I miss you all so much! Christmas will be pretty cool here, we just have devotionals all day. Im really happy you told me about Skousen because I am reading through the Isiah chapters in Nephi right now. This is the second time I've read through the Book of Mormon here and it is amazing to me how much more I am getting out of it. I am trying to go really slow and really try to apply it to my life and the lives of my investigators. That is what my companion and I have been doing for the last few days with our investigators is just reading the Book of Mormon with them and showing them how they can apply it to their lives. We ended up getting both of them baptized. I know that irt is only role playing but the spirit was still there so strong and I can feal it influencing my life more and more each day. I love it, and then how much I am strengthening my relationship with my Savior and my Heavenly Father. I got my travel plan this last week and I am supposed to leave monday morning but I still don't know if my visa will come. I will find out today or tomorrow. Ill try to shoot some more MTC pictures home today if I can figure out how to do it. I will send home my extra sweaters and probably my alarm clock this week because I found out on the travel plans that if its over weigth, the fee's start at $300. I dont think you can pick them up here but you can call and find out. ... I am growing such a strong testimony of this gospel and of the real healing power that this atonement really has. I know that the Book of Mormon is the work of God and I know that it can guide us in our lives....
Elder Pulsipher
It is so good to hear from you, this past week has been pretty rough for me but thats not important. I did get a couple letters from family and freinds and that made me really happy. There are a couple guys in my district who rack in like ten letters everyday though. I still look forward to opening a christmas present every day and I specially loved the letter from everyone yesterday. I dont know when Ill be able to call you yet from the airport or even if I will be leaving. I got my travel plans last week but I dont know if my visa will come. Ill find out today or wednesday. I will be flying to San Francisco, then to Hong Kong, then to Manilla , and then I dont know from there but I hope my visa comes because I dont want to be transfered somewhere else. The language is going alright, but I am definatley not comfortable with it yet. It will come with time when I get there though. I have been looking at some of my teachers pictures and the Philipines is soo beautiful and the spiders are the size of rabbits there. I cant wait.I will send you some more pictures of the MTC today and hopefully I take some good Christmas ones this week. Tomorrow the schedual will be pretty easy but we just have a Christmas lunch and then a sack dinner like Thanksgiving. I am getting more exited about sharing the message of the gospel every day know though. My testimony is growing so fast here and will grow even faster when I get in the field....Elder Pulsipher
