Email...June 24th

Hey all!
So here is all the news! Last week we had zone conference. and sister white and i can trade clothes so i wore a pink blazer of hers and she wore my gray suite. we didnt think any one would notice. but sister Somers did. it was really funny to have her come up and say its neat when companions are the same sizes. ( and yes she is that much taller than me)

so one of aunt ruths grandsons lives here in arco. we figured that out because his wife took us to Idaho falls on monday. he had told here that stradling was a St johns name. i told her that i was related to just about everyone is sj. pretty funny i know.
George has quit smokin on monday.. at yesterdays lesson he was so ansey. but its ok,, cause he just keeps tellin us "all you need is faith."

Lili's baptism was amazin. we had almost 60 people there to support her. her grandparents were there and you could tell that they could feel the spirit. and lil sang the closin song when jesus christ was baptized. it was so neat.

Sister white and i have challenged Brandon and Justin (two of our RC's)to an ice cream party if they memorize all the articles of faith. they were so excited! it was pretty funny!
With Radley and Landon we did a game where they were blind folded and wendy(their mom) was bein the holy ghost and we were bein the world tryin to lead them astray from findin the picture of chirst. i think that it helped them know how to recognize the spirit more.
that neat about nana's house. what are they going to do with the one in taylor? and she sent me the conference cd.
the other day we did weedin for a little old lady that had the most beautiful flower garden. i will have to get a pix when we go over there again.
the other night we had the best dessert that i think you would like. its was ice cream.. so sister gregory took a can of lemonade. put it in the blender with a carton of ice cream. then put crushed graham cracker in the bottom of a pan. pour the ice cream in pan and re freeze.. and sprinkle crackers on top! it was amazing!and i was at someones house the other day who had a bit mounted the wall that was the TP holder. it was pretty cute!
so now a few requests:sister white and i had an idea for tshirts.. so because we both have boys at home we thought it would be funny if you could embroider this for us..Front: Girls worth waiting for!Back: Sister White & Sister Stradling Arco ID
Do you know if bishop has ordered me a mission plaque?could you reburn the hilary weeks cd... it get to #7 and then says error.i have discovered that all the sisters around here wear queen sized knee highs.. so could i get a box of those?and could you send me any new blog comments?

well love ya!
Love
Sister Stradling

Fathers Day....June 21st

About 2:10 this afternoon the phone rang and Alex answered it and heard the following: “This is Keith Mc Bride from Mackay ID. Your daughter just got done eating dinner here. They get to call home for mother’s day but they don’t get to call home for fathers day and she wanted me to relay this message to you …Happy Fathers day and that she loves you. She’s doing awesome. Thank you for raising such a wonderful daughter.”

Alex said “I wish you could give her a big hug for me but I know you can’t”

Bro McBride: “Well, we can’t do that but we will express that to her.”

Alex said "Thank You" (through his tears)...he is a very proud dad today.

E-mail.......June 10

Hello from Id
(mom sent a fill-in-the-blank letter...SO here goes:)

Heya All

so im game for this kinda letter!

How are you? Im doin good. tryin to stay busy. Had president interviews this week. i think president is tryin to get to the whole mission before he leaves.

Did you get my letter? yes i did it was wonderful. i was really surprised about the weddin announcement... but thats ok and pretty cool at the same time. i was glad to read that you got to visit with kyle. i think when the business cards come into the office president opens it and takes one out.. thats the only way i could figure that he can find that out.

Did you like the pix? i loved the pictures! they are awesome!

did you write a letter back? no i didnt. i just got it yesterday. and i cant write any other day other than wednesday. its against the rules.

Are you printing the emails? once and a while i am printin the emails. it just costs sixteen cents to print at the library. so i only print them when i know its something that i might need to reread later.

Who else do you get emails from? i get an email from amy once and a while. but other than that its just from you.

Is it better to forward Garrett & Logans letters or print and send? either one is ok.

Do you like Sister White? yeah i do. shes pretty cool.

Do you get along well? yeah we do. i have a little harder time bein more open with her though.. maybe its because she hasnt really opened up to me.

Are you happy? yeah pretty much.

Are you learning lots? always. its hard not to.
Who have you been teaching? we are still teachin Lili bill and tina. we just planned lili's (inside tire swing) baptism this week. its next week we are soo excited! cant wait. it has been on the books for a while now. George and Bonnie are doin pretty good. not progressin very well though. Zebbie and Randy just found out that they are goin to get the disability so we are going to get to start helpin them plan a weddin. so excited then they are on the way to baptism.

What have you been teaching them? with all of them we have been tryin to teach havin faith before the miracle.

How do you know what ward you will be going to which week? not really just depends on what is goin on in that ward what week. we are singin in Lost River this week. and next week we are goin to Mackay for lili's confirmation.

Are you going to start writing us looooong letters so we can miniemail you on p-days? ill try

Do you need anything? not that i can think of at the moment. maybe some more purple paper. i cant seem to find any at wally world.

What can we do besides pray and write? not much just keep goin! what is T and Trishas address... i need it so i can send their thank you card that i worked on last week. Could you send me some Jenny Jordan, and Hilary Weeks? i need some new music.

and when i was lookin at pictures i noticed that tae had my keys.. has she been drivin my truck lately? i dont care just curious.. nice to hear that blue is doin ok..

i was eatin dinner with one of the families in the arco ward when i mention that i was from snowflake he asked me if i knew a Gail Larson.. i told him that he was my neighbor for years. Brother Danny Lance was one of his mission companions way back when.. i thought it was awesome! (mom called Gail his mission was in 58-60)

we have had rain every day since last wednesday its been fun to tract in. ive got to tell ya i miss monsoon rain.. its too cold up here.

the scripture for the week is:and as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and, they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about with fire; and they angels did minister unto them.

the two pictures: 1 sister white and i 2 lili and i

hope you enjoy!

love you

love

Sister Stradling

i really like the fill in the blank keep 'em commin!

E-Mail.......June 3

Hey Everyone!

So today was transfers.. sister smith is going to black foot.. and im still in arco.. my new companion is sister White. shes from mossuri.

i dont know how much $ to keep in my account..so today at transfer site president pulled me aside and told me that my email address wasnt a professional mission email address. so i dont know if i should redo them and get them printed off or what? all i have done with president is butt heads. help!

so this last week we had two different people tell us that we dont believe in the same jesus chirst and heavenly father as other christens do. it got my dander up. but it was pretty funny too.not much new here! hope all is goin good there!

love ya!
Love
sister stradling