Helllllo0! It was so good to hear from you guys on Christmas!!! I feel a lot better now. You guys are all growing up fast and losing weight. And i'm the one on the mission haha! But not much has happened since then. Oh i realized i might need a couple of new shirts. I'm gaining weight now and my shirts are geting small. I'm working out a lot. So that'd be way cool. But thinbs are going way good here. We climbed up a mountain today for P-Day. It was pretty cool. Well....the mission is great and i'm healthy. I love you guys so much! Can't wait to talk to you guys in 6 months haha. Kinda a long time but we'll manage. Stay safe and say your prayers! Bye Bye

Hello family!!! So i¨ll explain what´s up here in my new area. I love it here. It´s the campo so it´s a branch here. Like 40 or 50 people in church. Haha and every ward and branch in the DR is tone deaf. Not just some hahaha!!! We don´t have an organ. We use a cd player in this area. With a microphone so everyone can here it haha. Super ghetto but it keeps us somewhat organized when we´re singing haha.....not! So this last sunday i gave a talk in sacrament. It totally depends on the area you´re in. Some areas they have you give a talk...and some they don´t. In los molinos they didn´t cause there are tons of people in the that ward. Ya i can keep my own when in a convo. I live with a dominican. So it´s pretty cool. Call me on thursday cause my comp calls his family on friday. Ya i think we´re 3 hours difference here so call me at 11 in the afternoon. We´ll be in for lunch at that time. But i have a story for you guys.....so we went to visit a less active girl two days ago. And when we arrived she was all screaming and told us to run back to the back patio. Where we found her (200 plus bermuda step father with dread locks down to the middle of his back) stumbing around in the back yard with blood coming from his nose and mouth. This guy doesn´t very much spanish so everyones freaking out yelling at me to talk to him. So i´m over talking to this huge black dude trying to find out if he´s alright. He tells me he doesn´t want any help....but he clearly had something wrong with him. So we get him into the house where we sit him down and the mom comes home and starts freaking out for her husband...that didn´t help! Sge´s all flailing around screaming and crying. We got everything all calmed down after like an hour. We then called a doctor to come over to check him out. He told us he´s fine and then left....ten mins later we hear screaming from in the room (where the wife is and the huge bermuda man) Ya we dash into the room where this guy is having a seizure! So me and my comp flip him on his side and yell for someone to get a van ready. So we pick up this huge dude and throw him into a small van. This guys all seized up his arms and legs. The van dies for a min. Everyone is all freaking out. We finally got the van up and going again and take this guy to the hospital. We dragged him into the hospital and put him on the bed. And he starts to try to get up. At first it´s just me and my comp shoving him back down but this guy out weighs us by a lot so others step in. We fight with this guy for like 30 trying to get him to stay down cause he´s got blood all over him. We were all sweating...i was covered in this guys urine cause he peed himself when he had the seizure and my comp is covered in this guys blood cause he was fighting with him to stay down. I had the legs and he had the head. We finally got him tied down to the bed with a hospital sheet. I left the hospital room with my shirt covered in urine and my shirt all untucked and my tie all messed up. LOL what an experience uh? But i´m alright and safe. We have two people who are going to get baptized. Things are going great. I love you guys. Can´t wait to talk to you all. I expect to talk to EVERYONE cool beanz? Love ya

Hello family!!! I'm super sorry for taking so long to email you back. Me and my comp had to head into the capitol cause he's got knee problems so we headed to the doctors. We got back late and had to head out and help the branch out with their chirstmas program. But i'm back out in the campo again. I love it out here. I could stay out here for like 6 months and be totally cool. My house is way nice and big! We have electricity 24/7 and we have running water! My comp is a Dominican named Elder Auzon. He's way cool. I still have to get used to his culture...aka he does weird things. Haha but i'll manage. But things are going really good here. We're excited to get to talk to our families in a couple of weeks. We have a cell phone (829) 755-7480 so like a couple of days before we get to call i'll need you to give me a quick call so we can set things up for the real call :) Wow grandma and grandpa sent me money? Tell them thank you so much for that. That is kinda a lot of money! Noah had to get stiches again? Wow that kid is going to die! I hope he's alright tho. Give him a kiss on the head for me. Haha Luis...that guy was my favorite in my last area. We got him going back to church did ya know that? I argues with him for like a half an hour on why he should go back to church. He is a stud. It sounds like everyone is doing good...that makes me feel happy. I always keep you guys in my prayers especially during this weather all icy and snowy and what not. Please stay safe and be careful while driving ok? But grandma it sounds like you've had an adventure moving out and what not. It's kinda sad that moving out of that house...i'll miss it i won't lie. But it's way cool that you're moving closer to family :) I love you guys so much. Can't wait to get that call. Oh our cell phone is way accient so it doesn't get picture messages. But Ya you guys stay safe. I send you my love from the campo!!!!!

Our Baptism, our buddy Luis...he has 1 tooth, the river Ozama in my last area in Los Mina, my new area in San Pedro- Hato Mayor. Campo!!! I love you guys!!!

Dad i got your text :) Haha those pictures of me with the flannel are way dope. I want to be wearing the flannel in the picture. But not the santa hat so it looks like i´m really there haha! But we got our calls for transfers....Dad i think you´ll like where i´m going now.....i´m heading out to San Pedro :) The campo! I´m SOOOOOOOOOO far away from everyone. One of the furthest areas in the mission. Super deep campo. But i´ve heard a lot of good about my new area. I´m getting a Dominican so we´ll see how that goes. I was going to send you guys pictures of the baptism that we had this last sunday. This way dope lady that lives in the poorest part of our area. By the river Ozama. Me and my comp just chill with them and listen to their conversations and just bust up. They are so funny! Her and her best friend that is also a members. So ya we had that baptism and i baptized her. So that was a special go away present. But ya my comp stayed and is going to be a District leader. He doesn´t really wanna stay...neither did i haha but he´ll be a way sick District Leader. And he´s got a free baptism this next transfer. Oh ya...me and my new comp are in a Super SR. We´re both SR´s so we´ll see what happens with that. Maybe i´ll just have to fall back and let him take then reins so we don´t fight. Ya know? But things are going way good here. I´m excited to see what then next transfer has instored for me out in the middle of nowhere haha. But hey i love you guys so much. My computer is dumb and won´t let me send pictures. But next week i have some way cool pics to send. So everyone stay safe preparense por quando yo regreso a mi país! Bonche!!! I love you guys :)

Dad i totally got your text!!!! That really made my day. No joke! I had the hugest grin for the rest of the day. Thank you! I hope you guys had an awesome Thanksgiving! We did over here. We went to the store and got a rotissery chicken and made mashed potatoes and gravy and bought doritos nacho cheese. We even made crystal light. We were way stuff. It wasn´t anything like when it´s at home...but we were pretty proud of ourselves for that meal. We both ate so much. Got super stuffed then took a huge nap. Just like at home haha. But ya it was pretty rad. Ya things are going pretty good here. Unfortunately we only had 2 invertigators in church yesterday. But it´s cool cause we´re going to work that family. They´re working to get their papers really quick. We also have this lady who knows everything and is ready. She just has to feel ready. But she´ll get baptized next transfer so whoever stays get a baptism.I´m doing great. Getting bigger cause i´m working out and eating lots of spaghetti. Trying to get back to normal from when i left for the MTC. But unfortunately we wash our clothes in this bucket thing that spins the water. And we hang our clothes to dry but it´s way cool cause i only wear pants. The new garments are SOOOOOOOOOO white!!! Like celestial white compared to everything else haha. Our clothes get all yellow cause it´s just dusty here all the time. But i´m enjoying my time here. Trying to stay positive about things and love everything. But i love you guys so much. I can´t wait to be home for the holiday season next year. I´m going all out! It´s going to awesome. But hey i love you guys so much and miss you. Oh i still have peanut butter and nutella. Just like pictures and memorable stuff like that would be awesome. I have a stocking so i don´t need a new one. Can´t wait to call you guys in a month! Bye Bye :)

Rub the cranberry sauce on my face. It will make me look like a savage. It will match our living conditions here in the DR haha! Ya it doesn´t feel like winter here. It´s hot, humid, and NOT WINTER!! Me and my comp have been talking about it lately...thanksgiving and christmas need to be cold. Or it´s not real. Oh about the tie i was wearing....well due to the fact that we all have to look the same...dark pants, dark shoes, a tie....the tie is the only type of individuality we have. So i have acquired some pretty ugly ties from my friends that have gone home. I gotta stay fly right? Haha i have some pretty stanky ties up in here. Oh ya...i got your package!!! Thank you SOOO much! So much candy! Haha so those garments are so long! But it´s ok cause i only wear pants here. But when i get back i´m going to buy the 30 short. Haha but thank you SOOO much for the envelopes. I´ve been using these weird dominican envelopes that are ridiculously large and so not cool. So these are perfect. Dang you guys be safe in the snow ya hear? That´s sketchy stuff. Mom remember that one time where i got caught in that blizzard? Haha that was hilarious. You had to pick me up at the top of the hill. But things are going great here. We got 7 in church yesterday. That´s a record for this area. We found a whole family that wants to get baptized when they get married. So we´re working with them. We have a baptism planned for the 4th so that´ll be way cool. I´m healthy and getting fatter which is good right? Don´t wanna be too skinny huh? Haha but i miss you guys SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. And my love is bigger then that for you guys. It´s going to be rough this christmas season but we´ll do. Just being away from you guys will be a struggle. But with prayer and the work here we´ll try to keep busy and not freak out and eat our feelings in butter and sugar haha!! Just imagine! I love you guys. Stay safe!

´d like to start my email of by telling Amber HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 29 that´s really crazy how old we all are getting. But news from the mish...we got two baptisms on sunday. Baptized a lady and her 8 year son. It was pretty rad. Good sunday. And that night we put another baptism date with this girl that´s 20 years old. She has gone to our church a couple times since she´s been little. So that´s way cool. Ya she likes how this gospel focuses on families and all that good stuff. So we put it on the 4th of next month. Right before the end of the transfer. We are excited for that. We´re doing a lot of contacts to try to find new people. The only people that get baptized are the refferals we get. Hmm shocking huh? NOT! Things are going way with me. I´ve noticed that i´m getting too skinny so i´m going to start drinking this spaghetti shake that i hear makes you huge haha. I´ll come back all huge and you won´t recognize me muhaha!!! When i study i study in spanish. Right now i´m reading my bible in english to become familiar with all the cool stuff of th bible. But i study out of my libro de mormón every day. I hardly ever open up my english set. It´s pretty dope. Wow it´s snowing there? That´s crazy...all it is here is hot and humid. But things are going way good and i´m healthy. I really love you guys and i hope you guys stay safe. Make sure the boys don´t cause all of your hairs to turn gray haha. Tell the whole family that i miss you guys and that i love you guys so much. Oh ya Mom and Dad. I´ve put a lot of thought into it. And yes i would like for you guys to come here and pick me up after the mission. We could go through the temple and go visit my old areas. That´d be way cool. So yes come :) I´m sending pictures of my baptism and me and my comp rockin out in the house lol.

Hello family. Ya if you want to put money in the packages that´d help with the whole them taking out money situation. But it´s not too big of a deal. Today i bought this sweet back. It has a picture of this little peruvian home in the mountains. Haha that´s the only interesting thing that has happened to us here. Just working hard and trying to get help from the members in this ward. It´s hard. We need to get references from them to get success. Contacts don´t work too well. It´s kinda frustrating. But we´re working on that. But me and my comp are doing good. We get along great so that´s always good. Cause there´s lots of people that don´t get along and that´s way hard. But tell nick that the mission is way cooler then anything he could do back at home. I don´t regret coming out here one bit. Sure it´s hard at times but that´s the cool thing about it. It´s helping me so much. I know so much more about the gospel it´s crazy. I really enjoy studying about new stuff. We have this book that´s helping us understand the bible more so me and my comp are studying the bible. In english so we fully understand. But ya things are going way good here. Not going to lie...i miss american girls haha. Not that i´m focusing on that or anything...cough cough. But hey i love you guys so much. Stay safe. Peace from the hoodlum in the DR :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! Wow mike it sounds like your really good at that game. Probably way better then me. I stink at computer games haha...and video games too. Things are going way good here. We just found a mexican restaurant to eat at.....om goodness it was SOOO good. They even had hot sauce. We went with my friend Elder Valdez from mexico. It´s now my favorite place to eat at lol. I´m not going to waste my time with burger king or mcdonalds. Those are good...but super expensive. But wow it sounds lik you guys had a good Hallowen. They don´t even celebrate that holiday here. Such a bummer. But some missionaries went trick-or-treating haha they are our friends....turds lol. Ya they came send me a package. In three weeks we´ll have recieved money twice and i´m starting to save my money by eating cheaper so i´ll have saved up some cash by then. So it´s cool. Becca you got into a crash? Did your insurance go up or anything? Lets hope not. Speaking of....how is my insurance now-a-days? But ya we have 4 investigators that are going to get baptized this transfer. We´re working on finding more pèople. But things are going way good here. I´m healthy and happy. We´re working hard and life is great. But i love you guys like a dominican loves rice....aka more then you can imagine lol!! Be safe!

Happy Birthday Dad!!!!! Sounds like it was a good one. What did you get for your birthday? When you get this email...get on (wink wink). Me and my comp are both staying in this area. Which is cool. We´ve got no problem with it. Things are going good here. We´re teaching 5 people that could get baptized on the 13.....Ambers Birthday!!!! They are progressing fast and we´re going to see how everything goes with them. They went to church yesterday. We baptized a man named Manolo. I did the baptism which was way cool. The ward here doesn´t really support us as much as they should so that´s a bummer. But in that package i need envelopes. But make sure they are the ones that has the little plastic peel off thing where it´s stick. The humidity closes up regular envelopes. And you can nutty bars too. They won´t melt that bad. Oh can you tell grandma thank you so much for the package she sent me with the see´s candy in it. It´s freaking delicious. Oh in that package...send me stuff that doesn´t weight too much. Cause they take out money from our accounts fopr every pound. Haha last week they took out a lot so i gotta be frugalo with my money right now. But i´m still alive and healthy so no worries. It´s kinda crazy that i´m coming up on a year now. Time sure does fly by out here. But it sounds like everything is going way good there. I´m way happy to here that. Oh in every package you send....please send pictures. I could care less about candy and all that stuff...pictures are the most important things i could get. But things are going way good here. I love you guys so much!!!! Be stay!

Hello family!!! I´m just chillin here from the DR trying to stay sane haha jk. But agin HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!! It sounds like you had a good time for your birthday. Batting cages? That´s so Dope!! I bet your getting way good at baseball. I can´t wait to play when i get back. Lol me and my comp made comp pants. They are tan with rubber duck material for the pockets. I´ll come home with them so you´ll be able to see them. Things are going good here in Los Mina. We are going to be having a baptism this saturday. His name is Manolo. He owns a little store called a Colmado. They are little convinience stores in like every corner of this country. It´s what i lived off of when i was out in the campo. But this area isn´t as successful as Los Molinos. But i think i´ve had my fun in the city. I wanna go back out into the campo. You can see the stars out there and it´s a lot cleaner. I´m going to see what prez has to say about that. I know it´s the lord who says it all...but who knows....it might just be where i need to go. Oh for the ward...I miss the ward a lot. You don´t realize how strong our ward is until you come into a 3rd world country where the church has been here for only 40 years. There wards here.....some are way strong...but many struggle. Like in Yamasá there were 30 members going to church and 200 inactives. So keep it up ward. Gives me something to look forward to when i get back. And remember...you have a calling for a reason...to help us grow spiritually in the church. If the lord knew you couldn´t fullfill the calling...he wouldn´t call you. I´m way greatful for you guys and your willing to fullfill your calling. Cause we know how it feels when people don´t haha. But the mission is awesome. A very great experience. I´m learning so much about the gospel and how to better myself. It´s truley humblying being in a 3rd world country. But i love you all. But ya those pictures you sent were perfect. Wow amber and chad look amazing!!! Tell i said that. So fit. I´m very impressed. Things are going good here. But hey i love you guys so much. Stay safe and know that you guys are always in my prayers. Dios Les Bendiga siempre!

Wow brother yates got to pass? That is so awesome. It is cool to know that i was part of that being his home teacher and everything. But that´s way sick!!! Ya Dad. Me and my comp were talking about what our Dads did to wake us up....aka be annoying haha. Man i really miss goofing around with you. Those were way good times. But when i get back we have a lot of catching up to do ok? Oh so Mcdonalds here yes it´s mcdonalds....but yes you can tell it´s different. It´s not American. Same with burger king. And they don´t have a dollar menu...or i guess it would be a 35 peso meal. Yes when you biggie size it it´s called GRANDE!! Ya for my birthday we grande sized it. Haha the people here think that all we eat (Americans) Is hamburgers and corn flakes. When really we have a Huge variety of foods that we eat. And all these people eat is rice and beans. So it´s funny that they think that. It´s like...clearly we don´t only eat mcdonalds cause we´re skinnier then them haha. But Mike i gotta message for you Happy Birthday on the 17!!!!!!!! I wish i could call. Sigh. And Dad your birthday is coming up a week after that...you´ll be turning 32? Ya? So on sunday we had 5 people in church. That´s a record for this area. It´s really slow here so that´s awesome. We have some people that are progressing way fast. It´s way nice. We´ll get some baptisms this transfer. I´m doing way great. Just working towards my year mark then that call HOME!!!! YAY!!! Well i love you guys SOO much. I can´t wait to talk on the phone. But stay safe and i´ll do the same. Con mucho amor

Hey guys!!! Oh my goodness i got that birthday package the other day. I´m going to be so huge after that!!! Thank you SOOOO much for that. This is one of the best things i have gotten out here. I wore my jersey today when we played steal the flag. I´m sending a picture. And me with a member family that was in my old area. They are so cool. And there is a thousand of them haha. Wow conference was so DOPE!!! I learned so much. It was like a weekend of how i can make myself better. Like the talk about appreciating the things that i have and not what i lack. That one helped me out a ton. Me and my comp are doing way good. The area is a little slow right now but we´re working on that. We have a baptism date for the 16 a day before Mikes B-Day. Wow that´s exciting huh? So we´ll see how everything goes down with that. Today is p-day and we ate McDonalds to treat ourselves. Yes we ate BK for my birthday. We got the triple wopper and biggie sized it with an ice cream. Wow i didn´t want to eat for like 6 months after it. But i manned up and ate the next day. I´m learning a lot on the mission hahaha. So it sounds like there is a lot of things going on with missionary work back at home. That makes me SOOO excited. Yes i hit 11 months today so that was exciting. Things are going way good. Me and my comp eat way healthy and i work out a little bit. So our healthy is awesome. But my hands are cold so i can´t type very fast. Haha i´m not used to air conditioning lol. I know right? Well i love you guys SOOO much. Ojalá que tengan una buena semana. Y disfrutanse un chin está bien. Tengo once meses en el misíon y estoy animado para regresar. Pero me falta mucho. Les Amo con todo mi corazon. Paz.

Hello my loving family!!!! How are you guys doing?!! I´m doing good. Things are pretty average here. We had 3 investigators in church yesterday. For this area that´s pretty good. We´re in the process of finding new investigators so we have something to do. I´m trying to send pictures but this computer is struggling grr. It´s been awhile since i´ve sent pictures. I´m very sorry for that. But Dad you´re making your way up the line to be a bishop or something. That would be way crazy. Oh trust me Dad....when i get home i´m going to mow the lawns with pleasure. Actual grass and i can do it bare foot. Something i´ve not been able to do in 11 months. We´re going to walk to the mission office after this internet session to see if i got my package. So fingers crossed. For my birthday me and my comp are going to eat burger king for breakfast lunch and dinner haha. We´re going to get so fat. But i figure it´s my birthday. I should make it special for myself lol. I´m excited for that. Oh a rice belly...it´s what every dominican has. Just tons of pudge...kinda like a beer belly. That´s what rice does to you. Me and my comp are off rice...i wanna go my whole mission without it. Cause i didn´t grow up on this stuff so i don´t need it. Some dominican missionaries have to it eat every day or they don´t feel full. Lol give me panda express!!! LOL. Ya we should probably start doing temple work for our family. I have been thinking about that. Especially the week we got to go the temple. But hey guys things are going great here. I love you guys SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. Stay safe. And give grandma a hug for me aight? Les Amo mas que usted pueden imaginar. Y esto es la verdad.

Hello Family!!!!! Hey things are going good here. I´ll tell you guys about what happened over transfers. So i got call to Los Mina in Ozama. Right next to the capitol. My new comp is named Elder Allen. He´s way chill. My area is a bunch of apartments. It´s a rather poor part of the country. The east mission in this country is the most poor and dirty part of the country. But it´s the highest baptizing so that´s fun. My area is a little slow right now. The people straight up tell us that they don´t wanna talk to us haha. I guess it´s better then saying yes and wasting our time. But it´s kinda frustrating tho. We have a good amount of investigators but none of them wanna go to church. That´s also way frustrating. Cause if they don´t go to church they aren´t progressing and they can´t get baptized. So we´re going to try to stress about going to church and see what happens. What i eat here...lol it´s not rice and beans. I gave that crap up. It gives you a rice belly. I eat PBandJ´s and raviolis and spaghetti. I´m still healthy and what not. But i have lost a little more weight. But it´s cool...i´ll just come home all cut lol. It sounds like you guys are all doing good. Sounds normal around there. That´s good to hear. Don´t let things get too crazy up in there. But ya i don´t really have anything more exciting to write. But i´m doing good and healthy. I love you guys so much and i want you cause to take care. Be safe aight? Love ya

So i am going to explain to you guys how hard satan is working against missionary work. So we had this family all ready to go to get married and baptized this last weekend. The last weekand of the transfer. So everything was all ready to go. Then the night before the marriage the oldest daughter got super sick and was puking everywhere. So they took her to the hospital. So they didn´t get married or baptized this transfer. And i´m leaving to head to the zone of Ozama tomorrow. So we got 2 baptisms this last transfer. And i´m leaving 7 set baptisms. But it´s what´s supposed to happen. I was going to send you guys pictures of the 2 baptisms today. But the computer i´m using is really crappy haha. So it´ll have to be next week. But i had two very fun transfers with Elder Mercado. We both agreed that it was our best two transfers on the mish so far. We celebrated eating until we could barely walk haha. It was pretty awesome. But my new comp is Elder Allen. I´ve met the kid already. He´s way cool. The area is a little harder but i´ll make due. I´m just ready to go where ever the lord wants me to. I could´ve stayed in this area for two more transfers if i needed to. The ward is way strong and i have some friends here. Haha Dad we´ll have to play some bob marely music. One time we road in a bus from Yamasá to villa mella and all the radio played was bob marely. It was so chill. Hey Mom you better be ready to go to the temple like everyday when i get back. That place is the best in the world. Awh beccas going back to her own kind. Lol just kidding peer tutor was the best class i had. Those are really special people. I would except that calling in a heart beat. I can´t wait to see all those pictures and see how everyone looks. I´m way excited for that. But hey guys i love you guys so much. You don´t even know!!! Stay safe and i´ll do the same :)

Ya i´m sorry i´m slacking on the whole sending pictures home to you guys. I only have one pic to send of the last baptism. He´s 18 years old. He´s pretty dope. Hey we should jam when i get back Dad. You can play the drums and i´ll play my ukelele haha. We´ll have to mike it. Hey ya i saw elder rich the other day when we went to the temple. But i totally forgot to ask him. He´s in the group 2 under me. He´s friends with my firend Elder Sunderhaus who i´m living with. (Four man house) He seemed cool. Lol i´m staying healthy Dad. Just so i don´t get the crud kicked outta me. We hit up burger king today. I ate a douple wopper. So good!!! I dunno...i don´t need anything else other then that. But suprise me. That´d be cool. Like it´s actually my birthday. That´d be cool. Ya it´s pretty crazy to thing i´ll be 20. I still feel like i´m 18. And i look like it too haha. I´ll grow up physically but in my heart i´ll still be 16. In a good way. Not the immature way lol. Hey i love you too mom. I probably don´t say that enough. But i canñt wait to give you THE biggest hug for like 20 mins. I´ll smell really bad cause i was in the DR for two years but it´s just something that you´ll have to deal with ;) Wow i´m very impress and like freaking out about that story you told me that i´m not supposed to say anything about so i´m pretty much writing in code cause nobody knows what i´m saying right now. Muhaha!!! Things are going good here. We have transfers on tuesday so we´ll see what happens here. We´re riding on that family getting baptized at the last second. So we´ll see what happens. I love you guys SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. I miss you guys a ton. But i´m also enjoying myself out here. So things are going good. Peace and love. Me voy a regresar bien pronto. Preparanse por esto. Porque Soy locisimo oiste? Oiste? ja ja ja

Hey i´ve seen the best 2 years. That was a good movie. At the end of the movie he finally speaks like fluently. That´s a funny one. Hey very sorry that i didn´t write on monday because we got to go to the temple today :) I felt the spirit so strong today. So we had to change our P-Day to today. I wanted to write you guys and tell you but i couldn´t. And we didn´t find out til after last P-Day. Ya i think you guys understand. But i don´t remember what i wrote you guys last week. It has been a week and a half. But so far we only have 1 baptism this transfer. But we´re marrying a family and baptizing them. The family has 5 that can get baptized. So that should be a way cool experience. We had a sweet family home evening on temples. We watched a movie and bore our testimonies. It made me appreciate that we got sealed in the temple and we can be together forever!!! This last week was pretty good. Hahaha i totally remember hinding behind the door and watching tv when you guys told me to go to bed. Lol be battled pretty good didn´t we? Man oh man good times!!! Oh my birthday...that´s right. I want tons of pictures!!! And if you can find my long sleeve Réal Salt Lake soccer jersey. It´s somewhere in my pile of junk. If you can´t find it that´s fine. Don´t stress it. But i want pictures of everyone...amber, chad, the boys, lindsay, brian...everyone. Pictures are the best things i´ve ever recieve out here. I think i´m still just under 6 foot. But ni don´t really know cause there´s no way to measure myself without killing a goat.....just kidding...but seriously. Kenna your shoes sound DOPE!!! I wanna see em. Send a picture in my birthday package :) Wow beccas got her license. I´m impressed. Look out Utah!!! Lol jk...but seriously. Sounds like things are going pretty good there. Same here. I´m healthy and living good. We are protected. I love you guys so much!!!! You don´t even know :) Be safe ok?

Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun things planned for the end of the summer. That´s way cool. You guys ended the summer off right :) Hey things are going good here. We baptized a muchacho on saturday. He´s a gangster here lol. Has a huge afro. He´s way tight. We have three other planned baptisms for the transfer. And we are marrying another family. When we baptize them that will be five people instantly! It´s pretty great knowing that we are bringing whole families together :) It´s kinda crazy. I wonder how the mission over in Chile or Tahiti are. Like if they have to marry people and what not ya know? But Dad stay safe on your trip. I´m pretty content with everything right now. I don´t need anything right now. It´s so crazy how everyone is all grown up now. When i get back becca will be a SR. Dang that´s crazy!!! Mikes already in fourth grade? Kenna a sophmore? Gaw what is happening at home!!! LOL It´s ok i´m growing up too. Shocking huh? Ya my B-Day is next month. I hear B-Day´s in the mission aern´t that special. Two of my comps have been with me when they had their B-Day´s. I´m not really expecting anything. I just hope i have a good comp at the time so things go smoothly. Wow mom wy to scare me haha. Everyones ok right? You lucked out with that guy stopping and helping you. That´s way scary!! But hey i love you guys SOOOO much. Be safe and remember to say your prayers everyday. It´s helped me out a ton. Love your son perdido :)

Dang all you guys are all having all this fun haha. I wanna go on vacation with all of you guys....But when i get back we´ll defenitely have to hit up knotts and disneyland or something ya know? Haha mike is such a stud for going on that huge roller coaster. Haha i bet his face was priceless lol. I bet it was pretty weird going on a road trip without me and rach...i mean nobody says party like jake right? Lol just kidding. Wait Nate only has 1 year? I thought he had more then that. I mean in like 3 months i´ll have a year. He´s not too far in front of mean. That´s only two transfers more. Man that´s crazy. Ya i can´t wait to come home and talk to all these guys in spanish. Like matt and sam. I won´t be able to talk portuguese or french with nate, chris, trev, or ryan. But english will do good. haha. Don´t move down to Orem. The lehi house is huge! And i like that ward. So....But hey everything is going good. We have 3 dates with baptisms on them. So lets hope for those investigators. And we´re working with others. Fingers crossed. Everything is way good here. Normal and i´m alive. But i love you guys SOOOO much. It´s good to always hear from you guys. Bye Bye

Haha things are going pretty good here. I set a couple of dates for our invetigators to get baptized. We have three planned so far. We´re working with others. We´ll see if they make the progress they need to be ready. And as for the couples being together for 20 years and not being married....welcome to the DR. That´s everyone!! Haha. They just don´t feel the need to get baptized. I don´t really get either. Haha so you are living the bachelor life huh? How is that? I figure i´ll be doing that when i get back. When i move out...when i´m.......32....haha ;) Ya i know how the whole going to church alone. I´ve actually done that. When everyone was "sick" But the difference is i had the Bunnells and the Mars to sit by. But i still kinds kow what your talking about lol. I´m telling you Dad...they´re training you to be a bishop. They trust you to be teaching them. That´s a sign. Haha But hey everything is going way good here. Just doing my thing. But i love you SO much. Talk to you soon. Take care big guy :)

Lol dad you have the most patience that i know of. Honestly. Mom i got that package. Thank you so much. All that deodorant and sunblock is going to do me good over here. And the cowtails are amazing!! Those are by far my favorite candy. Lol and the beef jerky is pretty tastie. But we do eat meat here so don´t worry about that. Chicken, beef, children....i mean fish (cough cough) I think i might have seen this elder rich. i´ll have to talk to him. For the records...i have 9 baptisms so far. We´ll probably get like 5 or 6 this transfer. We´ve got some good people lined up already. Ya know that family we married and the mom and son got baptized? Ya the dad is giving in. And same with the daughter. The dad has a fecha for the 28 of this month. So we´re excited for that. We got 10 investigators at church yesterday. We were pretty excited for that. Ya that´s what´s happening over here. Just working hard and finding people. That´s the mish. But wow that´s way cool that Jen went through the temple and all that. And that whole Kim story gave me the chills..the good kind lol. Dang i wanna go to grandmas house to help pack :( dang i´m gonna miss that house. I really enjoyed visiting california and going to disneyland and the thai food place. But she is a lot closer now. So that´s good. Is she moving in the same ward as uncle guy? That´d be so cool. I´m glad that i´m way over here on this island while becca is learning how to drive ;) i don´t wanna get run over hahaha. Are they going to get sealed and everything like that? Rachel and Brady. Cause you have to wait til i´m back and everything. And is brady going to get baptized? Or what´s the situation with him? Lol so i saw the camping pictures of all you guys. Haha brian looks like such a savage! Haha but it was dope. Had that survivor facial hair going on. Made me laugh. I wanna grow facial hair like that. Jealous. But hey everything is going good here. We´re just getting ready to go play soccer with a ton of missionaries. Yay. I love yu guys SOOOOO much. And miss you tons. Bye Bye

I want you guys to know something...one of the biggest challenges this mission has is marriage. Everyone has kids and a "Wife" but nobody is married. Nobody cares if its wrong they just do it. We will be talking to people and they would have been living together for 3 years and hwne we ask about marriage they say...i dont feel ready. Haha so three years and 2 kids isnt enough time lol. This place is funny. It is always raining here. Haha im so sick of being wet its not even funny. You got your two types of weather...blasting hot..or way raining. But its all good. You get used to it. Ok so transfers....every month and a half we recieve a call telling us where we go. Sometimes we stay in an area for 1 transfer or 4. It just depends on the lord. We get moved around where he needs us to go. Its all inspiration. Which is way cool. Dad you would be a great bishop. They need people who care about others and i couldnt think of a better person who does that then YOU. Honestly. I have heard the name Elder Rich. How much time does he have? Im sure ive seen him before ya know. Im sending you guys pics of the marriage and the baptism we had. So you can see. Dang i cant believe grandma is actually moving. But i love that house shes in right now. Oh well...i guess thats pretty cool that she will be closer to us so we can help her. Ya things are going pretty good over here. Just working and doing the missionary thing...you know me lol jk. But sounds like things are going pretty good over there. I love you guys. Kenna did you send another letter? Cause i got one and sent one back so...I have havent gotten that package yet. Itll probably get here soon. Hey be good. And fill me on everything ok? Peace

Hello family. So i have some good news to tell you. We married two people on saturday. Then the wife and the son got baptized after that. That´s 5 baptisms this transfer. We´re going to work on the husband for next transfer. Let´s hope we stay in this area another transfer. So things are going really good over here. Oh ya tell kenna i got her letter and i´m mailing it on thursday. And thank you so much for sending me a package to me. Those are always like christmas to missionaries. Oh ya...so here you can make pants. You can pick out the material and tell the guy to make them how you want. Lol so i made skinny church pants. I´m looking so dope right now in my sperry´s and skinny pants haha. So that´s the crazy things that are going on here right about now. But i was thinking the same thing mom. I think they´re prepping Dad to be a bishop or something. That´d be cool. So if i ever ¨Slip up ;)¨ i can talk to him. Haha just kidding i´m not going to. Speaking of losing 15 lbs. I totally have too. We just sweat so much out here. Constantly pulling out our bandanas and wiping our heads. Showers feel amazing out here. Cause the water is never warm so you come in from working and your all hot. Good stuff. Dang there is a lot of stuff happening over there. Grandma moving, jen getting married grandma and grandpa in ireland, brady in cambodia, everyone growing up. Dang things are crazy. But ya i´m going to hit 9 months soon. Time is going fast out here. Not gonna lie. Hey can you get me sam and matts writing address in chili. I wanna right some letters to them. But hey i love you guys so much. Be good ok?

Hey there my family of mine!!! Haha becca we all know the regulations on the road. I´m pretty sure you can´t sit on phone books your whole life haha just kidding....but seriously. Wow i wanna go to youth conference. I had so much fun last time. Good times. Haha i bet you can bust a move...you little nut bag. Hey when i get back we´re gonna hang out tons. So get ready ok? We´re gonna hit betos like everynight and go to raves.....ok maybe not raves but we´ll still have fun. I can´t wait to chill with the fam again. The first thing i do when i get home is take my shoes off and lay on the carpet!!!! Barefoot!!! Gaw that´s gonna be sweet. Mom i just want one towel. I´m trying to save room. And these towels dry super fast so i´ll only need one. Can you send me that red deodorant...what´s it called. It´s very popular. Oh well you´ll probably know what to get. If you want to send cowtails that´d be cool. And take pictures of everyone and send that to me. I would really appreciate that. I wanna see how everyone looks now. But i´m sending two pictures of the 2 baptisms we had saturday. Things are going pretty good here. I like it here. I´m enjoying the mission. I´m learning the scriptures a lot better which is what my patriarchal blessing said. I like my comp. We get along great. Dad i will definitely pray for you. Don´t have to worry about that. I say like a thousand prayers a day haha. Haha send him that picture that´d be way funny. But hey guys i love you guys so much. I will keep you updated on everything that happens here. LOVE YOUI!!!!!

So you guys went camping huh? Lol welcome to my world. I´ve been camping for the last 8 months haha. Dad this place is swarming with mosquitos. You have to sleep with a fan blowing on you every night or you will get eaten alive. And you guys know the electricity situation this country has so the power will go out and you gotta get in your sheets...which are super hot. Haha but this place is cool. I´m having a lot of fun now-a-days. Livin in a four man house and being in the sity close to everything. Last night we stayed up til like 2 just talking about the good ole times. It´s pretty cool. I´m sending some pics of how things are going. Hahahaha i´ve changed a little bit ;) And the ocean right next to my house. Wait becca and kenna aren´t liking it too much there? I love that place. But i bought the sweetest sperry´s and i´m making some pants. Here you go buy material and then you take it to a sostre (someone who sews) and you can specialize your own pair of pants. It´s way cool. So if you want you can send me deodorant and sunscreen. That´d be way cool. But it´s not obligado aight? Mike when i get back we´re going to watch the last airbender together ok? Wait a min....becca you´re getting your license....GULP!!!....haha just kidding....but seriously. Remeber your taking me to betos the first night i´m home aight? Well we had a baptism and we have two more planned for this next saturday. I´m doing great i love you guys SOOOOOO much. Miss you tons be safe and i´ll do the same.

Family!!! Hey guys. What´s up? I´m just writing to tell you guys things are going great :) My new house has running water and the toilet flushes. We don´t have light all the time. I take like 2-3 showers a day just because we have running water haha. We live 7 mins away from the beach. The members here are so strong. I went from like 25-30 members at church to like 200 haha huge change huh? We have teenagers who leave with us to teach for like the whole day. The best thing as a missionary that you can do is go to citas with members. Cause if we´re not working with the members we honestly don´t get any work done. I witnessed that in Yamasá. My old comp Elder Hampton that stayed in Yamasá we call each other all the time. It´s cool we´re pretty tight. My new comp is named Elder Mercado. He´s way cool. I´m in a four man house. We have 6 planned baptisms for this transfer so fingers crossed on that one. Satan always finds his way in somehow so lets hope it´s not too bad. I´m doing good. We went to this place called Mega Centro. Ok....it´s an American shopping mall. I bought an Adidas bag to i didn´t have to jam everything into my two suit cases. But can i ask a favor of you guys. So there´s this thing called a micro fiber towel. You can buy them at the missionary mall. Can you send me one. They dry faster then regular towels and you can roll it up way small. I wanna get rid of my two bulky towels and save space. But if it´s too much work then don´t worry about it. But i´ve talked to luke. I told him it was awesome but it didn´t work. But have fun camping. And i´ll have fun camping here lol. I love you guys so much!!!! you don´t even know. I can´t wait to see you guys. Bye :)

Ya Dad that´s it :) We see airplanes flying in all the time. We are a 7 min walk to the ocean. It´s all cliff breaks but it´s the ocean. The area i´m in is way better. I got this guy named Elder Mercado. He´s way chill. We have tons of fun. He was born here but lives in sandy utah so we just speak english. But i´m in a four man house and i´m loving it!!! The other day we all just stayed up late talking about stories about before the mish. It´s awesome. That package got here!!! Thank you SOOOO much. I´ve made a couple of songs on the Uke. It´s so chill. And everyone loves the candy you sent me. We´ve all been chowing down on tootsie rolls. Thank you so much. Tell Brother Lapray that yes i got the letters. Tell them thank you so much. Can you tell me the address to the Jones. I have a letter to send to them but i chucked the box away that has the address on it. But things are going great. We´ll probably get 6 baptisms this transfer. It´s good to hear that Owen is doing good. I got kinda scared for awile. Wow everyone is going to be SSSOOO different when i get back. But hey i love you guys so much. Be safe ok?

Wow it sounds like things are going really good over there. Owen fractured his skull? ....um that´s scary!! He´s alright right? But hey we got another baptism on saturday of a little boy named Romer. He´s 11 and he´s a stud. He dances Jerk. Lol i´m sure bacca and kenna know what i´m talking about. But dad when i come home i´m bringing dominos home and we´re gonna play every sunday. It´s way fun. I could play for hours. Then we´ll play darts lol. But we called for transfers this morning and i´m heading out of Yamasá tomorrow. I´m going to place called Las Americas over by the beach. I´m getting a dominican comp that´s fluent in both english and spanish. So we´ll see how things go with that. Things are going really good here. Spanish is coming fast. I´m learning and remembering things that i never thought i could remember. That´s the lord for ya. Ya we got 4 baptisms here in Yamasá. Not bad but it felt slow while i was here. But the package is probably in the office and i´ll probably get it tomorrow. But things are going great here. I love you guys. Be safe :)

Hello family! Things are going really good here. We have another baptism planned for saturday. It´s this little 12 year old named Romer. His sisters and mom are baptized so this will be good. He´ll have tons of support from them. Things are going good. I´m healthy and we´re working hard. We still have to do a lot of contacts because we are lacking on investigators. So we are doing 10 contacts a day. We made a zone goal to do 10 straight for a whole week. Haha we found out that we were the only companionship who actually did it. Wow chris got called to england!? That´s so cool. That´d be a fun mission to go to. So today we went to this guys land and ate mango, watermelon, spaghetti, bananas, and yuka. It was way good. And we played dominos for like 2 hours haha. It was pretty fun. Oh ya tell whitney that i got her package and i sent her a letter so that´s coming. But that other Ukeleli hasn´t come. I don´t think it will. The mailing system is terrible here and it probably got stolen. But things are great. I love you guys. I´ll keep you guys informed on the progress we have here. LOVE YOU!!!

Hey fam!! So things are going pretty good here. I´m healthy and working hard. Ya we got another Baptism the other day. This girl named lisandra who is so awesome!! She goes like visiting teaching and to church like every sunday without fail. She even goes to choir. She´s one of the strongest members in this ward. And the other women that we baptized bore her testimony and it was way good. Saying she felt so good when she was in the church and everything. Makes us happy. We are going to baptize this girl named jorfranelis pretty soon. And this little kid named Romer. But other then that this area is way dry. We´re doing like 12 contacts a day to try to find people but they just don´t seem interested. It´s really draining. Especially cause it´s my first area. I´ve been here for 6 months. So i´m hoping that i get transfered out this transfer. I need a change of scenery ya know? But i´m liking it here. My spanish is getting better and better everyday so that´s always fun. But i miss you guys like crazy. I hit 7 months on thursday yay!! Hey i love you guys so much. Stay safe and enjoy your summer. Love you!!!!!

Wow sounds like i missed a cool event. I´m jealous!! Lol but things are going good here. So i have to tell you the crazy experience we had last week. So because they´re all voting for prez here things are getting pretty crazy. Politics here suck way bad. But the other day we went home for lunch. And i was reading and my comp was resting his eyes. Then all of the sudden we hear explosions outside our house. We both look at each other and said...what was that. Then all of the sudden my eyes just started burning!! Haha it was tear gas. There was a full blown riot 50 feet away from our house. People were chucking rocks and bottles at the cops. And the cops were shooting tear gas and rubber bullets. We waited for awhile and decided that we could go work. We stepped out of the house and the cops came running from behind our house shooting more tear gas bombs. Tear gas burns SOOOO bad. We like started choking and had to put bandanas on our faces and put vinegar in our faces. Haha it was so crazy. We leave the house at 3 everyday. We couoldn´t leave the house that day til 5. But things are back to normal now. Everything is good and golden. Mom all that sounds wonderful. Make sure that uke is protected when you put it in. That would stick if it broke during shipping. That other one didn´t came. So...haha. But i´m good here. Working everyday. I miss you guys like crazy. LOVE YA!!! Stay safe ok? Paz

Here are a few pictures Jake sent

Wow it really sounds like things are going good for you guys. That makes me happy. Ya no joke about that call.....i´m still living off of it too. It was so good hearing you guys and getting to talk to everyone. That made my 6 months lol. Things are going good here. We are still in the process of finding people to teach so it´s kinda slow here. But all is well. Wow Dad it sounds like your gonna be very busy on sundays. That´s good. It´ll keep ya sane lol. Wow Evan turned in his papers? That´s so sick. And i didn´t even know Tanner Toleman turned in his papers. Denmark will be a way sick mission. I´m excited for him. I talked to Tay and he´s just gotta get thru the first week of the MTC and things will start to slow down. That first week feels like forever and makes you like dizzy haha. But he´s doing good. He´s asking for advice on things. I just told him to study hard. Haha did you like the Mothers Day picture i drew lol. Mom yes i want you to send me a Ukeleli. And discuise it (Don´t think that´s spelled right) as something else. The people at the mail place they go thru the mail and take things. So hide or something. I don´t think that other one is coming anyways. So yes :) I´m so jealous that they all get summer vacation. I wanna go swimming or something. There are so many place we could here it´s not even funny. So tell everyone hi for me and that i love them. And to take care. Oh we saw a centaped that was like 7 inches long and it was as big as a sharpie around. The big thick ones. Oh ya we built a house for an investigator the other week. It was so ghetto!! Hahaha.

It was really really really good to hear from you guys yesterday. That means a lot for a missionary. Like we feel all refreshed and ready to go work harder. So that´s awesome. Prez is keeping me in Yamasá for the next month and a half. We´re going to try to find a lot of people to teach. Which is hard cause this area is somewhat dead. But we´re trying. We were just on the top a this mountain near by our house hiking and it started pouring. It was so cool. We were drenched from head to toe. But we took some awesome pictures up there. We headed up there to eat mangos. Which we did. Very delicious. And thank you so much for everything you guys give me. I know that if i need something you guys will have my back. And i won´t be scared to ask. But until now i´m pretty comfortable with everything. But if anything comes up i´ll let you guys know. Ok? I love you guys so much. Be safe and be good. I will talk to you guys in like 7 months haha. We´ve got a bit of time don´t we? Love you guys. Oh and tell Bry sorry for cutting our convo short. I feel bad.

Wow sounds like everything is going way good there. I wanna watch Mike play baseball. Dad you´re moving on up.....to the east side when it comes to church callings. Before you know it....you´ll be a stake pres lol. So here´s the plan about the phone call. You´re gonna call me whenever you can the week and thru telephone we´re going to set up everything. Ok? Call me whenever you can so we can set it up. Cause i don´t know the time difference between here and there cause the times have changed. And i don´t know when you guys have church. So talk to everyone and see when it´s best for you then give me a call and i´ll tell you the best time here. Cool Beanz? Wow Becca is really driving all over the place isn´t she. Very scary haha. You guys can paint the room....but i´m expecting the room back. Is that cool. Oh mom if you want to send Nutella or anything feel free. Packages are the best things we could get in our very busy weeks. Oh ya.....If you want to buy a Ukeleli with the money in my debit card and send it that would be SOOOO awesome. And yes i can have them. I would really appreciate that. Me and my comp wanna make songs on P-Days and there are no decent places to buy Ukeleli´s. But i´m doing way good. I can have full blown convo´s in spanish and teach the lessons if i wanted to. I looked down at my watch like two days ago and realized that i pretty much have 6 months. Time flies way fast now. This last transfer was SSSOOO fast. But i love you guys. Be safe and i promise to do the same. LOOOOVEEE YYOOOUUU

Hey family. Things are going pretty good here. We´re working with two other people who have potential on getting baptized. I don´t really know what to write haha. The same old same old here. Wake up and work then eat tons of rice and work some more. It´s sounds like everyone is doing really good over. Makes me happy. Everything is safe and sound over here in the DR. The people here are frustrating cause all of them say they are going to go to church but none of them ever do lol. It´s the people that you don´t talk to...the people who you would never expect to go to church. But things are still going good. Hey mike good luck in baseball. I know you´ll do great. Becca....your driving to walmart and everything!!!! Wow that´s crazy. LOL i can´t picture you driving. My little Frodo is all grown up. Tear Drop...ting. Lol just kidding. But when i get back your driving me and you to go get Betos ok? That´ll be sick. Kenna is doing dance? That´s so sick. You know the best ballet dancers are tall and skinny like kenna. Wow the twins are starting to walk. I´ve been gone way to long. But tell grandma that i got her package and i´ve been eating candy everyday for the passed two weeks. LOL me and my comp are sick of candy. And nutella everyday is so good. We´ve pretty much finished the 2nd bottle already. It´s perfect snack food. Mom and Dad thanks for everything. I love all you. Take care and i´ll do the same. Much love

Hey guys i´m alive and well. Yup we got a baptism two saturdays ago. And i was nervous doing it in spanish cause everyone here has way long, weird names. So i had to remember that plus the actual Phrase. But i did it and i push him down so far in the water. No way was i doing it twice. But last saturday we had another baptism. The president of the branch here baptized her. But that´s two. Things are going pretty good here. Nothing special. Just working everyday. Me and my comp are SOOO sunburnt cause we headed to buyaguana today and played soccer. So we´re kinda drained cause you know how the sun does that to you. When i get home can we have a huge BBQ. That sounds so good right now. I´ll make some Dominican food for everyone also. Remind dad that he can borrow my hat but i still want it back when i get home. I got the pictures from you guys and the twins look SOOO big and different. Well i love you guys. Be safe

So i got your package. Can you say an early christmas!!! Thank you so much. Me and my comp have been eating swedish fish for the past two weeks. Oh ya Mom i love ya so much and appreciate everything you do. We have tons of cocoanut juice here haha. The missionaries thought it was funny that you sent can of cocoanut juice. I said...show´s you haw much she loves me lol. Thanks. So i have some good news......I got my first baptism on saturday. Yup that´s right. And i baptized him in spanish. And we have another baptism this saturday for a girl named Marielis. I have a new comp named Elder Hampton. We get along great and we´re doing a lot of contacts. I´m still out in Yamasá which isn´t too bad. I know the area pretty well and the people. We´re finding a lot of people who want to hear our message. Things are going great. And happy 16 to becca. That´s so crazy how old everyone is getting. Mike there are tons of army guys here with Shotguns riding on motorcycles. It´s really cool. All is going good here. I have some pictures to send to you guys. Me and my new comp make juice everynight cause he has a blender. So you have see all the fruits we´ve used lol. I love you guys and stay safe.

Hey this is Jake. So my email is super messed up and i couldn´t sign in. But i´m writing from my new comps email. Me and E. Hampton are out in Yamasá working at it. I´m doing great. Working on my email so i can write. Love you guys. And yes Mom i do have access to my debit card so all is well. Much love
Elder Plymale

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Que lo que familia. Everything is going very good here. My spanish is coming very well. We had transfers and i'm staying in yamasa. Getting a new comp. Dad my ward is tiny. We have a church and everything. But it's small. You walk in and it's a hall way and there are rooms on each sides then at the end of the hall is the chapel. Our house is bigger then the church lol. But it's cool. Hey i miss all you guys so much. I want you guys to come pick me up. Everyone come to the DR. I'll show you guys around in what i live in. That would be cool. Wow cameron really surprised me. That would be very cool. I wish i could go in there with him. That would be so tight. hey i need stamps. That would be cool. well my keyboard half the numbers are rubbed off so this is hard. But i love you guys and i'll try to send pics for you. Love ya bye

Hey family sounds like everything is going good over there. Ya everyone is growing up so fast it´s crazy!! Hey can you tell nick to email me. I wanna see how he´s doing with everything. Matt hit his year mark? That´s so crazy. Ya i´ve almost been gone a half a year. It really doesn´t feel like it´s been that long. Time flies when your working hard. Haha tell all the little girls in your class that i say hi and that i miss them. I really hope Luke turns in his papers soon. I really want to see all my Lehi friends go on missions. Thank you very much for sending me a package. I´m very greatful for that. I should get it in a couple of weeks. Things are pretty good out here. Spanish is coming and the food is good. I love the members in our ward. Happy Birthday Kenna and Becca in a week or so. I wish i was there to watch you guys open presents but in two years i will be. Mike i see a lot of army guys here. A couple of them are my friends. They are cool and very strong. What did the book say about the DR?? Well i love you guys SOOOOO much and i miss you. I have our family pic in my scriptures lol. Be safe ok??? Love ya

So Dad....the problem with this place is that there aren´t monkeys or very large snakes lame huh. And yes we do have a font in our church so we don´t have to baptize in the water close by thank goodness. The water here is filthy. Yes i´m keeping a journal everynight don´t worry about that. But i do sleep in a mosquito net haha. It´s kinda fun. But the fish nibbling on my knee cap would be dreadful. The language is coming. I can pretty much have a full on convo with people. And we think next transfer we´re getting Dominican comps so that´ll help with spanish a ton. But Dad your supposed to be on vacation so take it easy. So for february thru april happy birthday to mom, rachel, becca, kenna, and bry. Ya bryan is a good guy. Haha mikes going to read up on the DR huh? That´s so cool. Things are going good here. We are working hard and getting people closer and closer to the waters of baptism. I think we´re going to get a couple this transfer. The ward here are very night people and they help me a lot. A lot of them speak english anyways so i´m doing good. There´s this lady who doesn´t have a door so we crawl in here window to teach here. We talk with a lot of haitians here. They are very good people. I love em. But dominicans ands haitians don´t get along. Sad. But i love you guys and i hope you stay safe. Take care. Con mucho amor su hijo elder plymale.

Yes i want you to send my ipod. There is a lot of music on there that we can listen to cause it´s soft and doesn´t talk about romantic stuff. But before you send it put on a song that´s called....we are the world, by all these new artists. It´s an uplifting song and me and my comp want it. But im doing good. The spanish is coming pretty good. Things are pretty regular here. Just chillin with all my friends here. Lot of cool guys here. We´re working hard out in yamasa trying to get people in the water haha. It´s going pretty good. I miss you all and i love you so much. The past couple of nights it´s been freezing so that jacket you sent me has been perfect. I wear it everynight haha. And i still have tons of candy. Yes i do have self control haha. But we get these things called bolas. Whch is a free ride somewhere. We got to sebana grande which is a two hour ride and like $200 peso trip for free haha. It´s pretty cool here. I love the food here. We eat yuka, yaman, bananas, rice, spaghetti, plantanes, beans, meat etc i´m really starting to love the food. I think you guys should come pick me up and i´ll show you guys around at the end of my mission. Show you guys my areas and such. But i´m doing great and i miss you guys. Love ya bye

Hey guys!!! How are things over there in the good ole United States? Things here are pretty good. Spanish is good. I can pretty much teach the first and second lessons thru and working on the third. Yamasa is getting better. We have our first fecha (Baptism Date) yay! We´re gonna get baptisms soon. Things are pretty good. I got that package!!! The best christmas yet. Thank you so much that was the best day ever!!! So those cowtails you can buy them at that party store by kohlers down the street a little bit. By the railroad tracks. That and in harmons. But before you ship off that package. Put in my ipod the charger a rubber case for it and my pocket knife. It´s all in my cedar chest. Don´t delete any music there´s stuff on there we are allowed to listen to. Can you tell becca to put on that new song called We are the world. By like hannah montana, akon, t'pane etc. We can listen to that. That would be lovely. I love you all. Becca i miss you too and a long with everyone else in the family. You guys are the best family ever. Love you, miss you, stay safe. Ps...can we go to disneyland when i get back? haha this place reminds me of it. Peace fam

Hello family. In case you guys forgot about me...this is your long lost son Elder Plymale. I´m over here on La Republica Dominicana serving a misson lol haha jk. Hey did you guys like the picture of me in my Bob Marley shirt. Oh Dad the bathroom was the picture with the black garbage can in the bathtub. That´s where we get our water from to take our showers. Last night it was raining so i took a shower outside in the rain HAHA. Took my bar of soap and shampoo out with me. Um i don´t think i´ll be needing cocoa. Because it´s hot here so....but whatever else you wanna send. Like things that all you have to add is water then you can eat it. That´d be nice. OH YA!!! Cowtails. Put cowtails in there And maybe like a josh groban cd i got speakers so i can play it. Maybe you can stick pictures of the family in the box. I´ve only got one picture soo. Wow jeremy had his farewell. That´s so sick. Wait Nate Adamson is serving in Brazil i thought. Him and Chris. I wanna watch the Twins crawl around. They are getting so big. They used to have mamacita´s here. But we can´t anymore. So we have to do our own cooking here. Ya i would LOVE to be apart of The baptism of Brady. That would very honorable. (I don´t know what word i should have used there but i think you understand lol) But Rachel i´m proud of the decisions you are making. You and Brady. I´m always right here for you. Even if we didn´t get along all the time i still love you like mad. And tell becca and kenna and mike to write me a letter through pouch. That would be cool. But family i´m doing great and things are moving here in Yamasa....slowly but sure. Love you guys SSSSOOOOOO much and i miss you. Take care and i promise i will too. Bye

Pictures of our bathroom the scenery and me messing around

Not sure which one is the picture of his bathroom-hope it's not the alley! :)

The bus ride from yamasa to monte plata :) Love you guys

Hey family. I´m doing pretty good. We had transfers yesterday and me and edler carroll are staying in yamasa. We´re going to have fun. Not very fruitful here but we´re working super hard. Mom creo que i need AA batteries. I don´t have anything that takes AAA. But we just had SOOOO much pizza at pizza hut and im going to explode. We were chillin with our buddies there and they said i have a gigantic package waiting for me. So i think it finally came. I´m healthy and doing good. Loosing weight tho. But that´s cause i got fat in the MTC. Cause all we do is sit there. We have like 3 good investigators right now. My comp woke up with a frog on his neck last night haha. The other day this girl drove up on a motor (scooter) (everyone has one here instead of cars) And she said she was going to name her kid after me haha. She´s crazy. She said she wanted to make out like the second week i was there. So we´re using better computers so i´m going to try to send pictures. Dad bananas grow everywhere over here. We´ve had fresh banana, pineapple, cocoanut, mango etc. It´s pretty cool. But i love you guys and you better stay safe ok? Bye Bye

Hey guys i´m doing great. For planning session today it wasin all spanish from the both of us. I´m really picking up the spanish which is super exciting. Me and my compañero get along really well. We both love to sing and cook so we take care of ourselves really well. So todo bien aqui. But Rachel i miss you and Brady too. I miss chilling with you guys eating muddy buddies. And i hope your staying outta trouble cause i sure am not lol jk.....but seriously. That´s crazy that he´s leaving for that long. But when we come back that´s like a double present for you ;) But thanks i love you so much and i hope the best for you. But mom yes send it all haha. We eat rice everyday i can put peanut sauce on anything. Nutella would be amazing and maybe some rechargable batteries that´d be cool. Just think camping and the send it. Haha but i love you and i miss being home. And about my room...i dig lime green. But don´t change it too much. I still expect to come home to it. Mike i wish i could sneak away and come see you guys but i can´t. But i love you and be good. Oh ya Elder Bednar came like two weeks ago and we all shook his hand with your ring Dad might i add. And kenna i wore your tie tack too. I got all fancy that day. But i love you guys and i hope the best for you all. Oh i´m doing great. Dad stay there. They don´t have carpet here lol. It´s a great place to visit. Not live. I´m gonna buy a white socks hat. I´m excited for that. Love you guys sooooo much. I´m going to try to send pics so hold on :)

Dad you would love it here. Everyone plays baseball with whatever they can find...a stick and whatever and everyone wears baseball hats. Evryone is super chill here. At night everyone is wearing jackets and everyone chills out on their porches. The stars are incredible here. Oh ya we have fireflies here. They glow green. Cool huh? Everytime we walk into a house with a tv chances are they´re watching a baseball game haha. I love you guys

Haha ok so it´s not urgent but Dad. Everytime we need water we call this guy who comes in a truck with this really annoying horn. And he fills up those water jugs like the ones grandma has and we drink from those. Thats the only water we can drink. And Mom, YES send another package. Its so exciting getting stuff like that. You don´t need to send another sweatshirt but candy would be nice. And maybe a jar of peanut butter. Its hard to get that here. Chunky please. Mike....im doing great. Thanks for asking :) how are doing?? Nope im a missionary now only good stuff. I have a letter sending to you guys. Write back thru pouch. Becca and Kenna...i hope your staying out of trouble :) cause i´ll fly back just to kick your butts ya hear? lol tell the ward im doing great and thanks for the support :) i love you guys stay safe and i will too. But only if you guys do. I was going to send pictures but this computer is retarded. Hows the cold weather? i´ve tan lines haha only on my arms tho. I gotta go love you guys :)

Hey guys im doing great. Were working hard out here in Yamasa. So they just barely gave us more islands in our missions like curazao and aruba those small islands down there. So theres a chance i could head down there but who knows. Im glad to hear everything is going good over there. Spanish i hear is going to start picking up. I can teach the whole first lesson in spanish which is cool. Im working on the second now. But i found another bag here. it was only like 9 bucks if you tranfer it over to dollars. But tell landon to go for it. He wont regret it ever. But mike you say Adios to say goodbye. Kenna i love you and put something fun in your life. Thats a present from me to you ;) Becca im super proud of you and always here for you ok? I love you guys. Im good and alive, eating well. Haven´t gotten that package yet but its probably coming soon. I love you guys SOOOO much and i miss you guys super bad. Love you

¿Hola como estan? Estoy viviendo aqui en the Republica Dominicana lol. Hey things are going great here. not going to lie. This area...Yamasa is hard. We have like two investigators coming to church. And one of them is crazy! Shes got a gray eye...shhh i call here professor screw eye from the movie were back haha. Ya things are going good. hows life there? Spanish is coming slowly but surely. I can understand these people a lot better now. Im half way done with my first transfer. Me and Elder Carroll are working hard. 10 contacts a day and we teach like 10 lessons too. Haha yesterday i was SOO tried when i got home. Its like those days when you go to Disneyland and youre just pooped. But Becca yes we are way more close. i mean look at all we could talk about before the mish. I love you guys so much. And i have not received that darn package yet. But Becca you wanna keep me updated on all the music im missing. We totally heard fireflies two days ago. It was the sweetest most refreshing thing lol ive been gone for awhile ok. Ya i heard Haiti has had three earthquakes. They are so corrupt tho. We sent help from the D.R. and they killed the people. Its crazy. Well im doing great working hard. I love you all. Im sending you the adresses the first one is for packages and the second is letters.
elder plymale
8532 NW 66th ST
miami, FL 33166

elder plymale
dominican republic
santo domingo east mission
salt lake city, UT
84130-0150 USA

love you!!!!!!

hey guys! ya im doing fine. oh and we heard about the earthquake. so crazy that it was just right there. we didnt feel anything. but there are haitian in all the hospitals here. they keep the power on like 24 7 here because of it. its crazy cause i know some missionaries over there. but im doing good. oh and mom i like in an apartment thing. we live fine. we have a bathtub and toilet you just have to pour water down it to flush it. and mike i promise i wont die. cause i plan on watching you serve a mission too. and im also expecting that big hug. lindsay im glad christmas went well. tell me how jeep season comes haha. and kenna. you wanna serve a mission? thats so awesome. its a good experience. but not going to lie. haha its hard. they say your first tranfer your not going to know anything in spanish. they were right. haha ok so im getting there. i teach part of the lessons. so its all good. hey ilove you guys soooooooooooooooo much you dont even know. life is good here in yamasa. oh ya mom me and elder carroll both know how to cook so we eat pb and js and spaghetti and oatmeal. i hope i dont get fat. but these are coming here. love you guys. still havent receive that package but itll come....i think. oh and i dont know how to work this stupid keyboard so nothing has caps or anything tehe. love you guys.

Hey, this is Elder Carroll, Elder Plymale was having some problems with his computer, so I am sending you all a picture for him!
Love from Jake, great Missionary

Hey guys? how it everything there? well ill tell you about me. im out in the field now. in a little town called yamasa. its tiny and at night we dont have power so we use candles and lanterns. its sorta like disneyland at night. haha my comp is named elder carroll from arizona. weve been working hard. the people are way nice here even tho theyre super hard to understand. ill get it. i hope everyone is staying safe there. i love you guys so much. and i miss you soooooo much. i get home sick yesterday but im doing better today. theis place is like the jungle rainforrest scratch all the rain. its like if you were to picture a mix between like tonga and africa. the jungle part. the houses are tiny and are made of tin and cement. its crazy. we shower with buckets. but i dont mind it anymore. well i love you guys and stay safe ok? love your long lost son haha