Conference

Hi everyone, conference was great! We watched it with some members and ate Peruvian food after. We met this cool guy from Honduras who's my age(19) and has lived here for three months. We told him we can teach him English and that we wanted to play soccer with him. He liked talking with us and he enjoyed our jokes so I'm excited to see him again. We found a new investigator yesterday who's really interested. And he has a family! Thanks for your letters and packages. Love Elder S Stolp

Rain

HI everyone. This week it was raining for three days straight and today the sun finally came out! I love the direction the church is going with missionary work. I love that we get to know people first so that we can know what they need and what their doubts are rather than a pointless visit that wont mean anything to them among other things. It turns out that my companions were joking when they said I was leaving. I'm staying in Columbia along with everyone else. I'm happy about that. Love Elder S Stolp

Gospel Changes Lives

Hi everyone,
 this week was good. We were able to talk to a lady we helped clean her car with on her porch. She's a nice person and tells us that she has lots of questions about religion. Even though her questions are questions my companions have, it will be easier to give her to the sisters. We gave a church tour to an investigator this week. As we sat in the chapel, he was telling us how he felt good and peaceful and then we talked about the Holy Ghost. I'm glad to see the change the gospel brings in peoples' lives. Love, Elder S Stolp

Volleyball

Hi Everyone, this week was good. The sisters and us played volleyball instead of futbol (soccor) and only the young women showed up because they love the sisters and no one likes the Elders. :) Things are beginning to pick up in the area and I'm so glad to get to know my companions, the sisters, and the members, they're really good friends. Sunday I gave a 10 min. talk and I didn't need to write it out and everyone liked it. con mucho amor, Elder Stolp

Investigator

Hi everyone, this week was good. We had a lesson with an investigator and as he read a scripture he told us he was feeling something inside and he was having problems explaining it but it was good. We told him is was the spirit telling him that what he was reading was true, it was a great lesson. It dosn't matter what things we say in the lessons if the spirit isn't there. les quiro, Elder Stolp

Pinewood Derby and Change

Hola, como estan? This week was good, we're just trying to learn the area and get to know the members and our investigadors. Saterday we helped with a pinewood derby and someone gave their car to my companion! One investigador who drinks says that he want to change and have peace in his life. I love it when others want to change their lives. Love Elder S Stolp

Detectives

This week was good. We've been meeting with all of the members and I met the branch mission leader and he is a neat person because he is one of the two spanish homicide detectives in Maryland, and he likes to pick on me. :) The mission recently created a Spanish zone in the entire mission so we have to travel a long time for meetings. In my district are the two new sister spanish missionary sets and our threesome. So we have to help the new sisters get used to missionary life. One investigator we're teaching is really awesome, he read the first 11 or 12 chapters of the Book of Mormon in a few days. My companions and I are having lots of fun. We've all started to wear scarfs( but the ones that the sisters usually wear). ;)
con mucho amor,
Elder Stolp