Email received December 2, 2013

Querida familia,
So really quick i will be staying in Bani for the next 6 weeks at least. I will be receiving a new comp tomorrow though which is good because Elder Manubay has been here for the past 8 and half months and he really needed the change. it was only his second area and he is finishing his mission in may ha but anyway it sounds like thanksgiving was a blast. I ate the pies you sent me and they were very good ha its been a while since i have had pie but the flan down here is super good. i love being down here in the republica. Church well its always interesting and always different. Last week the chapel was full but this week it was a bit empty but its ok because the branch does have the animo to work with us and we are pumped to get things really going down here. We are working so hard to accomplish our goal and it does look like we have at least one family already reactivated with a few more on the way. We have been teaching less actives like crazy and we are having a big bonfire for an fhe tonight way out in the boonies and we hope some less actives can come. Wow poor grandpa i hope he can pass. I hear the jazz arent really doing too well this year either ha looks like i left at the right time huh? ha anyway everybody sounds a bit baby crazy over there but its awesome. I love having a big family and a super close family. Something kinda funny is the branch right above us has this recent convert named frank. He is the coolest and a super funny guy and we are trying to set him up with our young womens president so yesterday we had another choir practice and we totally got them talking and he fell so in love but she still isn´t sure. He made her help him with the hymns though and i think it will all work out for them ha Anyway i decided that i will also be bringing these two little girls home. one of them is super funny and has a problem with her voice so she sounds like a man but she is only 6. She is adorable though and the other one is a sad story. There is this special needs girl who has palsy and lives in the poorest part of my area. Her family cant afford much but they are less actives and are really trying to get to church but its hard because they don´t have a lot of money and live pretty far from the capilla. They told us she loves when we stop by though. she loves feeling normal and being treated kindly which was the biggest reason the family joined the church. Because nobody told them their daughter was cursed just that she was loved and a blessed daughter of heavenly father. She always smiles at me as we walk by and i always smile and wave at her and its hard to fight back tears sometimes. so she is coming back with me in 20 months. Happy birthday to adam this week. Can´t believe he is already ten. I toats remember when he was born. i sure do miss that little guy. So i sent a letter home in the mail this last week. There is something in there for everybody, nothing too long or too special but stuff that i could do. I will get to skype with you guys at christmas. I should get more details later on that.
I love you all and hope this week is fantastic for you,
con mucho amor y un abrazo por cada uno de ustedes,
Elder Spencer W. Hulsey