October 19, 2010
hi family!
This week has been great! We've been working on things as we're coming to the end of this transfer to be ready for the next. Temple Square has slowed down a lot so we're all trying to stay busy and not smother the guests with love and greetings when we outnumber them 3:1. Ah well.
We had the chance to take several spanish tours. Most fresh in my mind is a the tour with a creepy man...then a tour with a man from Honolulu, HI. It was a HUGE contrast because the Honolulu man was so distinguished and courteous. He kept doing numbers games with us. In the middle of the tour he talked about nine-times tables (you know....9X1= 9, 9X2= 18) and how it was so perfect; how each time the two digits in the numbers added up to nine. It was fun. He also made a trivia question with a King in Hawaii who was the first monarch to sail around the earth in a year that was the same backwards, forwards, upside-down, and reflected in the mirror. It is now permanently in my brain and he was impressed when I guessed it. Anyway, he was delightful but he didn't believe much in Jesus Christ; he believed in God but he had a hard time accepting the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We told him about the significance of the Book of Mormon in the sense that it adds to the testimony of the Bible that Jesus Christ truly did live again and ministered to the people in Jerusalem and the Americas. He wasn't really interested in learning about it, in the end, but he left with a good impression of the church.
We also had an opportunity to talk to several members on Sunday. It was the first time in a long time that I've had multiple people tell us "I'm a member" and expect us to walk away. However, there was a Brother Palmer that we spoke with who, right after he said that, said "but I guess we all need to be better" and we talked to him for a good while. He has been struggling a lot lately with the death of his son who was in prison. He expressed a lot of regret for the things he never achieved in this life (a family and children that he could raise) and really opened up to us as we were discussing the wonderful knowledge we have of how to find happiness in life. We talked about how people can often take faith and this church for granted and turn against it as other things seem to increase in importance and seem more enticing but take away from the core elements of happiness. It was amazing because we found answers from scriptures that came to mind and were able to help bring peace (or the hope of peace) to him. It just helps me better understand that everyone, whether they know it or not, can use a missionary.
So...not much to say. Life goes on. We're in the referral center a bit more lately to call up the friends of those that came for general conference and to get sisters off of the square so that we don't overpower the guests.
Oh! I remember! We took a man from Italy around the square (he was on a layover on the way to CA) and he was most interested in the beliefs of the church and we showed him all around temple square. We told him pretty boldly and clearly about the beliefs and that he could find it for himself; he kept saying that "that makes sense" or "yes of course. it should be like that" kind of things and he said he was interested in learning more from the missionaries. It was great. he said "well I'm sure you have a contact in Italy that I could talk with, right?" and S. Corrales and I said "Actually, yes we do!" and he filled out the card. So great! It's such a great thing we're able to be a part of and I honestly thank God for the privilege of being a missionary. There's nothing like it, in my mind, and I'm impressed by the great plan that God has for all of us.
Love, Sister hulet
Email Chat with Jules:
MOM:
Did you remember meeting Dad's cousin from Las Vegas -- Mark Slack. Grandma had to call us late on Friday night when she heard word about that. It seems he got a kick out of telling you who your father would be.
SISTER HULET:
oh yeah! I forgot about that! It was crazy! They had a couple non-members that came up with them for the Jazz game and thought we could show them around. We were in the tabernacle and he asked if my parents were originally from PA. I said "no, my mom is from ID and my dad is from Ut" and he said "Southern Utah? Like Parowan?" and I said "Yes! Why? Do you know some Hulets?" and he said "I'm your cousin. Your dad isn't Mike Hulet is he?" and we chatted a bit but since it was a tour we didn't really talk long. It was nice because Mark and then a Matheson who has family in Parowan ended up being the only ones who were listening the whole time. The other people were in and out of it the rest of the time. It was lame but Mark was great. :) He said that "Carma will probably kill me if I don't call her up and let her know that I saw you" and I laughed and said that was true. I knew I saw somebody we knew.
MOM:
So will there be anything special this last week -- some fun zone activity before it all comes to an end?
SISTER HULET:
I go to the temple tomorrow with my "departing class" with President Holmes and Heritage Park Haunted Village tonight. Then a departing dinner on Tuesday next week (so I won't have much of a Pday...just FYI). Service at heritage park on Thursday and that's it! :) gotta go!! love you!!! bye!!!
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