Thursday, August 26, 2010

August 2nd Letter


Sent: 8/2/2010 9:13:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: Hola Familia

wow another week and another chance to write you guys. not much to report here just really enjoying being a dad. they have so much trust in you when they are new. lol and he is really excited for the work. we are with the whole zone right now and it is so hot in the jungle! but i want to thank you for the package you sent, or padded envelope i dont know what to call it. either way in spanish its paquete. it was really cool to receive my business cards and all those letters from the primary!!! send them my thanx. i also really enjoyed the cards from you guys. that poem about the man and the footprints has always been one of my favorites, and i was actually thinking about it when i recived the package lol. i have truly seen that the lord carries us through our difficulties. especially when we do all that we can. Sometimes we do everything we can and we dont see any result, then after everything falls in to place seperate than our efforts and we say what luck, but in this we forget our God and His help. i know thats he is interested and helps in our lives and especially in this work.

i will be sure to send a big thank you to omi for her gift. could you guys do it in person as well for me?

Querida Mami

to answer your questions we do have a microwave in my pension to heat things up, dont know why you asked maybe you are planning to send something?! lol but yes there are ways to heat things up and i dont need bowls or silverware, the pension takes care of all that. seperate there isnt anything i need. just to hear from you guys. if you want to send anything feel free but there isnt anything i need. but i will keep you updated week to week.

thanks for writing i understand that you had a meeting but it was still great to hear from you. i love you mom and am so grateful for all you do. i am aware you birthday is approaching and i am going to try and get you a card. i dont know if it will be on time because i dont get to mail every week, but i promise it will come. So there is going to be a training conference nextweek for all the new trainers (dads) and district leaders. its cool because we are going to get to go to another zone that i have never been to!

I love you a ton mom and am so glad to hear from you every week. know that i am grateful and safe, and i will talk to you soon. always strive to have the spirit there is nothing that can replace it.

Querido Papi

i accidently sent the letter half completed! thats what i get for not speaking english well anymore. whats the difference between save and send anyway? you might find this interesting dad but i dream in spanish now. almost everyday that i dream its all spanish, which is funny because often there are people from home in my dreams that dont speak any spanish in reality but in my dreams there rattling off spanish like natives! lol

i cant believe that shaun has the priesthood and and is going to go off to school so soon. its really sad for me to think, that hes not going to be there when i get back, but i also wouldnt want him to postpone a mission for anything, there is no better experience in this part of life. i have learned so much, and its funny how easy it is now to talk to people when it was so hard back home, but now i can talk to a complete stranger about the gospel and it doesnt really matter if they accept or not. which i think was so hard at home, i was worried they would reject me. heck my first contact in the mission rejected the message.

i cant believe you bought the tube, you are a changed man! lol and going to the lake for the first time in july! thats a change! i miss the lake especially cold water right now because it is so hot in la merced-the area of the zone leaders which is in the jungle. ummm the new kid is going great and and its not hard to lead the area. he reminds me of me a little. he doesnt know the lessions por memory or better said the points we have to teach, so he give his brief portion and looks to me to teach the rest lol, just like me i could only give my testimony becuase i didnt even speak the language! lol

we have some baptisms coming up in August and yes my birthday, but i dont feel almost 21! but please pray for Jesus, Carmen, Luz, jacky, and edith! I love you dad and we will talk again nexty week. say hi to everyone for my especially shaun if he is leaving this week to school. i love you all. keep praying and i will do the same. remember pray like everything depends on God and work like everything depends on you.

Con amor
elder spencer Fogleman
Tu hijo (who is now a dad! lol)

July 19th


Sent: 7/19/2010 10:17:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: Hola!!!!


Well another week has gone by and i cant believe how fast they continue to pass! we are just a couple of days away from the cambio and we will have to wait and see what happens. i am a little nervous, but no not as nervous as my comp who is still in his first area. vamos a ver si me quedo en provincia o irme a Lima otra vez.

i am glad everyone likes the pics and i will continue to take them and try to send them as much as possible. yes the work is a little slower here in this area, but it is starting to get going, i think, at least we have 3 people with fecha (date) bautismal. one is a man named Jesús and he is really cool. is catholic and married to a member and has had trouble accepting the message, but we gave him a fecha to pray about and last night we were watching the video of the restauracion with him and another member and the member asked him, and when are you going to be baptized and he said the fecha we had given him to pray about, the 14th of August!!

Which reminds me, i dont know if you guys have noticed but i noticed when we started taking about fechas for investigators in august but i am about to turn 21!! Crazy!!




Querida Mami

Espero que estés bien mami. i did receive your first email without pics and am waiting for your next. just got thanx so much for the pics, i have a new nephew! do you know what that means? i have almost 9 months in the mission! because i found out steph was pregnant when i was still in the MTC in Provo! Crazy!! ya here we still have a lady cooking our food, she is really cool y se llama hna haydee. i will try to send a pic. i dont really know more of the history, just that its beautiful here.

Thats really cool that you ran into Kevin Lemly at the bookstore. ya we worked together and he was really cool we had similar intrests in literature, and so always talked about Harry potter and other things. i know him better by Disney, which he earned because he is a disney fanatic! lol i was premie and my boss dana called me foglewomen lol good times!

Dad didnt tell me about the jaundice but i hope hes alright! its the same thing steph had no? is it genetic? Keep me updated on the baby and everyone back home!

i LOVE you mom and will talk to you next week! i hope you are well and know that i love you. keep la obra in your prayers and the 3 people here who are going to be baptized. i cant wait to hear more from you. oh we also sang a special musical number yesterday in church, lead kindly light. we sang the first verse together in spanish then i sang the second in english he did the same in spanish and we finished together the last verse in spanish.

Con Amor
Elder Spencer Fogleman
Tu Hijo

Qurido Papi

wow its hard to believe that i am so close to 200 pounds but that about what i figured around 205 so light!!! lol but i still need to cut off some fat.

I love you dad, it means a lot to get to communicate with you and see how you are. please pray for these 3 people Jesús, Carmen y Luz. Carmen is married and is afraid her husband wont give permission. i will talk to you again soon, but know i am going to attach fotos. know that i am well adn happy serving the Lord. Send a shout out to chase and let him know that he can write me if he wants lol.

Con amor
Elder Spencer Fogleman
Tu Hijo

July 12 Letter and Pictures





Sent: 7/12/2010 9:54:55 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: Holaaaa!


Well i am very excited to hear about the new are and to receive so many emails today! thanks so much for the info and your love and i cant wait to see pics of my new nephew!!! i dont know if i will be able to answer all your questions but i will try and maybe send some pics!

I loved hearing from steph and jamie, let them know i love them too, and am glad to hear that baby and mother are well.

Now about the weight. yes i am losing a lot, but am being very safe mother! lol and actually eating a lot. but so everyone knows i weigh about 94 Kilograms. and am down another notch in my belt which is 5 or 6 inches off the waste! i really just need to trim a little especially on the sides. its alright if you dont recognize me because i dont recognize the old pics of me lol.

I love my area and am starting to feel comfortable in it, in another week i think i could lead it. it really is beautiful and i will enjoy it while i can because i dont know when i will be back in Lima. it really isnt jungle, but we visit the Jungle often, thats where i saw the waterfalls, thats right two! but aun así its civilized and we meet in a regular capilla. its cool because its made of wood.



Querida mami

Como estas? i hope you are well and it was great to hear from you this week. i love you mom and miss you. i cant believe shaun is so close to leaving, say hi for me and tell him i love him. i dont know if he will care, but he might find it funny that i learned how to do the Rubix cube out here in Peru! lol

Know that i am well and that i love you. i will talk to you soon, and eternally hope that i will have more time the next monday lol

Con Amor
Elder Spencer fogleman
Tu Hijo



Querido Papi

Hola Como estas? espero que estés bien y saludable. i am fine here and the work is going well. mas o menos. we dont have anyone ready to be baptized. lots of investigadores but no one ready to be baptized or leave things like alcohol. but we are working really hard and trying to work with the members. i would say that its probably the same here that almost 70 percent of the baptisms are referencias and so we are trying to work with the members.

That restaurant in texas sounds like lo maximo! i kinda want to go now. its also good to hear that riding a moto is just like an Atv, because the only time i went on a moto was with Uncle Chris a few years a go and it kinda scared me. lol

I love you dad and am praying for you, please just pray for the ward of Oxapampa, that it grows and strengthens. wow i had to think about that for a little while to write it in english lol its easier in spanish, pro favor ora para el barrio en oxapampa que crezca y se fortelezca! as far as the language goes its good. its not perfect and i dont know if it ever will be, but i just dont worry about it anymore. i pray everyday for the don de lenguas y hago mi mejor. and its rare that something is said that i dont understand.

Talk to you again soon dad. and love you

con amor
Elder Spencer Fogleman
Tu Hijo

ps we had a conferencia and then pday with the president thats why he is in the photo!