hey, what's up? I'm doing pretty good. This week we had nothing happening until Thursday. Our zone leaders had planned on doing an Interchange/comp swap for about 2 transfers and finally they did it last Thursday. It was my turn to go over to the other area and I was put with the last assistant who was recently released who will be going home in a week and a half. The zone leader who came over said he had fun. He got to meet our landlady who gives us lots of food. She is always saying "if you are hungry, don't be scared and just come here, because there is always food for you guys". I can testify the truth of that. Quite often you will find someone like that in each area that the missionaries know. It tends to be a member though. As well as quite a few of the members say the same thing here in this ward. We have gotten pretty close to the ward here, they are basically family. We will see if they keep me here for a 4th transfer. Next week comes transfers. I am nervous but excited as well. I don't want to leave but it would be cool to get to know another area.
Mom, I came up with a name for the camel you sent me. I named him Frederick Douglas. Frederick just seemed to fit well. His last name is Douglas cause it says so on his name tag. Like us the only difference is that ours is placed on our heart and his is placed on his left rear end.
While on the comp swap elder Bolman and elder Farris, who is zone leader, found a couple of deaf people and contacted them. they left the first lesson and they seemed interested. I was a little skeptical because most of the deaf people I have tried to talk to haven't understood me except for deep in the capital. The lesson went well. I found that Maico and his brother yunior, who are brothers and both deaf, Don't have parents. They had died a while ago and because of that maico didn't believe in god. I had shared my testimony and promised him that our father in heaven loves and wants to bless us. While I was sharing the spirit came over me the strongest I have ever felt that I ended up completely forgetting what I was signing and just focused on the spirit. After I had finished maico had the biggest smile on his face. I have so much faith that they will get baptized.
February 17, 2020
Hey, que hay. things are going well here in the pirates of the carribean. This week has been pretty hot and sweaty in the sun all day.
Just this last Friday we had an activity at the church. At first it seemed like fun and harmless then went spiralling downward crashing into the ground. We had planned a game night for the youth and asked them to invite a non-member to come with them. The first game we had planned was dodgeball (in Spanish: cemado americano). I don't know why I thought it would go well. we had told them the rules and explained that if they didn't follow them they would not get pizza afterwards. But Dominicans don't like being told what to do. So they put their own spin on the game. Those who got hit could stay in if they wanted to, anyone can play even if they are waiting for their turn, you can cross the line if you want to just don't get close to the other team, hit all the heads you want, even if it hits the floor first you are out, and etc. Well, in the end everyone got pizza anyway because they wanted to. You won't believe the disorganization in this country. the only organized thing here is the church. Though there are some good things that come from the disoranization. This place can really test your patience.
Our converts are doing well. The husband at the moment is out in Louisiana. We were able to talk with him for a short moment just last Thursday through his wife's phone. He is working on a couple cargo ships fixing the instruments and small electrical stuff on the boat. He is out there freezing to death. Who would have imagined that Dominicans are not fit for the cold Which I miss quit a bit :'(. He says as well as the chef who cooks for them, cooks really nasty food. His wife showed us a picture of a pot with beans and chicken neck stewing over a fire. Kind of looked like dog vomit. I feel really bad for him and I don't know how he is going to survive. But at the moment we are trying to help him prioritize the gospel over work. He keeps forgetting to read. I will be sending him an email this Monday to see if that can help him. He still holds the gospel in high respect but just needs to remember that god comes first then the family then the rest.
Sunday morning we found out transfers. looks like I get to stay for another transfer. That means 6 months in this area. We will be visiting a lot of people to tell them that Elder Bolman is leaving. Our converts weren't to happy to hear that Elder Bolman is going. The younger kids don't understand but their oldest who is 11 is not very happy either. Our landlady wasn't to happy to hear either but she will be preparing us a nice dinner of Dominican spaghetti tonight. Elder Bolman is sad as well. However he is very happy to get to go and meet his new comp. and explore his new area.
February 24, 2020
Hey everyone! things are going well here in the DR. I got a new comp. his name is elder forstrom, from Provo, Utah. He is from the same group as my last comp. I had someone tell me that this is the group that I will have a lot of comps from. this is probably my last transfer in los alcarrizos.
last tuesday was when we had transfers and at the same time we had a conference with someone from the seventy. But the area seventy had asked us to wear long sleeves to conferences and church. There were quite a few who weren't happy because this country is very hot. we were all sweating very hard.
last wednesday we went on a wild goose chase to the clinic to get my residence because they had some problems last time I went and lost all my data. so I had to go again. but the appt was actually for thursday. So we also went on thursday. but this time they only took a sample of my blood. normally they take your blood, a urine sample, and an x-ray. but it was just the blood which made it very fast and simple. But they had sent about a thousand ubers to come pick us up and none of them could find us until one of the assistants had sent one and we found him almost immediately. it seems like the senior missionaries have some difficulty with technology.
This week has been mostly just contacting and more contacting. the last couple weeks we had dropped quite a few people. so we have been walking around a lot in the hot sun and getting rained on a lot.
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