October 26, 2014

Good morning,

To be perfectly honest, I am having a really tough time right now. I spoke in church yesterday and it was really hard to hold back the tears. I have grown to love the people here so much. I have learned so much from them and my testimony of this gospel has grown as I have watched them rely on the Savior and His gospel to get through their trials and problems. The mission has been such a huge blessing in my life and a big part of me doesn't want it to end. I cannot believe how fast time goes by. But, another big part of me really wants to see all of you! Two years is a long time and I am so excited to come home and start the rest of my life! The only trick is gonna be taking everything that I learned from my mission and applying it to life at home. Don't be mad if I go through a little bit of culture shock for the first few days or so. Anyways, his last few days has been really fun and really sad. On friday night we had a dinner appt. with one of the families in the ward. When we should up, we found out that all of the auxiliary leaders had planned a surprise farewell party for me. Then saturday after our baptism we went to the Pineda's house(one of our investigators) and had family home evening. Sunday was the worst though... While I was bearing my testimony in Sacrament all of the members started crying. haha It was really awkward. I also don't have a whole lot of stuff to bring home with me because I have given most of my clothes and things to members. We have more than enough at home.. We ate dinner at the Esquivel families last night and have an appt. with the Velasco's later tonight. It's gonna be a good day. Tomorrow morning I will go to bacolod and have my exit interview with President then on Wednesday I will get on a plane. It's gonna be a quick 4 days so get excited! I will try and find some cool stuff for you guys in bacolod tomorrow. I love you all, see you on thursday. Oh, and make sure you go to the right terminal!

Love,

Elder Pulsipher

October 20, 2014

Good morning family,

This week has been a stressful one. We are doing everything we can to get our investigators ready for baptism but sometimes it just takes a lot of time and a lot of faith! Yesterday, I had my last zone conference in the mission. It was sad to realize that I wont be apart of this great work in the Bacolod mission very soon. In the month of September alone, Bacolod mission baptized 590 converts. Highest in the world by far... This mission really is moving at the Lords pace and I am going to miss it. But I feel good about being able to come home and apply all of the things that I have learned to my service in the church as a full time member. There is no more room for "sunday mormons" in this church. "Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess"... The work continues. I hope that all of you are enjoying helping others come unto Christ as much as I have for the last 2 years. I love you all so much and am so grateful for all your letters of support and prayers that have uplifted and strengthened me during my full time service as a missionary. This is my last week in the field so I will be sprinting as fast as I can. I really do love the Philippines and the Filipinos so much, I have learned so much here and I have seen first hand how the gospel takes bad people and makes them good, then takes good people and makes them better. I love you family and I can't wait to see you next week! I found out that I will have my very own ERC training with the Greene couples on next Tuesday, Then I will get to spend Wednesday with President Lopez before he takes me to the airport. Well family, I love you. You are always in my prayers and I know that the Lord is watching over you. "TILL IT!" this week and We'll talk again on monday.

love,

Elder Pulsipher

October 12, 2014

Good morning!

This week has come and gone so fast! I hope the next one does too because I really want to see you! But we are working hard here and we have 2 baptisms lined up for my last 2 saturdays. About my arrival in the airport mom, it's fine if it's just you guys. They can all just come over that night. And I am super excited about that watermelon... This week was awesome. I spent a lot of time thinking about the things that I have learned on my mission. I also read over my patriarchal blessing a few times. Until the other day I thought that a lot of my blessing was about my mission and the things that I would learn, accomplish and the people I would help here. But the other day I realized that it's not talking about my mission. My mission has been my training ground for me top learn how to serve in the church for the rest of my life. Most of the blessings promised there are blessings yet to come. The end of my mission will mark the beginning of my "great work" in helping build the kingdom of God.  I also was so uplifted and inspired by general conference. There will be lots of trials and persecutions that come at us as we continue in the faith. But God's message to us is to never give in... Never compromise the things you you believe. We need to start now, strengthening our testimonies and standing up for what we believe. There is no place for members who want to stand on the sidelines. Our Savior needs us in the game! I love this work! I can't wait to come home and see you and continue on living he Gospel and doing what we can to hasten the Lords' work. Try not to miss me too much! 2 weeks na lang :)

Elder Pulsipher

September 29, 2014

Well, I never thought that the day would come that I am not very excited to tell people that I am going home. I don't know if I am scared about going back to regular life or if the Philippines and the people here have just become a part of me. A part that will be hard to leave behind. But anyways, On transfer day, I was positive that I would be out of Aguisan! But, then on Monday night I heard through the grape vine that I was not the one leaving... my companion was! So wednesday morning we went to Bacolod and I picked up Elder Villanueva. An even smaller Filipino from mindoro (upper island of the Philippines). He is a fairly new missionary. He was just trained by elder moody and then thrown at me. He is a really quiet little guy but I will do my best to break open his shell. I am getting pretty good at that... Anyways, I am sure that you got the text from Elder Ellis' mom earlier. They came and picked him up and since I am in Bacolod today, we went bowling and out to lunch with them. They are a really nice couple. Oh yeah, I am in Bacolod today because tomorrow morning at 4 am I will fly to manila by myself to get my fingerprints done and go to the temple. It will be a fun experience and I will get to use my tagalog a little bit.. It is rad that the stewarts got to listen to a sister come home from the Philippines on sunday. If she spoke tagalog that means she is from luzon... Lame! But, maybe I will get to talk to her when we are up there for kates baptism. On saturday, it was family week here in Binalbagan stake. So we had a stake baptism and I was super bumbed because our investigator didn't show up! So we watched them take the picture and sat in the back as the program started and then sister Maryjoy Jabagat came running into the building! She made it! After the baptism, we found out that she had to wake up at 5 to go to the beach and collect crabs and sea snails so that she could sell them so that she could pay for the travel fare to Binalbagan... She is so awesome. Her to daughters will be baptized this Saturday. On sunday, we only had 5 investigators at church but they will all be baptized in the coming weeks. On another note, I had another testimony building experience with death this week. A daughter of a less active came to us on thursday night because her 3 year old son was sick. Very, very sick. He had menangitis and was in a lot of pain with a bad fever. We gave him a priesthood blessing and the next night we came back and found him laying on the table. Lifeless, but in peace. His mom sitting next to all that was mortal of him. We sat down with her and shared a little bit about our heavenly fathers plan for us. While we were talking, she told us that it wasn't painful for him when he died. He was sleeping peacefully when he stopped breathing. Just helped me realize that my ways are not Gods  ways. Sometimes we all just need to humble ourselves and submit to Gods will, whatever that may be. I love you all so much and I can't wait to see you in a few weeks. Pray that I don't get stabbed in Manila and pray that I magically loose 15 lbs before I come home. 

Don't miss me too much...

Elder Pulsipher

P.S. - Kristi, I think that it's super awkward to randomly give out books of mormon and was never very good at it. The situation has to be right. Invite someone to your house for family home evening. Then teach your kids about how the book of mormon has blessed your life. Then offer on to them as a gift :) GOD IS LOVE :)

September 21, 2014

Helloooo,

The time is going by so fast! You guys know that the batch ahead of me goes home today! Which means that I am next in line! BTW, today is transfer day again so we are gonna be waiting for a call tonight. I am pretty sure that I will be transferred to Bacolod because that is what President usually does to "white" missionaries before they go home. I am super excited by the way to go feed the homeless people on thanksgiving. But the will have to forgive me if I don't have a whole lot of empathy for them because I have seen a lot of very, very poor people in the last 2 years... Last week was awesome. We got to baptize sister Rebecca Genabe and sister Asherrie Esquivel. We found them both through less active families who are now coming back to church! This work is awesome. On sunday, we had stake conference and 1,180 people showed up so we ended up standing... BUt it was still an awesome meeting. President Lopez showed up and spoke on member missionary work. I love listening to President speak because he knows everything about the gospel. He speaks with such power even though he is such a small guy. It's actually kind of funny. But anyways, the work here in Aguisan is going great! This has probably become my favorite area. I love the people here even though I am persecuted all the time for being a huge white american... It's all good though because it is helping me be more like Jesus... Today, we are going to go play basket ball in Binalbagan with the other missionaries so that will be fun. Then it's back to work! It is nonstop here in the mission field and it's gonna stay that way until the end! I love you all. Keep on enjoying your time in paradise and dad, don't make any car choices without me... 

Keep it real,

Elder Pulsipher

September 14, 2014

Listen, I just wrote you all a sweet email recapping all of this weeks festivities and then my computer shuts down! The Philippines never fails... to fail. But the most important thing I wrote was happy B-day to my favorite big brother who I am sure had a sweet party this week. I hope that the family took care of you. I will just have to give you my sweet present when I get home... But in other news, today is transfer day! There is a possibility that I could transfer to Bacolod tomorrow morning which would not be the worst thing ever. We had a baptism on Saturady, Sister Florejoy Anono Gregorio. Don't ask me how they come up with these names because I still have no clue. The weather was not the greatest this week because there was another big storm in Luzon( the islands right above ours). So we worked soaking wet and walking through flooded streets this week. So much fun! But when it rains here no one comes to church so yesterday we were hit hard. Only 3 investigators. We are just going to have to work extra hard this week to make up for the loss! I am trying super hard these days to not think about home but every time I try my eyes seem to find there way to another calender. The members here are not helping me either. All they want to talk about when they work with us is what America is like and what my plans are when I get home... But, I am still focused on the work! I love you all so much! make sure that you say hi to Grandma and grandpa for me. Only a few more short weeks! But until then,

Peace, love, happiness,

Elder Pulsipher

August 31, 2014

Family!

How are things going back in paradise? Wonderful i'm sure.. For everyone who is wondering. My arrival in San Diego will be on October 30, 2014 at 2:00 pm. I just told you today so that you can prepare, I have pretty high expectations for my homecoming... Another awesome week this week here in the Philippines! We baptized another hood rat this week and two other kids from less active families who are now coming back to church! Sometime I wonder if I deserve all the blessings that I have been blessed with here. I know that God is so aware of me and of all of us. He knows what all of his children feel and what we need. This week will will baptize Gerald! He is the last hood rat that we have been teaching. There are a couple more but I'm not sure if President Monson could make those kids change. But we will keep working with them. In other news, last Monday I am pretty sure I broke my foot so I have been walking with a sweet ganster limp all week and I am going to try to play basketball today even though it hurts like crap. We'll see how it goes... I am really sorry that my emails are really lame now a days. Honestly, the days go by so fast that I don't remember half of the stuff that happens during the week. We just teach people. Oh yeah! I did get my package on Tuesday and made the mistake of opening it in district meeting. My companion was wondering what why some of the nuts looked a lot like pills... Good times... Well, thanks to you I have enough tigers milk bars to get me to the finish line so here goes the sprint! It's time to go to work! I love you all so much and I'll see you in less than 2 months.

Peace, love, happiness 

Elder Pulsipher

August 24, 2014

Good morning to all my loved ones...

First of all I guess I better give a shout out to the home boy Mike. Happy B-day big guy! Best wishes from the Philippines and I hope the Kristi is taking care of you today... 390 cu!
This week has been another super fast one. It was awesome but for some reasons I am starting to have some serious mood swings.. One day I will be super stoked to come home and see all of you but then I think about the mission and it's gonna be a huge bummer to leave this place and these people... But, I really want to go to the gym again so I am coming home for sure. Haha I am happy to say that we baptized our first hoodrat this last week. I was crazy to watch him change and his testimony at the baptism was awesome. The next one, Arnolfo or "ting"will be baptized on saturday which will be awesome and the other two are still working on there smoking and drinking... Elder David and I are doing work right now and I am praying that the progressing will continue. There is nothing like seeing the fruits of your labor and the change that the Gospel can bring to peoples lives. But there is also nothing like hanging out with your family and kickin it on the beach so I am really excited for that.. This week, the Liahona foundation brought a bunch of supplements to our area for malnourished children so we spent all saturday helping at the church. It was fun and it's always rewarding to do some service and see peoples happy faces. Well, in other news. The Filipino's still havn't learned how to deliver mail so my package has not showed up yet. Who would have guessed... But, I am super excited to see what kind of b-day treats I got. I love you all and miss you so much. Good luck to everyone with school starting again, never waste the opportunity to learn... Your knowledge is one of the few things that you can always take with you. LOve you guys! Talk to you next week..

Elder Pulsipher

August 10, 2014

Good morning Fam!

I hope that you all had a great week and that you really enjoyed the time you got to spend together at home. And mom, I can't wait for that home cooked bbq that you promised me. I have really gotten over the food here.. Same thing day after day, after day, after day... I mostly just eat eggs and rice but last night a member family fed us a big dinner. Rice (of course), fish, stir fry veggies and a bunch of filipino fruit. And you know how much i love my fruit! I have been thinking about putting some watermelons on back order for when I get home? Just kidding. I am going on a hard core diet when I get home again because I am gonna get kelly to train and run another marathon with me.. :) Early happy birfday to my girl KELLY by the way. You're the best and I love you! I will be thinking about you this week.. I am super excited about my package by the way! Can't wait to see whats inside. Well, this week is transfer week and AI am really scared that I will transfer right before my b-day on Saturday. I have big plans because we have 3 baptisms on Saturday so I am having a bunch of members make some good food and we will just celebrate after the baptism... But, all my plans will be ruined if I transfer tomorrow. But then again, it wouldn't be that bad because my comp has been testing my Christlike attributes this week. The mission is the best :) I have learned so much and still have so much more to learn! Hopefully this week, I can overcome my weaknesses and show Elder David  some love this week. Bob Marley believed that love could conquer all... me too. Dad, what you said is so true. Christ like love is what sets us apart from the world.We need to look past the little weaknesses that we all share and just live what we believe.. I threw some pictures on drop box of our "sharing the love" this week with the Filipinos! Our trials only make us stronger! :) We have been teaching a gang of hood rats that live here in Aguisan for the last 2 months.. Yesterday, 4 of them came to church where button up shirts :) Nothing is impossible.. Tell grandma and grandpa that I sent a letter their way. But I forgot their address so I just sent it to you. Pass it along please :) I love you all so much. I am praying for all of you and I know that God is mindful of all of you. The blessings are there, whether we choose to see them or not. Have a great week!

Peace, love, happiness

Elder P

August 3, 2014

Good morning!

I can't believe Elder Mataútia showed up in Carlsbad... That is so random! I was his zone leader in La Carlota before he went home and yeah he is a super cool missionary. He is from American Samoa. But anyways, this week was awesome here in Aguisan. We were able to find a couple new families and one of them is so prepared for the gospel! It is always nice to be able to see God's tender mercies. He is always helping us, whether we choose to realize it or not. Dad, you made a great Mormon, that's for sure, 'but I think you should have showed off the arms a little more. Well it still sounds like a party back at home, everyone is busy and I hope no body forgets my b-day coming up. I am expecting letters, pictures, videos... We got to go all out for my last b-day in the mission field. But I am super scared because that week is transfer week and if I get transferred before my b-day I will probably cry. We have so many progressing investigators here and so many baptisms coming up. But only 5 of them came to church on Sunday because of the rain... again. But there is always next week. Or at least there will be for the next 11 weeks. Time goes by so fast. Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you guys if there is anything you want from the Philippines? If not I will just keep my eyes open on p-day for cool stuff. I love you all so much and there is no doubt in my mind that this work is true. Get involved! The missionaries need you!

Love,

Elder Pulsipher

July 27, 2014

Good morning loved ones :)

Any week with a baptism is an awesome week! Saturday was the baptism of Christina Pineda and she was so prepared! This last week, her fellow-shipper Brother Kin, kind of went on a down hill slope and decided he wanted to start drinking again and sister Christina totally stood up and let him know that she has changed her life and she would not go back! It was great, but I had to give brother Kin a piece of my mind... Sister Christine has 14 brothers and sisters and we are teaching 8 of them and her mom. So I am super excited about about teaching them. Everyone needs to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ! While I was in Bacolod last week I had an interview with President Lopez and he let me know that I will be spending my last 3 months in Aguisan. I am so stoked! But the other missionaries tell me that that is Presidents way of telling yo that you're about to be transferred. Cross your fingers that I stay. I am glad that you got to see me teach on facebook. Just so you know, that is not how we really teach. President told us that we had to teach word of wisdom randomly like we were OYMing someone on the street. Which is super hard and even more intimidating because President was sitting in front of us.. But at least you got to see how fat I am getting. I need kelly to hook me up with some diet stuff in my B-day package.. I love you kelly! Well, other than that, this week was pretty average. Super fast as usual. I don't even bother to use a calender anymore. But good news, it didn't rain on Sunday! We had 9 investigators come to church so that was a blessing. I am super pumped about hitting it hard this week and filling my last 3 months with baptisms. I am sorry that you got punted by those in actives in your ward but that is all part of missionary work. Keep going back! We don't give up, even if they have... I love you all so much and I miss you like crazy. But I don't miss you enouph to be trunky... ;) I hope you have an awesome week this week and I was thinking that I should start compiling a few souvenirs to bring home from the Pines, I would also like to have a new suit made. But, I have no money... Well, I love you all, you are all in my prayers and I can't wait to see you in 90 days! :)

Peace, love, happiness,

Elder Pulsipher 

July 20, 2014

Good morning!

This week was a lot better than last week as far as sickness goes. Thank you for all your prayers :) They help a lot. But our work was still hindered this week by the storms that are thrashing on the Philippines last night. For the last couple days, nothing but rain, wind and floods which took a big toll on our church attendance yesterday... But as usual, the show must go on. I have really gotten over getting down on the little bummer moments in life. It takes too much energy to let the bad stuff get to you. We all just need to learn to look forward! I remember Elder Dubes' talk in last conference. We shouldn't dwell on the past. So this week I am only gonna focus on the good stuff. I have less than 100 days to give it my all! (not that I am counting) So that is what I'll do. This week I will go to Bacolod on Wednesday for a mission presidents training and I will be interviewed by President. Hopefully I will learn what's going to happen my last two transfers. I really want to train again here in Aguisan because there are so many people here that I haven't baptized yet!  To be honest, aside from the fact that I am really jealous still that you all just work out and hang out at the beach all day, on my mission I have really come to understand how important the gospel is in our lives. And even though the mission is really hard, I have such a testimony of how much God wants His children to know what this gospel is. That even despite all my problems and shortcomings, God still uses me as an instrument in this work everyday.  I love being a missionary and it sucks that my full time service is going to come to an end soon. But, life goes on. I love you all so much! But, I am going to need your love and your prayers to help me not get trunky my last couple months! You are the best family in the world, don't ever change...

Elder P

June 22, 2014

Good morning,

I am a little bummed out today because this week was a little slow. We pretty much just gave blessings all week because every one is sick. The beginning of rainy season here really gets to people. That is probably one of the reasons that we did not have the turn out that we should have at church yesterday. Two investigators at church is not how I roll... It's all good though because I am gonna show satan this week that he is messing with the wrong missionary's investigators. It's on! But, we did have an awesome baptism on Saturday of sister Rosemarie Seduko. I know that in the picture standing next to me she looks like she is 12 but that's just because I am huge. She is 19. ha I am super happy that you are all kickin' it together in LV this week. Have dad go look at some nice cars for me... I know that you will all have an awesome time! Even without me there to keep you all going. Man, I could really use a plain tart from yogurtland right now...  We are gonna have a mellow p-day today. No basketball or anything but we do have a huge family home evening planned for later tonight that will be awesome. I really do love this area and the members. I hope that I can finish off my mission here in Aguisan! I swear I had something to tell you guys about but I forgot. I think my high school years left me short a few brain cells... Isn't the atonement great! haha Just so you know, I did get my package last week, and it was awesome! I have enough goldbond to sprint to the finish. This week, I am just going to try and stay focused and working hard. It would be awesome though to see some Vegas pictures next monday! I love you all. Have an awesome week and be safe! I can't wait to hear from you next week. :)

get baptisms or die tryin....

Love Elder Pulsi

June 29, 2014

Good morning everyone,

It is a bummer that grandpa decided to scare you guys and take a trip to the hospital. But I have no doubt that he will be there when I walk down those stairs.. He is strong. I loved the pics of icebox canyon. You are all looking so great and in such good shape. I was pretty bummed this morning when I sat down and read President Lopez's email.
Quote "2. There should not be any kind of free weights in your apartment. If you have one- please give it away. Missionaries should not go into any kind of gym to workout. Common sense will help you understand the wisdom behind this rule. Should you have any concern, please text me."

So... my life sucks. But I know that this is the God's time and I should not be focusing on myself. I have less than 4 months left to give it my all. And thanks to Mikes inspiring letter I just read, I am pumped up and ready to make the sprint. We have a lot investigators right now so I have no time to get trunky. Plus this week is transfer week and the word on the street is that I am going to train a new missionary again. We'll see.. To answer your questions mom. I love this ward. The members are awesome! The are not as involved in missionary work as I would like them to be but that's why i'm here. This week we couldn't teach as many lessons to investigators and we wanted to. We spent a lot of time with members and less actives trying to pumped em' up! Missionaries can only do so much, but if the members are working, baptisms come. I put some pictures on dropbox of our family home evening on monday and me with some members. Sorry they are not as cool as yours... But I try. We are going to baptize brother Melchor Locsin this Saturday. He is an apa( mute) so teaching him has been really fun. We just make weird signs and then his sister translates it to him. He is rad. We are also teaching a girl named Kristen, she loves the church and the gospel but her dad is a drunk and a devout catholic. So every time he finds out she went to church he freaks out.  The other night we went over there and he was super drunk and he had just beat up his son and was chasing his wife with a "binangon" (a big knife). I almost put a fool in the ground. But the Christlike side of me said just let the cops take care of it. It's sad that there is really no law here and no rules so that stuff happens all the time. I guess that's just another reason why the gospel is so important. I love you so much and I am so grateful that we have the gospel in our lives. We need to help others get it too. I got a nice letter from the Beacrofts today. Tell them I said thank you. It was nice to hear from them. 

Birthday package? Umm... you know I love my protein bars and nuts.. I don't really need anything, you can just send me some letters and then just buy me and iphone when I get home??? 

Anyways, I love you so much. Tell grandpa how much I love him and tell him I am gonna be super mad if he tries to "peace out" before I get home...

I hope you all have a great week and I'll let you know what happened with transfers next week.

LOve,

Elder Pulsipher

June 15, 2014

Good morning :)

I hope that all of you had a great week this week and you better all be waiting on my dad to make his fathers day awesome. Here in Aguisan, I have just been doing work as usual. We had a super busy week this week. We were in Bacolod on Monday and Tuesday then had exchanges with Elder Manu on Wednesday. So we didn't teach quite as many lessons as we would have liked to but we did have an awesome baptism on Saturday :) I threw some pictures up on drop box for you. We baptized the entire Maniscan family! There is no better feeling as a missionary. The support that we got from the ward was great and then on Sunday morning they decided they wanted sacrament meeting to be awesome so they made me a speaker with the stake high councilman. I thought I was used to speaking in front of groups of people but over 200 people came to church on Sunday and I was a little nervous... But anyways, how are things going with the family? I am so proud of you Craig! I am also super jealous that you are done with school and know you are gonna start taking over the world. keep shooting BIG Ronnie! :) I don't really here about anyone else but Amy, Kelly, Kristi, Sarah, I love you and I hope that you are all doing well and fighting off the "tools". I will be home in 4 months to approve all of your boyfriends... Mom, I love all of your little "projects" ha you inspire me. I love you all so much. I am sorry that I don't have more to talk about today but sometimes the weeks go by so fast that I forget what happened. I should probably be better at updating my journal... In other news, I decided to buy some cement and metal bars and make my own dumbells. ha Don't tell anyone... But, I am going insane not being able to work out here. I miss you guys, I hope you have a great week this week. You are always in my prayers and I hope I am in yours! 

Love
 Elder Pulsipher

May 19, 2014

Hello Family,

I was so awesome to talk to you all last week and I can't believe that people are trying to burn down carlsbad! What the heck! But I am super happy that you are all safe and I will keep you all in my prayers. I know that the Lord is watching over you. This week was another killer. Super tired but it was awesome to see the fruits of our labors when 14 investigators showed up to church on sunday... We DO WORK! I just hope they all go on to be baptized even though I most likely will not be here to see it because today is transfer day. But, I have not gotten a call yet so maybe I'll stay. One of the high points of last week was my exchanges with elder solis, he was my follow up trainer in lopez jeana and he is about to go home. And he enjoyed letting me know that... They have a huge waterfall in there area which was cool to stop and check out for a second, it reminded me of havasupi! But right now I am just wondering where all the time is going... I know that my letters have gotten terrible because I think I just end up saying the same thing every week. I will remeber to write down the miracles that I see this week so that I can share then with you next monday. Tell Sarah I love her and Happy b-day! I love you all. Talk to you next week!

Elder P

April 27, 2014

Hey everyone,

I love you all so much. And miss you a lot. I don't have a lot of time to write you guys this week because we are going to the waterfalls today! But I want you all to know that I had a great week. We baptized the Estelloso family except for their dad because he is still in Manilla. They are awesome and it was another sweet baptism in the river! We also had a national day of service where we cleaned a school and a swimming pool which was fun. But we also just found out this morning that my two best friends in the zone are transferring tomorrow so that is gonna be pretty lame but the show must go on! I hope Mom and Dad are having a sweet time in Manilla are having a sweet time up in florida and that the rest of you keep fighting off the guys until I get home. bye bye

Elder Pulsipher

April 20, 2014

Good morning,

Well, easter was just not the same here in the Philippines this year. Just an average day of work. They did not even mention it in church... But it's all good though because it was easter for me! We got so much done this week. I hit a record high of lessons taught in a week of 60+. And I was also battling mild depression... haha I think I gained about 10 pounds this week because of my mental state but that is passing now. There is nothing that I can not overcome in the strength of the Lord. This week I also had exchanges with Elder Gibbons which was great. It is always nice to be able to get together with a cool american and talk for a while. But he just transferred today so I wont see him for a while. Church on Sunday was awesome. 160+ people at church with 8 investigators made me happy. And we were able to extend baptismal dates to 7 of the 8. I am convinced that in life, the better you get and the closer you get to God, the bigger and harder the trials... But it's only because that's what we need to become even better! I am trying to apply the principle of good men becoming better and better men becoming saints through the atonement. I am a little bummed that I wasn't there to make your easter better but that's all right. Just suffer for 6 more months and I'll be home. The word in the zone right now is that I am going to transfer in the next couple weeks. Hopefully I don't step down though because there will be a general authority at the next leadership training... We don't know who it will be but it's always cool to listen to a GA. Two weeks until mothers day! What are you gonna do for Mom this year? Mom, I work hard for you every day because I know those blessings will come. Our call/skype will be on May 12th from 10am to 1.  That is Philippine time though because I haven't done the math yet.. I am excited to see you all. You better be there. And you better make it an awesome mothers day for the mother I love so much! I would love to see some pictures of all of the stuff your doing. Seeing you guys makes me miss you less. I love you all so much. I hope that you all are taking life by the horns and "DOING WORK". At least that's what big black would say. Have a great week this week. Till next time...

Elder Pulsipher

April 13, 2014

Good Morning,

This week was another quick one... They seem to go faster every time. Last week I didn't transfer! I think internally I wanted to transfer but I am also kinda happy that I am staying. I guess my work is not yet done in la castellana! We have a lot of baptisms lined up for the next couple weeks too so it will be awesome to see their baptisms.. I also had exchanges with Elder Farner this week who is a 6 5" hilarious kid from Colorado. We had so much fun on our exchanges and got so much done! My Branch President went to Manilla for a month so we are lacking a lot of support in our Branch right now but we are making due with what we've got. I was also super inspired after general conference this week. A couple of my favorite talks were Elder Zwick in the saturday session and Elder Bednar in the sunday session. It's so true that our burdens give us traction! If life was easy and if we had no trials, we would never grow.. The weight is what helps us move forward. I find myself sometimes wishing that i didn't have to deal with a lot of the things that I have and will have to go through. But if I never had those experiences, I would still be the same kid that I was. I also love the never ending message that we have never gone to far that we cant come back and we should never say "that's just the way I am". We can always change. That is the reason that our savior suffered for our sins. So bad men can become good, and good men can become better. Until we all become the saints that we need to be. It was a great conference and I hope that you all take some time to go back over those talks and take them to heart. We all need a good pump up some times and our Prophets and apostles are great at pumping us up. I am ready to put it in 4 wheel dif and "till it" for the last 6 months of my mission! I don't know when my exact release date is but I am sure I will be home before Nov 13 unless President try's to extend me.. It would be cool to be home for kate's baptism though. We will just have to wait and see what goes down. The new car is looking sweet and I think you made a great choice on the infiniti.. I am glad that craig and andrew are getting big because I am gonna make them both look like clowns when I get home.. I might not leave the gym for the first couple months because I miss it so much. But unfortunately, I am needed here and I am not a quitter... I love you all and I hope I get some pictures and good emails from my busy brothers and sisters next week... Peace, love, happiness

Elder Pulsipher

April 6, 2014

Hey everyone,

This week went so fast. I don't even remember what happened but I know that we only had 3 investigators at church yesterday and it was huge bummer. That's okay, because there is always next week. Unless of course if I transfer tomorrow because it is transfer week. haha It will be lame if I do because I love my area and the members here so much. I am for sure gonna have to come back and visit... Who's coming? ha Well, I was talking to the ap's last night and I heard some news that I am not to excited about but... It's whatever. I did receive some serious revelations this week though that have really strengthen my testimony. This work is real. I love it, even though it's hard. I am so happy and I have no idea why. But anyways, I am super stoked about general conference this weekend. I hope that it pumps me up to tear it up my last 6 months here.. Haha I am gonna do work! You guys should tell me what our vacation is when I get back so that I have some motivation to get in shape... I hate myself ha I had exchanges this week with Elder Ellis who is probably my best friend in the mission. We killed it.. We taught everyone we saw and had an awesome time. It's hard always being with a Filipino sometimes.. Just cant relate about a lot of stuff. Elder Ellis and I also made fried chicken when we got hope that night which was awesome. haha Teaching people was super hard this week because of the Banana festival in my area. It is two weeks long and everybody gets wasted. But there are a lot of bananas and I have never wanted a "nana" shake from beef and bun more in my life... haha The work goes forward. I have a feeling I might get a call later tonight or tomorrow because it is transfer week! I don't want to leave but I just have one of those feelings. We will see what happens, but I love you all so much. I miss you like crazy, can't wait to skype on may 12...

LOve you, Elder Pulsipher

March 30, 2014

Well, I was just uploading some pictures onto the computer and I put my usb in and found out that everything had just been erased.. What are you gonna do. I am sitting next to Elder wilstead right now in bacolod emailing. He is telling me that he only has 55 days left until his family gets here. They are coming his last week to tour the mission before he goes home which sounds pretty sweet. But, I just gotta keep going for a few more months and I'll be saying that two. I have been emailing some people from home though and it's making me wonder if I really do want to come back.. haha Life in the mission here is super busy and super hard but the pros out way the cons by a long shot.I'm not gonna lie, it makes me feel super awesome when you guys quote me in your talks or use my stories in your lessons. But it also makes me wonder if your saying good stuff.. haha This week was crazy. Super busy especially with transfers and the sisters coming. We had to get all there stuff ready and pick them up and show them around the area and everything. Splitting our area also sucked because we had to give them all the city part which means I am out in the middle of no where again. haha To be honest, I feel way more at home in the bukid(jungle) anyways. Our new sisters are sister Smoot from Utah and Sister Dequina from Manila are our new sisters and they are super cool. We will get along well with them. The are also the STL's, which are like the sister zone leaders so La Castellana needs to be off the hook! We had a baptism on Friday (sister Rosavilma Francisco) and she is awesome. She has three kids to that are lined up to be baptized in the coming weeks. We had 8 investigators at church on sunday so that was awesome hopefully that number will keep steadily increasing... I put  some pics of the baptism in dropbox and some of the animals in the zoo in our area. It is super weird that there is a zoo here, its in the middle of no where but vthe have a bunch of lions, birds, snakes, fish, and like a 20 foot alligator named "bong". Yeah, Philipino's are super weird but I love them anyways. This week was more of the same so sorry I don't have anything else super exciting to report. Maybe next week.. I have MLC tomorrow and the zone training on wednesday, then exchanges after that so this will be another quick week I am afraid... But, thanks for all of your letters. You don't know how much better it makes my week when I get to here from you guys.. 43 days until we get to skype... happy mothers day to mom :) "You only got one shot, do not miss your chance to go. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.." Eminem  Love you, talk to you next week.

Elder Pulsi

March 24, 2014

Hey you guys!

Man, this week was rough and I am super beat right now... Mostly because we spent the last 5 hours fighting with landlords and painting the sister missionaries house. The sisters are supposed to show up tomorrow... To be honest, I actually loved it. I haven't gotten to do physical labor for a long time and I milked painting that house for as long as I could. I really miss yard work and the gym. My mind has no time to relax anymore, it just goes and gets stressed out all the time. But you guys know that nothing can stop this fool. Elder Reyes and I worked super hard this week. We extended a bunch of baptismal commitments and committed everyone to come to church and then come saturday night. A huge storm comes. Here, nobody goes to church when its raining so we woke up sunday morning super bummed. Then when we got to church.. big surprise. No investigators. But then while we where teaching priesthood, one by one we saw the tender mercies of God and the fruits of our labors when 8 of our investigators showed up. It's a small thing but for real, sunday either makes or breaks your week. If church is good, the week was awesome. If church sucks, the week was crap. But this week was awesome! ha I also found out that you all still love me when I got a package full of goldbond on saturday. :) I also just want to tell kelly that I love you. You know why.. Other than that, our week was full of teaching people and walking... I still get called "fat" and "joe" everyday and I am pretty over that but whatever. The work is still true. Sticks and stones right...  I love you all and miss you like crazy. Thank you for your prayers. I always keep you in mine. I hope you have an awesome week! 

Love,

Elder P

March 16, 2014

Good morning,

Sometimes I feel like I say the same thing every week in my letters to you.. But this week is gonna be different. We were super busy! On monday we worked because they moved p day to tuesday. We went to bacolod for p day and had zone conference in the mission home for the first time in over a year. It was great until there was a black out and elder reyes and I ended up training in a hundred degree room. But the training went well and it was nice when President Lopez expressed to me how well we did. He has never said that before! I think its funny that you say that you can see how much I've grown and improved. I don't see it. I am the same inferior self conscious Tanner I have always been. I think that I have just learned that when I can't do it, God can. Sometimes I really do feel like I am not the one talking and when I look back on lessons, I have no idea why I said the things I did. My patriarchal blessing says that if I seek the Lord sincerely, honestly and often I will be guided. I see that fulfilled every day. That is his promise to all of us... I hope that you all take that promise for how real it really is. I think in the church we just get used to talking about all these blessings that we "can" receive but then we think we have to be perfect to get them. It's not true. All we need is real intent. But anyways, haha we wasted a day this week finding an apartment for the sisters  who will be assigned in my area next week. It will be nice to have the extra help. But, I really hope they are cool because it is super hard to wait on needy sisters all the time... I am sure they will be cool. Hopefully good looking too. haha Yesterday we were stoked because we had some investigators come to church that we really were not expecting. It's always nice to see the tender mercies of the Lord. Well. I love you all, I love you all love me too, your always in my prayers. Dueces

Elder Pulsipher

February 9, 2014

Good morning,

Well I guess it's night time there but anyways, it was great to get all your letters today and also the package last monday. I got to big it up at MLC and I was so stoked, especially on the push up bars! The wal mart protein is a little... um yeah. Maybe a different kind of protein next time. I am sure Craig or Kelly could help you out there. But either way it is a huge blessing and I loved it. I guess the last package got lost or something but oh well. It probably made some little Filipino happy. This last week was insane. Super busy from leadership training to Zone training to district conference this weekend. But its funny that this week Elder Tallano and I had the highest key indicators this week than I have in my whole mission. We taught 74 lessons this week. All super high except for the baptism column.. :( But, we keep working and know that we will see the fruits of our labors. In District Conference, an area 70 came (Elder Collado) and he was a great teacher. It was so awesome to listen to him speak and feel of his spirit. He talked all about "being your brothers keeper", and about how we will be held responsible for those people that we are called to serve. We will be asked "where is your brother" just like God asked Cain. It was great until President Lopez called me up during his talk to train a few hundred people on the law of tithing, I do not like teaching in front of big groups of people that is for sure. But never the less, I think it went well.  Tomorrow will be our mission Presidents training and I have to give a training there too. This calling sucks. I love being the one taught and not the one teaching but I know that I will grow and become a better missionary from it. We had a couple awesome things happen in our area this week and the members are really starting to warm up to me so I am happy and doing great. I love you guys and I cant wait to hear how your time in Vegas went and to see the pictures... Sorry but the computers here don't let me upload pictures but hopefully next week I can get some on dropbox. Miss you all, cant wait to hear from you.

Elder Pulsipher

February 2, 2014

Hey gang,

I am just chillin in Bacolod right now in a GIANT computer shop listening to them play Avril Lavine on their huge speakers. But hey I am not complaining... haha I get to have P-day in Bacolod today because we have another MLC tomorrow at the mission home. I am super excited. Not for the MLC but just because I get to have p-day in Bacolod. They have SO much stuff here. In other news, this last week was work was really awesome. The week went by so fast because we were so busy. Itr was hard because a lot of our investigators were busy with "Biles De Luces". That is a huge festival here that only happens in La Castellana. It's just a huge dance where people put lights all over their bodies. I saw videos and it is pretty awesome. WE also had exchanges last week with the AP's and I exchaged with Elder Wilstead who is one of my best friends here in the mission so it was awesome. The persecution was also unreal too because he is also 6'4 and 200+ haha We walked by a lot of people with jaws dropped just not knowing what to think. ha But we killed as far as missionary work goes. We also had our first branch council with our branch on Saturday and we were able to help them make a branch mission plan and pump them up for the work so we are really excited for the upcoming weeks here. We are also excited that we had 130 people attend church yesterday when the average attendance here is 50-60. So I am way happy in La Castellana right now and am just trying to focus on the work and getting our investigators converted. And our church is officially under construction so from now on, all baptisms will be in the river... But I cant upload any pictures this week because of this computer shop. USB's are not allowed.. I hope that you saw the ones from last week though. I also cant believe that it's the super bowl again. The Bronco's and the Seahawks both suck so its all good that I missed it. Did everyone get together to watch it as usual or are you all just to spread out now? Anyways, I would love to get a little more updated on how things are going and whats going on at home. I love you guys so much and Ihope that you all have a great week. I pray for you all every day and I know that the Lord is watching over you. 

LOve, Elder Pulsipher

January 26, 2014

Hey Family,

I guess I am a little early today because I missed your other letter but don't worry because I know you love me mom :) This week was super busy and went by so fast. Uhh! Does it ever annoy you guys when filipino kids stand behind you and watch you email?... Because it ticks me off. Anyways, Elder Tallano and I had a great week even though we weren't able to teach quite as many people as we wanted too. We are also struggling with our zone a little bit because we are the only ones with baptism and their numbers don't come anywhere close to ours. The problem is that they are all former leaders so I feel like an idiot trying to council them. Any Suggestions? On saturday we had the baptism of Sister Jonah mae Sumugat and sister Gloria Esmedia and it was awesome. Sorry I cant put the pictures on dropbox today because the computers here aren't compatible with usbs. I don't know why.. But hopefully next week I can update some pics of my appartment, the baptisms and the other stuff. Word on the street is that our next baptism here while have to be in the river because they just closed the church for renovation. Sweet! Yesterday after church we had to go to La Carlota to meet with the stake and mission presidency to talk about how the missionaries in our zone can help La Carlota district become a stake. My companion decided to leave everything to me even though I still suck at this language. Oh well it went good and they understood what I was getting at. But the hard part about Filipinos is getting them to act. Other than that, I have been sick for the last couple days and it has not been making working in the rain any better. But it will pass soon, I'm sure. I love you all so much and I miss you like crazy. Can't wait o talk to you next week. Peace out!

Elder Pulsipher

January 19, 2014

Hello,

First off, I am super jealous that Kelly ran a marathon. But now i'm over it. This week was super awesome but it also kicked the crap out of me. I have been so tired and the other day I had a girl in my branch take my blood pressure and she said I was gonna die if I didn't start getting more sleep. Or at least thats what I think she said. Who knows, I am still learning this language. I really wanted to watch those two videos you sent but I couldn't open them up and play them for some reason. Elder Tallano work super hard this week but on Wednesday we ate lunch at this place that apparently didn't cook their chicken and we both got sick from it. We worked anyways just because we are B-A like that but we always tried to stay close to the house or a bathroom if you know what I mean. haha I finally got to put some pictures on drop box. I just hope they stayed on because the computer shut down as they were downloading. Life in the Philippines... So on Saturday, we had the Baptism of sister Jessica Colache which went great. I have started to kind of earn the love of the members here and I have a long way to go but I know Ill get to them... haha We also moved from our church to a small meeting house which is really just a tent because they are gonna build a real chapel in La Castellana. We are super stoked but this is the Philippines so it will take more than a year to be finished. Other than that good news, the work is going well. We had eight investigators come to church yesterday and they all have baptismal dates. I suspect that about 3 of the will actually be baptized but I still pray for all of them. ha The Lord really is behind this work. It's interesting that the more I am humbled in the mission, the more susceptible I am to the promptings of the spirit. I love this work, and even though its hard, it is all worth it. I hope that you can feel some of the blessings of my service but I also pray that you will have some of the same experiences and feelings. Always be looking for those that the Lord is preparing you for. There is always someone who needs help. I love you guys and miss you like crap. DUECES

Elder Pulsipher

January 12, 2014

Hey everyone,

Just so you know, I am super frustrated right now because I have a bunch of pictures to upload right now of the new area but I can't get this computer to read my usb so bummer for you guys but maybe next week.So my new area is La Castellana and my new companion is Elder Tallano. We get along really well and we work super hard. We pulled some pretty huge numbers this week even though we were in Bacolod for two days. My zone has 20 missionaries and only two americans... But transfer day is tomorrow so maybe we will get some new ones here soon. My area is still in the middle of no where, but its more just a bunch of sugar cane than it is jungle which is kind of boring. But it is right at the bottom of mount canlaon. A huge volcano... Its pretty sweet to look at every day. As for the members here, the branch I am in is super small still. 50 people came to church yesterday but they are a lot stronger members than in Vallehermoso. We have a couple returned missionaries here that will work with us which is nice and there is a lot of sa. It makes the branch so much better if there is sa... We had a baptism on saturday which went great. It just started about an hour late because it was raining super hard and she didn't show up until 4. Our meeting in bacolod last week was the reason that we had an emergency transfer.. I had to get stepped up before MLC. It was a really good day, I got to see a lot of my friends that I have really missed. I took a bunch of pictures but I can't upload them.. sorry. We also finally got to eat some good food for the first time. President takes care of the mission leaders which is sweet! Then on Wednesday we had to give a 3 hour training to our zone which was okay I guess. I hate giving training's, especially to other missionaries and especially when the assistants to the President decided to come to La Carlota. I feel so unqualified and insufficient when I train but it's a skill that I need to learn so I hope that I can get better at it. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I do have one thing to ask you guys for. Can you send me like a push up bar or some of those little perfect push up things that you get at wal mart? I want to be able to work out so bad and it's killing me how fat I am getting.. That's the only thing I want... haha Anyways, I miss you guys like crazy and love you all so much. You are all in my prayers and I hate it that no body will tell me the stuff that's going on at home, Kelly... But, the church is still true and I have a feeling that this is gonna be one of my favorite area's. I have such a strong testimony of the power of the atonement. Not only in the ability that it gives us to be forgiven of our sins but in the enabling power that it gives us to do things that we just cant do on our own. We all need that power, some of us more than others... I love you guys so much I can't wait to here from you guys next week. Please keep me in your prayers!

Love,

Elder Pulsipher

December 22, 2013

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a great week because mine was super hard... just kidding, but seriously I am super tired. But thats okay because I get to call you tomorrow! I can tell you how excited I am for skype, not that we just tested it out or anything... This week was rad because we had the baptism of Elmer Ewayan but it was a bummer too because our christmas baptism fell through. We caught him smoking so we have to postpone his baptism. But, my companion is doing great, he is getting a lot better at teaching and we get along well. Other than that life is good. We had a zone conference and my mission president gave me a snickers that was straight from america so I was pretty ecstatic about that. The zone conference was really good but super fast, the basically just told us not to stay inside so we don't get all depressed and then we watched the christmas devotional, which was good. We also had exchanges this week and Elder Moody and I went up into the jungle to teach some of my investigators and take some cool pictures for you guys. Hope you enjoy them. This week I have learned a lot. About myself and about the Lord. I am just starting to realize how the Lords ways are not our ways, He knows whats best and we need to align our will with His, not the other way around. Especially when we think we know whats best. We have such a limited understanding and he really is omnipotent and understands all things. We will have a little Christmas eve dinner tomorrow night at one of our recent converts so that should be fun. I am gonna try to get them to go caroling too, Filipinos have a tradition that every christmas they walk around and ask for money. I know... So I have been asked for money more times in the last 2 weeks than I have my whole mission. Christmas morning probably wont be much here because none of those packages have gotten here so we might be a little short but we will just celebrate late. haha I am gonna try and surprise my companion with some pancakes for breakfast and I bought him a few little gifts and wrapped them when he wasn't looking. Tis' the season! But, I am just feeling a little trunky right now and really want to skype so I am gonna have to go work hard tonight. I will call you on Christmas eve at 5 o'clock. This is California time.. I love you all so much and can't wait to see and talk to you.  Lets all try to think about others this season and do something good for someone else. Oh yeah, Mom and Dad I need to ask you about an experience that you had early in your marriage that strengthened your testimony of tithing. Can you help me out? Love you

Elder Pulsipher

December 1, 2013

Hey everyone,

 Well words can't describe how PO'ed I am right now because I just wrote you a super long letter and then the computer shop crashed... The Philippines strikes again. I love you guys and Molly looks like the best looking kid in the family. I would write my entire email again but I don't have time sorry. I am ok this week was good and I love and miss you. To answer you questions mom, I can buy garments, pants, and shirts here for super cheap or just have them made. So its all good as long as I have money. Which I think I am ok on right now. Well, I cant wait to see your video that you made for me and I love and miss you so much. You are always in my prayers. Keep it real. Till next week

Elder Pulsipher

November 24, 2013

Hello,

I miss you guys! I am super jealous and a little bummed out right now because this is my favorite time of year and I won't be with you guys... again! Oh well next year I am gonna bring down the house. I am super excited for Kristi's baby to come too.  I hope I get to see some pictures of little molly soon. Everything here in Bacolod mission is starting to fade back to normal and yeah we did get a lot of tacloban missionaries here but we are not allowed to talk to them about what happened. Some of them are pretty wrecked and had to start all over, all of their clothes and bags and everything are completely brand new. Which I think is kinda sweet.. But I still feel really bad for them. Hopefully hey can adapt quick and get back in the groove of things. Well, this week was pretty similar to last week but right now I am opening a new area called Hibaiyo in my district so I have to roll two sacraments every sunday and try to teach there too during the week which is not easy and it takes a big toll on the investigators in my area. But, the work is going forward and we have some baptisms coming up very soon! We had one yesterday and are excited about the progressing investigators we have. Now they just have to go to church!!! It gets hard to work with Philipinos sometimes, or all of the time but I love them. I hope you guys are having fun and keep doing missionary work. Save me some turkey too....

I miss you guys you're always in my prayers. Keep us in yours.

Love

Elder Pulsipher

November 17, 2013

Hey everybody,

Don't know if this letter is gonna get to you because the power keeps going in and out here. This week was good. Just helping out after the storm. All of our service is just by area because the storm wasn't nearly as bad here as it was in Tacloban. Car, trees and houses blown over, only a few people dead so we got really lucky here compared to them. Some of their missionaries are showing up here today and they will probably be put in our zone because its one of two Cebuano zones here. We all had a meeting with President Lopez in Bacolod on Wednesday to talk about the storm and how we could help. We are just supposed to continue teaching and doing service so missionary work is still going on here. We did find a few new investigators this week through our service and got them to church on Sunday. Sorry but I couldn't get a lot of pictures of the damage because President told us not to take our cameras with us to get pictures of the damage. But I will send a couple pictures of the stuff close to my house. I think the couple missionaries have taken pictures and put them on facebook for you to see. As for food and stuff, we are pretty okay. We can still get clean water and I don't know why that mom freaked out because canned foods and rice is all we eat here anyways. We can still get pretty much anything we need here so you guys don't have to worry about us. I just feel super bad for the missionaries and people in Tacloban, they really got wrecked and I am not surprised that a lot of them are going home. Sorry I couldn't get you a letter on Wednesday but we just didn't have time to find a computer shop and email while we were in Bacolod. The place was packed with people. The last package that you sent wasn't there when I was in Bacolod but other missionaries are still getting theirs so I think the mail service is still okay. Most of the Philippines is still okay it's really just Tacloban and western visayas (us) that got hit. But we will all recover and life will keep going. I don't know what will happen with missionary work in Tacloban though because they closed the mission and I think its gonna be a long time before they can reopen it. Anyways, I love you guys so much, keep praying for the people of the Philippines, they need it. Tell Amy "good luck" with her job interview and tell everyone at grandma's how much I love them. And I am super stoked to get your christmas video and pictures. I hope that you are all doing okay and I can't wait to talk to you all on Christmas! Let me know if you want to skype or call because I don't have a skype and I don't know your username or anything. But, I love you guys, and I love missionary work. My trainee and I are killing it and hopefully we will see some baptisms here soon. Love you

Elder Pulsipher