Working Hard!!!!!! Hey Happy Father's Day dad!!!!

How's mission life in Mudgee?

Hey Happy Father's Day dad.  HaHa Yesterday (Sunday) wuz Father's Day in Australia.  This has been the fastest week of my life I can't believe it's already another P-Day.  This week has been tough we've been doin heaps of tracting and knocking on doors.

 No one wants to listen and it's hard to keep going but I've learned you can't get discouraged and you have to take the positives out of rejection because there's plenty of it in Mudgee.  People yell at us, swear at us, and a few people told us if we don't leave there gonna unleash their dogs on us.  Haha so we got out of there real quick.  But it's been good this past week just been knockin on heaps of doors and heaps of service.

Heaps of Service in Mudgee

  We've been helping Sister Setu with her gym and it's been goin real good I think she's supposed to open it up tomorrow.  It's been hardwork but I'm super glad that they got it done and now they can start turning in a profit.  So every Wednesday morning we go to a horse ranch and we walk the horses around while disabled kids from the school ride on them.  It's super cool to see the kids and talk to them and see how happy they are.  It makes me so grateful for what I have.  We've been going around mowing heaps of peoples lawns haha so we starting to become the official lawn mowers of Mudgee.  We helped this couple Stan and Erin move this weekend.  Stan is the second counselor in the branch and there moving down to Canberra but we helped them load up the truck Saturday and after they wanted to feed us.  

"EAT HARD SO YOU CAN WORK HARDER"

  Now one thing you gotta understand is Stan is from Tonga and when you sit down to eat they load up your plate I mean they LOAD UP YOUR PLATE!!!!!  And if you don't clear your plate then it's like being super rude and pretty much saying that your cooking is awful.  Man it wuz so much food but I ate it all.  Haha ya dad I ate all of the peppers, broccoli and everything most of the stuff is pretty good. :)  No haha but then after they brought out dessert!!!!  Man after the meal I wuz crazy so full!!!  They feed you so much in Australia especially the islanders.  A saying they have is "EAT HARD SO YOU CAN WORK HARDER"  haha and man we eat hard.  .  I ate lamb this week and it wuz way good it tasted just like roast. 

A thing called a pie floater and it is literally from Heaven it is so good!!!!  So what it is, is you make a pea puree that's the green stuff on the bottom and then but authentic Aussie meat pie on top.  A meat pie is just like a pot pie but it's just meat inside no veggies and man it's so good.  Then you put mashed tator's on top and then drown it in gravy and eat away.  Man oh man it's so good!!!!  Sadly they don't have meat pies in America:( there so good though. Courtesy of the Pritchard Family!!

People we teach

We have one really good investigator right now.  Ruecha is his name we've been working hard with him and I think he's really close to setting a baptismal date.  He seems really interested and always has lot's of good questions.  It's nice to see that we have at least one really solid investigator.  This past week we've been working really hard with the branch.  That's so cool you've been able to facebook some of the branch members there all so awesome and have strong spirits.  .  Most of the people in Mudgee work in the mines or do labor work like construction or stuff like that.

Elder Johnson 

Me and Elder Johnson have been gettin along real good and becoming very good friends we joke around all the time.  This is his last transfer and he goes home Oct. 6 so ya mom if you sent a package to the mission house in Sydney we'd be able to get it before he leaves.  Hey dad have you sold my car yet? Note from dad,  we have not sold it by the way its an old bmw, nothing special. If not Elder Johnson wants to see a pic of it so you should send me one.  We saw this guy this week and he has a sweet old Porschue that he races it wuz sweet.

 Other tidbits from the week

We have heaps of meetings this upcoming week in Sydney, Orange, Bathurst, and Cowra I think were only gonna be in Mudgee two days this week but it'll be a good week.  Haha ya I got to meet the Kinghorns there super nice we didn't get to talk for to long though cuz then we had to leave.  Also yes thank you so much for the letters it's been good to hear from everybody just tell whoever they can send letters to the mission home and we go to Sydney once a month and we can pick them up there.

The closest Elder's are like 2 hours away so were pretty much just out here on our own but it's fun.  Hey Dani sorry I don't get to send you a separate email but how you guys goin?  Quick question what size shoe do you wear?  How's the new baby.  Haha down here in Australia they have this funny phrase when someone is pregnant they say "she's got somethin cookin in the oven" it's pretty funny. :)  Hi Caleb ya our flat is so nice it's awesome!!:)  Hey John how you goin dude?  Hope all is goin good I miss you guys but the homesickness hasn't been to bad can't believe I've almost been out a month.  

Wise words from the Elder  

 

Time flies the most precious thing we have in this life is time our time is so short so take advantage of every second of your life and fill it with happiness.  The gospel brings happiness so when in doubt for something to do read the scriptures or do something with your family.  I know families are called of God and I am so grateful for the family that I have and the support they show me and love they have for me they are awesome and I am so grateful for the families in Mudgee that look after us missionaries.  Be grateful for everything that we have and don't take anything for granite.  Love you guys and thanks for everything.  

Love you mum and dad thanks for everything I miss you guys but I'm starting to get used to missionary life and everything hope all is goin good.  I thing I've learned is to be so grateful for this gospel it brings so much happiness and I feel bad for all of the people here in Mudgee that keeping telling us to go away because if they knew what we were sharing they would listen but we can't make anybody do anything.  Love you mum and pops.

Love Elder Stott