needed to come to the realization. haha. its a wierd phenomenon(if thats spelt right) eventually we get tired of being unhappy to the point that we refuse it. its annoying how it takes time though. it just shows that even the bad has to be done long enough to learn sometimes. timing is everything. good for him. Glad moms surgery went well. I figured it would. how's everything going with the job and everything pops? find a new one? keep the old one? whats the word? anyways, whys the area getting whitewashed? something bad happen? haha. we have transfers on the 11th and my 3 month trainging is over so either one of us could be moving. Probably elder whatcott if anyone but still. that would kinda be a bummer right before christmas but thats life. Susan is getting baptized sunday the 9th. i'm pretty excited for that! shes a rock. amanda has disappeared cause she got offended or something. once we find her she'll be fine but until then not much we can do. i'm just glad i know susans not gonna be that type. shes real. its shows cause shes been anti'd like crazy and it hasnt even phased her. not to mention she doesnt have support from most of her family. She's gonna be great though. It's like shes already a member. makes comments in class and talks to everyone. pretty sweet! we just gotta find some more people to teach now.haha. we've been getting shafted by a lot of potentials. which is fine but annoying. we even knocked on a guys door that didnt exist at the house the next time we went over haha. alright, now mom. dont be so hard on yourself. courage is a pain in the butt. just keep it simple, dont worry about if its the perfect thing, and if you want to get better at following the spirit all you gotta do is practice. i'm not even good at it yet haha, what i have been trying to do though and what i used to do when i was better at it, was just follow my thoughs. if i had a thought to talk to someone about something i would just do it. i'm trying to do that now too. but it's a lot easier to be a missionary when you arent one believe it or not. cause your normal and missionaries arent. another thing. its not your job to teach. just be happy and normal and informative then let the missionaries teach. you'll probably notice that most prompting are just to do or say something nice. then eventually the gospel will come up if you look for the opportunity. Here's what to be prepared for. rejection. haha it sucks no matter what. but it actually doesnt happen very often in the way people think it does. like this. hey wanna go to church? no thanks. alright cool well your welcome anytime. boom done. where you live you'll probably never have a person say something mean. and even if they do who cares. at least your conscience is clear for speaking up. thats actually mosty what i am aiming for. a clear conscience haha. when i dont listen to little thoughts i always feel crappy, but when i just suck it up i feel great. its nice.love you all. oh i need face wash and moisturizer. that would be extremely nice. =) Elder Dalton</div>
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What a pleasant suprise! It was super good to hear from you. Glad to hear everything is going well. Why the heck did Gpa need a heart stint? better work on that! if you die when i'm gone i'll kill you! glad it went well though. so since your balance is better does that mean you'll be playing basketball again? its like all we play here... i hate it. haha. we play every other day in the mornings as a district so it helps with excercise but its not my best sport. at all. speaking of the temple. i wish i could go to one! we dont have one in our mission however. its super lame. enjoy that for me ok. i love you Gramps.</div>
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I could hear your voice when you said you dont let anyone talk for you! haha. made me miss you! i'm glad youre spending so much time at my house since I'm not even there!! lame. So are you keeping grandpa in line? i dont know why i'm asking, of course you are. I Love you!</div>
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Thanks giving was good! there really wasnt much difference in the food however, at least not with the two meals i had. pretty much the same. Elder Whatcott and I were trying to find a football game but unfortunately out here, people only watch football. even though they are so huge into it, none of them play it, so lame.glad to hear<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>you all</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>had fun. we got pretty well taken care of. so what stage is grandma dalton in? idk anything about her.i'm glad you got to hang out with joanna a little for the baby shower. well played... haha. Mom Good luck with your surgery. i'm sure it will go well. Dude! i didnt know jay was having a boy! so dope. lucky! its gonna be cool having so many little weiners running around when i get back. i'm sure laura or someone will have a new one by the time i'm home haha. feel free to send me some pictures in the christmas box you'll be sending me. haha. speaking of which. i bought some boots and another special suprise that you'll get to see in my christmas card. but the total was around 150 if you'd like to make that my christmas gift! haha. mostly the boots would be nice. they were a little pricy. my shoes just werent cutting it though. idk what else you could really get me though to be honest. just a thought. Good times.anyways. missionary work.susan is planning on getting baptized this saturday or sunday! heck ya! shes awesome! i'm excited for her. she was so ready for when we got to her. but shes made some big changes. pretty cool. as for other work. its all potentials for now.we'll see if anything picks up. It's hard out here to get people to think haha. they all are aiming for Jesus, and they'll get him, but its hard to get them to see that they need to aim higher. this week has been a lot better with some things i've been learning, i've been able to focus better. I've heard back from jaron remington a couple times which is awesome. love that guy. well have an awesome week. love you all.</div>
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Katie how the heck do you have unlimited everything? and how much do you pay for it?what the crap! good job on the water polo by the way. keep it up! dont forget though, youre a girl. so once the cap comes off you gotta go back to that. haha dont be a water polo player 24/7. To many girls didnt understand that played when i was in school ha. love you.</div>
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well another eventful week, kinda. Amanda, the woman that we baptized is
taking huge leaps now that shes baptized and has been definately becoming a
brighter person with the love of christ in her heart. thats probably the coolest
thing thats been happening this week. she's all excited about everything! haha
its pretty sweet. much better than before her baptism. very cool. I havent
figured out yet what i am supposed to learn from my experience with her yet but
i'll let you know when i figure it out. all i know is that its fun to watch and
to talk to her about the change thats come. when is the baby due for kristen? we
share a car in our area so we have a bike every other week and a car every other
week. my bike is currently broken however so we are walking. till tomorrow when
we get the car back. we switch at the district meeting every wednesday. when it
comes to voting i didnt get to cause i didnt have an absontee ballot but we are
allowed to. pretty bummed how it turned out. everyone around here is pretty
bummed too. people are pretty political out here. if they studied their
religions as much as they watched fox news it would be a lot easier to teach
them. instead they just listen to whatever their preachers say and thats it.
they say they are saved by grace but it doesnt seem that their faith in Jesus
Christ is worth much because most of them dont believe in revelation. its
interesting how they think they can get answers to there prayers but not recieve
revelation. its all take and take out here, not much give. pretty crazy. idk if
that made sense. its just like the scriptures say. lots of religions counting on
the interpretations of man instead of what the spirit can teach us. whatever.
everything with our other investigators is moving along pretty smoothly. bumps
but progression. there arent many who dont get a little taste of anti out here.
but its all good. as long as they let us answer their questions it seems to turn
out ok. studying is 100% my favorite thing out here even though its a little
selfish. but really its for everyone so whatever haha. I have no idea what i
could want for christmas. everything has to do with guns or music, out here. i
could use an ipod player/ clock radio thing for our apartment. that would be
nice. and if its full of josh groban and adrea boccili that would be good too.
we have one of the josh groban cds though so make sure you ask which one before
you buy any if you decide to do that. other than that there isnt much i could
use. maybe some layrite palmade haha. if you could send me some money i could
buy a gun and ship it home =) its a lot cheaper here for everything! and its
legal to buy haha. anyways. idk much about the pictures i sent and the format. i
just send them as they come. they worked for joanna so maybe you can see how
that works. i wrote kenny a letter yesterday by the way. so he should be getting
it by thursday or so. maybe longer. idk. its hard to write people when theres so
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Nice work on the spanish test! alright water polo... something you have to
figure out is the ability of each one of your teammates. so my advice throw it
so your pass is always catchable but with speed. people gotta learn how to
catch! but, adjust your speed to each player. in practice throw it fast enough
that it pushes them to have to try harder and it will get them ready for a game
situation. but keep it reasonable for them. a good player will make it so the
team has to rise with them. but you gotta push them at a reasonable rate. thats
all. idk how else to explain it. push them. but dont make them feel stupid. you
play in a game how you practice. if your practices are fast your games will be
better. speed speed speed. power. lobs are for sissies. thats cool that
your friends are coming up to you. dont be scared to invite them to things. more
will probably say yes than you think. keep up the good work.</div>
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Love you all, Elder Dalton</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-56077581158810288692012-11-13T13:42:00.000-08:002012-11-13T13:48:35.925-08:00Monday 11/5/2012howdy, i am in an apartment. its great not having to worry about anyone but
yourself. haha. its nice to go home and not have to worry about being polite to
someone. anyways. good luck with the extra missionaries haha. idk how we are
going to be affected yet but i'm sure we will be getting a ton. the south needs
it. everyone thinks we are going to hell. its to bad they dont know hell is
before the judgement. here ive learned ignorance is ignorance. theres no bliss
to it haha. its sad to see how closed off people are to truth because they are
taught to fear it. if they would open there ears and eyes they would be much
better off. ive realized that truth actually opens you up. its wierd, cause
you'd think the more you know the more you would close off from learning about
others religion. but i have no problem listening and trying to understand them.
but people here refuse to try and understand us down here haha. its all good
though. it makes it sweeter when we find people with a heart and a brain. make
sure you dont hurt any of my stuff if you are moving haha. i dont have much to
my name but whats left, i need for happiness, my surf boards especially. so be
gentle. as for your missionary experience. if you pray for them itll happen,
thats for sure. dont worry to much about it being perfect though. tell katie i
got her letter in the mail by the way. so this parts for her. in math, if you
struggle with the why. dont, just realize its how its done and it doesnt matter
why as long as you get the right answer in the end. haha. find one way that
works and dont try to learn all of the ways. spanish, practice writing words
down. thats all you can do. write write write, dont look and write some more.
thats what i did in anatomy.thats all i got for you. you should also see if
joanna could help you out. shes good at spanish even though she acts like shes
not haha. shes pretty busy but it would be worth a shot. get help. being sucky
at school is just how it goes. find a way to deal with it. dont procrastinate.
take good notes. enjoy waterpolo. release your aggression there so you can focus
on your hw later. im thinking about playing when i get home, since i'll have
more time hopefully cause i dont think i want to be a doctor anymore. but yeah
thats what i got. glad youre liking dance. one more thing. if you think that
schools not hard than its not. thoughts are the seeds of action. if you think
its gonna be easy it will be. good luck haha love ya. back to everyone else/mom,
we had our first baptism yesterday. pretty cool. amanda got baptized. that was
nice. susan is still a working progress, shes awesome though. its fun to see her
progress. we had a way cool experience this last week with her that i dont feel
like typing but it was dope. the spirit was super strong. have a good week. love
you.
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sucks being fat huh? haha im feelin it too. the food is killing me here. i
havent gained a lot of weight but i am definately slower. and thats with working
out. why does elder smart want them seen? just to say hi or cause they are
inactive. its not my area but its in my district. i'll ask the other
missionaries about them. as for being watched. amen brother. people are like
hawks. our ward likes us but there is a way high standard for everything. people
think we are the fix it crew too. not so but we help where we can. theres a
little hipocracy if you ask me. as i understand it. at baptism we all become
representatives of Christ. but i get what youre saying haha. anyways. i'm
working on figuring out the balance of a follower of Christ. all in due time
hopefully. have a good week. love ya</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-53075113277169442642012-11-13T13:35:00.001-08:002012-11-13T13:36:26.380-08:00Tuesday 10/28/2012Good to hear you got a job either way right now. Don't be
scared to ask for a raise haha. Glad the truck is running I figured it was the
battery. This week was pretty good, Sunday we had 3 of 5 investigators show up,
one that wasn't there had a good excuse and is solid though. Our first baptism
is this Sunday, her names Amanda, middle aged lady, real cool. So that's
exciting. She was pretty prepared when we got to her, she has a friend in our
ward that introduced us to her. Sweet. Anyways not much else new this week, same
old stuff. Mostly teaching investigators which is nice. Most of them are moving
right along, they mostly have baptismal dates but I don't want to count on them
to much with how much crap we see going on with a lot of them, Satan is such a
you know what. Haha Good luck on your surgery mom, it's time to get
that fixed ha, I'm doing pretty good at getting cleaner. The dishes are done
right now and we aren't even home haha, trying to stick to the rule that dad
talked about with the dishes. It's easier for me to focus when I study when the
place is clean. I even make my bed and fold my laundry haha. So it's good. As
for connors question, I haven't got to use the technique cause everyone is white
where I am haha, total bummer. Have a good week people!Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-14352487172862945862012-10-23T17:51:00.001-07:002012-10-23T17:51:56.282-07:00Tuesday October 23, 2012<br />
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hello, i'm fusing your letter this time so i dont have to think so much haha.<br />
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So, we had 5 investigators in church this week! pretty sweet 3 of which are
progressing right along. we have baptisms for all of them planned but one said
she wants to change hers so her and her husband can be baptised at the same
time. problem is that he is super hard headed and has only shown slight signs. i
think that means that she thinks it will be soon if we play it right. idk
though. she was very prepared but idk about him. its gonna take some faith and
revelation thats for sure. but she is pretty much all in other than that. Any
suggestions for if he doesnt come around? cause we dont want her to be shaken by
it if so. The greatest commandment is love the Lord
thy God, and the second like unto it is love thy neighbor as thyself! if you arent loving others you are denying Christ,
rejoice when people get to church. when we got
baptised we covenanted to morn with those that morn and stand with those that
stand in need of comfort. everyone needs comfort it turns out. I got to speak in church this
week. i spoke on obedience and puting on the armor of God. I only got through
the breast plate and girding up our loins. but my main point was interstingly
enough, that as the breastplate protects the heart, for Heavenly Father to
protect our hearts we have to have a heart worth protecting. one thats filled
with love. there is a crap load you can take out of D&C 27: 15-18. my point
was that if you dont have love stop thinking about yourself pretty much. my
spiritual thought of the week though was about if the world was being like
moroni hell would shake and satan would tremble with no power, Alma 48:17. (I
used this in my talk) So part of that thought was, Why is Hell not shaking and
why does satan have power, he has no glory, he only has the power we give him.
and if there is a mansion in heaven waiting for us there is a pit in hell that
satan has prepared. so pretty much, though you cant make all of hell shake at
once, start by shaking the spot that satan has for you and give him no power....
that was kinda the jist of it. it went pretty good i think. it didnt seem like
anyone hated me after so that was good haha. anyways, last week was pretty good.
we had some pretty good food. especially friday! woo eee! Steak, pasta, other
stuff! so good. i dont remember what else i was going to write about. i guess
thats good enough for now. we didnt get to write yesterday thats why its
tuesday. everything is good with me and elder whatcott too. last week was kinda
slow on the finding side but things went very well with our investigators. its
fun to watch the spirit work and see people become happier and excited about the
gospel. pretty rad. feels good, real good. Hi mom, Love you. glad the picture
makes you happy. I told janae a name for the seed but you can ask her about it.
crazy how everyones having babies. tell katie if she is pregnant before i get
home there will be death in the family haha. i know shes a good girl though
cause she loves to live. connor same goes for you, gotta go, love you
all, Elder DaltonStacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-14556491240026142722012-10-16T13:10:00.002-07:002012-10-23T17:52:22.022-07:00Tuesday, October 16, 2012<div>
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Hey familia,</div>
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Glad to hear your YW thing went well momma. I just looked at the blog, it
needs some excitement haha. i Tried to send you pictures like 2 weeks ago but i
forgot it didnt work so i'll have to send them again. i got more too. anyways.
The food here is pretty good for the most part. i havent really got to get much
of the southern food though. I've only had fried chicken and gumbo. oh! and deer
steak and hamburgers haha. it was pretty good actually. everyone here hunts, i'm
pretty jealous. but yeah we get fed maybe 4 nights a week which isnt to bad. we
can usually find someone to feed us if we dont have a planned meal. the memebers
are pretty cool. they just dont like planning ahead haha. until i was on a
mission i didnt like it either though. now i kinda depend on it. so wierd.
Anywho, Things are going pretty good out here. we have 2 baptismal dates that
should hopefully go through as long as we do our part. the 2 people were clearly
super prepared and just another witness of people looking for truth and not
knowing where to find it. its really cool too when the see the miracle of us
showing up at just the right time. not everyone sees that. sometimes its like
hey, youre looking for truth? Hi i'm Elder Dalton and this is Elder
Whatcott! that doesnt always work though haha. people are pretty blind out
here. you can explain something clear as day but if their pastor says otherwise
logic doesnt exist. pretty awesome. we are trying to learn how to astonish
people but we havent perfected it yet clearly. we had a Seventy come talk to us
yesterday though for a zone conference. Elder Nash. he actually spoke at
conference too. I asked him how to astonish people cause we all got to write
questions on the board for him to answer. it was pretty sweet. so hopefully we
can apply it well. its crazy how leaders of the church have disernment like they
do. as we all shook his hand he would just stare into each of our eyes and read
our souls haha. i actually asked him afterward what he saw and he told me that i
have great potential but i need to stay humble. haha. imagine that huh? luckily
i've been working really hard at doing that and staying focused on the fact that
this is not my work and that its God's and i cant do it my way. Hopefully i can
keep the attitude i've had cause i've liked being this way. feels like home in a
wierd way. I havent focused this much on what Christ would do in awhile and i've
missed the feeling of joy that comes from it. its great. That was actually the
best part of Elder Nash speaking to us. He talked about the atonement and people
longing for what it can do for them. and how it will allow us to love them and
it be sincere. it reminded me of all the love that Heavenly Father has shown me
and how I have been Consumed by Christ atonement and Love before and i should
feel like that all the time. I havent felt the spirit that strong in awhile. it
felt really good. I wont tell you i was a little emotional too. Sometimes its
hard to really feel the spirit around us, just because, i assume its cause its
always with us, but it felt good to really know he was there yesterday. It's
very sweet. Anyways, i'll send some pictures when i have my camera with me.
hopefully soon. Tell the mcalpins I Say HUGE THANK YOU. And also the Downeys. I
really appreciate it. You dont have to put all my letters on the blog by the way
haha. </div>
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POPs,</div>
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Hey father, Glad to hear you made it with the opening. i'm not gonna lie, i
try to pray for your job situation even though i dont want to live in oregon, i
guess i really dont have too though haha, but i've prayed that you will get a
job that reflects how hard you have worked for your whole life so you can enjoy
it a little haha. so hopefully that helps you out. no promises though. I would
love to shoot some quail right about now. or anything for that matter. Glad to
hear all is going good. </div>
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Katie. I dont remember what you wrote in the letter that didnt get sent on
time but good job haha. Oh yeah. School is more important then water polo so
learn a crap load. i know it sucks haha. but in water polo remember. kill kill
kill. lob shots are for sissies. miss ya girly. I know i was a jerk of a brother
sometimes, but i love you a lot. </div>
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Connor you da man. do more. haha i miss you a ton too.</div>
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Love you all, Elder Dalton</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-65390672257128383992012-10-01T12:48:00.002-07:002012-10-01T12:48:35.474-07:00Weekly Letter #3 October 1, 2012<br />
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Thanks for the addresses, much appreciated. idk what i want to hear haha. get
creative. this one was much better than the last one. so thank you. haha. i
havent been given a focus at all as to how to become a missionary or anything by
my president.hes very hands off kinda like, youre on a mission heres some
advice. regret it forever or have a good mission. haha. so idk what to do
really. but i'm figuring it out. this week has been pretty good. we share a car
every other week so this week was bike week. it rained the last 3 days so it has
hindered our effectiveness. but the ward members are pretty helpful with rides
and stuff. we have a pretty good ward all and all. good news! the lady from the
airport called and asked for a book of mormon! she also gave us her address and
wants me to email her about stuff. super cool. we have some investigators at the
moment that are progressing. 2 that i helped find or whatever. so thats cool. we
have a bunch of potentials which is good too. me and elder whatcott are trying
to fill our time and make it productive. i am trying to gage how much work is
hard work though, without burning myself out. this is supposed to be the hardest
thing ever but i'm not feeling it yet haha, im sure itll come though. im not
holding my breathe. Me and Elder whatcott are starting to get on the same page
with work and stuff which is cool. i can see some spark going on which is
cool.cool what a good attitude can do. i can tell he is more focused and trying
a lot harder then when i came. pretty sweet. we dont focus a whole bunch on
inactives but we try to see a couple a week. its hard to find the balance of it
cause everyones kinda far away so we dont want to use all our time biking or
driving. but we are figuring it out. there are 6 kids in his family.hes from
utah. and all that. im on a members computer and they need it so thats good for
now. glad youre getting more confident mom. good job. its cool to know you did
the right thing, such a good feeling that comes. even if it didnt do anything
big. it just feels good to listen haha. as for rules, they are all important.
but the bendable ones are probably some music. not super flexible but a little.
idk what else really though. have a good week, love you all
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katie lynn, </div>
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Idk what i really want to hear so just be creative. haha, hows polo, what
song did you dance too? thats pretty sweet. i wish i did hip hop in highscool.
do as much crap as you can in highschool haha love ya</div>
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hey pops, </div>
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Idk those people but we are in the same stake probably, cause monroe is in
our district, when did they move out here? hope the job search is going good.
cant say that i want to go home to oregon but whatever haha. my truck is not
insured anymore. and verizon shouldnt be sending you anybills. i can pay them
online either way so no worries. my phone is frozen so it shouldnt be a problem.
idk if it has gas or not. probably not haha. but you might just want to charge
the battery, cause i think it sucks up energy. idk why else it wouldnt start.
the battery tends to be the issue though. make sure you teach connor how to
hometeach correctly cause no one knows how aparently haha. i know we werent 100%
all the time but somehow i got the point. have a good week. love ya</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-72344353247356691882012-09-24T12:26:00.002-07:002012-09-24T20:26:43.617-07:00Weekly letter #2September 24, 2012<br />
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your letter was weak people. I got all of my stuff. the clothes and all that.
thanks. im in west monroe Louisiana its not that big of a deal. its like the
whitest area i could have been in pretty much. its kinda like a small town in
california but with a lot more trailers. the people are pretty cool so far.
whenever we tract we are able to teach a least a little and give out a solid bom
or two. pretty cool. the ward is small but nice for the most part. a couple of
wierdy people but not to bad. the bishop is a little rough but no big deal. so
far no baptisms. whatevs, haha i hate waiting for mail sooo bad haha. its the
most annoying thing haha. anyways. hopefully the pictures go through i tried to
send a bunch but it wasnt working. this will have to do for now. maybe i'll try
again later. everything is good. very green here which is nice. the humidity
hasnt been bad at all lately so thats nice.
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connor dont listen to brother twigg haha go outside. <br />
love you all, Elder Dalton
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Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2930860194319078020.post-75972007022997955562012-09-20T12:06:00.000-07:002012-09-20T12:06:05.902-07:00Weekly letter #1 in fieldSeptember 19, 2012<br />
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hey family, So i didnt get to write you on monday or tuesday so here it is.
so far so good. i gave out my first passalong card to a lady at the mississippi
airport. It was awesome! she was really nice to us when we would see her and we
kept kind of running into her and i started noticing her looking at us a lot
whenever we werent near her. so when we were about to leave i finally realized
that we needed to talk to her. but she was leaving too. so i chased her down and
said "excuse me miss" and she turned around with the biggest smile. and i just
said can i give you something, she said yes with excitement. and i showed her
the card and just said, this is a card with the number for a free Book of
Mormon, this book has changed my life and i can see how awesome you are so i
want you to have one too, its changed my life and i know it can change yours,
its where my happiness comes from. it was awesome cause as i was talking she
kept saying oh lord and Oh God and Thank you Jesus and stuff! very southern
haha, but so sweet. then she hugged me and i accidently hugged her and she told
me to put down my name and number cause she was gonna call for a book and she
wants to hear more from me. im pretty pumped that, that happened. who knows if
she will really call but i know in that moment we were spiritually connected. so
dope. so after i went to my president and i was like, so, i accidently hugged
her.... sorry haha. i wasnt though. oh well. he said oh the hoptitality of the
south as if she was just being nice, which was kinda annoying, but i know he was
wrong so its all good. theres a reason the spirit had me target her out of the
bunch of people she was with. super cool. anyways. my trainers name is Elder
Whatcott. hes a pretty cool dude so far. really relaxed. he just got done with a
trunky elder so im gonna have to push him a little i think but he said he is
ready to get back on the ball. so i dont think we'll have anyproblems there.
anywho. gotta go. </div>
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love Elder Dalton</div>
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Katie, its all good no worries. thanks for writing me. glad you had a fun
birthday. and thanks for the compliment of me being a good example. it made me
happy. even though im not really that cool. Glad everything is good. keep it
that way. </div>
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Connor. Good job man keep it up! Go outside haha</div>
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ps i need grandmas email cause my president said i can email any family
member not just you. forward this one though. idk if the picture worked last
time so i sent it again.</div>
Stacey Daltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04256161675965246989noreply@blogger.com0