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Sept. 22

Sorry! this will have to be quick! I was wasting time deleting emails. But I wanted to write quickly. This week will be good. We all get to attend the Relief Society meeting on saturday and then the next week will be conference!
Zone conference was great. We got to take a tour of the basement/rehearsal area of the tabernacle and talk about how we can be more accomodating and personal for the guests. It was really good and Sis Yang and I have been striving to get to know the guests better and be willing to adapt to what they need and want to see.
We had some Hutterites come through and that was...interesting. They know about the New Testament and attend church every day twice a day for 30 minutes and then on Sunday for 2 hours. Dedication, my friends. They are all very self-sufficient too in producing their own food and making their own clothes so it reminded me of the Amish. I almost laughed when Sis Yang asked them if they wanted a DVD and they had to tell her that they don't watch TV. oops. I couldn't really save her on that one. oh well. The one guy was interested in phone contact to learn more.
In the RC I listened for about 30 minutes to a guy that was pretty emotionally unstable (as in, his girlfriend left him 3 yrs ago, he's still heartbroken and suffering from bipolar disorder and various health issues, feels weighed down by things he's done in the past) and I did my best to comfort him. He said I was a "nice lady" and that he felt I was "the only one [he] can talk to" after only 20 minutes or so. Oh my girlish charms. Just what I dreamed of: a 51 yr old man who is falling apart. So never fear, I just might get married with guys like that falling into my lap.
It's been a really good week and I've been very blessed with good companions who help challenge me and whom I'm able to work with well. I would tell you the funny things that sis yang does but it's just not as good as it would be in person. Also my old roommate....hehe...sis hezekiah. so funny. :) Anyway, I better wrap this up and attach some pics. We went to the Masonic Temple today and Sis Yang took my camera (classic asian....she went crazy taking pics).

Love you all! Keep up the great work! The gospel is great and we need to share it!

love, sister hulet

p.s. I will get those letters out. I promise. Sis yang keeps us busy and bedtime comes so quickly.

It's getting cold here. just thought you should know. and not half as pretty as PA is in the fall. not even a third as pretty :)


pics: me with Sis Zarate Sis Tandiman (like candyman); Me with Sis Hofmann, Zarate, Javier, Yang, and Tandiman. then..sis Yang. at the Masonic temple. yay. (I think that's right. I don't know the order of the people in the pics so you get to figure it out :) )

So ends the first week of the new (3rd) transfer. It's been amazing!! President has put into play a new schedule where we get to plan what we do (rather than have assignments every hour) and the tour schedules are such that we are at one of the gates and get to take "straightaway" tours; so we leave with the group that comes in whenever. It's amazing! And we keep SOOO busy! Sister Yang and I are seriously exhausted every day! But it's ok. Time has been passing quicker and quicker each transfer and the more I think about how great being on a mission is, the less I want to leave. It's amazing to be able to focus all our energy towards one goal and the prospect of leaving it behind and then having to worry about school, friends, work, and other nonsense is not that appealing.
Congratulations to becky for finishing Jesus the Christ before me. Perhaps though...it's not about "spehd". :) haha, just kidding.
So one of the first nights that sister yang and I were working together we greeted a couple that walked in pretty casually. We asked if they wanted a tour and they said they would prefer to just walk around. Sister Yang grabbed a map for them and then we started to walk with them. We were heading towards the Assembly Hall (first permanent chapel on T square) and they were talking about Tai Chi. Eventually it bridged to talking about the religion and how there are so many, etc. and we got to share with them all about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith and then the Temple. It was great! We kind of tricked them into taking a short tour with us and we got to teach them! So great! Best of all, they will be having the missionaries come visit them when they return to england. So that was pretty much the highlight of my week.
Otherwise, I learned (finally) how to say Pennsylvania in Mandarin. "Been-Joh!" and while Sister Yang would go around saying "Mah Chong!" all the time when she was happy or as a victory shout, she has switched to "Been-Joh!" Crazy asian. Her goal is to gain 10 pounds before conference to make her trainer (Mah Chong, who is coming for Gen. Conf.) happy. I would try and describe what she's like but it's hard when it's not in person.
Also, Mandarin is "Johng-wehn" in mandarin and everytime Sis Yang calls for the mandarin speakers I think of Shanghai Noon. "John wayne? That's a horrible cowboy name!" Alas, who in the world has seen Shanghai Noon?

Anyway, love to all of you! It's been a good week. And I hope school and work and play goes well! Oh and happy labor day! I was told why we celebrate labor day and it's not really the best reason for a holiday, but why complain about a day off in the normal world?