MISSION FIELD: Week 44

                                                                                  17 March 2014

   OK, I want you to know I forgot I hadn't sent this yet and I'm really sorry.   But this week has been great we are going to have a batismo this week and I'm really happy for it and ya once again I'm sorry this is short letter.  Next week I will send this one first.  Oh, and by the way see y'all in 366 days!!! ha ha ha  But no, really.....OK, got to go.  Love y'all.

love, Elder Stratton

JUST KIDDING!!!!!

   Well this week has been amazing and we are really lucky to be here right now.  Well, we had interviews with president last week and they were very nice.  Learned lots of stuff.  So, we found 10 new people to teach!!!   And how did we find them?  By sitting down and waiting on the street!!   Yup, it was great!!  One of them is a family that all live together and man, are they cool.  They have been to church before and they liked it, so that's really nice.

   Then, in district meeting we got a training about how to have more faith in our work and it was really nice.  

   Well, that is all that happened this week, so yup.  I know this church is true and that it is the only way to get back to heavenly father and I'm so grateful for the changes and trials I have had in my life, cause its making me into someone I never thought I could be.  I know the Savior lives and loves us and we are the children of God.  I know all this to be true. Oh, by the way, mom listen to this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_2Hm9G6xY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FuJMvEYnNk

Have fun!!!

love, Elder Stratton

MISSION FIELD: Week 43

                                                                                    10 March 2014

Well Hello Everyone and Good Day!

  I have had a great week and this letter will be kinda short. So ya, so this week we found lots of new people to teach which is great!!  We found a guy that wants to be baptized so that is great and we are still trying to get this area up and running right, so ya, fun stuff!!!  But that's my little world here and I hope you all have a great week!!!

love, Elder Stratton

MISSION FIELD: Week 42

                                                                        3 March 2014

Hello and I know you all had a great week!!!!!!

   Well, last Tuesday I received a knew comp.  His name is Elder Wells and he is such a great guy.  He is from Logan, Utah and loves prestar attencao.  Ha ha, inside joke.   We decided it was just best to clean our area and start from scratch and man that was a good choice.  We have received so many blessings this last week and they just keep coming.  We found one guy this last week and he is so great!!  We took him to church on Sunday and he got up and told everyone in testimony meeting that this is the church of God and he has found his path in life.  He is from Santa May, I think that's how to spell it, but its a country on the other side of Africa.  Pray The Church can enter and teach there.  They are a waiting for the church to come.  But ya, that is my week.  Oh, and the sin party is starting by the way, that's carnival.  Worst thing on earth. Well, have a great week and I love you all!!!!!

love,
Elder Stratton

MISSION FIELD: Week 41

24 Feb 2014

Well, Hello Again from Here,

 This week was a good week.  We worked a little more than last week, but my comp is still a little broken.  So, we still can't move much.  But, that will change this next week and I will get a new comp.   I have learned the language lots better now, which is really good.

 Well, we don't have any progressing investigators, so there goes that, but things are good and I'm learning lots.  Not lots to talk about this week, but, you never know what will happen this next week, so its all good.

 Well, I have to go, so y'all be safe and I'll talk to you all next week!

love Elder Stratton 

or as i'm called here, Elder Estrada, meaning 'road'.

MISSION FIELD: Week 40

10 Feb 2014

Hey Guys,

  I hope all is going good for you, so there is not much to talk about this week.  We spent most of it inside, 'cause my comp has bad knees, so we couldn't walk much.  We got a few lessons in, but it was really slow.  Still working on getting this area back up and running and trying to find new people to teach, but it's always slow at first, so no worries. 

  But, that is really all I have to say today and I'm sorry it is. ha ha  But, I hope and pray you all are doing well and have a great week!

love Elder Stratton

MISSION FIELD: Week 39 Welp, one more week here in the middle of the ocean.... and it still rocks!!!!:)

10 Feb 2014

   Well, I am now in a zone of Praia called Achadinha.   It's really close to my old area, but for us it's pretty far.  I am with Elder Araujo, he is from Brazil.  Its pretty fun here, I get to learn a little more on how to speak better, but it will be fun here.  Our area is pretty big.  To get to the back of the area, is like and hour and 15 min walk, so ya pretty big for us.

   We are working on building the inventory of people we teach, 'cause they were not teaching lots, but we do have some good people and it should give some great fruits here for this branch of the church.

   By the way, I will never live in apartments, when I come back home.  Super depressing. ha ha  Our house is just big enough to live in, its like 20 ft by 20 ft, but I guess it is better that living in a 5 x 10 house with 6 other people.

   We got some papers done for a wedding today and I am super excited for this wedding!  It will be super nice:)

   Welp, that's about all that has happened in the past week and that's a rap folks.  We are here every Monday, at the same time, so see ya next week on the Elder Stratton Show!!! (as you can see p-days are kinda boring) 

#iwouldratherbeteaching #missionlife #capeverdeeldersaretight #praiadogsarescarry #everyonegoonamission

love Elder Stratton

MISSION FIELD: Week 38 Transfer

3 Feb 2014

Hello Everyone,

   This week has been super good and I am really happy:)

   We had one baptism this week.  His name was Nene.  He is super cool, but we are super lucky in this area. 

   Sunday night we were planning a little for our area and we get a call from president and he transferred me.  So I am going to a new area in an hour.  So that will be fun, I guess I'm supposed to help that area.  So that's fun, but I will send a good email about it all next week!:)

   But I have to go, so ya.

love you all,

Elder Stratton