Mission work continues and transfer

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The biggest obstacle Dominicans face in getting baptized.  To legalize their marriage.  It is typical for Dominicans to live together in partnership.  It costs 5,000 pesos to get married which is equivalent to 260 us dollars.  It is very difficult thing for Dominicans to do since they are struggling to survive.  Elder Stimpson told me a story of how a branch saved up money to make it possible for one of couples to get married legally.  Elder Stimpson then told me a wonderful news.  There was a family they found that were dropped because of husband having job on Sunday just changed jobs and have been working for institute building.  The institute teacher couple have been teaching them for years but it wasn't possible unless they got married legally.  Well, Elder Stimpson and Elder Mikesell found them just when they got married and saw them baptized by institute teacher.  Our missionaries were OVER the moon.  It really is rare to see the entire family getting baptized.

Elder Stimpson is doing great.  In a conversation last week on Monday, I saw stitches on his thumb and found out that he cut his thumb while preparing a squash they got from member.  He had to pay serious dollars to Taxi so he can go over to capital to get stitches after being approved by Mission President's wife.  His mission fund seriously was seeing a huge dent from long taxi rides.  He is doing fine with nasty looking thumb.

Elder Stimpson and Elder Mikesell were seeing so many wonderful successes in the work and enjoyed their companionship to the point that they were sad that they had to part their ways after receiving the call on Monday that Elder Stimpson is given a transfer assignment.




This is extremely small church for small branch of Hasitello.



On Wednesday we received a letter from mission office:

La MISIÓN REPUBLICA DOMINICANA


SANTO DOMINGO OESTE








23 October 2019


Clinton John Stimpson|Laurel Lynne Stimpson 





Dear Brother & Sister Stimpson,


We recently completed changes in assignments in our mission. I wanted to tell you that your son, Elder Matthian John Stimpson, has been asked to serve as a trainer to Elder Bolman from the United States.  No responsibility is of greater importance than that of a trainer. The profound influence a first companion has on a new missionary is felt throughout their entire mission.


Elder Stimpson is a great missionary and has prepared well for this responsibility. I have complete confidence in Elder Stimpson's ability. I am grateful for your missionary's service and your support of his efforts here in the mission field. I will send you a photo of this new companionship later this week. You can be proud of his work.


Sincerely,





José M. Santos


Mission President

October 7

Elder Stimpson got to use his mom's recipes- Cinnamon rolls and Chili.  He enjoyed making our tradition recipe during General Conference sessions.  He said all missionaries don't really get to watch it at the church but watch at members' house where they have internet access so he got to share cinnamon rolls with member while watching.  He said they all enjoyed themselves.  He did watch it in Spanish and commented that it isn't same as in English and wished that he could watch it in English.

Elder Stimpson said they continue to do the same work and have been working hard.  He really enjoyed teaching and learning from people in Dominican Republic.

Credit goes to Elder Mikesell.  His mom shared pictures on facebook and I'm grateful to her.  Elder Stimpson's camera remains broken, unfortunately.

September 30 email

this week has been tiring. but we have some really cool people we are teaching that will be progressing pretty far and I am excited. I am still getting to know my area called Hatillo. we always find something cool everyday. the other day we found a pretty big candy shop. which isn't really a thing here in the Dominican. so we will be taking a trip or two this week. yesterday something pretty neat happened. there was a family that showed up to church that I had never seen before. a member had brought us over to meet them. we asked if they were members and they had said no. we went ahead and put an appointment with them and will hopefully go see them this week. we went home and I checked the binder of the area. which has all people who were taught by the missionaries in that area who were progressing, of the people who were recently baptized, etc. but we had found a form about them with what the missionaries had taught and why they had dropped them. it was due to the husband not being able to get Sundays off and as well as not being able to find another job to replace. but they all showed up yesterday so it seems the husband was able to start working some where else and from what I read about them they have a high chance of getting baptized.

me and my comp. get along pretty well of course there is always something thats there though. but we generally work well together and teach well together. we're hoping that we will be able to get together after the mission and do some fishing and other things.

we sometimes struggle to keep the kitchen clean though. we just need to keep up on dishes.

we are hoping to have zone conference this week so we can do some other things the week after. as well as we are waiting to get a map of our area so we can know where we can go to find more people to teach along with some fans so we can sleep more comfortable as I am missing air conditioning. 

we found a suit guy that makes suits for all the missionaries. and they are all pretty nice I might look into getting one. as well as I will be getting a really cool domino set which is a very popular game here that I have gotten good at with the few times I have played. I've looked into learning some piano as well but its fairly difficult especially when you are out all day walking around but when there is a free piano and I have time I take advantage.

love you all. until next.