Email received October 14, 2013
Dear family,
I am loving life here in the DR. Ok so we cant drink from the taps but water is really a non issue. We have filtered water bottles that we can drink straight from a river if we wanted to sin problema and we live right next store to a big water factory called Agua Crystal. And so we are able to buy purified water for super cheap so no teprecupes ha excuse my dominican slang. So anyway haven't been sick at all really. Tired but never sick. My native zone leader cooks for us and we all buy the food and do the dishes and such all in all it all works out. I always have enough money mom really. I have never ran out of personal food or anything so we are really all fine over here. So this week was super exciting for us. Basically our area book was the saddest thing you ever could have seen. Bani has been open for a super long time and so we had a lot of freaking stuff in there. I even found stuff from an Elder Wilkes i was wondering if it was the stake presidents son, But anyway we were praying for a way to really help our area because its been a bit of a struggle. I then had a thought during personal study and reflection time and I remembered what you always said about keeping a good area book. So I talked with my comp about it and we decided to act. It was amazing. We got permission to essentially start anew and so we started literally at the ocean and are working our way down talking to everybody and keeping a good record. The blessings are coming too as Marisol finally committed to baptism. She finally read and got her testimony after being an investigator for the past 8 months. She really wants to baptized on halloween and the assistants are ok with it but we are gonna call president and be sure. So thanks so much for always talking to me mom. Because of you acting on a thought that i believe to be one hundred percent inspired by the spirit people in Bani are receiving the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, The only true way to salvation. I'm super pumped for the home ward too. And just like you said really try to make her feel welcome and invited. Ill be honest with you our branch here is quite possibly the most apostate thing i may have ever seen but I'm grateful heavenly father has placed me here. I'm so happy for the chance i have to help out the branch here. Anyway that's way awesome for Zack. We do email but he didn´t tell me that. our email are a bit funny though. Kind of like these weird half spanish half english and the occasional guarani from him. I love this work and i hope you guys are able to find more opportunities to get involved. Are the missionaries Elders or sisters? are the Spanish or English or both or what? I love you all so much. We have interviews and transfer calls this week but i am pretty sure i will be staying with Manubay for another transfer. You are usually with your trainer for at least the first 2 transfers but with the amount of missionaries there is a possibility of me training this next one so we will have to see.
Con amor,
Elder Spencer W. Hulsey
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Email received October 7, 2013
Dear Family,
Life in the DR is super great. I am glad you got that letter. There should have been a map in there so you can track where I am at. Bani is such an amazing place. People here don´t always understand the message though. It makes it a bit more difficult but I have learned a lot of good lessons about patience. I know I have the truth and therefore everything will work out for the best if i am obedient. That's really the key to everything in Missionary work. There are also a lot of evangelicos who don´t really like or rather understand the church. I am working super hard to build off common beliefs though. I am trying to be like Ammon. So The voodoo lady actually now has a baptismal fecha. We are working really hard with her to get her ready for it. its not for a while but I really admire her faith in accepting the invitation. I don´t see too much voodoo but I know i have been cursed a few times. I watched conference in Spanish so it was a bit hard to understand but i at least got the main focus of each talk. It sounded like they hit marriage pretty hard. And yes they just broadcast it to our church. I remember a talk elder bednar gave a long time ago but we got to see the rebroadcast of in the CCM. He started with saying if you write down everything that is said word for word all you have done is made a set of large plates but if you write down your feelings you are more apt to learn. They definitely hit member missionary work too. I am so glad you are sharing the gospel back at home. Its such a blessing to get to do it everyday. Sure its hard but its also really fun. I love being a witness of Jesus Christ. Hey way to go Emma. I do miss the Lindon Elementary sometimes. I really love my comp though he is a super great guy and he is very in tune with the spirit. We work hard but we also have a lot of fun. So we don´t have a time for dinner so we get two hours for lunch and we usually have a big lunch at home where my native zone leader, Elder Santiago, cooks. Then for breakfast i usually eat oatmeal, cereal, or just like grandpa some vienna sausages and for dinner i usually have enough time in between planning and bed time to make a sandwich. Si estoy aprendiendo la idioma. Es dificil a veces pero yo se que vive mi senor. Y puedo vencer todos mis desafios aqui por medio de su poder. Es una benedicion en mi vida para sentir su amor y su poder cada momento aqui. Y con cada persona yo tengo la oportunidad a ensenar. Muchas gracias por todos sus oraciones y todo su amor. We have a washing machine in our house kinda. Its two spinners really. One of them dries the other one washes but its a little rough on clothes. They say you just get used to the crustiness of them. I don't really mind though its really such a blessing just to have the water to wash my clothes really. And soap is pretty cheap here as well. I know a marvelous work has come forth. there is something super special about this country. It was the first one Chris Columbus found. I feel super blessed to be here. Thanks again for everything and have a great week.
Con amor,
Elder Spencer W. Hulsey
Dear Family,
Life in the DR is super great. I am glad you got that letter. There should have been a map in there so you can track where I am at. Bani is such an amazing place. People here don´t always understand the message though. It makes it a bit more difficult but I have learned a lot of good lessons about patience. I know I have the truth and therefore everything will work out for the best if i am obedient. That's really the key to everything in Missionary work. There are also a lot of evangelicos who don´t really like or rather understand the church. I am working super hard to build off common beliefs though. I am trying to be like Ammon. So The voodoo lady actually now has a baptismal fecha. We are working really hard with her to get her ready for it. its not for a while but I really admire her faith in accepting the invitation. I don´t see too much voodoo but I know i have been cursed a few times. I watched conference in Spanish so it was a bit hard to understand but i at least got the main focus of each talk. It sounded like they hit marriage pretty hard. And yes they just broadcast it to our church. I remember a talk elder bednar gave a long time ago but we got to see the rebroadcast of in the CCM. He started with saying if you write down everything that is said word for word all you have done is made a set of large plates but if you write down your feelings you are more apt to learn. They definitely hit member missionary work too. I am so glad you are sharing the gospel back at home. Its such a blessing to get to do it everyday. Sure its hard but its also really fun. I love being a witness of Jesus Christ. Hey way to go Emma. I do miss the Lindon Elementary sometimes. I really love my comp though he is a super great guy and he is very in tune with the spirit. We work hard but we also have a lot of fun. So we don´t have a time for dinner so we get two hours for lunch and we usually have a big lunch at home where my native zone leader, Elder Santiago, cooks. Then for breakfast i usually eat oatmeal, cereal, or just like grandpa some vienna sausages and for dinner i usually have enough time in between planning and bed time to make a sandwich. Si estoy aprendiendo la idioma. Es dificil a veces pero yo se que vive mi senor. Y puedo vencer todos mis desafios aqui por medio de su poder. Es una benedicion en mi vida para sentir su amor y su poder cada momento aqui. Y con cada persona yo tengo la oportunidad a ensenar. Muchas gracias por todos sus oraciones y todo su amor. We have a washing machine in our house kinda. Its two spinners really. One of them dries the other one washes but its a little rough on clothes. They say you just get used to the crustiness of them. I don't really mind though its really such a blessing just to have the water to wash my clothes really. And soap is pretty cheap here as well. I know a marvelous work has come forth. there is something super special about this country. It was the first one Chris Columbus found. I feel super blessed to be here. Thanks again for everything and have a great week.
Con amor,
Elder Spencer W. Hulsey
Email received September 30, 2013
My Week was really good. Bani is a real make you or break you area. its super hard and often times you wont get the chance to see the fruit of your labors but I know i am helping people feel the spirit. I love contacting a lot because it is a time where i can testify to people who literally have nothing that if they listen to our message they can have everything. I love telling them that they are a child of a loving god. I know they feel the truthfulness of this. I remember this last Tuesday we found this lady out in the middle of nowhere and as missionaries we love to talk with everybody so we went up and started a conversation probably about 7 at night so it was pretty dark here. Anyway she had tons of voodoo in her house because a robber had broken in and she was super afraid of it happening again. She already didn´t have much to begin with. But anyway there was a different kind of feeling in that house. We said a prayer though and in the prayer my companion blessed the house with safety and with the spirit of god. And instantly the spirit had filled the room. We taught her about the restoration and she loved the message. she loved the spirit we brought to her that night. She is progressing now and we have a baptismal fecha for her on the 4th of January but it should move up soon. She is a fabulous lady. Anyway it sounds like things at home are going super well. So kind of a funny story but i got to go to the relief society session here To play techie with my comp. We live stream conference and that's how we watch it. I loved the talks though. Especially The first counselors She talked about how members need to involve themselves in missionary work. i really want to be a missionary for the rest of my life. I love doing what i do and i definitely feel your prayers. thanks so much for all you ever did for me. its so hard here but i know the lord walks with me everyday. i know he lives and is with us everyday. I love being his servant here.
Con mucho Amor,
Elder Spencer W. Hulsey
My Week was really good. Bani is a real make you or break you area. its super hard and often times you wont get the chance to see the fruit of your labors but I know i am helping people feel the spirit. I love contacting a lot because it is a time where i can testify to people who literally have nothing that if they listen to our message they can have everything. I love telling them that they are a child of a loving god. I know they feel the truthfulness of this. I remember this last Tuesday we found this lady out in the middle of nowhere and as missionaries we love to talk with everybody so we went up and started a conversation probably about 7 at night so it was pretty dark here. Anyway she had tons of voodoo in her house because a robber had broken in and she was super afraid of it happening again. She already didn´t have much to begin with. But anyway there was a different kind of feeling in that house. We said a prayer though and in the prayer my companion blessed the house with safety and with the spirit of god. And instantly the spirit had filled the room. We taught her about the restoration and she loved the message. she loved the spirit we brought to her that night. She is progressing now and we have a baptismal fecha for her on the 4th of January but it should move up soon. She is a fabulous lady. Anyway it sounds like things at home are going super well. So kind of a funny story but i got to go to the relief society session here To play techie with my comp. We live stream conference and that's how we watch it. I loved the talks though. Especially The first counselors She talked about how members need to involve themselves in missionary work. i really want to be a missionary for the rest of my life. I love doing what i do and i definitely feel your prayers. thanks so much for all you ever did for me. its so hard here but i know the lord walks with me everyday. i know he lives and is with us everyday. I love being his servant here.
Con mucho Amor,
Elder Spencer W. Hulsey
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