Mom and Family,
Well this week has definitely been SUPER LONG!!! As you know are usual pday is on mondays but since it was a change week this week we dont have pday until thursday (today) so it made the work super long and my body is exhausted! i am so glad that it is finally here and we can buy food and just rest and DO NOTHING!!! hahaha even though the week was really long it was also a great week simply because of the AMAZING SPOKEN words of our prophet and leaders in the church. I learned sooo much this conference... its crazy to think that this is the first time that i have ever watched all the sessions and took notes and paid super close attention. I felt the spirit so strong and learned so many things that i can apply personally in my teachings here on my mission and even more things that i can apply as a normal person for my life to come for my family! I cant believe that i have missed out on so many wonderful sessions of conference simply because i was lazy or just thought there was better things that i could be doing in that moment... as great as conference was it definitely does not compare like conference at home. Waking up to the smell of fresh crackling bacon in the morning and a nig breakfast with family and friends!! Then being able to lay down and relax on a REAL couch that actually has padding and a real blanket with tons of junk food, treats, and stuff to drink! I really cant wait to do that once i am back... It will just make conference that much better being with my whole family having a good time!! So here are some of the things that happened this week, first we had special changes for a few days while all the district and zone leaders and trainers all went to a meeting in asuncion. My companion was Elder Urmston, he is from bakersfield california and had about 5 days left in his misison when we were together! He really was a super great misisonary, he was the AP and opened up 4 new areas in the misison. I learned ALOT from him and he was a great example for me to model my mission after. We tought alot of great families, and overall it was a great experience. We had a little bit of confusion because i was told that we were in my area first so i didnt pack anything for after district meeting, and he thought we were in his area first so he didnt pack anything either. So i headed out to Santa Rita in his area without any change of clothes or anything. I bought a toothbrush and thats it. haha so needless to say i wore the same dirty nast clothes for a few days. haha but thats ont important.... we tought a family that only spoke portugese... suprisingly i could understand them pretty well... we told them about how we had the oppurtunity to listen to the prophet this weekend and invited them to come with us. It was so spiritual and such a testimony builder because after we said that he looked at his wife with tears in his eyes and said " he talked with god and now he is going to talk with us"!! it was amazingly powerful! After that we taught a lesson and we sat on bricks the whole time... that was interestingly fun?? hahaha one thing that i learned from elder urmston is how to bum rides when we need to travel far distances instead of walking!! haha the 2nd day in his area we had a ton of lessons plans and we needed to reach our goal so we ended up bumming 2 rides... one to the super far appointment and one back! it saved us tons of time and we were able to teach more and exceed our goal!! Speaking of walking, i got all of your packages!!! Anytime a person has to go to asuncion for something like that big meeting they will bring packages back... so they brought them all back for me!! i have them all stashed in my closet waiting for halloween and christmas... the only thing that i opened was my pedometer cause kelsey said i could in a dear elder! haha she described the shape and stuff so i knew exaclty what it was when i felt it. I am really excited to open them when time comes about!! Hopefully if you get my garments sent out fast enough we are going to the temple on the 19th of this month i can pick them up when i am there!! so lets pray for that! haha some more things that happened while i was in Santa Rita were, there pension is like brand new cause its a totally brand new area and it totally smells like the dustins house and all i could think about was there house and how i wanted to be there drinking a cherry slurpee and riding in the mustang or making smores by the fire pit or swimming in the pool just chilling and having a good time. One of the investigators that we taught there was golden!! we asked him what his goals were for life and what he desired and he simply said i just wanna live with my family forever!! Too bad he is not in our area! haha i saw super funny commercial this week for makeup here... they caked on this nasty looking face makeup that seriously just looked like mud... they were trying to rub it in forever but it was just so greasy and nasty and then they continued to rub it all in on here calves to try and make her look tanner i guess?? paraguayans and there crazy inventions!! So as you know we have lunch with the members every day and one the of the sisters knows that i dont like beans so she made me something special while everyone else ate bean soup!! haha i am spoiled!! haha oh ya i wont need you to send me a the ensign cause we will get it in district meeting next month. Also after distric meeting this week we found out about changes.... my prayers were answered and nobody in our pension was changed!!! lucky me! its been raining quite a bit here about every third or fourth day.. the streets are just rivers and then the next day they are just muddy swamps!! We make the best of it and try to have fun and not be totally miserable while tracting. haha my rain jacket works great and so does my umbrella so thanks alot mom for that!! your the best! you put so many things in my bags that i have used that have helped me SO MUCH!! i got my dear elders after our meeting and i love to hear everything that is going on. Of course i love to hear from kelsey cause i cant email her and she always has great stories about her days and spiritual experiences so i love her letters and reread them all the time!! they give me a boost in the work when i am feeling down. I get letters from jana and hear all about how michael is doing, i really enjoy hearing from her and wish i had time to write her but kelsey is my main priority for letter writing!! haha obviously!!
but i got a letter from adam that was absolutely HILARIOUS!!!!! i was rolling around laughing cause it was so funny!! him and his brothers went to visit their mom in her mission and went gator hunting. you will have to call them and ask him about it! it was hilarious! but he always shares his testimony and it helps me so much!! they are such an amazing family and strong in the gospel i am so thankful for all their help and support that i get!! tell them that i would love to hear from ALL of them more!!! you should have like a everybody write benetton day on dear elder!! haha i mean everybody!! haha all of our family, kelseys total family, aunts uncles cousins, friends ward members! just an idea?! haha i would love it though!! haha the more letters and love the better i feel and less homesick! I really need to get grandmas email address so that i can write her on here when i am finished writing you all. I hope that everything is going good with grandma? where is she is gonna live? whats going on with that whole situation? Hows the office doing and where did preston get a job? hows the soccer going for ashton? I looked at all the pictures from the packages and i saw the picture of my room and had NO IDEA whose room it was i had to look like twenty times till i realized that it was my room! man i miss my bed! haha and having a tv! and having CARPET!! i really miss that and being able to walk around barefoot anywhere! I loved all the pictures that you sent with your email! its nice to see the whole family and the things that they are doing!! Well i cant wait to hear back from you! I love you all so much and thanks for all the support!! I love you until next week!
Your son, Elder Hunt
Well this week has definitely been SUPER LONG!!! As you know are usual pday is on mondays but since it was a change week this week we dont have pday until thursday (today) so it made the work super long and my body is exhausted! i am so glad that it is finally here and we can buy food and just rest and DO NOTHING!!! hahaha even though the week was really long it was also a great week simply because of the AMAZING SPOKEN words of our prophet and leaders in the church. I learned sooo much this conference... its crazy to think that this is the first time that i have ever watched all the sessions and took notes and paid super close attention. I felt the spirit so strong and learned so many things that i can apply personally in my teachings here on my mission and even more things that i can apply as a normal person for my life to come for my family! I cant believe that i have missed out on so many wonderful sessions of conference simply because i was lazy or just thought there was better things that i could be doing in that moment... as great as conference was it definitely does not compare like conference at home. Waking up to the smell of fresh crackling bacon in the morning and a nig breakfast with family and friends!! Then being able to lay down and relax on a REAL couch that actually has padding and a real blanket with tons of junk food, treats, and stuff to drink! I really cant wait to do that once i am back... It will just make conference that much better being with my whole family having a good time!! So here are some of the things that happened this week, first we had special changes for a few days while all the district and zone leaders and trainers all went to a meeting in asuncion. My companion was Elder Urmston, he is from bakersfield california and had about 5 days left in his misison when we were together! He really was a super great misisonary, he was the AP and opened up 4 new areas in the misison. I learned ALOT from him and he was a great example for me to model my mission after. We tought alot of great families, and overall it was a great experience. We had a little bit of confusion because i was told that we were in my area first so i didnt pack anything for after district meeting, and he thought we were in his area first so he didnt pack anything either. So i headed out to Santa Rita in his area without any change of clothes or anything. I bought a toothbrush and thats it. haha so needless to say i wore the same dirty nast clothes for a few days. haha but thats ont important.... we tought a family that only spoke portugese... suprisingly i could understand them pretty well... we told them about how we had the oppurtunity to listen to the prophet this weekend and invited them to come with us. It was so spiritual and such a testimony builder because after we said that he looked at his wife with tears in his eyes and said " he talked with god and now he is going to talk with us"!! it was amazingly powerful! After that we taught a lesson and we sat on bricks the whole time... that was interestingly fun?? hahaha one thing that i learned from elder urmston is how to bum rides when we need to travel far distances instead of walking!! haha the 2nd day in his area we had a ton of lessons plans and we needed to reach our goal so we ended up bumming 2 rides... one to the super far appointment and one back! it saved us tons of time and we were able to teach more and exceed our goal!! Speaking of walking, i got all of your packages!!! Anytime a person has to go to asuncion for something like that big meeting they will bring packages back... so they brought them all back for me!! i have them all stashed in my closet waiting for halloween and christmas... the only thing that i opened was my pedometer cause kelsey said i could in a dear elder! haha she described the shape and stuff so i knew exaclty what it was when i felt it. I am really excited to open them when time comes about!! Hopefully if you get my garments sent out fast enough we are going to the temple on the 19th of this month i can pick them up when i am there!! so lets pray for that! haha some more things that happened while i was in Santa Rita were, there pension is like brand new cause its a totally brand new area and it totally smells like the dustins house and all i could think about was there house and how i wanted to be there drinking a cherry slurpee and riding in the mustang or making smores by the fire pit or swimming in the pool just chilling and having a good time. One of the investigators that we taught there was golden!! we asked him what his goals were for life and what he desired and he simply said i just wanna live with my family forever!! Too bad he is not in our area! haha i saw super funny commercial this week for makeup here... they caked on this nasty looking face makeup that seriously just looked like mud... they were trying to rub it in forever but it was just so greasy and nasty and then they continued to rub it all in on here calves to try and make her look tanner i guess?? paraguayans and there crazy inventions!! So as you know we have lunch with the members every day and one the of the sisters knows that i dont like beans so she made me something special while everyone else ate bean soup!! haha i am spoiled!! haha oh ya i wont need you to send me a the ensign cause we will get it in district meeting next month. Also after distric meeting this week we found out about changes.... my prayers were answered and nobody in our pension was changed!!! lucky me! its been raining quite a bit here about every third or fourth day.. the streets are just rivers and then the next day they are just muddy swamps!! We make the best of it and try to have fun and not be totally miserable while tracting. haha my rain jacket works great and so does my umbrella so thanks alot mom for that!! your the best! you put so many things in my bags that i have used that have helped me SO MUCH!! i got my dear elders after our meeting and i love to hear everything that is going on. Of course i love to hear from kelsey cause i cant email her and she always has great stories about her days and spiritual experiences so i love her letters and reread them all the time!! they give me a boost in the work when i am feeling down. I get letters from jana and hear all about how michael is doing, i really enjoy hearing from her and wish i had time to write her but kelsey is my main priority for letter writing!! haha obviously!!
Your son, Elder Hunt
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