lemme just say I <3 THE MTC!!! This place has the sweetest spirit and I have learned SO much already. First of all thanks Mom and uncle Tim for the packages! They have been so fun to have and to share and I love you guys! . Ok this week went by SO fast. We taught our investigator Nelson a few more times. Our Portuguese was improving and on our (what we didn't know to be) last lesson we invited him to be baptized. I was so excited to invite him because earlier that day I had memorized the baptismal invitation in Portuguese. He didn't commit bc he was catholic and was already baptized but we said we could teach him more. Turns out that was our last time teaching him though and the next day we walked into class and he is now our new teacher! We thought we must have done a pretty good job teaching him if he was now a teacher in the MTC. Ok i am so blessed to have the BEST teachers. We have had Irmao Read from the beginning and he is so patient and so happy and so positive. And now we have Irmao Curtis aka Nelson and he just got back from his mish like 10 months ago so he is super relatable. I am really growing to just absolutely love my district. Everyone is so funny and we just laugh all the time. Everyone has something different to add to the group and together it is just awesome. I have a really fun zone too, although like 10 people left this morning to Brazil so we will miss them! I love the girls in my district but lately we have been staying up probs too late because we just talk and joke all the time. The language has been so fun! really, I am really enjoying learning it. I love being able to learn new words and phrases and then hear my teachers say them. Yes it is kicking my buns and i have to work hard but I totally know the Lord is helping me!
I have seen Tess a few times! She is doing well and has her flight plans. And I see Nikki a lot too, I think most of our meal times are the same. She seems like she is doing awesome and picking up Japanese. I also see Devin and he seems to be doing well also! I love seeing familiar faces!
So we have had quite a few devotionals these past few days and they have been awesome! We had one on July 2 about freedom and stuff. They brought in flags from every country represented here at the MTC and it was so cool! Then we heard a talk or 2 and something that stuck out to me was that because of Christ, we are free to change. Also they talked about the Restoration in relation to America and free religion. It was sweet. Also I watched Elder Holland's talk called A mission is forever. He is incredible. He said don't you dare waste 1 second of your mission. #noregrets It will change your life and your very soul. Don't think about "if I were in real life" he said this IS real life. Of course it is going to be hard, but was Christ's life easy? Anyway it was awesome and just made me want to work the hardest I can and the Best i can. Also, in Sacrament meeting our stake president talked about how the spirit can be present, but It needs and invitation to act because of agency. We must open our mouths! I totally know this is true. The spirit has already helped me so much with our investigators and such. Or when I am praying and I always find and answer usually immediately.
I am so Happy you guys are all doing well! And I'm glad your tye die turned out good this year. How fun. We got to watch the stadium of fire fireworks on sat. and stay up past 10:30 :) It was so much fun!!! Also I'm so glad to hear Eli's physical therapy is going well. I pray for him. Thinking about him gives me strength! And Way to go Micayla Teschner! I'm so proud of her!!
It was such a cool opportunity to go clean the temple. We just cleaned out lockers but i love to serve. Then we all got to go to the brides room, even the Elders and it was cute to see how excited they were to see it. It was a nice break and I could definitley feel peace. We also memorized moroni 10:4 in Portuguese while cleaning. Good times.
Random story so at dinner i was a little too excited while eating some pizza and spilled on my (White) shirt. But we didn't have time to go change so I just wore it, whateves. But that day we met our new teacher and while introducing our selves i just said "I'm sister Hulsey, i love nuggs, and I have a stain on my shirt". LOL and then the next day at dinner, I spilled again so it was totally appropriate to introduce myself as such. I decided to invest in a tide to go.
I am so very blessed to be here! I love being a part of the Lord's work! God is oh so good! I know he blesses us and especially blesses us when we are obedient.
I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!! TUDO BEM
Sister Hulsey
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