September 24, 2012 Email

Hey Family,

Hey, So my P Days are on Mondays, and we ussually get on email around 1030 here time. I will get on top of that insurance stuff so that it can go back soon. You asked about packages that I have gotten. I have only received the one with jerky, pistachios, notebooks, and the mirror. The Packages take a while cause they get them in spokane and then they have to forward them to us. I would really like to give you my address, but we dont really have one lol. We are still sleeping on couches in the basement that the Zone leaders are also in. We dont have a home yet.... As soon as I get one I will let you know. We dont really have the ability to cook, all we have is a fridge and a microwave, so we are really dependant on sandwiches and whatever food we can get from members. Luckily for elder Igleski and I, mexicans love to cook and give their food away. So, all we really have to do is knock on doors, and someone will offer us food, and then we get a lesson out of it. Since we dont have very many members, we dont get very many dinner appointments.

Wow, sounds like football is going awesome. How is A&M doing? How is BYU? Keep me updated, cause all the mexicans here only watch soccer lol. So I need to hear from you guys in order to stay up to date lol. Thanks!

So I got your letter mom, about working with the member lady. That is super cool. I am really happy that you get to make accquaintances with someone daily from church. That will be a big blessing. Start converting that bank! lol Oh, About the mexican food. It is soooooo different from tex mex. I am eating like legit mexican food. I have already had cactus, tacos de lengua (toungue), Tacos de sesos, carne asada, and tons of tamales. It is super good. The one thing I havent had yet was Menudo. Dont look it up cause it is super nasty lol.

So here in the mission, the fires have finally started to move away from us here in wenatchee. We have to wear masks though, cause of all the smoke. The weather hasnt been able to cool down yet, cause the smoke is so thick. We have a bunch of investigators, our area is really growing. The only problem is that mexicans dont remember appointments or commitments, so we just have to show up lol. But it works out. Not really much to report from this week. Everything is going good. I just want somewhere to live so I can finally unpack.

Until next week,
Elder Cybulski

September 20, 2012 Letter

Mom,

Hey guys!  First letter from the field!  I emailed you guys about my area and such.  I love it.  The work is super tiring, but soooo rewarding.  I'm with the companion I need.  Elder Igleski is super awesome.  we get along and he is a great example.  He wants to train me as well as possible.  I am so blessed.  Our area is a little difficult, but we are ready to change that.  We want to increase all aspects here.  It will be awesome. 

OK, I just had a couple of things I needed.  If you could send me my hard drive and a card reader.  Everyone just emails pictures since we have good computers here.  Then I can also save them all in one place.  Thanks.  I also need a small mirror, my ankle brace and basketball shoes.  That would be awesome.  Thanks guys!  I really appreciate it.  I can't wait to hear from you soon.  I didn't get an email this week.  My P-days are now on Mondays.  I love you.  Write soon.

Love,

Elder Cybulski

September 17, 2012 Email

Hey Fam,

So this week has been crazy. Thanks for the package and all the support. I really do appreciate it. It sounds like everything is going better at home. Im glad to hear that school is under way, and everyone is super involved. I know that you all have activities and stuff, but hey, almost everyone can drive now. So thats makes everything easier lol. Let me know how selling the truck goes. I wanna know how much we get for it. Ok, A quick update to the letters I got earlier this week. My eye is all better. There is no more redness. My vision is back to normal. The only thing is that I cant look all the way down with out everything getting blurry, but the doctor said that is probably just going to stay that way, because that is where the cut is. So everything is all better. I just didnt want to worry anyone until I new if the effect would be permanent or not. No worries there. Thanks for the letters everyone!!!

MOM,

You asked my opinion on the topic of the sabbath day. It is crazy that you asked me that cause we had a lesson on that this week in priesthood. My favorite scripture about that in is John 6. It talks about the fact that Jesus is the bread of the world, and that if we are to take the bread of chriist we can achieve eternal life. You asked me what it means to be worthy to partake of the sacrament. AS I have studied it, the only things that may prohibit us from partaking of the sacrament are sins that we need to discuss with a priesthood leader. When It says that we need to be worthy to partake of the sacrament it meens that we need to have already started the repentance process. The sacrament is not there to cleanse us. The sacrament is there to renew our covenants and to reminds us of our desire to follow the example of the savior. We need to repent of things before we partake of the sacrament. At least, that is how I understand it.

Dad,

Thank you for sharing the experience of matt being set apart. I am so glad that he is getting this experience. I think It will really help him to come out of his shell and learn to converse with other people more openly. It will help him to prepare for a mission because he will get the opportunity to council with others. Ok, so you asked about my ward and stuff. Well, I dont really have a ward lol. The Stake president is wenatchee just wants us to focus on the spanish work, so thats what we are doing. We are only assigned to the Spanish Branch instead of the Branch and a ward. We dont have a ward mission leader yet since only like 15 people show up to church every week. WE dont really have a meal calendar cause all of the mexicans here have terrible hours during the week. However, Mexicans are superwilling to give. I swear like every house we go to we get either a bottle of water, fruit, a taco, or a tamale. It is pretty cool. You also asked about my scripture for the plaque. I will send that later in this email.

Halle,

I was super excited to get a letter from you. I am happy to hear that school is going great. I might need you to come out here and tape my ankle cause with walking so much, the one that I broke hurts a little lol. I am glad to hear that you like anatomy too. That was one of my favorite classes. Legrotte is awesome. Just work hard cause it really sucks when you get behind in that class. I found that if I would just do a certain amount of work every night everything worked out well. My companion is way better that my roomate at BYU. Elder Igleski is the bomb. We are super alike, but different too. We work well together.

Matt,

Hey bud. Sounds like football is going good. Dad said that you are now the Deacons quorumn president. That is awesome man. It is lots of work, but I promise that if you take care of all of your reponsibilities that you will see blessing in the other parts of your life. I remember when I was the deacons quorumn pres. I did my job, and sports got easier and stuff like that. so keep it up!

FAM,

Ok, so idk if you heard about the fires here in wenatchee. but dont worry. I will send a picture.

ok, I dont have tons of time but I will put my favorite scripture down

Alma 37: 44-45

"...it is as easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss...For just as surely as this director did bring our fathers, by following its course, to the promised land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise."

So it is time to get off. You guys have a great day and write soon

love Elder Cybulski

Wenatche, Washington Fires in the Area. 

Alex is in the Field!

Hey Family!!!

IM IN THE FIELD!!!!! ok, So I got to Spokane on last Monday. After we got to the Airport they took us straight to downtown Spokane to do fear busting. This is were they pair us up with elders that are in the area, and we just go out and tract for like two hours. It was an awesome experience. As you know I am not super up to meet new people and just start a random conversation, especially, about the gospel. However, i put my faith in christ and I just did it. We met some super cool people. We got bunches of contacts. It was awesome to get started on the work. As I was walking I remembered the Hymn, "Put your shoulder to the Wheel" and all the times we would sing it and Dad and I would bump into each other. It was a great feeling to finally be out here. Ok, so after that we went to the Spokane east stake center, which is right next to the Temple. It was cool. We did some training and had a great lunch. Then , more training and we went to the mission home. We got to have dinner and family home evening withe President and Sister Mullen. They are awesome. They feel like temporary parents already lol. They are super spiritual and love the mission work. Then we stayed the night at some members homes. Then we got up in the morning and went to the church building for more training, and to find out our areas and trainers. So They called me up for my turn to get my trainer. I am being trained by Elder Igleski!!! Everyone laughed cause we all knew the latinos arent going to be able say either of our names lol. We are the Polack companionship lol. So then we left for our area. We are serving in Wenatchee, Washington. We are actually in a brand newly created area. They used to have elders in the area that did both spanish and english. However, the stake president in the are wanted elders to focus specifiacally on the hispanics, cause the spanish branch is kinda struggling. So Thats us. We have like no leads, and a huge list of less active. so it is kinda unique because we get to set up all of the work for everyone else that will be after us.
Im super excited. I have already had tones of experiences. The Mexicans in the area are great. They are very open and friendly. They give us some awesome fruit, since most of them work in the packing sheds, or the orchards they have super fresh fruit. Its awesome. So, I dont have an adress to send stuff too quite yet, but if you want to send me something you can send it to the mission office. I will let you know as soon as we have a place of our own. We are crashing with the zone leaders for now.
I love you guys. Write soon!!

Love,
Elder Cybulski

More Pictures while at the MTC

My District pointing to our missions (Spokane, Ventura and Lima Centra)

Elder Archibald, Me, Elder Seadlock and Eldr Andrus imitating the picture behind us.  LOL

Elder Andrus and I.  He was leaving for Peru.

The 1st Counselor in the Branch Presidency, Hermano Priest.  He was released after four years of serving in the MTC.  Best teacher I've ever had!

Our MTC District and Brother Priest

Elder Quam and I

Elder Richards and I  (BYU Tight End)

Elder Pawlowski and I  (The other Polack!)

Elder Doughty and I

Elder Miner, Elder Pickard and Elder Cybulski

Elder Miner, Elder Miecheorn and Elder Cybulski

Elder Miner, Elder Lythboe, Elder Pawlowski and Elder Cybulski

Elder Cybulski and Elder Passmore

Elder Ottley and Elder Cybulski

This is what we do in order to take naps on P-Days with the lights still on!

Ugly tie night for the Elders in our district, plus Elder Eyring...LOL.

View of Utah Lake from the Provo Temple

Flowers at the Provo Temple

Provo Temple